recession schmession

Saturday, May 23, 2009

On Monday, in a tortured fit of curiosity and self-flagellation, I put our new condo up for sale on a property website with an asking price of $30K more than what we paid for it (to cover our costs and make a small profit). I didn't expect much response, but over the next few days the calls kept coming in - although most asked for a discount. But this morning someone matched our asking price (within a week!), so we started looking around for a new apartment to see whether it made sense to sell this one.

And I was really taken aback to find that in the two months or so that I haven't been looking at the classified ads, property prices have gone up again! In our particular condo development, a unit on the #1x floor (I love these property agent tactics) is going for MORE than the price we paid for our condo on the #3x floor! I told our potential buyer that our asking price has gone up and they matched it again - but now I dowan to sell already.

Also our car is now selling at $10K more than what we bought it for three months ago. What is wrong with these people? We're in a recession! They are nuts!

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on shoes

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Me: I can't decide between the Louboutin and the Manolo leh

Unnamed friend: every girl deserves a louboutin

Me: every girl also deserves a manolo
i must say i'm not v fond of jimmy choo
not v nice the designs

Unnamed friend: oh please choos are so SATC first 3 seasons

Me: lol

Unnamed friend: blog that !

Me: that is a very long "so"
okok

Unnamed friend: no no
j to the k

Me: you have these really cute phrases all the time
learn from mtv ah

Unnamed friend: some say mtv
some say gep control group in express
...
its whats motivates me to think harder
short dick = buy ferrari, short height = be aggressive, fail gep test = try and be the funniest man in the room

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interesting observation of the day

Monday, May 18, 2009

Facebook shows 7 of my "friends" having birthdays this week - I've never seen so many listed in a single week. But none of them are people I would send birthday messages to. This leads me to the conclusion that I don't really like people who have birthdays in the middle of May. I always knew there was something to horoscopes!

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are wentworth miller and luke macfarlane dating??

Friday, May 15, 2009

OMG I think my heart just exploded with squeeeeeeeeee!!

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my favourite thing at bedtime

Sunday, May 10, 2009

is to go to sleep in the middle of a book. I try to avoid finishing a book right before I sleep, because then I don't have that delicious feeling of saving some book for the next day when I wake up. The downers will say all good things must come to an end, but I like the idea that some stories will never be over. If you can sleep every night completely at peace with no ties to the world, there's less reason to wake up again the next morning. Or maybe I have that the other way around - if you have no more loose story ends to tie up, you can die anytime without worry.

But a worry-free life? What fun would that be? :)

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cheongsam chores

Thursday, May 07, 2009

I think it all boils down to me being too greedy.

See, I really want a nice cheongsam for my wedding. I was going to wear it at the tea ceremonies at my house and Shiyao's in the morning, so I thought I would get something breezy and light and knee-length so I could show my legs (heehee). So I designed my own and got a shop here to make it. But they screwed it up with the wrong fabric (appears to be a miscommunication) and a weird design at the back (because they said my original instruction was undoable). And now I'm trying to decide whether I should just settle for it or get a new one made, which would cost anything from $500 to $1200 more.

And also my own requirements have changed. Now I'm thinking, maybe I should have made a full-length one so I can wear it at night also, during the goodbye reception. I saw a gorgeous full-length cheongsam at a shop the other day and I can't stop thinking about it. But having to change outfits a second time during dinner (I already have one change: wedding gown for first half and evening gown for second half) means I will have less time to mingle, and if I get all sweaty wearing the cheongsam during the tea ceremony I don't really think I want to re-wear it at dinner anyway.

So now I'm trying to see if the original cheongsam I made is salvageable, in which case I will just wear that for tea and not wear a cheongsam during dinner and try to forget the beautiful full-length cheongsam that flirted with me. But if it turns out that I can't save my first cheongsam, then I can make another one. Which would be too late for my photoshoot at the end of this month anyway.

Sigh I knew it. Plan so far ahead, still got screwup at the end one.

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avoiding home has its benefits

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

It started off as a crap day - I woke up feeling sick and was late for work, and the moment I turned on my laptop it died on me. When I went to see the doctor I had to wait for half an hour, and then the receptionist let the guy who came after me go in first, which made me so pissed off I walked out. Lunch was a crappy rushed affair of takeaway duck noodles because I had a facial appointment. And although the facial was not too bad, I forgot to pay for the "ampoule" and have to go back on Wednesday to do so. Wrote two forgettable stories and was given a 8.30am assignment in town tomorrow - the worst kind.

But then I had a couple of interesting conversations and a good genuine talk with a colleague during dinner that made me feel strangely sad but happy at the same time. I had time to spare before meeting Shiyao at 11, so I dropped by the Coffee Bean near his house to have tea and read my book. And as I opened the door to the al fresco seating area, tray in hand, Philip was on the other side, and I laughed at the sheer ridiculous coincidence of it all. Later Dom, who had been having dinner across the road, came by.

The little moments that make you feel alive.

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happy

Saturday, May 02, 2009

There are a lot of things in this world I have to be thankful for, but primary among all of them are, I think, my friends. I've been told, repeatedly by people who believe they have "better" friends, that my friendships are not as strong or as real as theirs. But time and time again I realise how wonderful my friends are, both as friends and as people, and how lucky I am to have them.

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