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I can't feel my legs

2007-10-06T18:00:00.000+10:00

...that was the feeling I had over last weekend due to Animania.

It all started on day 1, Friday, which was Jrocker Gackt costume day. I head off to Mi So's home as she'll be doing my make up, but when I get there, I'm outside ringing her cell. She doesn't pick up. I'm a bit scared knowing that families are conservative and when a stranger boy who dresses up Jrock that they've never met knocks on the door, the father or mother would be scared.

After waiting 10 mins and continuing to ring without success, I finally make the journey up to the door.

*ding dong*

My chest tightens.

Then I hear Mi So's voice, she runs to the door and greets me. I let out a sigh of relief. *phew*

1 hr later and I look smashing.

My thighs look HUGE!

Bad ass Jrock pose

Yes, those are guys in skirts/dresses/feminine wear. XD

Sexy beasts

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Day 2

Saturday was even more hectic as it was a full day of craziness and we had a Death Note group happening. Once again I was Yagami Light, Mi So was Misa Misa and Tarou was L.

We made the effort to go to Kinokuniya and surprise all the patrons as we cosplayed in our outfits. There were lots of looks and attention and even inquiries on if we were international students. >_<

Misa and L actively looking for the Death Note manga section.

Misa being herself. ^_^ How adorable.

L thinking he figured out Light...

Me at Kinokuniya

Death Note

The night ended, not surprisingly with karaoke at K.

Miso and Patrick

Miso and Ed

Sean

Lyrics to Perhaps Love, song from Goong, that Miso sang, OMG I LOVE YOU!!

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Day 3

Sunday was just as fun but by this time I was exhausted and didn't take as many photos of myself.

I turned up as Rukawa Kaede/Sakuragi Hanamichi from the manga/anime Slam Dunk!

This was the only decent pic of me in my costume, I covered my face cos I was dead tired that night, oh and of course, the night ended with karaoke again.

HEHEHE. Love it!!

Rukawa/Sakuragi!

Yes, that's Patrick in a lolita dress. hehe

Lana cosplayed as Yuna in her wedding dress with Miso.

Himiko (the doll's name) drinking Iced coffee at Ichiban Boshi.

Delicious cheese ramen from Ichiban Boshi.

Sean and Vivienne so cute with the dolls.

Me with a lolita head dress, a photo which I didn't know was taken. -_-

Eiki singing Kimi ga Sukida to Sakebitai from Slam Dunk!

Miso and Sean rockin' it

Misa and Gina acting as Jpoppers

The night is over...

Overall it was a great weekend, caught up with friends and met new people. Was a total blast and can't wait for next year.

Glad its over in a way cos I had my photo taken waaaayyy too many times. My eyes were so Chinky tiny. ^^* Plus the random cosplayers/attendees to the event pestered me about looking like a Japanese host from Osaka, Yul from Goong, Rain (Silly Anna and Warren), Hankyung from Super Junior, or any random Korean/Japanese idol. Gah!!

Song of the moment: Perhaps Love - J & Howl

Coats! Coats! My kingdom for a coat!

2007-09-18T17:10:00.000+10:00

For a while now, I've been having a coat obsession. Whether it be beltless, 3/4, trench coat or peacoat, I always have my eyes peeled for some pretty coats.

Every morning I see girls wearing coats in a variety of colours, ranging from black, white, pink, red, green and blue. But us boys are limited to certain colours due to our masculinity. So we're stuck with black, gray, charcoal, light gray, brown, chocolate, dk brown, light brown, and navy.

So girls, take advantage of what you have at your disposal. Just maybe, one day I'll have the guts to wear a white 3/4 coat. But hell, its hard enough finding any coats in those colours here in Sydney. :/ I have to go on a shopping trip soon, maybe Seoul or Tokyo?

And thus comes a purchase...

I ordered that last week and totally fell in love with the design and fit. I MUST HAVE IT. So after I picked up my mother from the local train station after work, [convince mode ON] I start rambling on and on about this trench coat I wanna buy online and I blab on about how pretty it is and how good it is, and how it will accentuate, yes! I used accentuate, my Asian physique.

15 mins later...she has a look at the pictures and finally agrees..Woohoo!!...Now I won't get in trouble when she see's a charge on my credit card. Only problem is, she wants to borrow, gaahhhh evil!!

But I'm nice so I'll let her borrow it, when I'm NOT planning to wear it. XD

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One week later, guess what came in the mail...

Smexxy trench coat...

Ok it may not look as good on me as on that model but I blame the poor lighting and my fat belly...oh and me of course...^_^

Another coat that I MUST have...

Dior Homme S/S 07

Burberry double breasted trench coat

Wishlist

Bottega Veneta S/S 08

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Hair cut

I took the plunge and got it snipped last Friday.

Did I get butchered again?

Now after playing with it for a bit, I think it looks better and more fob styled here. ^_*

What do you think?

Fobtastic? XD

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Random pic

Miso and Tarou molesting a poor lion in Chinatown...

Naughty girls...tsk tsk tsk

Animania

2007-08-30T19:33:00.000+10:00

Yup, it's around that time of the year again, for Animania!

Animania, much like SMASH, is an event for the masses to share in their interests of Japanese culture, namely manga and anime.

For me, it's an excuse dress up in various costumes for fun, and also to catch up with old friends, whilst making new ones. XD

Luckily, the venue is at the Sydney Town Hall. The big, oldish looking building, across the street from QVB and next to Town Hall train station. This is much more easily accessible than SMASH, which was held at UNSW. Plus food will be more accessible at this venue. Yehey!!!

Food is very important to me. :p

I'll be cosplaying again, but this time, I'm making the effort to attend as a different character on all 3 days.

Rukawa Kaede from Slam Dunk!

I kinda prefer Sakuragi Hanamichi, because he has more character than Rukawa, but I'm told I look more like Rukawa, and play like him too, plus Sakuragi has red hair, I can't do red hair. >_<>

Yagami Light from Death Note

Pretty much going to be the same costume I wore at SMASH. It's Light-kun's outfit which he wore at the funeral.

Great thing is, is that we're doing a Death Note cosplay group. I will be Light, Tarou will be L (and handcuffed to me, hehe), and Miso and/or Sharyn will be Misa-Misa.

Kawaii!!

Now if only we had someone to do a Ryuk or Rem. Hhmmmmz, any takers??

Gackt

I wanted to go as a Jrocker, and was advised that I would most successfully pull off Gackt's look. Not this exact look in particular, but I recently purchased a similar jacket as he does in this pic. I certainly won't wear the vampire coat he has, or bleach my hair blond, however, I will be getting my ears pierced to wear crucifix earrings on them.

Waaahhhh!!

I'm sacrificing my ears with pain just to pull this cosplay look off. Isn't that dedication? *sigh*

Sharyn, has had some experience with Jrock make up and she'll be doing mine. :p With the aid of Miso I believe. Oh dear, I hope they won't make me look too feminine.

Tarou will be Ryutarou (Plastic Tree), and Miso will be dressed up as Nana.

But girls, we'll need to meet up and do a practice run ASAP.

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So if you're interested in Japanese culture, manga and anime, or me (?), please feel free to come down on the last weekend of September, 28th-30th, at Sydney Town Hall and enjoy the festivities.

Say hi if you see me. XD

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Song of the moment: Sekai ga Owaru Made Wa - Slam Dunk OST

AUNSW + Food + Law Revue = Good times

2007-08-27T22:23:00.000+10:00

Something I missed out a lot on, during my university years were social clubs. One of which was the AUNSW (Anime University of New South Wales).

Much like other universities' Anime clubs, a group of people get together and share their interests in anime/manga/Jdrama or any other Japanese related topics.

Check out their website above, as it details when they have their weekly meetings, which include a drawing session and screening sessions.

They are also a great bunch of people, and as Sharyn would say, "We're all really, really ridiculously good looking and well...you saw how awesome we were."

I attended their drawing session, although for me it was to catch up with my new found friends. I brought Skittles and Timtams. The Timtams Tarou later dropped on the floor, possibly a hint that she's only interested in Skittles. But yes, everyone attacked my Skittles.

I'll bring more next time. XD

A sexy drawing by Tarou. She's just so talented. I wish I could draw like that, but I'm kind of limited to TMNT, X-men and Dragonball.

I'm errrr, good at tracing?!

[-_-]

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Red Hat, a Chinese restaurant 10 mins from UNSW was where had our dindins. I had the Hokien (Hokkien?) fried rice, that of which was the hugest serving I've ever seen.

Even I, the Master of eating the foods, was unable to finish it all.

I did however steal some of Mi So's Thai fried rice, which was very delicious. I'll make sure to eat that instead next time. :)

Meanwhile, Janice kept us entertained before our food arrived with some magic tricks. Ain't she adorable?

XD

Janice the unicorn

Now doing the hundred hand slap

She can do magic too!

