i always have my new yr resolution every yr... i tink last yr's was to lose wt, n i realli did lose some wt, just tat i gained back the wt again after i went to shanghai... so is this consider as meeting my goal??? haha...

anyway same thing for this yr, i shall continue to lose more wt, which i tink is diff... n to study hard... not gg to say things like gg for tutorials n lectures n getting A's becoz i still wont go for all the lessons n getting A's is hard la... depends on fate ba...

new resolution for this yr is to clear all outstanding r/s, making clear my stand (thou' words juz cant seem to come out from my mouth still)... but i tink he'll be able to guess it sooner or later... i dun wish to give him any hope n i tink im bad enuff to make him wait for me... its time i clear his doubts n let him move on...

another resolution is to jeremy... dun wish to elaborate more...

one more is to try to be a gd daughter to mummy n daddy... hope mummy will forgive me for all tat i've done... i admit im stubborn n getting more stubborn... but let me choose the path on my own n learn it the hard way... maybe its onli thru' the hard way tat im able to learn n understand all tat u've taught me...

last one of coz is to be a gd darling to Lawrence... i haven been realli a gd gf becoz i left after 3 wks of the r/s... all this while tat im not ard, he has always been by my side... he suffered n i suffered... not being able to take care of him for the past 6 mths... but i noe he'll still respect my decision... thou' he said b4 tat he'll not allow me to leave ever again... but if history were to repeat itself, he'll still let me go n bear the loneliness in sg... waiting for me to come back... n now tat im back, we'll work tog to go thru all the thick n thin... as much as i wish to be a tai tai n enjoy my tai tai lifestyle, circumstances may not allow me to do so now, but i believe we'll walk side by side n handle all the probs...

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juz registered my modules. thanks jun who wake me up. i tink most ppl still duno tat they can reg at 9.30am... guess we r the 1st few to reg actualli... anyway got all my mods... yeah!!! but dun realli like the time table. not much of a choice. taking my last minor, which is project based again. n 2 more core which have projects too...

anyway the ParagonHealthcare website that I have been working hard on every night in Shanghai is finalli loaded. Can view my masterpiece @ http://www.paragonholdings.org/Index.htm

But i spotted some mistakes. shant say what are those. but i'll improve on it. its afterall my hardwork. so i want it to be perfect.

gg to call singnet to complain on their customer service becoz they gif me the wrong info. blog later.

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Shall blog on my yunnan trip before I forget everything, thou I cant really remember how many places we really went to and what places of interest belong to which part of yunnan.

Basically it’s a 8 days trip, from 8 Dec to 15 Dec, or shall I say its 16 Dec coz of the flight delay due to the haze in shanghai, explains why we cant fly off on 15th.

Day 1

Took cab from home to hong qiao airport. Flight from shanghai to kunming is 3hrs 40 min. flight is 4.50pm if im not wrong. Reached kunming pretty late. Board the bus n off to dinner. Long journey to hotel. Check into hotel.

Day 2

Morning call at 6.30am, breakfast at 7am. But the restaurant ppl cant wake up I tink, so we’re a bit late. Left for Shi Lin (Rock forest), so of coz the place is made up of rocks. Nature reserve. Time to learn some geography. Haha.

Went Jiu Xiang in the noon. Highly recommended by the tour guide. Also place of rocks and mountains. Paid additional 130rmb. But I tink its onli so so. But its famous becoz it’s the place where jacky chan shoot Shen Hua and Ekin Cheng shoot Qian Ji Bian. Lots of natural rocks that look like something. China ppl really have gd imagination. How come I dun see what the tour guide is trying to describe? What “monkey king”, “wang2 mu4 niang2 niang2’s shou4 tao2 yen4”? really can narrate one whole story out from the place. POWER!!! Took the small cable car. OMG!!! Its so scary. 1st time I sit on this kind of cable car, so insecure.

Left for Da Li, check into hotel in Da Li.

Day 3

Morning call at 7am, breakfast at 7.30am. Went to Da Li Gu Cheng in the morning. Nothing much to shop. All sell shawl, and silver accessories. Tour guide say all fake ones. So better dun buy, esp tea leaves n jade.

