My birfday partiey plan..(expired)

Well.. so 2nd of May was my birthday.. I did a birthday rap 3 yrs ago,
Re-read for some nostalgia, it was good ok? for an immature amateur!
but now I think I am just too mature for that sort of stuff. *uh umm*

So I sent out invites to a chi chi party, that took place 2 weeks ago.
But I thought the invitation was quite ridiculous, I don't know how my friends friend me.
I also don't know how I friend me.

INVITATION: (totally expired)


Here's the plan for Princess Marcelly's schweet 17th Birthday.

Any constructive suggestion/advice pertaining to the plan, put nicely, is appreciated too.

3rd May 2008 - Saturday

7.30- 9.30pm : Cocktail party at Raffles Hotel - CityView Suite, give my man Gan a call when you reach lobby = xxxxxxx. (pls dont call him for anything else, like a scrub massage/prank calls/indecent solicitation, etc)

We will have food and alcohol but feel free to adorn us with exotic beers and healthy organic eats.

930-1030- to finish up the drinks and co-ordinate everyone (tell you it's gonna take ages)

1030 pm til late - after feeling 'high' and 'happy', walk accross to Chijmes to crash Imsomnia and Le Barogue.

I am refraining myself from booking table in both places. Cause we should do it the US way.
Stand up, drink, mingle and dance. No sitting down allowed. That's why we pre-glowed first in the suite. The boo-boo blokes can stay outside the club watch footie, screw you guys!


DRESS CODE : Smart Casual. No slippers and berms. We make it a chi chi party laaa.. for me.. you know like those New York Upper East Side parties where everyone dress up effortfully and look constipated..But, we should do the former not the latter.

Ok beloved friends,, see you!!!!!!!!!!!! I cant wait!


RSVP

PS: No staying over allowed because Eu-tjin insisted (maybe he wants to do a strip dance.. ssshh..), but you are allowed to use the toilets and fantasise sleeping on the luscious bed with Edison Chen (if you're a girl) and Cecilia Cheung (if you're a guy).


Also, noone is allowed to look nicer than me. I know all my friends are hot babes. Do dress up to respect moi, but dont look prettier than me ok? Draw a big mole on the forehead or something. sphanks =)

-end of invite


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See, that was the plan..

But what really happenned --

1. was that chi chi party was not me, and I was trodding around like an unglam cow, screaming, jumping on the bed by 10pm.

also...

2. was that Eutjin was intoxicated and puking by 11 pm and I had to forget about the strip dance already, cause he lay dead like a log, smelling like dead fish til 3 pm the next day.

But I still love him. Heh.

Photoes up soon. =)

SpIN City Macau Winter 2007

I don't like Macau.

Maybe that's an understatement, I fugging hate Macau.

Maybe I am just suah ku. But it was the first time I spent thousands of dollars without getting any shopping bag to carry home.

Guess at least I know how to play the Caribbean stud now. ('know how' means : will still lose money on it but at least can do it in style)

So other than donating your money to the billionaires who own the bloody casinos, try to spend time in your fantastical hotel suite. COZ you friggin PAID too much for it at the tables downstairs!!!

We stayed at the Venetian...

The suite was so blissfully luxurious.. TO-DIE-FOR!




















I was just like a Princess...




















...and Gan was just like the Princess' gardener that the Princess is having affair with.


Kek Kek...


The bathroom was good enough to hold a small party at.

























The Venetian shopping area itself felt like Venice, except we know it's not, there were bloody shops and shoppers everywhere.. and the green green spread.... of gambling tables..

EVIL EVIL!



















Ah and the fake Canal.. not bad for effort. I suppose.

I didn't go on the gondolas of course, bloody tourist trap =)





















And I tell you, you gotta drink in Macau, either to drown your sorrow or to celebrate your newfound wealth.... remember to grab Margaritas.

























Well, you know that Macau was a portuguese colony, so it's got a fusion culture and that's beautiful..

GO OUT of the Casino already!! Breathe some fresh air!! ..
Walk around the communities and streets (RUAs) and eat some Portuguese food.. It was my remedy to the mourning over the short death of my bank account. (Ok, I was exaggerating, it really wasn't much, but I could have bought some LV bags with it..damn it!)





















And if your photographer is sporting enough, pose like you're in Portugal itself :






















As for food, if you do eat pork, the suckling pig is succulent and Gan was savouring it like a vulture.




















after he posed for the sweet picture of course.


Buon Appetito!!



















And there were more things with cheese and tomato.. sounds familar???


I got fat in HK and Macau, Gan gained 3 kg, but overall, it was swell.

I am not going back to Macau, not 'til i have a million to spare at the VVIP tables.

I am definitely going back to HK.
Maybe next time in winter with more money, more friends and less oysters.


But Austin?? I am going to retire in Austin!!

Stories from uncle Sam's land very soon.

Happy Birthday To Me..

Less coachie

OK, I am going to give away the COACH bags to my mom and Gan's mom one each for Mother's day and use the rest myself. =)

So, only this wristlet left.

COACH brown suede wristlet.



















$85

Remember to bring these wristlets during lunch time and leave your bag in office. It's looking more and more like an office girl staple in Raffles Place. Be hip! Get one!

On the contrary, I have to lug around my big salesgirl bag everywhere I go, especially lunch! Cant ever leave my brochures behind. So..I just need one wristlet for this following function:

"You know how the girls find it so frustrating to change bags? Coz then you need to move your mini ipod, your thumb drive, your lighter (if you smoke), your pens, your bank account password ding-aling, your lipgloss, your name tag..

So, that's what I did to my wristlet, I fill it up with all the above, so when I need to change from my brown to red to black to beige back to red bag, I just need to take out my wallet, wristlet, handphone and work stuff. Sorted!!! AM I smart or what.. no lah. I am sure many of you thought of that too. Or maybe Only I have so many barang2."


SO, I keep one suede one. Sorry, nicer than any of the above, at least to me =) And I gave one to mom, she use it to go West Mall and market. Though I told her it's too expensive to bring to market.


