About Time For An Update

Yes, I'm still alive and no, I am not intending to close down this blog, despite the fact that my posts have dwindled down to nothing. The main reason for that? Life's been good... And I have little to bitch write about. :P

Oh. And by the way, I'm sick of people asking me when I'm going to get a job again. I'm not sponging off anybody yet, am I? Lemme alone! *grumbles*

Not much has changed since I last posted. Unlike Missdurh's exciting exploits in the States, my life consists of little more than lazing around at home and hanging out with The Stiletto. He leaves for HCM again in 5 days. I keep telling him he should bring back 1 of those Vietnam brides. $8,000 and you get a sex slave maid wife... Not a bad deal. :P

Speaking of a deal... I recently bought myself a new toy. *beams*

Quite reasonably priced too, seeing that I upgraded RAM, HDD and the graphics card. (Tech specs here, if you're interested.)

You know what this means... Uh huh... Final Fantasy on the go! Wooot! :D I know most of you aren't interested but what the hell, here're some of the screenshots I took during the recent Halloween Festival. I basically spent all my time running around getting special Halloween-themed items and getting turned into a variety of scary monsters. Heh...

Oh. And kudos for Plinc and Pink Martiny for finding this nifty slideshow thingie. Much easier and cooler looking than Photobucket when uploading multiple pictures. Heh...

About The Sloth

Another 1 of my sporadic posts...

It's been 3 weeks since I became a certified bum. And I must say that unemployment seems to suit me just fine, for the moment. I wake up at 11am... Have long, leisurely brunches... Potter around the house... Watch TV... Nap... Go for pedicures... Meet friends for dinner... Play Final Fantasy till my eyes bleed... Life doesn't get much better than this.

I did go for 1 job interview... Again for an advertising agency as an Account Manager on a FMCG account. My name was put forward by a couple of ex colleagues and the Group Account Director called me in last week. What I thought would be a 15 minute meeting stretched out to over 2 hours, with me meeting the Group Account Director, then the Regional Account Director, then the Associate Account Director and finally, the Managing Director. Meh.

I'm still waiting for them to get back to me but I doubt I'll take up the offer. The account and job scope don't interest me enough, and more importantly, I get bad vibes about the person who'll be my direct boss... He strikes me as a "dumper". Which is the last kind of person I want to be working for. Heh.

Anyway, I'm in no hurry to get a job. The Stiletto's up in Ho Chih Minh again for another month and I'm probably heading up sometime next week to spend a few days with him. Lots of holidays this year - Melbourne, Krabi, Phuket - and now Vietnam... I'm also hoping to be able to head to Bangkok around the end of the year too. :)

This is the life!

Ok people, back to Final Fantasy. Speaking of which, here're a few screenshots I took of myself in the game. Haha...


That's me. Sitting in my Mog House (residential area) and spacing out. Am I cute or what!


Me again, with The Stiletto's character, in the town of Kazham. I hate his armour... You can see his tits! Meh! Obscene! :P


Us again, in San d'Oria this time, wearing some ridiculous hats that we got from some quest or another. I look more ridiculous than he does, I think. Haha...


A few of us Tarutarus milling around Gustav Tunnel as we wait for the fighting to start. Legleos is a really nice Taru I've met on the game who's helped me tons. ;)


Weird sight I came across during my travels in West Ronfaure. Almost pissed in my pants laughing when I saw this. I think the dumb ol' sheep's stuck.


Heh, I love this shot of me fighting the Goobue in Pashhow Marshlands. I beat him too. Small but tough, that's me. ;)


This is my NPC (Non-Player Character) that I can summon once a day to fight with me. Yes, he has a weird name. Balu-Falu. I wasn't given many choices and this was the easiest to pronounce. Haha. Anyway, I kinda like it. :P


Since Jaddie's always been a mage of some sort, I decided to try my hand at being a warrior. Here's me in my level 1 armour. I hate it. Looks like I'm wearing metal diapers! Eeeeewwwww...


It gets better though. Here I am again (And I found myself a twin too!) in my level 10 warrior armour. I'm shorter than he is though. Meh.

About The Moment

It's a rainy Monday afternoon. The last I'll spend as part of this agency.

