Ah-Long Alert

Some weeks ago, the following appeared at the stairwell at my level, as well as in the lift. It indicated a certain NRIC number, a name and the flat unit number.

To my astonishment, it looked like my unit number when I saw it in the lift. But there was no one by that name in my family! I thought wildly that my dad went to the loanshark under a false name. But then no one will be stupid enough to give a pseudo name but the correct unit number.

But upon closer inspection, I realised that the scrawl was referring to a neighbouring unit. Phew.

The scribbling has been erased by the accused, I presume, since then. (But seems like he doesn't know that the same thing was written one level down.)

Yesterday's Today Said

"Mr Liu said his boss, who was in his 50s, hanged himself on Saturday, according to the report. It is common for disgraced officials to commit suicide in China."

-Toys recall: Factory boss commits suicide

Just wondering why the reporter found it necessary to mention that "It is common for disgraced officials to commit suicide in China". Seems like a subtle attempt to inject some prejudice *shrugs*

Farewell

Sad to see that you gave in to the evil force. Hope you will be happier in your new place. See you soon :)

Dancing With Boss

Update 14 Aug : Boss told me that his legs ached for two days after dancing. Haha.

Recently, our Creative Director got promoted to Managing Director. He was very excited about his new post and started giving motivational talks and organising bonding activities.

He organised Club Night on National Day eve. But response was lukewarm. Partly because he's not popular with his Creative team. And mainly because my Creative people are not the party type, contrary to what you may think. They're the staid movie-goers (my movie kakis!), bowlers, pool players. Once, a freelancer asked in disbelief, "Don't you guys party at all?" But we're a bunch of guai kias and don't do what other agencies do.

Since his team was not supporting him, the suits (including me) had to go la to humour him. I might sound reluctant but the Partygirl in me got pretty excited. I hadn't danced in a while!

Once we stepped into Butter Factory just across the road, my cells started dancing and I jiggled to the music. It was apparent that the dancing diva in me couldn't wait to jump out of my skin! But it was only ten pm and the dance floor was empty, although people were surrounding the floor with drinks in their hands.

After a few drinks, my MD sashayed towards me and said, "Mel! Let's go dancing!" He then grabbed my shoulders and pushed me to the empty dance floor! I couldn't be more mortified.

Dammit. I had to be gracious about it. Besides, he was already rocking to the music, lost in his own world. So I psyched myself to forget the eyes on me and forced out my dancing soul, praying that people would join us once they saw us on the dance floor.

Twenty minutes later, we were still the only ones dancing. The old man was sweating and panting already. Then my colleagues came to announce that they were leaving the club. I took that as a cue to exit the dance floor and leave the club immediately.

Dammit. The Creative will tease me no end for dancing with their boss on Monday.

The Proposal

Just about six weeks ago, the Sisterhood pulled off our best act yet to stage a surprise wedding proposal for Tay by her Boyfriend.

At first, the initial plan by him was to just have a couple of girlfriends to help him. But unfortunately, none of us wants to miss out on the action and the whole group turned up.

To meet his request of proposing at sunrise on a beach, the Sisterhood decided to book a room at the lovely Siloso Beach Resort at Sentosa, to "celebrate the birthday of the June babies". Then, it took us quite a while to work out how to get the sleepyhead Tay out of bed before sunrise to the beach.

The non-birthday girls got her to think that we were planning a surprise treasure hunt for the June babies at sunrise at the beach (cos any later, the beach would be occupied by people). It worked. She was very enthusiastic.

Her Boyfriend appeared in a suit at sunrise. The rest of us crept away. While we couldn't hear what they were saying, we were trying to peep at them. But they were blocked by a board and we could only see their feet. They talked for so long that we thought she has rejected him. In disappointment, we started to walk back to our room, until we saw she was lifted off the ground.

We cheered and lighted sparklers and blew soap bubbles in celebration as she walked back with the gleaming diamond ring on her finger. Feelings of elation were all around and we congratulated ourselves at pulling off the surprise.

He graciously paid for the room and bought us breakfast at the resort. I must say he has scored high in our books. Remember my Handbook for the Boyfriend? He passed and exceeded our expectations by trusting us with his proposal.

So, our friends are starting to get married. And having babies! The rest of us, please don't be pressured. Get hitched only when you feel that the time is right. I am an advocate of freedom of marriage. So stop asking me when I'm getting married simply because it's about time. I can get married at 50 if I want to! (Although two different fortune tellers told my mum that I'll be married in two years' time *shudders*)

Anyway, congratulations to the couple! We're looking forward to plan the wedding :D

P/s Girls, I need the photos to beautify this post!

I'm Seeing The Light Of Day!

I'm getting used to the routine of things, my days at work are getting shorter. It's not that my work is less. It's just that I can manage my time better, thus more efficient at work. At least, the days that I stay back are now less than the days I leave the office before ten. And no weekends for more than two months already :) As my team beefs up, my work doesn't get any less but I'm glad to know that there will be someone to follow up when I'm not around.

A past time that I've happily resumed is going to the movies. The shows I've watched in the past two months are more than what I've watched in the previous half a year. Go watch Black Sheep on a weekday. I swear I've never enjoyed myself so much at a show in a long time. The storyline is sooo ridiculous. In fact, the Kiwis in the cinema exclaimed, "This is ridiculous!" And the theatre roared with laughter. But beware, you may not look at a lamp chop the same way again. Lol.

With more time on my hands, I'm making plans to utilise it more. I think I will learn driving although Boyfriend thinks girl drivers should not join the roads to endanger the lives of others -_- (He insists that it's not a sexist remark.)

I should be exercising regularly too, to regain my hot body :)

I'm going to plan trips to unfamiliar places. My spiritual being is calling out to me - See the world. Feel the universe. Experience the cultures. I've started extensive research and detailed planning. First stop, Vietnam. I'm very excited!

So yeah, those are my plans. I just need to put them into action.