hello world.

people have warned me about the monotony of working life, and i just didn't want to listen.

i'm lazy to do the calling, so i'm gonna post what's happening on wednesday next week.
karen and i and pearl and anyone and everyone will be having dinner after work. let's get together and dish out the dirt. sandee? i miss everyone. i'm most fortunate and unlucky to be working in school, but i get to see 9 familiar faces including those from the other ibps. yay.

my driving lessons have been put on hold, because i don't have enough cash in my nets! and the crappy system requires me to go down personally to top it up! oh buggers.

our dinner was postponed due to unforseen circumstances, so tomorrow night it is.


bye world.









sure, sometimes the world just spirals out of control and it seems like there's nothing keeping you grounded. everything is wrong, and all is exasperating - from work to life to even love. it's like you jump off a cliff just to watch yourself free fall without any reservations. it includes doing stupid things like saying "i love you" to someone you don't, and shouting at your mum for making you do the laundry, and eating oreo cookies without the cream. you're free falling.

but the great thing about free falling, is that it gives your friends a chance to catch you.


i've been caught after many a days of free falling.


it's day 2 of attachment, and i'm a very happy busybusybusy person. : )) give me another week, and ask me again.









if dr. seuss wrote a book about cats (other than the cat in the hat), it would go something like this:




this is captain.
captain is valerie's cat.
valerie has 3 cats.

the end.



how ingenious no? : ) dr. seuss should just hire me.









i passed basic theory - first time! ohyeahohyeahohyeah. : )) sandee too!
next up: practicals and advanced theory. ohyeahohyeahohyeah.

there ain't much to say except for the fact that i want to shoot sherwin for his latest blog entry. but since i'm such a sport, here's the link for all you to see why SHERWIN WILL DIE SWIFTLY AND QUIETLY.

"think of it as four dates, and not one week. four dates is so much easier." - tchen, the honey-stars & frosties eater.
ever know of an uncle you have who is the nicest person and the one who spoils you the most? tchen is most likely to be that uncle, what with all the jell-O and sugar highs he'll give his nieces and newphews.











//earth angel//cry baby

Intimacy 1. a four syllable word for, "Here's my heart and soul, please grind them into hamburger, and enjoy." 2. both desired, and feared. 3. difficult to live with, and impossible to live without. 4. comes attached to the three R's... relatives, romance, and roommates.

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"I wish there were a rulebook for intimacy. Some kind of guide to tell you when you've crossed the line. It would be nice if you could see it coming, and I don't know how you fit it on a map. You take it where you can get it, and keep it as long as you can. And as for rules, maybe there are none. Maybe the rules of intimacy are something you have to define for yourself."

- Meredith Grey, Grey's Anatomy

like puppets at the will of their master puppeteers
she put her arms around him in a loosened embrace
and placed her lips lightly at the base of his neck
yet, their masters had only sole control of the body; not their limbs nor their lips.


"i forgot my watch.
he's a good kisser isn't he?"
the line i wish to use on my cheating half. : )) should it ever occur.









Q: when you dream do you feel?

it's a queer question but think about it.

in your dreams, when someone touches your hand, do you actually feel it like it's a tangible touch like when you're awake? it leads me to wonder; do they (the people in your dreams) actually touch you? or are you some figure that has cars whizzing through your ghost-shell?

i ask this because i dreamt something so strange - and it's the first time i dreamt of anything like it. not only did someone touch me, but i felt...i don't know...i really don't even know how to explain it. it's like on warm day, the sudden cold breeze from the pacific ocean rushes right through your system.

it felt so real to the point that i wanted to call my friends to ask them if they were at the event in my head.

this event involved chocolate vanilla mint ice cream, were you there?









i'm calling for a mutiny, a strike.

