hello monday

where does time fly to?

it seems like only last week that i attended some lecture in SIM.

yes, i'm still mentally stucked in uni. like after NS everything seems to be moving at turbo speed while i'm still doing 60km/h.

i cant catch up, so time feels like its flashing by.

worrying huh?

everything is starting to feel repetitive and mundane.

do you have that feeling too?

like everyone is moving and you're just standing still. everyday feels just like yesterday. like the only thing you got to look forward to is the weekends. and when it comes, saturday is just a stark reminder that monday comes in 48hours.

then, what else is there?

i donno man. when i was younger i looked forward to working and being able to shop without contraints. it has come to that point, but there's nothing to buy except for another work shirt in a different color.

i guess this is what it feels to be a working adult.

or maybe its just the monday blues talking.


xx

Sundays

remember to load up on fruits daily!!


damn random, i know.

that's all. take care. enjoy your weekends, or what's left of it. bleah.

oh got public holiday on tuesday, vesak day, so next week shouldnt be that bad i guess. short work week.

dont you all just hate sundays?

well, i do.

its like you're happy you get to wake up late, and you're happy that you dont have to work, you can just do whatever you want. sleep non-stop. watch tv. play games. but at the same time, you know that this happiness wont last. cause the next day is monday.

its like going on an awesome overseas holiday for 3d2n. you're only starting to enjoy yourself, you wish like the holiday was a little longer, and you dont want it to end now.


okay okay enough of my little random spiel. you guys go enjoy yourself while i go sulk in the corner.


xx

man down, man down

the weather recently coupled with my constant cravings for Red Rock Deli chips, can only equal to one major sore throat. i was already starting to feel it yesterday during work, so i bought myself a bottle of those chinese cooling tea. but i guess that didnt help.

woke up this morning to one bad ass sore throat, those like every time i swallow saliva it hurts like hell, and also my head was throbbing. i knew i had to see the doctor and thats what i did today.



on the way to the doctor. dont you just hate it that these clinic have very weird operating hours? like they open at 10am til noon, reopen at 3pm till 5pm, and then reopen from 7-8pm. i mean, why on earth do doctors need a 3 hour lunch and a 2 hour dinner?? are they going for some buffet or something? or maybe since doctors like to say that outside food are unhealthy cause they use alot of salt and msg, so they drive home and make their maids cook healthy dishes for them for lunch and dinner. i think thats probably it.



anyway, didnt really need to wait for that long since there was only one other person at the clinic. read some brochures about sexually transmitted diseases while waiting. a great propaganda for celibacy i tell you. 5 mins consultation with the doctor and i'm done.



spent the entire afternoon sleeping. awesome i tell you!! but i still feel damn groggy mann!! okay gonna take my medicine and go sleep (again!) now. you all drink lots of water and take care of yourself k!!


xx

collective power of thinking

isnt it funny how one day its so fucking scorching, like being on the surface of the sun, and the next, the heavens let down a terrential diarrhoea.

i think its the power of collective thinking.

since it's been so god damn hot the past few day, a large collective amount of people have been hoping for rain. and this collective want creates a kind of power able to induce rain.

or from a religious point of view, its like imagine 1 million people praying together for rain and god makes it rain.

same concept. i call it the collective power of thinking.


okay i should stop reading science fiction novels and get back to reality.


xx

burn baby burn

ohmaigodddddddddd!!!

have you seen the weather lately??

scorching i tell you!!!! scorching!!!!!!! i'm gonna make it a point to stop by watsons later to buy a BIG bottle of sunblock.

who needs to go to the beach for a tan when i can just stand next to my office window turn 3 shades darker.


xx

square one

don't you just love my new blog look? the colors are just awesome!

okay enough of self praising my own choices of colors. haha! i guess all this means i'm back?

right?



xx

hello spam

who are all this random people on my comment board?


anyways,

as accessible as tumblr is, the only things i've been posting much is of food i eat. and everytime i visit my tumblr, it becomes a constant reminder of how much i eat.

which if you've seen, is ALOT.

how depressing.

moving on

if you still love me, follow me at VN.

