food courts arent that clean

1.11pm


yesterday I saw the most revolting thing ever! I've only heard it from friends or family members but now I saw it first hand. oh the horror of it all! *gags*

you see, I was at the local food court and I wanted to buy some freshly cooked food to take home for dinner. as I was browsing along the food stalls, I came across an interesting (well I thought it was interesting then!) stall which was operated by china people. yes, you read right, folks from china. it was a stall selling food from china, so I thought "hey why not, lets give it a try shall we, something different!" and glanced at what was sold and placed my orders.

now, as the guy was packing up the foodstuff for me lo and behold, a middle-aged couple approached the counter with a half eaten bowl of noodle soup. I looked at the bowl of soup and was thinking "oh no, don't tell me, they found something in the soup or they want a refill of more soup?" it could go either way. I was hoping it was the latter.

now the first thing I noticed inside the bowl was something dark brownish buried in between the noodles(or what's left of it). OMFG!! nooooooooo...It couldn't be! it cant be! a roach???? *bleeahhhh*

I was right! the man then proceeded to ask the worker in mandarin "what the hell is this? how can you serve people this?" and the wife/lady then quickly whipped out her iphone and kept on snapping photos of the dead boiled cockroach. ugh and by then the man/husband was fishing out the bug using the spoon and showing the man behind the counter and pointing to the worker. OMFG!

as I stood there frozen  to the spot, looking from the bowl to the stall worker to the couple. my thoughts were "holy crap, I just bought 2 dishes from this stall and it cost me bloody $4.50!! why couldn't they have come sooner but only after I've paid for it?". 

the worker didn't even say sorry, just kept staring at the couple and the bowl of filthy soup. I guess he too was in utter shock or in a daze. he was speechless as was I. the worker took out some cash and gave the couple back their money and they walked away. I think the lady is going to make a report or file a complaint on this stall. oh boy.

before I turned to go I asked the worker "is this clean to eat?" ok I know I know, what kind of question is that, after witnessing what I just saw. but I don't really like to create a scene especially in public, in case he punched me in the face or something. how to return the food that I bought and get back my refund??  and obviously the man replied "of course of course, its clean!" and I took the package home begrudgingly.

I came home and thoughts of it still filled my head and I was rather nauseated. I threw all the food stuff away and that was that. I'd rather burn $4.50  than to have both my husband and myself end up in hospital for food poisoning. later that evening over dinner, I told my husband what had happened. he had no comments, of course!

so, folks never assume that things are super clean here in Singapore coz it aint!! I've seen it first hand and now im sharing it with you. just becareful what you put in your mouth! be it in hawker stalls or in restaurants.

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1.39pm

BigBang - F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2013

5.10pm


well I did say I was going to put some videos that I shot during Big Bang's mini concert here in Singapore for the f1 grand prix. I tried to upload the videos using the "insert a video" icon, but it doesn't seem to work somehow. I don't know why. and then I also tried to add a video by using the "insert an image" icon and still wont work. oh well, I give up. im not a wizard all these IT shit or whatever.

I managed to upload some videos onto youtube. so now  you would just have to either click on the links below or cut and paste them onto your explorer or chrome to start watching.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0e5PHHrwuc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6PQs5dUQJ8


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcI6dWZEeQw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpUql_w_s2k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svXodjHLNOs


there you go. I hope this works and please enjoy the videos. and by the way, just to let you know, I just read on yahoo news that around 35,000 people showed up for this open air concert. daebak!!


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5.17pm

BigBang concert at the F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2013

11.28am


I did promise you guys some photos as well as a couple of videos that I took at the concert. bear with me ok, its amateurish as I don't have a powerful camera/recorder (guess it wasn't allowed). both my arms were aching when the concert was over coz I had to hold my phone up high so as not to take peoples head(but no choice, im not that tall). this is as original as it gets.

it looks as though I had shot these from a distance but in fact I wasn't that far away. and as I mentioned to you guys in my previous blog, I was at the mosh pit area. I wish that I could've been nearer to the stage but sadly, I couldn't pass through the crowd who weren't  so co-operative. plus im pretty certain that they too would want to try to get as close as possible to the stage area.

so there you go. you could say these were some of the "best" shots that I managed to take using my iphone camera. and now Im going to add some photos contributed by other fans which I've taken off from one of the websites specially dedicated to Big Bang, therefore here on in, these doesn't belong to me, ok.

by the way, I got this photo (above) from GD's twitter. he twitted it :)  and this was most probably taken just before the concert. because from the looks of it, they appear to be fresh and not sweaty.

right so those 3 photos up above were from fans. simply A-mazing!! what a scene! look at the crowd in the 3rd photo. and that's only at the mosh pit area mind you. there were more people behind us.

