Fridge Story @ Wan Bao 7th March 09.

As a continuation to THIS POST on the con-job done for our fridge repair, the reporter from Wan Bao came over to take the story and took some pictures the other night. The article came out last night 7th of March 09.

First off I would have to say something before I continue.. but WAH LAU EH... my arm looks MASSIVELY huge can! WTF. *looks at self and picking up dumbells.. flatten against body also shouldn't be THAT bad RIGHT??* That is seriously a non flattering photo. I look so freaking tired and dulan. Pweee!!! And I really should have considered putting on some makeup before the photographer came to my house too. Bah!

Anyway... since this incident that day, we have tried to contact Evertech to try to come to some kind of comprimise to see what they can do to their so called "warranty" to ensure that it was a job done well but they REFUSED to send anyone down to check on their own workmanship.

So much for "warranty" huh. Have like don't have also.

Only once after a flurry of calls did we manage to get through to them which was handled with much hostility and that was their answer. Refused service.

Since then, we have gotten a recommendation from a friend who also had a Sanyo fridge and he recommended the Authorised repair company appointed by Sanyo to check out our fridge.

East Asia Refrigeration & Electrical Co.
Tel: 68422309
Email: easia@singnet.com.sg

We called in the morning, they came down that very afternoon in a pair and assessed the fridge. Their service was very impressive. They did not spout boastful big words, worked efficiently and quickly, answered all my questions, changed the parts that needed changing, wiped the fridge down, defrosted any excess frost and best of all, gave us the option of paying by cheque at a later date after we have assessed that the fridge is in working order and that its back to satisfactory working condition.

Our fridge is now working fine now and less than half the price we paid previously with the exception that is colder than before! Its quiet too and the part that we cringed was they took a look at what the other company did and said EVERYTHING they did previously WAS totally UNECESSARY and worse, what they did by modifying the valves were actually "not approved - non standard" repair and it was offensively overcharged. *face palm*

So thats it people. EVERTECH BUILDERS & SERVICES aka COOLMEGA aka whatever company name they wanna call themselves using the company number of 68818662. Be Warned. FRAUDULENT COMPANY ALERT!

Fraud!! Fridge Repairman MIA - Do NOT use!!!

This is a case of unprofessional misconduct of a certain repair company.

This company was supposedly named Evertech Builders & Services. We had initially acquired their number through an internet search and found under 88db.com.

We had an issue with our fridge not being cold.

At 645pm on the 14th of February, we called their number, 68818662 and a lady named Angie arranged for a repairman to come down to our home that evening.

The repairman arrived around 845pm and proceeded to assess our appliance. After his assessment, he advised that we had a very good quality fridge that would last another 13 more years at "least" and it was his professional assessment that our issue would be solved after he had installed an access valve, introduced thawzone acid into our piping and top up the fridge gas. We trusted his evaluation and paid a very expensive cash payment of $265 for this repair.

We were provided with a cash bill invoice that stated a 6 month guarantee to the repair done and a namecard. He said to give the fridge another 3 hours for it to get back to its "normal" state and left.

The next morning, we found the fridge still warm and called them to come down to check on their repair. Angie mentioned that since it was a Sunday that none of their repairmen were available. We asked Monday? She said their schedule was full and would call me back.

Their online advertisements state that they are a 24 hour Singapore Islandwide Repair service.http://sg.88db.com/sg/Services/Post_Detail.page/home_services/appliances_repairman/?PostID=125334

We called again on Monday for an appointment and were told by Angie through her evaluation over the phone that it was our pc board and we must change it for an additional cash payment of $156 repair on top of what we had already done to get our fridge working again.

She suggested switching off our main switch and turning it back on after 10 minutes. We did so and our fridge came back on. But since that time, our fridge had been cutting off every 6-8 hours and we had to reset the fridge each time it happened. Obviously, this would spoil the fridge and cause a potential appliance shot-out towards the rest of our household appliances if this were to continue.

All our food had since spoiled and we have not been able to store fresh food in this fridge since then.

We wanted a re-assessment before we agreed to additional repair & installation of new components and requested that their repairman come down again to re-evaluate our fridge first to confirm that additional components were really necessary as we were not convinced that it was the board issue and could very well be the issue with their initial repair which was under their service guarantee!

We were quoted again for an additional $15 transport charge which we had agreed to pay as long they send down the repairman to assess our fridge.

During the call, I asked her where they were located as we wanted to go down to their office to discuss our repair if necessary but she refused to tell us where they were located. She said she will call us back after she set an appointment time. They never called back to let us know again.

