Do you know how much i LOVE macaroons? Do you know how FATTENING these little puppies are yet they taste so damn good?!
I'm going to get to the bottom of this and attempt to make some of my own this weekend (i hope) though i'm already prepared for it to not go as well as i'd intend it to hahaha!
An ignoramus once said, "Who the fuck blogs anyway?"
Try anyone who knows what social media is, or technology for that matter. But i haven't touched this blog in ages! I have become one kind of a lazy bum.
I shall however, try to pick things up from where i left off..though i have no idea where it was i left off at! Time is whizzing by and everything in life is settling nicely in places where it ought to. 2010 has been awesome for me so far, and i plan to make the best of it. Yeah okay i've put on whatever weight i struggled to lose but hey that's okay, that can be solved (i hope haha).
Seems like the older i get, the less ridiculous stories i have, well except for that one night the girls went to some Thai gigolo bar and this Sue, her bf Kish and I bought this kid a garland coz he looked so sad, only for him to think I WAS THE ONE that bought it for him, which resulted in him trying his best to speak to me in whatever smatterings of English he could manage for the rest of the night..ok who am i kidding, i never run out of ridiculous stories!!
On a side note life has purged whatever remaining homosapien negativity, and it feels fuckin' awesome!
Chinese New Year was a nice long break where i just sat around and caught up on one of the best things to do in life - uhhhh play video games! Playing Dragon Age right now (RPG Game of the year yo) and its awesummmm!!! Reunion Dinner with the boy and his family and Monday night with the FSV homies @ my Sweet Faery Ass's. Thought i'd just drop by but we ended up hanging out till really late, playing stupid movie trivia games and peanut pong (don't ask). Man i love those guys!
Tuesday the whole family got together at the 1st Born Unicorn's with the kids and everyone went swimming. I love his house. i want it. I'll buy two please.
And now, it's back to work..wishing i ate more TWG macaroons when i had those suckers in the palm of my hand. Sniff.
2009, you were a dizzy blur of love, passion, fun, friendship, adventure, wealth and personal growth!
Started the year with a wonderful vacation to Phuket and wrapped it up with a therapeutic getaway to Cyprus! 2 meaningful vacas to start and end the year.
I've grown to realize how blessed I am to have friends from different significant parts of my life that have matured into lifelong relationships of trust, loyalty and selflessness. From my high school friends, to poly, to University, to work..i've met some of the most loving people on the planet and I'm thankful for being able to say that I have a beautiful family and the best friends anyone could ask for.
I wonder how some girls just don't have a girlfriend/s, or if they do, it revolves around jealousy and constant backstabbing. Guess i wouldn't know anything much about that kind of jealousy, unless someone has a really nice LV or Chanel bag that i don't hahaha!
I've learnt alot and/or more about people, and that no matter how hard you try to be nice to people, or as i like to call them, charity cases, it never really pays off. Sure u get a few karma points to boot, but i guess somethings are better left untouched, the next time i try to adopt yet another charity case, i'll go donate clothes to the Salvation Army or like sponsor some poor Cambodian kid.
2010 is declared the year to travel! Jan 15th to a secret place :ox, February for the long weekend, May to Japan, late summer to somewhere else? I'm still in planning mode.
Xmas was really nice, and I plan a quaint and quiet New Years with the people close to me. Going out and getting wasted is totally overrated! Plus it takes me a full day to recover from a hangover now.
God damn it i'm getting old!
Till i give my 2010 resolutions some final thoughts...and no quitting smoking has still not made the list!
Woke up to the sound of xmas carols coming from the living room :)
I love waking up to the feeling of xmas.
It's got to be one of the most beautiful holidays ever!
This year has been an absolutely blessed year for me and there's no way better to show my appreciation than at midnite mass tonite!
Presents bought and wrapped, Xmas tree smelling of fresh pine and now i have no choice but to wake up and get crackin' on helping out around the house! Doh!
