Ever since i've started work, i've this feeling that i'm putting on one kg per day. I feel and look fat. Disgusting. Haha. Might as well use all the money i earn to have some liposuction done. It's depressing knowing that you're gaining weight and, yes i know it's my fault, lazy to do something about it. I think i need to stop whining but i feel the desire to get this out of my chest.

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Work on Tuesday morning was fun! Because of irresponsible people out there who decided to appear unannounced for the workshop held by the company over at a building near Great World City, i was asked to deliver their document there, TWICE! So i basically spent the first half of the day, on a cab, travelling to and fro between workplace and Teacher's Network simultaneously. Don't you just love such people at times? I know i do!

Going to work can be such a chore at times. The mood practically plummeted to below ground level with the thought of having to see that particular person again. I seriously don't appreciate having a person of equal level as me ordering me about and asking me to clean her shit for stuff she don't want to do. If i have to use a vocabulary to describe how annoying she is, i seriously doubt i can because the word is going to be too profound and beyond my limit. I am personally anti-confrontation ( i hope to think so ) but there is a limit to everything. And i am at the brim of the maximum level i can withold so on the day which i wake up on the wrong side of the bed and she has to provoke me on such a day, i seriously don't mind sharing a piece of my mind with her. The "Ernestiousnism", as i would like to call, quoted from the renown philosophy Confucianism. Everytime she says something irritating, i tend to practise the art of ignorance and though i may seem rude by not "following her order", i think it's better than replying her for one has no idea the capability of their retorting skills. And i don't really want to risk having a bad image among the other colleagues cause, afterall, i'm going to work there till school starts. I seriously need to learn how to pretend that she doesn't even exist! I can definitely say that any form of friendship between us is impossible, haha.
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Let's put work aside and talk about my favourite thing - Country music! There's so much going on with the country scene these few weeks with the released of new materials by several top-notched artistes! Firstly, the video for Carrie Underwood's inspirational single, So Small, is finally released! This is an obvious sign to show that the album is dropping soon! Haha, yes, October 23! Can't wait! Here are a few screencaps.




Man! Does she look like she's about to use to F word or what? Haha.
Next up, the legendary country diva finally returned to the country scene and released her 31st (!!) studio album, Duets, featuring collaborations with REALLY famous singers in each song. The first single was the remake of Kelly Clarkson's Because of You and i really love the song that has the country twist to it. You can do no wrong with Reba! This single stormed up the chart and Kelly and Reba even went on to Oprah to performed it recently! Other collaborators include Justin Timberlake, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes. Doesn't all these names gave you the slightest temptation to purchase this album or what? And the album is really awesome. Reba is 52! She doesn't even look her age (i know there's airbrushing and stuff but she really looked younger than her age when she's on tv) !

My two favourite singers!

Next up, Rascal Flatts is releasing their new album within days!! ARGH. So damn many albums to buy but i'll only allow myself to purchase Carrie's since i've already gotten so many album this year. I'm such an idol junkie. But it's worth it though! Haha. But it sure doesn't hurt spreading music around! Rascal Flatts never fails to produce memorable charttoppers from their albums - including God Bless The Broken Road, My Wish, Me & My Gang, What Hurts The Most and just recently, Take Me There. I'm sure this will be as good as their previous few!

Lastly, country has recently found themselves another rising starlet ( other than my Pickler, of course ) who already gotten 2 consecutive top 5 hits under her belt - Tim McGraw and Teardrops on My Guitar. She is a force to be reckon with and honestly speaking, her album is packed with hits! My absolute favourite is Mary's Song (Oh My My My) and you simply got to listen to it! LeeLian, who apparently and obviously ain't a country listener, is now deeply addicted to this song. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to give it a shot!

Okay, enough of my country music rambling. I want all their albums! Well, shall see first. If there's surplus from my shopping trip, maybe i'll get Reba's!

Picture post!

Powerhouse @ St James Powerstation

The stage

Because i forgot to bring the camera, we ended up taking pictures using our handphone. Don't ever remind me again. They took the stage at minutes before 8.

After the concert, we dragged our wobbly feets to Subway for late dinner.

Did i say that LeeLian loves being on tv? Hahaha. I'm just kidding. Well, the VJ of Channel V wanted to interview both of us individually but the camera-shy me declined the offer to talk about Britney Spears (i'm rooting for ya! Haha) while LeeLian graciously took a few minutes to answer their question.
Satisfied stomachs with cookies takeaway!


You can see how starved LeeLian was!
Lastly, my prized possesion from this wonderful surreal experience!

I had a BLAST today! Today, during lunch, the supervisor decided to bring the 3 temp staff out for lunch at Holland V and we ended up eating at SushiTei, her treat! Haha. Okay, that's not the reason why i'm so chirpy today, what i just said was simply icing on the cake! I am overjoy today because DAUGHTRY is in town and i went to the showcase at Powerhouse, St James Powerstation!