So we called repeatedly over the next couple of days with no avail until 19th of Feb where my husband managed to reach Angie at noon and spoke to her on sending the repairman down. She said she will arrange and will call us back and then. Never called us back once more.

Since that day, we have repeatedly called them on their provided number at 68818662 and cannot got through. Their number was either busy or redirected to an M1 mobile number which was not picked up.

We had tried to look for their address and found that they had several listed addresses from one at Tagore Lane, to one at Paya Lebar *on the namecard*, to one at Geylang East *listed online*.

We had tried to email them at their provided email at sales@evertech-aircon.com.sg and their email bounced back 5 times.Their provided website on their namecard is also non-existent. http://www.evertech-aircon.com.sg/

We did a search online and were further horrified to note that they had very lately this week put up more listings but under a different company name called CoolMega instead of Evertech like previously.

http://shops.st701.com/shops/view/118559
http://www.adpost.com/sg/appliances/2040/
http://singapore.gumtree.sg/f-refrigerator-Business-Services-building-removal-trades-W0QQCatIdZ33QQKeywordZrefrigerator

They had listed under 3 totally different male names too.

Just the day before, we finally managed to get through this line which Angie picked up around 1230pm only to have her pretend that the phone was not working and "couldn't hear me" so she quickly put it down after a few "cannot hear you" exclamations. I am very sure that our phone had no issues and I could hear her clearly.

Since then, no one picked up the line with our calls and was redirected the mobile number. Further calls came to no avail and we feel that there is something very wrong with how this is being handled.

We feel that in this is clearly a case of non service, avoidance and unprofessional misconduct that there are underlying issues that this company will bring forth to others in similar manner.

For us, we had paid a $265 charge for a repair that was supposedly guaranteed to fix the fridge which it did not and supposedly came with a 6 month guarantee that has not even on the first level of contact fulfilled for followup.

I would like to bring this issue to light to avoid further families from being cheated by this company. If they can do this to one family, they can do it to more.

There are more cases too of dissatisfaction that I've found on them too! A case of one of the mothers on my parenting board...

"DO NOT, DO NOT ever use this company EVERTECH BUILDERS & SERVICES. I also found them on the 88 site, for my air-con. Job was to top up the gas on the aircon. The technician tried to get technical, talking about gauge, coil, condenser etc and asked for $400plus to get the job done. As it was an emergency as I had guests, I bargained it down to $160 just to top up the gas of 1 aircon."

This would not be the last we hear of this. I only want my fridge fixed but if it means a company has go to down for this, so be it. Fix my fridge!!

On a Manhunt Search for a Hot Singaporean Male Blogger

Is there such a thing? Honestly?! Frankly. Is there a Hot Singaporean Male Blogger in our midst??

I'm not dissing existing male bloggers, some I've met, some at gatherings and some at events are all nice guys but I have HONESTLY not seen a HOT LOCAL MALE BLOGGER yet that I'd visit for superficial sake. If you feel you're a hot blogger *be a little thick skin, we'll forgive you*, tell me. I'll link it and us females will decide.

Perhaps he would camwhore? Or Perhaps he'd really have nice pictures that I would possibly drool over? *No, CJ doesn't have to worry about being jealous over anything....*

I plurked it and the response either came out in defiant indignantcy that there ARE such men.

Tell me. WHERE. Why is it that all I see are young, Jappy inspired style, highlighted standing up hair young guys flooding gathering pictures.... blogger events... with their multi colour blogs.

UPDATE: Please do not send me links of young "cute" male boys who fit the above description. They do not make the cut.

Don't ask me.. why am I SUDDENLY interested in this.. well its because I did some blog browsing and was damn freaking dulan seeing the "same type" of male blogger! Is that all we have?!

Some say the handsome ones must be Gay.. Okay.. so tell me WHERE IS that hot gay blogger?! Show me that link.

There are blogger babes galore.. GALORE!! u can easily bloghop and u can go FWWWUUAHH! Freaking chio lah!! But their opposite counterparts leh?

I now throw down this challenge. Show me 10 links to a HOT Singaporean Male Blogger before I declare our blogosphere devoid of such a thing.

Requirements: Be stalker worthy picture wise aka fulfills a majority standard of hotness and is LIVING in Singapore with a good, regularly updated running blog. Any race or age. Note that we're not necessarily looking for a POPULAR blogger but just a male that blogs! Who knows.. you may just be undiscovered?

And don't tell me what you think is hot may not be my standard of hot, just show it to me and I'll link it up here and we'll all see it for ourselves.

And don't start saying "who the hell do you think you are to throw down this challenge?" Whatever Okay! Show me proof and I'll shut up.