Bus ride to Li Jiang, accompanied by Li Jiang tour guide. Found out that long long ago, Li Jiang only consist of ppl with surname “he” and “mu”. Those rich ones are those with “mu” and those poor ones, usually ppl who work for the “mu” family are the “he” ppl. So interesting. ppl in Li Jiang are the Na Xi ppl.

Traveled to Yu Long Xue Shan (Yu Long Snow Mountain). But we nv go up the mountain becoz the tour guide says there’s not much snow at tat time. Maybe temp not tat cold yet. So we took the small cable again. The scary one! Something came across me n jun’s mind: how long do they maintain the cable car? Engineering mind!!! Haha… who dare to says we r not engineers??? Hee!!! Got my Chinese name written in Na Xi script. Looks like drawings. Anyway nice view even when we took the small cable. Thou’ cant feel the snow la. And a couple insist on gg up the mountain. So they took the big cable. Did I regret not taking the big cable? Coz they say there are really snow on top. Hai~ maybe I shall go again!

Went to Bai Shui He (White Water River), where me and jun got harassed by the photographers. So forceful. They juz keep on grabbing us. So in the end, no choice but to let this stupid guy snap us. But we say we’ll not pay n not buy from him, juz let him snap n del our pics. But still, I have to admit tat his pics does look nicer than ours. So we still bought 2 pics from him. In the end, me n jun were late for the bus, n the tour guide came to look for us.

Went Gu Cheng again, but this time round is the Li Jiang Gu Cheng, kinda similar to Da Li Gu Cheng, sell the same things. Except Li Jiang Gu Cheng is more happening, with bars and pubs, n restaurants. And more shops to walk ard. There’s a Si Fang Jie which is Si Fang Square. But isn’t Si Fang = Square. So shouldn’t it be call Square Street instead? The grp went drinking but me n jun nv drink. Took cab back to hotel, where the taxi driver says our hotel is very remote. And its very dangerous there coz kidnap cases happened b4 at the area. So scary.

Day 4

Morning call at 7am, breakfast at 7.30am. Left for Shangri-la. Journey is damn long. And I keep falling aslp. Prob due to lack of oxygen. Accompanied by the Shangri-la tour guide. Bought oxygen tank becoz we may need it when we travel higher up. Drop by at Chang Jiang Di Yi Wan, but I duno what is the real thing tat im looking forward to see.

Went to the National Park, which is 4160m above sea level if I rmb correctly. Went in the noon becoz its not tat cold. I finally can see the snow. So cool. the place is quite big. Needs a few hrs to travel ard. And there are environmental friendly buses, means they dun run on fuels. Then what? Solar energy I guess.

Check into the hotel at Shangri-la. There’s electric bed. I dun have to tolerate the cold weather anymore. Yeah!!! Left the hotel for the the Zang Zu House (like Tibet ppl). They are the ppl in Shangri-la where their houses are open up to tourist to visit and get to experience their culture. Dancing. Eating. We ordered half a lamb to share. Whole meal is 110rmb. Not really worth it la. But entrance fee into the hse is 60rmb. Of coz the bbq lamb is nice. And their wine is so strong. 40% I tink. I only drink 2 cups I tink. Dun really dare to drink more becoz my lungs may not be able to take it. Anyway their food taste so weird. Nice stars in the sky. So bright. 1st time I feel soooo near to the stars. So big. Maybe becoz im at high altitude. I feel like reaching for the sky.

I cant slp at night. Side effects of high altitude. You feel tired but u juz cant fall slp. And I will nv allow myself to go to the hospital. NO!!! so I tolerate… n jun can slp!!! So im so bored. Toss n turn on the bed until 4am I tink. When oxygen comes back? Im also not sure. But the tour guide says oxygen will further deplete after 12 mid night, n that’s when I cant slp of coz. But I tink oxygen will come back when the time goes by, coz sky’s gg to be bright again. Lucky for me! I managed to survive thru the nite.

Day 5

Morning call at 8am, breakfast at 8.30am. went to Shangri-la Gu Cheng. There’s really nth much at Gu Cheng la. Why they keep bringing me to Gu Cheng???

