Pinky dot? White shirts? what?

Read this
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thousands-of-singaporean-christians-wear-white-to-protest-pink-dot-gay-rally-143235694.html

and this
http://www.raviphilemon.net/2014/06/why-i-chose-to-wear-pink-yesterday.html

My own thots on this?
I do not understand
I do not understand why there is so much unhappiness about the inclinations of other people and what they want or do not want to do.

Everybody is entitled to their own... inclination
No matter how weird that is to others.
It's like a market
Willing buyer willing seller

You are afraid that people may be lead astrayed
You are afraid that our morals are being degraded
But isn't that what is happening already? Even without these rallies?
You might as well tell people not to watch any shows as the shows are leading our kids astray as well.
You might as well get into a cave and hole up as the world is ever changing.

I'm not against nor am I for it
I'm just thinking...

Give people the freedom of choice
Respect their decision

I wore black yesterday.....

Online shop, shopping...

I have been thinking of setting up a business for a looooooonnnnnngggg time
But discussions with friends always come up to nothing
As in..
We do not know what to sell....
Services? Products?
What services? What products?

A myraid of ideas will come in
But there is always no action on it... =/

Also, where do we get the supply? where do we get the service?

Then what about the shop name? how do we come up with a name that all of us will like?
What will reflect the shop name?

The mood came upon me yesterday and I set up something online....

Well, there's nothing in it YET
It's just.... empty.....
I must get a source first before I can put anything inside
I just did up website on wix.com and wrote the About me (by anyhow writing anything that comes into me), the Contact, FAQ and Ordering Information page.
I started a new email address on gmail

What about the name?
I was thinking whimsical... then quaint.... which eventually became quanticious
Why?
I do not know!
The name just came into my head... I guess I like it?

From Google
Quaint - meaning attractively unusual or old-fashion 
From the Merriam Webster online dictionary, it means
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quaint

Obsolete!! Definitely not the name i was looking for!!!
But in any case, I guess I was looking at something more.... unique...

And thus the name was born....
And it's not even a recognised word. =P

Is the website nice?
Much to do yet. :)

I haven't write anything yet. That post is just the default post.....

Flowers Delivery

As per our usual practice on birthdays, we will order and send each other flowers.
This year was no different.
Except that I ask for it to be delivered to her office instead of her house, and have it delivered earlier than the actual day (cos she is always on leave on her birthday)

I placed the order on Far East Flora and asked them to deliver to my friend at Ngee Ann City aka Takashimaya.

The delivery person got lost.
They called my friend to meet and collect from her.

There goes the surprise.....

I actually ordered an Add-on item, a balloon, instead of the usual plush toy cos she has a lot of plushes liao and chocs & cakes are fattening (esp when u know someone is trying to slim down).
The balloon is big! and comes with the words "You Rock!"

The feedback from her boss was... "Ëither you are a rock, or the person who sent you this is a Rocker."
Wah lao...
Can you get more demoralising or depressing?
That is so inappropriate....

Anyway, here's a pic of the flowers and the big balloon!! =D
* need to delete my friend's table stuff.... =P

After Thots:
It's a pity that they do not really encourage customisation of the the flower bouquets or packages.
Any customisation comes at a much higher price, like above S$20? for the package i checked.
If you get lost, would you not ask the sales people around? in the shops? for direction?
Or at list, check the store directory? After all, it is a unit and would be listed there. You would be able to find your current location and the location of the unit.

Silencing the phone - Whatsapp & Telegram

So I silenced some of my group chats... in both my Whatsapp and Telegram apps...

This usually happens when ....
1) you have a big group of people in the group chat
2) you have hundreds or even a thousand messages just in a span of a few hours or a few days....

I have since exited from one of the group last year when something unpleasant happened between me and one of the members (some men and their egos are scary!).
Others gradually quiet down or ended when the occasion is over.

There is one major group that I'm still a part of - THE Bar... of over 30 pax... but from the heydays of a thousand over or 2 thousand over messages in one day (if you do not check), to a tens and thirties etc today, it has sure quieted down a lot.

I'm still glad that I have it in silence mode cos if the mood comes on them, the flood (of messages) will come as well.

I'm sure that there's lots of other people who silenced some of their group chats. =)

It's not because of dislike or whatever, but just refusing to be disrupted by the constant ringing or vibration of the phone and the drain on the phone battery. =)

Continue on the messaging people!!

Fear of Commitment

Why You Need to Kick Your Fear of Commitment and Relationships to the Curb

OMG! the article sounds like me....
I'm the kind that tends to keep the guys i like at bay... trying hard not to show anything or to text etc.
Even if I am to text, I will take a long time before i Finally send the message...
I'm rather defensive of myself and afraid of getting hurt

Despite knowing all these, I still continue on the self-destructive path...

I know I need to change...
I seriously need to change this...