Seriously, I'm sure many females are now wondering and scratching their heads... if you know of one, cough it out... where are these elusive males... COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK!! If you think you're hot, just come out with it.

Don't give us machismo and say "I don't need to say I'm hot because I am". *facepalm* Whatever!!

My girlfriend BLOGGED about this manhunt blogger search too... send me a link if you blog about this too! You can email or leave a comment.

HSMB Recommended Shortlists *will be updated as they come in*
Not in order of merit.

http://yongfook.com/
http://www.krisandro.com/
http://limetouch.com/
http://www.non-famous.blogspot.com/
http://www.hisfoodblog.com/ - While you'll never see his face on his blog. If you meet him in person, you'll find that he's pretty cute. *Had the opportunity of meeting him during a food review once*
http://blog.omy.sg/danielang
http://www.cneil.com/
http://www.alloiscius.blogspot.com/
http://willyfoo.com/
http://ieatishootipost.sg/ (Dr Leslie Tay)
http://blog.sina.com.cn/zhengbinhui/ (Tay Ping Hui) *chinese blog - Unfortunately for pple like me who don't read chinese, this won't work but still...at least he blogs*
http://natho.net/nblog/
http://merman13.livejournal.com/
http://thinkingbetterthinkingmeta.blogspot.com/
http://mingwong.livejournal.com/ - Whoa GOOD RECOMMENDATION Karen!!
http://www.jsloh.blogspot.com/
http://www.ourembrace.blogspot.com/

http://www.willylamtw-diary.blogspot.com/ - Taiwan (But I'll make an exception here bc he cam whores, a little young but not too bad!)

What the... I'M SICK AGAIN?!??!

What the.... I'm sick AGAIN?! I should have realised it earlier today but put it off as a general malaise. I woke up grumpy and then after a little miscom. smses with David, my dance teacher on todays class schedule.

I missed Tae-bo at Orchard*which might have been a good thing* because of that miscom. and hit BodyJam class at Novena instead. I was feeling alright throughout the class, met up with some of my other dance mates who I totally love too. Oh and I'm loving BodyJam 46!

Then I hit Rumba at Orchard and then it struck. Midway through dance class... I found myself seriously winding out. And I NEVER die off in class. NEVER. I'm always the last to fall if ever at all which I pride myself for the energy levels, stamina and endurance that I put forward in each class.

On some days, I hit 3 consecutive dance/weights classes and still feel fine after so whats with the dying off in today's 2nd class?! Everyone noticed bc I kept on stopping to catch my breath and even conceded "defeat" when asked if we wanted a final track. "No more... no more... I can't..." Strange.... specially when it is usually me who screams for an encore or final track. It must have been very obvious as even my instructor was concerned about the sudden lack of doing. *pauses to lay head down again*

I hit home after and could not shake off an annoying grubby throat during my shower, I put it off as being heaty with all the food & cookies that I've had recently and after some food, I knocked out in bed completely till 730pm.

I woke up groggy and with a little more than that general malaise that I was feeling earlier.. my nose was tingly, I started to sneeze intermittently, my throat has a grubby feeling and I very well am sure that I feel a fever running up to slam me from out of no where. I'm literally emenating a wide radius of heat from this moment.

I've run out of Berocca and/or Redoxon which I usually take to up my Vit. C so I'm chugging water. If this pursues and/or gets worse tomorrow.. yes, yes I know.. I'll see a doctor.. but for now... I might hit the bed early tonight.

Merry Christmas Everyone...

And I took a picture of my girls watching TV. You would think that since we have TWO sofas that they'd sit side by side on it and not ON TOP OF EACHOTHER? -.-''

But ... whatever.. as long they're happy.....

When do I stop losing Weight? How much is enough?

So how much is enough? When is a goal something that's brought forward because you don't really need to reach there? These thoughts popped up today when talking to some dance mates in class today....

Many of these people have seen me move from 85++kg down to the 67.5kg I am now that was achieved through the past months of dancing. Many couldn't believe that I actually once stood not too long ago at 100kg until pictures showed proof or they came to read my blog.

So when I met some of them today and spoke to them, all of them noticed the recent 2.5kg loss that was brought about with the onset of that bad flu I had last week. It must have been quite obvious as they had only missed seeing me for 1-2 weeks at most. 5 stars for having a bad flu benefits! Weightloss! lol!

And strangely enough, through the individual conversations, came a strikingly similar flow of sentences from 5 different people.... and it went like this....

Lady: "Pam! You lost weight again! or Pam! Did you lose weight again?!"
Me: "Yep. Sick lah!"

Lady: "Looking good! U keep shrinking!"
Me: "Thanks! Yah.. good to have results. Haha!"