OKie.. email me : marcellys@gmail.com

Leaving Las HongKong

My last day in HongKong could pretty much summarise WHAT are the popular things you can do in HongKong..


First, you should go look up your family. Well, maybe your auntie, or uncle, or cousin or grandaunt or gramma... whoever it is.. better look them up and go for a family lunch.

Come on I am sure if you look up and down your family tress, you'll find someone who live in HK!


You know, flesh and blood comes first..
Of course, it's even cooler if your other half and your best girlie are there with you too.



















How picture perfect.. my grand aunt, uncle, auntie, uncle, cute lil cousin or is it niece.. geez.. i am losing the tree. (You should roughly know who is who laa..) then Sandy and Gan..

Lovely afternoon indeed.


And then, the girls should go to the saloon, actually the guys too.

We went to the roadside ones, any cheap ones with those swirling blue red stripes in a tube that actually DOES NOT make me feel like doing something with my hair, so I still dont know why it's there.

Anyhow.... Man, they're good and they're way cheaper than Singapore.





















I highlighted and cut, wash..bloww..... about 40 SGD.. damn it.. Singapore salons are frikking rip offs.. I never go to one here..

Sorry if you're a hairdresser.. You guys are pirates here!


























*sigh..* -- (the happy type).... i look so chioooo... !! ala those HK lians with blondish rebonded-looking hair.. But you know it doesnt last on me.. I cant maintain sui-ness. In two days the hair is curley wurley wavey with split ends again.. I am such a cow.

After you got your hair done up sui sui.. stroll along the main streets at Causeway bay, Mongkok, Central.. window shop a bit and try to spot stupid shop names, trust me theres many..

You know that the Taiwanese, Hongkese, Chinese are never really superb with their English. well..

So, here's a respectable shop that sells clothes and no bra. What a sham!

















After you laugh at their English (spot menus in restaurants too), then take lots of pictures with the cutest guy you can grab there.



















I grabbed Gan. ........ Oh I look so pretty in the piccccc!! (not a frequent incident, y'know)

Seriously, HK guys not as cute as you think, not all of them look like Andy Lau, Arron Kwok or Edison Chen (not that he's from Hk, we all know that he is Canadian and now we all know he's pretty endowed.. oh yay.....yummy, but since he is such a hot topic and a hot... eh anyway, my friend hung out with him in LA club a fortnight ago.. basket, me me me...)

In fact, a lot of the HK guys look like Jackie Chan.. so.. yeah..
On the other hand, Gan is always the cutest for me anyway, sorry biased.

After you grabbed the cute guy, get him to one of those traditional, super unglam, road side HK eateries.

No roof no walls even better..


If you have a jolly old friend who can guide you and the cute guy, even better.
Here's Paul.. ah even better if he looks silly enough to eat..



















Check it out man,, we were sitting in front of someone's garage.. that's damn cool lah.. Forget the restaurants, roadside food here is good, plenty and unpretentious... oh well. how to not be anyway..

Don't forget the damn cheap beers. That blue girl beer brand (*shrugs) also not bad.... It goes well with foods you cant really find in Singapore.




















So, here's GIGANTIC oyster with lotsa green innards (dunno if thats the shit, intestine or brain.. or.. just some moss..). The oyster tastes funky, mushy, slimy...but after 3 fat ones I wanted to jump the Gan.

so I think it's worth the eeek.


After you have filled your tummy, it's time to sing it off.

























Go KTV, drink less so you're not so stupified and you can show off...HK people can't really sing but they think they really can, so it's a good chance to show 'em what we have or what we don't have..

Well at least dont pretend that you have if you dont have..

Nevemind me.

Too much oyster.

Interview: What's the Flyer like

It was a grand afternoon at the Mezzanine @Hyatt, the blonde-wannabe was wearing a Zac Posen's tight, ruffled blouse and a not so matching tight culotes with bell bottoms, probably her cheap Yoga pants. She looked like she almost exploded from her clothes, but she just returned from States, maybe she gained a pound or two over Wendy's, Arby's and Denny's.

And.. So, we chatted over white chocolate Macchiato and to-die-for maccaroons.

Paparazzi: So, Miss Marcelly, you went on the Singapore flyer last week?

Self-made socialite: No. It was 2 to 3 weeks ago. Please don't make things up.

Paparazzi: Arr..Are you sure you really went up there? Not just one of your "high" nights?

Self-made socialite: BASKET you!! I took photo of the bottom of the wheel, will that suffice?? %^&*#$!#&*@@

Paparazzi: Ah well, maybe your friend passed you this photo. You can't be too sure!

Self-made socialite: BASKET you!! Ok fine, here are pictures of me and my colleagues. Inside the capsule.

Paparazzi: With your colleagues?? You're a socialite, how can you have a job?

Self-made socialite: Ppphhh, whuteva. Look!! I am always hanging out, doing cool stuff with my colleagues and not being stuck in the office anyway, it's not a job! It's a lifestyle.

Paparazzi:: Alruighty Missy, you can call a rose a rose. So how was the flyer.. Ocht.. you got some cocktail with the trip.

Self-made socialite: Oh yeah.. it kinda tasted bad.. but it got me a bit high. So it's OK. It was an extra 30 bucks you know?

Paparazzi:: Can't believe you paid almost 60 bucks to get on the flyer..You must like it a lot.

Self-made socialite: Err,,, seriously? If my boss didn't treat us for it. I wouldn't get up there til like, another someone paid for it for me.

Paparazzi:: Oh, you're bloddy cheapskate.

Self-made socialite:: Oh, you shuddup! 60 bucks worth for half hour on a wheel? I can buy 2 shoes! or 2 jugs of beer! Would you go up yourself? You cheapo reporter.

Paparazzi:: *grunt grunt* But how was the view?? Nice right?

Self-made socialite:: I must admit it was, I can see the whole Marina area. But I couldnt take photoes properly, the glass window would bounce off my flash. It was crap!

Anyhow, I was rather tipsy by the time we got 90 degree up. So, the view was quite a blur...

It looked something like this..

Ha ha..

