Jrenggg....

It's 30th May *sigh*
Japanese Class exam next week, my mind is bloody blank *fainted*
My gigs 2 more week (I suspect next week will be a gigs also *parno*), no confidence to sing in front of lotsa people, coz usually I sing facing the wall *smile*
Started to have nightmare everynight, sleep quite early, but couldn't wake up, by the time I wake up, feel very tired, every day *sigh*
Migraine is my best friend now *smile*
Oh My God, scream to the top of my lung, what's going on? *Nyanyi*

Yogya

My deep condolescence for my country for the earthquakes that happened on Saturday.
I read from the newspaper some of the "candi" are badly damage. What a disaster *shocked*, I still haven't completed all my list in Yogya during my previous stay *regret*
Actually I was planning to go Yogya to see "Ramayana Epic Dance" these next few months *sigh*, now Prambanan even suffers a damage *sigh*
Hopefully, everything is gonna be allright in Yogya lah ya...

Lost In Translation (Part 2)

See the photo above? 2 girls wearing traditional clothes of Northern Thailand. The story happened when I was in Chiang Rai. I got down from the car, and the 2 girls approached me and saying something sounds like a rhyme in their language.
of course I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I assumed, they were quoting a poet for getting some money from me. But then when the tour guide spoke to me in English, the girls changed her rhyme to English as well.

Two person, take photo
Five Bahts only, Ok?

So actually they wanted us to pay them 5 bahts for taking photo with them or just take their photo...hmmm quite innovative...Sadly speaking I didn't try to maximise my 5 bahts when I took their photo *regret* coz I know that they have a lot of opportunity around, as a lot of tourists down there, I just felt unfair if I took a long time just only for 5 baths *it's very me*
So if on week end you saw me and my partner in crime, wearing sarong and kebaya (which is so called Singapore's traditional clothes), hanging around Merlion or Esplanade, and saying the same rhyme, you know who's my inspiration, huh?
Have a nice week end everyone...

New Staff

Finally my receptionist girl has gone away, she quit the job last week *lega*
I couldn't find out the exact reason, coz one time she said that it's too tired for her to travel back and forth to Johor everyday, but another day she said that she will try to help the younger sister to find a job in Singapore *bingunk*
Anyway, just imagine the last frustation that i got from her when I was in Japan. I needed her to access my email account and print something out, but she even couldn't access my email account *fainted* Luckily my delivery driver was around, so I asked my delivery driver to do instead *pasrah*
So now, meanwhile the position vacuum, I get my cousin (I have Singaporean cousin though..) to replace her, so far so good, at least with my cousin around, I speak Chinese better now, and I'm happier when I'm in the office, coz you know, how young people like to fool around, but I don't mind, as longas she do her job well.
The jokes is, she was afraid to be alone inside the office, so she asked my permission to get her sister to accompany her in the office *sigh*, I don't mind though, so they're sharing the salary....
I feel like it's great singapore sale in my office, buy 1 get 1 free ...waakkakakakka....

Someday I'll Fly Away

When I was young, I thought that I'll be immortal, people die, because they're old, but when I grew older I learn that everybody will die one day...inclusive me...
These past few years, lotsa deaths of people that I know, if the people who passed away is about my grandma levels it's still okay, but then my dad started to lose some of his siblings *sigh* the latest shocking news is one of my dad's distance cousin, which quite close to our family, die suddenly in his sleep...well..someday we all will fly way

Tired

Since I came back from the last trip, I've been feeling tired day in day out, is it holiday blues? lazy? too much holiday? *gak mungkin*
or my body has telling me it's time to move out from Singapore? *grinned*

Lost In Translation

I believe most of you ever receive jokes about Japanese English through emails. I didn't really observe all those grammar mistakes when I was in Tokyo though, but this one is the only one that is quite obvious to me, see the photo above, rinse? weleh...do they mean conditioner instead of rinse? *smile*
As you know I'm taking Japanese class, and I can ask questions, but by the time they provided me with the answer, I really lost in translation. so if I asked for direction or place I tried to point the map as I was afraid I would mispronounce the wrods, I also have to observe their body language when they answered. But then, when I called one of my friend who's married to Japanese and stayed there for ages *ngelirik ci kim*, I was so confidently spoke Japanese to her son, as I was expecting she was at home at that time, and the answer should had been,"Hai, cioto mate kudasai". (=yes, please wait a moment)
To my surprise, her sons blabbering a lots of Japanese sentences, which I believed the meaning is about the mother is not available to answer my phone...but with a very high fighting spirits, I just tried my luck to speak English..luckily they can speak English very well, yupe, the mother is not around *sigh*
Really lost in translation....
Have a good week end everyone