Lady: "So you're okay already right? Lose weight good mah!"
Me: "Yep, can continue with my regime and diet to reach my weightloss goal!"

Lady: "HAR?! Still got ah? FOR WHAT? Like this okay already mah! Till what weight you want to reach?"
Me: "55kg?"

Lady: "No need lah! Like how you are now can already mah! now you almost reach already right? enough liao lah! Whats your weight now?"
Me: "67.5kg"

Lady: "Dun bluff, u are so heavy meh?.....*short pause while I get checked out* (ponder ponder on her part) Aiyah! The numbers are nothing.. u are fine now - too slim not nice!"

Me: "....................... eh.. dance class starting soon.. get into position......"

And all that got me thinking... I set a goal at 55kg because that was my weight before and I wanted to see that weight when I stand on the scales because it gave me a goal.

Its a number I worked towards when I went from 100kg last year to strive till now, 32.5kg down.... so that I can understand that there is the final 12.5kg to go.

From the beginning and doing goal setting, many pple have told me then and now. Hit 60kg. You don't need to be smaller than that. 55kg is too small for you and your frame. But I still set the goal at 55kg.

Aim to the moon and even if you don't reach it, you still hit the stars.. right? But I want to reach the moon! I want to set that goal and say.. I'm going to stand on that damn scale and its going to show me 55kg.

Shelly says... "its time to stop looking at the numbers and start looking at the inches..."

Looking at the inches will not get me to 55kg.. or maybe it will but I've never LOOKED at my inches from the start.. I judged by my scale and how my clothes fit and how I visually looked in the mirror.

So I measured myself and found the results a little discouraging.. what 36-24-36? I'm standing at 67.5kg now at ....errr (runs off to measure) ... okay.. 38 - 29 - 39 inches! How is that near the so called preferred stat size? Thats still huge! So how to stop? STILL FAT LEH!

Slim? Pfft... hardly even near.. I'm just happy I can buy Medium now rather than XXXXL that I wore last year.

I want to be able to shop and say.. large? Too big lah! Right now, I can still buy a large and it still fits better than mediums. Size 14? No... size 16 still a better fit for me. Free size? Thats the only reprieve I have now that I'm thankful for because I can finally wear them. Free size is not REALLY FREE SIZE.. it fits medium to Large. At most. Any bigger.. fuck the free size....cannot wear one. I'm sure the BBW * Big Beautiful Women* can attest to this.

So sure, I can fit into clothes better now. Is that enough? Face not so chubby already.. Is that enough? Hubby can hold me and wrap me close to him at night without any effort as his arms can fold over me comfortably rather than just throwing his arm over my body before.. Is that enough?

Do I have a reason to keep on going? Will it make me look hot? I don't know.. am I hot enough now?

When I was 100kg, that itself was a reason to lose weight. Then I reached a lower weight and went, hey! I can look better a little smaller *vain mah*.. so loose more... then it reaches now. Loose more? Or just be happy at myself now?

How much smaller do I need to be before its enough? Maybe I should just keep on going and just reach 55kg and see how it goes from there. Look ugly then? Eat lor! Right? Gain back a little.. but since when do pple at 55kg look bad? OTHER than the fact that they already are not blessed with gracious esthetics.

55kg is a nice toned state.. to me. Oh.. *let me toot a little- don't roll ur eyes.. hahah!* ... A private trainer, now friend at the gym who was put in charge of orienting me when I first joined the gym stopped me today. He's watched me lose the weight over months and have always been proud to tell everyone that he knew me when I was "this big" *gesticulates and does the action of a big fat person* and that I've been training all the weight off "without personal training" and on my own.

He stopped me when I was leaving the gym and went "eh! Nice arms! So much better now!" I looked down at my still flabby but alot leaner arms, smiled and waved my batwings. "Slowly! Slowly!" I said. I thought that was a very LOVELY & encouraging compliment esp coming from someone who's job was to train people to GET the bodies they want.

So yeah.. I'm at a stage where, I'm actually feeling and looking alright.. I'm average now.. not OBESE.. chubby? but hey! More to love eh? But when is enough... enough? Would I feel like a loser for not reaching my goal of 55kg? Is it really necessary?

Does it stop when I feel that I'm alright for now? Or Does it stop when I reach my goal? How much flexibility does something like this have? Should I continue? I should.

Am I slim yet? NO but I can walk into a room and far outstun many a people that weigh much less than me. Is that enough?

