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shikinese — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:20:26 +0000

New York, New Amsterdam ??

shikinese — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:05:03 +0000

TGIF! I have been looking forward to this weekend. Its the one break I get after all the major move. So, as i said, I’m going for some pampering like a spa massage or something. hehe. Went to saada’s house on wed for more finalised planning. while waiting for her, i went to the woodlands library to look at some travel guides. I’ve been reading about new york and its history. Learnt that New York in the 1600′s was known as New Amsterdam cause the Dutch were one the first migrants there to settle down. The first in-your-face governor was peter styvesant ( isn’t that the brand of a cigarette?) anw, he made major changes in new amsterdam like post offices, banks, newspaper and all other infrastructures. He ruled for a good 40 years.

But in 1664, English warships sailed into the harbour and to avoid bloodshed, Stuyvesant surrendered and soon after, New Amsterdam was renamed New York (after the Duke of York, brother of King Charles the second). – I didnt know that.

Anw, the commute to Singapore for the past 2 days has been a breeze. No jam coming out of JB – at all.

Crossroads

shikinese — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:25:22 +0000

The past week or so has been a challenge in many ways than 1. I’ll tell you that. Firstly, I’m physically drained because my family and I just made our move to JB. We only had 5 days notice from HDB to get our butts outta there. (Unbelievable? Believe it! ) Never-ending pack pack pack after work. I think I just built some muscles

Along the way And then…. Drama happened. To keep the story short – disappointment. Then, first thing monday morning on our first trip to work, our back tyre went flat. We thought we could just make it through the jam with is cause Taufiq had to be at work really early that morning. Somehow, halfway though, the sound of the flat tyre and the rim against the road was just too uncomfortable so decided to make a u-turn to be on the other side of the road where it isn’t too busy. Just as we were about to change lanes, this lorry beside us probably didn’t see our car and scrapped our bumper with a deep dent and ripped it out of its hooks. So it was kindda half dangling. All I can say is that its just a test from the one above - when everything happens for a reason.

I could feel my anxiety level skyrocket. …… All of us were just too caught up in the moment of our car being scratched that we didnt bother about the lorry driver. He didnt even bother to offer help or anything.. #$@%&. Abah couldnt help cause his back was giving him problems. So we had Taufiq change the tyres.. guess what? The spare was flat too… aaaahhhhh!!! Finally, called AA for them to tow the car to Singapore – even then there’s another story about AA and their terms/conditions. I shall not go there.

a few hours and some iced milo later, we got the tyres changed and hopefully continue the day without any glitches.

I need a spa massage.

I hope you dance

shikinese — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:14:48 +0000

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger

May you never take one single breath for granted

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed

I hope you still feel small when you stand by the ocean

Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens

Promise me you’ll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance

Never settle for the path of least resistance

Living might mean taking chances, but they’re worth taking

Lovin’ might be a mistake, but it’s worth making

Don’t let some hell bent heart leave you bitter

When you come close to selling out, Reconsider

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance

Long weekend

shikinese — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:24:57 +0000

I’m having a long weekend right now because of Good Friday. There won’t be another public holiday anytime soon…. (the next one’s in May) Well, glad that I managed to get some stuff done. Friday, continue packing. Was supposed to meet Bernice and Kitt to Sentosa..but was feeling a lil too lazy. Wanted to sleep in on what’s suppose to be a working day. haha. Then, family and I headed to JB for dinner. Surprisingly, it was TOTALLY empty!! Really, no kidding. With all the hype about the causeway will be congested because of the long weekend, it was dead quiet last nite….well, not until we wanted to head home. haha. the jam going out of JB was the longgggest i’ve seen in awhile. We were stuck for about an hour.

Today, went to meet a friend as she was introducing me to unit trust investment. All you people reading this should take a look at it. If you’re worried that you’re going to have to come up with cash to invest….fret not. It’s investment based on your CPF account. So, in short, its about investing your CPF savings to increase it for future use like maybe buying your house. Very beneficial for young people…but others can also benefit cause then you can have more money to withdraw when your 62.