P.S. sorry I forgot to take snaps for my food porn collection. *nuts*

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Law Revue

The primary purpose of the evening was to watch AUNSW's Law Revue. Which is a series of comedic skits and theatrical numbers, some of which are related to today's legal and political views.

It was full of laughs and is fun to watch. It definitely made the night much more enjoyable. :)

I made the mistake of having a conversation with Eve, which quickly moved on to the topic of yaoi, her love for it, her love for Jrockers, and her project that will result with guys in lolita dresses, *faints*. I better keep an eye on her, she can be evil. Actually, she already is evil. Shes the evil Yaoi mistress.

Hmmmmmz

Thanks again for the invite Sharyn.

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It was great to see everyone and meet new people from AUNSW and SMASH. I had fun. Shanx!!

I got SMASHed

2007-08-20T18:46:00.001+10:00

....at the Sydney Manga and Anime Show at the UNSW Roundhouse!

Poor sods I dragged with me were Bao, Lynda and Tuan. I of course gave them 2 weeks notice of this event and proceeded to remind em every few days by saying: "We gotta look sexay at SMASH!!"

Bao's response, "No need to, I'm always sexay!"

*faints*

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SMASH starts early, at 10am. Which is the time we intend to arrive since the Host club cafe starts at 10am as well.

I wake up at 5.30am to start looking pretty for the day. But with my unhealthy hair, I need to sleep on it before I style it so I can get more natural oils. So after showering, I style the hair and then take a nap until 6am. Weird I know.

But I overslept.

It's 6.30am! Time to get into Raito (Death Note) mode, i.e. suit, necklaces, the hair, his cold but serial killer facial expression and of course, the Death note.

I'm ready, fighto!!

I left home at 8.20am, supposed to be at Bao's by 8.30am.

Due to being an uber cool driver. I managed to get to Bao's in Greenvalley in 30 mins.

*hi5*

Sorry, no pre-SMASH picture of my outfit.

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SMASH at the Roundhouse!

Thanks to GPS we got at UNSW in time, at 9.50am. *phew* Little did we know that this event was heaps popular and there were like 100 people outside waiting to get in. I was cringing when I saw the lines. One was the pre-register and the other, general entry. I asked one of the people in the shorter line. "Umm, which line is this one for?" *prays* He replied, "Pre-registered tickets line." *heart sinks*

So us 4 shuffle over to the end of the line, which leads past the hairdresser and into the main walkway of UNSW. I'm so cut.

Little did I know I would bump into these characters.

Misa chan! (Miso)

Yukata Misa chan? (Sharyn)

My dear Misa (Miso) and my nemesis, L. (Lynda)

How awesome do they all look?!!

Pure hawtness.

^_^

I joked that whoever touches the Death Note, see's scary Bao. GAhahahahha. And for that, I got a sucker punch into my left arm. Ouch!! Dead arm! >_<

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SMASH-tastic

As you can see, the turn out was great. There are heaps of people, but plenty more to come because more patrons poured in past midday.

The host club cafe (Ouran highschool) was ok, but I the SMASH cakes were rather ordinary. I was praying for a cheesecake, but got like a fruit tart. Plus I was hoping for ramen but it was only dessert.

There was a wide variety of cosplayers. I met a few L's and Misa chans, of course, there were many Final Fantasy characters. Check out the pictures other photographers and cosplayers listed here.

L (Tarou) and Misa (Miso), with stupid boy blinking.

Twinsies!

The events for the day were a games room, where my Hwoarang lost and got my ass handed to me, drawing competitions, karaoke competition, cosplay competition, cosplay chess, host club cafe, maid cafe, anime dating game, whose line is it anime, etc.

Halfway through the day, we needed a good feed, but only had a small variety of food on hand at the venue, i.e. hontou pancakes, skewer kebabs, dimsims, fishballs and fried noodles.

So we hurried our ass over to Chinatown in the City for some dumplings. Tuan and I made the mistake of ordering soup. With me thinking that soup would be ideal for the rather chilly weather.

I had braised beef with noodles soup. How little did I know it was horrible. The dish didn't look too bad but damn, the soup was all peppery taste, and the beef as well. I could only have a few bites before I gave up, then I proceeded to eat Lynda and Bao's dumplings.

We wandered around Paddy's market to look for some figurines for Lynda's car. Then later found The Nightmare before Christmas figurines, in cute form. They had the funniest and cutest facial expressions.

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At this point I convinced the others to come back to SMASH for the remainder of the day and enjoy in its festivities.

Bao, Lynda and Tuan, laughing it up......at me..jkjkjk

Luckily, we got back to the Roundhouse in time for the Cosplay competition. I asked one of the organisers behind the stage if it was too late to join (me playing dumb, knowing that the cut off time was at 1pm).

And guess what?!

My Misa chan (Miso) was there to the rescue.

She saw me and pulled me into the line.

I got to have a bit more chit chat with Misa, as well as the two L's from earlier and other cosplayers.

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Then it was our turn, and low and behold, when our names and characters were announced as we took to the stage, the crowd roared.

I was like, "Wow, they really like Death Note, not us...."

HEhe.

Then I hear Miso's friends yell, "Take it off!!", hmmmmm, but my friends aren't innocent either, they yelled out, "Kiss him!".

Byatches!!

Unfortunately, we didn't win the Cosplay competition, as either best male, best female or best group.

BOO!!!

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Finally, the day was over, and I exchanged contacts with the new friends from Anime UNSW I made that day at SMASH, dropped of the little kiddies back to their home and crashed at my bed, exhausted.

Being a Kira is tough work!

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Song of the moment: Lee Junki - One Word.

I look like a girl [-_-]

2007-08-12T18:14:00.001+10:00

No really I do...

MyHeritage has a service which it compares your face amongst various Celebrities.

...I guess Bao who has been grilling my ass for looking feminine finally has some ammo against me.

You win this round devil girl. Hmmmf.

First go

I'm worried....I look like Sun from Lost.

The sad thing is, I tried another picture and hoped I got a better result.

2nd go

No dice, MyHeritage still believes I look like a girl. :/ But at least it is Kyoko Fukada, what a hottie!

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Korean Drama

For the past couple of years I've been watching more and more K dramas (Korean dramas), and for those who don't know much about Korean dramas, they are synonymous with love triangles, and lots and lots of crying.

In this particular drama called My Girl, the story is about a girl named Ju Yoo Rin (Lee Da Hae) who is a chronic liar, she accidentally/purposely bumps in to rich, hotel owner, Seol Gong Chan.

Seol Gong Chan (Lee Dong Wook) is trying to find his long lost cousin for his grand father who has become ill and wishes to see his grand daughter before he dies. He see's an opportunity with Yoo Rin and decides to use her to pretend to be his cousin until they find the real grand daughter.

All this is happening whilst, Seol Jeong Woo (Lee Junki), Gong Chan's best friend begins to fall in love with Yoo Rin, only problem is he needs to prove to Yoo Rin that he ain't no player no mores. But he fails to realise that he can't fight true love.

Sae Hyun (Park Yi Seon), Gong Chan's girlfriend, known as Korea's Sharapova, returns from her success in tennis she decides to take Gong Chan back. He accepts her, however, Yoo Rin begins to fall in love with him. A complicated four-way love relationship begins with Sae Hyun, Seol Jeong Woo, Yoo Rin and Gong Chan.

Feel free to preview the show, from here. Don't worry, it is Korean dubbed but English subbed.

Bbaysha!

From left: Lee Junki, Park Si Yeon, Lee Da Hae, Lee Dong Wook

I absolutely adore this drama, because it has a mix of everything from laughter, to sadness and to romance.

Plus it has Lee Da Hae, who is an absolute cutie. I completely fell in love with her character, her performance is amazing and she's so talented! Plus, off the set, she is completely down to earth and an amazingly person with a warm heart.

I'm so jealous of Gong Chan. Bastard got to kiss her.

So pretty!!

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And the hair grows longer....

Why am I growing it at this length?

For SMASH, Sydney Manga and Anime Show. It is a fun filled day which includes a Host club, Maid cafe, Karaoke competition and cosplay (costume play) competition just to name a few.

And the connection of my hair and SMASH? Well I'll be turning up dressed up as a Japanese host club member. That's right! Like those ones who chat up girls and gets them to buy expensive drinks at a Host club.

Not only that though, I'll be turning up dressed as Raito Yagami from Death Note. Hehe. It'll be fun.

For the fans of manga and anime, please turn up on the 18th of August, this Saturday, to UNSW Roundhouse, it's only $12 at the door or $9 prepaid.

Be there! And come say hello to me. ;)

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New Skittles flavour

Skittles has come out with a new flavour. It doesn't compare to the Wild berry and Tropical flavours but it isn't too bad. Best ones are the candy apple and fairy floss.

