When I was in LA, I believe it was deut that showed me this short film of teenage gangsters in Singapore.. it was around 20 mins long...
Today, Boon asked me about independant films and if I liked it, and he showed me the short film "Cut" by Roystan Tan... basically mocking the Singapore Censorship Board for "Cutting" 27 scenes from his MOVIE 15.
Yes... The Movie, I never knew it was made into a movie. I liked the short film, because it really showed how gangsters were in Singapore, so I decided to watch The Movie..
After sitting through 1:30 mins of this.. I found the movie... boring.. BUT very true.. although I think he did leave out the karaoke portion.. >.< ... Ah-Bengs (the local term for them) who acted in the movie are real life Ah Bengs... According to some reviews I've read.. some of them have gone to jail after the movie hence no Part 2..
Some snippets in this movie did bring back memories of my past.. like the self mutilation and body piercing... Yea.. I remember me and some of my girl friends using a cutter and making little slashes in our skin juz cuz.. and my piercing phase... where I had to pierce like 7 ear holes on one ear... (I don't think this phase is over since I still wana go pierce my navel)
I remember having a "brother" that had this huge "Guan Gong" tattooed on his back, (thats the God that most triads pray to as it symbolizes honor, loyalty, integrity, justice, courage, and strength) and his tattoo was itching... so he needed someone to help him put lotion and scratch his back lmao =)
Yea and his place was this apt where u'd walk in and there were like ten over 1/2 naked guys walking around high on something or juz smoking cigz (back that the trend was to sniff glue) with enough tattoos to compete with GNR... They had a big screen TV with an LD player that was constantly playing this MTV / Karaoke haha it was my fav song back than too.. only available on a Marlboro Red Hot Hits Summer Party CD lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAA
Anyways heres 15: The Movie if you wana watch it =D Rated R: (Male Genitals, Nauseating Scene of swalling a Drug Filled Condom, offensive language in English, Hokkien, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil.. blah blah) Movie is primarily in Mandarin and Hokkien (no subtitles)
So its the Chinese New Year, and I've been hella busy.. Friday and Saturday has been non-stop cleaning of the house from the ceiling to the floor... yea chinese people do that to get rid of all the Bad Luck and evil spirits that lurk in the house lol
But I still managed to squeeze in the yearly trip to Chinatown still =D
Here are the pics
Here's a pic of Singapore's most famous BBQ Pork... BEE CHENG HIANG
I just thot these lanterns were really pretty ontoppa this shop... very oriental... the shop was selling Singapore Souvenirs that were probably made in china, 3 for TEN DOLLAAAAAA :P
These are miniature puppets of the real thing... its the lion that they use for Lion Dance
One of my favorite fruits in the world... Pomelos... peepz eat this during the new year, because of it heavy looking weight... its a symbol of ambudance
These tiny little shoes are the cutest thing!!!! I think if I was back in the Tang Dynasty or something where women bound their feet I could have probably fit my fat foot in the largest one they have there SOooo Cutee!!!
Street Scene... All the Icky Sweaty People having bodily contact with each other .... Ewwwww (yea I took a shower with antiseptic when I got home)
THIS is the reason WHY I get fat during the Chinese New Year... All the damn goodies.. imagine..I probably visit like 20 homes during Chinese New Year and all you do is go around snacking on these damn goodies!! its like a freaking FAT drug!
I thought this was pretty cool... I especially liked the one where it says TEO FAMILY.. hehee thats my family haha wat a coincidence and if I remember correctly these plates aren't too expensive :) www.mbossed.com
Another Street Scene... I was touched by at least a hundred strangers that nite... (I feel violated)...
The God of Prosperity A.K.A. 财神 in chinese
Pweetty Flowers... Especially the Pink ones..... hehehehe
Pweetty Leaves... hahahah :P
A street stall selling all sorts of Chinese New Year Deco =D
lol although the thought does seem kinda tempting.. "how would pot 'taste' like from a hookah" hehehe (Hey if the Caterpillar in Disney's Alice in Wonderland can do it, it must be legal ;) )
So last Saturday was Ellie's Birthday party although the actual day is today =D The "PARTY OF THE YEAR" was held at Ellie's place
Lotsa Fun, Booze, Food and People!! =)
Haha we partied until it was really late until the security came up and we quieted down... and started playing oldies... :P
We left at around 4 in the morning and by the time I got home I was ... dead beat!!!
Steph's cousin is getting married in Meleka... so she asked me if I wanted to go on weekend trip with her :) Why not.. it'd be cool.. and I've never gone on a short trip with Steph before so it'll be fun!
