离职的季节

经济超好，好到我都想过要不要买一点东西。
经济好表现在人人都乘机找更好的工作。

我2个星期内收到了5个（或更多）公关/行销工作上伙伴的辞职告别邮件。都跟我说Adieu、后会有期，our paths will cross again.... 他们来自酒店、饮食、PR agent、美容业……天呀，又是面对新的人事关系。

求职市场非常活跃，猎头公司有得赚/忙了。相信接下来会有更多的变数。下一个会是你吗？

一周年PARTY!!～Cafe del Mar@7PM Friday

have u gotten ur ticket?

U may drive($2 toll per pax) and park at Beach Station, or take the $3 ride onSentosa Express to Beach Station. Alight and walk in the directions ofLaser Water Show/Coastes Bar for 10 mins OR wait for MY PAPER 19-seater frequent shuttle bus, OR take the blue-coloured freetram-ride.

忘记痛苦，记得快乐

好朋友在我低落的时候给我了一首SHE唱的《记得要忘记》。
记得，永远需要勇气、是冲动，是忧愁。~双鱼座、神经质的小绿
忘记，将会是多么地沉重，是秘密，是孤单。~中性美的小竹

看了《刺青》，两女还是从忘记，到最后选择记起一切，走向属于她们未来的爱情国度。
刺青与寂寞，刺青与纪念。
女人的刺青是爱情的符号；男人的刺青是赐予力量的象征。
网络切割虚与实。真与假，男或女，已经不重要……

无悔寂寞，怀抱着彼此的暖意。
纵使有一天这一切将化为乌有，不会消失的是留在发稍的温存。

还有爱人的冲动吗？还要无法放手的理由吗？太爱了不舍得记得？

《刺青》教会了我们勇敢去接受爱。
忘记，来得轻松，充满了孩子气。
我都记得，背得我好重，好寂寞。

电影摘录 from Website

Spider Lilies (2007) 刺青 (Ci Qing)

SYNOPSIS: Behind Every Tattoo, There's A Secret. Two young women reawaken a dormant love for each other in "Spider Lilies," a relative leap into the big-time for Taiwanese director and lesbian filmer Zero Chou周美玲, here using two name leads for the first time. It portrays the love of and between two lesbians, evoking the hopes and hurts of everyone. .

MOVIE TIDBITS: Striking, Macau-born Isabella Leong （梁洛诗）plays half-Japanese Takeko, aka 竹子, owner of a Taipei tattoo parlor that's visited by cutesy teenager Jade 小绿(Taiwanese singer-TV star Rainie Yang杨丞琳). Jade wants a spider-lily tattoo like one on Takeko's wall (and arm) but latter is mysteriously reticent. Visiting Jade's Web site, Takeko finds she's actually a cybersex webcam girl视网情人; what she doesn't realize initially is they knew each other 10 years ago, when Jade, then 9 years old, had a crush on her. Mixing innocence and sexuality, countryside flashbacks are pic's best parts; rest is largely Jade teasing her webcam, Takeko struggling with sundry guilt, and an amateurish subplot about a shy Internet cop (Kris Shie口吃，但帅！). Original title means "Tattoo." 竹子有一个弟弟小青，由建宏小弟弟饰演。

后记：
p.s:Thank you Kovit stylist friend for the Gala Premiere tix, I saw 我喜欢的杨丞琳 from 200M away finally :)

我太爱台湾片了，只要是“国产”的，我都会看，尤其是华人区的lesbian & gay themes一定看。家里还有Duncan的《17岁的天空》，和我爱的林依晨演的lesbian-themed show《飞跃情海》。 早前也看了《蓝宇》和《盛夏光年》。但，很肯定的是，我不喜欢胸部……期待一天同性恋小说《孽子》和《兄弟》也被制成电影。以让人们了解，同性恋并不可怕，他们／她们的感情世界和我们无异。我想，了解是沟通的第一步，然后再考验亚洲社会的接受程度。

一周年感言

１年前launch date的照片@Raffles Place MRT.

