shelter

sat, 450pm

Shelter
Written by Corrinne May Ying Foo
Copyright 2006, Corrmay Gourmet Music (ASCAP)

What's wrong, what's getting you down?
Is it something I might have said?
You're walking around
With your head to the ground
And your eyes are watery red

I know you've been through tough times
Kicked around, thrown to the ground
But you've always been the strong one
So don't tell me that nobody gets you'
Cause I'm standing in your corner
Knocking at your door
You don't have to be alone

Just call my name
Let me be an answer
'Cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter, my friend

We share a bond, you and I, we belong
We're like coffee and morning train
You strip my defenses
I catch your pretenses
The same blood runs through our veins

I swore I'd be your lifeline
Made a vow that I'd surround you
With love at every milestone
I'll listen when nobody gets you
I'm still standing in your corner
Waiting by your door
You don't have to be alone

Just call my name
Let me be an answer
'Cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter, my friend

It was not too long ago
You sought to understand
You helped me mend
Remember when
So promise me you'll call my name
Let me be an answer
'Cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter, my friend

i know i know
sometimes life aint so smooth
and there are lots of ups and downs that we hv to go thru by ourselves

but sometimes i wish...

when my wrk is not gg so smoothly
when i am feeling down
when i dont feel like talking

a fren will pop by and tell me she will be my shelter

e simple joys in life

wed, 115pm

super 倒霉

yesterday i take e train back home, i wear my boots my feet is super pain sia
i see left like 3 stops. so i still hope can faster reach my stop den can go home
but e train just have to suddenly jerk
den tis woman beside me cannot keep her balance
she accidentally zham my toes 大大力

wah really really bth
i screamed in pain den all e pp in e cabin turn to look at me
i paiseh. don dare to make anymore noise

i clutch my bag in pain. i tink i 忍 e pain until my face going to turn green
i wear high heels. den first day wear alr so pain. n walk so long journey. e stupid woman go n zham my toes!!!!!!

NABEH 本小姐 TAKE 45 MINS TO WALK HOME INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 20 MINS BCOZ I WAS LIMPING IN PAIN

i 一边 walk, 一边 tink i v ke lianz
ming ming so pain. cannot scold e bloody woman
den always kana tat kind of what touch e backside n breast thing
想着想着就非常同情自己

until,
i saw 3 men v happily collecting water using dirty styroform boxes at that red colour pipe thing.
tat kind look abit like fire extinguisher one. don noe how they unscrew e thing
n e water looks dirty
e boxes also dirty

i find myself pitiful after being zham on e toes and these pp are happy over a source of water they hv discovered that is most probably unclean?

cannot 埋怨 liaoz
i shd be happy with what i have

~命运就算颠沛流离
命运就算曲折离奇
命运就算恐吓着你做人没趣味
别流泪心酸更不应舍弃
我愿能一生永远陪伴你~

tuesday is my unlucky day

tues, 10am

645am, e convo with serene went like tis:

me: wah, 很冷 leh. 我的脚冷到不行。今晚我要穿袜子睡觉了。为什么这么冷 huh?
serene: 因为没有开 air con 吗！
me: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 为什么会没有开？！？！？！？！
serene: 因为 controller 在你床上。你没有开

how stupid! i happily assume e aircon was on den i went to sleep
i wake up so many times in e night bcoz it was so cold bt i nv check e aircon on or not:(

den i wore e boots tat i just bought yesterday cos e weather today is colddddd
but only cold for a few days. den will 回温 i tink
tats what e newspapers stated
haha today i 全副武装! wear coat, wear scarf, wear gloves n even wear e long john for e bottom

i don noe why e roads in china must be bricks type
e boots heel quite high. den i walk to e train station, i wanna die sia

i took e train to my workplace
when i alighted, i was looking to my right. i saw a very disgusting sight sia
one women spit alot of times on e floor in e train station
eeeeeeeeeeks! so uncivilised!
somemore she wear until nice nice

i feel v disgusted so i turn to my left
i saw 1 sign
xxxxxxx(forgot e first part, tink sth to do with being nice n poilte n civilised), 做可爱的上海人
erm, ok

i think we all need a little encouragement n motivation to be able to face all e shit thats happening in wrk n in life everyday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqRVkE1nRfw&feature=related

~命运就算颠沛流离
命运就算曲折离奇
命运就算恐吓着你做人没趣味
别流泪心酸更不应舍弃
我愿能一生永远陪伴你~

i always perk up aft listening this when my day is down
you guys shd too(:

andandand!