(Seriously, the view was really nice from up there.. if you're a sucker for that kind of thing, the money is worth it and it is only romantic if you bring your other half with you, Gan wasn't there you see... I was a bit bored. My colleagues were talking about work.. sianzz..)

Paparazzi:: Oh man.. it was a blur. SO what was the most reliable thing on the flyer?

Self-made socialite:: Oh I think it was the alighting bit, I was running like hell to find my man Gan, he waited downstairs for me, I was running late for an appointment.

*pengz*

Honkonkong3

I am backkkkkkkkkk form a longgggggggg trip.

Geez.z. I realised I am so behind.. before even start on my Us trip. I havent even finished on my Hk and Macau trip. I write loust diaries.. I think my diary woudl fire me.

So here's a quick run through of 3rd day in HK..


I was running late (as usual) to meet my babe, a dear client, old friend and old Oxfordian classmate, May.

The babe is high flyer ok.. one of the smartest babes I know.























Typical HK dim sum place, overlooking the great waters, cityline and adorned with the dim sum push carts.


After that, we went to Stanley market.. near where the expats and the tycoon and Jackie Chan.,. etc. live

Gosh the houses there ridiculously expensive. Just like Sentosa Cove.
























I saw Pizza Express and I quickly took photo of it, the Oxford branch of Pizza Express was where I spent about 8 months working as a waitress.. where I charmed people, got big tips and also poured wines over people's head, broke some glasses.. and told some rude Korean girl to take a hike and shove it up hers..

Ah the nostalgia..





















This bay area has very scenic spots to take photo.. but you know I am not a sucker for this kinda stuff. I am one for clubing spots and shopping..

But we took photoes nonetheless, coz I was doing the bloody touristy thing.




















Gan and me.

















May and me.
















A poor dying fish. Someone was fishing at the bay. I was tempted to throw the poor little fella back into the sea. But the fishing man may start to curse at me with Cantonese vulgarities.


Please dont fish or hunt. Whats the point of obtaining joy over a dying other living being?

Hor?


After Stanley's, I went to see my Grand Aunt. yes she lives in Hk. Godoness, I have a global extended family that I hardly meet in my lifetime. Sad huh? Hurry someone invent a teleport.



















Me and Grand Aunt..
@dinner.

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Hk is good for night life... so we definitely didnt miss it out at all...

Lan Kwai Fong..here we come!!


The party area has nice buildings.. well. done up pubs etc.., but a stone's throw away would be another torn down blackening apartment with undies hanging outside the windows...


























But we were looking pretty gooddd..






















SHEESH!!! DAmn crowded can????

It's like putting a full Kallang Stadium audience in the stretch of Muhammad Sultan in Singapore.


and clubbing in Hk is a lil different. If you wanna go to hip clubs.. you GOT TO BE on the guest list.

Well, naturally, so full of connection as I am (heh heh), May got us in fine =)

The club was called Prive (private in Frnech me thinks).., just like my friend Michel Lu's new restaurant in Keppel Island.

It was so private that the sign was only on the floor.. and nowhere else.

We had to ask people.




















Tsk... so Prive for wadd...


Here da people queuing...



















We definitely had fun... da people drinking.. da people dancing.. da people flirting and talking...




Heh..




And here da people DRUNKing afterwards.......



















Arggh.. I never look pretty in after clubbing pictures..























Tarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Dear Diareee

Heloo.

I just came back from a 3rd world country with 1st class tycoons and gazillionaires.
That is Indonesia.

I was in Jakarta and Palembang. It was exhausting but fun and uberly enlightening.

I will be boarding the Singapore Flyer on Monday evening, courtesy of my boss =)

And on Tuesday I will be flying to the Unites States of A.

I suppose I won't be writing to you for sometime. But I promise many good stories when I am back.


xoxo
Celly

Love 'em or Hate em but you can't beat 'em

I am really talking about the US of A.

Goodness, I have such strong interests in current affairs.. oh well.. yes, I have been researching even more since I am a consultant for North American land investments and I parked so much money there. But i have always been fascinated by the USA. For their ingenius ways of winning.


But this entry is purely my own opinion..I did blog controversially about the US before..if you wanna read about the Gulf War...Ach well.. that was some silly stuff =)


Bear in mind that each time I write political account, I don't have stacks of research papers in front of you. Purely opinions of what I think is happening and if possible, a bit of wit and zest, har har..cause you know, most of the time, media paints whetever picture they want to paint, whatever the real truth is. The 'truth' is painted by whoever has the money and is getting the money.



Since everyone has differing opinions, there is no right or wrong until it is one day proven and experienced by self, similar to faiths actually. So.. let's just take it with a pinch of salt.. and in the case I get into trouble, (which is not very likely.. cause you know I am so full of shits , they'd understand)... then I guess I know I am probably right..

So I don't care if I am right..but I am gonna empty my brains now..




Issue #1 - The Cold War then and the Cold War now



Go and watch the Charlie Wilson's war. I mean we all know that the Russians had to go down because they were to big a threat to the US economy.

Sneaky and smart as the US were, they started the cold war and they won it. By camouflaging themselves and by being at the right time, at the right place, placing money (guns, tanks, resources at the right hands.., they beat the Russians.. now they are no longer a threat.. Well much less of one anyway. Though some unfinished business become something else but that's another story.



The Cold war was then. Now it has shifted slightly to the South of Russia? Hmm..


I don't see why people are making such a big fuss over China's 'booming' economy.


Yes yes.., many tall buildings now.. less kampung (though geez.. numerous empty unleased apartments that little buyer would take over..). business thrives.. more China millionaires..open to the world..more trade.. index growth in 2007 showing is China incredibly overpriced now..because I think it was 20% truth and 80% hype..



You know people right.. they like it when the news kanna goreng.


Of course they are growing, who isn't? The whole world is growing. I am just saying it is not as rosy as people are painting it.


China is heavily dependent on US and the Europe for business.


One day, Mattel decided to discontinue one of its toy line as it was no selling well or it wasn't passing the QC... a couple of factories in China closed down and thousands of people lose their jobs. Ok no worries.. got other lobangs..They can move to some clothing factories that get paid pennies to make a certain Polo Tee with a horse sign on it.