When I first resigned, I thought that I'd be sad, or at least, a little pensive towards the end of my notice period. Funnily enough, with only 2 days to go before I waltz out of here, all I feel now is an urge to dance around the office in glee... An urge that I've given into several times today as it is... :P

Anyway, the reason I'm blogging is because I'm in the midst of a Jay moment! Hahaha... Got the album (He looks so fucking hot I wanna die!) and this song - 退后 - is the saddest I've heard in a long time... It's ok Jay baby, even if Patty doesn't want you (May she die from gangrene of the vagina!), I do! :)


(Side note to Cruiser : If you're even remotely suicidal, I would suggest you skip this part altogether. Cheer up and chin up dude... Remember, it can only get better, especially if it's gotten so bad that Joaqim Gomez is the highlight of your day. Heh...)

退后
曲：周杰伦
词：宋健彰

天空灰得像哭过
离开你以后
并没有更自由
酸酸的空气
嗅出我们的距离
一幕锥心的结局
像呼吸般无法停息

抽屉泛黄的日记
榨干了回忆
那笑容是夏季
你我的过去
被顺时针的忘记
缺氧过后的爱情
粗心的眼泪是多余

我知道你我都没有错
只是忘了怎么退后
信誓旦旦给了承诺
却被时间扑了空

我知道我们都没有错
只是放手会比较好过
最美的爱情回忆里待续

About The Fantasy

Back in the office after 3 days in Phuket. Absolutely no mood to work, especially since I have all of 10 more days before I kiss this stinking account goodbye. Heh... So instead of clearing my mailbox, I find myself drooling as I watch the new Jay Chou music video on YouTube.



I'm not a fan of Fei Yu Qing, but I must admit that he suits the song quite nicely. :P And does anyone else think that the girl in this video looks like Jolin Tsai? :
千里之外
曲：周杰伦
词：方文山

屋檐如悬崖 风铃如沧海 我等燕归来
时间被安排 演一场意外 你悄然走开
故事在城外 浓雾散不开 看不清对白
你听不出来 风声不存在 是我在感慨
梦醒来 是谁在窗台 把结局打开
那薄如蝉翼的未来 经不起谁来拆
我送你离开 千里之外 你无声黑白
沈默年代 或许不该 太遥远的相爱
我送你离开 天涯之外 你是否还在
琴声何来 生死难猜 用一生 去等待
闻泪声入林 寻梨花白 只得一行 青苔
天在山之外 雨落花台 我两鬓斑白
闻泪声入林 寻梨花白 只得一行 青苔
天在山之外 雨落花台 我等你来
一身琉璃白 透明著尘埃 你无瑕的爱
你从雨中来 诗化了悲哀 我淋湿现在
芙蓉水面采 船行影犹在 你却不回来
被岁月覆盖 你说的花开 过去成空白
梦醒来 是谁在窗台 把结局打开
那薄如蝉翼的未来 经不起谁来拆
我送你离开 千里之外 你无声黑白
沈默年代 或许不该 太遥远的相爱
我送你离开 天涯之外 你是否还在
琴声何来 生死难猜 用一生 去等待

8 September. 依然范特西. Still Fantasy. Released. Woot woot woot! Now if he'll only come down for another concert, my world will be complete. :)

About The Beginning Of The End

It hit me again this morning as I was in the taxi, on the way to the office... How utterly miserable I was at the prospect of going to work. How utterly I loathed my clients. How utterly meaningless my professional life had become.

I decided that enough was enough. I've done nothing but whine and bitch about work... And yet, I stay on at a job I hate, just hoping, day after day, that things improve with time. I finally figured that I've got to draw the line somewhere...

So...This is me drawing the line. This is me making a stand. This is me taking back control of my life because I'm pretty sure I'm worth more than this.

The letter was written and handed to my boss earlier today. Somebody congratulate me please? :)

About The Storm

Last few hours in Krabi. 3 days seem to have just flown past. And I managed to pass the 1st 95% of my time here without touching the computer! Hah! (To be honest, if it hadn't started storming 5 minutes ago while I was sunbathing, I probably would have made it the whole trip without hammering away aimlessly at the keyboard. :P)

Aside to Pink Martiny - If you're reading this, the hotel's not bad. Nowhere as nice as the photos shown here of course but it's pretty decent for the price we paid.