Left for Hu Tiao Xia (Tiger Lake). Another place with nice scenery and mountains and gushing rapids, blue sky. Pretty! But tiring. Hard time walking back. Almost go out of breathe. Scary to drive on the mountain rocks. Have forbia looking out of the window. Its so steep n what if the bus go down the mountain? Touchwood!!! But its so high up. But I still risk to take photos along the way. Hee.

Drove back to Li Jiang. Check into the hotel at 5pm. So early. Me n jun played cards n eat cup noodles. Dun really feel like gg out becoz its too dangerous and there’s nth much to see outside anymore. The Gu Cheng again lor. Sianz!!!

Day 6

Morning call at 8am, breakfast at 8.30am. went to Guan Yin Xia. Got nice waterfall. Lunch at Guan Yin Xia. Tink the best lunch for the trip, thou’ dishes are abt the same. But still I find tat the food are nicer there.

Went to visit the San Dao Cha performance by the Bai Zu. Drank 3 cups of tea of different taste. Bitter and sweet. Prefer the sweet one. Tink I really cant endure hardship (chi ku)

Left for Chu Xiong. Dinner at Chu Xiong and checked into hotel at Chu Xiong.

Day 7

Left Chu Xiong for Kunming. Ate the famous Guo Qiao Mee Xian and visited Da Li Shi Chang. So marble came from Da Li actuali. And visited some jade shops. All the shops la. Nv buy anything. Free and easy at night after checking into hotel. Me n jun went shopping. N bought bootd at 25rmb. Cheap to max. KFC for dinner.

Day 8

Went to Qi Cai Yunnan. Big place. Visited tea leave shops. Yunnan is famous for their Pu Er Tea. But I nv buy coz its so ex. Im broke. But cant lose wt. nvm. I shall work hard to lose wt on my own. Bought some Yunnan food for Patrick they all. And some for my home.

Visited the Flower Market. Yunnan ppl really innovative coz they way they pack flowers, no one else can win them I tink. Why cant sg be the same. But of coz, their labor is so cheap n flowers even cheaper.

Dinner at restaurant near airport but no use coz we cant fly back home. Tour guide even lost my air tix. So she paid 900rmb for replacement. Duno real a not. Flight delay so checked into hotel. Came out to the so call “nu ren jie” to shop. But nth much. Bought bbq meat n water chestnut to hotel n eat. Received call at 2.30am to go airport. Flew from kunming at 4.30am on 16th Dec. Luckily we wont miss our flight. Reach shanghai at 8am.

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merry x'mas

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act cute!!!

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crapies!!!

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me, juan n wing... frenz for more than 5 yrs...

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MERRY X'MAS!!!

i was updating on sat at the chalet while waiting for dear to come back from his hm with jerry... nth to do coz there's onli me n valerie... who r those ppl who claimed tat they will come early??? my beloved ones!!! anyway due to connection error, my post juz disappeared... too lazy to type them back...

thanks everyone for coming to my party... or rather the x'mas party... glenn, juan, jinli, jason, jun, sharon, shi han, hong xuan, yanli n louis... did i leave out anyone else? hope not... so nice to see all of u again!!! still so funny as usual... esp glenn... when juan told me he still rmb all my past bfs... n still duno tat i changed bf already...

dear fetched me at 3plus... den go hm n change... den jerry took the lorry to try valerie's wedding gown... wing came 1st... n helped me to wake dear up... he realli can slp... coz i called him abt 20 times b4 he opened the door... knocked the door until my hands gg to break liao... PIG!!!

feedback for food: mummy's curry still hot fav as per normal, bee hoon is gd i tink, satays not so fantastic... too dry but dear's fren (mouse) seems to be able to cook it very nicely... he's been concentrating on the 5 pathetic satays for abt 45 min... so i shall give him face n try one... whose bbq skill has to be improved ah??? somehow i feel tat im the waitress... 100% service sia... with no service charge of coz... n free food... ice pls!!! water!!! plate!!! tissue pls!!! more ice!!! one more glass!!!

dear bought crayfish, stingray, realli big prawns n sotongs... my fav!!! still rmb me n juan used to go seoul garden n she cooked sotong for me!!! am i still as blur??? i hope not anymore...