So, labour cost in China per shirt - $1
material cost in China - $2
various overheads in China- $2
shipping and other logistics -$2

- - total cost $7




ooppppss... It reached the stores and it cost $78



Sorry, forgot to mention.



Mr Polo Tee gets $25 for royalty, his company's expenses and overheads (investors' dividends, salaries, office lease, shop lease.. blah blah..) $36, tax to US govt $10




Hmmm... that's just a polo tee.. should I go on about iPods?


Who's getting the real money. Seriously.

Every one dollar China gets for a piece of product, how much does the mother company get?

You do the math. And you think China can beat them one day? Very long way to go lah. They are not even civilised/ well -mannered enough to be ready to live in a first world country..

Of course China has the most people in the world, we all know that and one day they might just one day dominate and all of us will have small eyes. But if you think they're damn powerful now.. let's look at the stats..

GDP for 2007 -
1 United States 13.79 trillion




2. Japan 4.346 trillion




3. Germany 3.259 trillion




4. China 3.249 trillion








That's another 10 trillion more to go. No lah.. not yet. Taking over Germany should be anytime now. Japan is in some serious threat, I must say. Look at Japan's Nikkei, I haven't an index graph flatter than Kate Moss' chest before.

But taking over the US. Hmm.. long long way..



But now that you see everyone kinda watches the world blur by and see their money shrinking in the stock market. People also start to read series of 'shocking' news of the economy of the world..




I would say.. relaxx...patience.. it's just part fo the process..

- I just received emails saying that you shouldn't be buying sandals made in China either, the chemicals will corrode your skin. Oh, don't buy some toys made in China either, poisonous and some contain some sex drug (what a sicko)..

Oh.. also.. Warren Buffet has pulled out his fortune out of China you know ya? Sorry, time to go somewhere else but thanks for ride, Warren might have said. The world has 'goreng' ed it well, many has benefited and now it's time to go somewhere else...

Oh, don't support the Olympics either, they're no civilised to the Tibetans.

Oh geez.. don't get China made medicines and diet pills .. like SlimTen . Oh wait.. don't buy the chickens from China also.. they said got bird flu!!.. Oh.. don't buy the eggs from China too.. they're fake.

OH MANG! DANG lah!! What can I buy from China now?



I wonder what sort of reputation they are getting for their products. Oh, it broke after a week, is it made in China?




Hold on.. that's not true.. Of course you can buy made in China stuff, else you'd be deprived and naked.


But please buy those with foreign label, one that says maybe Billabong.. or Ralph Lauren.. or GAP..or Coach..or Microsoft.. or Apple... they sure pass QC and you don't need to doubt the quality knowing how stringent they are with QC. Last but not least, this way, at least the bulk of the money still goes to some deep pockets in the West.



I really can't imagine feeling shiok buying a very good quality leather bag with intricate tasteful design, with a 'NIAOBAI' written on it. Branding dude.. China needs a Brand manager, along with a quality and ISO manager.


But maybe it will improve in time, but they better catch up. Of course, there's no stopping for these giants to go to Vietnam or Indonesia to outsource their products though. Especially if their quality is continously bad and prices keep rising. One day, Africa could be more utilised too.



Let's talk about human stats in China, it used to be an overwhelming percentage growth, but thanks to the one child policy, it is way under control (in fact a little too under control), now there are 6 China man to one China woman. I wonder how they are to reproduce properly.


But in terms of volume, no worries... still billions of them.. and they get rich..



But then again,..The rich Chinese who become instant millionaires have packed their bags and moved to Canada, US, Singapore and Australia to live. Bye Bye China. Bye bye smelly toilets and dusty streets. I'll come back for holiday.




OK I am totally generalising.. beg your pardon.



You know I actually loved going to Shanghai. I was there so many times, shopping and eating, drinking free beer..but also busily getting diearhoea and breathing problems. Move to Shanghai? I'd say no thanks..

Today, I read about Tibet feud again.. Oh just what the hell are they thinking. leave the poor tiny place alone lah.. peaceful people.. in peaceful country, .. and they have no oil!! let alone shoes or hair for goodness sake Leave 'em alone already,

If this jeopardises the Olympics, they're screwed. China is at the edge of the cliff. Be careful.

"Sports and Politics should be 2 separate entities"... as quoted from ST today, well, when you're talking about a world event that size, how can there not be politics. Everything is politics.

Pull out your money out of China already, buy US.

Issue #2- Subprime what Subprime.




Incredible as you may think, but for huge economies like US, it is healthy and necessary to 'cleanse' their economy once in a while. It's like the carbon cycle to the environment..

They need to go around a cycle and reach a time where everything is low.. where money can flow in again from outside, ...Also, where the low dollar can help them pay off some loans.. at low rate.. yay...

Let's see if the trick did it.

Temasek and GIC flowed gazillions of dollars into US, our country's precious precious reserve flowed into Citibank, Merrill L, US property, lands, funds. The Arabic moneybags followed suit and I am sure many others did, non-disclosure.

So, who has power over who now??

Hmm.. I have a friend who is cocksure that the US will fall, then I think he should plan on moving out of Singapore. We have so much at stake there. Ar.. how can it be possible, the world will fall when US falls. No more McD, no more Starbucks, no more Microsoft, no more Apple, no more outsourced jobs, no more films.. (sobs..), no more Hollywood..(sobs...).. no more jobs.. no more money..



Look left and right.. US companies are everywhere. Can't deny that.
A kampung will only become a town when Mc Donalds step in.
And goodness knows why McD's main business is real estate and not FnB.



So now, half the world, (including out tiny little country's sovereignity) parks a big bulk of their lifetime savings in US. Imagine this scenario:




"Hello.. I need a bit more help for this current project.. can you pull some strings? ... Hmm.. is that so??.,,,, But you invested so much in us, your people at stake too, ... you know.. you gotta help.. else.. you know.. it may not be so good for either of us.. oh.. uh huh? Oh, yeah.. that'd be good... Thanks!"