Ok, because this keyboard with its weird Thai symbols mixed in with the English alphabet is driving me bananas, I'll sign off here. I'm thinking I should get 1 more massage before I leave for the airport anyway...

And yes, I realise that this is a totally meaningless post. :P

About The Terminal

Ok. 1st time in Singapore's Budget Terminal. Not impressed. They don't sell Gucci sunglasses. What kind of DFS doesn't carry Gucci sunglasses?!?! They sell Ray Bans. Who the hell wears Ray Bans anymore?!?!

:P

But hey, at least they have free internet! And cigarettes!

Double :P

Ok lah, I'm being a little harsh. It actually ain't as bad as I pictured it'd be. There's a Times bookstore, a Hang Ten outlet , a Hans Cafe, a Polar Cafe, a Killeny Kopitiam, and a 7-11, among other stores. What it really needs is a LAN gaming shop where FFXI addicts like myself and The Stiletto can kill ourselves some Orcs before the plane takes off. Tarutarus rule!!!

Since that's not an option, I'm gonna go bury myself in a corner and do crossword puzzles while I wait for my flight to start boarding.

Goodbye people... Don't miss me too much! :)

About The Getaway

Leaving for Krabi is exactly 17 hours. Heh... Expect photos soon. :)

Q: How do you know you're addicted to online gaming?

A: When you and your boyfriend are going for a lovely beach holiday and the thought that immediately comes to mind is - "Shit! No FFXI for 4 whole days!"

:P

About Tarutaru Madness

In case you're wondering about the lack of blog activity on my part, it's because I've discovered a brand new way to spend my time online. Uh huh. A little slow to jump on the bandwagon I know, but I'm totally hooked on Final Fantasy XI.

The Stiletto and I have been glued to our computers every single night for the last week or so... And even though this is our 1st MMORPG (That's Massive Multiplayer Online Role Play Game for the uninitiated), I think we've made some very nice progress. Hell... At least I don't think character "partying" means a group of gamers getting together for a couple of beers and crappy music anymore. :P

Of course, I decided to be a girly-girl when it came to choosing my game character and opted for a creature that's so-cute-you-could-pee-in-your-pants - a Tarutaru. *beams like an idiot*

Awww c'mon. She's adorable, isn't she? And she also happens to be an up and coming Black Mage. I've gone from a level 1 to 13 within a week... Woot!

Since The Stiletto's in Vietnam again for the next 5 days, without any internet access, I figure this is as good a time as any for me to train and level up further... Just so he stops sniggering at how tiny I am next to his stinky old elf. *makes a face*

Aside to Princess Liliput - I still think you should get yourself the game and sign up for an account. After all, you've been an FF fan way longer than I have... And hell, what better way to vent out all those pent up frustrations? *hugs* Hang in there babe... Let's try to meet up this weekend ok? :)

Ok. 1am. Need to sleep before I get even more crosseyed than I am now. X)

About Bangkok's Reflections

Credits to Miss Bee for finding this gorgeously quirky boutique hotel in Bangkok. I now know exactly where I wanna stay the next time I head to Bangkok. Too bad Jetstar's 2-for-1 promotion ended so quickly. *grumpy face*

My favorite rooms? (Lemme know yours...)


Room 203 - Princess Kitsch


Room 206 - Art Deco


Room 207 - Erotic Amazing


Room 209 - Spectrum Crystal


Room 407 - The Taj Mahal


Room 408 - My Secret of Flower

About The Papillos

Papillos. Love em. Want em.

The Stiletto, however, thinks I'm nuts to even think about spending almost $100 on a pair of slippers. My squeaks and squeals of "Ohhhhh but they're so pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeety..." don't seem to be very convincing, nor do my spiels of how the soles are constructed for maximum comfort and support.

Phooey. What do men know about the importance of footwear anyway? Bleah.

Papillos. Love em. Want em.

The only problem now is, I'm totally stuck on which pair to get. Pweeeeeeeeeeeeeety. They're all so pweeeeeeeeeeeeeety. Currently leaning towards the Gizeh Garden Party. *drools* (Prices and pictures from Baumhouse.Com and German Shoes Online.)

