Life's a struggle... 日子还要过。(",)

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Inferior

    Not sure if I've mentioned this here before, but recently I keep attracting feelings of negativity. I feel inferior easily, feel unappreciated easily, feel vulnerable... Feel useless... Not sure if I have any mild depression but a teeny weeny bit of things can easily make me cry. And my mood is worse than a roller coaster. 1 second I feel like crying, next second I can laugh and tell jokes. Wonder if its the 30s crisis or what.. But it's another phase I'm currently going through now.

    Anyway I drove the car out on my own to do some grocery shopping on Sunday, which was Mother's Day. I think I beat a blinking arrow red light and just nice when I was passing through, the GPS says red light camera. That's it. I didn't notice any flashes going off, but I guess I shall just wait for the letter. That's why I don't like to drive in singapore. Minutes away there's the traffic light. And the traffic light changes quite fast. And I have a tendency to speed. It's bad I know but somehow it's just basic instinct for me to step the accelerator. Especially when cars are trying to change into my lane.... I tend to speed up when I really wanted to slow down to let them pass. I don't know why.

    (Anyway I learned in NZ that I have to be independent and not rely on a co-driver)

    Made a meal for the mums with the groceries I bought.. Sunflower bento (pics on my Facebook)... Really effort 1001%. I learned that love is really giving 1001% without expecting anything. Not only without expecting anything in return.. It's totally without expecting anything at all. -.-"

    My ah ma is in hospital again. Visited her yesterday noon. Seeing the red marks on her hands from all the pokings really pains me. Her hands are all swollen, and now even her feet. She doesn't really respond anymore. Just sleep and breathe. I tried talking to her... But really don't know where to start. I don't know what to say. I know she's prolly most most most concern about my brother and if he was the one talking to her she'll prolly try to twitch or try to open her eyes or do something to respond. I wish I know her better. So many recollection of memories... My childhood days with her. I wish I can share them with her and reminisce with her.. But I just can't say them out and put them in words.

    And then I start to think of my Wai po.. The comment she made when we visited her this Chinese New Year.. That we won't ever visit her until cny which is like only once a year. So true... She actually voiced it out which means she really hope for us to visit more often.

    There's so many things I want to do.. Spend time with my family.. And my family doesn't mean just my immediate family.. But also each and everyone of my relative. To get to know them all better.. In depth and have meaningful conversation. Not just hi bye catch up and see you next year. But I just can't get the words out of my mouth. I can't. And I only have 24 hours a day I really don't know how to prioritize. I put work at the top most priority and its sad but my top 3 priorities are work, work and work. Im slowly trying to live.... Just so hard...

    Sigh...

Saturday, 11 May 2013

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Eyeball with 0.5 watt

    Ok, mad tired. A lot of thoughts running through my mind and I was contemplating where to blog them (since I have another private blog and also the company blog)... But I thought heck, super_fEn is home afterall. All the nitty gritty bits of my growing up.. from the super lame person I was last time till the old and tired one today. LOL! I guess there's just nothing to hide.

    Came back from bout 3 weeks trip in New Zealand. Instead of feeling recharged and revitalised or re-inspired, I came back feeling... rather tired. LOL!

    And everytime I browsed through friends' facebook, saw their achievement, their life and everything... I can't help but to feel so mini and as though I'm a damn jialat underachiever. I don't think my life has been put to good use at all. All these years of running in the rat race, being so freaking busy and all... for nothing... maybe for a house, but in return for that you have no idea how much of our life we have given up...

    I hope this feeling of lousiness will go away, and that I can accomplish something, and not having to envy anyone again.

    Tomorrow is mother's day, and I think I'm getting over ambitious like the previous time.. LOL!

    Hope everything will turn out as planned!

     

    Damn tired.

    Night!

Thursday, 28 February 2013

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    FREAKING BUSY!

    You know sometimes you get so busy, even more busy than all the crime busting superheroes combined, you still MUST EAT!

    It gets to a point when cooking a simple packet of instant noodle or instant beehoon has become a waste of time.

    So now that becomes a luxury.

    But still, despite all these busy period, humans still need to BREATHE right? That's an essential, a necessity, else we'll all die. Just like drinking water and eating!

    So, there IS something that we cannot give up even when we're mad busy.

    So, we need to strike a balance between working and living AND make a choice!! I'm not even talking about life... life like the quality of life and all those stuffs... i'm talking about living day to day... like breathing, like eating, like blinking your eyes, like peeing and pooing...

    SIGH!!!!!!!!!

    OH OH OH!!!

    And during this busy period, trust in the Lord! That if HE brings you to it, HE will bring you through it!

    HAVE FAITH!!!

    I'll try....