Hey!!! It's just good business, ain't it.




Well, 9% p.a Citibank coupon ain't bad at all for GIC, and when the sub prime, 'recession' is over, of course property prices will rise again, and with so much more capital now..Citi will be in the pink of health again. It's just a cycle.. money in.. money 'out', money in..



We should have all predicted this subprime coming long ago.


How can you give bleeding unqualified/semi-jobless/not-so-rich people loan for house?? On top of that, give them high interest with exponential growth too.. chey, I also know one day they cannot pay liao..No need economist to study.


Good business tho.., but of course bo pian a bit of people hurt on the way.


When actually, money only flowed from one hand to another during recession. How could it evaporate into thin air?




Oh, Why Bleedin' Good Business again?



Let me summarise in my signature crude way....



Ok.. first of all, these smart, rich fellas in the institutions thought : "let's give out more loans.. (hey that's what banks do!! You think they make money by giving you 0.25% p.a?? NO! They earn by giving charging you 4-24% interests on your loans!)


SO.. ok.think of those people who can't buy house cause they don't qualify for the 'prime' rate.. let 'em buy.





"Sure?" .. Yeah.. "Sure.."





Let em buy.. Let the developers pocket the money. We give out the loan.... but.. aha! Let's give them extra interest... so that you know.. maybe they work harder to earn more.. haha! that'd be funny.. but no worries.. you know, cause in the event they can't pay up the loan..(which I think they can't anyway.. we slowly increase the rate k?...)... , we then take over the asset!! Win-win situation.





Genius ain't it? In the meantime, let's get this amazing ROI from the sub prime mortgages, and let's sell them to the rest of the world.. we can get cut from it, leverage, expand and lend out even more!! How's that??


So, for many many years, these poor people struggled to pay their home loans which went up like the Himalayan curves, and many rich people got richer accross the globe pocketing the good business!



Finally, the inevitable came.. and the people got tired. One by one gave up trying to catch up with the rising interests and one by one lost their houses. The bank saw it coming.. ok time to take over the houses... oh now, it's slightly lower value liao.. it's ok! Will go up again.. We just write down.. it's ok.. Ocht!! our stock drops faster than a tart's knickers on a Friday night... it's ok!!! We can buy more! Oh.. wait waiitt.. we get more moneys flow in again, I am sure that THEY will support. They all want a 'piece of me'. (And they said Britney knows nothing about politics)

And They did, who wouldn't? Having a stake at the world's biggest economy, coming in at the lower points?

Even the princes of Arabs would mortgage his yachts and palaces to buy Citibank shares. (not that it happened, of course, he has extra money for this.. duh)

Oh dear.. looks like it got a it overwhelming. Oh dear, lots of people accross the ocean in Asia lost so much money.. oh why their index follows our index?? Why do they follow us so much? Oh poor thing. But no worries..hang in there..



We gonna cut the rates.. we gonna start all over again. These people can rent houses for now or move to cheaper places and buy cheaper houses ... move to Texas, Phoenix or something..(duh.. else what? They stay in the trees?? these people earn, just not enough to catch up with our interests..) , but this is temporary, soon they will be fine.. Slowly, we're back in business again.. Slowly.. but surely.. we will loan again...(geez. of cos we gotta!). we start low.. and prices will go up again.. and ah.. yeah the future may not seem very bright to you. But it seems so for us.

Ocht! Some buddies support us from accross the oceans, more money on our side now. We have even more support now. Yay.

Anyway, we accross the globe are waiting for opportunities in US to park into. (I personally see millions flowing into US real estate from Singapore through my company, every month. It's amazing. People are seeing the value, Singapore may be at the peak now, it's selling time (though noone wanna buy), but for US, it's buying time!! ). OK, back to US.

Noone from overseas wanted to buy BearStearns today. I think it's because of the feng shui. How can we buy into a bank with BEAR on it. Bear market is just not good.

Don't worry, BS is safe now, JP Morgan big bro bought over, right pocket to left pocket
Wait a minute, our dollar is pretty low now.. let's pay off some country loans to maybe the Japanese and some others (You know that US borrows shitloads of of money and roll it). Let them eat the low dollar...perfect timing.

Oh dear, seems like now Boeing is finding hard to trade with us, our dollar is too low. How how? Ask them to lower the Euro la!! We need to pay off some loans first..


Aye, many people in Europe cannot do business with us as well as they used to!! Hmm..how about, ...Stay low for awhile? How about we drive these buggers out of business first?? *ding* C'mon, we're like, the biggest consumer in the world. We perservere for a while and when they're under water, let's buy over!!


Oh, wait a minuteee.. that China is now having trouble with Tibet.. what are they trying to do??


Should we help? I mean we funded so many hospitals and civilisations accross so many third world countries. We are the big brother. We should help Tibet.. should we??

Anyway, I really don't think China is ready to host the Olympics. You know that all of us were never gonna let it happen anyway right?? Our athletes are gonna fall ill with bird flu, smelly toilets.... there will be bad sanitation.. bad manners.. and the thing they've been doing to tibet is just mean lah.. even the Premier is SOOO mainland China he dares to accuse the Dalai Lama like that..

Sigh... Hmm.. you know.. when others see crisis.. we see opportunity.


What do you see?








---HAHA!! I can't believe I thought of all those. Sorry guys.. I am very very imaginative.. It may make ridiculous sense.. but I enjoyed every bit of it.

I think the US is total genius! They will go long way.. we shall see. I stand on my point. A couple of years from now, things look would ridiculously better. The best investments are long term. These sort of disturbances are just part of business. Opportunity creating.

OK!!!! Before I get arrested... Most the above are of course fictions.. purely my own weird imaginations..Don't believe a word of it. Thanks!!!

Selamat Jalan!

Haizz....


This Selamat bugger.. He must be the most famous person in Singapore right now. (In case you don't know.. tsk tsk.. , he's a JI terrorist prisoner who escaped the detention vicinity)


Seems like his posters are overtaking Britney's or Fiona's posters, US recession headlines or even Malaysia's election headline.. now it's all about Selamat....He is More famous than me and he doesn't even have a blog...I think.

