Sunday, February 25, 2007

One

architecture is the latest thing to pique my interest........well........im no connoisseur, but i do like shapes, long flowing lines, wavy lines, curvy lines, soft lines, perky bottoms *ahem*

anywayz, the property market's heating up recently........there are numerous developments coming up all over the place.......some with a lack of creativity in the naming department........take for example, down at the east coast area there's a place called "One Amber" and jus a few minutes drive down at fort road there's one called "One Fort".

quite an accurate reflection of our people's mentality eh? one this, one that.......one government party, one people, yadda, yadda, yadda........the only thing we dun seem to have is only one way that our pockets get screwed over year after year by the numerous policies made by our one goverment.

back to the perky bottoms.........here's a little tidbit of info......the top 3 most expensive houses in sg as published in this month's copy of "the executive"

1. Location: Cairnhill Circle
Type: Terrace, freehold
Size: 4,631 sq.metres
Price: S$88m

2. Location: 142 Grange Road
Type: Detached, freehold
Size: 1931 sq.metres
Price: S$46.9m

3. Location: 21 St Martin's Drive
Type: Apartment, freehold
Size: 1443 sq.metres
Price: S$17.4m

4.6k sq.m is roughly alittle less than half a football field.........for a bloody house in sg that's alot.........definitely considered miniscule compared to the houses in other parts of the world, but remember we are land scarce here in our tiny little island, then again, or so i thought..........

here's Forbes' 10 most expensive homes in the world..........
Forbe's 10 most expensive homes in the world

103-rooms on 58 acres of gardens and woodland is at the top of the list. my god, people have trouble locating dead rats in their house, a person could die, rot away and still not be discovered in such a place.........

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

CNY

as promised, another post to celebrate the festive season........

my rash has disappeared, and although ive yet to determine the cause of it i have found that im not allergic to prawns......im quite sure cos if i were, the amount of prawns that i had during lunch today would have put me under quite easily.......

the year of the pig has been pretty..........ok........so far........2 days into it, so there isnt really much to tell.......the 1st day was spent the same as it has been spent year after year........visited my grandma's, then to my babysitter's and that was it.........the rest of the day was spent lazing ard at home........something that ive not done in ages........glad to have had the opportunity to kick off the year of the pig in typical pig fashion.........would this have set the tone for the rest of the year? i hope not.......speaking of the rest of the year, my dad did ask me to translate fortunes for some of the animals in the horoscope.......and the predictions for my sign do not bode well........basically, the fortunes for all my family members were good except for me.........not fair.....but wat the heck.......

the 2nd day, today, started bright and early at J's place........then it was down to my place where my cousins and relatives were gathering...........it seems that as each yeart passes, i grow less involved with the lives of my cousins.......not that i was very much involved in their lives in the first place but this year i hardly exchanged more than 3 sentences with each of them.......maybe the difference in lifestyle? they are all still in school btw.......two are jus abt to enter uni, another is gonne pursue postgraduate studies.....the rest, i forget.........

i dun even remember many of their ages or even that of my grandma's..........like my dad mentioned, men are hopeless at remembering details such as age and stuff...........

the day ended with dinner at my aunt's place with her frens and family..........it's the first time we were having cny dinner with her actually........it was good........

i do have some musings to put down in writing actually.......observations and stuff, but i guess i just lack that little bit more energy to organise my thoughts and put it all into words.........as much as i would like to write it all down, i would like to invest the same time in getting some sleep.........so i guess im gonna just have to leave it all to the next post........

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Pre-CNY

alright, this would be the pre lunar new year post............but first off.......the lead up to this day.

fell sick the previous wk........had a terrible cough and lost my voice at the same time........the cough's still loitering around today.......but i believe ive gotten myself an allergy..........to which i have this to say about,"bloody hell, 25 bloody years and only today do i get an allergy."

i cant believe it......never in my 25 yrs have i had an allergy.....and today ive finally gotten one.......and i believe it's for a food that i ate during dinner today........most probably either the prawns, squid or fish in the tom yam seafood soup i had with J....i have rashes on my upper torso and i distinctly remember my nose start to drip halfway through dinner.......and sneezing.......

or maybe im jus allergic to lousy cooked food.........i really hope so.........cos i love my seafood........

anyhow, cny is upon us...........im having mixed feelings abt things this time ard unfortunately...........main reason being this cny would mark my sis' leaving sg for shanghai.........she'll be leaving a few days after cny........she's going over for a job.......not a business assignment........a job i.e. she's moving there........according to her, she'll get 2 trips back to sg every year.........

as it is, i dun get to see her that much already.......now ill see her even less..........

nah, im not gonna start going drama all over this post.......i jus need to......*sniff sniff*

J's already strategising on how she's gonna leverage on her new found shopping command outpost. as far as she is concerned, by the month of july, she'll be extending her regional shopping coverage to china.........

i cant seem to stop scratching my rash......this is bad.......more during the in-cny post........promise.