给读者的信（2）

1. to Reader Ivan emailed me and asked me to translate "Dominican Republic" for him...
it is 多明尼加国。

2.to reader Mdm Toh: Paiseh...cannot find any tutor for your child. All the best to him.

3.To Kadus Hairshow gals: paiseh, been too busy n lazy to send u gals pix, will do it SOON :P

P/S: 匡宁：我也是半个Superman了 :P 快乐的一个 :)

batman, spiderman or superman?

Today was a fruitful and packed day. Did an interview with UK Computer Graphics artist Dayne Cowan @ CG Overdrive 2006 event at Expo, and Dayne did special effects for "Batman Begins" movie.

At night,i finally watched "Superman Returns" (thinks he is quite "godly" but display traits of a human like selfishness when he tries to chase ex-gf Lois Lane back), i find it quite a crappy show. Anyway.. i tried very hard to recall, there was also this XX-Man movie tt I watched the year before with Huii...what was it? nmm...

and I recalled, it was ... Spiderman! the one starring cheena-trapped in -angmo body actress **cant recall name**, anyway, the metro scene where he saved the world is still vivid in my memory. Real Cool Spiddy... I like him best among the 3 men, at least he feels human to me (and I MAY have watched batman before, not sure).

well, basically, such chauvinist shows+Hollywood flicks dont appeal to me. They are just fantasy...for yours and my imagination, but I am not convinced and too rational to believe.Such a boring Shihui yea? -shrug-

Fetishism (4)恋恋台北

　　决定写这个题目，不知道从何下手。题目改编自侯孝贤的片名《恋恋风尘》。
　　就好像你把一个人／东西捧在心里的最深处，不愿意告诉人有这个好东西，却一直小心翼翼地保护着你所爱的这个人／东西，把秘密藏好、照顾好。
　　台北在我内心深处，就有着这么神圣的位置。我思、我想、我恋。
　　我会压抑我对它的喜爱，因为一想多了，便会lovesick、会心疼。
　　我爱台北、爱台湾已经达到了视它为第二个家的境界。这种状态叫迷恋。
　　为什么迷恋，我也说不清楚。
　只记得小时候跟着妈妈看她爱的杨丽花闽南语录影带、听凤飞飞、蔡幸娟的专辑长大，所以在我很小的时候，就听过台湾这个地方。
　　１２岁第一个偶像林志颖，封号台湾的“小旋风”，后来的偶像周华健和五月天都是台湾歌手。
　　长大后，中学考试前夕最爱在半夜看电视重播的MTV频道的中文MV，一面做10 years' series，一面看台湾制作的music video。
　　大学时，媒体更是被台湾五花八门的综艺节目攻陷，我也在中文系接触到台湾现代文学这门课，拜读了朱天文、陈映真和李昂等。还有白先勇、吴淡如和王文华等主流作家。
　　前年大学毕业旅行，因为时间仓促、又不想在5月黄金周游中国，于是和死党４个人共赴台湾畅游春末的台北城和台中清静农场。
　　去年和今年１月，又去了第二和第三次台北，每次到这座城市都不觉得陌生，有一种舒坦的喜悦。
　　我闭上眼睛都能为你画出台北捷运的主要路线地图。喜欢到夸张、喜欢到离谱。
　　独自一个人游走在二二八公园、疯狂在五分埔和士林夜市shopping（每次都逛到2am所有的店都关了，满地是垃圾，我还会背士林的地图）、在捷运／公车上想象发生偶像剧里的浪漫情节、它高度文明又清洁的公园厕所、它的言论自由和胆敢（最爱龙应台的文章）和稀奇古怪的食物（不算美食但胜在够怪）。
　　还有，它四处洋溢的社会公德心，例如捷运站有夜间女性专用候车位、下雨天有“爱心伞”（好心人留给抵站需要的下一个人）。社会活动口号里总离不开“幸福”的字眼。
　　无论是侯导的本土意识电影、紫藤庐的人文气息、东区新光三月的购买人气、电视综艺的５０多个频道、台湾啤酒的甘甜、声声呼喊“欢迎光临”的友善服务员，还是满街很会依四季打扮的都会男女，我都深陷热爱台湾这块土地的泥沼中。
　　我的梦想就是游遍台湾的每一个角落。这样的梦想不算伟大，却是恋物最痴狂的一种表现。台湾台北，无法取代的绚丽城市，是我逃脱纷乱人世的秘密天堂。我听到了它的心跳。

后记：翻开数码相簿找照片，心又揪了一下，又lovesick了，好想天冷时再回去……

Divas VS bystander

my 1st star-studded event

《最好的时光》里坏得有质气的张震 ^_^

Divas VS mortals...

