David Copperfield Show - CANCELLED!

Aaaaahhhhhhhh..... I'm so sad!!! I can't believe the show has been cancelled!! (link) :(

There are two seemingly isolated incidents that could have caused its cancellation:

1. The FBI are investigating some items they found in David Copperfield's Las Vegas storage (link), or
2. He's been accused of sexual assault (link)
   

Either way, the fact remains that I'm not gonna be able to see him live in action. Sigh... I so should've caught him in Vegas the last time. :( Ah well, just hope he comes by this part of the world again, coz I don't think I'll be heading over to Vegas again anytime soon.

As my friend said, he's so good that he did a disappearing act even BEFORE he does his performance!! Hahaha... Hilarious parody, but true... :P

Great Eastern Women's 10km Run

It was early on a Sunday morning... *yawn*... and I dragged myself out of bed, coz I wanted to go check out the Great Eastern Women 10km Run. Why? you would ask. Haha... Thing is, I'm not even running in it. Hahaha.... Oh well, let's just say I was a little crazy and just wanted to go and check out the atmosphere. :)

So, by 7:30am, I was walking to the bus stop to take the 35min bus ride towards the Padang near City Hall MRT station. I got there ard 8:20am, and already I saw runners on their way to the finishing line! Wow... these are the 10km runners! They started around 7:45am, and already they are back. Amazing. I think if I went, I'd probably still be half-way... WALKING! :P

It was pretty amazing... there were SO many women who actually participated. So healthy! Some were really serious runners. They had their stop-watches to time their run. Others took it as a healthy Sunday morning exercise. Most were running with their MP3/iPods. Really quite fascinating. I actually did wish I was one of the runners. Well, don't think I'd make it running all 10km, but I should be able to do at least 3km run here and there, but walk the rest of the way. That's good enough for me!! :P

I'll definitely try to make it to next year's run. :) It's all for the spirit of participation. Doesn't matter if you get there first or last. :)

Even Great Eastern Malaysia sent a contingent of 27 all the way to S'pore to join!! :)

Kimi Raikkonen is the new F1 Champion!

It was 1:10am and I was planning to hit the sheets already, but couldn't tahan! Just had to see the ending of the last race of the season. Since it was to be an epic finale to a controversial season, where 3 drivers were in contention for the F1 crown. It could have easily gone either one's way. One engine failure, would've given anyone of the three the coveted prize. If Alonso won, it would've been his third championship. If Kimi won, it would've been his very first, and if it was to go Hamilton's way, he would go in history as the youngest driver as well as the only rookie to win in his first F1 race! So I was rooting for Hamilton actually. But of course, since my sis is a Kimi fan, I hoped Kimi would win too.

Well, it was well worth staying up till 1:45am till the end. In the last 15 laps, Kimi was leading, with Alonso in third. Hamilton had a gearbox failure near the start of the race which caused him to drop back to about 8 placing. With that positioning, Kimi was leading the championship race by just 1 point (in front of Alonso). But anything could still happen. All Hamilton had to do was get up to 6th position, and he'd win the championship. The commentators were saying, as long as one of the cars in front of him breaks down, he'll win. So it was a pretty tense 15 laps. Exciting! :P

But it was Kimi's day. He won!!! :D Congrats May! You must be damn happy! Hehe... :P

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/10/7020.html

Singapore's new fleet of A380

Gosh, I just checked out the website for the new A380 fleet, and it's gorgeous. Especially the Business Class and the Suite. Not that I can afford to fly on those classes anytime soon... but it's nice to admire them nonetheless. :P

The economy doesn't look as comfy though. The backs of the seats looks a little thin... so there can't be too much cushion support. Looks a little flimsy to me. The new LCD screens look great though. :D

Do check it out here. Anyone up for a trip to Sydney? :) I wonder how much it'd cost...

My first S'pore paycheck...

Yeah! I got my first S'pore paycheck yesterday. I'm SGD rich! Haha.... Well, not that rich la, but at least there's a little bit more money in my bank now. :) What am I going to do with it? I'm going to shop. :) Probably check out the shops and see if I can get a nice dress for my sister's wedding. Maybe Daniel Yam again? Hopefully can find something decent this weekend.

And probably go buy myself a nice durian pancake to eat. Hehe... :)

Disappearing act...

It's just like magic... now you see it, now you don't! :) And no, I'm not talking about David Copperfield's upcoming show (though since I mentioned it, I'll just add here that... I'm going to watch him perform on 3 Nov in S'pore!! Woohoo!! Can't wait!).