MUTINY!

that's it; i'm done. now, leave me alone. don't call me, i'll call you. don't ask for me, i'll ask for you. ah fuck. i don't need this, it's my holidays and i intend to enjoy every bit of it.









i am beyond trouble. i am sleeping in trouble, fertilised by its amassing nutrients. i am eating trouble, consuming the delicious sin. i am living with trouble; this undesirable roommate who's creating more than just a mess. and yet, all these above are understatements to how i am feeling.

heard the saying, "don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you"?

guess someone didn't tell me this earlier.









//the rembrandts//i'll be there for you

my nails are gorgeousbeautifulstellerhotorgasmicallyfantasticallylovelovelove - thanks to sandee for the manicure + pedicure from voxy! thanks for being such a great girl friend!

i love them! and i have to say my heel walking ability is pretty darn good. : )

it really took them more than an hour and a half to do my 10 toes and 10 fingers! gee. i got there at 7 to only get out by 9p.m. but i was well entertained by the showcasing of Friends. the area is rather plush for a place that focuses on your feet and hands; the entire place inside are shades of pink!

have i said how much i love my nails? they're so pretty. hahaa.. one more reason why i think my toes are the most beautiful part of my body.

ok, now that i've got pretty nails - sandee, you and me are going to scream on the gmax.









can i ask you a stupid question?
sure.
do you like me?
i don't know. to be honest, i don't. do you like me?
i have a little crush on you, that's all.


thrown out of her orbit
a catastrophic warning ensues
return to space, you alien
you don't belong in her orbit
get out, get lost









jim keeble's the A-Z of Us surprised me. i teared at the sudden death of ian and laughed at the similarities of my life with gem's. parallel universes could exist but it leads me wonder; who's copying who?

a well thought out story, from beginning to end; every line plays a part. there are no maps in relationships, love or emotions; the old maps don't work anymore. so it's the territory never crossed, never judged, never seen. and we are all explorers. just another addition to my 100-book library.

an instant antidote, powerful
shorter than ten seconds
you're lip on lip
and you're flung from a car at 80 miles
in that instant you know
physical attraction is no less than a gram
or more, but you know

that moment released everything. it was like some strange fairy tale, where the Prince and Princess kiss only to find they were never meant to be together.



















//damien rice//older chests

i signed up for my driving classes today. yay. the joys of being legal and 18. no, it is not true that they've pushed the age limit to 21.

it costs a flipping 60 bucks for each practical, and 17 for the theories. and i haven't even touched the exams. i swear they're eating our money.

when you get to the driving school, take a look at their board of teachers. firstly, they are all males, 99% chinese and have names that are like wong siew keok, and tan chin gong and wee tin chow. when you inevitably see these men decked in white and blue uniforms like nascar drivers or those in the pitstops and uniformed ladies with their straight colour hair held back with a mini black/brown/blue butterfly clip at the back of their head, you'd believe me when i say i swear they're all clones of two people; miss cheng siow pup and mister pow tiew sheng who owned the driving school 100 years ago.(*note: these names are fictional and any relation to anyone dead or alive is purely coincidental.)

so said, before you can get your PDL (provisional driving license), it is compulsory to sit through 4 theory classes; sat through one today. it's 1 1/2 hours worth of fear-driven campaigns; rather entertaining i think. these clips about the dangers of driving are probably 20 years old; drink driving and sleeping on the road, etc. i stifled a laugh when the guy/dummy was hit. i have to admit being in mass comm lets me truly enjoy the funnier things the media has to offer. but. BIG but. it doesn't mean it couldn't happen.


and those nails i was 'spose to get done weren't. i missed it again. so it's set for next week thursday at 1900hrs. someone please remind me.

did you know that it takes 1 1/2 hours to get a mani+pedi? i almost fainted when the little lady told me. who spends that much time in a nail parlour when you could be watching a movie, doing some serious shopping and even spending that time mugging for a paper which i do not need to do. after a pedicure, i always picture people coming out walking on their heels, toes outstretched, for fear of chipping the paint.

when i get mine done, i'll put to test my heel walking capabilities, whilst balancing with my outstretched toes and fingers : )









i'm finally going get my nails done. tomorrow.