    -___-"

Saturday, 03 March 2012

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    The amazing tea towel from IKEA

    Today I am going to talk about cloth. Or should I call them towel? Tea Towel? Table Cloth? I think table cloth refers to those large pieces of cloth you drape over the table one right? Ok then, tea towel. More atas. We hopped over to IKEA the other day and we were looking for something which I cannot remember... most likely just randomly walking around. Then I happen to spot this rack with colorful towel.. They came in packs of 3, and at a price of prolly bout $2.30 or $2.90. Usually IKEA stuff (even the towels or rug) will have a label of their respective "designer", but this one doesnt have any. Today I took out the green one to use. Damn nice.

     

    It comes with a rough side and a fine side. Rough one to "scrub" away the dirts or stains or clear away the crumbs, finer side maybe just to polish things up a little bit, or general maintainence cleaning.

     

     

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    Initially i didnt have much expectation of this cloth, cos it's so cheap. But when I washed it with water and lightly squeeze off, the cloth became pretty dry. Like almost effortlessly... usually a soaking wet cloth you'll have to squeeze hard for a few times so that the water doesnt drip, but not for this one. I love it man! And it absorbs water almost like a sponge too. I've bought a number of cloths and even the microfiber or chammois, some of them gave off a bad smell in the process of drying cos it became damp damp but not dry and all..... this one I only aired for 15 minutes and it's dry. No smell.

    It doesnt ball up with lint, no yucky strands of furrish lint sticking out, and I love it man. Good for cleaning glass.

    I am going to stock up on these the next time I go ikea. It's like a treasure found sia. LOL!!!

     

    Yah yah, married already so post household stuffs. Cannot ah? LOL!

     

    Bye bye!!

Thursday, 09 February 2012

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Wine Connection Tapas Bar & Bistro

    Had a good sleep this morning (yes, I sleep in the mornings like my boss). Had some weird dreams which I cannot recall.

    Checked my phone, tons of missed calls. From the Toner company, from client and all.

    So... If you're in charge of handling calls, you need to sound super excited and enthusiastic even if you're sick, just woke up, or had a very rough day. The tone of your voice got to sparkle like diamonds and make sure the other party is able to sense or at the very least feel that you are excited.

    It's alot of skills involved.. Not just answering calls and talking to the other person over the phone. Sometimes when the other party talk to you with a super enthusiastic voice doesn't mean he or she is genuinely interested. I think to sound sincere over the phone without making the person on the other line feel that you are not enthusiastic, this by itself is an Art. Sigh....

    Anyway, met with YY and his wifey to be at Robertson Quay's Wine Connection Tapas & Bar, which is not to be mixed up with the Deli & Bar. Quite alot of "Ang Mohs" were already there drinking and hanging around. Nobody bothered to attend to us despite us looking quite big in surface area, standing outside at the queue counter waiting for someone to show us in. Not quite sure whether it has got something to do with the way we dressed.. Long khaki pants, proper shoes and short sleeved shirt. Why, not atas enough? LOL!

    Frustrated, we make our way in, this service crew saw us (I am so freaking certain and we were standing just infront of him) but didn't even bother about us. I attempted to call him but no use. We decided to randomly take a seat anywhere we like, THEN the floor manager dressed in black came to us. Nice.

    Went inside, took a look at the menu. Price was average. The Wagyu steak in 200grams come at a price of $20. This includes sauce, potato wedges, ratatouille, and mushrooms. The 8 sliced thin crust ham & mushroom pizza comes at a price of $14. Of course all these does not include the mandatory 10% service charge and all.



    Steak came, nothing fantastic. I ordered a medium but I also tried the medium rare one. Pretty dry and tough.. I didn't quite like it but finished anyway cos I was too hungry. Pizza was average too.

    I also tried the lamb shank.. The meat is fairly tender, but it's just a personal thing for me to avoid lamb dishes because of the smell. This one happens to have abit of that smell, but I wouldn't mind ordering it if every dishes was sold out and i'm damn hungry.

    Then we ordered Tapas. I only wished it came in bigger portions but oh well, that's tapas for you. Again it was pretty average.

    Next I had a slice of royal chocolate cake and the raspberry cheesecake. Both slices were for me, and so the crew thought it's my birthday and wished me happy birthday. Haha! The chocolate one was ok, but I didn't quite like the raspberry cheesecake. Not as rich in flavor as I would have expected it. But I finished them anyway.


    We had a bottle of red wine too, YY picked it, and good choice because it's pretty light, smooth and easy to go down. It doesn't have the overbearing "spicyness" in some of the red wine, so this is good enough for me. At least I don't have to squeeze my face together like a wrinkled plum when I drink it. I didn't finish my share though cos I'm trying to cut down on alcohol.