It's Selamat everywhere..!!!!

MRT, buses, lifts. staircasess.... even toilets... eh.. Hello!!! I want to do my business in peace laah.. why you remind me of him?
Sad lah.. he's taking over our lives..he's done it again.. either by setting some terroric plan.. or just by escaping so that he 'terrorises' your mind...

You must have seen the cute picture of him in different disguises..it may just come in useful you know?

Who knows? He could be the auntie selling your tempeh in the market.. or the uncle selling kacang puteh... or that ah lian dancing next to you at Este bar..come.. must learn... we catch him together..

I received this email telling me that Selamat must be in Malaysia by now, cause the causeway to JB has a big sign saying : " Selamat Datang Ke Malaysia".. Very farnee you guys..


Anyway, if you play DotA.. you will understand if I say that Selamat must have a blink dagger..he blinked through the walls... that or he windwalked out of the cell..still windwalking now... Damn smart I tell you, he's got a lot of manna..


Ok, Singaporeans,, we must hold on together.. print out the above picture and bring it everywhere you go.. keep a lookout..

.and if spotted something that MAY resemble him.. then immeeelllyy call 911.. like the poster say.. don't kay kiang cho hero..
later he kicks you with his limping leg, you might explode.

HK2008- Me and Ah Gan- Day 2

HONGKONG we're here AGAIN!!
This is our 2nd day story... Today is the day we are out on an adventure.


Adventure to our inner nostalgic childhood cravings...

























I dressed up ala Hong Kong La Mei, complete with revealed navel and mini michellin belly. Heh heh.. can't help but gain a bit of weight in HK, you know.. all the cheap beerr.. supper.. wantons.. duckss... pork ... more pork..dessert geez...How do the HK girls stay so slim, they must be reverse bullimic or something..

Before we set out to the far end, we had lunch. At Max's famous Wanton mee.
























A bit more expensive than the normal fare, This one has whole prawns inside the wantons, nice springy noodles and for goodness sake I am not a food critic.

Anyway it's at Central and it's quite famous, so probably good idea to tell people you tried it when you were in Hk or something like that lah..To be more IN, you know.




We then boarded the MTR that headed to DISNEYLAND!!!!


















Yay, fret not my friend, if you are not a Disney fan.

It is not a pre-requisite to enjoy the wonderland.

Though of course, me, myself, and I am a TOTAL Disney fan.

I grew up watching Donald Duck and singing all the princessy songs. I still do nowadays! Even more so after visiting Disneyland. I just bought the Disney princess collection CD to Gan's dismay and started singing them in our car... he wasn't very happy though, I think.



















Check out the MTR.. It's got Mickey's face all over, at the handle, at the window..





AND HERE WE COME!!






















Ta ta ta ta....



I know that for some, Disneyland is no biggie, especially HK one. It's way smaller compared to one in SF, Paris or even Tokyo.

For me, it is a big deal OK. I love Disney and I have never been to Disneyland before this HK trip. So pardon my kampungness.



Bear with me ok...



















Here's Mickey on top of the whale in Pinocchio's story.
ANd me happy as clam.



















Here's Gan and me and Mickey's face again!!

Be prepared to see a lot of these 3 faces.



















There's an old charm about the area. Dainty cars make great show offs here.





















We boarded the tram that toot-toot-ed around the place. HK Disneyland is rather small, mind you. I have been to much bigger theme parks in Blackpool, England but they didn't have Disney songs played over the PA system. What a boo boo.






















The dumbo ride is a classic. It is also a bore if you've been on it like umpteen times.

Jakarta has theme park too you know? Dufan- Dunia Fantasi. So they had dumbo too. I have been on it so many times when I was wee, and and I grew sick of it already.

so, we watched the shows... The shows were amazingly entertaining.

For this Philharmagic, we had to put on 3D glasses. And boy, yes it was very 3D.

I really felt like Donald Duck was spitting on my face, made me siam and realise it was just a 3 D trick and so I looked stupid. By the way they tricked all your 4 senses cause my face got really wet too. They had water sprays at the front seat targetted at your face. Very smart la. That or I am just easily impressed.

















Awww so hammsemm laaa




















Must remember to check this one out k..


After that, Gan had to stop for food. What else could it be?? The man EATS!! with capital E.






















We orderred some dim sum and they were sucky.



















I guess Disneyland is good for many things, but not the place to go for food lah, obviously.
Gan still gobbled them down anyway..
























I posed in front of more 'castles '. You know I am still that little girl at heart who wishes that she is a princess in a castle, wearing lavish gowns with layers, laces and sparkles... waiting for her prince charming...Sorry, I am a sentimentalist.. Those fairy tales still move me. I think I might tear when I tell bed time stories to my kids next time.

















There was also a parade going on. Pretty ladies made up to be princesses. Ah.. this I cannot be conned. They took away the meaning in fairy tales for me.

Somehow, they tried to make it real and seem really fake, make me realise all over again that they were just wishful thinkings.

Eu-Tjin bought ice creamss... And guess what?






















More Mickey's head!!! I tell you ah.. this is baddddd.. This is like teaching the kids to eat Mickey's head... argh.. How can they shape it as Mickey's head?TSK TSK

It's like cartooniballism.. I don't agree. I am very whimsical. They should stay fantastical and not in my digestive system.




















Ahaa.. Future world.. We went up for some rides..


















A car that is led by and more or else stuck to a bleeding guide panel in the middle.
It's so annoying to drive. It's a kid's ride lah. What to do. I shouldn't even be in it. But since I failed my Advanced theory, ..I have to be contented for now...

I am sure Gan agreed... sigh.. even I worry of the day I get my license.

At 8 pm, There is the fire works and illumination show at the main castle.

This was one of the snapshots... It was breathtaking, at least for me. I think Gan was quite happy too. Though I was making the most noise.
























This one is nice. =).. Awwww........
We then went to the Disney Souvenier Store like any other conned tourists, but I guess we gave in anyway.. since y'know I am not a tourist every day.