after months of waiting, mcm-ing, homework-ing, and all other shit that has got us wound up tight, i'm finally gonna get my nails (toes included) done. dee was so sweet to get me a mani+pedi for my 18th, and i haven't gone since. at least they didn't reject the receipt for being late.

my appointment of all things pampering had to postponed because of a lunch on thursday. i never knew that people actually made appointments for these sorta things, i thought you would just waltz into any shop and say, 'give me the sexiest red you've got.' or something like that. heh.


apparently, i don't start work officially til 27th march, which also means that i have pretty much nothing to do for a month. let me work out an equation for you.
anyone done their math? : ) am willing to do anything that doesn't require me to strip to my undies (unless it's a film and not in the category of porn or any happily related member) and not in a bar/ktv having loud grouchy men grovelling at the feet of the women hoping they'll give them a lapdance. just so you know, adel hasn't taught me that yet. heh.

just so you know, i'm working towards making my 100-book library and getting my license.
did you know that you need to submit a picture when you sign up for your driving classes? it's the picture that's going on your license! i'm not keen on taking a picture now, with my shorter mohawkish look (i cut it on tuesday.) - i would like my license to look at good when i get pulled over for speeding at 110 in a 90 zone. and the books, i'm 8 books in and counting.









//my screaming//& the theme song for captain planet

did you hear?

flaunt made first for design.

with our powers combined we have FLAUNT issue no. 1. TADAA!


kudos has to go to the team; pearl, karen, adeline, juan, guangrong, elizabeth and yuxin. this would never have happened if not for everyone and everything that each of you have contributed. thanks.

hooray for the flaunters out there! : )









//the after effect//


i got an email from a total stranger, Christian Carter, who told me about a book he wrote, entitled "catch him and keep him"! i initially thought it was a fakeO, but when i got down to really reading what he had to say, it got real interesting.

Have you ever met a guy who seemed to be "Mr. Right", but after getting to know him better you could tell that he just didn't feel that same level of "connection" you felt?

Have you ever slept with a guy very quickly after meeting him, but as it started to happen you got that sinking feeling in your stomach? You knew it was a mistake, but you did it anyway. And then the thing you KNEW would happen actually happened: He unexplainably disappeared from your life. Honestly, have you ever had this happen?

of course, the worst part wasn't that it happened, but that you KNEW you shouldn't have done it in the first place... but you did it anyway.

Have you ever dated a great guy for a long time...I'm talking about six months, twelve months, or even longer... and it was getting to the point where you needed to have "the talk" with him. But when you tried to bring up the topic of having a relationship and making a bigger commitment, his eyes just glazed over... and then he became distant from you... and the relationship ended soon after?

You were trying to get CLOSER to him, and somehow he kept moving farther AWAY from you.

i'm not getting the book, but thought that someone out there might. being the wonderful lady i am, i'm leaving this link for anyone who's interested in finding out the secret-secrets of dating the opposite gender (especially helpful for the ladies.)

this blog was relevant to a ms. valerie anne from when she was studying mass communications in a singapore polytechnic.

she was aged 16 on her first post, and 18 on her last.

she is currently a freelance emcee-er/hostess.
contact her at
valerieanne @ cheerful.com

some might call me the ultimate sagittarian; free-spirited and whatnot, but i don't believe in horoscopes.

"everything gets complicated when you think. i don't discourage thinking, it's over thinking that i'm worried about." - val


none existent.


i've moved on.

shop alot?


. make Valerie Anne are big name
. publish a book entitled "you better quote val, or else" - recommended by derek goh
. open a clip-on earrings shop
. open a cafe
. learn/speak spanish
. skydive over mauritius waters
. bungee jump from a suspension bridge
. get back into my dancing shoes
. set a world record for the longest time on a roller coaster ride
. save an endangered species
. AND prove to my mum that i'll be married before 35. HAHA.


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