    Ended the day and here I am blogging about this. The bill came up to about $170. Woohoo! We had a hard time calling for bill because no matter how we waved, the pool of service crew just seemed to see us as invisible. Most likely I won't return again, unless I dress up nicely like a king just to see if I will receive a different treatment next time round.



    Good night!


Wednesday, 08 February 2012

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Random ramblings After shower

    Feeling very lethargic and exhausted. Life is like baking a flaky cheese scone pastry for the first time.. Filled with anticipation. Mixture of excitement but at the same time, fear. I have received quite a number of new opportunities.. And when it comes knocking on the door, naturally you'll grab it right? I'm kind of standing at the cross junction at the moment. Like a heavy boulder, cannot be moved easily using just a normal strength.

    Time flies and we're approaching 30s. Years passed and she's still around. Pretending like she knows me very well even though we have never met before in person. Maybe I should be flattered huh... That she think of me as an open book. No depth, very predictable, nothing special. Just a book chucked at a corner which you would most probably miss if you didn't search carefully enough or take notice.

    Well..... You are so damn wrong. Don't assume like you know me very well or well enough to pass judgment on me. Nobody knows me better than the One above.. Maybe at this point you're jumping to all sorts of conclusion wondering if I'm talking about you. You know it yourself.. You should! LOL!

    Regarding my life and the windows of opportunity now, I can only say I'll persevere till the end and make it the best part of my life out of it.

    Here's a smelly foot with toes for you guys. Happy CNY present. Gute nacht!

    Smelly toes
    Smelly toes

    Tuck you

Friday, 09 September 2011

Thursday, 28 July 2011

  • Posted by Super_fEn
    So frustrating contractors here and their barangs are laying all over the floor I cant unpack in peace. The whole place is so messy with things flying around, boxes here and there. The mess and clutter makes me pek cek. Quick lah!!

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Superman super_fEn

    Oh my goodness im so freaking exhausted!! I don't even feel like moving, my hair and nails doesnt feel like growing out and my lungs dont feel like taking in oxygen. It's that bad. Don't feel like thinking, don't feel like listening, don't feel like talking.

    Have been mad mad mad mad busy, working and working, which requires us to burn a lot of brain cells thinking and thinking....

    Today was quite mad rush also even though we reached at about 12.30pm to set up. End up before we could do anything, client already arrived with the peeps. And i had to do a lot of on the ball thinking, not very good. Cos my brain was fried. And it's extremely irritating + frustrating when I go on a shoot, come back and see images with a lot of things to nitpick on - how that image could have looked better. Cos I had to take care of the lightings on set, my angle is restricted, I cant see clearly what will appear in the final picture, and I can't adjust their clothings etc, I can't spot other angles like how i was able to in Prague. I was there on set yesterday, but I cannot do anything as much as i wanted to. Sigh...... But it doesnt make a lot of economical sense to bring down 4 people on set with the amount too... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!

    So towards the final few scenes, brain super dead. Couldnt think of anything already, but my boss keep wanting me to think on the ball. Guess slowly with time, he'll be there to press the shutter, while I handle all other stuffs. Just like how now i'm the one meeting client and he doesnt anymore, except for the pre shoots.

    Heavy responsibility, alot of additional tasks required of me, and the amount of time i have is still the same.

    Oh well, I need to be more capable than this. Although im starting to have yellow eyeballs, bad heart, oversized weight and blablabla, i still think i need to do better. I keep thinking im a superman (more than a superwoman), so i like to do all the tough hands on myself. Everything keep to myself, and do myself. Very independent, and I have the mentality that nobody in this world can be depended on, except for yourself. So i became tougher and tougher. I collected a lot of battle scars while doing the reno and clearing up of those highly hung up images at the office wall. I didn't dare climb up the ladder cos i got height phobia, 2 steps up and im gone have to come down already, but i made it, i climbed all the way to the top and did all the work myself - removed a 2.4m by 1.2m frame hung up on the 6 meter high ceiling wall. Incredible. Love my battle scars to bit cos i feel it reflected my determination and courage. LOL!!!

    Ok, so i need to be better, more capable, stronger, smarter. And less tired, less unhealthy.

    But gotta thank the Man for all the strength i was given today, I am happy and satisfied even for this little bit given to me, because i know I don't deserve much. (:

    Anyway, movie after dinner after work, mustafa, supper.

    Love the "sofa" we ordered, will come in OCtober.

    Bought tons of bedsheets, i like! All so colorful... but didnt have chance to get my cash register. Would really love to own one someday.... cos i love the cash register machine, one of my dream job is to be a cashier. HAHAHAHA!!

    And we really need to go personal shopping soon for my boss' stuff. So pathetic already..