We stayed at the Ramada Renaissance (Sp.) and it was really nice!! Steph got the Club Suite for us.. where they served free flow of food and drinks on the club floor.. so of course I had to go pig out.. :P Steph caught me there
We got a cab to get to the restaurant where the wedding dinner was held... I must say that must be the second most horrible experience in a cab.. the cab was really old... and the seats were like old velvet.. personally i like velvet... but I can't stand old velvet.. its nasty has stains.. and who washes velvet anyways soo i didn't allow my skin to touch any of the velvet which was quite hard to do... since he was driving like and idiot.. the car was driving really slow... and he kept jerking for some reason.. well maybe he was talking NON-STOP on the fone!! which was really annoying!! he would put down one fone and then call with the other fone.. like HELLO are u a cab driver or a telemarketeer.. we took forever to get there and things didn't really help when steph's uncle who was all concern about us kept demanding to speak to the cab driver and the cab driver didn't wana speak to him it was a HORRIBLE situation and I was glad to be outta the cab cuz another minute more i would have puked... but the cab ride did start a horrible headache...
So we finally arrived at the restaurant.. lol never been to a wedding in malaysia before so it was quite interesting... there was loud singing going on... and I mean REALLY LOUD.. like louder than any club u've been in but this time instead of Justin Timberlake.. imagine the same but... +50 years... and singing in chinese....
Steph's cousin is the bride.. lol.. yea everybody was sorta staring at me... I guess I need a course in wedding crashing 101 so yea I was sticking out like a sore thumb.. hehe I could actually umm see the fingers and the whisperings that were going on trying to figure out who I am.. :P but yea lata I guess they figured I was they 5th uncle's daughter's friend... :P
I also met Stephanie's really cute nieces...
She refused to smile.. I guess it was juz my face she didn't like..
After the wedding one of Steph's cousin brought us to a club! lol its called Pure BarThe music there was REALLY good and me and Steph agreeed that that place was probably the best place ever!!
Although there weren't any cute guys... hahaah but that didn't dampen our spirits.. It was just a really nice atmosphere and they were juz playing the right music... best of it all NO COVER haha!
Clubs close at 2:30am .. this is what i found out.. and as usual.. after clubbing steph needs her food and rice... haha so her couz brought us to this place... in Kota Laksamana... All they served there was Assam Fish... and plain Rice with salted egg.. I don't know whether it was just me being hungry... but the food was SEDAP!!! (malay for delicious)
I know it looks nothing much... but yea I'm still amazed it was that good :P $5 ringgit each!! thats around $1.20 USD Cheap Cheap!
After supper we mooched Steph's cousin's friend CD from his car lol cuz the CD had some really good songs on it ahaha :P oh wells Its MINE now! Arhhh!
Next morning... *yawn* woke up sleepy head... oh btw i feel alseep sitting up in bed watching troy the nite before waiting for steph to get outta the shower hahahaa :P couldn't take it.. anyways woke up in bed and started watching this show called Saint Ange... it was some freaky scary movie about scary children... lol
I HATE SCARY MOVIES!!! I rarely ever watch scary movies.. but I just really like this one juz i love the building it was in.. haha so I was watching it with the blanket over my head half the time >.< but I didn't get to finish the movie.. so I have to go buy it or rent it from somewhere.. dammitz i wana know how it ends!
Oh wells we checked out... and left for Steph's Grandma place... we had some fun in the yard taking funny pics of each other hehehe
We left meleka After dinner at around 9pm.. and got back to Singapore at 11:15... :P
i bought lotsa pineapple tarts.. i'm soo gonna get fat on them >.<
this was the song that they were playing when I walked in the club.. my current fav song.. KARMA!
Maybe its PMS, Maybe its my moodswings, Maybe its juz the beginning of the year, Maybe its juz my luck, Maybe this, Maybe that...... Maybe its juz me at it again....
WAMU pissed me off to Timbaktu!! I'm trying to change my address on my WAMU account cuz I am using Jerry's address for all my addresses... so he recently moved and I have to change everything, but first I have to change my WAMU one then I can start changing my USPS one cuz USPS needs some kinda Verification LIKE a bank statement...(genius) then I can change my DMV one.. and the IRS one and blah blah...
So I went online... and yea dumb me.. I forgot my password and it locked me outta my account.. so to reactiviate my account I needed my debit card number and my pin number... problem is.. my debit card is a new card and I don't have the pin number to it.. great!
So I called international to customer service hoping they can solve my problem.. I asked her if she could just change the address FOR ME so she can send me the NEW pin and I can log in and do my stuff she's like.. sorry I can't change the address because there aren't enuff questions I can ask you. you'd have to change it online....