Kiasu

Last nite I was at GG<5 (1 of the fashion shop in here), Wisma Atria, quite a lot of people there. When I was browsin thru all the clothing, suddenly 1 girl, holding a stack of clothings approached the staff, and said," Excuse me, Are these clothings going to be on sale during the Great Singapore Sale next week?"
Jreng.....so kiasu and shameless or not? Why don't she just wait until next week and see whether those clothes will be on sale or not? *sigh*

Competitive Edge

Still remember my office's neighbour, the one who always feels they are the eldest brother and the richest in the world? That couple, auntie and uncle, where the uncle is very stack up meanwhile the auntie is very chatty but busy body and proud of her self (you know that type of look lah, friendly but proud of her self)?
Nah....after that camera outside my door, of course, I tried my best to pose in front of it, pretending I were trying hard to open my door, but actually I just wanna let the uncle or the wife has a good look of how do I dress my self up *muka jail*
According to trustworthy source, now the auntie, dressed up exactly like me, remember before hand I was so into street wears, and she also copied me, a few months back I changed my dressing again and she imitated me again *rolled eyes* I just don't understand how could she get the size from mango and zara...and now I'm more into polo shirt and khaki pants, I wanna seee how fast can she pick it up *evil smile*
Then last week, I just bought 1 set of golf club, and I purposedly brought it down to my office (actually I don't intend to keep it at home lah, take too much space), just in time the uncle was outside and kept on staring at my golf bag *happy*
The latest news is, they changed their car to mercedes benz *jreng* just because I changed my car a few months back (they had changed their car twice before I got my current car), which at that time I was pretty sure they will change the car pretty soon, now my expectation came true...wakakakkakakak....
Should I buy another flashy week end car then? *wicked smile*
It's very competitive down here, isn't it? wakakakakaka....
Ohhh how I looooveeeee this game *NBA action*

The Navigator

Hi all, I'm back. Sorry for the delay for Chiang Mai photo, based on my schedule, I should have been uploaded them in the last posting before my trip, but due to heavy work load *cailah...* I couldn't make it on time. I just landed early this morning about 1.30 a.m. from Tokyo, I departed on time, but yet, the traffic in Narita Airport was bloody busy last nite, and there were an aeroplane massive traffic jam. When my flight took off, I was counting, there were 10 planes behind mine *shocked* It's realy a massive traffic jam, isn't it?
Now here I am, back to my sweet office *muntah darah* facing all the things again with a very bad migraine...it's just like a dream *sigh*
I bought free and easy (just ticket and hotel), and as usual I travel like Amazing Race *nyengir*. I was leaving Singapore on Wednesday around midnite, and arriving in Tokyo very early in the morning, checked in to the hotel and started to explore around after that with the phone kept on ringing all day long, talking about works *sigh*

The picture above is the Tokyo's Train Map, confusing, isn't it? Looks like all strangled together *grinned* But being voted as the living yellow pages (now already retired from this job due to insufficient memory because of ageing*blush*), the loyalIndonesian Ambassador in every country I am in, next in line of Director Singapore Tourism Board and the best ever GPS live system by all my friends. Of course that map is not a big problem at all, only on second day, I'm having a bit of brain error, so about 2 times, I went to the wrong platform *blush*
When I visited Taipei last year, I was saying,"OMG they have a lotsa of lines and it's quite troublesome when you have to change train, also the walking distance from the exit quite far".
But then when I was in Shanghai last year as well, the distance is even further than Taipei, and now in Japan, with strangled train lines, and the distance is really a killer, no wonder Japanese have a sexy leg *sigh*
Anyway, even though I'm still in my Japanese classes, my Japanese speaking ability still not far from about 15 years ago, when my dad importing goods from Japan, and that Japanese uncle was staying in Jakarta for 6 months (3 months in the hotel and he decided to moved in to my house for the rest of his stay). But of course better lah, I could ask some complete questions, but when they started to talk to me in Japanese, I was lost in translation *kayak pelem* wakakakaka.....
So mostly I was communicating with my limited Japanese survival ability, helped by sign language and some Japanese style English *nyengir*
Allrighty...I guess I sign off now, and wait for another update about Japan...