superficial 9 to 5

sometimes i feel the industry that i'm in is kinda superficial. people judge you by your dressing, the label on your bag, your hairstyle and the people you know.

i guess this is life. secretly, i enjoy the whole superficiality. the air kisses and the 'oh mahhh godddd!!' but as long as at the end of the day i get to go home to reality, slip into my uniqlos and listen to ella fitzgerald as i flip thru 8days, i'm perfectly okay with it.

ugly duckling

i love the fact that my job provides me access to events, parties and launches. but when you're in a room with all these celebrities, popular bloggers and many beautiful people from the creative industries, half of the time i'm secretly gawking and the other half i'm just feeling really self conscious.

its like a trigger to the floodgates of insecurities.

and i am highly critical of myself. like..

i should have worn something nicer!!

ohmaigodd my hair looks damn terrible!!!

of all times for me to have a pimple!!!

fuck i bet i look like a beach whale when they took my photo!!!



oh wells.

unwind

work has been a little taxing lately.

thank god for ice milo, 8 days, air con and ella fitzgerald on speaker. try it. if only i had some warm scones and raspberry jam.

where's wally?

everything happens for a reason. there can be no effect with no cause and vice versa. the concept of duality suggest everything comes in pairs. if there is a yes, there is a no. if there are positives, there are negatives. if there is small, there is big. if there is me, then there is you.

hope

hope is something intangible. you can't see it. you can't touch it. but hope is what everyone needs to continue when there's nothing else to look forward to.

if only it was that simple

people lie,
people cheat,
people hurt you,
people make you sad.

shoes don't.

zzz zz zzz

do you believe in dreams?

mine's got me really confused.

if only dreams continue the next night when you go to bed so that you can know what happens next.

LL

at the stroke of midnight, let's leave it all behind and walk away to where ever our feet will take us.

LL

dance with me under the light of the moon and hold my hands until dawn.

nothing last forever

the weather has been really awesome lately. sunny skies and breezy afternoons. so perfect for a grande non fat caramel macchiato and just chillaxing the afternoon away.
























the only damper is that work starts tomorrow.

is today SUNday?

after the major neverending downpour and the gusto winds, today's weather just seems perfect. sunny with gentle breezes. okay wait. i'm typing this as at 11am and just in case its raining elephants and giraffe and you're reading this at 5pm or smthing, then maybe this post isnt appropriate.

anyway, perfect weather to be out doing nothing. sipping starbucks and watching the world go by. perfecto.

red rabbits

some associate it with danger and the devil, a color for blood, a representation of fire and passion but to the billions of Chinese worldwide, red symbolizes good luck.

but though modernisation, we face a customs and traditions erosion. lost is heritage.

if donning a full-on chinoiserie ensemble is a tad too overzealous for you, tiny details like mandarin collars or jade earrings would be more appropriate to accentuate your sino-pride.

6 minutes

take 6 minutes to listen to the song playing on my blog.

switch off the lights and shut the door. now, close your eyes. imagine that your are drifting in silent space surrounded by a galaxy of stars. the absence of gravity transforms you into a bubble slowly floating away nonchalantly. immerse yourself into total ecstasy.

ready, set, dance.

the mourning of the heavens

it is like the clouds could no longer hold back. the infliction of torment it could no longer withstand. opening of floodgates unleashing all anguish and woe. let it fall and wash away all tribulations.

in darkness i exist

rivers of water flow from my eyes down to my chin as i hold in my hands shattered pieces of my sanity. adorning a veil of invisibility, i shall tread the rest of the journey searching for a myth.

gonna lock it and throw away the key.

FML
FML
FML

silly of me. oh how silly can you be ali.


silly silly me.


should have known better.