Sore jaws

For the past 2 weeks, I have been suffering from sore jaws
I do not know why
The dr says ..... stress....
Huh??
Weird leh.
I have never have this before.
The medication I am taking is not really helping either
He says needs time for the jaws to heal.

I have no idea what is going on..
I did not do anything extraordinary...
I only went for a 10km run on Sat evening..
hiaz...

Please recover soon.... :(

Oops!! ~ on the MRT

On a crowded train, with my colleagues...
A lady carrying her baby son who cannot be more than 2yrs old, came onboard

Me : [look around] - no seat for her arh?!
Stranger guy on seat : [softly] she dun wan to sit.....

OOPS!!
hehehhe!
At least there was a response.
LOL!

Context of story?

so someone ask me :
what do you call a long-time customer, a long friend etc.

I replied :
What is the context of the story?

Person replied :
The context doesn't matter.
You dun need to know

and then.. :
Nevermind....

hmm... that wasn't very nice, wasn't it? It was a simple question....
The "you dun need to know" isn't really very nice...

Well, a long time customer could be called a loyal customer?
But it may not be the word you are looking for.
It could be that you are writing something about good-will?
Building up a good relationship with the said customer?
A long history in working together?
Based on past relationship?

Without the context of the story or email or whatever you are writing, it is difficult to come up with the correct word or terms which you can or should use.

Perhaps it would be better to "ask for help" when you are more ready to explain what you need.

Bank Personal Loans

Banks have an additional service called moneyline or simply said, a personal loan.
They make it sound great
They call you to explain about the virtues of having one
They make you sound special
Specially selected VIPs to this special service
It was naturally assumed that you need one

And when you tell them that you are not interested or do not need the service,
some will accept it as it is while there are the irritating few that goes...
"why?! You can pay off all your credit card bills at once!"

Hallo, you will still have this moneyline or personal loan thing to pay off!
Although I believe the interest rate will be lower, but...
hallo! Not everyone needs this! Not everyone roll over their bills loh!  =/

Stop making assumptions can?
Start accepting people's answer as it is.

And there are the long drawn out ones that beat around the bush before finally telling you where they are from and what they are promoting...
We are in a fast paced economy and most of the time, I do not have time nor the patience to listen to the round the bush talk. Please go straight to the point. thxsandbye...

Sigh...

Running Sundown 10K

Have been taking part in 10k runs in marathons for some time.
My timing has been between 1:16 something (best timing) to 1:23 something (worst timing)
I have been trying to better this timing this year
Not sure if it is due to womanly problems and my headache earlier in the day, but I ended up with 1:17 for the last run.
Was feeling tired and weak pretty early in the run and was surprised.
But done is done.

This year's Sundown was better.
It still went through the dark dark park with no lights, but at least, I do not recall any staircases to go through
The grounds near the drinks area were not as wet as i expected.
Perhaps due to the fact that we were pretty much in front, there wasn't any major bottlenecks / jam!

We should attempt to start nearer to the front next time. heh!

P.s. white tee when wet is see-thru... =/
luckily, i was wearing a sports bra, but still....  =/

House

I wanna buy a house
My own
My money
But I dun have enough for down payment
With the paltry amount that I'm earning, I can't borrow much as well.

Looks like this has to be shelved for a few years....

The parents are also not supportive
Citing - difficulty in maintaining a house, repayment of loan, maintenance fee, finding tenants, etc.

Guess I just need to go about doing this my own way.

Batam Montigo

Beautiful views
Big villas
Personal dipping pool
The sun sand sea
Personalized buggy system (which also means you need to wait for the buggy to arrive)
Personal chef service (if you request for it)
In-house Balinese Massage
Free Wifi

What's there not to like?

The only upset was the small mishap at the Batam City shopping mall we had that ruined half the day for us, and the resort's inability to accommodate early check-ins or late check-outs which they did not say till we asked and also that the late check-outs come with a price tag.

Otherwise, it was (supposed to be but not totally due to the above...) truly relaxing.
Check out the pics!

Welcome fruits and cakes with a small note from the manager.

Huge living room with wii and kitchenette

Huge Master bedroom with a huge bed!
All villas comes with 2 bedrooms and the other bedroom has 2 single beds. 

Cute little towel elephant that I did not unravel but left it aside

View from the bedroom

Our own swimming / dipping pool with a seaside view

Perhaps they could have also tried arranging a bigger pickup van / mini-bus as the one that came was too small and squeezy for all of us. 

Holiday Inn resort was previously the resort I like to stay in when I was in Batam, but this has definitely overtaken their place. However, it comes also with a hefty price tag that is at least double that of Holiday Inn. 

Service: *****

Accomodation: *****

Food: *** 1/2*

Orchids

The orchids are blooming!! Simply beautiful!

Thanks to the "loving" care of the parents who put them in a shady area. :)

From almost dying to growing strongly and steadily with blooming flowers. =D