sometimes you have to be a bitch in order to get things settled...
my episode with P insurance company and insurance advisor escalate to new heights...
you see one month ago, I told him that I wanted to surrender all the policy and ask for the returns that I've made during the insured period. He adviced on the earnings but not on the procedure to terminate...
and so I went to terminate my GIRO transaction. For the past 1 month, I've been receiving endless invoice from the company and last Thurs was the last draw. I called him and was told that I can't terminate over the phone. I have to personally bring down all the documents to their HQ.
FA: Can you do all the neccessary paper work for me.
Inefficient Insurance Advisor (IIA): I'm very busy this week, a lot of appointments. I'll call you when I'm free next week...
FA: *furious and super DL* ok, so when are you going to call me?
IIA: erm... Wed
anyway to cut the story short... in the end he couldn't meet up with me. Instead, he will email the forms, and I'll have to fill up and forward back all the documents to P Insurance Company.
the final sms I sent to him
"The reason for me insisting to meet up with you is because I want to close the chapter once and for all. Telling me that you have a lot of appointments and is busying running around... are you trying to tell me that I'm not your client? or because I'm surrendering the policy thus I'm less important that your prospect? If thats the case, it only speaks so much about a senior advisor, let alone P insurance :) "
IIA: ok see you this Friday.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
mama n me
I bought mama out on Monday and did tai tai stuff like shopping and high tea :)
I say we should do this more often...
my mama is a typical chinese woman. Devoted her whole life to the family and 向夫教子 and of course she has the 重男轻女 trait in her. With my character, I kinda find it difficult to communicate with her when I was much younger. Which led to me keeping lots of things from her.
But of course, I still love her, and will always be the one standing up for her should anyone bully her (seldom the case lahz, its quite difficult to bully women of the House of Lam)
The thing about mama is that no matter how angry she is with me, she will eventually do things for me. Not that she gave up, but she loves me :)
For the 4 days I was away, mama washed my curtain, bedsheets and quilt cover. Tidy up my wardrobe and the dark corner which I secretly dump all my KIV stuff.
When I was unpacking my luggage, she beat me from unpacking. I took all the dirty clothes for washing and the next minute my whole luggage was empty. My heels were at the balcony to sun, toiletries were back in their respective shelves, and etc....
I came back with a big bruise on my knee (blue-black of the size of my fist, dun ask me how I got them, I've got no idea too...) she took a cotton bud and zam-ba to apply for me.
yday I wasn't at work, she dish all my favourite dishes (which require hours to prepare) for lunch. She even prepared bento for today's lunch...
that's my mama, loving me in every way...
postnote>>>
lately messages like this been creaping up my wall often...
"theres soup at the dining, remember to reheat before you drink. If you can't finish remember to put it in the fridge, mama"
that's my mama *tear*
I say we should do this more often...
my mama is a typical chinese woman. Devoted her whole life to the family and 向夫教子 and of course she has the 重男轻女 trait in her. With my character, I kinda find it difficult to communicate with her when I was much younger. Which led to me keeping lots of things from her.
But of course, I still love her, and will always be the one standing up for her should anyone bully her (seldom the case lahz, its quite difficult to bully women of the House of Lam)
The thing about mama is that no matter how angry she is with me, she will eventually do things for me. Not that she gave up, but she loves me :)
For the 4 days I was away, mama washed my curtain, bedsheets and quilt cover. Tidy up my wardrobe and the dark corner which I secretly dump all my KIV stuff.
When I was unpacking my luggage, she beat me from unpacking. I took all the dirty clothes for washing and the next minute my whole luggage was empty. My heels were at the balcony to sun, toiletries were back in their respective shelves, and etc....
I came back with a big bruise on my knee (blue-black of the size of my fist, dun ask me how I got them, I've got no idea too...) she took a cotton bud and zam-ba to apply for me.
yday I wasn't at work, she dish all my favourite dishes (which require hours to prepare) for lunch. She even prepared bento for today's lunch...
that's my mama, loving me in every way...
postnote>>>
lately messages like this been creaping up my wall often...
"theres soup at the dining, remember to reheat before you drink. If you can't finish remember to put it in the fridge, mama"
that's my mama *tear*
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
I heart Taiwan no.2
what can I say? Taiwan truely rocks!
Especially when you have great friends! They give you surprises!
