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eljens
10 May 2012 @ 11:07 pm
Funny I am back to this space. I try so hard to seek new places to hide. But I am always tracked down and social ettiques taught me to stop hiding. Even so, I am still fighting for a tiny outlet to breathe.

I cried when the truth was before my eyes, literally. It was crystal clear I couldn't hide. I stared at it and it stared back at me. I willed it to go away, to be anything but what I think it is, even though it was nothing but what it is. Those tears caught me by surprise, just a little. After all, I learnt about it before I saw the "supporting evidence". It was like a delayed response. No matter how upset I was, I wasn't able to reveal my feelings first hand, so I guess this accumulation of feelings erupted eventually.

I always thought I have already mastered the highest level of indifference and that there is no longer anything that can make me sad. Well, there are always surprises in life. And, I think I have gone up one more level! Because there is no more sadness in me. Maybe just a twinge of regret, a wisp of disappointment, a pinch of anger, and maybe stupidly, a glimpse of hope. But all in all, it is like a lesson for me. Different rules govern different individuals, when others did something that falls outside our expectation circle, there is no one to blame. We can't play the same game with 2 different set of rules, so we must compromise. For me, I don't mind changing my rules all the time. If that is the only way to continue the game and I know I want to keep playing.

So I am gonna bend my rules. I don't care what others think about me and I wish people who judge others will just keep comments to themselves. It is sad that when I am saying this a face pop up in my mind, but I can't help it!

Can an indifferent person be stupid?

'Cause that is what I think I am.
 
 
eljens
25 May 2011 @ 11:55 pm
help! my face is rotting! i feel so upset by the breakouts. why did i change my moisturiser? =(
 
 
eljens
21 May 2011 @ 02:04 am
Because of some third-party words, I started to doubt. Smart as I claimed to be, falling into the trap of what you are most afraid of seems to take place even before realisation sets in. Don't say untruthful things like "I want to thank people who critized me". Maybe it is true that you are a better person you are today but it is because you yourself learnt from the criticisms, nothing to do with these people.

What does it take to believe in someone whole-heartedly? To take his/her words as they are, without reading in between the lines, without guessing for even a second whether that was a lie or not. And how do you continue to believe when there are people out there who say things that indirectly question your beliefs? If the mental act of choosing to believe in your someone instead of others has flashed across your mind, you have already doubted your someone.

And I am guilty of that. Only I know about it, but whenever I am pleased, I will remember some other words, and I will remind myself not to delve into deep waters.

My most recent love- theimpulsivebuys.
 
 
eljens
02 May 2011 @ 11:34 pm
Riding on the GE 2011 wave, feel like writing on my thoughts about it too.

Firstly, I am not interested in politics at all. I just want to lead my normal simple life, I don't care much about who wins and I have no strong stand or views regarding either party. Because, at the end of the day, no matter who wins, I am still going to lead the life I am leading right now, moving towards the goals I wish to achieve. So even if the flats are getting soooo expensive, does that mean I am not going to buy a flat in future? I just feel that, whatever the outcome is, my life is just going to go on as how I have anticipated it. If HDB flats are more expensive, I am just going to work harder and spend lesser. If HDB flats are cheaper, then I can spend on other things. No matter what happens, I will still lead the life I want to lead. I think I am just a selfish person, I only care about myself. But I guess it is fine I am not running for the GE anyway, I don't have to pretend that I care when I may not really.

Secondly, I think Singaporeans are just very cynical. Love to complain and never contented. Maybe I am like that too. I just feel that even if there are mistakes or shortcomings of the current members, how can one simply overlook the efforts put into other aspects? It is not easy to please everyone. But of course I still feel indignant when I hear things like the volunteers at YOG being given lunchboxes that contain only rice and a pathetic slice of luncheon meat (please Singaporeans are not dogs) while the foreign participants are fed with high-end buffet. There are so many people with different needs and views in Singapore, how do you exactly please everyone, when there is only one policy to fix the problem?

Thirdly, the talks by the different parties at the rallies are very impactful I must say. People seemed to be sold, esp to the non-lightning parties. Since what they love to do is to scold the lightning team and then say things that us commoners like to hear. Common problems like inflation, salary, housing. I am not sure if I am the naive one, but I do feel that some people are naive. These are just scripted talks. These are just things that they know we like to hear, so we can cast out vote to them. And some people are just natural speakers, with the charisma and persuasion power. Do you really know if they are capable? They have no experience as MPs, it could be just empty talk isn't it.