Ill Feel

Starting from from the flight back to Singapore from Chiang Mai last trip, I feel very ill of coming back to Singapore. Especially when I came back to do my daily activities *sigh* I don't have an ill feel towards my clients luckily, but towards other people,especially those who acted kiasu-ly, even to the extend when I go to the toilet and I heard a group of girls or aunties, speaking Singlish (even though I also speak singlish fluently *nyengir*), I'll start to have this feelings *sigh*
Anyway last week, when I was having lunch @ Dome, Paragon, it was full of bling - bling tai tai, which wore branded from top to toe, and the ring is oh so huge, until I thought is that real diamond or glass...but then as I watched their behaviours, OMG very minus. One table, she was about to pay, and she's holding a Dome card, which you could redeem for something, but then because of some promotion or what, she couldn't use the card, ans she started to lose her temper at the waitress *jibang* come on lah, she's so bloody rich, it's only over how many dollars only, might be less then 50 dollars, but she insisted about it *sigh*
There is another table, auntie and the son, they didn't seem ordering food, their table were quite clean except the drinks during my stay there, and they walked out for quite sometimes, the table had been cleaned, then somebody else seated on their table, then that auntie came back, and told the person,"Sorry, this table is mine..."
OMG *again* there are plenty of empty table around there, why she should insisted of having that table *puzzled* May be if you were rich, you gotta behave that way?
And then yesterday I was in the embassy, just stepped out my foot out of the car, and then suddenly saw that uncle running after parking his motorbike, just to have a number 1 ahead of me? *shocked* OMG, is Singapore so competitive until 1 queue number also become so bloody important? *sigh*
Well, that's life in here, so after feeling ill for about a week or so, let me have another joyfull moment ya....I'll be dissapeared again to Timbuktu, It's a plaaaaaayyyyyy time *like NBA*
Well, have a nice long week end everyone, happy Vesak day for you who celebrate, I'll be back next week *hugs*
Sorry though haven't blogwalk to all of you....

Wadoh Udah Bulan Mei Cink

Finally, I land and glue back to my beloved office chair...it's not because of long holiday though, but just lotsa things that I have to do outside the office as well (of course inclusive hanging out in the cafe and window shopping during office hours) *grin*
Anyway back to my work, I was quite surprise it's May...wow ime flies...1 more month to go for my gigs in Bali *sigh* and I haven't made up my mind of which song should I sing...I'm trying my best to escape from my duty, but everybody (I mean my gank...) already reminding me from email, and the bride to be had talked to me directly over the phone *sigh*
Could you imagine, it's the private party, where all my gank's member would be there (all of them are very wilds and louds, except me, yes, my face always turn red when I'm out with them, because of their noise) cheering me during my performance, and it's also a private party, which would be attended by the family (I'm very famous amongs the brides family member though, the whole extended family knows me quite well, from grandma to aunties *sigh*) and of course her father and her business relations which will fly from Jakarta, Singapore and may be France...
Some more it will be a 4 pieces string orchestra *jiper* With the string orchestra, nothing could help your voice, it's easier sing with the band, so your voice would not be exposed directly, duh what choice do I have then?
Oh my God, it will be a Dead or Alive event, I might be thrown away from the cliff if I sung badly (the party would be in Uluwatu, it's a very scary cliff man....), or I might be offered a contract to produce the album *pe de abies* if I sung well...
Anybody wanna replace me puhleaseeeee??? Or should I do lipsync? weleh kayak millie vanilli donks...wakakkakakkaka...gak mutu amat seehhhh..hare geneeehh? lipsync?
Oh ya don't forget to watch Singapore Idol on 22 May yaa... (will I get endorsement or not ar?)

Alice in Wonderland

Well, that's Alice, but too bad my name is not Alice, but Flona.
Since a long time ago I have started to wish that some days I'd woken up to find that it's only a nightmare *sigh*
But right up to now every day I wake up, the reality is geting worse *sigh*
Anyway.. have a nice week end everyone...