I'm gettin' used to my little hood in Riga Feraiou. The corner grocery shop guy was a big help trying to recommend me a good menthol cigarette now that my Ice Mint carton has expired. Strolled down to the pet shop where i figure i'll be spending most of my time from now on, ended up sitting down with old Cypriot uncles and having coffee for the next few hours while i played with the puppies, chinchillas, snakes and watched Jim the owner pretend to eat all the birds and dare me to stuff as many birds he can into one hand..weird.
Saturday night i had a blast with Iffi her boyfriend Mike, Bashar, Iffi's brother Marios and his friend Jack who is a frickin' scream. Short lil dude that's a doctor and continuously tried convincing me to stop smoking. He also spent most of the night trying to dance with the girls at the table next to us and trying to do pullups on the ledge of the club's ceiling. There aren't exactly any hip hop clubs in Cyprus, the best we could get is this Retro bar that played some really nice music..bits of ol skool hip hop down to Madonna and Aha! Came crawling in at around 7am after coffee at Iffi's house up near the mountains and Bashar dropped me home. The last time i was out that late I was back home keeping a new friend company :)
Too bad all the greek i've learnt here are bad words and maybe your barely basic shit..but of course i only remember the bad words which i have been told never to say in public like ever hahah!
Mom is on a roll here making all kinds of dope food everyday and i'm being doted on 24/7. Dad passes me his house keys in the day and euros left out on the kitchen counter (when i don't even ask for any money!) I feel like i'm 15 again! It feels AWESOME!!!!
Missing my lobster Sir Pinch-a-Lot. Poor baby died after not even one day with my bro Kris, the bugger escaped from his tank and i couldn't find him anywhere!! And i had to leave that day too..the next morning Kris found him on his back peaced out. Poor Pinchy..i'll miss you and your gang signs buddy. R.I.P
Miss my Tipsy who has apparently been nicknamed The Destroyer by her babysitter. Good one Tips.
Missing all my girls and boys back home! But someone special is coming this weeek so i'm totally psyched!! 3 more days!
Gonna watch Hauru no Ugoko Shiro now coz Priya was tweeting about it today and i remembered how totally awesome it was and how much i love Kimura Takuya.
Got here yesterday morning visiting the folks in Limassol. The weather is a wonderful 18 degrees in the day and it's pretty gray and damp, kinda like Seattle. It reminds me alot of Seattle just not as green and instead of a neighborhood Safeway i have a Carrefour Express haha.
Our house here is pretty damn pimp, it's bigger than what mom showed me on webcam! All glass doors to 2 balconys one with a spiral staircase that leads you to another rooftop patio. Crazy! Now i know why when they come home they complain that our house is so cluttered haha!
In one day i had the Best Shower of 2009, the best duck and foie gras for dinner with a damn good cosmopolitan and a waiter that looked like Chris Daughtry. Daaayum!
It's funny to see kids here driving their Audi TTs and C classes, 6 series BMWs and all but dad said the cars get repossessed coz the fools don't pay up hahaha!
I couldn't help it..i fell victim to a pair of calf boots that looked exactly like a pair of Steve Madden ones i've been eyeing forever..and homie threw in a pair of studded gladiators for FWEE!! bought 2 tops..one looked exactly like a piece from Gucci's fall collection so yet another GIMME! ALMOST bought a pair of Prada frames but i told myself to frickin' take a chill pill first.
Mom and i took a stroll to Carrefour to buy groceries then it started to pour so i had to wrap myself in her scarf with everything but a placard that said Welcome to Saudi Arabia. Halfway thru running home the scarf blew over my face and i couldnt move it my hands were full of groceries! Instead of helping at first mom just stood there and laughed at me. Nice huh! haha
Now we're back home and i bought some buffet all u can eat takeout from this Greek couple coz they looked so cute..for 5 euros..went home picked at it and decided to have a micro waved stone baked pepperoni pizza instead hahaha!
Wanna hit the bars/clubs so dad's assistants at work are gonna take me out...soon i hope!
So many nice little bistros and cafes here!