As you can see I bought a heap to try, and this pile doesn't even compare to the ones I bought for work.

^_^

Top: GAP tee
Bottom: Dockers chinos, Samuel & Kevin belt

I can sense a 3rd root canal coming...

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Fashion

Top: Fox knit, Old Navy hoodie
Bottom: Topman jeans, G2000 belt, Vans prison issues shoes

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Top: G2000 shirt, charcoal 3/4 coat
Bottom: Old Navy belt, Topman slacks, Bostonian oxfords

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Things that irk me right now

Losing my Blistex
Losing my Blistex
Losing my Blistex
Finding out I didn't have a backup Blistex
Finding out I didn't have a backup Blistex
Finding out I didn't have a backup Blistex

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What I miss most about the U.S.

Snickers ice cream

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Song of the moment: Christian Bautista - She Could Be

I'm back baby!! I'm back!

2007-08-05T11:00:00.001+10:00

Seems like its quite consistent with me apologising again for neglecting my blog but I sincerely do apologise, as I was exhausted from my trip, had to catch up with work back in the office here in Sydney and also attend my physio sessions every week.

Does that justify on requesting for a personal assistant?

^_^

I think so...hehe

Btw position is still available, please refer to here. *wink*

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Now quirky things I noticed at Chappell Hills mall.

A sign to indicate stairs. Now this is getting silly, when I see stairs, I don't need a sign to tell me that there's stairs. But at least they're being considerate for the slow people in this country.

No really?

Now shopping at the GAP is also nice and convenient. Check out this cute little button inside your change room. Got any sizing or style probs? Push it and an attendant will be with you shortly.

Push if you're horny.

This is just as convenient as the more busier GAP stores where they all have headsets and communicate each other when serving customers.

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A pretty scenery shot of the mountain range of Colorado Springs. How nice. So lush and green, its everything you see on those American family movies. I'm thinking Homeward Bound.

I'd certainly live here if I was retired, because its just so peaceful. Rarely any crime and everything you need (if you're a retiree) at your finger tips.

But the little Asian boy in me wants me to live back in the motherland of Asia. Most probably Japan, South Korea or Singapore.

It honestly is very peaceful here. COS is pretty much a Caucasian dominated city, with other ethnic nationalities being the African-Americans and Mexicans. Asians don't rate highly here and was told by some workmates that when I'm in public, they notice that the people stare at me. Mainly because of the way I look (Asian) and the way I dress.

Strange.

I tried to look like a local. But failed to find anything I liked in stores such as the GAP, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Hot Topic and Buckle.

Problem with those stores is that they contain very similar clothing. And scarily enough, the clothes I bought from the GAP and AE five years ago are still similar to the ones there today. Nothing has changed! :/

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I watched not only one, but two baseball games!

It was so awesome! My first baseball game. I was watching the Colorado Skysox play and we kicked their (some other team) ass.

As you can see the weather doesn't look too fresh, but COS has odd weather like in Melbourne. It was freezing cold in the early morning, hot in midday and finally cold and raining in the evening. Can't make up their mind?

And a baseball game is never complete without a fight. The situation here is that the pitcher through a beamer at the hitter and clocked him on the leg.

Then as the hitter was taking his base, he exchanged words with the pitcher, then seconds later they rushed each other and then the whole team and players in the dugout joined in.

I was in complete awe and only managed to snap a few shots. DAMMIT!!

The hitter was kicked out of the game, heheeh. And there was one particular (shirtless) character in the stands who stood up for the Skysox and shouted abuse to the other team's kicked out player, giving him all the shit he could dish out. Nice work! :)

Was thoroughly an enjoyable two games and an example of such convenience at the baseball game as you can buy sno cones and cotton candy there.

Perfect for people with sweet tooths like me.

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Where's the bunny?
Can anyone spot the bunny?
Should be pretty obvious.
^_^

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Thrill of life time.

To the non car appreciators, skip this part, but for those who appreciate cars, stick around. But thanks to Rob for hooking me up a ride with his friend, Eric's ride, it's a Mustang Shelby GT500. It is a beast of a machine and roars like a sexy momma.

We reached up to 100mph on this sweet ride.

And to think it only costs approximately US$30k, but the Shelby Cobra (a lesser model) costs about AU$90K.

Ripped!!

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Food porn

. : Room service : .

Details: New York steak sirloin, Grilled Italian sausage sandwich roll, Banana pastry with strawberry and unsweetened Iced tea.
Notes: Delicious but nothing exceptional, other than the dessert.

One of the sexiest Cookies and cream milkshakes (from Denny's) I've had.

How could I resist not having a dozen of Dunkin' Donuts? Haven't had these in years. And they were everything I remembered them as.

Now don't feel disappointed, I ate a heap of food there to a point where I didn't have enough room for dessert. That's right! Pogi missed out on dessert. Poor me. *weep* I just forgot to take a snap photo.

I ate at various places, including Dennys, IHOP (International House of Pancakes), Red Robin, Zios (Italian cuisine), On the Boarder (Mexican cuisine), Wendys, Chick-Fil-A, Salsa Brava (Mexican cuisine), Cracker Barrel (Cowboy cuisine), Applebee's, and last but not least Chicago Hot dogs.

It was mentioned to me that Mexican food is very popular in the US, to a point there people would not survive if Mexican food was removed from their cuisine.

It's like Sydney and our Asian cuisines.

A special mention goes to the Chicago Hot dogs. These are the tastiest hot dogs I've ever had and at first I wouldn't have thought would be good. From a glance its a hot dog, with relish and a salad including cucumbers.

I thought, this looks horrible and sounds horrible, but when you take a bite you are floored.

My knees were weakening and you couldn't have a conversation with me because I was busy cherishing every bite.

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A special shout out to Robert Beers and his family, you have a beautiful family and honestly you are lucky with what you have.

Thank you for befriending a picky person like me and putting up with my relentless sugar addiction.

Catch up with you soon.

;)

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Speaking of catching up with people, need to meet up with Grace and her trip with Joni, Thao and Joe in Japan.

Lucky bastards!

I would've joined y'all if I hadn't gone on work travel.

Work hard, work smart

2007-07-14T13:15:00.001+10:00

Oops, sorry for the lack of blog posts but I've been ridiculously busy.

Being an ~~adult~~ grown up is difficult. Especially if you've been promoted, that's right babyyyyy! Pogi got promoted again....well it was officially set in April but I have work travel this week and next. I is now a Technical Analyst. In the I.T. system cycle I'm one of those people who has to communicate with a client, understand what they require and turn it into business processes. Bored yet?

And with that comes meeting the department heads and training, so I am here in Colorado Springs, CO, the United States of America.

This is not my first time in the U.S. but it is my first time in Colorado Springs.

You see the buildings there in the middle of the picture, that's the office. Just kidding! We're actually situated on the front range, of the Rockies. Very nice location but as per usual, like LA, the city is stretched out, so everything is everywhere, and rarely in one easy place. The funny thing though, is that everyone, and I mean everyone drives everywhere. There is no walking whatsoever. Besides walking to your car...hehehe

An odd thing about this city is that the elevation is at about 6,000 ft above sea level. Meaning the air is thinner here, which leads you to being more dehydrated and you've got less endurance for any exercise.

I speak the truth. On my first night here I woke up in the middle of the night and was dying for a drink. Luckily I had Pibb in the hotel fridge.

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I hate flying.

Why? Because my 1.25pm flight last Friday was delayed 3 times and finally took off at about 6pm. We did receive compensation, however, I already ate lunch when Qantas (hate) awarded us with a lunch voucher. I wasn't hungry or thirsty at all so I spent the money on 2 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts. ^_^

If only I flew Singapore Airlines. :/

Pogi being the definition of silly, did not have the stomach to eat any of them, and carried them on the plane from Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX). [-_-]

Stupid aren't I?

Wearing a leg brace, carrying a laptop bag and a luggage bag, plus 2 boxes of Krispy Kremes. Stupid indeed.

Flight on Qantas wasn't too bad, but a class of highschool of American students were also on my flight. Now after watching Final Destination many times, I'm a bit freaked out and couldn't stop thinking about that movie. For the people who have seen the movie, I even checked if my tray table knob broke off. :/ Scaredy cat.

Thanks to my sister, she booked me a seat where my right (injured) leg is next to the aisle. It made my flight experience more comfortable, but not too get too comfortable incase a flight attendant with a trolley knocks my knee....which almost happened! Irresponsible old lady. hmmmmf!!

16 hrs later, I arrived at LAX in the afternoon, and since I originally missed my connection flight around midday that day, I had to wait an extra 5 hrs for the evening flight to COS.

I flew United Airlines from LAX to COS. Funny thing is, I beeped like crazy when I walked through the metal detector on my way to my domestic flight. Could it be the bolts in my knee, my belt, my shoes or my jeans (has metal studs on them)?