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i think backpacking to this kind of places would be fun!

i know im about to go crazy when i...

1. called a colleague on her extension number repeatedly for a tax thumbdrive tat i need

2. opened e prog with e thumbdrive only to discover tat e stuff i wanted cannot b printed

3. tried ways and means (including select all; copy; paste; save as) bt still to no avail

4. walk to n fro my desk to e printer to press on e 'print' button on e printer hoping tat a miracle will happen

5. supervisor calling (shes based in HK) to say tat she needs e stuff by aftnoon

6. finally give up hoping for a miracle n call e IT guy

7. time check: 1050am. called countless time. nv pick up

8. continue hoping again. press e word 'print' over n over again

9. IT guy finally picks up aft 25 (!) mins. asked him to come up to check e printer

10. discovered tat i forgotten to tell him my seat location. hv to act act take cup into e pantry (printer there also) fill water self intro n ask him to come check my laptop(he inside meddling with e printer)

11. he battled with e laptop for 45mins. i stand beside watch

12. finally its fixed! bt cannot test can print anot bcoz somebody started a print job for 80 pages *(%^*&^*&%$FGKJ)(_)%$#ED!

13. timecheck: 12pm. went inside pantry heat up food. printer was printing

14. walked over to check. printer printing supposed to b good news. bt saw it printing weird symbols out

15. e person nv cancel e print job. continue printing like tat

16. printer out of paper. i fed it with lotsa paper. continue printing

17. knew tat i was in a state of desperation when all i can think during lunch time is e printer n not e dinner tat my uncle is treating later

18. time check: 1pm. lunch over. walk inside pantry to check. printer STILL printing WEIRD SYMBOLS

19. bth. almost wanted to throw e whole printer onto e floor n smash it

20. print job finally cancelled. tried printing my own stuff. succeeded!

21. secretary call me bcoz she needs e stuff. still in e midst of printing. yz can print. yz cannot

22. time check: 230pm. met e secretary at recep there to pass her e stuff

23. found out forgotten to print 1 mth. 1 mth missing! walk back print again

24. called up supervisor in e midst of printing to ask abt some qns for e forms to b filled in

25. secretary still outside at recep waiting. time check: 345pm

26. finally she bth walk in to take fr me. just nice i print finish. wanted to fill in a form for her boss bt she say her boss will fill in himself

27. emailed supervisor abt tis. conclusion is i muz do for him cos confidential

28. left e form at e recep there for collection. time check: 430pm

29. went down to return tax thumbdrive. came back n continue to print back e same stuff for backup (bcoz i forgot to photocopy 1 set to keep). walk into e pantry. printer not wrking. another colleague come in to also wait for his stuff. we 2 stare at e printer. sianz diaoz

30. give up. walk back. decide to print on mon. colleague also give up.

31. tot everyth will b fine. but damn blogger refuses to publish my post n i got to rewrite it!!!!!!

i want to go down on my knees and beg e printer liaoz.....!!!!!
我要疯了！！！
i going to pull all my hair out already!!!!

just read thru jeremy's and my previous entries and...

thurs, 1130pm

1. i discovered how much i missed cw scotts shaw house!

e sneaking of food behind e counter, mlr, randon selection of nicks on msn to laugh about, smoking corner (i breathe in so much second hand smoke. thank god im not dead yet), roast pork and duck rice, ice milk tea, fitting rooms, haunted store room, NRXF and e days BEFORE no more ladnr