    Supper after, gonna concuss already. Nights!!!

Sunday, 24 July 2011

  • Posted by Super_fEn

    Goodbye Angthommie

    Good afternoon everybody!

    It's a hot humid sunny Sunday. I keep on believing that Sundays are forever Sunny, so far for the Sundays that I noticed, it's all sunny. Maybe some Sundays got rain abit, but I was busy with work didn't notice (especially at office), or busy sleeping away. I have glue on my skin again. Yucks!

    Lunch was super duper filling - Lice, Random veggies, Broccoli, Capsicum with minced meat, otah omelette, fish, soup. And then there were fruits too! Green color grape, Cherry, and Jackfruit. AND THEN, there's chrysanthemum tea. WAH!! My tyre is rapidly expanding i think it's gonna explode soon.

    Okie so Wu Xia is a 116/112 minutes film, I was expecting alot of fightings, more awesome kungfu stances, but was quite disappointed leh. A bit on the mild side, but I guess it's not a bad thing too. Too much violent during this period might really make me kill someone someday. LOL!!

     

    So I bought a ticket with 2 big barangs in my hands. I was a perfect AUNTIE yesterday - hair messy, lock kok dirty slippers, longer than mid-thigh T Shirt, jeans, haggard face with skin peeling and stuffs. Awesome. Bought a ticket, asked to choose seat. I wanted a seat by the aisle for easy access, so i picked M1. But guess what, it's right inside all the way in, nearest to the wall. So i had to squeeze through a lot of people to get in. Along with my noisy big plastic bags of stuffs, I sure irritate the hell out of a few peeps. Sumore the walkway to my seat was so cramped up. Nice. -_-"

    In the midst of movie, received a piece of very sad news from ah woon. Angthommie quit already. Sibeh sian, super duper fking no mood, very demoralised. Told Ben about it, he immediately called me. Sigh... it was later on then i found out the truth behind it. All because of 1 stupid mistake that someone made, he had to shoulder the responsibility and hence the final decision to quit. It must have affected him a lot, and I'm certain there's nothing anyone can do to make him better. Not even a 100 million Toto win. It's other people's happiness afterall.

    But I feel that it's a great loss to the industry. He kept emphasising it's just a job, but i feel that's not his true feelings.... He said that just to make us feel better.

    The client also another one.... despite being offered so many solutions that can even recreate the perfect scenario, they're still not happy. Full refund also not happy. Now people quit already also not happy. Then what the fark do they want sia???? Can't they just spell it out instead????

    Very du lan lor...........

    So the news spoilt everyone's mood, and even Ben was feeling super sad...

    Went to new house after that, cleaned up the place. Unpacked the clothes, hung them up and use trash bag to cover them cos there's still alot of cleaning and dust flying action around with the reno not done yet. But need to unpack cos no space to put the boxes already... Sigh... it's a small area, comfortable for 2. The walls are pretty hollow, can hear neighbour cough. So imagine if we quarrel or something, confirm hear until cannot hear.

    Aiyah, very sad lah....

    One source of inspiration and motivation down.

Super_fEn

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    • Name: Super_fEn
    • Location: Singapore, Singapore
    • Birthday: 11/20/1984
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 2/10/2004

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About Me

  • No man is worth a woman's tears. The only one who's worth her tears, is the one who knows he could, but would never ever make her cry.

- My Wishlist -

1. Recipes of nice food
2. Pics of me taken with friends
3. Pics of me with Instruments
4. Music certs
5. Colorful & cheery room
6. Holiday for my parents
7. Clear uni debt
8. Black heels
9. Purpose driven life
10. Spend time with friends
11. World peace & good health
12. Good income
13. Happiness
14. Be valued & appreciated
15. Snap snaps
16. Snow snow snow
17. Learn blading
18. Take pic with Fat Santa!
19. Shit Easily, No Piles!
20. Pink of Health!

~ My Wishlist 2 ~

1. Understand him inside out
2. Happy family
3. All is well with him
4. Him to quit smoking
5. Spend quality time together
6. Heart-to-heart talks
7. Love & be Loved
8. Wow at images he captures
9. Be strong mentally
10. Jiayou for our better future!
11. Frenfren!!
12. 090909 & icecubes
13. A place of our own
14. Playing in the rain
15. Coat him with icy snow~
16. Taking strolls
17. Grocery shopping
18. Doing dishes together
19. Cook cook
20. Cycling
21. Baking

Targets to achieve

1. Drink 2L of H20/day!
2. Spick & Span room
3. Socialise
4. Confidence
5. Save moolahs
6. Learn guitar
7. Cooking!
8. Lose bad fats
9. Learn hokkien songs
10. Learn dancing
11. Master DI
12. Be Pretty!

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