HUH? WTF? ONLINE?? HELLOOO WOMAN!! THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M CALLING!! I CAN"T GET ONLINE DUH!! U THINK I LIKE TO CALL INTERNATIONAL FOR YOU TO TELL ME THAT?
and what questions... like huh? if Online has them why can't she juz ask me over the fone and problem solved.. why do i have to go Online and answer them... GET OFF YOUR FAT ASS AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS SO YOU CAN VERIFUCKINGFYMYASS!.... of course I didn't say that.. although it was at the tip of my tongue...
Anyways.. she's like ok.. I can remove the online portion of your account so you can go and re-register your account again.. well ok.. I asked if I re-registered would I need my PIN to re-register.. she's like "from the system I don't see that you have a PIN connected to this debit card... Great!
So I hang up... went online... and did the whole registration process.. and Guess wat... IT ASKED FOR MY PIN!!! Genius!
I called Customer service again... told her my problem... she's like well I can't do anything either... your only option is doing this by MAIL or simply walking into one of our branches..
SIMPLY WALKING INTO ONE OF OUR BRANCHES
that means spending 17 hrs on a plane to LA... and 17 hrs on a plane back from LA... WOW simple...
OR I could do this by MAIL so I asked her How would doing this by mail be SAFER????
Here I am ... on the fone with you.. you can ASK me ANY question you want from the 1st time I took a dump too who I slept with last nite like HELLOOO i am RIGHT HERE!!!!
So I bought a couple of colored contact lenses in the hopes that I will find some cool function that I can wear it too.. but the occasion never arose... and my contacts are expiring... so what the heck... I'll just use them today..
Pretty cool!! and they are not uncomfortable at all previously i've tried other brands of colored contacts but they were all pretty uncomfortable and when ur eyeballs move too fast u get blurred vision... but these are really good and I love them... hahaa i'm highly considering of wearing them on and everyday basis now... but I think they'd be too freaky.. unless I was white and white peepz can have any colored eyes and still look normal.
Here's another pic of them lol I really like them.. and check out one of my other Christms present! (this is also one of my favorites and NOT SOAP lol) Its Alien doode.. other than boo (from monster's inc) Alien Doode is the coolest lol
Not seen in that picture is actually baby alien doode :P but now he replaces baby alien doode's spot... and baby got moved 2 ft away :P
Hi all, sorry its been so long since my next blog.. its been like what... 2 weeks? Soo sorry.. my #1 Fan lol (you know who you are, hahaha) Anyways.. I've been really busy at work... the launch of toontoon in South East Asia was keeping me crazy busy... and also I had to clear up and handover stuff before I left on vacation so here it is my Vacation to Hong Kong yea!! =D Finally got to Visit Hong Kong Disneyland too :)
I arrived on Saturday Night, Hong Kong has changed soo much since I last visited in 98... the out skirts of HK was just lighted up with huge and tall sky scrapers.. all very new and very nice! There were lotsa new bridges too! Here's a vid of the drive to the hotel...(lol yea I know the peninsula is upside down.. but I didn't think of making a video back then :P)
We stayed at The Hotel behind The Peninsula... lol I like to call it that... :P seems soo posh.. but its actually
Its a nice hotel.. service was REALLY good but just like all hotels on HK the rooms are tiny... but we had alotta fun terrorizing my parents cuz we had adjoining rooms so we were running to and fro. Oh and we got really lucky we got the rooms at the end of the hotel so we could peep through a little opening between The Peninsula and the Sheraton so we actually HAD A VIEW of the waterfront of HK island =) sweet! soo After checking in the hotel at nite we decided to do a little wondering around our area of Tsim Sha Tsui
Its been a long time since I last came to HK the skyline has definitely change.. but Nathan Road still looks exactly the way it is... neon lights, busy buses and cars, people everywhere.. but I don't remember HK during Christmas so it was a nice change to see Christmas lighting around there... however I think Singapore's Christmas lights are nicer :P
Sunday Morning DIMSUM!!!!! If you come to Hong Kong you HAVE to go for Dimsum.. its like you come ALL the way to Hong Kong and not have the thing that it is famous for? You might as well not go!