2. i realised how ridiculously stupid i hv been for e past yr

thats it, esp aft 7/20

women who r in love are stupid

women who fall out of love r oblivious to surroundings n moronic

i have proven tat point

been there, done that

i believe OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND works

what abt u guys? (:

bored!

yes very bored!

i am not : a spendthrift (i hope).

i am: chatting with jeremy and linda online.

i hurt: too much.

i love: too deeply, once, before.

i hate : lies.

i fear: snakes and death.

i hope: to save enough money to climb e mountains in nepal or tibet.

i play : during school?

i cry : before.

i care: for myself.

i wish: for a redo button

i always : itchy fingers (no more now?)

i listen: to people

i sing: along to songs

i dance: erm, samba? hah!

i search: for the answer on the way out

i learn: the hard way

i feel: stupid

i know: love is a pack of lies

i succeed: in making myself stupid

i fail: in love.

i dream: sometimes. just last night!

i sleep: alot. i like sleeping!

i wonder: if e truth is just like what you told me?

i need: to save up for my tour in feb.

i want: to eat spore style of chinese mixed vege rice, chicken rice, hokkien mee n western food!

i worry: when my cash is low.

i have: a bunch of good frens and a family who loves me(:

i fight: no more.

i wait: willingly for good food.

i think: of lunch (in an hr's time).

i can't help the fact that: sometimes i feel like slapping people, hah!

i stay: in shanghai, for now.

very the hungry............!

craving for all e sporean style food now!

i can hear my stomach growling

my throat has been itchy for a few days alr...

cakes!

hah!

might try this on sat if...

i have e time
i have e mood
i have e money

bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
oreo cheesecake!
looks nice!
i love chocolate and cheesecakes(:

e weekly pictures update

sun, 420pm

roaarrrrr im here again! teeheeheee morning mrt doesnt look like v squeezy rite?
bt then hor, e stop i board rite, e door open is alr like tat
haven even start to squeeze in ok!
can u imagine i every morning how jw anot

鸡蛋饼! i like! i always ask cathy to help me buy for my breakfast

its like egg pancake with veggie inside

糥米饭团. very e nice! glutinous rice with 油条 inside

can choose 甜 or 咸. i like e salty one bcoz i buy b4 e sweet one. e sweet one is put sugar. i see alr i v sianz diaoz

i tink china breakfast is amazing

alot of different type to chose fr. not just e usual bread and all
i tink tat explains why i always auto wake up v early on e weekends to buy breakfast

i wake up at 7 or 8+ ok! tats really amazing man.

bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, at tis canto restaurant with cathy last wed
e food is nice. but e whole restaurant was super stuffy
i can smell all e oil on my clothes. eeeks!

she just cut short hair last month
then she always look at e mirror n say : 真烦啊! 我的头发老是翘, 早上不吹都不行. 我看还是去修一下吧!

n she everyday will say tis. bcoz aft lunch we will go toilet wash our lunchbox. den she will look in e mirror n repeat e same words everyday
muahaha, finally someone e same as me sia!don see e fried rice v sianz diaoz like tat
nice de leh!
e claypot also super duper nice!
yummy yummy!

ok, so yesterday went out with serene and wanqi
had brunch at 2pm

serene is super e dds
she say she nv style her hair. so she don let us take pics of her
but u all tell me, she style or don style got diff meh?????
hahaha!

we all like 番茄炒蛋! our fav!
i first time eat hear e name i feel v fan. cos i tink egg n tomato don go well tog
bt e end result, one word: fabulous!
u wil nv stop eating it once u started

n so, we finished eating at 3+ and we started to walk to tis shoping mall which is supposely 'near' our house
we walk and walk
serene went there once b4 with a colleague
so we were sort of counting on her

on e way walking there, we passed by alot of small shops and roadside stalls sellin food

yum yum. looks appetizing ya?

