Marriage and Moving out

so the sis packed her stuff and moved out on sun night. I came home to a particularly joyful bro-in-law shifting the cellophane-wrapped queen-sized mattress and directing the rest of the furniture traffic towards the lift.

the night b4, my parents sat the family down and discussed "family matters" which mainly consisted of, "so when r the two of you getting married ? HM?" Fortunately, I wasn't the next in line so I sought refuge by directing their questions at the other sis.

I figured that I probably would never be ready to answer that darn question.
Biologically, the female is capable of reproduction at such an early age it's freakingly scarry. So early that I can't imagine how slow my personality is maturing as compared to my reproductive organs. So the eggs had started ovulating at the iincy wiincy age of 12-13 and in the rural villages of some god-forsaken-places the girls would probably have had 5 bouncing babies by then.

For me, I always took it as nature's mistake for making females ovulate at such a tender age. So much so that I've correspondingly chosen to ignore the fact that things that start earlier tend to end earlier as well and hitting thirty would already be a precarious situation to settle down and have kids.

That said, being almost 25 doesn't make me one bit more eager to settle down. At 25, I don't feel why things should be so much more different than when I was 18. N I can't imagine pple who crave having kids at my age. What's the matter with them? Do they relish the thought of losing the freedom to whittle their time and cash away on trivial pursuits; Are they eager to nurture kids who will eventually grow up to be ingrates no matter how much they convince themselves that they love you? N having to be a role model to a ball of innocent flesh with an unadulterated mind makes me balk. and shiver with disgust.
Then again, naming my kid would be fun. I'd probably call him/her "my little meatball coo coo...".

So pple settle down when the time comes. The romance part probably blinds them of what is awaiting ahead. N stop asking me when it will be my turn. It will be when I'm suitably blinded by lurve.

On an interesting note, here's an article i poached from someone else's blog dated sometime ago but still entirely relevant and readable:

http://www.forbes.com/home/2006/08/23/Marriage-Careers-Divorce_cx_mn_land.html

snugs n hugs,
sharon

a meaningless ramble

today was one of those days where you wanted to pull the covers over your head and hide from the rest of the world. a lot of thoughts have been stirred up lately that despite the appearance of nonchalance, the mind has been relentlessly bothered by restless thoughts.

this love story in harvard song so aptly matches my wallowing in self-pity mood that i've been playing it non-stop. (altho I have no clue what he's singing about!)

Right. back to watching scrubs now to switch on those happy lights and chase away the moody blue bees....

It's itching like crazzzyyy!!!

i've been scratching my chao tar, coral-scraped knees so much they look like two black flea-bitten bald heads with lotsa dandruff.. EW. AB said if i scratched them some more, the toxin would spread to my brain. yarrite *snigger*

Googled the net for some treatment for coral wounds n this is wat i found:

Coral scrapes

Coral scrapes and cuts are common injuries that may occur when you walk on a beach or swim, snorkel, or dive in warm water. Coral polyps, the soft living material that covers the surface of coral, can be easily torn away from the rigid and abrasive structure underneath if you touch, bump, or fall on coral. A skin infection may develop when small pieces of coral, other debris, and bacteria get inside the wound. Scrapes and cuts from sharp-edged coral may take weeks or even months to heal.

!! :-O !! weeks?? corals are vicious animals.. argh.

On a less itchy note:

Why are pple overreacting on the news of civil servants' pay increment? All this talk about the government being too high-handed and not democratic enough and encouraging greed.. blah blah.. i dun really care. All i noe is that pm lee's donating the next 5 yrs of his pay increment to charity and i salute him! (Then again, detractors and mr b's fans would probably say it's for the tax savings yada yada.. ) I say he's a fair leader who cares about the country and more importantly, his geek looks rock!! Man if he were 30 years younger i'd go after him!! *smiles maniacally*

Peace and lots of snuggy sleep,

sharon

Of Coral Cuts and UV Burns

Redang is just as HOT as ever. The sun there is lethal man. I'm absolutely roasted from just less than an hour's baking. Nevermind that I forgot to put tanning oil and sunblock at least 15 minutes b4 tanning..

The weekend dive was fun. Minus the puking in the sea from the choppy water; the torturous walk to and fro the resort to the beach with our FULL equipment for EVERY dive. *fumez* ; the overcrowded and litter-strewn beach over a good friday weekend. Everything else was GREAT!