I was pulled into a special search section of the security group, forced to take off my belt and my shoes, luckily, not my pants. :) Then the searcher guy used a sweeper across my body several times, front and back, ,and get this, he took a swab of my hands and of my leg brace, then ran them on his illegal substance finding machine. He questioned all my gear, and was kinda scary cos he spoke softly and calmly, just like on the TV show Airline USA. At this moment, I was wondering if I was being filmed, and will appear on that show:

"In LAX, this young, Australian of Asian descent is acting suspiciously and is causing alarm on our metal detectors...."

After a 1.5 hr flight, I finally made it to COS on (their) Tuesday morning at 12.15am. *yawn* I feel so sorry for my driver, Dan, who had to wait there at the atrocious early hours of the day. But the cool thing though, is that he was holding up a sign with my name on it!

Albert Igonia

I was like, this is sooooo cool! It's just like in the movies, and it's happening to me! hehehe. So I casually walked up to him, like this situation was normal and said, "Hi, I'm Albert, how you goin'?". I wonder if I fooled him? hmmmmmz

Only sucky thing was he folded the sign and threw it away in the trash can. *cries* Missed out on snapping a picture.

And now life in a hotel begins, yay for staying at the Hilton in downtown COS. This means Pogi won't make his bed, clean up after himself and does not do laundry at all! Woohoo!!

Airplanes waiting for me to take off

LA looks so tiny

What is my plan here in COS?

To work? Maybe.
To kiss all the boss' ass? Of course.
To eat? Hells yeah!!
To shop? Definitely!

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Oww.

Here is a snap of my knee, post surgery. It has been about a month since that painful day in the hospital.

Will I get scars? EEWWWW

You see? I stayed at a hospital in Chinatown. har har har

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Food porn

Details: Maple flavoured waffles, with banana and maple syrup
Notes: Delectable! Because it was made by me!! Hei hei hei ^_*

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Annoying Office moments #32

Conversations in the restrooms - Ok, here I am, need to go to the restrooms to pee. A work colleague catches up with me and starts speaking to me as I approach the restroom, then continues to chat to me whilst I walk in, then continues to blab away whilst I'm relieving myself and finally, and even when I'm washing my hands!

The heck?!?!

Where's the privacy?

How awkward. I was silent the whole time.

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Fanx to my boo, Helena, for featuring me as her favourite on her blog.

More details of my experience here in COS, the food I ate and the clothes I bought in my next post. ^_^

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Meanwhile, I'm watching A Model Life with Petra Nemcova, which is a copy of America's Next Top Model, but instead is hosted by beauty Petra Nemcova, only difference is, Australia's Next Top Model is more entertaining. Why? Because of the bitchiness. So hilarious when they fight. hehehe

A model on the show was told to lose weight.....OUCH!! Poor girl!

Petra = Gorgeous

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Fashion

Top: Zara suit, G2000 shirt, Tag Heuer timepiece
Bottom: Dickies belt, leg brace, crutches

Pogi: the Birthday boy

2007-06-08T18:19:00.001+10:00

Been a short while since my last post but gosh, this last week has been crazy busy. Apologies.

Thank you to my work peoples for hosting my birthday lunch at my favourite Japanese restaurant in Sydney.

Yakiniku box

I had my yakiniku as per usual, gosh I love wagyu beef. So succulent and flavoursome. I think I should marry one of the girls working at this restaurant.

Can anyone guess where this is? I think all my hints should make it easy for you.

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Take two

After work, the family and I had a quiet dinner at a favourite Korean BBQ restaurant, dead centre in the City. Can anyone guess?

I love this restaurant, but gosh, they really need some hosts that can speak some decent English. It took 5 mins to explain to a cute but confused girl that we wanted the table cleared for dessert. Instead she thought we wanted the food to be put in takeaway containers, then she thought we weren't happy with the food, and finally she thought we wanted to order more food for takeaway.

Aarrrggghhhh!

But she was cute, sweet, and tried her best to understand me, so she isn't in the receiving end of my frustration.

Finally, the manager was able to understand what we meant after some further explanation.

One of my favourite things about this restaurant is that there are TV's everywhere and also a projector that loops Korean music videos.

Not Hyori Lee :(

One of the hosts told us, "Wow, this is a lot of food!". My family must've felt fat for a second, but hey, Filipinos can eat a lot, and Chinoys can eat a lot more. ^_^

BYO: 85 degrees desserts

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Lovely gift from a lovely person

Thank you Bernadette for ordering this beautiful and delicious Mars Bar cheesecake, and willing to deliver it to my home in the very, very late evening.

I appreciate it.

I know I don't say it much, but it's cause I'm rather shy but I love you!

This weights like 5 kilos!

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Take three!

Then another birthday lunch (because they know how much I love food) at yumcha. Surprisingly, some of our Melbourne peeps made the trek up for ~~my birthday~~ work and joined in the festivities.

Could you believe some of them have not tasted a mango pancake? For those who don't know what it is (for shame!), it is a dessert, which consists of a slice of mango, vanilla icecream, whipped cream and covered in a mango flavoured pancake. When my work peeps took their first bite, I could see a sense of yummy relief on their face.

The next words that spoke from their mouth was: "OMG! Thank you for intro'ing me to this!", "I'm not eating anything till I get more of these mango pancakes!", "Dude, you're a legend for showing this to us!", "Albert, I'm gonna go eat with you all the time!".

Mission accomplished.

But honestly, who could resist mango pancakes?

Dimsum

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Take four!

Another night of Pogi's birthday celebrations. This time its with University buddies. Since I'm the birthday boy, I get to eat where I want (spoiled much? never!). Again I chose Korean, because a. I love Asian food, and b. some of my friends have not eaten Korean before.

I took Neil, Maria, Krist, Karla, Claudia, Peter and Archie to another favourite (gee, I have a lot of favourites huh?) Korean restaurant on Goulburn st. Another guessing game for you folks! ;)

Funny part of the night was when the manager saw Krist struggling to slice his meat, so he took it upon himself to grab the tongs and scissors, then began to cut up the meat for him. At that moment Krist looked like he was five years old as he gave childish looks whilst the man cut the meat up right in front of him. We too were silent. But we're laughing hysterically inside.

Krist, Omar & Peter

Uni peeps!

Afterwards, I chose to go for an evening of karaoke since I came straight from work and have not been feeling well. Clubbing can be postponed for another day.

Sexy loves?

Now who would like to see a bunch of manly men sing Kelis, Milkshake?

Ok ok, no hate, here we are again singing to Neyo, Sexy love.

But the highlight of the evening would have to be us men singing Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha. Too bad I didn't get a video of that one.

A couple of hours later, I called it a night and proceeded to sleep on the way home, courtesy of Neil and Maria.

A big thanks to everyone who came! And for those who sent their greetings to me in the form of messages and phone calls.

Plus of course receiving a Slurpee machine for my birthday. Love you all!

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Take five!

Yumcha once again, but this time with Bao, Tuan and Vu. However, shout outs go to Bao (she's in the picture below looking silly as usual) because shes special. And by special I mean, stupid, retarded but strangely lovable.

Bao & Tuan

We unfortunately had run-ins with an evil tea lady, possibly instigated by me, and annoying waiter dude, due to Bao picking fights with anyone and everyone.

I had two of these mango puddings. Yum freakin' YUM!

Tofu dessert

Pickups from Breadtop

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Fashion

This outfit is inspired by Lee Junki, a Korean actor. I don't know what's wrong with me but its quite common with most things. If I like something, I will continue to eat it, wear it, go to it, as much as I can, till I get sick of it. So expect consistency with me.

Top: 2 x Dickies singlet, Fox knit, Rayban sunglasses
Bottom: Revoltage denim, Vans prison issues

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One more sleep.....

2007-05-29T16:08:00.001+10:00

...till my birthday!!

^_^

Ok I shush now.....

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Fashion outfit

Top: Topman blazer, Dickies singlets, Fox knit, Revoltage crucifix
Bottom: Topman jeans, Umbro shoes

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Food porn

Details: Vanilla slice from Michell's Patisserie
Notes: Too rich in vanilla!

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Details: BBQ chicken noodle soup from random food court x slurpee x cupcake
Notes: Yum freakin' yum. Plus love the cupcake and slurpee as per usual

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Had this for breakfast....not healthy! But then again, is anything I eat healthy?

Details: Cadbury roast almond chocolate block
Notes: I ate it all before lunch. [-_-]

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Details: Hotcakes from McDonalds x custard tart from random milk bar
Notes: Hotcakes were good when doused with maple syrup but the custard tart was eewww. Custard was nice but the pastry was salty. :/

Birthdays + Love/hate Winter

2007-05-22T16:31:00.001+10:00

The latest Happy Birthday shout out goes to 20 young year old Catherine who had her party bash at Camperdown the other week.