I had to throw in TOP's close up. ladies, let me tell you that he looks utterly beautiful. such a beautiful creature don't you agree? he definitely can melt a cold cold heart. ok ok just for the heck of it, i'll throw in a couple more photos of TOP (which also doesn't belong to me).

his sexy smile and those eyes, those mesmerizing eyes! OMG. I died a thousand times! "my momma told me this - you can go for the concert but remember not to stare into TOPs eyes coz they can make you pregnant!" hahahahhaa...oh I wish I wish. hahahahha

ok party people, my next blog will be what I managed to record at the concert. wait for it !! hope you guys enjoyed these few photos. im sure there'll be heaps more if you google them.

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12.07pm

BigBang concert at the F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2013 (prelude)

1.49pm

hello hello hello there dear friends. its been a while yes. well im back again. my last day of work ended last Friday on the 20th of September and I may resume work again early October. so now im having a short break. woo hoo.

anyways, it was so exciting to get to see my favourite kpop group Big Bang perform in the flesh at the Singapore f1 grand prix. it was awesome I gotta tell you. wished you guys could've been there if you were into them, that is.

so how that day went was like this. after work, I came home, showered and my husband and I went down to town for dinner and after that, he went home and I continued on. I headed straight for the "padang" (which meant open field) where big bang was to perform. however, I was a couple of hours early as I wanted to get a good "seat". of course there weren't any seats there as it was a field and I could see a lot of people were already there, sitting on the grass, chilling, relaxing, having a good time with friends or family. and yours truly, was all by her lonesome self. *big sigh*

anyhow, I tell you it was really packed. there were lots of stalls surrounding the field(under huge white canopies) where the f1 merchandize were being sold and also areas to buy drinks and food too. I went to 2 information booths to check if there were any big bang stalls around so that I could buy some souvenirs. unfortunately(my heart was bleeding by then) there weren't any. I hung my head down and slunked away. sigh. oh well. and as i made my way towards the padang, all around i could hear the f1 cars zooming by. it was loud. plus helicopters were flying above us, filming the race as well as what was happening down below.

so I scouted around and found a suitable place to plonk myself (since im alone it was quite easy). I sat there absorbing in the atmosphere around me. there was absolutely nothing to do but to wait until the concert starts and I didn't want to leave my spot in case people came and took it. I sat there for 1 1/2 hours and then suddenly everybody in front of me started to get up and I was wondering what the hell was going on. even the people beside me was curious. aah..so we found out. the security people were letting a bunch of us into the mosh pit area. which means closer to the stage. hoo ray!!

wow...people were slowly pushing and inching their way thru the small barrier which was opened by the security guards. they kept shouting to the crowd to stop pushing and stop holding hands because its dangerous with people pushing and shoving around. luckily it was not so bad, the pushing I mean. I just had to stand there and go with the flow. literally ok. they will push you along slowly but surely. hahahaha  and the folks beside me too were laughing and giggling.

alas! I made my way thru the barrier and found a spot just behind the gates. I was about less than 150 feet away from the stage. so near yet so far. and sadly, my iphone couldn't capture clear shots of the group. even when I recorded some of their songs, it looked as though they were far away when they are not. sigh oh well. beggers cant be choosers right?

you know at one point just before the concert was about to begin, I wanted to lean against one of the barriers and so I asked one of the girls (who were already standing there) if I could squeeze in beside them. the girl on my right side asked the girl on my left side if she knew me. obviously I don't know any of them as I was alone, therefore the girl on the left replied no. and then this other girl said to me - "no you cant". well that was that. how selfish some people are. there was a small space im not joking but they wont give it up. so I moved away, bit pissed. but nothing I can do about it.

and then the big performance! the concert was rocking, full of energy, totally electrifying and the music they sang was some of my favourites too! sadly, they didn't sing my all time favourite song which was monster. and looking at TOP (yup, I purposely brought my binoculars for occasions like this and for GD's concert too), oh boy, he's so beautiful. what a beautiful creature he is!!

