happy 44th S'pore

well, it's been another year for Singapore since its independence eh?

well, i would say that this year's national day is a whole new experience. apart from the fact that i managed to jump on the stage of the floating platform and enter the command center for the parade, i am in fact for the first time, going on a holiday!

oh, i am no performer for the parade, i was there to cover a NDP-centric story, which is another whole new experience for me in my 20 years of walking the Earth.

these are why my national day this year seems different. haha.

sounding damn kiasu, going overseas is a long-time dream since my last trip to dunno where, dunno when. dots. thus, this long weekend is going to be put to good use! a short getaway at the very least to take my mind off stuff.

~k~

uniquely singapore indeed.

Singapore is definitely unique in its very own ways.

although people get all excited over the array of food we have here, it just seem the same to me everywhere. okies, maybe i am no fan of the hot and stuffy food markets so i don't get to taste these awesome food everyone talks about.

apart from the food, Singapore has...nothing else? seriously, what can you do in Singapore? other than the shopping, which ain't cheap at all and the meant-for-tourists landmarks, Singapore has limited activities for its very own inhabitants.

even shopping is getting tougher as i grow up. being more brand selective and all, growing up has made me realise the ideology behind quality versus money. although there are price tags that differs like heaven and earth, but it comes clear once you try the product out or feel it.

It wasn't till one fateful day when my friend told me that Mango, not the fruit of course, but the fashion line famous for it's "up-tp-70%" sale, has its very own fashion line for men.

although it has been some time there, but i have never noticed or seen it anywhere. intending to hunt it down soon, it occurred to me that guys have really nothing to shop at, what with all the typical topman, zara and celio, which are not relatively cheap, we do not have much to choose from. okies, not including Bugis street as a destination at all.

with all the new malls popping up like some disease, with orchard seeing three new additions, it seems as if Singapore is making a very huge investment to improve expenditure hur? however, a trip down to Iluma, Bugis, kind of sent away all my hopes.

firstly, why are there so many "interesting" shops there? shops like D&C (sound familiar?)? i should not go further, but that was no mistake in spelling, neither was it a mistake i saw even though i was blind. i got confirmation for that alright.

Iluma was a big disappointment. apart from the HUGE cinema they have, it is pretty "empty" i would say. there are authentic nice shops in there, but the bulk of it seems unappealing. to put it crudely, the mall seems like a re-invention of it's neighbour, Bugis Street. just that it's more atas? seriously, the interior of it ain't any better than it's cotton wool concept architecture, which i thought looks kind of cute.

but, Singapore is still my home right? i am still glad that coffee joints are still available everywhere and wireless connection is the bomb. i love Singapore, at least for this.

~k~

once a year: the dad's day.

sad to say, i have to confess first that it is until this year, when i am 20, that i finally realise that i have been taking the wrong day as father's day.

i have always thought that father's day is the second sunday, just like mother's day, but it has always been the third sunday.

how dumb of me eh?

well, as usual, this year's celebration wasn't small. unless you call three tables (that fit an avg of 9 people) a small gathering? haha. not the case for most i guess. aunties, uncles and grandma/dad came along, so it was kinda HUGE.

well, father's day is just another day for economic boom (in a small bit la hur?) to me. but, i still love the food we get to devour: my swensen's ice-cream cake this time round. haha. although it's not that savory, but it was shiok enough la. adding in the fact that the sun seems to be always there, even the night seems humid and damn stuffy.

today was an off-day from teaching piano (hoorays!!) so it was spent carrying out our plans for father's day and also just slacking with my Sims3. oh, i forgot to mention the 2 hours of jamming, with guitar hero. haha. for one who has never played drums and guitar proper, it is quite the good game to test your co-ordination skills?

after 2 months? or so, i would say that routine jobs are really boring, but i do find my internship rather..interesting? haha. i love events man. great fun and excuses to go out of the office! i love working on the go. waha.

kudos to tomorrow! sis first day too!

~k~

murphy's law, as always

just when you don't expect it most, it happens. sounds familiar to everyone i guess? i think i might have posted something similar before, but this time round, it really has brought about a pro-longed cold war.

yups, WWIII (or rather HHW--household war?) broke out within the household just slightly more than a week ago. well, no elaboration so as to not repeat the usual child argues with parents story that goes on everywhere in this world.

today, i witnessed the prowess murphy possessed. sis, who was supposed to start work yesterday, which is also half the reason that spoilt her plan to fly over to Copenhagen, ended up starting only next week.

due to some H1N1 suspecting, her office place was shut down to clarify stuff. her trip could have been possible, but it all had to happen only when it was cancelled.

sigh. when will murphy stop?

sis is the dragon fully transformed now..an insider joke..