The food was delicious... BEYOND delicious... lol the best dimsum I've ever had! The Siew Mais and the Har Gows.. The Chicken Feet (lol someone told me they look like baby fingers :P watevers *BITE*) everything was GOOOD but I think the best was the Mango Pudding.. I've never seen anyone serve it like that... 2 Koi Fishies... and the total bill for 5 people filled to the brim? $250 HKD = $35 USD.. hellaaaa cheap (btw we went back there on tuesday morning lol and it was $170 HKD cuz of weekday)
After ALL that food we HAD to move... else we'd turn into lard tubs... The itenary for that day was HK island... so we took the MTR over to Central station and took a tram up to Victoria Peak
Victoria Peak changed ALOT! They now have this plaza at the top... that has a Madam Tussads, an EA Games store and also a Bubba Gump!! I was amazed!! It was like a shopping mall at the top of HK.. WoWzers! Victoria Peak is also where all the rich people build their million dollar houses..
Took the tram down and thought we might catch the open top double decker bus.. since we were tourist we wanted to do what the tourist doo...
We waited 45 mins for this stinking bus... lol
After the bus ride we took the MTR to Causeway Bay, well cause if you've watched all the Young and Dangerous movies (Ku Wak Chai) that's where all the action is supposed to be at lol so I had to go there... or umm where guys like Ekin Cheng (ok he sux in those sites but trust me he's DAMN cool in Ku Wak Chai and Legend of Speed) is supposed to hang out... *drool* lol
We ended the night going to Temple Street, a night market that runs from Yau Ma Tei to Jordan... selling all sorts of knick knacks, which also burnt a hole in my purse.. but oh wells I bought a the pair of FAKE Mickey Earrings you see at the top of the page there for $4 bux... can't complain >.< Oh and I also bought this pair of shoes which made me nearly wana rip the shop owner's head off...
Alritey.. no offense to the people in HK... but you guys should know that you have the one of the RUDEST shop owners in the entire world. Seriously I would never had tolerated this A-hole's Bullshyt if not for his shoes to be that cheap... and I liked them alot... -_- First I picked up a pair of shoes he said he didn't have the size... and I picked up another pair of shoes... and he said I don't have that in YOUR size either... your feet are "AMAZING" dammitz OK i have big feet.. BUT they aren't THATTTTTT big... Size 8... my mom has size 8 my sister has size 8 SO its probably NATURAL for me to be a size 8.. then lata.. So I finally found this pair on the rack that was my Size and I liked them... and I asked him if he had new ones... he's like "these are new" then I said ok.. then get me the other side.. he looked high he looked low... and he couldn't find the other side.. so i thought umm just gimme a new pair from the inside and I'll be on my way.. "Haiyah, if I had another, you think I'd waste my time looking for the shoe for you?" Grrrr then he continued mumbling other stuff that I was soo annoying that I had to pick that shoe, like WTH! Is it MY fault you can't find my shoe? While he was looking, I saw another pair that was pretty nice too.. about 3 and a half inches on a skinny stiletto.. I asked him if he had that in my size..."Are you sure you can walk in this shoes..." ARghhhhhhh ok I won't say anything else cuz if he said ONE more thing Imma rip his head off.. I tolerated ALL that crapola BECAUSE my shoes were only $10 bux.... -_- never again...
Monday Morning, we decided to head for Macau.. it's a 1 and a half hour ferry ride from Tsim Sha Tsui..
Macau was absolutely lovely... definitely different from how I remember it 20 years ago... everything has changed.. there are New Casinos like the "Wynn" which looks exactly like the one in Vegas... they have "The Sands" and they are building a Venetian there too... ohoh and an UNDERWATER casino.. i think that would be interesting.. I'd like to visit that one.. (but I don't gamble) hehee
Tuesday we had Dim Sum again.. same place lol everybody loves it hehehe and we went to Ladies Market... in MongKok.. this is another shopping paradise... clothes... shoes... bags... fakes... cute stuff... a woman's shopping heaven.. although i didn't buy anything there... but everyone else did... :P I was saving my money for DISNEYLAND!!!
hehehee Don't ask me how much I spent at Disneyland... cuz honestly I still don't have the guts to look at my Credit Card statement.. >.< All i know it was some MAJOR damage... the problem at staying at Disneyland hotel... you can send stuff back to your room when you buy stuff at Disneyland... so you don't know how much you've actually bought... *ouch* I think there wasn't a shop that I didn't buy anything from... Oh yea the Jewellery store, lol saw so much bling there that I was drooling over but...no damage there.. but yea.. looking back now.. I really don't know what I bought lol... a buncha pens... chopsticks... rubber bandies... cellphone hangy thingies... keychains... a tank top..... earrings.... lalalala..... LOL but I think the best buy has to be my 2007 Schedule book.. every page has a disney character from a movie since 1968 to 1995.. I'm amazed at all the new / old characters that i've learnt :)
Ahh wells... Disneyland was the last stop for us.. and we headed home on Thursday...