I made so many new friends, and of coz how can I not party......
after 4 hours of endurances on the plane, I finally touched down!
Did I mentioned that I was fined again for overload of baggage?!
Shite happens....
I was dead hungry and off we went to this dining place where they had a live band...
Actually its a pitstop along the freeway for the drivers to recharge and loo...nice scenery.. the band? it was alright, can't fight those back at home
I had super yummy beef steamboat and off we went to "Taipei"
ping ping and 阿生
after 3 hours of car journey, we finally arrive in Taipei....
ya right, Taipei!!!
They brought me to Taichung!!!!
no wonder I was wondering, Taipei is only a 1/2hr journey from the airport, why am I still on the freeway?! And not to mention that the surrounding looks so familar...
We picked up Sammi and head down to this diner owned by 阿生's friend. 阿生's friend is a native chinese (原主民), his place of coz patronized by a lot of native chinese.
Native Chinese are well known for their drinks and songs (look at 阿妹,动力火车) We had 20 bottles of beer, a huge jug of 小米酒 and sang through out the night... sorry I had to tortured you guys with my singing... =_+
after much drinks, we were too tired to drive back to Taipei, actually we weren't fit for driving too..
so we checked into a drive in motel (汽车旅馆) Don't be mistaken by the word motel and linked it with our Hotel 81...
The exterior...
The price???
$125/night!!!!!
with such a nicey, how not to take a dip before we head back to Taipei...
Taipei is pure yummylicious food!!!
We were at Danshui (淡水) and that familar smell just lure me towards it
SMELLY BEANCURD!!!!!!!!
I totally love it *slurp*
scenery along 淡水
淡水 is also famous for this small bite call 阿给.
ShinLin Night Market is yet another hunt where suckers for good food should not missed!
The infamous fried chicken chop and fried oyster
as all know that I'm a tea lover, and so ping ping brought me to this place call 猫空 to drink tea. 猫空 is almost like our Bukit Timah Hill, where you can admire the beautiful scenery of Taipei.
N rounds of tea later, they decided to play this card game called pairing, The winner can dictate the loser to do anything, which led to lots of R-rated punishments...we heck care the other tables which were mostly families. The game ended with the boys made to french kiss for 10 sec!!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
you wish! They weren't gamed enough! *grin*
I got to know a lot of friends and one of them is Bill. Bill is a Chief Chef of The Ambassador Hotel in Taipei, and he is only 30yrs old!
Look at the food he prepared for us *faint* Its very delicious!
p/s: the food in the 2nd pix, I took it from the buffet table, but still it was prepared by Bill's team...
And to think that he is only 30yrs old and is the Chief Chef, that rocks! We made small talks and I've learned things from him...
I was enjoying the food and realize that how friendster all of us are.
Daphne>Ping ping>Bill
Daphne was originally my 3rd degree friend which makes ping ping my 4th degree and Bill my 5th degree friend. But now, all of them are my 1st degree friends! How amazing fate is...
Night came and it was PARTY TIME!!!!
First time in my life I had 24 people singing together with me in the same room! YES! 25 people in the same room, boozing and singing. Actually it was boozing more....
I sat there and sang me song and Louis's friend, Paul, came over to challenge 5-10. pure luck I kept winning :)
look at the DL face *giggle*
Poor Louis, he wasn't allowed to drink due to his recent surgery, so with every round that he lost to me, he needs to do either 10 pumping or froggy jump...
ping ping and Louis
Alena and group
this dude started singing 我爱台妹 and the crowd went crazy...
I've learned something, when guys are high on Mr. A, they tend to act cute....
but the thing is 扮可爱 is Taiwanese's forte, I've seen spore boys doing it and I feel like slapping their face...
Last night at Taipei was to the Luxy
many rounds of Tequila shots, Flaming Lamborghini, Long Island tea, Whisky Rock and etc...
This place is flooded with hot chicks and hunks!
see another cute boy...
The special performance by the bartenders...
tell me how not to love Taiwan...
Especially when you have great friends! They give you surprises!
I made so many new friends, and of coz how can I not party......
after 4 hours of endurances on the plane, I finally touched down!
Did I mentioned that I was fined again for overload of baggage?!
Shite happens....
I was dead hungry and off we went to this dining place where they had a live band...