今天忽然要写感言，就信手拈来交了一篇。

一年，不长也不短，就这么幌过了。
能到《我报》是职业上的重要转折点，也很荣幸。
桌上盒子里的名片从一张，累计到满满的一盒又一盒。
习惯了当夜猫子，也谢谢这份工作让我能光明正大当野猫，正符合我的生活习性。

改变的，还有我上升的胆固醇指数，黑眼圈圈数、腰围尺寸，

改变了我的生活方式，和解脱了我对未来的看法。

上扬的还有我的群众辨识度、快乐指数、朋友数目……趾高气扬。
下降的是压力指数、朋友见面次数、个人nuah的时间……堕落败坏。

回忆满满的，大家和和气气，虽然平时都不多言语，但都心照不宣地努力着。
努力着我们的今天，和我们的明天。

才一岁，还有许多的成长空间。愿大家共勉之。

气质

哎呀，那晚blog时忘了提一点，就是……香港的气质。the aura it exudes.
有一晚，和hao peng yew提起：我觉得香港好像没有气质。
他说：“应该有吧，可能在书店里，文艺圈里，只是我们没有发觉。”

除了倪匡、《老夫子》、《天下》漫画、商印书局、金庸的武侠、张小娴的言情& AMY杂志、凤凰卫视、陈宇慧……它的文化现象也相当沉寂。但好在市面上广为流传的流行杂志还有几本（MILK、Tea、Jessica etc）相当有质感，为我们学习的对象。

其实，我说的气质，是一种抽象的文化氛围。
又要举例说回我的“老家”台湾，它的流行文化、政治文化、书城文化都非常蓬勃。

但比较起来，怎么说，走在香港不打烊的商店（11.30pm shopping 还开着，MTR1 am才末班车）街头，和夜晚走在台北东区一样，都充满了活力 vitality 和热血沸腾 life。 好像在这座灯火辉煌的城市里，人们都不用睡觉，明天都不用上班。朋友说，可能是因为居家小，所以人们爱在街上游荡；又着，他们的party 2am才是访客最多的热潮（S'pore则是1am，以前12 md就hot了，现在越来越迟start partying）。人人都是夜归人，好happening的香港人。

蛋垯、鸡蛋卷、云吞面、烧腊、芒果甜品……食物OK以外，香港似乎少了X-factor吸引住在新加坡的我。
还是，爱台湾。

唔客气@HK

“How was HK?”

My standard reply is: "It was within expectations."

I stepped on this land again for the second time since year 2000 when I was just 19 yrs old, saw panda at Ocean Park back then. This time round, I return to the pearl of Eastern on the 10th year anniversary of return of power to China.

Spent 6 nights with HK. Experiened what was iconic of the country: 火红的《Jessica》妇女杂志、Victoria Harbour, Star Ferry, Clock Tower, 许留山、糖朝, The Peak电车, Sasa/Bonjour beauty stores, 周生生、周大福、trams on HK main island、第一家亚洲3月开的H&M分店 at 中环、旺角中心、吝色黄大仙祠（why the name is like吝啬？？）、湾仔、香港仔、铜锣湾where I stay、茶餐厅、我觉得游格调的Hermes 和 Marc Jacobs、大型Armani @ Charter House、 大型LV@ The Landmark Shopping Centre, Ikea, Vivenne Westwood, I.T Shop, HK Jockey Club.............

香港与我，和我和巴黎的关系一样-- 若即若离。

人人说好（例如好shopping）但我就是爱不上。

问一名在香港和本地工作过的德国expat喜欢哪里，他说：新加坡因为干净，住的地方不挤。

的确，有人说想到香港过一个悠闲假期或退休，简直是痴人说梦话。因为，HK人太多，地方又有限！想到以后当我们有6.5M人口、楼价会涨得高不可攀，和香港的生活环境不相上下时……等前景时，唉！真是worrying :( 但我倒是觉得，HK人的脚步放慢了，走路确实没有我快！

大城市中无处不是人潮，我一踏出门都会有一点不知所措，只能try to记得朋友教我怎么走去MTR地铁站。所幸摸索很快，因为建的设计和清晰的出口指示和London的TUBE一样。出口真的是超多的，有Exit A到K!!!