~k~

the day 'Konrad Foo' goes online

well, it is not literally the day i start using the internet, but it's the day my name appears on the internet. or rather, my whole full name being on the world wide web.

never in my life was i able to search for something or someone called 'Konrad Foo' and yield potential and credible results. however, after joining CBS interactive, for my internship, my name miraculously appeared on the internet?!

although not miraculously since they were stories published by me (with lots of help and words of advice from my editors and colleagues). It is just the fact that i am 'searchable' now.

am i basking in the lime light? haha. pada-da-da-da. i'm lovin' it. dots. i am kinda scared of it though, but on a side note, who the hell knows me? i'm just oh-that-Konrad-with-the-byline still (byline is the term used when you are the author of the story posted).

well, will i be fired by saying this?

although i have never taken a liking to the journalistic world, i would say this internship so far has made some changes in that mindset. despite starting to like it, but i don't see my self in this line in future. haha. another potential termination reason?

but today's experience at the IT trade show is an eye-opener. a true eye-opener.

so far so good. no bad remarks at the very least. hoping that this post wouldn't bring any unwanted calls from my lecturer or editor though.

tomorrow will be the second day at the show! shutterbug i will be.

pada-da-da-da. i'm lovin' it. (will i violate copyright laws with this? i want to eat fries still...)

~k~
just to be irritating, but this is the second post from my Macbook! dots. ;P

come back post...again...

where do i begin?

To tell the story of how great a love can be

The sweet love story that is older than the sea The simple truth about the love she brings to me Where do I start...

i seriously have no idea where to begin...

haha. how boring of me eh?

so much has happened since the last post! "Friday flings", internship stories, on-campus session for SIP, GSS, PC show (ending tomorrow), shopping days, money spent (lots of it) and of course my proud announcement:

my very own...

well, by right, i should not be that happy since i actually got myself the old model of an Apple macbook. If you didn't know, Apple has recently changed its line of macbooks. Instead of keeping the still-rather-new aluminium macbooks, they decided to change all of them to macbook pros. the line of higher end macbooks which use to be 15 to 17 inches in the past.

However, i was never a fan of the new macbook as i didn't like their shift away from the well-known white-ish macbooks they are known for. thus explains my decision to get this macbook instead. furthermore, it was cheaper and although not as powerful as the new macbooks, but it's good enough for me.

well, this macbook purchase is actually the latest news, literally just on Thursday?! PC show la... it would be pandemic if someone was to report having swine flu there. HAHA. touch wood eh?

seriously, it is uber crowded with humans. escalators were spoilt too. first-hand experience somemore.

amazingly, i have the money to spend during this spending spree of the year! what with GSS and PC show. how can one not spend right? if it's not on both it would definitely be either one?!

GSS wasn't as impressive, neither was the PC show that good. but, GSS still made me buy new stuff for my wardrobe mostly. Pedro shoes, jeans, shirts but sadly not alot. haha.

Taka was having some toy sale and my god-like gundam mobile suit was there! on sale! a usual price of 600 bucks was cut to 400 bucks! how cool is that right?! but too bad, my macbook had priority...but i'm glad with it!

sigh, some good buy among the not-so-worth-it ones.

anyways, don't expect a short come back post like before this time round! i have a never-ending supply of saliva...sounds a little gross though..

well, remember my adoration of coffee? it has just been promoted to the level of obsession. i am now addicted to coffee, i would daresay.

I am sooooooo (and the 'O's never ends) addicted to that caffeine-filled drink. everyday at list two cups of it? like 275 ml ind of cup? but i'm loving it. haha. 1. it keeps me awake, or rather wake me up from my concussion-like state in the morning. 2. it refreshes my brain when in need of ideas and ways to write my news article at work. 3. the intoxicating smell is just GOOD!

haha. tat's how obsessed i am now.

as for my usual "Friday flings" with my buddies from school, it has been going well but sad to say one's gone to the army, one's troubled while the rest are just shagged. maybe we need a meet-up every Friday instead? Guo's house is...as great as ever. (refer to my 31st floor dream post...)

back to my "touching" of the new macbook. can't get enough of it you know? the beginning excitement one have for everything new? haha. maybe it's just me. i wanted to use the word "molestation", but it sounds really wrong with no doubts nor second thoughts..

~k~