Sighted:
- Sea Turtles
- Shark1 .... hehe no i'm kidding.. it was more like this: Shark 2
Only I saw the shark. Everyone else was looking elsewhere. The thing about being underwater is you can't open your mouth to scream "Shark!!". I got so excited my arms were flailing around in the water desperately trying to get attention and water got into my mask but to no avail. By the time my buddy took notice it had shot by so fast I'm beginning to wonder now if it was a ghost shark...
- huge stingray
it was like.. huge lah.. I could imagine myself cuddling under it and having a good nap.. *snorez*
- Puffer Fish
These are probably my favourite fish after Nemo lah. They're like underwater ETs with huge doe eyes, cruising along in the shadows of the reef.. unique. me likey..
- Clownfish (aka Nemo)
They're soo cute.. I sometimes just wanna scoop the baby ones up from their cushy homes n smuggle them home using my mask.. Well I can't do that. So the next best thing to do is to make it a point to tickle every Nemo i see while searching for bigger fish..
- Yellow Boxfish
The two I saw were re-enacting a bollywood courtship scene when I spotted them..
- Titan Triggerfish
Tot this was some thin silvery fish like a baracuda.. I was complaining that I din see it when everyone else did. Now that I googled it, I did see it afterall! It was bz chomping away on the corals n you can actually hear them biting the pieces off... scary.
- Flying Fish
- n many many more fishies..

Some pics from my previous trip in 2003:




N the pics for this trip:

Shopaholics unite!

Supper. Red with "his coconut-high look"

Compare to pic from 2003 trip above. Where did the rocks go??

Mr and Mrs Sunset Bay

picture perfect!

Andy n his still-in-Redang divesuit

Lounging on the beach at night listening to Vanessa Paradis

Appropriate office laptop wallpaper

For more photos, click here

anti smoking ad

seems like the anti smoking campaign has illicited at least some response. For those of you who haven't seen the recent anti smoking ad, click here.
Every bus stop with that ad seems to have been vandalised. I wasn't quick enough to take a pic but one of the posters had a big fat cigarette (almost the size of a cigar) sticking out of her cancer-ridden mouth and a swastika symbol on her forehead.

Ok actually I tried to imitate the vandalised picture on paintshop but the pic was still too hideous to be posted on my brand new blog. So, just use your imagination.

Actually I don't think smokers would quit smoking just because of the ad. They'd just go, "Wtf! F**ing scary" then find something to vandalise the poster with and walk off thinking "Nah. that won't happen to me lah", happily chuckling to themselves.

But it did catch people's attention and I hope kids didn't cry when they saw that ad.
Newayz, I don't have much of a point here lah. I'm off to redang tomr over the good friday weekend! yipee!! man i need the beach holiday soo badly.

will post pics of redang when i'm back! meanwhile everyone haf fun over qing ming and good friday weekend!

"Peace and hot, sweaty, sun tan lotion scented love, - zb"
sharon =D

woes of a fat one

it just dawned on me that all that money spent on a gym membership didn't do me much good for the past year! I have NOT attained a slim svelt figure ; i have become less fit, as evidenced by my lack of stamina on the floorball court last last sunday. 2 sprints up and down the court n i was totally out of breath! The blood was throbbing in my brain so much my head felt like it was going to explode. Shame on me. Looks like the beginning of AUNTI-ISM!! Noooo!!!

So it got me to thinking about the value of a gym membership. Issit part and parcel of an executive lifestyle to upz the glam factor and hide the fact that we are all actually extremely unhealthy sedentary animals? Or do people really get fitter from intensive gym workouts? Or, is it a place for boys to meet more boys of their kind and spend many happy weekends grunting away on the weights machines?

Beats me. But cali isn't such a nice place after my favourite hip hop teacher disappeared and the washroom floors are always covered with hair u'd think they carpeted it.

Gosh I miss those days in hall when working out was just icq-ing your blockmate to meet in ten minutes below your block to jog around the compounds of ntu where the hills and lush tropical greenery never fail to refresh the mind and challenge your stamina. I miss that bird-dun-lay-egg place (for want of a better translation!).

I wish my office had a permanent view like that!

Cafe Del Mar for the first time

So I dragged a couple of uni frens with their bois bois to cafe del mar with me yesterday.. n it had to rain. Just when we were settled down on our poolside seats with a good view (read: facing shan wee daniel ong and howard watever from eye for a guy!)
Darnz!
We ended up indoors stuck on a puny table (and that was a reserved one! hehe) in front of the big plasma screen.. so much for a romantic beach cafe setting! Luckily for us, there was still entertainment from andy, who brought his newly purchased mac book there to amuse us with.
Here're some of the photos taken with his new gadget:

All of us!


elaine n her boi boi Shi Jian. so sweet. aww.. makes me wanna kick ah bao's ass for dumping me alone in s'pore *fume*

shot taken using the mirror effect. look i have three front teeth!!

wt elaine n moi