LeeLian met me after work and we took a cab there, praying that hopefully we manage to squeeze in since it's first come first serve basis and doors will close after it is full. Reached half an hour before the show and the queue was alright, maybe around a hundred or so people in front of us. And though i may be mean saying this but i'm glad in some way that A LOT of people in front of us have to queue again, which allows us to enter faster. You could never imagine what half an hour could do. When LeeLian and I turned around before entering, there seems to be no end to the line. The best part of the whole showcase is that it is a really closed setting and LeeLian and I managed to get into a booth which has plenty of space and we're directly facing the stage, a few rows behind. Initially, we thought of it to be bigger and wanted to hide in some corner to just enjoy the music but we were proved otherwise, in a good way though. It's really damn near to the stage and it's much better than the Simple Plan's we went to a few years back cause there's no annoying little kids to push around. Today's was really chilled and comfortable since there's no one pushing around like the temple during Chinese New Year and people there are just there to have a great concert, maybe except for one girl (insider joke with LeeLian).

Everyone knows i'm a huge idol junkie and being able to catch one of my idol performing live is simply so surreal. Especially when the band is well-known internationally right now with 2 hit singles - It's Not Over and Home - under their belt. They totally set the stage on fire and i had goosebump when they sang a few songs, especially the crowd's favourite "Over You", which is also their latest single. I'm not the kind of person who would scream, screech (ahem, LeeLian! I tell you, that girl has got a pitch that can matc those of Mariah Carey's!) or keeps rocking my head to show that i enjoy the performance. I'd prefer to just stand and listen attentively and clap like a dummy but i REALLY REALLY enjoyed myself. And seriously, don't ever ask me again why i didn't bring a camera cause i'll just start banging my head on anything nearby. After the concert, which is just about an hour, babe and i went to Subway for a really really late dinner (which of course comes at a price of hours of whining from LeeLian! Haha, i'm kidding! ). LeeLian made me feel like i'm treating her like a child slave who starves her and also to because to reciprocate her kindness of accopanying me though she has tons of work to do, dinner plus takeaways on me! Seriously, i really appreciate the fact that the friends are willing to accompany me for such events that i can't find a way to repay them. I'm glad to have friends like them! Pictures tomorrow since it's now 12.23am and i've to wake up at 6 AND i'm damn shagged right now!

I'm seriously drained out right now and though i really want to blog about something, or anything, i'm just too lazy to even move my fingers! On most weekdays, if i'm not meeting any friends, i reach home around 730 and sleeps at 11. So i guess there's pretty much nothing to talk about. Lastly, new picture of my all time idol and inspiration, Kellie Pickler, was released and she's looking gorgeous as usual! This is also the itune cover for the song she specially recorded for Christmas, Santa Baby! Okay, this entry is ridiculously boring.

It has been quite a while since the family went out together, other than to Grandma's place for dinner. Went to Mr Prata to have, what else but, prata. We have been wanting to go to this place since some Channel 8 show recommened it few months prior but somehow or rather, it only took us till now to go and have it tried. Frankly speaking, the food there is really disappointing, a far cry from how the show had decribed it to be. I tried mushroom murtaba and i feel as though i'm having onion roll for their servings of it is humongous as compared to the mushrooms. The excessive onions not only adds a litter bitterness to the taste, it stinks our mouth badly. Other than that, the curry wasn't strong enough AND the teh tarik ice i had was so diluted even before the ice melted. Utterly disappointed. But the nasi briyani did managed to give the place a few credit for the chicken is really tender and juicy. The setting of the place is also rather unique cause they use garden chairs and tables and we seems to be eating at a backyard, but slightly more dirty and squeezy. Definitely different from the normal prata shops we eat in with only stools and round tables and of course, coffee shop settings. This place wins by its setting but i don't think it matter much cause good food can overshadow a place setting anytime, especially since we're only eating pratas! Anyhow, food comes secondary. Being able to spend time with the family is what matter most. Though i may be rather temperamental at times, i really love spending quality time with the family. And friends! Dinner's at grandma's and though there's no hugs and kisses, i do miss grandma during her one week trip to Xiamen. She may not be the best cook in the world but nothing can beat home-cooked dishes i guess. I seriously can't stand that weekend is drawing near so fast and it's back to work tomorrow. How dampening!

Met up with Jade last night after work at Jurong East to have dinner cause the both of us simply have too much bad things to complain about. Initially, the plan was to eat at Long John since she’s having the cravings for it but because yesterday was also the released of our result, we thought we might want to have something better. Therefore, we end up having dinner at this Korean fast food joint which I can’t remember the name. Frankly speaking, this is actually my first time tasting Korean food! I feel like a country bumpkin, haha. I don’t know why, Korean dishes never seems to fascinate me. But it was rather good actually, except the kimchi. Simply not to my likings. Oh, I am a fan of their deep fried assorted mushrooms! Really really good! It’s definitely therapeutic to load off all the unhappiness at work and share it with someone and knowing that I’m not the only one with crappy co-workers. We actually spent hours just talking about our bad experience from the eatery, to the library, to plaza’s NTUC and the interchange. Of course, we talked about other happier, light-hearted things we well cause we aren’t two cynical whiners, in case some of you don’t know that. Haha. Overall, I had a fantastic night and I’m definitely looking forward to the next! Speaking of which, yesterday was the released of the results as mentioned earlier. Satisfactory is the word, I guess. Well, I didn’t fare that badly for those that I thought I would but there are also a couple which did not reached the expectation. So it’s pretty much good and bad all mixed together. Oh well, it’s already over so time to move on! Bibim bap, i think that's the spelling.