Does it mean that if I get smaller, it would make me look better so I should strive to achieve it when I can? Someone once told me "I don't think you'll look good slim, 55kg is too small" - does that come from a spoil sport making comments? someone jealous? Or someone giving me her honest opinion? Is there such thing as 55KG IS TOO SMALL? I'm short leh! 163cm tall only. Don't know... because the funny thing too.. when I look back at my 55kg photos.. why is it I LOOK THE SAME if not smaller NOW than when I was 55kg back then?

I know I'm rambling but I just have to ramble this out... Am I thinking this because I might be losing steam? Well, not really... I'm determined to ride this all the way. So why am I having doubts to why I should?... when is enough.. enough.....when?

On another note, I've been crazy about caps. I now own 3 caps only though. A white esprit cap. The one you see up here in khaki colour with sparklies and a brown one with tiny studs. And I want more!

There are so many reasons why I love them now.. they block the sun. They make a fashion statement. I love wearing them w my hair down. They're good for bad hair days. I like! I just brush brush quick. Choose a hat for the day and throw it on. Tadaahhh!

And they're not expensive too! All around $15-30 each. I've been walking in and out of shops each time I see a hat stand and I stand there trying hats. I'm surely going to get more soon.

Okay.. enough rambling for now.. I'll continue thinking about this tomorrow. :)

Oh Fuck, Please Don't let me be Sick Now.

I don't know what happened or how it happened but there's a bug in me. I feel it. I don't get sick so easily and can go for months and months fit as a fiddle. But when it hits me, it hits me HARD.

I had minty nose all day. Minty nose is where u feel this tingly feeling in your nose and throat like somethings brewing up in there. I tried drinking more water to suppress or flush anything out.

The girls and I decided to go downstairs to the coffee shop to grab some dinner this evening and the strangest thing is that once we hit the ground floor. A whole host of symptoms SUDDENLY APPEARED. And I mean Suddenly.

My tummy started to hurt & cramp. My back started this increasingly throbbing ache. A wave of extreme exhaustion hit me and I had to sit down. I was dizzy, clammy and cold. An overwhelming nausea washed over me. Seriously wanted to throw up.

I could almost feel my face drain of blood and turn pale and Lauren kept on exclaiming "you're turning yellow! turning yellow!".

Oookay! Not helping!! Sshhh!! *grabbing onto Lauren and walking.. thank god for my children being big, strong and sturdy... they make good support when you need it.*

In between deep breaths, I checked in with them as usual "you know Daddy's number right?" They know that if anytime I get unconscious or in an accident that they would call their father. If they couldn't reach him, they'd call my sister in law and they know all the numbers to call too.

And incase you were wondering... NO! I'm NOT pregnant. I KNOW I'm not bc I'm on Day 2 of my cycle.

So after buying dinner, we made our way back home and I downed 2 panadols and an iron pill just to compensate for my "woman symptoms" and waited for CJ to come home from teaching class today.

And guess what? I started sneezing too! and my voice.. which is already somewhat lower pitched is now nasal... *fucks* Great. Just... great... oh.. and there it goes! My nose has started to drip... GAH!!

Of ALL TIMES, I CANNOT cannot be sick NOW. I have a fully packed weekend, a roadshow on Saturday morning. Ticketing in the evening. A Complete Movie Event on Sunday that involves almost 400 parents and children. So even if I want to die, I have to die on Monday.

Please... please don't let me be sick now. Not now. *heading off to be tucked into bed*

UPDATE: Yep. Fully blown flu with the exception of not having a fever. Which in a sense is a good thing bc my temp can shoot to 41.5 degrees when I do have a fever. Seen a Doctor already, taken meds and now in a semi-conscious state of DUH.

Do the boobs really have to go?

Apparently so.. in my first phase of weightloss, I didn't lose any boob and was quite happy about the possibility that I would be a busty slim woman.. but nooooo... *sigh*

Before I started to get massively gorilla like at my 100kg size, I was a comfortable C cup. I then moved up as the weight came in to a D/DD cup. When I was breastfeeding my children, I had E cups. They were so massive, I was like an exotic dancer. All you needed were sparkly bra bells and I'd qualify as an exotic dancer from Club Whoohooo! Even I was scared.

Then I went on this weightloss journey and in my first 20kg loss and hit 80kg, I was still a D/DD cup depending on brand... but as I progressed downwards towards the next 10kg to hit 70kg where I am now. I've noticed a SUBSTANTIAL boob loss! Volume has dropped tremendously and I even had CJ do a manual boob test.. *grab his hand and cup boob, bounce about and press squeese to test the volume* and he agreed with a smirk.. they're now on the smaller side of an average C cup. AAArrgh!!!