Actually its a pitstop along the freeway for the drivers to recharge and loo...nice scenery.. the band? it was alright, can't fight those back at home
I had super yummy beef steamboat and off we went to "Taipei"
ping ping and 阿生
after 3 hours of car journey, we finally arrive in Taipei....
ya right, Taipei!!!
They brought me to Taichung!!!!
no wonder I was wondering, Taipei is only a 1/2hr journey from the airport, why am I still on the freeway?! And not to mention that the surrounding looks so familar...
We picked up Sammi and head down to this diner owned by 阿生's friend. 阿生's friend is a native chinese (原主民), his place of coz patronized by a lot of native chinese.
Native Chinese are well known for their drinks and songs (look at 阿妹,动力火车) We had 20 bottles of beer, a huge jug of 小米酒 and sang through out the night... sorry I had to tortured you guys with my singing... =_+
after much drinks, we were too tired to drive back to Taipei, actually we weren't fit for driving too..
so we checked into a drive in motel (汽车旅馆) Don't be mistaken by the word motel and linked it with our Hotel 81...
The exterior...
The price???
$125/night!!!!!
with such a nicey, how not to take a dip before we head back to Taipei...
Taipei is pure yummylicious food!!!
We were at Danshui (淡水) and that familar smell just lure me towards it
SMELLY BEANCURD!!!!!!!!
I totally love it *slurp*
scenery along 淡水
淡水 is also famous for this small bite call 阿给.
ShinLin Night Market is yet another hunt where suckers for good food should not missed!
The infamous fried chicken chop and fried oyster
as all know that I'm a tea lover, and so ping ping brought me to this place call 猫空 to drink tea. 猫空 is almost like our Bukit Timah Hill, where you can admire the beautiful scenery of Taipei.
N rounds of tea later, they decided to play this card game called pairing, The winner can dictate the loser to do anything, which led to lots of R-rated punishments...we heck care the other tables which were mostly families. The game ended with the boys made to french kiss for 10 sec!!!
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
you wish! They weren't gamed enough! *grin*
I got to know a lot of friends and one of them is Bill. Bill is a Chief Chef of The Ambassador Hotel in Taipei, and he is only 30yrs old!
Look at the food he prepared for us *faint* Its very delicious!
p/s: the food in the 2nd pix, I took it from the buffet table, but still it was prepared by Bill's team...
And to think that he is only 30yrs old and is the Chief Chef, that rocks! We made small talks and I've learned things from him...
I was enjoying the food and realize that how friendster all of us are.
Daphne>Ping ping>Bill
Daphne was originally my 3rd degree friend which makes ping ping my 4th degree and Bill my 5th degree friend. But now, all of them are my 1st degree friends! How amazing fate is...
Night came and it was PARTY TIME!!!!
First time in my life I had 24 people singing together with me in the same room! YES! 25 people in the same room, boozing and singing. Actually it was boozing more....
I sat there and sang me song and Louis's friend, Paul, came over to challenge 5-10. pure luck I kept winning :)
look at the DL face *giggle*
Poor Louis, he wasn't allowed to drink due to his recent surgery, so with every round that he lost to me, he needs to do either 10 pumping or froggy jump...
ping ping and Louis
Alena and group
this dude started singing 我爱台妹 and the crowd went crazy...
I've learned something, when guys are high on Mr. A, they tend to act cute....
but the thing is 扮可爱 is Taiwanese's forte, I've seen spore boys doing it and I feel like slapping their face...
Last night at Taipei was to the Luxy
many rounds of Tequila shots, Flaming Lamborghini, Long Island tea, Whisky Rock and etc...
This place is flooded with hot chicks and hunks!
see another cute boy...
The special performance by the bartenders...
tell me how not to love Taiwan...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
luggage empty
remember that I was considering to buy a new luggage for my Taiwan trip? Yup, I bought a 29 inc luggage...
yday night was packing and realise that it kinda look empty...
mama: huh? thats all you gonna bring over there?
FA: Wat to do? Its gonna be overloaded again so I better bring less things to compromise for stuff that I'm gonna bring back...