the guys belted out about 10 over songs and repeated a couple like fantastic baby and bad boy if im not mistaken. everything happened in a blur and at that time, I was telling myself, this is what I've been waiting for and there they are, in the flesh, I cant believe it, omg omg! and the crowd went wild with all that screaming and cheering. you could see a sea of big bang torchlights everywhere, it was a wonderful sight and although I was standing on ground, I could only imagine the scene if I was up in the air or standing at the balcony of the hotel(swissotel) that was across the street from the padang.

the concert started from about 11.15pm right up to around 12.45am! a-mazing! never a dull moment when it comes to big bang performances as they really go all out for it. and they never bothered with a costume change. I bet you they were sweating buckets as it was a warm, humid and not much wind blowing.

sadly, its all over now. there I was, waiting in anticipation for the day to come and it came and now its gone. so fast. indeed time flies. but what a beautiful memory for me to take to my grave. aah...if only one of them took notice me and dragged me up on stage then sing to me. hahahaha..ok ok  I know wishful thinking. hey, a girl cant help but to dream - darling TOP serenading to me! now that would be totally daebak! 

ok, folks that's about it! wait for my next blog where I will be adding some photos and perhaps a video or two taken from my phone. until then, take care and god bless.

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2.24pm

my noisy neighbors

9.34pm

well the shit finally hit the ceiling and boy oh boy I really was pissed. this was how it all went down.

about 5-6 days ago over the weekend, I was home alone, hubby was away on a business trip and I went to bed just past midnight. just as I was about to fall asleep..BOOM..those neighbors from the unit above mine, I assumed dropped a box of tools or something. well it sounded like a box of tools to me!

that jolted me up. but nevermind that, there i was lying in bed looking up at my ceiling, thinking dear god i hope it doesn't come crashing on top of me. mind you, from that time till around 3.45am, the sounds of tools dropping, nuts and bolts or whatever, kept dropping on the floor. yup, i could hear almost everything!

oh my god, i swear i wanted to just bash their heads in, these bloody neighbors. what the hell are they doing at such an ungodly hour? fixing their home in the middle of the night? sheesh man! at one point i just couldn't take it any longer and so at around 1.15am, i got up and went up to their unit and stood there just trying to listen if anymore sounds were coming from their apartment.

i could only hear faint rustling and movements inside but i was keeping my cool and told myself ok give them one last chance (to be honest with you, i don't know how many chances I've given them since we moved in several months ago). alas, i wandered back to my apartment and tried my best to go back to sleep. so that was that.

then last night there was stomping of footsteps from above yet again and god knows what other sounds were coming from upstairs. it was past midnight. i was in bed by that time because i was dead tired and very sleepy. hubby had just gotten to bed and he switched on the radio for me to try to drown out the sounds. that didn't help at all. i could still hear everything coming from above.

so i really couldn't handle it anymore, i got up and told my husband to follow me upstairs and this time was for real. i marched up to their door, knocked on it several times and lo and be hold, a lady appeared. i guess she must be wondering if we were lost or something. i told her that i could hear everything that was going on from my apartment below and i was trying to sleep. therefore could she tone it down a notch. well thankfully she wasn't a neighbour from hell and she kept bowing to me and saying sorry. i thanked her and we went back down.

thank god the sounds were lesser. although i still could hear a little bit more of the footsteps thumping away for a short while and then it stopped and i finally drifted off to sleep.

oh my god, im so glad i finally did it. actually i was kinda dreading it, approaching them directly. i was contemplating to drop them a note in their post box but decided against it. i rather do it face to face as there was too much to say. but alas i never said everything to them. it was pointless. i just got to the point, be done with it and move on.

you know what, i even went to the extent of getting up in the middle of the night(when they were making all the racket) to take note on the timings and what i could hear. not only that, i also recorded some of these sounds with my phone! yup..thats how mad i was and to have my proof in case they denied ever making any kind of noise. 

so i really hope you guys who are living in apartments or condos to try to be a little bit more conscious when you do things like by slamming doors or thumping your feet on the floor  as you walk etc. you don't know if your neighbors below you, can hear everything and they make not like it at all. try to  be a bit more considerate i beg you. don't do unto others if you don't want others to do unto you ok. lets live peacefully ok!

ok that's it. im done.