The evening was choc full of fun, that included a delicious array of Filipino food prepared by ~~yours truly~~ Catherine's relatives, Krispy Kreme donuts (could not resist to bring these), Nintendo Wii (which my cousin Phillip could not stop playing the whole night) and of course the lovely Catherine.

Only issue of the evening was that Cat discovered a half eaten Polo bun and a green tea sticky rice ball inside the bag which had her present from me.

Tsk tsk tsk

Silly me....

Those were two day old food stuffs. Eeeewwwwww.

Sexy mommas

And that reminds me, my birthday is fast approaching at the end of this month and I'll be turning the rip old age of 23!!

Crap that's old!

But hey, that's Michael Jordan's jersey number. Boom!! ^_^

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On a serious note, be careful when on the road folks, driving home from Cat's party I was suffering microsleeps and almost crashed in to another car.

I know that I shouldn't drive with lack of sleep but I didn't realise how exhausted I was till I drove.

Please take care.

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Saturday dinner

Eating out at a Japanese restaurant with the sexy bunch, this evening involved a minor argument with the manager regarding their chicken teriyaki, which could have been easily resolved if they could understand English.

Then later, dessert at Max Brenners, with me over dosing on chocolate goodness (big chocolate truffle, chocolate nut fudge brownie and a Reeses Pieces milkshake).

Hotness

Death by chocolate

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Dessert was marred by me spotting one of bestie's ex's whom she now hates with a vengeance!

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Love/hate Winter

No, no, not Anna Wintour, but Winter! Yes, Winter is definitely here, today it was 17 degrees celcius in Sydney. 17!! It was like 26 last week! :/

One thing I love about Australia are the seasons. We actually have hot and cold weather, not like in the Singapore where its hot or hotter.

And I have a love/hate interest for Winter. I welcome cold weather. I actually enjoy snuggling up under the covers with that special someone to keep warm and escape from the cold, or not feeling the effects of 30 degree weather with it being a dry heat, and of course I like wearing Winter clothes (3/4 length cashmere coats, gloves and scarves). If I was bothered, possibly shemaghs and ear muffs.

Now there's nothing like the wind flapping your 3/4 length coat whilst you walk down the street strutting like nothing can stand in your way.

All good and fun yeah?
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Not for your life!!!

Don't even blink for a second, because yes it's all rainbows and candy with the above, but there is the bad side of this cold dark place:

1. Waking up on a chilly morning and the tiles in the bathroom are freezing cold. (no heater can fix this).
2. Your ass sitting on a cold part of the sofa.
3. Waiting an extra 10 seconds for the hot water to kick-in in the shower.
4. Your hot coffee not staying so hot because of the cold weather.
5. Having to wear big chunky coats, scarves, gloves, etc. which is heavy and makes me feel fat, plus having to take these off and then put em back on when you enter in and out of buildings.

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Outfits

Top: Wallstreet shirt, Fox knit, Raybans
Bottom: Zara trousters, G2000 blu belt, Stacey Adams shoes

F*ck I love that elevator for an outfit location

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Top: G2000 shirt, Topman tie, black knit, wannabe pose
Bottom: Topman trousers, G2000 blu belt

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Top: G2000 shirt, Topman slim blazer
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Topman slim trousers

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Top: RL polo, Domanchi blazer, Raybans
Bottom: Dickies belt, Revoltage jeans, Vans prison issues

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Top: RL Polo
Bottom: Topman jeans, Samuel & Kevin belt,Vans prison issues

Boy next door look. har har har

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TV

SPOILERS!!!

24: Holy shiet, mofo, womaniser Vice President is screwing things up!! Bastard Chang has Jack's newphew, Jake. And Jack's father?! Why is he a villain?!

Lost: Oh crap!! Who the hell is that apparition Jacob? Will John live? He has too! He's an integral character in the series. Honestly, Captain America (Jack) is giving me the shits, he's too closed off since returning back to camp and he loves Juliet too much. As per usual I want Charlie to die, he is soooooo annoying.

One Tree Hill: At last!! Lucas finds out his father Dan killed his beloved uncle, Keith. And Peyton's stalker is finally goneskies after being beat up by girl power, with the help of Brooke.

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Additional Food porn

I love food. Even if it kills me.

Details: Beef bibimap (Korean)
Notes: Delicious.

Details: Bacon double cheeseburger deluxe meal
Notes: Instant heart attack (in a good way)

Breakfast, not a good way to start though

Details: Double pattie bacon cheesebuger, jumbo chips x mayonnaise, cupcake
Notes: Fulfilling, completely satisfying if it wasn't for the heart burn from the food

It's official, I am Kira

2007-05-13T11:49:00.001+10:00

Thank you to that special someone, dare I say a Shinigami (Death God), I have been handed a gift.

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And now I am Kira (killer).

Please send a Polaroid and name to my email address on who you'd like to eliminate from this world. Just kidding!!

For those who don't know, please take some time and read Death Note manga, anime or even the live action movie.

A short synopsis:

Death Note is about a school boy who finds a notebook with the power to kill people just by writing the person's name into it whilst keeping in mind the image of the person's face. What makes this manga/anime so special is the interesting plot and the characters. Although the concept of Shinigami (Death God) isn’t anything new, the idea of death by book is something worth thinking over.

Misa-Misa!!

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Outfits from the week

Top: Topman blazer, Dickies singlets x 2, Fox white knit, Rayban shades
Bottom: Hickok belt, Revoltage jeans, Converse

Le TigraGame face!

Top: Zara suit, G2000 shirt, crucifix from Singapore
Bottom: Burlington sox

Top: G2000 shirt, Topman tie, Death note book
Bottom: Zara trousers, Stacey Adams shoes

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Death lunch for Kira

The following dish shortened my life....

Beef burger with extra pattie, cheese and bacon from local milkbar
Jumbo fries from Oportos
Egg mayonnaise jar from IGA

Roast duck, roast pork with rice from random Asian restaurant in Chinatown

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Psst. Pogi's birthday is coming up.....har har har

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Assistant position available!

Pogi has a personal assistant position available. Typically you are needed to assist in my day-to-day tasks.

These tasks may include the purchasing of lunch for him at his request (may or may not include trips to Easyway), carrying his bags (3.5 kg laptop bag & compendium), deciding what outfits he is to wear for the next day, organising outings and events for him via telephone or email with his friends and associates.

Salary: 1 x Easyway drink large with topping, 1 x bacon & egg roll (for morning tea), 1 x lunch anywhere in North Sydney, 1 x Polo bun with coconut (afternoon tea).

Candidates, please send your resumes to my email address. ^_^

Krist's B'day + Maria's Grad + Dad's B'day

2007-05-07T14:33:00.001+10:00

I know this post was made on the same day as the last one but this event deserved its own.....

Now last weekend was crazytown! Straight after work I met up with Neil, Maria and Krist at World Towers because they booked an apartment till Sunday morning. That's right babeeee! 3 days of fun filled party hardyness.

What are we celebrating you ask?

Why of course Krist's (Omar) b'day! I wish you a big Happy Birthday Krist!

Happy 25th man!

Can't believe you're that old! har har har. Just kidding brudda.

Krist is Filo, he is 5ft 10, extremely likable and a whole lot of friendly. So girls, if you ever need a man who can give some luvin', this is your chance to nab him.

;)

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It is also a day to celebrate Maria's graduation and official promotion to "grown up" status. Maria has graduated with a degree in Microbiology. From what I can understand, she can work in the Science field and find cures of diseases or even become a doctor.

Congratulations Maria!!

Time to buy even more "office" clothes. Har har har

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Prior to Friday on Thursday nite. I was doing work at home, but didn't finish till late. So I never had a chance to choose what to wear for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

What to do? I got up extra early to choose what to wear. Only problem was I was in zombie mode, like most mornings, and couldn't decide what to choose. I randomly grabbed what I think was clothing and deposited them in to a mini luggage.

I happily knocked off at 4.30 on Friday afternoon and headed to George St to meet up with Neil, Maria and Krist.

Later that early evening, we went grocery shopping and picked up some bread (I'm obsessed with bread), from Breadtop, not realising that a few mins away was the newly opened Breadstory. :/ I also managed to pick up some of these puffy cookies, with chocolate/custard "injected" inside them. Sounds delicious?! It sure is! Especially when it is eaten fresh and hot.

And now some happy snaps!!

Andrea, Karla, Krist (Birthday dude), Me & bread

Krist, Maria (officially a grown up now) and Neil

View from the top

The lovely Karla with part of my head, in a failed camera shot attempt.

Girls being silly whilst Krist and I are in line getting Puffy cookies.

Krist attempting his best Sith Lord impression

Pimpess Maria repping her jacket we gots for her

Saturday morning Me

It was important to be careful in this particular bathroom, because it was the same one were Samir captured Dalemy, TWICE! whilst showering with Neil's camera. Why? I do not know. But maybe it will make it on the Internet one day? Haha.

