"When a beautiful woman walks into a room, I may glance up for a moment, but I soon return to my entree or my conversation or my dessert menu. Let's be honest: Beauty is not all that interesting (and certainly not more interesting than the dessert menu.) But when a confident woman walks into a room, it's entrancing. I'll watch as she moves with poise and self possession. She is usually not the one in the plain black dress. She is the one in the interesting shirt and vintage skirt, and I immediately want to know where she got them. And she may not be the most stunningly gorgeous woman I've ever seen, but she has a way about her that can make her one of the most intriguing. Confidence is captivating, it is powerful, and it does not fade. And that is endlessly more interesting than beauty."

- The Little Black Book of Style



The best paragraph I've read to reflect my thoughts towards beauty. To sum that up in my own words: Mere beauty is common and uninteresting. I love that book. =)) Despite it being for the opposite gender. Harh.

It's interesting how guys can chance upon a girl and just go *snap*, "I like that girl!". What does he know about her? And about her character, about her friends, about her personality, about her likes and loves? Or does it not matter? As I told SinYee just today, all guys are superficial jerks.

On the other extreme, it's curious how girls need the guy to be totally committed before she and her friends put him through a trial of shit tests and compliance tests and makes sure that he jumps through her hoops.

Must it always be so complex and sophisticated? The short answer is no. As Gordon says, "Single is best!!!!!!!", and Jeremy agrees totally. Having dependable friends to be available helps, of course. Special credit to the close friends (whom I either call Sister or Buddy) for being there when it matters. This post is dedicated to you. =)

havent blogged in a while, not only cus im lazy, but everythings been rather depressing.. its all going downhill after the BeiJing trip, and i find myself more alone than i can remember.. even the 1 star course over the weekend was pretty sucky.. had to keep crapping and entertaining my participants though i felt rather siann.. but at least Ivy-jie was happie la.. =)

but every cloud has a silver lining, and everything badd has something good coming out of it.. for me, its knowing how good/pathetic some of my frens/'frens' are.. as ive always said, the best frens are those u can call at 3am, just to talk.. =)) i hope im a good fren too..

frens arent there only for the happie times and laughter.. frens are there for the dark hours too, and thats where they matter even more.. im uber grateful and appreciative.. =)

shant emo anymore le.. but for those who dont reply sms'es nor answer calls, fark off.. =)

here i am again! using the really really expensive internet.. =((

it's freezing now in beijing! -2 degrees is inda fun though.. ohh and im going to ChengDe tmr for one day.. the highest temperature is a chilly -2 degrees, and the temperature at night drops to, well, a warm and nice -14 degrees.. =) sounds like fun.. i hope my braces dont contract too much.. lol!

bahhhh i miss everyonee! hope everyone's doing well enough for exams! and guys, ORD lo! hahahaha.. ahh ive to go now.. my bill yesterday night came to about S$12. screw it.

The past few days had been really happening! Been going out practically everyday, despite everyone having exams and stuff.. and it's all thanks to the Secret Cedarian! watched ●Rec with her on Monday and scared the poo outta ourselves, and brought her to ClimbAsia on Tuesday. so in addition to the only 2 (i believe), who know her identity, mr chin also knows. hahaha!

And yeah the movie was great.. we were closing each others' eyes for some parts.. and i kinda lost my manly image during the show, but it was fun la.. aahhaha! go watch it! and clems i wont mind watching it again with you.. =)

Went to Changi dang early on saturday cus clems wanted to paddle, but after eating pratas and papadums, we settled on playing Wii instead. =) heres a short clip of us, behaving as we normally do:



well if u cudnt hear the sound, the gist is that clems was posing for a photo while i was taking a video, and that i brought everything for the Wii except the power cable. thanks. i know wad ur thinking.. =/

sunday was happening too! went SP to playboat with the Immortals after the round ubin race. and now my back hurts. and the Secret Cedarian is laughing at me. She doesnt know how fortunate she is to go out with me for 2 consecutive days. bleahhh..

im going to BeiJing tmr late at night! continue checking out this corner cus ill try to blog from China, but only if that place has internet connection. yep.. =)) cya in a week!

shhaggged.. and im using this word even though the Secret Cedarian doesnt allow it due it its 'bad meaning', cus im really totally shhaggged.. just got home from the Healthy Lifestyle Campaign thingy at the Padang. i wasnt there cus ive got a healthy lifestyle la. im about as healthy as a plate of Pork Ribs. =/

yes thats me being tossed by the bull.. it was a lot more violent than it looked. =( and my knees got abrasions cus the bull's skin very rough.. =/ but it was fun fun fun! =)) and i won GV tickets and a shoe bag from all the games. the guy next to MeiYing and I, he won a bloody iPod Nano! sigghhhh..

Wednesday was Mummy's birthday! Special thanks to YuQin for shopping for the gift and cake with me, and Jwen and the Secret Cedarian for helping me find Braun Buffel boutiques and Bakerzin outlets! look at the gift and the cake..

Mum loved the gift and the cake! hahahhaha.. =)) i think the brothers loved the cake too.. =)



had lunch with YuQin before we shopped. brought her to the sushi place at Far East. i think she didnt really appreciate it though.. guess she prefers places like SUSHI TEI.. eekks..

OhhMyyTiannAhh! the salmon humping the rice!


gonna paddle with Clamsh tmr! hope i wont be late.. =p after that i can use the free movie vouchers with ODAC! =))