So we walked in and found many souveniers to buy... So so so many...

keychains, soft toys, fridge magnets.. we spent a bomb there..



But we found these head bandss... so cute right??




















Look at Mickey and Minnie getting wed.. hahahahaa...



This entry is cute to even my own liking. Mang, hahah..




















This is the scene along the Disney street, at night. Hmm..

Thinking back, it's quite nostalgic actually. The whole day there, I was like on lala land.. So happy to be in fairy tale.. But guess it's now time to go back...to the real world.




So we took the traing back to meet Sandy at CauseWay Bay.. for dinner.

We went for the HK cart noodles.





















Here's pretty Sandy posing for the cart noodles.
So fun ordering it! You can choose many veggies, meat and spare parts to be put in your noodle.

I choose spare parts like intestine lah.. blood lah.. but Gan is anti-spare parts for some reason..
But his mom is so totally proud that he is so, which means that he has a healthy diet.

After that we went for dessert....

In HK, please keep your left tummy compartment empty after dinner, because you need to go next door to the dessert shop and eat some fattening but irresistible desserts.


So, please... save space... seems like in HK, this is a trend.













































SO, of course Gan was more than happy to gobble down the dessert.

There are so many to choose from, from the more angmoh pai one...Mango crepe wrap.. to the more CHeena one.. like pomelo and mango or the tang yuan and muachi..

Anyway......



Upon being well fed.. We staggered home and slept soundly.. It was another fulfilling day in HK..was looking forward to my 3rd day..

What to say..What to say...

Dear Diary again,

Geez.. it's been ages since I wrote a blog entry.
It's been gazillion years since I wrote an entry properly.

It's funny how I thought back that this was supposed to be my personal diary.
Which of course, become very impersonal (duh.. it's online!)

Then it took off because I used to write some funny, clever (or not so clever) stuff.
Thousands of people read it and blogging became a career, which of course does not pay.
Not in monetary terms anyway. But it has given many wonderful friends, lobangs and even clients.
And I do realise that my blogging career is dwindling recently.

I think it's a chicken and egg thing. I saw the comments going away, I thought the readers are going away (even Gan doesn't read it anymore!! That lazy mustard!) and I though, well... why am I writing so much for then?

I met a couple of people the last few months who complained :" Why are not updating your blog..?"..

Honestly, I am not so sure why. But perhaps many other things have taken precedence over my vainnes (@publishing my life online).. like DOTA and work. (what else could it be, right?)


Then again, today I had one of those virtual lightbulbs above my heads (ala cartoon, ..eureka.. geddit?). Oh scmuck... this is my diary after all, I should write whenever I have stories to tell.

It's not that I don't have stories to tell, I just seem to run out of energy to blog about it, by the time I finished laughing about it and telling a hundred other people about it over lunches or coffees or drinks.

Before you think that I am going around the bush (which I think I am), what I am trying to say is that I actually miss blogging, I miss having confessions and audience.

So, I am just gonna start by writing about what I've been doing these days.
Well, of course I have been working, I fly over to Jakarta more often as I am handling more and more clients over there, the metropolitan which is built to fall.

I have also been an avid DOTAer, very amateurish and a little annoying (especially when I make so much noise at the cybercafe, whilst Singaporeans.. you know, are very well behaved, even while playing DOTA). I think I should cut down on my swear words and exclamation marks. They started giving me the iffy look (argh.. screw them!)

I have also been commuting between the West side (where mom lives) and the NorthEast (where Gan lives). I am guilty of bringing shirts I don't know how to iron (but my mom of course skillfully knows how to) from NorthEast to West side and carrying packets of Indomie from West to NorthEast, because I just can't be bothered to bloody cook. So far, the best meal I've prepared for my husband-to-be is Indomie KARI AYAM with a slice of cheese melted into it. He doesn't seem to mind so far, perhaps his mom would think I am causing all his malnutrition, which is of course, absolutely bollocks, because Gan looks like he is overfed.

See, I can cook. Just don't tell me to cut vegetables, carrots, garlic for half hour beforehand. I would either cut myself or fall asleep doing it. Some people feel that's therapeutic or someshits like that.. see I can't even spell the bloody word, let alone feel it. It's just damn boring.
I don't do housework for the same reason. It's bloody boring. (But of course I am trying to change.. see I have to be a little housewife one day...--I write this down.. just in case you know, Gan decides to read my blog again)

How do I try to change? Well, I do hang the clothes and fold the clothes.. see this is not as boring as the rest cause I get to be creative. I try to hang and fold them in record time each time. Not that I really time it. I just decide if it feels faster than the last time I did it.
Of course it resulted into a few arguments where I left some clothes in the machine and when I didn't hang them up properly (I never really understood what Gan means by properly.. hang means hang right?? He seems to be talking Greek to me about the amount of space from clothes to clothes and clothes cant be hung while crumpled... geez..problem la.. no room for creativity.. just like this little island.. a bit of creativity and you get fined or fired..or ostracised from society.. of course, they must mean the bad kind of creativity.. but the good ones.. well are not very appreciated.. like my eccentric Law essays in NUS.. No A plus.. just a lot of question marks.. eh!!!.......)

That's that.. what else..

Wow.. didn't know that's almost a whole page long.. too bad blog doesn't do word count. Else it would have been fun knowing how long an essay I've written for the day. Maybe there should be a blog judge. As in someone who marks blog. Give me my result please.. how well I fare today?? You want meritocracy?? I give you it lah!

Before I seem to have something against the system, I better stop. Cause I am totally fine. You know, must appreciate what you have here.. stop your nonsensical remarks about us having too many ERP gantries or rising taxi fare.. you complain endlessly then move to Pakistan lah...
So, before I get deported.. I must go on..

I have also been travelling a lot. And even more so the coming months.
Jakarta and Palembang in March, LA,SF,LV and Dallas in April, Jakarta and Bali in June, Jakarta again in July and September..

Geeeezzz... by just thinking about them, I feel homesick already.

