Year of the Rat – Year for Hard Work

Dear Reader,

A picture speaks a thousand words…

I’m a geek and loving it,

Stacy

I’m a Princess! (because Mom says so!)

Dear Reader,
I’m 24 today! Really happy about it. No reason why, but the idea of saying, “I’m 23.” Didn’t set that well for me.

Somehow I believe that the older I get (for now at least) I can some credibility when doing business.

In the morning it was quite quiet, and when I walked into the office, only a few ppl said happy bday! hmmph! But as the day progressed, we had cake and got alot of work done!

Pam emailed me via facebook, and she said mentioned she read updates from my blogs. Yay! Pam you are one more reader that I know of! hahah now I have 7! (Doug, Denise, Juliet, Chris, Rachel, Michelle and you, my blog base is growing!)

Afterwards, I went to steam and sauna at the Capitol Club. Funny thing. I didn’t bring eye-makeup remover, so after showering my waterproof mascara smudged a bit, and I couldn’t clean it off, so I ended up deciding on going for the ’smoky eye look’.

Looking gorgeous takes hard work, was late to meet Mom and Dad back for dinner.
The nicest thing I heard today was from Mom, she gave me my bday shirt, and she said.
“It’s very pretty, a beautiful shirt, suit for a princess!” (followed by a warm hug and a peck)

Awww…! Thanks Mommy!

Thanks to all of you for your phone calls, msn msgs, smses and facebook posts!
Love you all too,
Stacy

A Sprained Ankle

Dear Reader,

Just an update. I went to work today, but by the time it was lunch, I was in IMMENSE pain. (really severe)

Dad and Mom are such loving parents, took me to the hospital for an x-ray. Bad news…is that the X-ray + Doctor fee cost me 2,600 baht. !!!!!!!!!! HEART BREAKING!!! I guess the good news is that my ankle is only sprained. And actually, when I signed an invoice before the X-ray…when I saw the price of the x-ray, I secretly hoped that my bone was broken so that this x-ray could be meaningful. haha.

I’m really irk-ed about it because last month I was such a good girl, only punched out 1,200 baht out of the ATM machine. that’s AMAZING!!!! And then here I go, tripping in class and throwing money down the drain.

Sigh, anyhow. I must sleep
‘Til tomorrow,
Stacy

Why It’s Grease Lightning!

Dear Reader,

This past week I’ve seen Grease TWICE. And last night was the best TV veg day EVER.
I saw the last 30mins of Terms of Endearment (always a tear-jerker), Grease, then Something New (starring one of the hottest most UNDERAPPRECIATED actor!!! Simon Baker!! Nick from The Guardian!mmmm…)

haha. And during Grease, I couldn’t help but prance around and belch out all the lyrics, playing with perdy. A very happy 2 hours.

Anyhoo, prancing around last night trickled into another SUPER POWERFUL ENERGY exploding Body Jam session today.

I danced like nobody’s business, and since this was my 4th time dancing the new “Please Don’t Stop the Music” Track, I was super hyper and danced like the instructors, doing high-turn jumps.

So the pattern is “high knee lift (left), high knee lift (right) then left knee lift, jump and pivot, spin and land” (woohoo!) (And this is to a club-dance beat)

So here I am, like a superstar,
*jam-pumping dancing music*
knee lift, knee lift, jump!!!!!!!!!!!! spi-!!!
*splat*
I stumbled on my ankle (I still can’t figure out how) and I fell!
Sooooooooooooo embarassing! The instructor stopped dancing and asked me if I was okay (from the stage) and the sweetheart was going to come down and help me. But you know me, I wouldn’t have it. I sprang up super fast, I felt like a break-dancer. And, I also continued dancing for 15minutes, less intensity of course, but still with the diva attitude and all. After class I went to tell him that I’m fine, and that I really enjoyed that Track. haha.

Then…afterwards I went for a thai foot massage (thought it would help?) walked around the mall with Dad and then we went home. All the while, I’m limping but I’m in no severe pain.
But after playing MJ for 3 hours with Dad, Jay and Greg, my foot started to kill!! So painful! I can’t step on it and now I’m hopping around

Me hopping: “Lindee Hop! Lindee Hop! I’m doing the LindeeHop!”
ahaha its so strange that I’m in so much pain but we are all laughing about it at home.
I’m in pain! And I had to crawl up the stairs to bed.

Days like this, its nice to live at home. Mommy is really concerned about me, and making sure I follow : RICE – Rest , Ice, Compress and E-elevate. She tucked me in bed (typing in bed) and helped me fix the pillows. When I was in Singapore, whenever I hurt my ankle (often) I don’t have anyone to help me, it’s more about self-reflection, “Stacy- you vain thing! No more highheels!”

