On The Phone? or Is There Someone I Can't See?

This morning, as usual, I walked from my home to train station, and since long, I no longer plug on earphones because I want to immerse myself into my surroundings (read: overheard quarrels, gossips, etc -> much more interesting than listening to music). There was this lady, maybe in her 40s, walking next to me and holding a pack of cigarettes and what looked like a wallet in her left hand - I was on her left. Then I heard this lady saying something like: "#$%*)(@#)$% Singapore (*)*$)(#@*" - I only caught the word "Singapore" and I was like: "is she talking to me?", but her gaze was forward and she kept mumbling words in Mandarin.

So then here how my train of thoughts worked:

"Oh she's not talking to me..."

"Maybe she's on the phone?"

"But there's no earphone plugged to her left ear... so maybe it is in her right ear!"

Walked slower, then went round to walk past from her right side.

Glanced quickly to her right ear.

"Nothing?"

Turned my head to stare right at her right ear.

"There's really nothing...! But she's still talking... to whom?"

Head turned back. Eyes darting left and right.

"Is there someone I can't see???"

Walked faster.

Could hear she was still talking.

Walked even faster.

"I can't hear her anymore!"

Phew...

K-Pop or Not K-Pop

"Are you listening to k-pop? Oh, alright, don't worry, I won't judge."

A colleague of mine said that exact words to the other day when she overheard music coming out of my earphones. 

I can't help raising my eyebrows in respond of her words. 

Hmm, what is wrong with k-pop exactly? 

I enjoy its catchy tune, bubblegum pop that always makes me want to stand up and dance (or just bob my head and shoulder should the situation not permit...). And on top of that, I think that k-pop is a perfect company while working for reasons that I can't really sing along (since my Korean is limited), and I can just enjoy the tune while bobbing my head and yet my eyes and hands are still doing what they're supposed to be doing - eyes on the monitor, fingers typing.

But anyway, all in all, I think we should learn to understand this phrase: to each his/her own - and live by it.

Being judgmental about others' preferences or life choices can only bring separation, and should someone have different opinions, can we all just agree to disagree?

PS1: I heard Emma Stone is not shy about admitting to being into k-pop. 

PS2: PSY's Gangnam Style is the most watched Youtube video so far. 

To Hair with You~ (and First time @ Hom Yoga Orchard)

Today marks my come back to yoga studio, yay! (after almost one year being studio-less due to being conned by the Russian owners of my previous studio - I suppose when it is too good to be true, it mostly is and we should ALWAYS beware and trust our deepest instinct)

This time my yoga journey began at Hom Yoga Singapore, I signed for their $49.90 30-day trial and I intend to make use of it well. I booked their Hot Hatha class which basically is a compact version of Bikram yoga - same sequence, only 60 mins instead of the usual 90 mins.

I arrived 30 mins early since I want to have ample time to get to know the place. The staff is polite and nice enough, though I can't say they are very helpful. They don't really pay attention on who goes into the locker room - I walked right past them and went straight to the locker room.
The locker room size is just nice and there are 9 shower stalls. Each locker comes with combination lock which I had to figure out myself how to do it, luckily there's a guide at the back of the locker door.

The studio room space itself is just nice, the mats are of high quality and there are yoga blocks provided for those who might need them. However I find that there's a little space between mats (which is actually understandable since space is a luxury in Singapore).

Anyway, I chose a mat near floor to ceiling window and there was a lady on the mat next to me. I smiled at her (really!), but it seemed that she was not in friendly mood. Then few minutes before the session started, there was this big tall dark skinned guy with a little bulging tummy took the mat next to her. And the guy is hairy, like the whole legs are full of hair, not very thick but I would consider quite thick.
For the record i have nothing against any body hair on anyone. I even find it a little strange if a guy is without any hair or maybe only very fine hair on their legs.
But for this special occasion - yoga session, where the mats are quite close to each other, and the guy is quite big, I have to admit that I'm glad he wasn't on the mat next to me.

As*holes vs Idiots

In my dictionary, the word "as*holes" and "idiots" - when used to describe someone - are 2 different kind of people. Although there's a pretty thin line between them.

For example, when someone lied to me and got caught, the first thing coming to my mind was that he/she was an as*hole for doing that. But you see, there's a probability that they aren't actually as*holes, some of them are just simply idiots.