Well, I am really looking forward to my US trip, not only because it's paid for (company biz trip cum holiday.. y'see?), but also because I have never been to the US. I spent a lot of growing in the other side of the world where people eat kidney pie, speak with funny accent and throw up their dinner after the pub closes.

I really wanna see for myself if Americans are really as fat as they say.. Of course , when we look at glitzy magazines, they look frikkin slim and wrinkle-less, merci merci to Dr Botox and Dr Liposuckcion. (must be spelled that way, since it's about sucking your fats out)

Other than that, I wanna go shopping. I heard the COACH bags are frikkin cheap.. Agh.. then how come they're ripping us off everywhere else. But ocht well, Coach, Kate Spade, Polo RL, Tommy H are on my check out-list.

I will refuse to buy anything from Victoria Secrets though. I just don't think it makes sense, paying so much for a piece of cloth (not even very much of it), which were cut and swen together somewhere in Indonesia and my brother's friend's dad is getting all the profit.

Not that I have anything against them of course, they're very lovely.. with their swanky McMansionS, Yachts, PJ (private jets..cough cough)
They're lovely! I just don't think they need my charity..

Plus, geez.. who's gonna know if I am wearing VS or Triumph or some bargain brands underneath? If they're Comfy, don't give weird VPL, camel toe or loose rubber or weird cone-shape, then good enough la..
Not like I wear them outside my shirts and pants. See.. this is where I am really smart. I save money for the outside clothes.. where it matters.. where people can SEE and oggle..

Some hearsay about wearing nice sexy lingerie for your boyfriends..? Agh. what a myth.
Don't be fooled by those evil marketing gimmicks.. They are just to make yourself feel goooood.
It don't do naught for the guys.
Guys are the last people who take notice about what brand of lingerie you wear. Most of the time, they won't even notice what colour or cutting...blah blah.

My man won't even notice unless I point it out to him, scream at him and BLATANTLY ask for opinion. Still, he would shake his head.. "Why waste time and money for all these? Gonna take 'em off anyway."

See, I am not trying to promote anti-branded-bra campaign or someshits like that. I just prefer spending my money on real clothes that actually cover your body (that's the real objective right?????)

I don't even buy that many jeans. It's very acceptable for someone to just have 2 or 3 pairs of jeans and black pants, they are staples but.. They all look about the same anyway.. for Goodness sake. Better buy more tops and jackets and blah blah.. People will notice if you wear the same jacket everyday of the week. But it's acceptable for jeans.. hey.. lazy to wash mahh.. you know jeans can last a week without washing right? (For some reason, it is less succeptibel to dirt and dust.. see still clean...) Voila!

Today I sound like I am writing some trashy new-age girly novel. Or maybe a ranting column in Cosmo or Vogue. Geez.. maybe I should apply for the position.

Next time, I better write cleverer (such superlative? better be.. so cute!) stuff like on politics, economics.
I maybe hopelessly unacademic in these fields..(so what? f**k those meritocratic people.. they are frogs under a TONG sampah!)...BUT... but I get more than my fair share of kopitiam talks on them..first hand noe? hey.. what to do? My friends and clients are very very the atas and highflyer one you know? I don't need to know what or how.. I just need to know who to ask from. Sorted.

Who needs to go to school? I can write any bashing essay about any politics, current affairs and Econs.... tremendously WELL (which means interesting.. not necessaily accurate.. but somehow makes sense..)

Blah blah blah.. more ranting.. ok enough for today. back to work..

Love,

CELLLLLLLLLLY

HK first day- me and ah Gan

Me and Gan flew to HK end of last year to blow off some valves and blow off some savings.


We had the honour of staying at Sandy's cosy lil' abode. The babe works for alibaba.com in HK.
Here we start the adventure...

The corridors in HK apartments are much narrower.

From outside, most of them don't look better or newer than HDBs, but they have more character.
Apparently they don't see the value in hiding the A/C compressors. They were all out on display.
Ugly, blackish, dirty or old.. they do add to the character. But I think wah lau.. put some effort to hide it a little la at least!


And the post boxes are green.

























The flats are much smaller for the same price, Sandy's 2 bedroom is located near the MTR on the HK island and it's 600sq ft. Cosy size but in Indo, we call it the 4L home. 4L = Lu lagi lu lagi.

Which translates to You again You again.




























We ride the MTRs like good citizens. We noticed that EVERYONE, well almost everyone, is holding a Nintendo DS and totally engrossed in his own world. DS sales must be good in HK.


























The weather was a tad chilly and we were happily wearing clothes we couldn't wear in Singapore.





























wollen sweaters.





























And knee high boots..


























And we feel so at home. HK rocks. I would love to move here for a while, but I would still go home to Singapore after a few months or years. Nothing like our little sunny island.
Hi snice in the winter/autumn but during summer, the weather's a byatch I heard. Plus the dust and the pollution, I think summer in Singapore much better.
























We had lunch at Central and I noticed that everyone was watching a TV serial in the restaurant!!
Like machiam cinema lidat!


























I had shark meat ball, frgrant and a refreshing change.























Gan and his huge portion of noodle.
The bugger gained 3 kg in HK.
My mom kept asking how come he looked so fat when he came back to Singapore.



















We then went all the way to the West side of the island, to the ulu-er area. Tung Chung.
The place has favtory outlets with great bargains for shopping. It was a must.

We shopped til we dropped!




























Here are the shopping bags.. before we got a few more bags from Giordano. The T shirts were less than 5 bucks Sing, each!

My Kate Spade bag was on 30% off, his Bally wallet 50%... I see why they call HK the shopping haven.





























We then took the bus to Discovery Bay/D bay.

Where the angmoh expats live, among other chi chi Hk residents with cars, cause the place is so ulu. You either take ferry or bus.


























The houses there STILL do not hide their A/C compressors. But at least they try to camouflage them by painting them the same colour...hmm..



























Around the estate, they can choose to commute with buggies.

The D bay itself was beautiful.





















It was a central place for eating, entertainment, etc.

























It also overlooks the Disneyland.
So at night,, they can peep at the fireworks every 8 pm from the the