walked into some shops to browse thru e stuff
we bought cakes, cookies and 汤包 to eat on e way

aft quite some time we still haven reach

e weather is v bad. has been raining these few days n its brrrrrrrrr cold!
u see they wear their 羽绒服, they still feel cold
i wear my thermal colothing underneath my tude, halter top, cardigan i feel freezing cold
i tink tis is what they meant by 爱美不要命

n in e end, we nv take any bus
we decided to continue walking
aft 3 long hours of walking
we finally reached e shopping mall
by then it was 6+

guess what we saw there!

hello indian!!!!!!!!!!
we all miss u, roti prata man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
muahahaha

sales!
i see sales!
we see sales!
we went in
im such a cheapo, haha!
they had ice cream

so fattening!

linda ur idol!!!!
i bet u nv see before black n white doraemon soft toy rite! hahaha

brrrrrrrrrr e weather is super cold now

its like 12 degrees?

today is a sunday,

which means

tml i got to wrk! groans

im hving sore throat now

potential fever virus!!!!!!!!

alrite everybody pls take care of urself!!!

Jeremy im taking e literal meaning! haha!

安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] says:
talk abt our ton n alcohol n sandwich plan!

- J - i just don't show it. says:
got this plan meh
- J - i just don't show it. says:
how come i duno

安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] says:
since u duo duo comments i decided i gg to make sandwich for u to eat when we planning to ton tat day

haha- J - i just don't show it. says:
erm

安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] says:
haha i improvise one

- J - i just don't show it. says:
its ok
- J - i just don't show it. says:
i can buy my own food

安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] says:
nono don worry. no trouble at all
安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] says:
or u wan chinese mix rice type i also no prob de!

- J - i just don't show it. says:
its ok
- J - i just don't show it. says:
thanks anyway
- J - i just don't show it. says:
no try dun try
- J - i just don't show it. says:
no try
- J - i just don't show it. says:
cannot right
- J - i just don't show it. says:
so i cant pan u si xing right

okie thanks~
note taken
u will love my cooking. muahahahaha!

mothers

just called my mom last night

me: mommy, 我想我会 extend leh. 去北京玩。 应该会 25feb 才回来
mommy: aiyo, 你和谁?
me: serene lor, 1-5 不够时间玩 la. 所以留久一点

mommy: 每次都是只有你们两个！
你们要住在谁的家？！

me: 青年旅馆 la, 没有朋友在那边

mommy: haiyo!!!! 等下你们去那种偏僻的hor, 然后那边的人知道你们是外国人，就拿你们的房门钥匙抓掉你们就懂啊！

me: huh, 哪里会这么 suay 的。so 可以吗，怎么样？

mommy: 明年要到了才讲 la
=.=

then i told serene abt e whole convo.

serene: 我妈妈也是 leh. 那时我跟她讲我要去 overseas attachment 她 hor 讲 ->

“你不会打扫，也不会洗衣，更不会煮饭。在家什么都不会做，还要出国？？？？？ 出国有什么好？
留在新加坡有人什么都帮你做不是好？！ 在新加坡 attachment 就不可以 huh???!!!


but of cos serene survived la
even thou she everyth also dont noe
cos theres me ma. muahahah! credit goes to me!!!!

i think being a mother is a very tiring job
they always worry for us(:

i knew i hv talent in baking n stuff!

wed, 950am

in e end i made sandwich for breakfast. i mashed e potatoes, mixed it with salt n black pepper, prepared bacon n eggs n piled it all on white bread with a little bit of mayo.

i decided that rice for lunch will be more filling
i whipped up lunch for 3 days in a matter of 2 hrs only!

s.e.r.e.n.e says:
your sandwich very nice!
s.e.r.e.n.e says:
especially the potato

i am very the 感动
tis is e first time serene say sth i cook is nice

安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] turn it back. i would hv said no says:
hehe i also tink so leh! i eat on e way walking down i tink i genius sia!
安琪/ [tv addict; yuan chang!] turn it back. i would hv said no says:
haha e potato i got mix with black pepper

s.e.r.e.n.e says:
walau
s.e.r.e.n.e says:
praise you a little you say you are genius liao
s.e.r.e.n.e says:
i think the butter make the potato nice

she 硬硬 don want to give me credit for my black pepper potato leh!