Past few days mama had been telling me to save $$$ and not to buy anything back for the family... but once in a while you will hear her telling me...
mama: you know mei mei feet are growing so fast...in case you come across anywhere footwear shop, and theres nice boots, buy "1" for mei mei. Remember to buy white ones, easier to match.
mama: dun need to buy any t-shirt for korkor, he got tons of them...but in case you come across any nice clothings, buy him some burms
mama: dun need to buy bags for me, I've got lots of them... *3 seconds later* you know the bag you bought for me during your last trip, very nice and matchy with my heels. I juz bought a pair of new heels the other day, can't find matchy bag, so in case you come across *insert colour* bag, can consider.
mama: I kinda missed the fresh oyster there, maybe I should ask uncle to buy some and freeze it so that you can bring back...
=_=
yday night was packing and realise that it kinda look empty...
mama: huh? thats all you gonna bring over there?
FA: Wat to do? Its gonna be overloaded again so I better bring less things to compromise for stuff that I'm gonna bring back...
Past few days mama had been telling me to save $$$ and not to buy anything back for the family... but once in a while you will hear her telling me...
mama: you know mei mei feet are growing so fast...in case you come across anywhere footwear shop, and theres nice boots, buy "1" for mei mei. Remember to buy white ones, easier to match.
mama: dun need to buy any t-shirt for korkor, he got tons of them...but in case you come across any nice clothings, buy him some burms
mama: dun need to buy bags for me, I've got lots of them... *3 seconds later* you know the bag you bought for me during your last trip, very nice and matchy with my heels. I juz bought a pair of new heels the other day, can't find matchy bag, so in case you come across *insert colour* bag, can consider.
mama: I kinda missed the fresh oyster there, maybe I should ask uncle to buy some and freeze it so that you can bring back...
=_=
Monday, March 19, 2007
my doggy boyfriend
we love the same brand...
but we parted our ways...
till the next show leon-boy(of all names =_=) ....
Sunday, March 18, 2007
chameleon
This was how long my fringe was...
its all gone now!
I told mama that I went to cut and colour my hair
mama: you coloured your hair black
FA: no, its purple now...
=_=
its all gone now!
I told mama that I went to cut and colour my hair
mama: you coloured your hair black
FA: no, its purple now...
=_=
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
mid 20s... crisis? no crisis?
I was telling my friends that the other day, I was filling in some application/registration forms and came to the age column, I started to calculate my age and realize.... gosh! I'm 25 this year!!!
I'm officially in the mid 20s category... 怎么办???
Do you remember when you were in the 10s category, how you wished you hit 20s???
Every year when I "celebrated" my birthday, the same thought will surface "huh? still 16/17/18/19? When am I hitting 20? I used to think that 20s is soooooo far away, its none of my business as of now....
yah, it can't be not my business since I'm 25 this year!
any crisis felt? a little, maybe a little, no... maybe quite a fair bit....
lets see...
~ bank account with at least 4 zeros, no check
~ career, no check
~ degree, no check
~ love life, 1/8 check (no ask me how you measure a 1/8 of a check, its juz 1/8)
HOW?!
I'm officially in the mid 20s category... 怎么办???
Do you remember when you were in the 10s category, how you wished you hit 20s???
Every year when I "celebrated" my birthday, the same thought will surface "huh? still 16/17/18/19? When am I hitting 20? I used to think that 20s is soooooo far away, its none of my business as of now....
yah, it can't be not my business since I'm 25 this year!
any crisis felt? a little, maybe a little, no... maybe quite a fair bit....
lets see...
~ bank account with at least 4 zeros, no check
~ career, no check
~ degree, no check
~ love life, 1/8 check (no ask me how you measure a 1/8 of a check, its juz 1/8)
HOW?!
Monday, March 12, 2007
doggy doggy....
The mall were flooded with doggy last weekend....We've got over 30 paw buddies and I must say all are very friendly.
some owners treated our canine friends with love...Obsessed is the word!
theres two more show this weekend, so do drop by if you missed the doggy show... :)
snip snip
my fringe is getting longer and covering my eyes, while part of my red hair is turning orangy.
time for some trim and colour before I leave for Taiwan. Perhaps dark blue or purple will be good :)
speaking of Taiwan, I'm comtemplating should I get a 2-in-1 luggage...
with the previous experience(I came back with 8 luggages weighing a total of 48kg) , I've been giving some serious thoughts...
time for some trim and colour before I leave for Taiwan. Perhaps dark blue or purple will be good :)
speaking of Taiwan, I'm comtemplating should I get a 2-in-1 luggage...
with the previous experience(I came back with 8 luggages weighing a total of 48kg) , I've been giving some serious thoughts...