:(

recluse

there are days when i feel like wearing my shades all day long, sit by a very quiet starbucks, flip british vogue and not talk to anyone, okay except to the starbucks guy for my grande non fat caramel machiatto.

there are days when i feel like not twittering, not facebooking and not blogging.


i having wayyyy too much of these kind of days.

and i'm sercretly lovin it.

wet wet wet

is it me or has it been damn damn damnnnnnnn cold lately? every single day rain. my office feels like a gigantic igloo. but i guess it gives me a good reason to wear layers and different different outerwear to work.

oh wells, since i still can't upload any pictures i shall tell u all another joke to make up for it. hahaha!

which insect is the holiest?
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the praying mantis.


geddit? geddit??


LOL

xoxo
alijoe

i know, i know.

i know i havent been blogging for a bit. it's not really i dont wanna blog but then the site that i use to edit my photos is kinda giving me problems. so yeah.

i cant possibly upload photos that are not edited right?! i dont look fucking gorgeous on my blog because of great genes and or great lighting. its purely editing. without editing i look horendous.

since i'm so thoughtful, not wanting to spoil your appetite by uploading my non edited photos, lets all pray that the god damn website is back up and running yeah!

so for now, i shall make it up by telling you all a joke.

'the only way i'm gonna lose 10 pounds is if i went to London to shop!'


geddit? geddit?

recollections and resolutions

i suggest you make a nice hot cup of tea before you read this post because it's gonna be major lengthy and ultra wordy.

ready? set? lets go!



2010 has been a really interesting year for me. the most major thing this year was my transition from a student, to an unemployed bummer and finally to a working adult. i finally got to wear my academic regalia (aka graduation gown) and officially became a bachelor's degree graduate. i met many awesome people at work who i now consider friends. i finally stopped getting allowance from my parents and earned my own income instead. i got to see mariah carey live in concert and very up close. i got a new camera, Samsung PL150, the one with front and back lcd screens.

i'm sure there's many many other great events in 2010 but since i've got the memory of a goldfish, this is all i can think of for the time being. and for the rest of it, i guess its a little too personal to publicize. hahah!

you know, overall 2010 wasn't all that bad. i mean sure there were some moments were i didnt feel like a sparkly diamond ring on a sunny day but you live, you learn and you move on. lucky for me, i've got selective memory. hahaha!




the future is always scary to me because it filled with so much uncertainty. if only we knew what's gonna happen next, maybe then we can plan and our life will turn out better. but then if life went according to plan, wouldn't it be a tad boring?

here's the part where i come out with resolutions for 2011. to me resolutions arises from the result of accessing unhappiness in 2010. you figure out what you are not happy with, and you create objectives to change yourself to your desired perception of yourself.

1) firstly, i think i'm too damn nice to the point of maybe i'm too much of a people pleaser. i'm nice to like literally everybody, i guess i'm just a naturally nice guy but like what the saying goes 'nice guys finish last'. when you're always so damn nice to people, everybody tends to take you for granted and walk all over you. well, i've had it. so please roll out the red carpet and welcome back the acidly sarcastic megabitch.


2) my second resolution is like a carry forward from the one last year, to dress fierce. ignore the naysayers with their snide comments and its time to embrace individuality.

3) eat and live healthier. cut down on fast food and all the excessive snacking on junk food. oh and sleep early is i guess part of a healthy lifestyle too.

4) to be more sociable. contrary to popular believe, i'm actually no social butterfly. i think i blogged about this before. i tend to clam up when meeting new people or people i barely know. i guess i find it awkward. so my resolution for 2011 is to set my inhibitions aside and socialize like a socialite. in short, emulate Paris Hilton.

5) relax and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. it isn't all about the shopping sprees and the partying. throw a picnic with some friends, visit museums and exhibitions, cycle along east coast park, explore places and take pictures with my holga. 2010 zoomed right by, the least i could do is to not rush through 2011 and instead take a deep breathe and enjoy its little moments.


well, so i guess thats it then for the resolutions of 2011. just 5 simple targets to hit to better myself. so now begins the hard part, making sure i fulfill these resolutions religiously. i sure hope so.

to all my sexy and cute readers, i wish you a Happy New Year and i hope that 2011 will be even better for you than 2010!!


xoxo
alijoe

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i'm like wayyy to tired to blog about the recollections of 2010 now so i'll probably do that tomorrow. for now, here's wishing you health and happiness for 2011!