Fourthly, I admit I am confused. Because I do not have background knowledge on many things, I don't have a strong stand. I am easily convinced by anything I read. Tell me hammer team will help us and I will believe. Tell me lightning team has done a good job and I will reconsider my previous stand. So now what.
 
 
eljens
26 April 2011 @ 11:00 pm
It is stupid to comment on anything on the surface level because you can never know what has happened before that. Take the maid carrying ns man bag photo for example (can't think of better examples really I am brain-dead), do you know what really happened? For all you know, the guy's parents could have died in an accident recently and he was just feeling down, feeling down ok, want to have some burden off his shoulder, yes literal burden. FUCK! I am so angry now. So if you don't understand anything, don't say unnecessary things. Don't make a big hoo-ha over a photo, don't make it into a national news that will only goes to show how ignorant we are, how "gracious" our society is. I know it is old news, yet I am feeling this anger all of a sudden, right now in my freaking hot room. How can just a mere photo with no dialogue, no nothing, make it into the national news??!! Nothing better to do or what...........................

And what makes me trying to defend this little photo's male lead is because I just made a FB wall post saying that it is plain brainless to mix dark and light colors tgt in the wash. And no I am not referring to my maid (I don't have one anyway). I am probably 1000x worse because I am referring to my dad. (I am such an angry bird now.) So on the surface level, I could be attacked by any random dumb person that I am unfilial, that I am not grateful to my dad for helping me with the laundry, that an educated individual is doing this kind of thing. Well, so what does this person know? Does he know that the night before, I told my dad that the sweater is white, so we can't mix white with any colors. It is frustrating and infuriating isn't it??? That he asked and you told him and yet he ignored you, and mistook your words as a passing breeze. WHAT?@#@?#

I really cannot understand.. Cannot understand ... cannot understand...

NO SMART ALECS ALLOWED IN THIS WORLD OK!

And I really don't wish to be in a cold war with my dad, because it is no fun. Yet I don't wish that he thinks I am taking this matter lightly, for this is the 2nd time he attempted to mix white with black, and even defended himself asking me why the black garment has gone under the wash for a few times yet the color runs. See, when you are not sure, ask! Don't assume! People just love to assume. Not everything is reversible, perhaps you should only assume when your mistake can be corrected on its own, without external help such as me going to the supermarket to source for some color-run-help-washing-powder which is not going to be cheap and which it is not 100% guarantee to work.

Ease my troubles please.
 
 
eljens
19 April 2011 @ 12:54 am
因为我想发疯
因为我想同中求异
因为我想改变
改变一切现有
 
 
eljens
13 April 2011 @ 11:43 pm
Humans are strange creatures. Whatever we do, it is just to make ourselves feel better, but of course it is just a matter of phrasing, of how you want yourself to be portrayed in others' eyes. Why do we donate to charity? Because we want to help others, because we feel bad if we do not do so since we are have the capability. So at the end of the day, it is just about ourselves, it is because we want to feel free of guilty conscience.

So why do I stayed till 8pm today even though my work ends 6pm, even though I hate to stay back. Firstly because I wish to ease my teammate's burden so they do not have to stay too late. And secondly, of course, it is the same reason again. Feeling bad. Feeling bad that we are a team but I am leaving early, and surely, I left earliest again. 8pm is early?!#@ Tsk.

No matter what I do, I will just keep feeling bad at the place. And I really hope to leave asap before..... I dont know. Before I have to take responsibilities for anything. It is hard to admit that you hate responsibilities but it feels great to know of someone who feels the same.

I feel so much like having some normal popcorn and watching spirited away.
 
 
eljens
11 April 2011 @ 11:12 pm




 
Suddenly I feel like watching spirited away. Together with a HUGEEE box of popcorn. Life pleasures! Simple but contented. I will love to hold this huge box of steaming hot popcorn, will the popcorns filled to the brim and overflowing. Munching away while the movie brings fond memories.
Popcorn seems to taste better when they are in a paper box, and a red and white paper box that is. And they must be packed to the max, with the overflowing effect to make you feel like it is enough to last you till the end of the whole muvee. And interesting flavours there may be, I think I will prefer to have just the basic salted or sweet popcorn. Novelty wears off but the classic stays. Call me old skool but I can't seem to stop reminiscing about everything from the past. Maybe ten years down the road and I will be thinking about the caramel popcorn from CityLink Mall, well. Suddenly craving for some popcorn!
 