Alright thats it for once the warmth of my laptop on my leg actually feels good hahah!
I am officially part of the survey group that circles the age 25-30. (thanks for pointing that out eRiaLC).
Right around 2 weeks to my birthday each year, i get that itch. The birthday itch. The one feeling that snaps me out of my "i'm too lazy to do anything this year" to the "shit i need to do something!!". And since i didn't do jack shit last year, it was a must to have a typical Kim Olsen shindig this time round - how can i disappoint all my peoples who look forward to my notorious parties every year!!
Thought we'd keep it small - close friends only, i got my usual peoples to help coordinate the invitations and in the end we had close to 40 people show up. Yes i have many good friends hahahahaha!!!
What is the point of an awesome party without Guitar Hero, Hip Hop music, puking, social mishaps, drunken breakdancing and the police! HAHAHA!
Can't be bothered to explain everything, the day after were a stream of phone calls with everyone comparing notes.
I love my friends, and i'm totally blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. I honestly don't know how anyone could ever survive without friends - in my case i have quite a few! And i can't imagine life without ANY one of them.
Thanks homies for everything!
And now, excerpts from the hundreds of pics floating around facebook
Does anyone know why weekends come and go like they never even happened?
Seriously, it's getting a bit ridiculous.
With that said, I am glad to say that i now spend my weekends chillin' at home and doin nothing near strenuous..which doesn't include Mobb Deep at Butter last weekend. That was an ATTEMPT at being strenuous but resulted in us retreating to a more quieter ambience (OverEasy) where we could have a drink and talk. Sad our old age.
I spent Friday nite at home happily in bed watching ALL 3 recent episodes of Paris Hilton's My New Bff Season 2, happily singing along to the theme song. HUGE!! Though this season's contestants are quite slack..oh well it just started anyway. Paris isn't giving chance this time..ok what do you care hahaha!
Then an attempt to watch Final Fantasy Children of Advent - that knocked me out. Not that i don't like Final Fantasy. I just find it slow and alotta talkie, but i still love the characters, especially Tifa and Reno.
Saturday was RANDOM - met Yurii, Mel and Kris for dim sum @ Great World City and grocery shopping with momz to stock up before her trip to Europe. Somehow the plan to buy his friend a birthday gift resulted in dumb ideas like buying him a hamster..or a goldfish ended us up in Tiong Bahru Market's Aquarium shop. One hour later we were walked off with 3 fishtanks with 3 mini pet lobsters. One for his friend, the other 2 for Yurii and myself hahahaha!!! Now i have a new buddy to keep me company in my room. Too bad he's busy trying to Indiana Jones his way around the tank all the damn time. Oh, Sir Pinch-a-Lot.
I watched I Love You, Man on Saturday nite and everyone was saying how good it was. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad..i liked it! I love Paul Rudd, but it wasn't like totally awesome hilarious. A definite download movie. I think The Hangover'll be much funnier. These group of chinese kids were outside talking about the movie and saying how it was the funniest show they have ever seen..quite sad right? The different thresholds of this thing called a sense of humor.
Oh yeah, does anyone know when UP is coming out here? What the hell man i'm DYING to watch that damn show!!!!
I blew over $200 on toiletries at Watsons today. Sad my low resistance for toiletries and beauty products.
Just when i was pushin' strong for not fallin' sick since I changed cigarette brands! It's hard to keep healthy when there are people breathing on you in the office. Doh.
So instead of going to work and spreading shit, i'm working from home.
If you haven't been up to date on what's been going on locally..there's this kid see..who is very erm..malay, but somehow thinks he is black and reppin' the Bloods. Problem is he can't speak english to save his life and oddly associates himself as a gangster. Within 2 days upon his discovery, the situation blew out of control thanks to a few people (*innocent look*) and he has evolved into the biggest laughing stock of the country - going to extents of even being dissed on LIVE radio!