从九龙遥望香港城，仿佛人和车子像玩具，快被大厦淹没和吞噬了。如果Spiderman住在这个城市一定很happy，因为密集的建筑大厦（70-80层楼的商业+住宅都有），是他的玩乐天堂。

出城回国的前一刻，在飞机上还是叹息：又回到了熟悉的现实。

不能再在陌生的街道和听不懂的语言环境中游走、

不能再一个人挑战找路时的迷宫、

不能迟睡迟起，然后无需和人对话，

不能活在莫名又晴又雨的天气中，

又有了太多的新装行头。。。。。。

哭着去，莞尔微笑回来。Thank GOD给我这一份畅游的福气。

在机上

中环

维多利亚海港夜景

上山顶--一片迷蒙，看什么？:S

大快朵颐

澳门的炖“顺义”牌子鲜奶 QQ滑滑，本来不想点，幸好尝试了 ^__^

我的行头70%来自H&M。另外30%来自类似This Fashion的小店，叫Maple，我还获得了12%off discount card!

在IKEA闲幌。

游走，有旧玩具展览@中环MTR，和著名的Bank of China大厦。

HELLO KITTY大包包!我还买了其toaster :) 我和hao pen yew。

澳门雨中散步。自己旅行多了，习惯不让小雨或大热天过度影响玩兴

我好钟意的旧式tram!让我想起了让我爱上Milan的同款电车 :)

tears

i had a dramatic morning before gg on my "exile".
i missed my morning flight, so had to buy anr one way ticket, luckily it wasn't hell lot of money.
rotted at the airpot T1 for close to 8 hrs now, and in between received bad news a fren's relative passed away in a road accident. It hit me all of a sudden, the possible reality of losing someone dear to me just like this.

I called my mum and wanted to tell her what happen, and as the words came out, tears rolled down my cheeks and cried and cried. It was tears of guilt--i could have been treating them better, as well as tears of fear-- what if I lose them suddenly one day without forewarning?

Mum is a cheerful lady and consoled my fears with a chuckle, that made me cried even harder. *tearing as i type now at boarding gate's comp terminal*

Life's so fragile and precious. work, stress, time, clubbing, wasting ur time doing dunno-what.... all these are taking our time away.

God has a plan for everything that happened, perhaps I didn't catch the earlier flight to catch news of this and do some reflections on my side. i felt the tremor and the impact of this mishap. I haven't cried for some time, and it is quite hard to me cry.

i am fine already. embarking on a short hols to re-charge and meet yzac in HK. I never make call home when I am overseas, from this trip onwards, I will call home upon arrival to let her know I am safe and in one piece, for parents' reallie dun take our safety for granted, while i always ignore her worrisome nags.

till next thurs, ciaoz.

My Club My DreamJob party

Marina Mandarin ladies, The Clinic's Susan and me with MY PAPER.

@ MOS (esp. opened for us to hold this event)

@ 15.5.2007, Tuesday 7pm till 10pm

@ Sing Huei sang 3 tracks, lovely, impressive LIVE vocals!! But dat silly girl told me no1 brought her down from level 2's "backstage " to mingle so she left quietly...........before we could even say HI or take a pix tog. She saw me when I sat by the "stage"'s front to ogle at her and took pix of her. she very funnie, come back on MSN tell me i have grown prettier, she been growing thinner and thinner *aiyo*

young team behind Dragon Brand's bird nest.

@there were so many pretty & gentlemenly guests, thanks for coming, sorry if I weren't hospitable to all. feels like social butterfly.

mandy, me and noelle who shares the same bob hair and white tube dress same as me :)

@ funnie thing, thanks to [big big big boss] who was obviously helping me by recommending :P such caring boss(es , including Glenn)! and dear Glenn who had completed a by no means small surgery, get well soon.

@ We Love My Paper. Peace.

weimin, rae, me, susan, thomas, dennis, andrea.

zhiyang @ work, taking pix with all his might.