now i decide my 拿手好菜 will be sandwiches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love sandwiches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sandwiches

tues, 330pm

just bought (brought? damn i always mix tis up) bacon, eggs n white bread

i tink theres potatoes at home. i tink

sandwiches for lunch tml!
im gg to try my best to whip out sth nice for tml's lunch
lovely~!

lazy bum

mon, 11.30am

i am such a lazy bum



i rotted my precious sat and sun at home watching dvds
(yup i finally finished 终极一家!)



and i was so lazy to get my butt out of e hse tat i suggested to serene n sz to order 外卖
we had 外卖 for two days straight
i tink i only walked out of e hse on sun morning to buy breakfast
n then i sat infront of my laptop watching shows again



i also slept for 14 hrs st on sunday evening, fr 4pm to 6am today



lazy lazy lazy!
fat fat fat!



now i gotta order 便当外卖 for e whole week cos i didnt cook yesterday
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

No for me!

No for e week!

:(

weekends again! :)

friday, 550pm

ten more mins ten more mins to 6!!!!!!!
n then its e weekend again~~~~!!!!!!!!!!

muahahaha
finally i can shut myself at home on weekends n not face all those pp on e train

im in a good mood now, because i wanna faster go home watch 终极一家！

i hope i can reach home 平平安安
no weird pp or what
if not i will screammmmmmmmm!

突然我懂你没有我更辽阔
but its ok
bcoz im used to my lifestyle now
i cant really rmb what happened during e last few mths. v blur to me
n every morn n nite i need to tink of how to protect myself on e train i v headache alr
plus i v fan over money

oh yes, its 3 mins to 6 now!
i got to pack!
zai jian~!

frustrated!

thurs, 1140am

2 days ago, e stupid np teachers just made me feel like shaking them real hard n giving them a tight slap in e face cos they were just so irresponsible n rude

1 day ago i was being surrounded in the morning train by guys, left; right; middle; behind; and infront. one guy had his hands on my butt (like again?!)

n then aft wrk i took e train and was trying to squeeze out cos i reached my stop. one idiot man standing by e side just had to stretch his hands out just close enough to brush against my right breast bcoz he was flipping n reading e newspapers

today i was being squashed in e morn train n surrounded by guys (again!!!!!). e guy standing infront of me was adjusting his bag strap and he elbowed my left breast

frustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrusstratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustratedfrustrated

e week is not getting better

e fire is burning in me

i can see the fire burning in my eyes

yoga

tues, 1155am

went for yoga yesterday

i can now stand up, bend my upper body down and touch e mat using my hands
so much stretching done

i stretch until i thought my bones going to 散掉

maybe i will be able to fit myself in a suit case soon!
my extraordinary skill(:

pictures updates!

sat, 430pm

hello im back! with alot of photos! (finally!)
firstly, e suzhou trip

one word,

suzhou = BORING
e train station! hah! was v fun. we were squeezing inside e train trying to find seats. cos we bought 硬座. den also got tat kind of tix is stand up e whole journey one. those pp will snatch our seats. v e sianz diaoz

e china buses r still quite low tech. ticket system.

gosh e buses r so damn cramp

suzhou don hv train. only bus

so damn squeezy. n e weather during e golden week is seriously v v hot

alot of pp begging

n serene's 自恋 pics!

haha put tog abit no link

bt shui bian la

i alot of pics. lazy

e second day we went to suzhou industrial park

yes, e park e spore co kana cheated one

feels like im back in spore!!!!