What I'm talking about are guys who disappear. One day they are there, and the next thing you know it's as if they've dropped off the face of the earth! I mean, what the hell is that?!? I know, it's man's subtle way of telling you they've lost interest, that they're moving on with their lives and so should you, and to stop bothering them. Ok, I get that. I sincerely do. It happens. It's never happened to me this way before (obviously!)... but I've heard it happens. [OK... scrap that... after thinking a little more about it, it DID happen to me before back in KL. Alamak... how could I have forgotten that???]

But is this really the only way to do it? I mean, there MUST be a more diplomatic way to go about it. By disappearing like that, they are ruining any possible friendship. Am I supposed to just assume nothing happened? I mean, it's not as if we're dating or anything. So, you find that we're not compatible. So what? Can still be friends, right? I mean, I'm not that thick-skinned not to know when something is not working out. We're hardly teenagers anymore and I don't think we need to play these sort of games. Sigh... it's just weird. It feels like the rug has been pulled from under me. I'm sitting on my bum on the floor, bewildered... asking "what the hell just happened?"

But I definitely won't let this ruin my S'pore experience. Everything happens for a reason. I'm sure there's a good reason behind it... I'm just waiting to hear it, but I have a feeling I will never find out. :)

Life goes on.

Me? A Master?

Oh my goodness... I have just been flagged a Master in TimeOut Solution's hunt website (together with another two of my team mates). Hahaha... I can't believe it. Ok, I know people expected it, but seriously... I don't think I qualify as a Master. Sure, I go to a lot of hunts and have done well in quite a few of them, but that's really kudos to the team, not the individual. If I were to hunt on my own, I don't think they will even know I'm there!

But be that as it may, I'm still elated that I made the list, and hope I get to go back to KL to hunt soon! :)

Rugby World Cup 2007 - Quarterfinals #1 & #2

Australia vs England - Results : 10-12

What an upset!!! The poor Wallabies! The country is gonna blame them now... Poor things. But seriously, they just couldn't break through England's defense. Kudos to England. Though not entirely pleased that England's points all came either from drop goals or penalty kicks! Not as exciting as scoring TRIES!!

Wanted England to win, so that the All Blacks will have Australia as an opponent in the semis (I'm sure they are going to beat France!!!), but hope they don't freeze with England too. Hmmm....

New Zealand vs France - Results : 18-20

I cannot believe that another upset has happened. Not again!!! What is wrong with the All Blacks?!? Why can't they show their real stuff and perform the way they are meant to perform?! Why must they always fail at the World Cup, when it's their best chance to show the world that they ARE the true rugby champions of the world?! Sigh...

The All Blacks are going to get a lashing when they return to NZ. I don't think the newspapers are going to be too kind to them after this horrific outing. The first time they got knocked out in the QUARTERFINALS. Sigh... Just a really depressing day for southern hemisphere rugby. Hope South Africa can make it through, and retain some of the dignity of the Tri-nations.

WHY?!? :(

Apparently there was a 100-1 odds that it'll be an England vs France semi-final. Guess those that bought on that made tonnes of money. Sigh...

[PS - By the way, that last France try was SO a forward pass!!!! :'( ]

The Dating Game

Is the dating game supposed to be fun? I've never felt that it was.

Well, of course it always starts out fun. All the conversations you have at the beginning when you start to get to know each other. I always have a great time... chatting and hanging out. That part is definitely fun. But after awhile, it's just a lot of wondering... when I get too 'hooked'. Does he actually like me, or does he just want to be friends? What if all this getting to know each other part makes him realise that, "actually, I don't like her at all". I hate that part of it. In my experience, it usually ends up that way... Either the other party loses interest, or they find someone else more interesting. Believe me, it's happened to me many times. Sigh... It's enough to make you lose hope and self-confidence. And people say I don't have a boyfriend because I'm choosy. :(

Makes you wonder: Is it me?

Must be me. I'm the only constant variable in all this. I must be doing something terribly wrong.

I think I've almost had enough of this nonsense. It's just not worth the worry and anxiety of waiting and wondering. And the fear that I'm not good enough. There is more to life than trying to get through the dating game. I should start taking the attitude of "don't care"/"take it or leave it"... and just do my own thing. No more trying too hard.

Every time someone shows a bit of interest, I tend to get attached to them too quickly... which opens me up to all this worrying and anxiety feelings, as I wonder if that person's interest in me will wane. You start to try a little harder, expect a little more.

Maybe the problem is that I'm not choosy enough? Or I always choose the ones whom I know will never like me that way. Did I just bring it onto myself?!?

Maybe I've gone about it the wrong way all this while. Though I don't know what other way there is. I wish I knew. Maybe someone can enlighten me on the "winning formula". Some girls always get what they want. They are the ones who break up with the guys all the time. They are probably the ones who enjoy the dating game the most. Maybe they can tell me what I'm doing wrong. I need professional help. Haha...

Conclusion: It's just not worth it. :)