 

 
And what a nice iphone theme!!  A pity I dont have an iphone..

 
 
 
eljens
07 April 2011 @ 11:33 pm
Why is it that relationships are not just between 2 people? Why is it that there are insensitive people around who sabotages easily just with one sentence? So how do we ignore these people and carry on, and pretend nothing happened? Because we can and we should! I don't even know why I am feeling bad when I have done nothing wrong. Why can't I do what I like since life is so short! Because we are not living alone~! Because there are others whom we need to care for their feelings! How did it end up being my bad again.


I am feeling a bit bothered. Because I don't know why I can't talk to the people that I wish to talk to. I have this sudden feeling that I may lose a good friend because of what others have said. In retrospect, I think i was being very ridiculous. How can I not hold on to this friendship just because I am afraid of how others are looking at me. It is selfish, incorrigible vegetable.


 
 
eljens
02 April 2011 @ 11:58 pm


 
星期一我去了爱琴海。大家都上台唱了歌。原本我真的很不想唱,因为我没准备而且我觉得自己唱歌还是留给自己听。但后来还是唱了,唱了毕业晚唱的你要的爱。这首歌很简单,但就因为如此,也让我觉得有点乏味。或许是我唱太多遍,已经没感觉了,第一次听我唱的人,不知道有没有喜欢? 总觉得自己很没用,不过是小小的台子,小小的观众,就让我有点发抖,我不断克制自己。好在,当我真正站在台上时,我竟然停止了颤抖。当前奏弹奏着时,我的第一个想法就是要表现好让大家刮目相看。我单纯的歌手梦,似乎又重新点燃。
 
 
eljens
31 March 2011 @ 11:50 pm
Today is Day 4 of my 5-week slimming plan to reduce 2kg.

I just ate one thin piece of duck meat and maybe one strand of kway teow. omg I feel so stifled.

After dinner my mouth was feeling so itchy. So i ate my apple and then yakult. And I still felt like eating. I dont know why I always feel like eating junk food after a proper meal, probably it is a bad habit I should kick. Then I went to tell Papa and Mummy and I ask them to hit me and stop me. Which they didn't of course. And in the end I didn't eat. Ok. It is only Day 4 and I am gg-ing.

Maybe it will get better and better.

I hope so!
 
 
eljens
29 March 2011 @ 11:29 pm

 


 
这是我的办公桌。小熊对着我。看电脑荧幕开了28 个视窗!很惊人!我不喜欢开着那么多视窗,因为那常常让我闪神,忘记自己要开哪个视窗。但若用了就关之后再开,似乎也很麻烦。我喜欢拥有自己的桌子,因为它代表了私人的空间。当我只想一个人默默时,这空间就像家一样,随时等待我。虽然我不喜欢太多的杂物干扰实现,桌子却总是莫名其妙出现凌乱的情况。

This is my office desk. Rilakkuma is watching me at work. Look at my desktop-28 window tabs are opened! Omg! I kind of hate the idea of having so many windows at once because they make me lose focus all the time. I will be like suffering from amnesia momentarily,cannot remember exactly which window I wanna open. But if I close the windows everytime I'm done and then re-open them when I need, it seems troublesome too. I love having my own desk because it represents a personal space.It is kind of like a home,always waiting for me, especially when I just wish to do my work quietly and be alone. Although I don't like too many dingdongs cluttering the desk, it always get messy before my eyes.
 



