Dance like no one's watching

Facebook is really a Piece of Shit

uptowngal — Sat, 19 May 2012 12:34:22 +0000

It’s really damn frustrating how Facebook keeps changing their privacy settings. In the past, I disabled the option of letting friends check me into places/ locations. But the farked up FB now allows it automatically & I cannot remove this option. What’s the point of allowing me to set a certain privacy setting only to have it removed at FB’s whim & fancy? Pissed off.

Asking For It

uptowngal — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:42:32 +0000

A group of friends & i were talking about the now famous Ferrari & taxi accident when i said the Ferrari driver got off easy by dying. My friend, however, said no one wants accidents to happen so we shouldn’t be say he asked for it. But… If u drive knowing u’re so dead drunk (assuming the Ferrari driver was), aren’t u asking for it? To me it’s no different from manslaughter!

16 May 1979

uptowngal — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:15:35 +0000

While i’ve never been overly secretive about my age (ask & i’ll tell you), i’ve never publicised it either. Part of the reason is cos i didn’t want people to judge me cos of my age. If you think i look a certain age, then so be it (be it younger or older). But recently, when dealing with people from chauvinistic societies, i’ve come to realise that being older is good. Although older doesn’t automatically mean wiser, it’s undeniable that people respect you that little bit more when you’re older. So i’ve been proud to announce that i just hit 33. I even updated my Linkedin page to make sure people know that i’ve entered the workforce for 11 years. I’m now considering following my Japanese friend & putting the year i was born on my Facebook. That’s 1979 mind you! I’m 33 years old and bloody proud of it. I would even go as far as to say if you look as good as me when you hit 33, then we can engage in conversations about ageing. If you’re older than me & have maintained yourself well, then i hope i can follow in your footsteps.

So there you have it. Now, everyone please wish me a happy belated birthday cos my birthdate is 16 May 1979 & i’ll try not to look down on your figure or looks. Muahahahaha.

Happy Birthday

uptowngal — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:46 +0000

Happy 33rd Birthday to me.

It’s the Company

uptowngal — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:31:31 +0000

Had an early birthday celebration with Azure, Booze Queen & Iceman at Satsuma Shochu Bar just now. The food was not bad – though the vegetables was way too salty. Went to Orihara Shouten for sake after that. The night was super hot & super humid. But the company was fantastic!

Mr Gentleman, Where Art Thou?

uptowngal — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:36:56 +0000

A friend remarked this morning that the men in Singapore are so ungracious (and ungentlemanly, if i may add). While i haven’t travelled enough to fairly comment if this is a global phenomenon, i have noted that men are generally not very gentlemanly in Singapore.

Disagree? Let’s see…

When entering a lift, how many men will extend their arm and let a lady enter first while ensuring the lift doors don’t close on her?

When walking on the street/ pavement, how many men will stand on the outside to protect the lady?

When crossing the road, how many men will stand on the side of oncoming traffic to shield the lady? Gosh. If the guy doesn’t dash across the road leaving the lady behind, i would hail that as half a miracle.

When raining, how many men will use an umbrella to shelter a lady?

I could cite probably a dozen more examples but i think my point is clear.

Even more shockingly, when drafting this post, some guy (albeit a very metrosexual looking one) just jumped in front of me as i was 1 step away from the queue at Coffee & Toast. Maybe we can start with basic courtesy, before moving on to chivalry.

I Hate Dishonest Merchants!

uptowngal — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:00:30 +0000

Really damn angry during dinner just now. Had yong tau fu at the NTUC operated, Foodfare food court at Simei. I wasn’t hungry so i took the minimum 6 pieces of yong tau fu. The PRC staff shortchanged me and had the audacity to insist i took 7 pieces.

My mental sums is very poor so i often get cheated when it comes to money but come on man. I can bloody count 6 pieces of food! So i insisted on recounting the stuff i took. Soon after, another PRC worker appeared and joined in the argument. The 2nd lady, without knowing head or tail, also insisted i took 7 pieces of food! Wtf man. And they acted damn well. 一唱一合。Wah lau eh. Really made my blood boil. I may be sick but I’m not stupid. I didn’t care there was another woman behind me. I stood there and recounted about 10x till the 2 bitches admitted defeat. Tsk. Don’t understand what do they get by cheating my money. Not as though they own the stall!

My mom said it’s quite common for yong tau fu stalls to miscount items. The strange thing is, when you order more food, they can count properly. Only when you order the minimum then the errors appear. Pui! I hate dishonest people.

TLC

uptowngal — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:53:17 +0000

Not sure if there’s any girl who will reject TLC, especially when sick. Just that I’m not used to asking for it. 我是死都会撑下去的那种。

Fucking Pissed Off

uptowngal — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:22:59 +0000

I’ve had sore throat & cough for 2.5 weeks. Caught a cold today too. Wanted to sleep early but my fucking ipad is about to die though it’s less than a year old. No choice, i had to transfer out photos i downloaded via the ipad to my laptop. Guess what? No such fucking option. Spent 1.5hr and managed to get MOST but not all the photos out. Had to check through 200 plus photos one by one to see which could not be transferred. It’s now 1.30am and I’m fucking pissed off and bloody exhausted. Argh. The one and only good thing about the ipad is its battery life.

Microsoft White Touch Mouse

uptowngal — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:59:32 +0000

This is going to be an absolutely geeky post. Bought the MS White Touch Mouse for $59 (member price) from Challenger today. Pretty happy with it. The touch gestures don’t excite me that much but the mouse does feel good & comfy to hold. More than anything, I’m just happy to have a new toy. At least this one clicks silently. Hahahaha. My old free Prolink mouse clicks with this really loud “tak tak tak” sound.