i noe all of u r realli concern abt me, esp juan, jinli n yanli... dun worry for me k??? i will handle my stuffs well... tink u guys had great fun!!! i had great fun too... with glenn's dirty jokes on me!!! so paiseh!!! i shall upload my "studio" photos soon... gd job on the "studio" background...

tink dear's frenz got a shocked out of their lives when they saw us so crazy... n one of them dropped his jaw when jinli hugged me... come on, we're buddies for yrs!!! counting... its been 4 yrs coming 5... n to glenn n yanli, its 3 yrs coming 4... time flies... looking forward to mahjiong n ktv... badminton tml n ktv on thu!!! yeah~

thanks for all the presents... n hope u guys like the pressies i bought for u guys!!! juz sth small... but cater to everyone... love the pressies a lot... thanks my dears!!! u guys rox!!! i had a wonderful time... n wonderful x'mas...

dear's frenz stayed n play dai di till 4am... dear needs to wake up at 7am to work... n im supposed to slp but they're so noisy...

sth tat dear said tat touches me... thou' im still very unsure... n cant decide wat to do... thou' i rejected mum's offer, but i dun wanna be in this confusing stage n circulating the same prob again... i juz hope things will get better when he settled his stuffs... all i wanna do is juz to stay with him n support him in whatever he do... he may not be a very gd boy, or a very gd person... not the kind of ideal bf tat im looking for: dun drink, dun smoke, dun gamble... he failed all of the above 3 qualities but i still chose to stay with him... reason? i duno... he asked me why but i couldnt ans... maybe im juz stubborn... trying to prove tat i can do it?

enjoyed the times we spent tog... thou' we nv go anywhere, juz stayed in chalet n watch tv, but its a peaceful christmas day... n at least he makes an effort to hold this chalet with me... thanks dear...

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i realli hope all the unhappy things will go away... i wanna be back to the gd old days... Is receiving diamond ring the happiest thing ina gal's life? How come this time I feel a heavy burden on me when he wore the ring on my finger? what am i afraid of?

things tat i always tot will onli happen in the olden days n in rich families actualli appear in real life...dramatic huh... ur mum give u a sum of money n ask u to break up with ur bf... does tat sounds drama enuff??? will u reject? or accept? if the sum is kinda huge, will u forsake ur bf for money? debatable...

still not used to staying in SG... i still like my peaceful life elsewhere... not necessay shanghai, but can be anywhere, anyplace where i can get some peace on my own... i dun wanna tink abt all the unhappy events... or get reminded of them... but like i've said b4, i am starting to face the reality... call me coward!!! or simply say im escaping!!! but i realli dun wan to face the music... but what can i do? no matter where i run to, i still have to come back eventualli... life sux!!!

am i brave gal??? am i able to tide thru' this crisis? i believe i can do it!!! i've always believe in myself...

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Im back in sing!!! yeah!!! finalli... after one night's of stay in bangkok... sux... i swear i will not allow myself to do this again... no more thai airways transit in bangkok... this is killing me... landed at 10pm and have to wait till 9am the next morning to catch my flight... with all those barangs barangs tat i bought... hands gg to break liao... n no trolleys in the airport...

but new airport does sounds gd... managed to buy my tony n guy hair mask... dennis tried to look for it but cant find it.... i duno y... excited tat i found it...

played dai di at airport... n slp a bit... n loiter ard...

touched down at SG at 11.30am... called kor to check if he's here... surprised to see mummy n daddy... all took leave to fetch me... so sweet!!! wanted to go out, but decided tat i shd stay at hm n be my gd gal... since jinli also say my mum shd miss me a lot... coz i always meet him for lunch etc... den for the past 6 mths tat im not ard, she's like so lonely... i also noe la... her not so gd/perfect daughter is still her daughter afterall... tats y i bought lots of things for her n daddy... "Dior" wallet and a "OMEGA" watch for mum... "DUNHILL" belt n 2 "ROLEX" watches, teapots, jacket for daddy... "OMEGA" watch for kor... n one "BOSS" belt too... i realise i still have quite some things for dear...

went out for tea with kor, mum n dad at toa payoh... been so long since i ate dim sum... shiok... love the soup n those big crunchy prawns... so fresh!!! i hardly eat prawns in shanghai... yummy... went grandma hse to pass her the pressies... bought a LV wallet for her, n her dried persimon tat on i happen to find in yunnan... shd have bought more coz i tink she realli likes it... but tats soooo heavy leh... mummy likes the wallet but i told her her Dior is so much better la... diaoz!!!