Why so?

Let me tell you my story:

I was living with 2 flatmates and at that time our lease was ending. Since we were not planning to renew our lease,the usual practice would be for owner's agent to look for new tenants, and as mentioned in our lease, we - the current tenant - to allow prospective tenants to come to view the house, but of course the agent must give us an advance notice. 

So the agent called us few days earlier to let us know there are people coming to view the house and all of us agreed on the timing. On the day itself, the agent arrived to our building and texted us. Since I was already at the house, I let him (and the prospective tenants) in. 

One of the flatmates texted back saying that he was in a meeting and would only be home in an hour or so. But then we noticed that that the light in his room was on, we could see it under the door. And I could hear that someone was moving about in the room. Hmm, hmm, could it be that he is home after all? 

The agent and I decided to ignore it for now and let the prospective tenants to look at other bedrooms, kitchen, etc. After few minutes the door of my flatmate room was opened and he was shocked to see so many people in the living room. He then started blubbering some words and let people in to view his room, and in less than a minute, he made some noise and told us he had to leave soon, a.k.a. "get out of my room already!"

That's my story, folks...

In my opinion, my ex flatmate was (and is) an IDIOT. He lied but he did not have the intelligence nor sight to cover his lie. He would have been an AS*HOLE if he were smart enough to observe and/or notice that there were already people in the house, killed the damn lights, stayed quietly in the room, and maybe came up with clever excuse to explain why he suddenly bailed - hey, if you wanted to tell people you weren't home, the least you could do was to make sure that NO ONE in the house notices you there. And the thing about kicking us out of his room in less than a minute, it made him a spiteful and childish idiot. 

All in all, I'm grateful I no longer share a flat with him. In almost 2 years living with him (and his oh-so-lovely wife *sarcasm*), it was damn tiring to have him acting like he was the boss of us when in fact, he is just an IDIOT.

Shower Thoughts

Ok, so I was in the shower, washing my hair, enjoying every trickle of water on my body, and you see, it is at times like this, random thoughts often come unexpectedly.
This time, the thought was embarrassing memories, and there are few that I remember clearly. But certainly, if I have to pick one, this is the winner:

It was Sunday at church with my boyfriend (now ex), it was a Catholic mass and as usual, it was quiet and solemn. After a while I got thirsty and took out my water bottle. I was going to drink it quickly and put it back into my bag. Unfortunately, I choked, and for you who ever choked, the only way is to get whatever choking you out of your system. And so I did... please believe me that I tried my best to hold it in, but you all know it's impossible...
Since I was trying too hard to hold my lips tight, the water just spurted out of my mouth and it got people stared at me. Luckily, we were seating right at the first row of a tier, so there was an open space in front of me and nobody got sprayed. Oh God, even after all these years, I can still feel how embarrassed I was when those people staring at me......

Sharing: Free Nursery / Play Room Digital Prints - Flying Boy / Girl

I've had this drawings in my laptop for quite some time and I'd like to share with anyone who might want it.

There are 2 prints - boy / girl flying with his / her teddy bear. Aren't they cute????
I think it will look good in nursery or play room!

Leave a comment or contact me via my email if you'd like a digital copy.

Disclaimer:
This digital copy can only be printed for personal use.
I do NOT - I repeat, DO NOT give permission to use it for commercial purpose.

What I will send to you is a copy of the A4 sized JPEG file (or PSD if you prefer) - without the frame/wall.

Flying girl

Flying boy

New Etsy Listing Items: Printed Eco-Friendly Canvas Bags

I've made a lot of prints for the past few years and I recently realized that those prints would look good on canvas bags.

So I kept myself busy editing and re-designing some of them to fit a 14" (height) x 13" (top width) / 9" (bottom width) cotton canvas bags. And now I'm proud to say that I've had 18 canvas bags in my listing page in Etsy.

And here is some of my favourites:


'coz we should always count our blessings

because F.R.I.E.N.D.S fans would love this!

I *heart* this

A good reminder for all of us!

'coz I love yoga

'coz it's pretty.....

'coz I dream of Paris

my fave quote and it should be everyone's fave quote!

'coz it's so cute cute cute!

'coz we should all have happy thoughts always!

 

Which one is your fave?

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