KNN!! How can!! And I still have another 15kg to go.. I've never been a B cup before.. will I be a B cup girl? Do the boobs REALLY have to go?! Really!? I'm NOT mentally prepared to be a B cup woman. I doubt it will disappear to an A cup. If it does, I'm going to start eating again to get back some boob fat. *WAILS* They're not even filling my strapless DD cup bras anymore.. if I want those hills and valleys, I would need to resort to *horrors* PADDING to plump it up! ....fucks... this is so not fair. *wails again*

And another thing.. I can see my ribs. Other people can see my ribs. Imagine that.. RIBS! At 70kg! WTF. Not at the sides torso but at my chest! When I raise my arms up and down, you can see my chest skin running over my chest bones thats protruding out!! Seriously.. WTF... so does that mean if I lose the final 15kg, my skin will sink into my bones?! Ugly can!!

Argh!! Okay.. enough ranting.. and time for some toots. I know I'll be ranting about the boobies soon again though.. *peeks down at shirt... wails....sob & pout*

Anyway.. boobies aside.. I'm loving how my arms are toning out. They're still relatively flabby but slowly but surely, they're getting some tone which is totally excellent. I haven't been disciplined to working them out harder than I could but I'll take this one slowly. Working on the arms too also means working the shoulders and I'm LOVING the shoulders totally! Whooot! It makes going out in tube tops and tank tops look yummy!

On another fitness note. TOOT ALERT!! My stamina as observed this evening is fantastic larh!! The multiple dance classes and weight classes I do in a day on a weekly basis, one after another has certainly built up the stamina to a great degree which proved itself this evening.

Since there were no dance classes today particularly, with my 2 favourite & highly preferred instructors out of action. One out of action till.. heaven knows when.. I hope she'll be back. And another in London...and only back next Friday *wails* I decided to go back to pounding the pavement instead of hitting the gym today.

Donned in my running gear which hasn't seen the light of day for some months now, I'm usually in dance gear & shoes and not my running outfit of my Nike tracks, running shorts and sports wind breaker. Yeah.. I run with a sports jacket. I head down for the evening for my run. Did my stretches and began my run at a reasonable but constant pace. What pace? Well listen to one of my running tracks I wrote about earlier and check out the beat.

I went around my estate. 1 round = 1km. I kept very good pace so it would be a good fat burn session and before I knew it. I had hit the 6th round, sweating but not drowning in perspiration, and breathing deep but not gasping and panting! I could have very well gone for another 2-3 more rounds and still be fine!

It just so happened also that before I went down, CJ advised that I keep my pace constant throughout this evenings' run and not go beyond 6 rounds, even if I could hit 8-9 rounds. He really knows what he's talking about and knows me so well! I really had to resist going for more and heeding his advise in not over running. Like.."how the heck did he know I would have completed the 6 rounds so easily?"

Personally, I was amazed at how calm and comfortable I was at that stage. The lighter body really makes alot of difference too as I really had to push through my 4-6 rounds before to finish it. Much less try to go for more. *pat pat self* I'm tempted to start running more again like before esp for those days that I don't have a proper class. And when I say proper... well, if David is teaching.. fine. If.. Daniel is teaching.. fine. If Ayesha on a non stop class is teaching.. fine.. but anyone else.. ARGHH! Kill me and send me to heaven instead. Waste of time going there because I don't get the work out I need. If I don't step out of dance class either wailing out of exhaustion, gasping, wheezing and walking out dripping in sweat.. its not enough.

Okay.. thats it for my rant and toot for this evening.. *peeks down shirt again - WAILS....* Do they REALLY have to go?

Eat Shit & Die.

I hate Thursdays. And I particularly hate TODAY. No one better piss me off today because I'm in serious BITCH MODE.

Why? Let me see.

• I'm PMSing. Like. Fucking Seriously in a Fucking BAD MOOD!


• Its Month end Accounting Period, need I say more.


• My upcoming event this weekend is falling a little behind schedule.


• My body and my back aches like fucking hell.


• I've got a house to vacuum & mop and its still not freaking done.


• I've got laundry to hang and its raining and my existing clothes are still damp!


• Oh.. wait.. did I say I'm seriouly PMSing!


• There are no dance classes available today so I have nothing to work out to.


• My knee hurts so climbing stairs is out of the question.


• I'm sleepy but I have work to do.


• I have 22 Potatoes to bake for tomorrow's teacher's day celebration and have no idea how I'm going to season it.


• I just ran out of Ribena and juice.


• I'm STILL feeling bloated and still feeling nauseaus from last night's Tortilla.

And the bitching can just go on and on and on... excuse me while I scream into my pillow and throw it out of the window. You have been warned.

Out of Wack!!