@Last Look:
heh..i made sure my counter striked 10,000 hits by refreshing the page tonight :P

met a taiwanese chef at Tien Court 天厨@ Copthorne's King Hotel today, interestingly, he stays at the foot of Chia Yi 嘉义县-Alishan阿里山!! so the sea of clouds and sunrise were nothing peculiar in his opinions *envy*

我最爱吃的food of the day：蒸枣松糕！red dates steamed cake, grind from the freshest ingredients, hand-made fluffiness. comes with 莲雾--台湾特产。*yummy!*

exile 想飞中

喜欢自我放逐。
它是一项挑战自我智慧、财务分配和友情的计划。
它夹带了一份浪漫。愤世嫉俗的暂时解脱。
抽离面无表情的日子，寻找新地域中的刺激和喜怒哀乐。

常对在外国工作的朋友说：好羡慕你们，新加坡太闷了。
我宁愿飞翔，宁愿没有家，宁愿四处流浪，宁愿居无定所，宁愿在陌生的城市有一个自己的斗室，重新布置。
人生可以重来，就在离开了熟悉的乌节路、每个周末见面的一帮朋友之后展开。

追逐着我的放逐。
只要适时的放逐，我才找到生存的目的，和一个人生活的自信。

今夜还是至迟入眠*不应该*

my fabulous week

I am flattered, 2 gd frens have commented they enjoyed reading my blog, tho my life is so microscopically unimportant.. thanks for the immense encouragement :)

I had a fabulous week:

Monday-- interviewed Tank at cineleisure.. he was quite sleepy and hungry. one of the shop owner is quite cute :P hahaa... at night, watch <<盛夏光年>> movie finally with L. we were both admiring the cute and hunky men.... woot! Gay frens are all ard me, but this movie is not fully developed I feel, and he sodomised the gd fren who is fully gay, only cuz he wants to keep his frenship in my humble opinion. then again, no str8 guy I know would do such a thing to preserve a frenship and i (plus my gay buds) dun believe bi-sexuality exists. *ponder abt movie* Nevertheless, i would watch it so long as it is 台湾国产电影 *love love love*

Tuesday-- had lunch at One-Ninety, the popcorn bread wasn't as good as we last tried but NZ guest chef RUTH PRETTY's culinary skills was simple and delicious. Did some work in office, then went to sign up for a course and went MOF to meet Miss-L. She is so smart i tell u.. and well-connected. Got to know Miss-Korean as well, new friend.

Wednesday--went Brasserie Wolf with SFF/STB pple for review over luncheon, ahhh... i tot it is Italian place, turns out to be duck+cheese+wine French place,no tiramisu *sian* then worked.... no one wanna have dinner with me, so had it in canteen and worked till late in office and MRT home.

Thursday--Was bothered by fren who was kena backstabbed/ being faulted over a trivial mishap which could jolly well be a "大事化小，小事化无"。得绕人处且绕人，there may be one day u kena scolding/blackmark by ur own boss cuz someone complain abt u. Be more forgiving and channel ur neg tots/energy to work... Went Vivocity for shoot with Suzanne Walker & French Chamber of Commerce pple for my French Fest feature story.... dinner at Bologna was long(like 3 hours plus) and pasta-ish, great for pasta-lovers :) but not me....still, the ink-squid lobster spaghetti by Guest Chef Marco from Italy is a must-try!! *delightful*

Friday--i reallie enjoyed my day. Went Toshiba event, met an interesting/easy-going interviewee Thomas Wedgwood and we even had lunch at FEP chicken rice store with the rest of his team. rolled back to office to do work and went with Andy Yap from marketing to the Turf Club to meet our potential client.... and ... i fell in love with horse-betting. it is fun and bimbotic. beginners luck.. was thinking of betting on Shadow King (no.8) and the odds v high, meaning it is a lousy choice. never did any1 know he turns out to be a black horse and came out 3rd.. I could have made $85 if i put in $5 bet, but i didn't. So I decided to try my luck since I got my 1st guess correct, I went with my hunch, choosing my fave horse's name. In the end, I won $3 and lost $17 out of the $20 I invested *poof*

I am not advocating excessive/addictive gambling, but visiting the place for the 1st time on a Friday is a pleasant new way to spend the night :) I have always been curious abt the place as I stay near Kranji station, but never got a chance to go there. Was fun discussing bet-choices with TNP editors *grinz*
(like the kid in the backgrd, i dunno him but i tot he looks like Ashin, so i call him "Shin-Chan" :P i know I am a crazy girl )

Ok, gg out for hi-tea now... watched too much of 张娜拉《我想要爱》DVD, draggy now.. but once I start watching, cant stop. ciaozzzzzzzzz!