Always nice to feel loved and taken care of. I couldn’t rinse my hair (left on my Hair2 Deep Treatment Hair Mask), and I needed to rinse it out? So GREG helped me rinse out my hair!
We kept on laughing as he was scrubbing my hair. Was a bit taken back, but it was a pleasant surprise! I have to say I have the world’s BEST brother. He is such a sweetheart! Love him to pieces.

I broke my ankle when I was 11, and the hospital MISDIAGNOSED ME, they said I tore a ligament, but 3 days later they called and said MISTAKE! PLEASE COME IN!!!
I should have sued them, cuz the 3 days were it was ‘Just a SPRAIN ANKLE” I was taken to chinese doctors who aggressively massaged my ankle, and I was forced to walk!

I seriously hope I don’t have another broken ankle. I have so many things to do, so many things to look forward to, can you imagine me hopping on the stage to get my graduation certificate? Or going on client-calls with a cast? Goodness.

On the upside, if Grease is on AGAIN this week on HBO, I’ll still be able to do the “Grease Lightning” dance, the dance consists mainly hand&arm actions. Com’ on. Don’t pretend you DON’T KNOW IT.

RICE-ing away,
Stacy

Doug’s Visit

Dear Reader,
Sorry I disappeared. These past 2 weeks have been super crazy, and yesterday was such a happy day for me because I’m slowly going through the last finishing pieces of my mini-projects, and now we are slowly seeing the results of our hard work!

Doug was a big help at work. He helped us produce our corporate MLM VCD (which…I think I’ll upload here on Thursday!) He also took product shots, and gave us a lot of ideas on internet businesses.

This is Doug and I, during Chinese New Year, we did the whole family photo thing again, and my eyes look super small in most of the photos. It’s all about the angles darlings!

And on another note, it was really nice to have him here, doing nothing special. I appreciated the feeling of having an older brother at home. On his last night here, Doug spoke to me about the business, and he really motivated me to keep at it, keep walking, keep planning and keep persisting. I really needed that speech. I really miss him.

The next family get-together is my GRADUATION IN SINGAPORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 26th! At the Fullerton!!! Swwwwwwwwweet!!! And they are all coming to see me graduate! I’m so happy that my whole family can be there, and I can show them how much I love singapore, maybe these 3 days I can convince Dad that it is a potential location for he and Mom to retire in.

Missing alot of things,
Missing Doug and Singapore,
Stacy

Gagh!!

Ah!!
Just as I pressed “publish post”
I saw an elephant giving birth to her calf. GAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you saw my face, you’d see that I’m still in shock.

It reminds me of a typical Anne Rice book, giving birth to babies who can basically walk out of your womb. (Talos?)

Eeeeee!! Freaky! (but natural at the same time)

Damn you National Geographic. Can’t you censor some?

Traumatised and expecting nightmares,
Stacy

A really good day

Dear Reader,

Random point: I’ve noticed that sometimes I write “dear readerS” and sometimes “dear reader”. Sorry for the lack of consistency. Will keep to ‘dear reader’ from now on.

I had an extremely good day today. Woke up with bad hair, slicked my hair back in a tight pony tail, and I looked like a freakin’ man. The perfect ‘cap’ day, but can’t wear a cap to work because it’s rude. (and against dress code) So I ended up digging up a huge rainbow colour headband out of my drawers, put it on, and when I walked in the office, everyone was staring at me. hahah “

“Stacy’s bad fashion statement”

Hey, being beautiful everyday is tough. I needed a break.

haha (gag)

Anyhoo, today we developed 2 new products for our Haircare line, I am super excited about it, and I really see hope and success in the coming 3 months. Reasonable success. Not the ‘I can retire’ type of success, more like “i’m finally generating income for my family!!” kinda success

Remember how yesterday I was biting my fingers whether to start communications or not? Well guess what, I’m a genius.

I forgot my password for eharmony, I requested a new password, and they haven’t sent it yet! Talk about inefficiency! Shouldn’t it be automated? Is it because I’m not a paid
member? tsk tsk. very unimpressed.

That is destiny telling me “No, Stacy. Not through this avenue”

I permed, highlighted and cut my hair today! Felt like a princess in the hair salon. Ha ha, and guess what, during dinner I realised that I lost one earring, I walked back to the hairsalon, and by miracle they found it! So the lesson learnt is that I should never give up, go back and look for things.

Doug is flying in today, super excited and happy to spend time with him. Actually looking forward to some advice he can give me about packaging and marketing. He’s doing REALLY well now. His group’s album was released on January 24th, (http://www.alivenotdead.com/62)

Oh shoot it’s getting late and I haven’t gotten any work done.
Did I make ‘no procrastinating’ a new years resolution?

Hmm,
Stacy

Finding Mr. Right

Dear Readers,

Did I tell you about my latest fortune teller reading?
Wait…I know I didn’t cuz that’s way too superstitious and way too personal to share, but, here’s a sneak peak

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The fortune teller lady said I would meet someone REALLY SOON (this was in december) and she told me some of his info, like personality traits and age. She told me I would meet someone in January.

