I want a...

Yes i'm back to the 'I wanna get married' and 'I want a baby' stage. Unfortunately now it's both at the same time.

Pretty much thanks to F.R.I.E.N.D.S, of course. I just finished the episode where Rachel has her baby girl and now i want a baby. Again. But that's gonna be at least 5 years later :( Or 6, since i'm getting married in 5 ._.

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I was listening to my House music at work just now, and for some reason i really badly wanted to do iWander again. You know, just spend a day and wander around Singapore alone, with music plugged in my ears, watching people rush through their busy lives while i take a slow stroll and enjoy the peace.

I can't wait to stop work, so i can do all that. I'm already thinking of all the places i want to go, and i'll come up with a route to take. Maybe i'll leave home early in the morning and see the sunrise at East Coast. That'll be nice.

I love my life, i love my friends, i love my family. It's great.

Slash.

I remember you.

You were one seriously weird teenager. You had a helluva time running around chasing celebrities, whom your life revolved around. You screamed at pretty boys, cried while watching them on TV, and made a whole bunch of friends who shared the same interest. You also splashed hundreds of dollars on their merchandise while declaring your "undying love" for them.

At the same time, you were pretty much invisible in school, with only your close friends for company. You never thought that they'd be there for years to come. You also never thought you'd ever break out of that shell. You had expected that the rest of your life you'd be the mouse that you've always been; the timid, shy, unknown person who blended into the background. The person who hated who she was, and who hurt herself to deal with it.

You left because someone hated how you hated yourself. Ironic, huh? Whether it was for the better or worse, i don't really know. I just know you were special, and i'm glad you were ever there.

Slash, thank you for being part of my life.

Yours truly,
Loretta

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No, i'm not schizophrenic.

Shaowei. -giggle-

Please let H1N1 pass soon. I want to go to Taiwan. Badly.

Busy, busy days.

I can always think of better things to do when i'm all caught up with work/exams. Probably one of the very few times i actually didn't was during the crazy 3 months of training with Soul Funky earlier this year, where i was right where i wanted to be :)

So i haven't exactly been sticking to my routine of regular exercise, but that's because i've been having so many things on. On Monday i met up with my poly friends for dinner, and this must've been the shortest dinner we've ever had. We just had dinner and left. Welp, that's working life.

Yesterday i was at the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen gala premiere at Vivo. I haven't even watched the first movie. But anyway, i guess it was pretty good. Better than i had expected it to be, anyway. Kind of draggy, though.

So finally i got to watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S today. I managed to finish the remaining half of season 7, and i can't wait to watch the rest. Chandler is so charming :) Oh, and i had a dream the other day about being one of the friends o_o

Tomorrow i'm going running. Ah, life's great.

President Obama swats a fly

"That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker," he said.

Monica: You wanted it to be a surprise.
Chandler: Oh, my God.
Monica: Chandler, in all my life I never thought I would be so lucky as to fall in love with my best, my best... [crying]
Monica: There's a reason why girls don't do this.
Chandler: Okay, okay I'll do it. I thought, wait I can do this, I thought that it mattered what I said or where I said it. Then I realized the only thing that matters is that you, that you make me happier than I ever thought I could be and if you let me I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel the same way. Monica, will you marry me?
Monica: Yes.

[Sorry but this was the best one i could find.]

TV is bad. It gives people false hopes and expectations of stuff. I know i'm probably never going to have something so sweet happening to me ):

Living life.

I have...

...gone parasailing.
...galloped on a horse on the beach at sunset.
...broken planks [while i was in TKD].
...waited at the airport for celebrities.
...danced on stage.
...cycled from Pasir Ris to Tiong Bahru.
...cried at the loss of an online friend [it wasn't even like she died; she just wanted a new identity].
...swam with sharks.
...a tattoo.
...seen snow fall.

And i want to do so much more :)

:DD

I had Sushi Tei for dinner with KS just now :) Here's what we had.

Hotate Teriyaki for appetizers.

We ordered the Lobster Mentaiyaki and Salmon Mentaiyaki to share. They gave us a choice on the size. We took the smallest one, which was $34 and more than enough. Sorry, no other pictures of food after that because i was busy doing this:

And that wasn't even half the lobster!

It felt great being in town on a weekday after work. We were both in our working attire and walking in - or rather walking out of - Ngee Ann City, and passing by those extremely high-end stores. It made me feel rich. Feel only.