kor drove us hm, n juan n yanli came to my place... so sweet of them!!! supposed to come n help me unpack... but i duno how they're gg to help too... chatted with juan's mum also... aunty shd miss me too right??? haha...

lots of things ard my hse now... duno wat to do with them... juz wrote out my presents list... n found tat i got no wrapping paper to wrap those pressies... maybe gg to get some later... maybe i can find some old ones out of somewhere... hee... cheapo!!!

who shd i call today??? i called zacc n jinli yesterday... n yanli n juan, haven call wing... n duno who else i shd call... missed call from zacc at 7pm but i nv call back...

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flying off shanghai in the next few hours... suddenly feel tat i'll realli missed this place... feeling is the same as the day i noe im flying off to shanghai... empty hse... back to the time when we 1st shifted in...

had a busy day yesterday... have all things planned but only execute some... onli thing i nv do is go shopping... buy jun helped me buy the things...

flight from yunnan was delayed... tats y my time is so tight... delayed for 9 hrs becoz of the haze in shanghai... tour guide checked us in to the hotel arranged by the airport... shopping at the "nu ren jie" (ladies' st)... return back to hotel n slp... was woken up by a phone call to say can fly back liao... tats 2.30am... washed up n went to airport to wait for the flight... plane left airport at 4.30am n reach shanghai at 8am... plans ruined... packed our luggage n send some of them to office... patrick n sy agreed to bring back for me... yeah!! if not mi n jun will overload like siao... went for facial n then meet mylene for tea at xing wang... ate the bo luo bao and drank yuan yang... discuss abt the ndd accounts... messy accounts... hai~ sian... so long still haven close... but at last i ate frankie's nasi lemak b4 i go back to sing... kee hau da pao for me... yeah...

meet kee hau, sy, peter n gordon for dinner at xu jia hui, opp ascendas plaza... ate steamboat... yummy yummy.... the soup is damn nice...

gg out to buy some stuffs... will blog more abt yunnan when im back...

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juz sent a bunch of drunkards home... i realli dun like the feeling of being drunk... so i didnt drunk to the max... hee... after tat time with mr kim n kee hau they all... i realli dun dare to test my limit... at least i know where is my limit... so i tend to stop becoz i dun wan history to repeat itself...

something tat almost make me teared... mummy always say im hard-hearted... but i tink everyone has their soft side... juz whether u r able to hit the bull's eye... shant say where's my weak pt... but den... when u see someone crying n telling u tat she hopes to see frenz patching up n gg back to the gd old times... suddenly, u'll juz get touched... i noe how much she wans this frenship to work, but i always say it takes 2 hands to clap... it u take one step forward n she took one step backwards, den wats the pt... n yes, she has pride n ego, so wat abt other ppl??? dun we have pride n ego too??? i tink one shd not swallow his pride, unless its realli necessary...

maybe im juz speaking from a perception... i may not know how to react if this happens on me... its up to individual...

anyway, hard time getting yuan man back home... n from the floor to her rm... so much energy wasted... looks like my dinner is all gone... haha... preparing for yunnan... look forward to it... flying tml noon, n back on 15th... yeah.... i guz we'll love it...

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have you ever stop speaking to someone for more than 2 wks, when u have see her everyday? Have u ever wonder friendships can be so fragile? or maybe we're juz acquintance? so its not even consider a friendship in the 1st place? Do u feel awkward when 2 person sit side by side n have dinner tog but none of u wan to initiate to tok? is it tat both still bear grudges or just duno how to strike a conversation becoz u haven tok for such a long time? have u ever look up to someone who will do things tat make u look down on her??? (maybe u duno wat im toking abt)... but so many qns...

have i ever do anyone wrong? many of us actualli didnt noe what wrong we did, until someone got angry with u n ignore u... of coz this doesnt happen on me, but i've been tinking if i ever did sth wrong to the person as well... will u find out the reason behind it before u take any action to apologize or to salvage the r/s? all i can say is... its hard living under the same roof... i have to admit certain things i do may not be gd, or im actualli not a gd fren, but i believe in an eye for an eye... n gd thing abt me is, i like to help the weak n attack the bad... thou' its none of my biz... haha...