Krist posing with a hoodie we copped

Maria & Neil cooking us a delicious dinner

Preparing to go out on Saturday night, destination = Pumphouse

Krist styling out his newly bought outfit

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Friday night: Verandah bar

Since I was well rested after work and quick stint in the apartment, the funkii krew headed to Verandah bar for some hiphop tunes. Dalemy picked up a friendly mature lady with a red top, and even gave her a peck on the cheek! Nice one!!

That was fun, with lots of laughs, especially Samir doing his thang and Dal abusing randoms on the street. To the victims, I'm sorry, but he was under the influence.

I was repping this tonight as a Jpop/Jrock dude.

George St at night

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Saturday night: Pumphouse

VIP, drinks on me! That's right sexy mommas! We were rockin' up at the VIP lounge in Pumphouse celebrating with even a bigger group of friends.

Only problem was it was crowded as hell. Your ass touched not one, but possibly two or three other asses, *prays they were at least girls asses*, because the venue was packed like Darling harbour on New Years.

And how could I forget to mention Neil's battle, crump style with some random clubbers on the night!? Hell it was mental and crazie as anything. Neil was doing his thang but was overwhelmed by the other krew, considering he was all alone and had no back up. Where were you Krist and Don?

It was totally something out of that dance movie, You Got Served.

Dalemy offering the finger after being in the men's restroom for 15 mins, hmmmm, notice the pretty girl in the background (?)

Dalemy being Dalemy i.e. drunk as fuck

Dal giving us drunk Blue Steel

Dalemy showing us how what alcohol can do to people

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Happy Birthday Dad!

My father turns 53 today. A big Happy Birthday also goes out to him! I was able to make it back in time mid Sunday afternoon greet him.

Wish you the best Dad.

Fashion show - day 10 + Food porn

2007-05-07T13:20:00.001+10:00

The last day of Pogi's fashion show....
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....Pogi will make this short and quick

Top: G2000 shirt, black knit, Van Heusen tie
Bottom: Topman trousers, Hickok belt, Stacey Adams slips

Bwhahahah! Why is my arm posed like that?!

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Top: G2000 shirt, random scarf, Topman tie
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Topman trousers

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Top: G2000 shirt, Giordano knit (OMG yes, who could have believed such a nice peach colour came from Giordano? But I got it from Singapore, har har har), Rayban shades
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Esprit slacks

Death Note!

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Top: G2000 shirt, Domanchi blazer, Topman tie
Bottom: Domanchi trousers, G2000 blu belt

My Raito (Death Note) pose

Now I hate recycling an outfit but I just love this blazer, tie and shirt combo. Plus I had to meet a few clients that day so I had to dress to impress. :p

Pogi wishes to thank you for being a part of this show. Everyone receives a complimentary bang of Skittles.

^_^

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Food porn

As served at Pogi's fashion show after party....

Menu: Pork spare ribs with BBQ sauce
Source: Food court/hawker at Tower Square in Nth Sydney.
Verdict: Nice, it was good, not great, but not bad either. Can't expect too much.

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Menu: Steak (medium rare) with pepper sauce and chips.
Source: Station hotel, Nth Sydney
Verdict: Delicious and great bang for your buck.

Fashion show - day 9

2007-04-29T19:11:00.001+10:00

Pogi's street couture, ready-to-wear range is rounding up the second last day of the fashion show.

His notes to this line, '...I'd like to bring back simplicity. People every day stress over what to wear. But this line delivers ease of choice and matching each clothing item for the modern man...'

Top: Topman blazer, Dickies singlet plain, Dickies singlet lined, Crucifix by Revoltage
Bottom: Revolness denim, Umbro white canvas shoes (to be worn)

My attempt to looking like a conservative Jpop/Jrock star. All though not pictured, I added a few badges on the lapel to finish the look.

Oh crap, you can see my toes

I love this crucifix necklace

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Top: Topman hoodie, Dickies tee (not pictured)
Bottom: Revoltage denim, S&K belt, Vans (to be worn)

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Who likes puppies?! I do!!

I was at a luncheon party yesterday for my parents. It was one of those Filipino meets, where the adults dine in for lunch at a host's home, whilst chit chatting with the latest gossip, and eating loads and loads of good food.

At this particular luncheon, my father's old boss in his government job back in the Philippines was in town and they organised an occasion with other previous work people. Funny story is that

The event begins with the adults talking and laughing with each other whilst eating Filipino food, then you have the poor sods such as myself and the adult's kids, sitting aimlessly, eating food, watching TV or finding anything to do to kill time.

Why do the kids of the adults attend these tedious functions?
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For the food.

2 hrs later, after I couldn't stand hearing any more ridiculously lame Filipino jokes, I headed home.

But before I left, I was introduced to a new litter of puppies that the host of the party's family dog had.

Pup molesting my Vans

The momma wasn't too pleased I was playing with the pups.

Fashion show - day 8

2007-04-27T13:57:00.001+10:00

There is a "Men's week" sale at Myer, starting from the 23rd till the 29th of this month. It being ANZAC day (Lest We Forget) on Wednesday, plus Pogi being seriously lazy, I only managed to make it to the sale last night.

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And what a waste of time that was.
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I was looking for a wallet, and thought it was a great opportunity to make the buy last nite, plus I had $400 worth of Myer gift cards to splurge with.
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Unfortunately, their range was limited to Oroton, JAG and Country Road.

Now no offense to these labels, but I wanted something along the lines of Prada or Givenchy to replace my aging Louis Vuitton wallet.

How disappointing, Pogi went home empty handed.

And knowing me, I am not a happy camper when I go shopping and return with nothing.

[-_-]

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Fashion show

Top: Charcoal coat, G2000 shirt, Ray Ban sunnies
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Topman slacks, Burlington Sox

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Top: RL Polo, Le Tigre sports jacket (sports jacket sounds so old man speak)
Bottom: Dickies belt, Topman jeans, Vans shoes

Fashion show - day 7 evening set

2007-04-24T21:59:00.001+10:00

And then.....

The office couture evening fashion show begins

Well not really, this was my outfit today.........

Top: Flair chocolate coat, G2000 shirt, Topman tie
Bottom: Dickies belt, Topman slacks, Burlington sox

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Random Singapore finds

Shopping from Orchard Rd, at the Heeren and Far East Plaza.

Sorry but I had to giggle at the name of this store...hehehe..

Fake Rock & Republic jeans

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Scary elevator

OK the story behind this one, is that I was visiting a friend at her place and I noticed their elevators look very much like the ones in the Ju-On/The Grudge movie.

It seems that elevators in Singapore like in Japan have these window panels on their elevators as a safety precaution, for example, they can see if there is a fire on the other floors. That was the explanation I was given.

I don't like them though, because they remind me of the scary part in the movie. You wouldn't catch me in one of these alone on a dark and spooky night.

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The MRT (Subway in SG)

Here are two pix of the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) in Singapore. As you can see it looks very different to the Australian train system but is very similar to the Japanese trains.

Plus they also have the safety barriers for each station to prevent people falling on to the train. How practical!

The commuters look so depressed though. I tried to cheer them up by smiling but they just looked at me weird.

:)

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Our office

Here is where I was working at our office in Singapore. I was situated in the country manager's office. The view is sexy.

^_^

I can't believe how crazy the rent is for this office space.

Fashion show - day 7

2007-04-24T11:36:00.001+10:00

Yesterday....

Top: Zara suit, G2000 shirt, scarf (gift)
Bottom: Hickok belt, Burlington sox, sans shoes

Twas a cold day in Sydney. Even colder today. :o

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Slim suits of sexiness + pick ups from Singapore (Topman)

Fashion show - day 6

2007-04-21T20:01:00.001+10:00

And as we continue the Singapore fashion show...

..more of Pogi's office couture collection is as follows, but surprisingly the venue was changed to a bedroom....how odd..

Top: Zara suit, G2000 shirt, Fox knit
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Burlington sox

Death Note!!

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The second line of Pogi's collection includes a casual urban theme (casual Friday at work!)....

Top: Options jacket, Ralph Lauren Polo
Bottom: Samuel & Kevin belt, Revoltage jeans, Vans shoes

Casual dress Light (Death Note)?

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Singapore trip (cont.)

Now to keep myself busy during those late morning wakes and late evening where I'm too tired to go out. There was TV!!

Every morning I was able to watch NBA and EPL games, other channels included 24hr Chinese and Japanese talk shows/drama shows and of course cartoons.

Tom & Jerry!!

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Karaoke!

Now these K Box karaoke places are a plenty in SG. They have far greater facilities than the ones in Sydney and are cleaner too! A wider assortment of songs are also available, but are no use of me because I can't read or speak or sing Mandarin/Cantonese/Japanese/Taiwan/Korean.