If you haven't checked it out you can get on his fb group page (not made by him) and watch the ONE remaining video that someone managed to rip and keep since he took down all the others (boo!) KidCulprit & i were truly hurt when he resorted to such selfish actions coz we had nothing else to do to waste our time at work hahaha!
FB Fan Page : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88451992631&ref=mf
You can find everything else on there! You know who he iz..!!!
Ok i just had to shout that out.
The last 2 weeks were abit stressful, but leaving it up to God to decide and being prayerful once again has resulted in only the best outcome. And i say this in the most non preachy psychotic Christian way ever. So now that all that's done - we move forward and i'm on top of the world!
Off to the doctors ...more coz i'm out of cigarettes haha!
Oh yeah does anyone know what kind of laughter Pwahaha/Puahaha is? Or where it originates from? Is it a korean thing? Or an Asian American thing? Someone explain becoz i just dont get how someone could laugh with a P in front. Unless maybe ip yu ahr prom da Peelipeens.
I had a super creepy Friday evening, and a rather intense last 1/4 of the day.
There are a couple of changes in the office, which demands alot more out of me but i'm super happy/nervous/excited/scared at the same time, becoz it's a pretty big role but this would probably be my big step into the industry.
Anyhoo, after discussing it with my boss, i headed outside for a smoke before i took off. So we have these metal garden table and chair set outside where we kinda lax and smoke.
I was sittin there preoccupied in thought, when some middle aged Chinese dude in like pants and a long sleeved emerald green shirt walked by me. He did a double take and stepped up to the platform from the pavement and started pacing around me, which started freakin' me the fuck out.
When i realized he was getting in my air, i kinda turned and gave him this wtf face and he just shook his head like no no nothing.
A moment later he goes to the restaurant beside my office, and picks up a copy of one of those free magazines they give out and i glimpse at him scribbling something down. Whatev..continue to smoke.
He comes up to me and asks "Can i leave this here?" and he places the magazine in front of the empty chair across me, with the magazine facing me upside down. I realize he'd scribbled this on the magazine for me to read.
"Is not a good idear"
erm..wtf??!?!
I turn around and i see him dip into the side alley, i go after him but he disappears.
FREAKY DEEKY! MANN!!
So i go in and tell everyone that there is some kind of magical mystery dude outside that's trying to get into my head and the first person i call is Kitty of course, who begins by saying "You're lucky". NICE Kitty.
Is not a good idear?
I forgot about that part. How fucked up is your life if you're a magician that can't spell. IDEAR???? COME ON!! That sounds like some kind of electronic animal product by Apple.
Just before he picks me up from work, i see the same guy reappear from nowhere so i grab G and show her what he looks like. He was standing at the intersection of the road and LOOKING STR8 AT ME!!!
So G's like ok ima walk with you to the car, and as she goes in to grab something, crazy dyslexic magician guy starts making a bee line towards me!!! G emerges just in time and we scoot past him, who then proceeds to stand outside my office like he's a watchdog. Fuck that shit i was outta there.
HELLA FREAKY!
Magician or not, that dude was just creepy as a mafucka.
I'm glad i got co workers that got my back hahaha!
Anyway, very random but i have to add - The Ramen Girl is a wonderful movie!!!!!! Loves Brittany Murphy and Loves Tokyo/Yokohama - all the memories!!
We had microwave Japanese pasta from Meidi Ya for dinner - and 10 mins coming back to my room and touching my pillow..someone next to me is in a deep slumber dreaming of ...hmm let's see.. deep dish rims and nixon watches..
Closing exhibition for A NICE SET Singapore last nite @ Hacienda - the local artist edition.
They all looked amazing!! Kudos to Singapore's Creative Talent.
Had an awesome awesome time with my peoples Chellelala, B-FAM, Kael, Michelle, Frankie, Paul, Kitty & Eva & Leo who came down to show their love for oneleven's exhibit! Love you guys!!
Lemondrops aren't very tasty, but they're still consumable!
Mad props to DJ Mugen for what i would like to call A DOPE ASS SET!!!