Tabora Superball Yellow, €37.40

Madrid Cherry Fruit, €33.12

Gizeh Nepalese Orchid, €41.68

Gizeh Nepalese Black, €41.68

Gizeh Garden Party, €41.68

Florida Rosegarden, €38.47

Florida Power Flower Cream, €38.47

Florida Ethno Red Plum, €38.47

Catalina China Blossom, €32.05

Arizona Ethno Pearl, €38.47

Suggestions? :)

About The Humming

The Stiletto has been humming the Superman theme over and over for the past week. If somebody doesn't stop him soon, I'm going to go stark raving mad.

By the way, how true do you think it is that Brandon Routh's crotch sensitive regions had to be digitally touched up for the entire show because his schlong bulge was too big? :P

About The Pakasai

Krabi. 28 to 31 July. 5 more weeks before I can get away. I'm not sure I can last that long.

About Weird Ol' Me

After much deliberation... And I'm not even sure these qualify as "weird facts".

Weird Fact #1
I can watch dance movies over and over again. Strictly Ballroom. Honey. Salsa. Shall We Dance. Dirty Dancing. You name it, I've probably watched it twice.

Weird Fact #2
I hate kids. Absolutely loathe them. No matter how cute they look, how adorable they act or how sweet-natured they seem, I'm utterly convinced that any critter between the ages of 2 and 12 are closet demons waiting to break loose and unleash hell on earth. (Don't bother telling me I'll change my mind when I have my own critter litter. In my realm of reality, that's never gonna happen.)

Weird Fact #3
I find quips made in Buffy the Vampire Slayer funny, no matter how many times I watch the series. (Which, thanks to The Stiletto, I now have on DVD. Yep... All 7 seasons! On DVD! We've already finished the lot once and am currently halfway through season 4 again. I think I've managed to get us Buffanatics another fan. Go me!)

Weird Fact #4
I get food phases. During a food phase, I go crazy about a particular edible item and I stuff myself with it, day after day, till I get so sick of it I can't even look at it, then I move on to another edible item. (Currently it's Cheezels. For some reason, my food phases always involve something highly unhealthy and fattening. I'm still hoping for a phase that will involve food like celery, or low-fat yoghurt.)

Ok.

That's it.

I'm stuck.

Maybe you people could fill in the remaining 2 weird facts?

Please?

About The Weird Tagging

Darn it. I've been tagged by Deevee8 to list down 6 weird facts about myself. However, since I'm 1 of the least weird people around, that's gonna require some thinking... (What??? I'm really not weird what!!! Haaaaaaaaaaa.)

I'll get back to you guys... That is, if I haven't thrown myself in front of a bus by the end of the week, just to avoid having to deal with my clients' extreme levels of stupidity on a daily basis.

Urgh.

About The Executive

How can you be surprised that we're firing you when:

1) You come in to work between 10.30 and 11am everyday, no explanation given.
We've told you numerous times before that the latest you should get to the office is 10am, unless you worked extremely late the night before. (9pm does not count as late!)

2) You can't be trusted to run time-sensitive projects because you have absolutely no sense of urgency.
When your ad submission deadline is tomorrow, you shouldn't still be in bloody concept stage today without a bloody clue what your ET number is!

3) You spend your time at work glued to your desk, blogging or chatting on MSN instead of following up on jobs the way you should.
Can't you walk over to Studio to brief in jobs (The way the rest of us do!) instead of doing it over the phone?! Do you really need to SMS our traffic person to chase for work when she's only in the next room?!

4) You're on MC or emergency leave at least twice a month.
Sorry but reasons like "I have really bad period cramps..." and "I can't come back from Hong Kong because there's a problem with the plane..." don't cut it after they've been repeated 2 or 3 times.

5) Your written English is so poor, creatives have trouble deciphering your briefs and clients don't understand your emails.
We don't "buffle" in time for color seps, we buffer. The line of text at the end of the ad is not a "core-to-action", it's a call-to action. Making slight changes to the artwork means we've tweaked it, not "twit".

6) You've been on this account for 6 months and you still don't have a clue about how the client's business works.
We don't expect you to be a know-it-all, but we do expect that you take the initiative to find out and have a general idea about the basic products the client is marketing.