Wonder if it'll be like that next time when we're both really working :)

Oh look, i got us a Joey here.

jiawei. ` says:
eh jie
JIE
:@
timesheet tomorrow

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
okay.
oh guess what
on my paper
it says cut-off date is 12-jun-09

jiawei. ` says:
ya right
mine says today - -;
i mean tomorrow

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
yeah wow i must've got really horrible eyesight

[Sends photo of timesheet]

jiawei. ` says:
WALAO
SEE GHOST
REALLY 12 ON MY PAPER ALSO
I SAW IT 3 TIMES 10 LEH

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
well i guess anyone could've mistaken 2 for 0
-.-

jiawei. ` says:
= ='
ok heng :)
dun need to rush :)
can complete one full time sheet

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
now you know why you're the cleaner in my restaurant? :)

jiawei. ` says:
why

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
...

jiawei. ` says:
LOL
ACTUALLY BY ASKING WHY
I ALREADY PROVED IT
LOL

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
you just proved the point
yeah

jiawei. ` says:
FUCKING EPIC LOL

loretta. ` live. love. believe. says:
i'm already blogging this.

jiawei. ` says:
- -;

Leave out all the rest.

I took a longer route while jogging the other day, and so i managed to hear more songs on my mp3 player [it's not on random because i have an extreme variety of song genres in there].

Nope i've never watched Twilight. I didn't know this song was on its soundtrack until i was searching for the video for the song.

Let the pictures do the talking.

Sunday night was spent travelling on a cold coach for 8 hours. It was supposed to leave at 10pm but got delayed for an hour. Subsequently when we finally reached the jetty to take the boat to Pulau Redang, we heard that the boat had broken down. Thankfully it was either not true, or not our boat.

It was different from the last time we went. There were significantly more boats than previously when we were there several years ago. That meant a deterioration in marine life. Sad ah.

The rest of the days were pretty much spent suntanning, swimming, snorkelling, eating, and sleeping. We stayed at Coral Redang Island Resort, which is a pretty small resort on a different beach from Laguna, where we previously stayed. It has a much nicer reef too. The one on Laguna's side is pretty much damaged after all the heavy sea traffic. I had a great time snorkelling. Saw a small yellow eel, and the usual colourful giant clams and fish. The corals were beautiful.

CRIR's facilities are pretty limited. The room is quite basic, with no television or bathtub. We slept early every night because there was nothing else to do. The food there is good, though. A good variety of tasty food everyday.

We walked around barefooted all the time because whenever we went into shops or to the resort restaurant, there'd be a sign saying, "No slippers allowed." So there wasn't much point in wearing any. I had told the boys to bring nicer clothes so we could take nice pictures while we were there, and here are some of the outcomes.

Like i said, there wasn't much to do. Everyday we walked all the way to the other side of the beach where Laguna and the More More Tea Inn was, and took photos. I have a whole set of photos with the huge flower heart, with both of us in different sets of clothes.

...My mom suggested that pose. She was also the one who took the picture. We never wanted to take a picture like that otherwise -.- And that's why we both look so weird.

Justin poses like that in almost all the photos i took of him.

So anyway, we spent the entire of the last day travelling. Woke up early to have our last breakfast, then took a speedboat back to the mainland. My mom chartered the boat because she didn't want to wake up super early just to catch the resort's boat.

Justin concluded the boat ride as, "Even if lifejackets weren't compulsory, after you sit on that boat you'd want one."

I told my mom, "You could've paid less for a roller coaster ride."

KS pretty much spent the whole boat ride clinging on to the railing. We thought we were going at a super fast speed until another bigger boat went right past us and off into the distance. Justin said it must've been going at the speed of OMGWTFBBQ.

We reached the mainland after an hour. None of us got seasick because the boat was going too fast for us to feel anything. From the jetty, we took a mini-van to the Kuala Trengganu airport, waited 2.5 hours for our flight, then took an hour to reach Kuala Lumpur's airport. Then we waited another 3 hours before taking another hour of flight back to Singapore. By the time we reached back, it was evening.

Overall the trip was alright. Nothing fantastic, but just a relaxing getaway. Mom says she's not going back there again. I probably wouldn't want to, either.

And last but not least,

Make your life CUILOURFUL.