我最喜欢茶水间里的明治饼干。什么口味都没有,但却简单得很有一番滋味。或者是我对日本产品早已有先入为主的看法,饼干简单的设计竟然也能吸引我。可能我想像它一样,白白的、简简单单的、轻轻的、瘦瘦的,毫不花俏、毫不醒目,却拥有一班懂得欣赏它的族群。

I love this meiji soda cracker from the office pantry.It doesn't carry any flavour, just a regular soda biscuit, yet the taste is pretty good in its own simple way. Maybe Im already biased towards Japanese products in the first place, because even the clean cut design of the biscuit attacts me. Perhaps I am wishing that I can be as fair and clean, as simple, as light, as skinny, as non-flamboyant,as non-attention-seeking, as the meiji cracker,which have its own fan club just being itself.
 
 
eljens
27 March 2011 @ 01:13 pm








昨天我看见黄俊雄了!好开心。他本人和电视上看见的长得一模一样-- 帅!虽然陪同我的朋友不以为意。
没有勇气举手参加玩游戏的部分,只是在台下默默望着。
他总是在笑着,不管佩芬说什么,或是影迷喊了什么,他总是回以200% 的笑容,好像他真的被逗乐了。
就是喜欢他这样!
有时我会天真地幻想我们是不是可以有机会认识,因为都是这小岛的居民,应该不至于遥不可及吧?
 
Yesterday I saw Elvin Ng at Nex! He looks exactly the same as how he looks like on tv- handsome! Although my friend doesn't seem to be agreeing on this part. Didn't had the courage to take part in the games, only gazed at him some metres away below the stage. He is always smiling, no matter what PeiFen says. or what his fans from Elvinology were shouting out to him. His smile is so huge that it makes me feel that he is really happy and pleased and contented. I love him this way. It is a kind of earnest and child-like smile. Sometimes I will wonder if I will have the chance to know him in person, since we are all Singaporeans, he doesn't seem that far away. And I kind of don't wish to know him as a fan, but as a friend. =p
 
 
Current Mood: giddygiddy
 
 
eljens
24 March 2011 @ 11:13 pm
今天午餐后和同事在喝饮料聊天。
我和同事说我要Teh C Kosong 但可能我说话太轻声细语了(我常常得向别人重复我想说的话!),他帮我点了加糖的 Teh C。
所以我便告诉他。然后他显得很抱歉,我便说没关系,下班后我走路回家就行了。
他们以为我是想省车费,但事实上是卡路里的问题!
男生和女生思考的角度真的很不一样。女生怕胖,总是把它挂在心中;男生似乎比较重视金钱地位。
这样也好。因为金钱的事就让男生烦恼吧,女生花它就够了!


 

上星期六我到了Compass Point。离家好远。为了那Capsule Toy Fair,我不辞劳苦地搭了45种的巴士。
答应自己不可以花太多钱在这些无聊的东西上但我还是违背了。
控制不了自己不买可爱的东西。
扭蛋游戏就像赌博。没转到自己想要的那个玩具时,就会莫名其妙产生一种不服输的心理。
“不可能拿不到。如果这时我停了,就没机会了。所以便不断地投入一块硬币。直到带来的硬币从满满一盒变成屈指可数,才恍然大悟。
讨厌这种感觉!看着自己犯错却像中邪似的无法停止。
而我知道我不会停止收藏扭蛋玩具。
所以我很无聊地想了应对方法:看见心仪的玩具系列时,只能随意地撇一眼。千万不能看仔细,更千万不能心里想好想拿到哪个。
因为不知道是不是自己运气差,越想拿到的总是拿不到。觉得最丑的总是必须把它带回家。
另一个对策就是:只买那些整个系列里都喜欢的。

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/
好想赚到日本的部落格网站。他们的图样都好可爱。

忽然觉得自己拍的照片好丑。我要加油。
 
 
 
Current Mood: cheerfulcheerful
 
 
eljens
24 March 2011 @ 12:07 am

这是我的新欢。青蛙造型的Sonny Angel。我搜寻了一番,它似乎源自泰国。跟日本的 Kewpie 长得有点像,我不确定它们是不是同一个东西。。。 其实我挺怕婴儿玩具的,尤其是那种大型然后眼睛会动的。但这公仔可爱的点就是它小小的。挂在手机,每每我打简讯时看到它,我都会会心一笑。快乐可以很简单!我也希望我可以制造这种让人不经意微笑的快乐。

 
 
 
eljens
21 March 2011 @ 06:14 pm
昨天我把文章传给了CozyCot。很希望文章可以发表。其实也谈不上什么文章,因为我想来想去,自己的强项好像只有手工艺。所以便决定做一个结合绿色环保意识的手链教学。纵然我不知道这篇文章以后,我还可以有什么有意义的贡献。

