Despite getting along in years, my mother was quite tickled to see me play with my new cuddly, Domo. From the previous post, you’d know what Domo is. He is huggable, chocolate brown and has movable feet and arms which are pretty mobile.

Feeling rather bored of the CNY festivities, I was watching TV in the living room and making Domo do the running man and various other motions when mum decided to stroll out of her bedroom.

Mum: What the hell are you doing?
Me: He can do the running man!
Mum: Sometimes I wonder how old you are…
Me: (Raises Domo’s arms to his mouth in a shocked gesture)…so rude!

Truth be told, I my penchant for fooling around with toys still amuses me. Granted, I only have a select few now and they are soft toys, but how can you not play with them? Don’t you get this sense of excitement when you pick up either an action figure or a soft toy and imagine what kinds of journeys you can put them through? Or what kind of enemies they will face? See that grouchy kid/parent/aunt/guy over there? Stage a faux attack and make them smile! Involve them in your wacky adventure! Take them away from the mundane. For some strange reason, I really love toys doing the running man and it always gets to me. The more mobile they are, the more fun it can get.

You call it weird, I call it letting your imagination go. Have some fun! And if you think this is strange, you ain't seen nothing yet.

I’m two years into my 30^th and I’m still feeling my way in. My heart’s a little more fragile, my head’s getting stronger but through it all, I still have that weird sense of humor.

My heart’s been through some ups and downs. Although all is fine with me, sometimes, I wished that I could shut off some feelings so that they wouldn’t overwhelm me so. Perhaps it’s me wanting or expecting too much, hence the heartbreak. But then again, I don’t believe in half measures. I believe that you should go out to pursue what you want and be courageous enough to accept when things may not go your way. Yes, this does result in pain but then again, if you just sit back, then absolutely nothing will happen.

Somehow, turning older makes me feel a little detached. I still love birthday parties and all the madness that goes into them but on a personal level, I don’t feel any different. Yes, the body’s a little older, the mind’s a little wiser but the overall package is well…the same.

Perhaps it’s me. Perhaps we’re all mellowing out but I somehow don’t feel the need or the desire to party like a loon anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy partying as much as the next girl but these days, I rarely venture out specifically to party anymore. It’s too draining, I don’t like the music and the drinks suck. Yes, I am picky. The best chance of seeing me on a dance floor is at Union Square. Or, there is always spontaneous dancing ;o)

This year, I had a fantastic birthday with some of my closest friends. Organized by the extremely efficient DL and EC, Belle and I had a wonderful time at the Karma Kettle, a hidden gem in Dempsey Hill. The original plan was to have us show up in Back to School gear...Wait a min…WAT?! After the organizers were treated to a WTF were you thinking?! session for a Friday night party, we eventually settled on a nice dinner with friends.

Drinks and dinner with friends in comparison is an awesome alternative. I loved all the presents – but my favorite has got to be the extremely huggable, Domo. Thanks to my wacky sister and my unintentional use of that particular emoticon! Domo joins the ranks of brown things I love which sleep with me… hehe.

The other one was the amazing Australia package – thank you DC! But why, oh why no Hugh Jackman?! I felt slightly deflated. But such is the hardship...Next time ah, must give a full package, ok!

My sincerest thanks to everyone who came and made our birthday a special one and to those who called from afar or sent their wishes. To those who had initial evil birthday plans...watch out at your next birthday!

Recently I was asked to recommend a few songs for DC's gorgeous people stint. In reviewing the song's I've selected, she commented, well, you seem to like a lot of morose music.

Morose, me? You're crazy, I replied. Listen to your selections, she said, amused.

I have to admit that my taste in music is rather eclectic. Looking through it, the playlist is mostly indie, with some latin, rock, pop, jazz and a sprinkling of soul...there's Muse, Suede, a whole lotta bands beginning with 'The' and Morrisey...wait a min...bloody hell.

This what is most unique about indie music, it's not about how good looking the band is. It's about writing the most morose lyrics, masked by the upbeat and often, happy sounding music. But this is also why I love it...where else can you get lyrics like "

It's six days into 2009 and I am still in review mode. I've finally sorted out some of the more interesting things which I've done this year.

This first video is a team building exercise which we did for work. In Dec 2008, the entire office headed off to Malacca for a retreat and we were assigned to produce an RFP to attract people to Malacca. I have to say, we had an entire thing planned, only to change it at the last moment into this:



That said, the video bagged us 3rd prize, with the heat stroke working in our favor in the end. Heh.

Now, this second video is my maiden performance with Dance Unlimited - and the debut of the infamous blue costume. I have to confess that this was not the most easy costume to be in but at the end of the day, we looked really good. I've always loved salsa and in 2008, took it step further to increase the number of performances. Tally for 2008 was three, which was fantastic, considering the year's crazy workload. We've only managed to film this one performance, it was put together from three separate parts...apologies for the weird choppy bits!




IN case you were wondering, yes, this is the performance with the Ah Pek gatals (pervy middle aged men) that was done in Jurong Point. Horrors...