Sunshin3

Via Shelly who has decided my blog needs some memes..

Who was the last person:-

1. You hung out with: Define hung out.
2. Saw you cry: Old boy.
3. Went to the movies with you: Old boy even though it’s been a while back.
4. You went to the mall with: Mom
5. You went to dinner with: Mom
6. You talked on the phone to: Old boy
7. Said ‘I love you’ to you and really meant it: Old boy, before he boarded his flight to HK and I’m sure he means it from his heart too.
8. Made you laugh: Old boy, as always.

Would you rather:-

1. Pierce your nose or tongue: Neither.
2. Be serious or be funny: Be funny. Men like funny women.
3. Drink whole or skim milk: Whole milk.
4. Spend time with your parents or enemies: Parents.

Do you prefer:-

1. Flowers or candy: Flowers.
2. Gray or black: Black.
3. Color or Black and white photos: No preference.
4. Lust or love: Love, with a healthy dose of lust. (Copied from Shell’s response)
5. Sunrise or sunset: Sunrise.
6. M and Ms or Skittles: Neither.
7. Staying up late or waking up early: I’ve been doing both and frankly, i can’t tell the difference.
8. Sun or moon: Sun.
9. Winter or Fall: Fall.
10. Left or right: Right.
11. 10 acquaintances or having two best friends: Two best friends.
12. Sunny or rainy: Rainy.
13. Vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream: Vanilla.

About you:-

1. What time is it: 9.28am
2. Nickname(s): Sunshin3, emily, small auntie.
3. What is your birth date: 25th September
4. What do you want: The things that i want lor.
5. Where do you want to live: In a house.
6. How many kids do you want: I do but can i?
7. Do you want to get married: I do but can i?

Uniqueness:-

1. Nervous habit: Blushing.
2. Are you double jointed: Nope.
3. Can you roll your tongue: Yes.
4. Can you raise one eyebrow: No.
5. Can you cross your eyes: Yes.
6. Do you make your bed daily: Yes.
7. Can you draw: Define draw.

Randomness:-

1. Which shoe goes on first: Does it matter?
2. Ever thrown a shoe at someone: I wished but nah.
3. What is your craziest experience ever: Travelling to Guangzhou which was a stupid and crazy idea at the same time.

Food:-

1. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it: Twirl.
2. Have you ever eaten spam: No.
3. Favorite ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s.
4. How many kinds of cereal are in your cabinet: Cornflakes, yes how mightily boring.
5. What’s your favorite beverage: Coffee.
6. Do you cook: Hardly.

In the last month, have you:-

1. Bought something: Yes.
2. Sang: Nope.
3. Been hugged: Yes.
4. Felt stupid: Yes.
5. Missed someone: Yes.
6. Danced crazy: No.
7. Gotten your hair cut: No.
8. Cried: Yes.
9. Lied: Yes.

Tomorrow’s my last day at work and I just found out what’s worse than one blackberry.

Two blackberries.

Whatever I’m attempting is absolutely not for the faint-hearted.

Facebook has this perfect match application which is supposed to tell you your perfect match among your circle of friends listed on Facebook. You also have the option of finding your perfect match among the world of Facebookers if you want to have pan-asian kids.

Since many Facebookers have been diligently forwarding invitations for me to try, I thought I’ll give it a shot. After all, no harm right?

And guess what?

My perfect match is already the guy I’m dating.

Haha.

I really wonder how they compute such scores anyway because i was expecting to be matched to some dude whom i probably wouldn’t have actually considered a match in real life.

And this post is meant for Old boy who still doesn’t believe a syt like me likes a handsome old fart like him.

Have fun in Hong Kong!

Image courtesy of Nick Pan

As you can see, I’m not a photo-taking person.
Guangzhou is a haven for Cantonese cuisine.

Unfortunately, I’ve also tried the worst of Cantonese cuisine when I was there. But hey, if you haven’t tried the worst of Cantonese cuisine, how would you tell the standard?

The terrible street stalls / restaurants serve dried-up xiao-long-baos, salty cha siew baos, overly cooked vegetables and meat but at RMB3.50 (S$0.70) for 12 pieces of xiao-long-baos, who’s complaining?

Room service wasn’t any better nor was the instant noodles that I bought from the convenience store and if you’re a coffee addict like me, you’ll find yourself withdrawn.

The Chinese love and are proud of their tea roots.

Cowboy who goes to Guangzhou frequently suggested some places to go like a wholesale market off the city centre and Sha Mian Island, however as a young female venturing out, I got stared at often which made it extremely uncomfortable for me.

But it’s not always bad about Guangzhou or well, China for that matter.

They do try to speak English, as much as I avoid speaking Mandarin and they are hospitable in their own little ways. The thing that I love about Guangzhou apart from the weather is that I’m not discriminated because I can’t speak Mandarin.