The Sign

I'm not talking about the movie though *nyengir*
I've been wondering for these past few weeks, every monday and wednesday, the sky is always dark...as though the world feel sad for me...
Yupe my Japanese class, getting harder and out of controls...
I've never expected there are so many particle inside depends on the verb *sigh* and as getting older the brain not really working that well *sigh again*
So should I say,"I saw the sign..." *nyanyi*

Tuk Tuk

Weleh udah pada nagih poto *takut*
When I was in Bangkok, I was also afraid to take Tuk Tuk, just like Shierly *grin* There are 2 things that I consider:
1. Tuk Tuk driver in Bangkok drives crazily with a full speed (just like the Visa advertisement, may be because of that kali ya...that's why Tuk tuk is used for the ads *grin*)
2. Bangkok is quite similar with Jakarta, I just imagined, what if when the traffic light turned red and the Tuk tuk had to stop a the traffic junction, suddenlt the robber came and robbed me, just like Jakarta? *parno*
But anyway when I was in Bangkok I felt that the safety level is much more better than Jakarta, but still, I don't like to take Tuk Tuk in Bangkok, the speed itu loh...even though I love to speed but I'm the one who take control, but with Tuk tuk, the steering is on the "abang" hand lah yauuuu....*seyem*
In Chiang Mai, there are 2 oopps... later on I found out there 3 public transport, Tuk Tuk, and red car, I forgot what the name, it like combination of bemo and mikrolet in jakarta, so the seating arrangement is facing each other, but the door is at the back...ahh like "oplet" (nah loh if you don't know oplet, that's means either you're not Indonesian or you are Indonesian but not enough age to reach my blog *wicked smile*), but the car is a covered utes type (if you don't know utes...I also don't know what to explain...*sigh* itu loh tipenya mobil box bangsanya Chevrolet, Datsun, tapi pake cover kaya bemo turun di belakang deh *pasrah*)
Anyway when I arrived at the airport, waiting for the car that supposed to pick me up, I was amazed, seeing, some people even take tuk tuk to the airport, and also that red car (first i tought may be the family member of thw owner wanna go to the airport, but actually no)
So I ended up taking Tuk Tuk when I went around the Chiang Mai city, and then 1 nite, I found the handsome, intelligent, educated, speak very good english and very kind tuk tuk driver *mata ijo* He asked me where had I been so far, so I told him and he asked when I'm going to leave...but so far almost everything covered, so I couldn't have any excuse to book him, even though he put his handphone number in his tuk tuk *nyesel* wakakkkaka...He asked me how was Chiang Mai. I said,"It's a very beautiful city with a warm and kind people.
He answered,"Basically every where is the same, there are 2 types of people, the good one and the bad one, just happened in Chiang Mai has more good people than bad people."
Wow...so philosophical huh? weleh, cakep, macho, baik, bijaksana, pinter ... very perfect, huh? *mata ijo lagi* It's just too good to be true *nyanyi* May be he's a gay? *suspicious* wakakkakaka....
Want to move to Singapore or not Bang? *nyengir* Or should I move to Chiang Mai huh? *evil smile*
PS: Warning, don't rush to go to Chiang Mai just simply because of my story of Tuk Tuk driver ya...that one is only one in million Tuk Tuk driver lah ya (eh ada 1 million Tuk tuk driver gag ya? *muka polos*) Ntar gue disalahin lagi...mending kalo gue dapet endorsement dari Thai tourism authority..kalo kaga kan rugi bandar wakakakkaka....

I'm back *sad*

Here I am back to Singapore again *sad*
I don't know why, this time, when the aeroplane touched down at Changi Airport, I feel terribly sad...
Anyway I went to Chiang Mai, based on my opinion, it's a bit messy but the temples are beautiful, I even went to Chiang Rai to see Long Neck Village and Golden Triangle (border of Thailand with Laos and Myanmar).
The people are very friendly, warm and polite in Chiang Mai, better than those in Bangkok (big city lah..), or Phuket (contaminated with money from tourist already I guess).
The girls are quite pretty and the boys are quite handsome, now I do understand if people said Thai people are pretty and handsome *mata ijo*
I don't know why during my stay there, every where I went, everybody speak to me in Thai Language, but when I was in Bangkok, not so much incident like this...or may be I'm as pretty as northern Thailand people yak? *pe de abies* wakakkakaka.....
The food was very fantastic and cheap, till I got gastric problems (what you expect when everyday had to eat spicy and sour food) which of course lead to panick attack *innocent face*
Now I just landed, and went straight to the office Joooo *sedih*
Back to life back to reality....*nyanyi*