感动, 感激!

e toilets look so damn nice n CLEAN

ahhhhhhh....singapore.......

we went on e speedboat n a ride

at nite, we splited ways

e rest went to e musical fountain to watch fireworks

serene went to curl her hair!!!!

n she also dyed her hair back in shanghai!

i v peifu her
勇气可嘉

cos i was supposed to curl also

e hairdresser cut my hair into e style he wanna curl

den last min i chickened out

hahahah!

china hv all sorts of weird banks

alrite back to shanghaiiiiiiiiii

MLT!

ma la tang!!!!!!!!

we went to try at tis shop which is not so near our hse. walk like hell

e feeling abit like newton hor. outside e shop got seats one

v nice place

bt i don like e MLT there

personally i prefer those dirty n rundown places

n i mean those really dirty n stuffy places
tats where e best MLT can b found

went to tis prima near my workplace with serene 2 weeks ago

sell sporean food

not too bad

e fried carrot cake was really nice. e chicken rice not bad also. e 肉骨茶 e soup v nice! n meat tender

bt e price is abit steep. chicken rice costs 35rmb i tink. $7

which idiot would pay $7 for a plate of chicken rice tat cost like half e px in spore only?

ya me. jw

ok v e random. im jumping now to pics of our hse

everybody is messy ok

serene want to slap me. cos my side is forever messy

haha shu see i apreciate ok. i pasted ur card up! thanks ar

my little collection of dvds (there r more)

n my messy sofa

u all tink serene is neat?!

she also messy den she sometimes throw her clothes on my sofa

so gei siaoz!!!!

e living room
haha! my flat mates r also lazy pp

e kitchen n dining table

we hv a water dispenser cos e tap water in shanghai cannot drink one

weird weird metal taste

boil alr still hv e taste

we 抛弃 our dispenser n go co kop water to drink

only shangzhao still alone fighting e battle. continue to drink. haha!

my 599 winter coat in dark brown

e bags i bought for yvonne! e other one is dark brown, not black

met up with joanne yesterday for singing session fr 12am to 6am

she v e power

i 5am bth alr

knock out on e sofa. haha!

us 6 mths ago...

who would have thought 6 mths later we will b walking down e cold cold streets of shanghai together?

我们都长大了

life is so unpredictable. hah!

n its so freezing cold rite now

e temp chged overnight

drop to somewhere btween 10 to 16degrees

i don noe how im gg to stand winter

i wan to forever snuggle into my comforter n not walk out of e room(:

hp, short sleeve n happy happy bdae!

fri, 940am

this morning, e water yz cold n yz hot for us. i bath until v xin ku. bath halfway e water suddenly bcum cold. in tis kind of season, cold water is a big NO NO.

n v sway, we all encounter e same problem when we bath
i tink our heater apoilt alr
v e sianz, we just fix it like 1 mth+ ago?

anw yesterday i was telling cathy abt my hp-almost-lost encounter

rmb 3 weeks ago i went to suzhou?
i put my hp in e front pocket of my shorts
we were boarding e bus. everybody wan to squeeze on e bus. so all push here n there

suddenly i feel my hp moving out of my pocket
cannot be my hp grow legs n run away by itself rite!
so i push my hp back into my pocket. den e 'legs' disappear

i nv turn ard see who la
i scared he got knife den slash me:(

n so cathy was telling me
if i ever find my hp missing on e bus again
shout to e driver :不要开门！
den borrow hp fr ur fren or whoever is standing bside u
call ur own number. den ur hp will ring n u will noe is with who

one qn is........what if my hp is always in vibration or silent mode??!!!!

we don hv ans for tis
if sway sway like tat, only can 自叹倒霉 liaoz

ok these few days hv been v cold
i finally wore my winter coat to wrk today. hehe v nice leh!
cathy also say suit me(:

den i wore a short sleeve top under e winter coat
my colleague, miao hui, amazed n ask me : 怎么穿得那么单薄啊？？

cathy also v amazed : 怎么今天穿短袖啊？
me: 还好吧，我有穿大衣呢
cathy: 你看看整个 office 有谁穿短袖的？
only you! ONLY YOU!!

hahaha!

ok, sidenote: weekends approaching, n...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESTER QUEK!