But I won’t fancy going back there in the near future..

Now that I think about it, there’s nothing healthy about the Health Centre, if you ask me.

No pictures though to protect everyone.

The façade of the Health Centre looked decent and professional and for a two hour massage at RMB 280, I felt that it was cheap so I took up their offer. After a quick shower, I was brought into a huge waiting room which I was told, to let me relax and grab a bite. I apparently found out after much gesticulating that I had to request for my massage when I was ready for it and that the waiting area was essentially an area for the manicurists and reflexologists to tout their skills.

And so I was brought into another area where no amount of euphemisms could be used to describe.

The massage rooms were barely lit and the windows connecting to the other rooms were tinted. The masseuses wore tennis skirts and had extremely tight t-shirts. But since they accepted women clientele, I thought how bad could it be?

Well, the subsequent events changed everything.

Although I was female, the masseuse that I had spent an inordinate amount of time stroking my butt.

With oil, lots of it.

It was like a scene out of some Jap lesbo porn. She sat on top of me, ripped off the disposable panties that I had and proceeded to stroke my butt cheeks using her thumbs in deft movements.

To illustrate further, I have drawn what she did to my butt..

Drawing has been photoshopped for aesthetical reasons.

If the butt wasn’t tantalizing enough for her, she turned me over and stroked my inner thighs with oil again.

It’s honestly nothing sensual. In fact, I was so worried that there would be a male masseuse massaging me instead if I slept.

After two hours, I got dressed, paid, and went off to catch the French version of CSI on cable.

These are things that Virtual Tourist or Lonely Planet guidebooks don’t tell you.

So be wary if you’re female.

My first solo flight out and I had to screw it up by having SQ page for me 5 minutes before boarding gate closed despite having checked in 48 hours beforehand.

I wouldn’t have had such an issue as well if our dear SQ had been more efficient and I’ll never forget the most disturbing conversation I had for that day:-

Me: “Hi, I’ve done an online check in and I’m here to check in my bag and collect my boarding pass.”

SQ Counter: “Sorry Mdm, please proceed to Row 9.”

Me: “But your email indicates that I should be at Row 7 or Row 8 if I have not printed my boarding pass.”

SQ Counter: “Mdm, you may print your boarding pass at the Self-automated machines. Please proceed to Row 9.”

Sunshin3 looks at the horrendously long queue at Row 9 and notices that it is now 7.45am.

Me: “Look, it is 7.45am and my flight is departing at 8.10am. I don’t care if I’m checking in my bag but could you please hand me my boarding pass NOW?”

Man, talk about red tape. We still have a long way to go to become a service-oriented society.

Nevertheless, I got onto the flight just in time and managed to arrive in Guangzhou without a hitch. Old boy was kind enough to arrange for the hotel to pick me up from the airport and he was also quick enough to deliver instructions on the things that he needed done.

So while I’m here in the hotel typing his notes out, he’s in some forsaken part of Guangzhou in another meeting. Our suite overlooks one of the famous rivers which in my opinion, is really just a canal but the weather’s fantastically cool.

It’s been a little over six hours since I’ve arrived at Guangzhou and I’ve only tried the lunch buffet in the hotel and the “Health Centre”.

Tales of the “Health Centre” in the next entry..

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I woke up at 3.40am this morning to a text message. One of the sweetest that I have ever received and no later than 5 minutes, I got a call and we spoke for about half an hour.

In the face of so many issues, it was reassuring to hear his voice.

Unfortunately, the search isn’t over and I know I’m not as equanimous as I thought I was.

..to life on the tiny island.

Batam was surprising quiet for a weekend and a school holiday.

Immigration was smooth as the staff at Batam View Beach Resort handled everything including the booking of our ferry tickets. So in reality, all we had to do was just pack our bags and head there.

It was one of those rare holidays that had events flowing progressively well for us despite not having anything concrete on our schedule. Suite was great and well-maintained, service was good and the massage was erm, cheap. We did some shopping at the MegaMall and located that JCO Donut Factory that Nadnut blogged about previously as well.

With our routine life back on track (momentarily), it’s now apartment hunting for us. Rents are manageable at this moment because Old boy’s a person with simple wants and needs but with the market so buoyant these days, i wonder if there will be a place that we can finally call our home.

Old boy has just purchased a new pair of frames with transition lenses and now i can’t help but keep staring at him each time they darken because he looks so darn good-looking.

Man, i feel like some ingenue gawking at him and when he turns away cos he’s shy, he looks more adorable.

We’re heading out to Batam over the weekend and my fingers are crossing that there’s no issue with my passport after the fiasco at Batam last year.

Tata for now!

We’ve all seen this:-

and maybe even this..

But this, is just erm.. wrong?