7) You don't bother solving problems or thinking outside the box.
Yet you complain that you're bored because we don't entrust you with bigger campaigns, which is a little difficult when your primary goal seems to be leaving the office at 6pm and when you don't take pride in your work.

8) You're hide behind your personal problems when we try to tell you that your performance isn't satisfactory.
As much as we sympathise with your estrangement from your family, your conflicting feelings about yourself and your family's history with manic depression, we really don't see it as an excuse for not pulling your weight at work.

It's been a long week. And next week promises to be even longer... On top of the move back to our original office (The 4th move for me in the last 6 months! Doi!), Missduhr and I now have to explain to our executive on why we've decided to terminate her employment.

Aside to Missdurh - By the way, don't you just love how The Invisible Man managed to blame us for her termination when he spoke to her? "I can't extend your probation for the 3rd time and since your immediate superiors aren't comfortable about confirming you, I have no choice but to..." Bloody brilliant, isn't he? Arsewipe!

About Plans For Krabi

The Stiletto and I have decided that we need another trip away in July. Taking a leaf out of Missdurh's book, we've pretty much decided on spending a long weekend (3 nights) on the island of Krabi.

Now what I need are suggestions from anyone who's been there on...

1) Where The Stiletto and I should stay...

I'm currently thinking of the Pakasai Resort in Ao Nang. It looks comfortably luxurious without being too pricey... And the numerous reviews I've read online have been very favourable. :)

Any other recommendations are welcome. Just bear in mind that I'm quite finicky about a hotel's luxury factor, so nothing less than 3-star establishments please. :P

2) A reasonably-priced spa / massage place...

The spas found within the bigger resorts there are really expensive, like about 2,500 baht (S$100) for a 60-minute massage. Gack... I don't even pay that much for my massage packages in Singapore!

Missdurh and I did some surfing around and we found 1 place that seems relatively reasonable, i.e. 1,290 baht (S$52) for a 60-minute Swedish massage or a 90-minute Thai massage. Anyone been to the Kantawan Spa in Krabi?

I also found this on a forum...

"Just got back from Ao Nang, and there were loads of places doing massages, pedicures etc. We had several great Thai Massages and Foot Massages at a place called Taak Massage, which was just down from our hotel The Cliff - opposite McDonalds. They also have an outdoor massage area just off the beach on the left-hand end of the beach (facing the sea). I didn't use this place, but it looked pretty good. Thai massages were about 250 baht, about £3.50."

Are these cheap, outdoor massages any good? I must admit that I having disturbing mental images of a hulking Thai Xena snapping my backbone in 2, right after she breaks my neck. :

3) Reliable diving agencies for The Stiletto...

He's looking to take his Advance Diving something-or-other, despite my many warnings about sharks and other watery demons. *blink*

I'm just going to stick to snorkeling or flopping around suntanning on the beach. Heh heh...

About Them Biscuits

The Stiletto and I tried to brave the crowds and have dinner in town on Saturday night. Never again. I hate having trouble parking. I hate waiting for tables. I hate sitting in line for my food.

On a brighter note... Happy 6th month baby. Where did the time go, huh? :) Oh... And the next time we decide to eat out on our anniversary, let's go somewhere they take reservations, ok? :P

Childhood memory of the day:


Mum had bought a whole packet of those yummy gem biscuits I loved. Unfortunately for me, I loved the icing more than the actual biscuit.

I ended up biting off all the colorful bits (Mmm... Melt-in-your-mouth sugary goodness!) and dumping the brown, cardboardy biscuit bits (Yuck to the power of a hundred!) back into the tin.

Mum ended up biting my head off when she came home.

1 only good thing about getting older? I can eat pretty much whatever I want now without Mum whaling on me. Hehehe...

About The Procrastination

Today, during lunch with Missdurh, I finally admitted why I'm staying on at a job I have no passion, slogging away, day after day, working on an account I have no affinity with.

It's not because I share Miss Bee's belief in what the job can be about. Yes, maybe advertising can do wonders for a brand but accounts in which you truly get to see that happen are as rare as hen's teeth. More often than not, I think we just end up in a "same-shit-different-day" situation, no matter which agency we work on or which client we service.