今晚初体验第一个大型的event--《女友》30岁生日party(30岁的女人散发成熟美喔)，星光熠熠，于是拉出了少穿的silky skirt(not silk skirt)来穿。也是我第一次想到：Oh Oh, 要买新衣了，不能随便，我的$20 Vincci包包在傧相倩影的Gucci礼服和手袋中显得"luck seh"。幸好我是自信的，所以不怕不怕！:P

Party上遇到不少认识的朋友：PF,SJ,Taka,XL,SM,HF,LZ......所以还不算寂寞。其中一个朋友悄悄问我：“你喜欢来event吗？……我不喜欢这种场合。”我说：“这是我第一次参加有明星的大event，还蛮喜欢去event的。”

对呀，我喜欢和Divas rub shoulders，满足好奇心。看平时只在电视上看到的MC艺人、和曾经在比赛中“批评”我的艺人，Glenn带我认识了行业中的名人和前辈。大家都盛装打扮，女明星更流行今季IN bag--Chanel 镶钻clutch。

还有affectionate的David Gan，说我电访过他，他就抓起我的发尾说我没有照他的tips洗头发（must put oil at hair end before you shampoo to prevent dryness）。

只是，离开了热闹沸腾、五光十色的会场，有一种落寞的感觉。Party结束了，人群散去，可能还有续摊clubbing，可能他们今晚的打扮只是为了镜头前的拍照purpose，我不知道。我不是明星，我只是去凑热闹的小记者的bystander。

寂寞让我不想回家，肚子又实在饿，finger food（和evening的2 支雪糕晚餐）当然填不饱肚子。于是找朋友玩去、吃supper……

1st try at An Pang Nasi Lemak; the Selatar reservior......

勤奋工作，不问结果

这里的office culture是：大家都很勤劳，各司其职。我也是，日夜为接下来要完成的25个assignments brainstorm .......想法再多，时间飞得比想法快。手要打稿快一点，也还有email 要clear、下星期的访问要安排etc etc……

外人多少会质疑我们这个baby的存活率。同事或许开始时也曾想过。
但和谈恋爱一样，大家只顾付出，而不问结果。

we are so in love with this work pace.....with each other's partnering....with My Paper。你呢? 爱上我们了吗？

好玩，在于伴是谁？

shot @ New Majestic Hotel on a purple chair :)我说要一个人去有危险的国度，朋友的反应有2个：1.担心安危，2.一个人不会寂寞吗？

这几天，都在朋友的陪伴下度过，很开心，走出“一个人”的紫色影子。今天和朋友聚首，2个月不见的HM说，我的想法变得很怪。我开始怀疑自己是不是真的独处太久变成“怪咖”了？一个人有好有坏，适时的时候、的事情，我都会想找一个伴一起去完成。但我相信一个人也有好玩的地方，也不必学着相处礼让，虽然一个人的力量很单薄。

不需太多的文字，这里和你分享生活中的新发现：

1.谁说新加坡没有艺术氛围？猜猜在那里拍的?

.................答案：Outram MRT

2.上星期五（07.07.06）带美少男陈奕去shopping!

I Like his chirpy song <自恋狂>！He's just like me.....narcissist!


3.30.6.06《我报》满月了

4.去New Majestic Hotel发掘新的boutique hotel rooms,很美很炫!

the mirror room; the Wykidd Song white room; the suite；readers and PR from Mercury who made the interview possible.

nice lighting, excellent for taking self-pix; Chef Yong的这个太好吃了的fried durian dessert“害”我发热(had fever symptons coupled with fatigue over the weekend)，随时可能病倒，但尝它一口值得

27.june & 29.june

27 june @ Marina Mandarin Bologna~italiano cuisineenjoying my tiramisu! bumped into Tommy.
it is a pleasure to watch native Chef Carlo cook. The lion king & his 3 lambchops :P
29 june @Marina Mandarin poolside ~ KADUS hair workshop with readers
left: Stephanie,Kelly, Hayashi, Yuichi, Shaoqiong, Serene & me.

@1 june launch~lotsa of things happened to me in June,不只没有觉得白活，而且活得很充实、很快速，在1个月里经历/玩/写了3个月的工作量或是该经历的事。my eye bags~

@29 june Martell event on The Jewel Box a.k.a my 1st cable ride~ this Super-astronaunt & me is super cute.......I bumped into Martell VSOP rep yest at Q Bar media event, and I told them I reallie liked their astronaunt idea ^_^

last note:

was talking to a babe from text100 PR firm, and she said they have "Get a Life" day whereby each day a colleague gets to leave early, she left at 4pm. but she left unwillingly, as she has lotsa deadlines to meet, but shooo shooo..she was chased out of her office.

Interesting to see how office culture is revolving~

and my sympathies to Mr.Brown, my reason for reading Today on Thurs/Fri. A pity.......I will miss your witty n humorous commentaries and stories of your family/kids.

原来有牛排吃，值得这么开心

我今天的MSN nick purpleshadow走出foul mood~原来有牛排吃值得这么开心，不是因为我喜欢吃牛肉……

today I received a phone call from a lady, and she invited me to a food tasting which was an unusual thingy.......

