our loss their gain?

i is sad today. (SSD's gonna get jealous upset again but still must post!) cos i is sad.

got a rude shock when su announced that today was D's last day. 4 of us just stared open-mouthed at her and D, shocked into silence. it never occurred to me that he would leave at this point of time cos he was still studying part-time and his wife expecting a son soon. then i found out that it wasn't his choice.

it was obvious in his expression and sms-es that he was sad to leave, and my respect for ST went down a notch. he must have had something to do with it. but what's done is done. hope D pulls through.

first 妈 and now D.

when i first came in, 妈 was the one who patiently taught me the various admin and project coordination stuff, giving me all the help i needed. when she left, she generously gave me all her notes which she accumulated over the years, so that it'll be easier for me. even now, i still complain to her and she listens to all my vents. and most importantly, she understands me and what i have to go through because she went through the exact same thing! =(

when i first came in, we only had 1 engineer, D. which was why i went to him for all site and technical matters. same as 妈, he patiently taught and explained and guided me through. he also wouldn't bother us coordinators unnecessarily unless he really needed help. he came across to me as a jovial person who could crack lame jokes whatever the situation. which was why i could click with him. eg. vict and i have gone through the whole sicc shit and even gotten teased about our "relationship" but seriously, he is weird. i prefer to ask D for help anytime.

even though i have grown closer to the rest of them, especially 亲爱的, 妈 and D are special i guess. and now they're both gone. SO I IS SAD! :(

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guess i better stop before SSD drowns in vinegar. lols. =\ dinner at coffee club. we're running out of places to eat!

our passionfruit smoothie. tangy and refreshing! but the seeds were a little too...crunchy for my liking.

my grilled fish fillet with salmon mousse. the mousse was inside the fish and had zero salmon taste. carrot-y sauce at the bottom was nicer. fish was not too bad though.

SSD's slipper lobster linguini. this one is a must-try! the 'lobsters' were fresh, but the main attraction was the pasta. i don't know how to describe it. just super yummy! :D (ps. slipper lobster is a type of crayfish. boo-hoo.)

the end! =)

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this world is unfair

today i shall be blogging about something that pisses me off. even more than work. enough to make me post on facebook.

2 dingoes maul 3-year-old girl on australia beach

1. those are wild dogs (basic instinct much?).
2. toddler wandered off by herself.
3. toddler intruded the dogs' territory.
4. toddler's family didn't keep watch over toddler.

so in what way is it the dogs' fault? why are the dogs blamed? why are they being put down for nothing? and in the same report, where one 9-year-old was killed, a further >2 dozen dogs were put down. fair much? this world is weird...

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this morning my dad asked me to buy some discs as he wanted to haolian make use of his blue-ray dvd player. i immediately thought of 2012. i had watched it again during my trip to genting last month.

it never fails to evoke strong emotions each time. the scenes are so real and i feel it's actually starting to happen already. the earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, erupting volcanos, all just a coincidence? bit by bit, area by area, it's gonna hit everyone of us sooner or later.

frankly speaking, i'd rather die quickly like in the show. it's much more painful to have survived and realize you're left with no family, no home, no food, no shelter, no nothing.

if 2012 really happened, i wonder what mother nature has planned for this earth. today, we dig up fossils of dinosaurs that were wiped out millions of years ago. and probably millions of years later, some other thingy would be digging up OUR fossils to study. you know, like a computer? when problems get too much, it's easier to just reformat the whole damn thing.

e.m. (edward morgan) forster contributed to my depressing end-of-the-world mood of late. (sidetrack: i had finally found his ebook The Machine Stops online to download for froggie. yes the same one we studied for o'levels.)

the story tells of a futuristic world where all of us live in individual cells. each cell has automated stuff for our needs like air, food, water, sleep, personal hygiene etc etc. there's even a network system to connect us to one another, anywhere in the world. you'd never believe that this was written in 1909, almost 50 years before there was internet.

anyway, all the cells are part of a huge underground machine. people rarely travel around and the land above has become barren and inhabitable. even the air is poisonous. so dependent have we become on the machine, that at the end when it breaks down, mankind is wiped out.

how encouraging. =\

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simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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"lionel richie, always works."  :)

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had a nice normal paktor day yesterday. met SSD after his meeting for a quick bite.

his spicy chicken set.

my dory fish set. lots of cheese and mayo and nice buttery rice. oh-so-fattening!

soft ice cream! yummy but not exactly a pretty sight. and if you think SSD's look horrible, you should see mine! XD

then we went to watch rio!

a short 90+ min, yet sweet, romantic and hilarious film about the simple love story between 2 blue macaws (which explains the lionel richie song). a children's film no doubt, but i enjoyed myself nevertheless. =)

we had some time before dinner, so we bunked at mac's for coffee. embarrassingly, i've never tried mccafe coffee and i didn't know they came in such pretty forms.

the mochaccino was tasteless though. -__-

headed to mad for garlic to use up my 1-for-1 voucher.

ambience is nicely dim and somewhat romantic, but prices are a little on the high side i feel. wouldn't be coming back unless it's a really special occasion.

we shared this korean drink that's supposedly one of their bestsellers. it's nice, but not special. should have tried the red wine mix. =(

my lobster (and fish roe) pasta, one of their few cream pastas. the sauce is nice and lobster-y, and the roe gave a nice little crunch to the otherwise normal pasta. there isn't alot of lobster meat though. tsk.

SSD's red devil. originally labelled as 3-chillis, he asked them to reduce it to 2-chillis instead. it has much more ingredients than mine, but a tad too spicy for my liking. furthermore it looks and tastes pretty assam/tomyum, which i don't agree on. pastas should be italian, and cream pastas are the only ones that look italian to me. >_<

the end! lots of food posts. i think i eat too much. sobs.

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earlier on f1 today, hamilton got his first win of the season. let's all put our hands together and pray that vettel's luck has all run out. if it can't be hammie, at least let the champion be someone who actually has good skills instead of just a good car. sighh.

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