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9.53pm

if you dont have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all

6.01pm


very good evening to you readers. well another week gone by and the weekend is approaching fast. aigoo. guess nobody can do anything about it but just live in the moment right?

regarding my topic for today. its basically what ronan keating sang - "you say it best when you say nothing at all." fact is this. sometimes people just talk for the sake of talking or they just love to hear their own voice rather than others. motormouth in my opinion.

have you ever come across your friends, family or even relatives who would ask you stupid questions like -

1) if you are not married - "so when are you getting married?" (not knowing the whole situation with your own love life or if you even have one. sometimes it can irritate a person when asked that question because its personal and whose business is it anyway, right?)

2) if you are married - "so when are you going to have children? don't wait too long ok, have them before its too late" (even lets say you have one kid already, they would ask you to have the 2nd or 3rd etc OR if you just got hitched, that's what they will ask the following year if they see you)

3) asking you to go on a holiday "hey, you should go on holiday when you can still walk bla bla bla". excuse me, is it any of your business if I do or don't go on a holiday? are you paying for me? who doesn't want to go for one I ask you? do they know that sometimes some people have got budget constraints, bills to pay, children to feed etc? so easy for them to talk. they don't know what goes on behind closed doors. they only see what they see or think that they are so smart by going on vacations. well good for them then if they can afford it. others cant. most of us have to prioritize. if I had extra cash lying around, don't you think I would be the first one in line to book a trip around the world, that I need you to tell me? try asking a beggar this question and see what his reply is.

to me, all these questions are private(especially 1&2) and its really none of anybody's business but between yourself and your significant half. my parents and even my own mom in law doesn't ask me questions like that. but some relatives have asked me why don't I have kids and well frankly I will answer them nicely and tell them that we don't want any kids. of course, I would then get follow up questions like why bla bla bla. ugh.. why should I explain myself to them I wonder. like I owe them an explanation. what? are they going to pay for the kid/s expenses and education and bring them up? like sponsors? if that's the case, hey I don't really mind then but I have to check with my hubby don't I? but in any case, Im not some charity case.

people talk rubbish all the time. and seriously sometimes it gets to me when such nonsense is coming out of their mouth. let me tell you, ever since I stopped work middle of 2004 and became a housewife, many have asked and told me "so what do you do everyday?", "go and find something to do", "since you are so free, why not look for some part time work?", "why not do some online business?" etc  honestly, do you even know what you are asking? is there something wrong in being a housewife? am I committing a crime here? and also do you ask any housewife each time you see her, "so what is it that you do?" helloooo..are you that blur??? or do you like talking for the sake of talking?

you know, I have gone thru stress when I was working. I know what stress is all about and mind you even when im not working I get stressed easily. my proof is that I have hair fall unfortunately and my body behaves strangely at times. perhaps its my hormones changing due to my age (sigh) but then again, I reckon its more to stress. now, you wonder, what kinda stress does a housewife have? go figure! until you are one yourself (or a househusband), then you tell me. don't knock it till you've tried it ok.

and trust me, I have not much regrets not working. its not like im some over achiever that I have and need to prove to others that im some hot shot CEO or GM etc. I don't need all those fancy smancy titles. god no! I just work to earn a buck or two and im thoroughly happy. I don't live in a chic and fancy uptown apartment, nor do I own a luxury car or go on expensive holidays. I lead a pretty simple life when I was working and even now when im not. I just try to adjust and learn to adapt wherever I am at.

the only tiny regret that I have is not being able to earn my own money when I was so used to it before I stopped work. other than that, I still enjoy life and what has been given to me by my dear old husband. it wasn't easy to uproot my whole life from my home country where I've lived for 30 over years and then moving to another country with just my husband. from being surrounded by family and friends to having none around and then starting fresh. how would you like that?

that's why I have grown accustomed to being by myself and not going out and even trying to make new friends. yes, when I first moved away, I wanted to try that but it was difficult. not so easy as you get older. having kids would have been a bit easier as that was an ice breaker in striking up a conversation with ladies. one can always talk about their own kids with another who has versus those who don't. different wavelength.

after all that's said and done, I wished that sometimes people would stop and think before opening up their mouth when they are talking to someone. it can be your friends or family members. so please try to give a thought  as to whether they would like what is going to be said to them by you (and how would you like it if it was said back to you). don't just talk for the sake of talking. you never know when you have offended a person(if they don't tell you) or if you have overstepped the boundary.

words can either hurt or soothe a person, therefore just mind yourself and think before you speak and try to be sensitive to others before speaking. nobody likes a chatterbox or an empty vessel . then you wont get into trouble, otherwise it will be like a foot in your mouth scenario. think about it.