The nice lady on the phone said tt I have to try their O******* hotel's steak （a tenant of the hotel）, whose name was called M**t** (I didnt catch it on the phone). She said she saw MY Paper and our/my food pages and thus inviting us.

I thought it was just another story pitching, so I took it with a pinch of salt. Then she proclaimed:"Girl, this steak is THE BEST in town! " Half-believing her words, I just asked her to send email invite as I cant promise her on this.

A check with friends ard me confirmed this is a darn posh place and as the lady said:"all the MNC heads like to frequent us." WAHHH!!

*Triumphant* I feel this is a small recognition tt pple are watching us and top steakhouse is willing/ very keen to work with us. Their invites were very warm.......^_^ My spirits were lifted immed.

Looking forward to the evening...... and look out for my report *_^

*** Stress management***
two stressful periods: beginning of June, and NOW.

Work is piling up and I WANT to clear them. My To-Do list shows i have 20 stories to be written or to be conceptualised & done in the near future..... not to forget I need to STORE 14 articles b4 i leave for Europe.

I guess I was dreaming abt Europe to get away from work, so I gave myself greenlight to go, but I ended up in more misery :( This and next sat swarmed by work assignments/related events and meeting up with friend-cliques whom I haven't meet in ages.....cannot go Painting. So sad.... when the work tt i like to do engulfs me, I am very 执著and strives to do my best, yet I am neglecting my health and interest.

Sorry I released my stress on you friends last night and today. Too Stressed and it is bad........我的胡思乱想和失去理智。I must learn to take things 1 step at a time.

to my frens~ 一些友谊到了bottle neck stage，我还是觉得不值得。我就是这么小心眼、"洒脱"、自私和固执。 *+++*

anyway, the cubicles ard my area was empty today: Minwen in Taipei hols, Yiting on MC, and Yunlin fell sick and retreated early. HMMMM...

金莎的瘦&莲

金莎's blog with me in her pix: http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/473fd8a7010004bd

我和金莎（上海姑娘，海蝶艺人）的约会。
原本我们不熟，后来蛋糕拉近了我们的距离。
为了减肥，可怜的她已经half a year没有吃蛋糕了。天呀，我几乎每个food tasting都吃得到，太折磨人了。
做“异”人果然不好当。

she may look and behave like an ah lian (like the ah lian/台妹ism-spirit in me)，but i am astounded by her singing. i like jin sha's songs, she can reallie sing~

Fetishism恋物志3：招爱猫

　　爱情是每个人日夜寻找的一样精神寄托，无论你是单身、在交往还是已婚，每天都希望有爱情的滋润。
　　然而，爱情却是可与不可求的奇妙的事。
　　人的心理是矛盾的，没有的时候就渴望，得到的时候又希望自己是单身的，能自由自在。
　　有和没有都让人烦恼，所以除了工作和钱不够用以外，年轻未婚男女愁的就是感情的烦恼。
　　我自己就为了“没有”而寻寻觅觅……
　　女朋友D见我快没希望了，想我快点找到，两年前在我23岁生日时，特地送了我一个“招爱猫”，它是“招财猫”的同系姐妹。
　　在日本，还有其他颜色的猫咪“招”不同的东西、实现不同愿望。
　　我的招爱猫系上粉红色颈绳，右手捧着水晶球、左手向人召唤“主人的缘分快来！主人的缘分快来！”，真可爱。
　　它每天都笑成咪咪的一条线，嘴巴总是堆满笑容，永不言累。它的英文名字叫“the love cat”。我总把它摆在家里书桌上显眼的角落，每天看着它和我笑。
　　碰巧的是，去年好同事到日本旅行买了几个不同款式的“招财猫”的手机吊饰回来。我不在分派礼物现场，好同事指定要把粉红色招爱情留给“阿美”（我在《晚报》的小名）。
　　谢谢两位朋友的用心，愿意为我分担烦恼，你们的祝福我都收到了。但是心意是一回事，灵不灵则是另一回事。
　　我开始时很愿意相信招爱猫有神奇力量，但日子一久，这个童话并没有实现，傻里傻气的我也幻想破灭。现实还是残酷的。
　　但我还是抱着希望。招爱猫呀……招爱猫呀，帮我实现愿望好吗？

******* ******* ****** *****
Sin Teck thinks, am I 变相征友 with this piece, explicitly stating my lack of it？
I said No, I am just reflecting the thinking of singletons of my age 20s and 30s. Who doesn't look forward to love? be it heterosexual or homosexual?

And KS thinks this piece is "whiney", yah I know... but this was the meaning behind the present what, bruddy!
And No, I dun intend to be another Sumiko or Janice......I don't think anything/any1 will affect my usual life after this piece.

And NOOOOO Glenn, I won't call this piece “叫春猫咪”haha!!! :P

And YES Z-phyr dear, I don't find real cats cute at all in real life, in fact all are :( and I am scared of them, I just ignore them and hope they dun pester me. BUT i do like cartoon cats like Hello Kitty and such *contradiction*