anyway i still tink tat if im in the wrong, i'll apologize for it... if u r the ridiculous one, den u brought it upon urself... dun blame mi for not doing my part... if i've already taken the 1st step den dun ask for more...

juz some tots... dun worry, nth happen to me yet... so far i tink my public relation is still not too bad... thou' my theory of "an eye for an eye" still stands...

met fionna for dinner last nite at bellagio at xin tian di... her bf is a shanghainese... cool!!! thou' she nv expect to have a shanghainese bf... n of coz most of us does... we will not accept a shanghainese bf... but if the guy's eng is better than urs, n grad from overseas uni, holding high post at work, earn much more than u n is very capable, has a car n a driver... no reasons to reject... but how lucky can u be??? haha... shared with us some experience... in shanghai... i dun reject coming to shanghai to work... when im young, i told myself tat i'll nv leave sg becoz its so stable, so nice to be at hm, but i do enjoy the freedom i have for these 5 mths... knowing new ppl n working with other ppl... see the politics in companies, hearing all sides of the stories... im like headquarters everywhere, in office n at hm... haha... i hope to have the chance again... its kinda fun, shopping, travelling, drinking, laughing etc... except no monies... haha... patrick pls increase my pay!!!

i can understand how hard it is to set up a company in shanghai... muz noe the govt, n stuffs... all abt public relations... tats how u get things done everywhere in the world... was shocked to find out that body shop cant branch into china becoz every color of eyeshadow needs to be tasted... by the time bodyshop got the approval for all the shades, the season is over... haha...

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counting down to last 2 days of work... mon n tue... get pay den run away!!! yeah!!! gg yunnan with jun... coz hy went b4... booking tix tml...

suppose to have dinner with jiaotong prof... but no mood to go... Reason:
1. PMS
2. Tired from last nite's clubbing
3. Jun & Hy & Hz all not gg coz they have dinner
4. Dun feel like stepping out of the hse
5. Cold (excuses)
6. need to complete Paragon website (as if I'll do it)

more than enuff reasons??? maybe all of the above are juz excuses... but gd enuff to convince myself... n all r psychoing me to go... like jun n hz... n ym even wanted to pei me go... but i still dun feel like gg... juz feel like slacking at hm... watch dvd... drink coffee n munch chips... make my own dinner (thou' its the usual food coz i bought chicken n mushroom tat can last me 2 wks)

aching all over... maybe i shd club more when i go back to sg... still prefer zouk thou' its pretty squeezy!!! but the ppl here needs lots of space to dance... they move ard... n big actions... n shake vigoriously... argh!!! not gg ever again!!!

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went babyface last nite... with jun... tot juz the 2 od us... but in end bump into the guys, zhen rong, vincent, gabriel, yuliang, shen long, zhao rong, ah bee, yong shun n oopz... forgot who is the last one... anyway we r like little gals... protected by 9 guys... of coz on n off, the guys went to "outsource"... n we also help them keep a look out... poor yong shun, gal got snatched by zhen rong... but still catch some glance of dancing boobs... envy!!! haha

i tink im old liao, or haven club for mths... so tiring... n maybe my new boots kills my feet... no place to sit except toilet... haha... so mi n jun went to the toilet for abt 20 min... left at 3am... i guess all r tired n music's not so fantastic too... techno... n another room was r&b... so funny... one too fast, one too slow... n our guys all dance like ah bengs... but overall not too bad la...

joined siew yen, peter, patrick n kee hau at platinium alliance... duno wats the event for also... n my mission given by kee hau was to use my chary m to get to noe who's tat ang moh standing at the corner... n then they left... onli left mi n jun... start hunting down the man at his forties i believe... walked past us n disappear... stand ard n i spotted him again... he muz have tot tat im trying to get hooked up... thanks to boss!!! anyway still complete my mission... with winks from him, n weird conversation on babyface... thank goodness he didnt join me... fainT*** sneaked off after the smile on my face got frozen... n better not malu myself anymore... MISSION COMPLETED... he is GM of Westin Hotel...

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