My man, mighty Mos rockin' Neighborhood lookin' as fly as ever.
An unlikely representative of NEIGHBORHOOD’s 2009 1st Ex. Series “Holidays in the Sun” collection is none other than fan-favorite in American Hip-Hop artist Mos Def. Having seen the prolific lyricist dressed in diverse styles ranging from Visvim Folk FBTs to his own sub-collection with UNDRCRWN, the styling shots seen here include some seasonal highlights from NEIGHBORHOOD such as the APOCALYPSE . VE / E-JKT studded leather jacket in blue/black. Starks shoelaces in his Chucks as well?
Why do weekends seem to be over in a blink and weekdays just drag on painfully? With that said, The Fringe and Gossip Girl are done for the season. Now there is absolutely nothing left to watch. During these cycles, this time would mean purchasing 2-3 new games for my Xbox and prolonging them for as long as possible. So now, it's time to get crackin' on Gears of War 2, maybe Wolverine (though i heard it's full of glitches) and now the Ghostbusters release has been pushed back to June. BOO. Listen to me, i sound insane.
We finally booked tickets to catch the overhyped, over tweeted Star Trek movie last nite at VivoCity. We decided to try out this restaurant called The Mussel Guys (yea great name, morons). The place wasn't even full so whatever, we ordered our mains and a side of chicken wings. Mid bite into it, the wings were still frozen on the inside - freak out.
We call the waiter over, and tell him hey man, your shits still frozen. I don't understand why local people have to use the words " Okay let me check"
CHECK WHAT? YOUR FOOD IS FROZEN? Are you bringing it back to the lab for investigation and take chicken dna swabs?
Later, instead of serving us a new portion (of 6) we get 4..of what looks like re fried chicken wings. Okay now I was starting to lose MY patience.
I asked homie manager nerd guy that reminds me of a co worker i once had, why he served only 4 and not a new portion. His reply was one of which i have never encountered in all my 26 years of eating.
He said that he took 4 new pieces off someone else's order (which were how many wings served in some kind of combo platter) and gave them to us first, as waiting for a new portion would take awhile due to the overwhelming orders in the kitchen. Later he'd serve the REMAINING 2.. (???)) o_0???
uhh okay.
Mid meal, a random waiter comes back and presents us with a plate..of ONE CHICKEN WING.
ONE.
Are you effin' for real?
And do you seriously think either of us are going to actually CONSUME this chicken which has probably been spat on, stamped on, rolled around the kitchen floor? (yeah, i've read The Witches by Roald Dahl, and heard enough horror FNB stories from Chelle). Hell to the no.
The bill comes up to just below $50 and we are not happy. I feel like having a major bitch fit, but now i realize there should be some things i should let go. Urgh. So don't go to this damn place if you're in VivoCity. But be nice to nerds ok?
First to arrive in the cinema before the movie starts so we do booty dances and wave our hands in the air like we just don't cayer. Throw some popcorn around and claim that this is my cinema bitch before people stream in 5 seconds later. Bummer.
Star Trek movie begins ooh ahh..and er..why do your laser guns actually go Kachiuuu! Kacchiiuu? Kinda pathetic.
Zach Quinto was cool..Chris Pine was cool..Star Ship Enterprise? 5 yawns.
Even their enemies, the Romulans, were boring. I wouldn't have to look into outer space to see a bunch of bald weird guys with tattoos on their faces. I could just go down to Far East Plaza to see a few.
Sulu is of course John Cho from Harold & Kumar, which made me burst out laughing the minute i saw him and i had no IDEA that Winona Ryder was acting as Spock's momz..
Oh also, did anyone else who watched the show realize that in 3/4 of the movie, Kirk is getting his ass kicked in like every other scene? His face is like seriously bruised throughout most of the movie because everytime he talks to someone, he gets punched. Hahahah!
Trekkies are gay, Star Trek is overhyped. Star Wars still reigns supremacy. And with that, i leave you with a clip i found super funny from the Onion News Network about the movie.