So why do I stay on? Simple. I don't want to leave until I figure out what the hell I want to do next. I'm pretty sure I want out of agency life. As a matter of fact, that's all I'm sure about at this point!

Add in the fact that I currently have a secure, relatively well-paying job that I know I can do well in if I put my mind to it... Compare that to the big unknown I'll be facing if I up and quit... Factor in the many financial responsibilities I have and the kind of lifestyle I'm use to living... And you'll get an inkling of why I'm stuck.

People are always telling me that I should just look at what my passion in life is and work things out from there. Maybe this makes me a lukewarm, insipid drifter, but I can't honestly say that I'm particularly passionate about anything. Neither do I have big aspirations, i.e. I've never been the sort to want to make a difference in the world, help needy children or find a cure for cancer. Which makes this whole "base your life's dreams on your passion" business a serious pain in the ass...

Maybe the answer will come to me if I'm not so bogged down with the daily grind of a job. Maybe I'll get a sudden epiphany when I'm not so burnt out with work. Maybe the solution is to quit 1st and not worry about what's going to happen later on. Maybe maybe maybe...

I hate maybes. Goddamn it.

About My Neopet (Part 2)

Damn it. The damn lab ray just turned my Mutant Grundo into a Blue Koi. I hate fish. Ask anyone. None of my goldfish or guppies survived more than 2 weeks.



Childhood memory of the day:

1 of my favorite cartoons as a kid was... (No you dweebs, I wasn't a girlie girl who watched crap like "My Little Pony"!) He-Man, Masters of the Universe! Uh huh... Warriors and protectors of Eternia... Fighting against Skeletor and his nasty sidekicks - Beastman and Panthor... And against the leader of the Evil Horde, Hordak, who for some strange reasons, reminded me of Darth Vader. :P


In addition to an entire basketfull of He-Man toy figurines (Teela! The Sorceress! Man-At-Arms!), my brother and I even had the portable model of Castle Grayskull. God only knows how we managed to entertain ourselves for hours with a bunch of cheap figurines brandishing plastic weapons.

I was so into the damn cartoon, I even went to a fancy dress party dressed as She-Ra! (Don't laugh! It seemed cool at the time!)

Anyway, I recently found out that a new Masters of the Universe cartoon series started in 2002, some 20 years after the original made its debut. To my horror, the new He-Man looked nothing like the old 1. In fact, he distinctly resembled some horrible Japanese anime doll on steroids. Ick... Check it out.


What's up with the humongous sword?!?!

Anyone have any idea where I can get hold of the old series?

About The Blog Pets

I thought this was totally adorable...

adopt your own virtual pet!

adopt your own virtual pet!

About The Mogwai

The Stiletto and I happened to catch "Gremlins 2" on HBO yesterday... It brought back a flood of childhood memories of me begging my dad to get me my own mogwai after I watched the 1st movie back in 1984. I was 6. And I wanted a mogwai as much as I wanted my own puppy. Well... At least the puppy dream came true 10 years later...

It was at the old Orchard cinema, when cinemas in Singapore still had circle / upper level seats. There was an old Indian man selling kacang putih wrapped in magazine paper... The sugar-coated peanuts were my favorite. :)

I've mentioned before that many people marvel at how much of my early childhood I can recall. I think I'll start blogging more of my kiddie memories... Just in case I start forgetting them as age catches up with me. :P

About The Idol Finale

Taylor Hicks, leader of the Soul Patrol, had better win American Idol. I'm so gonna throw a hissy fit if Caberet Queen Katherine McPhee (What kinda surname is that anyway?!) takes the title. Especially since her performances during tonight's finale show were merely passable...

Bored. It's been an interminably long week. I can't wait for the weekend. X3!!! And I'm in need of some serious retail therapy. *yawn*

About The Recovery

After 4 days of bed rest, I'm finally on the road to recovery. The fever's finally decided to break and my bones no longer feel like they're about to splinter when I sneeze.