而传送文章之前,我非常认真地想了想我到底有什么资格写文章,因为我什么都不是。而当我寻着其他发表者的部落格,我发现他们几乎都是非常活跃的部落客。部落格精心的设计、内容适时的更新,而且几乎都是以中文书写。

因此,有种强烈的自卑心理。我不觉得自己的写作能力逊色,只是,我不知道我又没有足够的说服力让读者信服。

尽管如此,因为我真的很希望可以往这方面发展,而这看似是个非常好的机会,所以最后我还是决定投稿了。就算最后稿件没被选上,至少我已经尝试了,对自己有了交待。而这也使我有了开始认真写部落格的动力。虽然我很自私地利用上班的时间拍一些照片和记下可发表的话题。。。


今早我在地铁里看见前方妇人的手机用的是中文设定。我知道偷看别人的手机是不对的,但我总是控制不住自己的好奇心,总想瞄一眼。忽然我就有这念头去把手机设定也设为中文。








好我觉得我真的很无聊。不知道为什么,这一点小小的改变足以让我的生活变得不一样。同样的手机有了新鲜感。啊 我竟然还在用这款手机!我想这已经是古董了吧。不知道iphone 是不是也能转为中文设定? 我觉得有更靠近台湾的感觉。。





下班后我去了图书馆,好久没去了。看着那些书,好想坐下来好好阅读,甚至幻想可以抽空过来,一整天在这书香弥漫的环境里渡过,陶冶内心,让文人气息提升。好浮夸!因为我知道我可能没耐心在这儿呆一整天,我知道我会想念我的网络世界,我知道我总爱在错的时间做错的事。像是在上班时间打部落格,在该打部落格的时间上网购物;该上班时想看报纸,在有时间看报纸时看电视。人真的很奇怪。还是只是我而已?

 
 
Current Location: home
Current Mood: accomplishedaccomplished
 
 
eljens
13 March 2011 @ 09:28 pm
Why do I lose control of myself during weekends?

Nothing goes the way I want it to be.

I think i was really selfish this morning. I went to tell mama that im feeling vexed because of our home and because of my job. She is already so old and I had to make her worried. What the hell was I thinking.

What should I do with my life?

I think I will get an iPad.. i think i need a tablet.
 
 
eljens
12 March 2011 @ 04:47 pm
台湾的一名国小老师称赞数年前教过的一名学生:

他表现得很好
(他)有这个爱清洁 有礼貌 守秩序
然后 孝顺 服务热心

优秀的同学可被当选为立人天使 (立人为国小名称)

虽然本地小学也有教育孩子这些品德但不会有一个老师是会拿它来称赞学生的吧。对于老师们而言,成绩总是优先。成绩不好的同学就被归类为坏学生?就不能有成绩差的好学生?
 
 
eljens
09 March 2011 @ 11:52 pm
1. I am on the search for the perfect shoe. Saw this shoe at Mitju some time ago. Dint get it because I bought a new shoe not too long ago then. And now it seems to be oos and so one day when I saw this girl in the train wearing it, I felt very envious. Tsk tsk tsk. WHY didn't I buy it then.

2. Suddenly I am very scared of someone. Maybe all along I am scared. Isn't it funny how some things doesn't seem the way it is? Though it looks certainly so, but the fact is, one party is feeling uneasy most of the time?

3. Seems like in life, we don't really have a choice sometimes. To be good to yourself, have to play the bad man.

4. Kind of wonderful to have forgetful friends isnt it. 1. Saying different things at different times will not get discovered and the beautifully fabricated white lie will not be seen through. 2. the same conversation can be repeated over and over again.

5. I do see the good side of people, just that when i discovered the bad side, i will ask myself: why am i suffering in silence?
 
 
eljens
06 March 2011 @ 07:19 pm
一时之间无法反应

惊讶的事情过了之后,似乎变了一种形态

先是讶异得语无伦次,头脑无法以逻辑思考。再来便无论做什么事都会想起。

原来你心里想像的,可以和现实差那么多。

当一切停留在数年前,事情多么美好。

虽然看清了真相,时间却让我整理好思绪,去面对去接受。

来日方长!