And similarly, the Wong Tai Sin fortune teller (I went to 3 last year, thus why this year I needed to make a non-fortune reading resolution!) told me that I would meet someone in the beginning of the year.

So the conclusion? January was VERY ANTICLIMATIC for me.

I was emailing Denise the other day, not sure if I wrote this in that email, or I made a mental note to tell her in person…anyhoo…what I’m trying to say is….whenever people say to me “Stacy, you’ll find Mr.Right.”

I roll my eyes, gringe and feel very “sian” (singaporean term for bored?)
I have to find Mr. Right?

Let me repeat that in bold letters.

I have to find Mr. Right?

When did Mr. Right get so damn lazy, why do I have to find him, can’t he come to me? (hahah, thus why I am still and most probably going to be..perpetually single.) (see: http://stacyinsingapore.blogspot.com/2007/08/perpetually-single.html)

Anyhoo, I did make a new years resolution to date, but its really hard to date when I live in a bubble. And…after discussing with my close friends about online dating, and reading Time’s latest magazine (Science of Love) and my christmas present “MicroTrends” (from Doug), I’m starting to think, hey, online dating can’t be that bad.

Especially when I am planning to start an online dating website myself. (www.bangkokmatchmaking.com) (don’t click the link, it will be done by April)

Okay so I did it, I went to my competitor’s website (www.bangkokmatch.com, and www.meetnlunch.com) and they weren’t very spectacular, I took 10 mins to subscribe to bangkokmatch.com, and when I browsed through the classifies…

Mom & I ’s reaction = “……..Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!”

Gagh!

Then I decided to join eharmony and lavalife.com. It took me close to an hour to complete my eharmony profile, and I have to say, the matches are quite dead-on! No wait, only 2 are, but 2/7 is quite a good statistic. Most of the men are in the States (no big surprise) and I can’t see their pictures because I need to pay 240USD to gain access.

Which…is such a smart strategy, I have to incorporate that into my website, but I think the better strategy is to make the registration free, photos available, and charge per message sent. Or something to that extent.

So there. I completed my social experiment.

We’ll see how things go, but I highly doubt I will get any messages (cuz I didn’t subscribe). And also…I’m a bit conflicted, because…Andrea told me I should never make the first move, never message first (in the real dating world).

What to do? When you read a profile, and you are interested in this ‘match’…I am biting my lip and staring at the “start communications” button.

I have to find Mr.Right?

The better question is:

Do I want a ‘Mr.Right’ who waits for me to find him?

Answer: I like a man who takes initiative, not some lazy bum.
Conclusion1: I’ll wait for him to come find me. But he won’t because he is a lazy bum. (and thus we’ll never collide.)

Conclusion2: I might just possibly have too much free time on my hands?

spiraling in my thoughts,
Stacy

Happy February

Dear Readers,

My goodness, days fly by so fast and I can’t believe its february!

Time is zooming by and I have yet to see any amazing results from work, its super discouraging. But I’ll keep at it.
It was really nice to have Grace over last week, we didn’t do much, actually, I basically invited her into my bubble and she lived my bubble life of work, home and shopping for 7 days! She survived! We didn’t go crazy and do all the tourist-y things, shop only, spa only.

We did volunteer to give Polio vaccinations to 2000 children (Wednesday, January 24rd)

Here are some pictures:

Although it was an incredibly nice effort by the Rotary club, I have to be critical and tell you all that the organisation was REALLY LOUSY!!! We arrived there and it was basically like

Man1: You want to go to the schools or communities?

Mom: Schools

Man1: Okay go in this van.

Then…he jumps into another van and we are like, HUH??? Then 2 nurses enter our van and we are off. Then when we reach the kindergardens, they give us a vile of orange medicine, and attached to the vile is a eyedropper nozzle (in retrospect I should had taken a photo of it)

The nurse spoke only thai, so all i heard and saw was …

Nurse1: *squeezing vile action* *number 2 hand signal*

Me: Okok

Then, when I had my first baby in front of me (5 years old chubby boy) I squirt twice and there was still medicine in the vile, and i was like, huh?? And I give him another squirt, but the bottle still didn’t run out! Then I looked at Dad, and he was giving 2 DROPS, and I looked at the nurse who then gave me a thumbs up and said 2.

Oh Shoot! I just overdosed the poor baby! LOL!! *laughing and burying my head in shame*

So funny, when i realised this i quickly pushed him to the nurse who was handing out cookies. Aie yo. And on average I gave 8 vaccinations per medicine vile, and when we were having lunch with the nurses, they told us on average one medicine vile has 18 vaccinations!

Gah!

But its been a week, and there has been no articles in the newspaper about poisoned children, so for that I am thankful.

Gotta go back to work,

Stacy