I'm a useless Asian boy.

[0_o]

Just call me a twinkie.

Karaoke!!

Harajuku store in Marina square

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Oh noes! What has BAPE started....

Fashion show - day 5

2007-04-18T22:56:00.001+10:00

As we continue with designer Pogi's office couture collection.....we have....

From yesterday..

Top: G2000, Giordano knit
Bottom: Dickies belt, Zara trousers, Stacey Adams shoes (not pictured)

and today

Top: G2000 shirt, Giordano knit
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Zara trousers, Florsheim shoes (not pictured)

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Shopping haul from Swingapore....

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Singapore sling trip...

My hotel slippers (2 sizes too small!)

View from the 19th floor down to reception

Notice the two bars on the left and right, grand ballroom in the middle, and the lounge singer/mini orchestra in the bottom right.

In the mornings, the hotel brings in birds that tweet softly, perfect for a morning wake up. And then in the evenings, usually there is a female lounge singer happily popping out some tunes, or a mini orchestra playing beautiful classical music. The ambience it created reminded me very much of Bill Murray in Lost in Translation.

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Titans won!

I failed to mention in my previous posts since I was in Singapore, that our basketball team, the Titans, won our division!

We are the champions!

When I found out, I was in my hotel room in SG. I gave my basketball teammate Dennis a call, and asked him what was the score, he said we were up 8 points by half time.

Me, like Sakuragi, listening closely..

I called him back 20 mins later and he happily tells me that we won by about 16 points. Hurrah!!

At this moment I turn around and....

Celebrate!!

By jumping up and down, spinning around and punching fists into the air.

Yay!

Fashion show - day 4

2007-04-16T19:14:00.001+10:00

And we resume the fashion show...

It was Summer in Singapore but unfortunately, Winter was just starting here in Sydney. But this does not deter Pogi in releasing a range of pastel coloured sweaters!

And thank god I finally have the motivation to unearth these clothes from the clothes box. They were still sitting in there since 2 weeks ago when I arrived back in Sydney.

Pogi is the definition of laziness.

Pretty aye? I got them all from various stores in Singapore. You see, Pogi has an obsession with colours, atm I have about 30 polos, all in different colours, and I planned to build up a sweater collection as well, but in even a wider range of colours.

Old pic of my rainbow polo collection

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Fashion

Warning: all the pictures on Pogi's blog have not been photoshopped or doctored. You see Pogi in all his blemished and imperfection glory.

Top: RayBan sunnies, G2000 shirt, Fox longsleeve

Bottom: Dickies belt, Topman trousers, Florsheim shoes (not pictured)

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And one more luvo pic after work....hehehe

Singapore Fashion Festival

2007-04-12T11:36:00.001+10:00

Due to rain affecting Pogi's fashion show, I thought it would be ideal to pimp out the Singapore Fashion Festival, which began as soon as I arrived in SG (23-03).

What a coincidence?

Do you believe me now that Pogi is fashion? har har har

XD

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Most of the festival included public fashion shows such as the one below, where ~~designers~~ labels lay their season gear on models, whilst they strut their stuff on a catwalk.

There were also massive sales from all the clothing boutiques around Singapore. Good timing for Pogi. XD

As you can see it is far from any real fashion shows such as Dior Homme FW 2007, but what do you expect? It's Singapore, not really a fashion capital of the world, or Asia as a matter of fact.

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Due to a local friend in media/marketing, I was able to view the Marc by Marc Jacobs show in some place called Nee Amn City (sp?) and it was nice, a decent line in fact.

I did my best to look fashionable by wearing Revoltage jeans, Domanchi blazer, G2000 dress shirt and a Fox longsleeve. No shoes!? Just kidding, I had some Vans prison issues.

I got to mingle with the locals, check out cute models, and guess which guests were designers, journalists or tourists (like me!).

One thing though that my friend mentioned was, that there was no freebie bag?! She said usually these designer fashion shows give out freebie bags that contain various label related freebies.

I guess Marc chumped out on this show.

Oh wells. At least the experience was good as it was my first ever fashion show attendance.

(^_^)

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Fashion

Today - bad hair day [>_<]

Top: Domanchi blazer, G2000 shirt, Topman tie
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Zara trousers, Florsheim shoes (not pictured)

Yesterday

Top: Domanchi blazer, G2000 shirt, Giordano sweater, Rayban sunnies
Bottom: G2000 blu belt, Tag Heuer timepiece, Topman trousers

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From Tuesday's outfit, su8mer8ed on SF thinks I look like this dude....

I don't think so.....

[-_-]

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And it's official, I need a knee reconstruction.

M#$th3r f^&ker!!

Fashion show - day 3 + Pogi is fashion

2007-04-10T14:56:00.001+10:00

Due to the end of the Easter long weekend, Pogi's fashion show resumes. HAr har har.

(^_^)

Here are some surprises of what was in that DHL box of goodness.

G2000 business shirts x 12 (some are in the wash)

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On the ~~elevator~~ catwalk, Pogi struts:

Top: G2000 shirt, Fox longsleeve, Tag Heuer timepiece
Bottom: Zara trousers, G2000 blu belt and Florsheim shoes (not pictured)

Bad slouch (stupid knee)

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Courtesy of Yoey, he placed me on a makeshift magazine cover. Props to you dude for your randomness and silliness.

HAr har har

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I am fashion, a line stolen from Coco Chanel, but the below pix prove it.

It is fate.

This is my mall byatch!

Pogi is fashion, yes?

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Enter the luvo pix

edit: fook me! I just noticed the above pic makes me look preggars!! >_<>

Fashion show - day 2

2007-04-06T23:38:00.001+10:00

What an amazing start to Pogi's fashion show thus far. *rolleyes*

Remember those fabulous suits I featured in my previous posts? I found something similar at Zara in Singapore. It is of slim fit design, two button (not the one button [-_-]), and cropped. Just the way I like it.

Unfortunately, not exactly like the Dior Homme variant but close enough. I would've had a tailored suit made but I wasn't staying in SG long enough.

Here it is. Please ignore the silly posing but I couldn't resist comparing my poses to the model's.

Sexy, no?

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Ugly ass fashion

Now here is some damning proof that no matter how much an item of clothing costs, it doesn't prove that it is good fashion; and also that designers, can get it wrong sometimes, if not, most times.

A good example is this grey top I found in at a Burberry store in SG.

uurrgghhh

I don't mind the colour and style except for those nasty ass, tacky plastic gems. It just does not belong on this top, or in my opinion, it does not belong on clothes. I'd like to see it look good on a piece somewhere, but so far I can't think of any from the top of my head.

The price tag was SG$1200. Need I say more?

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Mischa, why must you follow me everywhere?

Happy snaps: Bebe store in SG

Pogi's fashion show - day 1

2007-04-05T17:32:00.001+10:00

Been ~~love~~ sick all this week and the weather has not been helpful, so I've had limited time in the office, hence, little need to dress up for work. But today I was in.

Weather: 17-25 degrees, cloudy - late showers.
Top: Puritan + Dickies singlets, G2000 white shirt, Fox long sleeve black tee, Ray Bans sunglasses (Father's hand me down), necklaces from SG and PHL, Tag Heuer wristwatch.
Bottom: Zara black trousers (slim fit), Florsheim black leather shoes (not pictured).

Food: fish & chips from Nth Syd, Super Slurpee Coca Cola from 7-11

Welcome home....

2007-04-04T17:26:00.002+10:00

Pogi is back in Sydney!

(*^.^*)

I arrived Monday morning at 6am. *yawn* Luckily I skipped work that day, I barely had any sleep.

But wow, great to be back in Sydney, I missed the cooler weather here, plus my family and friends. I will definitely miss Singapore though. *cries* Don't worry, I'll be back there soon.

Due to impulse shopping, I errrr exceeded the weight and space limit of my luggage. Luckily Li Wee arranged for a DHL courier to send half my clothes back to Sydney. And it arrived yesterday!

Yehey!!

What surprises lie inside?

Surprise #1

Aren't those Vans so pretty? Got em from Check at The Heeren, awesome shopping place as it also have Queens Couture which stocks raw denim in the form of cheap monday, sugarcane, samurai, tsubi, etc.

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I'm so glad to be back though. It's good to be back to reality here in Sydney but I'm sure gonna miss my hotel.

I loved the laundry service (which I abused), room service, and the birds that chirp every morning to wake me up.

*sigh*

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Will post more pix once I sort through my shopping haul. :)

Singapore Food porn ^_^

2007-03-27T11:51:00.000+10:00

Time for some Singapore food porn. XD

~~Fake~~ Yakiniku

Details: Yuki Yaki (Marina Square)

Notes: Strange way to cook beef, but it was an interesting experience. I embarrassed myself during the payment process. The owner said he'll charge me a kid's price [-_-] because he said I didn't eat much. We were there for an hour! Friends later told me that it was because "most" restaurant patrons spend 2-3 hours in one sitting there. :/

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Details: Some Chinese restaurant that I can't pronounce the name. :/ (Marina Square)
Notes: Duck was sexay, but waitresses could not speak English well, and no dry napkins, only wet naps.