Anyway, getting a little worried about my trip cause flights are running low and prices are going up and we still can’t find an airline with reasonable price with seats!!! Also, I haven’t really planned about where I’m going to go when we split ways.

Anyone can show me around LA and Chicago??

You must be blind

shikinese — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:29:57 +0000

On Sunday, family and I headed down to JB again for brunch and window shopping of furniture and what nots for the new home. After lunch, we went to Plaza Angsana cause mum said they had some furniture store there… I was kindda sleepy so was practically only my legs were moving, upper body was just on “stand-by”. hah. THEN!! while waiting for my brother in front of this optical shop… this idiot-with-a-trolley made a quick left turn and ran over the little toes on my right foot with it…!!! and mind you, the damn trolley was filled with his stuff. I was just in utter shock! Now that woke me up… and all he could do was look at me and muttered..”Sorry”. grrrr… Luckily, it was my right foot and not my left cause I was wearing my crocs shoe and there is a daisy “button” on it. That could really hurt. It’s impossible that he didnt see me…. the place was empty!

!!!!!

Sleepy Saturday

shikinese — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:55:44 +0000

Made a bad judgement call last night when I decided to sleep at 4am. grrr… I was just up and about planning for my trip that I didn’t feel tired enough to rest. Was searching all the flight details from here to there and there to here that by the time I was done, it’s already 3am. AND THENNNN… I found out about this wordpress thingy.. so that kept me up for another hour or so. Come 8 am, my head was spinning. urghh. But, got up anyway to meet Bibik, Kak Nura, Matin and Widya for breakfast in JB.

The traffic jam wasn’t as bad as I would have expected it to be but bearable. Had breakfast at Larkin. After that we decided to brunch at Mawar for goreng pisang..but they were closed. So we tried the one at Tebrau.. guess what? Closed. Finally, drove all the way to Perling to get goreng pisang. haha. Soon after, settling for lunch at Aunty Agnees. As you would soon discover, trips to JB is always, always about food. haha.

So, now i’m back home. Wanting to sleep but somehow…. still online in search of the best deals!! hehe.

Hello world!

shikinese — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:12:24 +0000

I’ve finally migrated from blogger to wordpress. Think I’ve procrastinated for almost a year. I really like the layout and will be making changes to the themes and all that soon.

Hope you like it too!

Have a greeeeaaat weekend!!!

shikinese — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:54:00 +0000

It’s been awhile that I’ve updated my blog.
Well, apart from packing up my room for the move to JB soon, I think it’s just been work and home for me. Have not been out much the past week.. ooh, except for last Friday..met up with Saada, Naf and Fairuz at Taka for dinner at Breeks.. Not surprisingly the conversation topic was about Mas Selamat. I believe every Singaporean is just wondering what ever happened on that fateful 27 February 2008 at 4.05pm. Now, the name “Mas Selamat Kastari” is on the lips of most, if not all, Singaporeans and also our neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia. Was telling them about that chain sms about the latest update on Mas Selamat. It cracked me up when I first got it. It was an announcement that Mas Selamat has escaped to Malaysia and the Malaysians are putting up signs saying “Selamat Datang”. (direct translation – Selamat came / or in its original meaning – Welcome)

Last Tuesday, I went to the doctor again to get my second jab for my keloid. I must say that Dr Heng is really good. It was actually painless.. serious! And of course he used the “baby” needle for me again.. So hopefully by the 3rd time, it’ll significantly shrink to an unnoticeable size. *hopeful*

After the doctor, went to fetch mum and dad from home to go JB . This is my first time to JB after the Mas Selamat escape..Security was pretty tight. They’ve got police officers checking the boot BEFORE immigration.. Motorcycle queue was just snaking to the BKE.. men have to scan for their thumbprint.. urrghh. I hope this incident would not be a hindrance to my move to JB soon. Oh ya, I’ve never seen that many coast guards on duty at the same time. there were like 5 or 6 that day.

Well, its 2.08am (Singapore time) now. Meeting Bibik, Kak Nura and Matin for breakfast in JB tomorrow morning. (IF you’re reading this, please read my previous comment about going to the states :p)

shikinese — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Which state in the United States would you go, and why?

Please leave a comment. Thanks.