I don't know what made me so out of wack yesterday. Perhaps it was the lack of sleep lately since I've been going to bed past 230am these days.

I had a Zumba class at Orchard and for the life of me. I was convinced that it started at 1240pm. In actual fact, it starts at 1140am! And this is a class that I've been to many times before too!

Walking from the MRT, I saw some Rumba class regulars who join some Zumba classes too and you know when you're a regular when other regulars greet you so enthusiastically in public! A whole lot of "Hi! Hi! Hi!" and big smiles all around.

I was puzzled to why they seemed to be leaving the gym, aren't they supposed to be in Latina Flava? *another latin dance class* but I'm EARLY so I figured maybe they wanted to grab a bite since it was still "early".

I trotted into the gym and happily SLOWLY CHANGED, had a nice LOOOONG morning clearing toilet break and swaggered SLOWLY out for the dance studio. Happy Happy! I'm early today! Or so I thought.

Only to bump into this lady and made some small talk and she asked "you're here now for? Zumba? The class already started!" And puzzled me got confused. Started??! So I ran up the stairs to the studio and true enough.

I saw Katia leading the class and Rashidah by the side and I was horrified. GAH!!!

Huh?! Har?! What the.... HUH?!? I stepped in and Rashidah gave me the "wah lau what happen to u" face... I shrugged...... SHIT...

Talk about out of wack. GAH!!!! I only made it in time for the last 15 minutes of class. HOW CAN!!!

SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY PISSED OFF with myself!!! I was in a state of ultra grumpiness and after my pathetic attempt at a last 15 minute zumba class, I retreated to pout and whine at the locker room.

UPSET!! Rashidah tried to fan me down "cool it cool it babe..." but GAH!!!!!!! GAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! So not HAPPY!

The saving grace to this was a very nice comment from one of the ladies from class in the locker room while I was there pouting.

Lady: "Hi! What happened to you? You didn't come for full class today? I was looking forward to having you in front bc it helps me move"

Me: "Awww! thats so sweet! I was late larh" (blush)

Lady: "Are you an instructor here?"

Me: "HUH? Errr... no....." o.O'

Lady: "Oh... ha... oh... okay... you're really good though, see you next week!" (Pat me on the shoulders)

For a minute, I felt good.. Awww.. how sweet of her to take the time for that kind compliment. Then a minute later.. POUT. :( BAH!!!

I then got changed, went to attack some chocolate to cool down. It DIDN'T WORK. I went into my afternoon business meeting in a very pissed off state. Didn't show in my face but I sure FELT IT.

Luckily, there was some PSLE thing happening in school so Lauren got released from school much earlier than normal so I picked both my girls up and hearded them up with activity books and a pizza back to Orchard for an early evening Rumba class to complete the days' workout.

Must have one good workout a day if not very unsatisfactory OK!! And yes, my girls get a special space at the gym lounge, entertained by the private trainers and counter staff who ply them with pens/pencils/paper/balloons/sweets and water during the hour that I have class.

If you didn't know, you can actually bring your children to the gym but they have to be old enough to entertain themselves for the hour you're in class while the counter staff vigilantly watches over them and if they're available, entertains them too.

Then I was finally happy. Happy enough to continue the evening out with my girls along Orchard, filling them up with food and frolicking at the toy store.

I ended the day feeling exhausted but happier.
Phew! Must remember! Friday 1140!! NOT 1240!!

NSFW: Freaking Facebook Rant!!!

Yes, that is my Facebook page. Same thing you would see on everyone elses page but I have an issue that I have to make some noise about.

STOP FREAKING ADDING ME
TO YOUR DAMN BLARDY
FUCKING FACEBOOK ACCOUNT!!

This is not directed to you, whom is reading this in particular if you are already on my facebook, fine and dandy. I'm sure there was a reason for you to be there. You would be an actual friend, a blog reader WHO IDENTIFIED yourself, a business associate, a media contact, an ex-collegue maybe or family members. FINE. But to the following people namely...

• Babe Collectors

Whilst I understand that Facebook is on public domain and if I don't put my profile under private, anyone and everyone can check in on my details and profile. But what I don't like are the babe collectors.

Babe collectors are guys who are seriously NOT good looking at all. At least those that I've seen don't look good to me. *Pfft - so I have a certain level of biasness to the esthetic outlook of people - deal with it* Looks aside, even if they look good. The strange thing about these guys are found when you look into their profile and you realise that firstly, while you have no other friends in common with them. Their friend list is COMPLETELY and absolutely flooded with pretty girls. Very little or no other guys on their list but all PRETTY pretty girls!!