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6.42pm

saying 3 very simple words - thank you, please and sorry

4.50pm

you know something, I realized(not recently but I just never bothered bringing this topic up until now) that plain common courtesy can go a long way for some people. what the hell Im talking about here you must be wondering?

ok. very simple. these words - Im sorry, thank you and please. just these few basic words can make or break a person. trust me. I know what im talking about here. for me, its automatic. when somebody gives me something or does something for me, I thank them. like when im in a taxi for example, after giving directions to the driver, I thank him automatically. I know im not getting any brownie points for thanking him but hey, whats the big deal if I say it? no harm right?

or lets say when I accompany my mother in law to the hospital and after her appointment, i would get dropped off at the mrt station, I would also thank her. (one would think that, hey shouldn't it be the other way round?). well it doesn't always work out that way im afraid.

saying sorry too can be hard on people. why? because of their big ego. because when they apologize for something, it means that they are admitting its their fault. that they are the culprit. people just don't get it, that by saying sorry, does not necessarily mean its their fault(although sometimes it could be but sometimes not, right?).  in the end, we just want to diffuse the situation so that perhaps it wont escalate further. saying im sorry is like gold, therefore so hard to come out of their mouths.

hey just so you know, not only men have their egos and pride, us women do too, ok. we are all human beings, so what makes the male species so special, talking about their stupid pride and ego hmm? men are not superior and neither are women. we are all equals. what men feel women feel the same. SAME, got it?

I have also noticed that with some people(I wont be naming names here), they rather listen to strangers or friends and wow....even thank them for their advice or suggestions given. but  there is no thanks given at all to the family members, who has been advising them, being beside them thru  all the thick and thin. come on, how bloody hard is it to say thanks?

these people would rather say please and thank you to strangers, whether you get a reply back from them is another story. there are rude people out there who just don't bother. like lets say walk into a building and as you go thru the main entrance, you noticed there's a few people behind you too so you be nice and hold it open for them to walk in right? I ask you, how many of them would thank you for doing that? more often than not, they think that its your job and you only wanted to do it, they didn't force you to hold the door open for them. what? are you the bloody doorman? 

there's also many times when I would get knocked by elderly ladies zooming by and not giving a toss who they have knocked into. they just stride away. not a word of sorry. or even better,  when their shopping cart knocks into you. completely ignore you. and there you are left standing with perhaps a bit of scratches on your ankle area.

that's why this world is so full of hatred and greed and there's just no more respecting one another or just plain being nice to one another. such a rare thing these days I tell you. what im trying to get across here is that we are AWARE of these words and we CHOOSE who we want to say it to more often than not.

ok for example let me ask you. if you did wrong at work and your boss lectures you. what are you going to tell him?  im quite certain you are going to apologize for the mistake that you have created right? you will own up to it right? but when you have done wrong to your loved one, im also darned sure you wont be uttering those words to them. why? because its taken for granted. you have taken them for granted. "aah, why should I say sorry for? she/he knows me. not my style to say sorry. just pretend and act like nothings wrong"...

touch your heart and ask yourself. how often to you utter those words? to me, if im wrong, I would say sorry. I thank people even though sometimes I feel they don't need to be thanked(but instead they should be thanking me). like I said earlier, it just comes naturally for me.

now finally the word please. I hardly hear this from anybody these days. its very sad. very rare I hear it. don't you think that, if you don't use the word please, it would mean that you are ordering a person around like a slave or something? as if they owed you or you owned them. its really very rude you know. how bloody hard can it be to add the extra word - please - when you are asking someone to do something for you? how would you like it if someone just ordered you around like that?

in fact, isn't all these that im preaching about here today the basic fundamental thing that our parents taught us when we were growing up and was even taught in school? im fairly sure that we all know the meaning of these words and yet why is it so hard to say it?

that's why I cant understand till today about peoples behaviour. from the old to the young ones, there's no more politeness in this world. soon it will be extinct, I tell ya. sad very sad. so my dear friends who are reading my blog today, make sure you save these words inside your brain. lets all try to make this world a better place to live in. one small step can make all the difference. love and cherish your loved ones and do not take them for granted.


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5.40pm