Sunday, March 11, 2007
status quo
i was browsing frdster mins ago and realize that my sch mate has ROM-ed.
yet another one, I wish her well.
the norm of a honeymoon period, usually a 3mths?!
yet the experience is not what it should be now...
in status quo....
yet another one, I wish her well.
the norm of a honeymoon period, usually a 3mths?!
yet the experience is not what it should be now...
in status quo....
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
earthquake?!
I felt the building shaking (northeast region) ...at 11:50am for 3seconds...
Is our neighbours experiencing earthquake???
Is our neighbours experiencing earthquake???
Monday, March 05, 2007
disappointment
you know when you have expectations and are not met, disappointment comes attacking....
as much as I'm trying, I hope others are trying too.
theres no answer to a one way traffic, often it leads to no ending...
or an ugly and sad ending, never a good one.
one lonely driver having to face all the traffic lights and jams, its too tiring...
just as I thought yeah, probably its a good start, it might turn out to be another disappointment.
as much as I'm trying, I hope others are trying too.
theres no answer to a one way traffic, often it leads to no ending...
or an ugly and sad ending, never a good one.
one lonely driver having to face all the traffic lights and jams, its too tiring...
just as I thought yeah, probably its a good start, it might turn out to be another disappointment.
physical and emotional pain
I sprained my back.... no! I didn't had vigorous "exercise". It must have been my sleeping posture...
you know sometimes when you have too many negative ions in you, everything around you doesn't seems to go smoothly.
I'm still not feeling any better. Emotional issue cannot only be resolve by the intending parties..
the talk the night before didnt accomplish my objectives, in fact, I pretty anal now, I donch know should I voice out any unhappiness in future, or should I just keep mum about it.
was it my character and expectations killing everyone around me?
maybe I should just leave for a while, maybe I should leave THIS place for a while, maybe I need to find pitstop, organize my thoughts before continuing the journey.
this afternoon, for a good 15minutes I felt I was all alone. I came back from work, and totally broke down. The one, who is in the position that everyone thought that should be showering me with love, care and concern wasnt doing so. Instead, Daddy sayang me and dried my tears...
I gave myself "reasons" to justify the absence. Kidding myself? maybe, but at this moment, I thought its the only remedy to my tears...
you know sometimes when you have too many negative ions in you, everything around you doesn't seems to go smoothly.
I'm still not feeling any better. Emotional issue cannot only be resolve by the intending parties..
the talk the night before didnt accomplish my objectives, in fact, I pretty anal now, I donch know should I voice out any unhappiness in future, or should I just keep mum about it.
was it my character and expectations killing everyone around me?
maybe I should just leave for a while, maybe I should leave THIS place for a while, maybe I need to find pitstop, organize my thoughts before continuing the journey.
this afternoon, for a good 15minutes I felt I was all alone. I came back from work, and totally broke down. The one, who is in the position that everyone thought that should be showering me with love, care and concern wasnt doing so. Instead, Daddy sayang me and dried my tears...
I gave myself "reasons" to justify the absence. Kidding myself? maybe, but at this moment, I thought its the only remedy to my tears...
Sunday, March 04, 2007
march?!
Its March!!!
What happened to January and February??????
I thought I juz did my countdown party project, and next week is my march promo...
damn time passes so fast....
but hey if my march promo is coming, which means my Taiwan trip is also approaching...
What happened to January and February??????
I thought I juz did my countdown party project, and next week is my march promo...
damn time passes so fast....
but hey if my march promo is coming, which means my Taiwan trip is also approaching...
cultured
I went for a locally produced play yesterday... <<剃头刀>>
I only know the name of the play when I reached the venue
little did I know that 80% of the play is spoken in Hokkien...
suddenly I felt so handicap, if not for the subtitles, I think I'll walk out....
Anyway the play quite a good one...its about life of a wayang actress, you guys should go catch it, support the local art scene..
Oh~ and I saw some long "lost" friends... :)
Blessing
juz the other day I was thinking its been forever since I last sat down, enjoyed tea, read the papers and had a decent breakfast and the next day I was late for meeting, so my mgr told me to sit in the next meeting instead. Which left me a good 30mins to enjoy the above...
I'm blessed!
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