I didn't need a doctor to tell me that this bout of flu was a by-product of 18 hour days in the office, lack of proper rest, crappy meals, and the mountain of stress and frustration that's been building inside me... All thanks to The Bitch From Hell (My client) and The Invisible Man (My boss). Anyway. Now that my nightmare campaign has launched, life promises to be slightly better. It also helps that I no longer give a shit about The Bitch's tantrums and The Invisible Man's incompetence in managing her. Let them rant and rave all they want. My health, my mental well-being and my life takes priority.

p/s: Singapore Idol auditions were bad as I thought they would be. I don't fucking believe The Whisperer, The Pink Lady and The Schoolteacher (Do-Re-Mi!) came back!!! What the hell are they thinking?! And the fuckwit that did Shuang Jie Gun? Wah lan eh!!! Favorite moment? The Ah Beng singing "Nong Nong Ago". (Check out midi file and actual lyrics here.)

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear...
Nong nong ago...
Nong nong ago...

Update at 10.18pm... I just found the video of the "Nong Nong Ago" performance... You need to sign up with the Singapore Idol website to view their videos, but it's free and the entertainment value is sky high. Heh heh...

About My Neopet (Part 1)

I've been a Neopet fan for the longest time. Ok, it's a little kiddy, but it's also a whole lot of fun when you're extremely bored. For those of you who've no idea what I'm talking about, you get to create your own virtual pet, and be part of a whole virtual community that has a ton of games and activities for you to indulge in... When time permits, of course.

Anyway... I've been conducting a little experiment on 1 of my Neopets and thought it'd be interesting to keep a log of sorts on the entire process... In a nutshell, on and off for the past year or so, I've been bringing little Jadyn Love to a secret laboratory found in the land of Neopia, where she gets zapped by a morphing ray. I have absolutely no control over what the ray does to her and she's morphed into a rather interesting variety of animals and colors since.

My original pet was a Red Wocky... (A kitty cat looking creature that for some reason, brings the Slinky Cat to mind. :P)


In a matter of hours, the lab ray happily zapped her blue.


Then it made me go through an entire Cybunny phase, where my pet ended up looking like a frigging rabbit high on shit.

From left to right: Yellow Cybunny. Green Cybunny. Tyrannian Cybunny. Gah...

Just as I was getting use to the whole Cybunny getup, the lab ray decided to mess everything up again by changing Jadyn Love into a Yellow Acara. Don't ask me what those floppy things between her ears are. They look mildly phallic to me. *grimace*


Thank goodness that didn't last too long and she was soon zapped into a Blue Blumaroo (Some sort of weird cross between a kangeroo and Gonzo from Muppet Babies. *rolls eyes*), and soon after that a Uni.

From left to right: Blue Blumaroo. Blue Uni. Rainbow Uni. Rainbow's kinda pretty, don't you think? Heh...

Things started looking up for a while though, when the ray morphed Jadyn Love into a Chomby, which is a limited edition species...

From left to right: Yellow Chomby. Purple Chomby. Goodie gumdrops...

Of course, good things never last... A couple of months later, she turned into a merhorse creature called a Peophin. Ick.

From left to right: Green Peophin. Shadow Peophin.

And then into another horsey creature called the Kyrii, which looks like it's severely in need of a haircut.

From left to right: Blue Kyrii. Starry Kyrii. Fire Kyrii. The last one's kinda cool. But what I really want is my Wocky back. :(

The lab ray then decides to add insult to injury by poofing Jadyn Love into 1 of the pet species I utterly loath. The Techo! A damn lizard! In a whole range of colors too! Aiyoooooo...

From left to right: Red Techo. Halloween Techo. Island Techo.

Silent oaths and labelling of the lab ray as being totally birdbrained didn't help, since it decided to turn the tables on me and zap Jadyn Love into a Pteri. Fuck...

From left to right: Blue Pteri. Striped Pteri. Doi. Double doi.

Finally, to conclude this rather meaningless post (That I'm typing as I wait for my artwork in the office...), 2 days ago, Jadyn Love mutated into a Grundo. Which is the alien species inhabiting Neopet's Virtupets Space Station. A Blue Grundo... Which was kinda cute.


Today, however, the ray changed her color. To Mutant.

Fuck. The damn thing looks like it's been on steroids!

p/s: If I haven't bored the lot of you into a coma yet, and you're actually thinking of joining me in my insane meanderings around Neopia, sign up for Neopets here and create your pet here...