Now you tell me, IF that guy really doesn't have the looks, and **pppfffftt again** charisma doesn't exactly show over facebook you know then how do you explain the hordes of GOOD LOOKING GIRLS on his profile.

You mean they're ALL HIS FRIENDS? Cannot be right? So what are they? Part of a collection lah! So is there a thing that's going on like a bet to collect as MANY babes as possible? What the hell?! Please lor!! I'm so not interested in becoming part of your CB collection. Fuckin' Loser!

So as a common curtesy before I click on Ignore. I send a message just in case it might be someone I've forgotten or maybe a client or a work associate that just looks different and I can't remember.. I always ask. "So where do I know you from?" and give them a chance to redeem themselves to someone being actually genuinely interested to know me.

And what do I get sometimes? "Err, No dun know you. Can we be flen? Are you single/attached/married?"

Which part of my DAMN KANINA OBVIOUS FACEBOOK PROFILE DON'T YOU READ BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO ADD ME didn't you notice? Tu lan.... ((Click IGNORE))

So please... STOP ADDING ME!!!

• Random Strangers

I have an issue with random strangers who request to add WITHOUT leaving me a message as to WHO they are and Where we may know eachother from, or whether they're a friend of a friend and interested to know me or from one of my parenting forums.

If you wanna add, SEND ME A MESSAGE with your add! Specially those who DO NOT HAVE anyone in common and even IF we do have an aquiantance in common. I seriously do not give a flying fuck to who you are until you identify yourself. Who the hell are you anyway?

That being said. Don't add me JUST so that you can grow your friend list. Don't add me so that you look popular with more people on your profile. Don't add me because you have a collection. Don't add me unless you want to know me.

Take for example. As public a place as Facebook is. Take it like a public area, ie for a man. You would literally need to go up to me to pick me up and ASK ME for my number and it would be up to me to either give you a bogus one or my real number. So its a 50/50 chance that you'd score.

So bringing this back to Facebook, clicking a YES to a random stranger is akin to this and more! What you'd find on profile is MUCH more than a phone number. If someone has taken care of his/her profile, it would give a huge amount of personal information as compared to what a phone number can bring. Its like its a platform for losers to finally "become wanted & popular".

And I thought that Facebook would be different from Friendster... *shake head sadly*

Why would I want to "give" this opportunity to a stanger who very likely doesn't give a shit to who I really am other than beautifying his/her facebook profile.

While I'm dissing these people who have annoyed me so. I know there would be some out there saying to themselves "so who the hell does she think she is that people want to know her? why act so high & mighty?" Why so judgemental, look in the mirror first!"

You're right. I'm nobody to many but I'm somebody to some people that matter. So what.. if I like to surround myself with people I deem as esthetically pleasing to myself and carries a certain demenour, has a strong potential success level in life and projects a positive outlook.

I believe it takes a certain effort to maintain a good front and I appreciate the effort and self loving that the person has put into their appearance because you would have to love yourself before others can love you. Its good belief to surround yourself with people that can give you inspiration and bring you up towards the successes in life and not down.

And *peering into the mirror and shrugs* I'm judgemental because I'm PISSED OFF!!..Annoyed! You understand what TU LAN is? TU LANnnn!!!!

And this brings me back to random strangers again. Sure! I would love to know more people. Its a healthy networking opportunity to expand business circles and personal circles. BUT PLEASE add me only when its a geniune interest.

I'm not saying to add me then start bombarding me with "I'd like to get to know you more questions and mails etc.." Thats just freaky. But if you think I'm interesting enough to want to follow or keep in touch with. LET ME KNOW. Its a 2 way street right? I know you. You know me. Know what I mean?

I hate to be part of a hit & run. "Ohhh!! Pretty girl!" ((Click Add to Friends)). For fuck I tell you? I seriously don't want to get to know you so that you can bomb me with you "I just bought you for $XXX" or "You're a HOT friend! Add me to your HOT friend list" or "Send me a Sexy Drink/Toy/whatever" .... I'm NOT interested.

NOT INTERESTED!!! ((RRROOAAARRR!!!))

Does it help to substantiate your existence to do that to me on your list anyway?

Send me a message. Tell me...

"Hey! I think you're interesting/pretty/ugly/stupid/fat/whatever"

And I'd appreciate it more than a blank add. At least I know where it comes from.

For me, for any add friend option I added. I always leave a message. Always. Firstly to identify myself and my interest in following their profile activities and I leave it up to them to approve the link. Thats just common curtesy. Why don't some people do that?! One more blank add and I'm going to SCREAM.

Ok... rant over.. I'm calm now.. ((OMMMMmmmmmm breathe breathe))..... *peeking into my profile homepage again* Phew... no more strange adds for today...