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Store that sells baos. Pic is for Bao. har har har. I bet she lubs it. ^_^

Details: Bao Today (Marina Square)
Notes: n/a (I didn't try)

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Not quite Jollibee but close enough. The food looks too processed though so I didn't try it. This pic is for my Filo peoples. :)

Details: Jollibean (Marina Square)
Notes: Not Jollibee. :/

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Details: Ichiban Boshi (Suntec City)
Notes: Nice Jap food, and awesome desserts, I love the bananas!

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Pogi does slurpee in Singapore

Details: 7-11 (Orchard rd)

Notes: Green apple is so tasty and refreshing on a hot day in SG, which is everyday. :)

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Details: Imperial Treasure (Marina Square)
Notes: Looks tasty, but its bitter! eewwww. I took one bite and made a face. :o

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Details: Lychee snow cone drink and mango canang something something. :/ (Suntec City)
Notes: Very delicious, so addictive in flavour and sweet enough for Pogi's sweet tooth. :)

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Details: Passionfruit yoghurt bubble tea (Suntec City)
Notes: Goes down very smooth but doesn't come in super large sizes. Like Vancouver's 1 litre bubble tea. :)

Stay tuned for more food porn. >_<

Singapore! + Scary + Shopping + Part hardy

2007-03-25T09:52:00.000+10:00

Apologies for no updates but during the week I was busy with work and ever since I touched down in Singapore, I've been busy non stop.

OK as I was checking in for my 8.30am flight at Sydney airport, there was a hurdle. The lady behind the desk requires the last 4 digits of my mother's Amex card or else I won't be able to get my boarding pass. No problem. I give my mom a call. Her phone is off. [-_-] After looking at the time, it's about 2am in HK. I try my sister (they're both in HK on a holiday), her phone is off.

Sydney Airport

OK honestly, why is there a need to keep your phone off? Unless you have enemies, what if you need to be contacted in an emergency?

People please keep your phone(s) on at all times!

Luckily, the guy at the service desk recognised my last name and asked if I was Myrla's (my mom's name) son. Of course I said yes and he quickly apologised and gave me my boarding pass. Not only that, he said I should've mentioned I was her son, and he also gave me access to the Singapore airlines First class/Silver Kris lounge! Awesome!! If I knew it would be like this, I would've mentioned my mom's name everywhere. XD

First class/Silver Kris lounge

What can you do at this lounge? Watch TV on flatscreens, free food, free drinks (including alcohol), free magazines/newspapers, access to the Internet, bedrooms for short naps, etc. Very luxurious, but it doesn't compare to the size and facilities as the lounge in Singapore (Changi airport).

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On the flight SQ220, I was seated next to a cute Aussie/Singapore girl. She was rather tired though, I noticed her sleeping for most of the flight.

To kill the boredom, I watched Babel which was OK, don't think it really deserved all the hype but Rinko Kikuki's performance was outstanding, she should've received an award.

8 hrs later, I arrived to this:

Marina Mandarin hotel

Compared to other hotels, Marina Mandarin totally lives up to its 5 star rating. I only have a premier room (stingy work) but it's still very nice.

My room

I ate with Li Wee at Ichiban Boshi, a Japanese restaurant where I had a beef steak thing that was cooking on a BBQ. A real yakiniku experience will be reserved for later. :)

Being typical Pogi, I left my sunglasses at the restaurant. :/ Luckily for me, Li Wee called them later that night and arranged for me to pick them up tomorrow.

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Scary

Work lady, Li Wee met up with me at the hotel and showed me to our office (since I arrived their on Friday around 1.30pm, which is still a work day for SG). With the lights off, our SG office looks scary and kinda reminds me of scenes from the English version of The Grudge (Japanese version is called Ju-on).

*shudders*

*cries*

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Shopping

Now after settling in, knowing how to get to work from the hotel. I have to do some shopping.

A couple of hours later................

Shopping haul #1

I know, I know. It's not much but I didn't want to splurge straight away. Pogi has to be a smart shopper. So far, 2 Zara suits (black and dk brown - which are fitted, slimming and cropped. Hmmmz I'll compare it to that Dior Homme suit I posted a short while ago. Also two jackets, one funkii dk camel blazer, and a contemporary very Eurody look black jacket.

Oh and a FHM magazine. ^_^

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Party Hardy

I met up with Li Wee again, two former FRS workers; Wendy and Elbert (who is Filo too!), as well as Wendy's friend Jenny.

We ate out at a restaurant next to Singapore river. I think the area we were at was called Bicao?

Li Wee and I were the last to arrive, because I errrmm take a while to get ready. Little did I know that the others already pre-ordered food. One in particular was stingray. And they did NOT warn me it had chili. As soon as it put it in my mouth and started chewing. I felt the effects.

My lips felt swollen. :( And my tongue was on fire. I ordered duck, and that kept me happy for the rest of the meal.

Now off to do some fun stuff. They took me to Insomnia, which was in one of the best locations and reminded me of Greenwood. It was conveniently located in a section of an old converted convent. Very classic.

A couple of hours and many tequila shots (peer pressure - har har har) later, I retired back in my room. This was around midnight. Now, normally I'm all up for an all nighter but I was awake for over 17 hrs, plus I was jet lagged.

Jenny, Elbert, Wendy and Li Wee

Wendy, me (swollen lips) and Li Wee

Fashion + Titans (Shohoku) basketball feature

2007-03-18T19:58:00.000+11:00

Fashion

Another amazing suit find. Blardy hell!!

I really need to go to Japan. Hmmmmz, maybe if I take these to Singapore, Li Wee can help me find a tailor to make this suit for me? :/

I just can't describe it anymore, it's very similar to the one I posted previously but hot dang, this looks so nice when worn semi casually.

At this moment, I want it so bad, I just can't stop thinking about it. I know, how retarded, instead of thinking about someone like Hyori Lee, this is clouding my mind.

[-_-]

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Friday outfit

Warm day at 28 degrees, so I thought I'd do a short sleeve today and wear comfy chinos for a Preppy look. Hair wasn't very manageable that day. :/

Top: 2 x singlets (Puritan & Dickies from Phils and U.S.), lime green RL polo from U.S., building keys, vintage Ray Bans (my father's).
Bottom: Samuel & Kelvin blue belt, Dockers khaki chinos, white Umbro velcro topsiders (not in picture).

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Basketball (Shohoku style)

It was Titan's 2nd playoff game tonite. We were up against a team called Rippers. Unfortunately, I won't be playing active sport anymore but I still made the effort to come and cheer them on.

This was one nail biter of a game. Similar to that of the Slam Dunk! (anime), Shohoku vs Kainan. The final score was 42-40. The winner was decided in the last 10 secs of the game.

Below, is Dennis on the right, and his gf, Lam on the left, don't you think he sorta looks like Kogure-san?

Meanwhile I can't tell who looks like Gori, either Dhany on the left or Vern on the right. They both look surprisingly similar to Akagi-kun.

GORI GORI GORI!!

Part of our cheer squad, Louise (Pete's gf & Dennis' sis) and Dhany's gf (sorry! forgot your name). They weren't cheering Rukawa, neither were they cheering me, Pogi. :/ But if I was on the court, I'd hear my name in the cheers. :)

Now for some basketball commentary. The first half has been stress, both teams were trading points, blow for blow. It was pretty much neck and neck, and no one team had more than a 6 point lead between each other.

We only had 6 active players tonight. Peter, Dhany, Cameron, Gibson, Archie, and Vern. The other team had 7 active players.

The 1st half ended with us having a 6 point lead.

Below is a snapof Pete sinking a free throw.

The beginning of the second half. My heart pounds harder. I want us to win, to finally win a division in this Narellan basketball tournament.

As you can see, our team (white) had a lot of tall mofos to compete against. Damn I wish I was playing. :/

The player taking a shot is a friend of a friend of mine, met him once but I forgot his name. I also took this candid pic hoping that the flash would distract him and cause him to miss the shot.....and it did. :)

But one of their tall mofos secured the rebound and scored. :/

Again, trading points between both teams. At one point, we had an 11 point lead, but they caught up. After a couple of poor possessions by us, the other team hit a couple of easy three pointers and lay ups (cherry picking bastards) and they were only 2 points behind with 19.6 seconds to go.

Now in an odd change of events, Cameron got fouled, he made one of the free throws to push the score to 40-37. They managed to score from an easy lay up, which brought the score close to 40-39. Then Gibson fouled one of their tall mofos, he erupted uncontrollably and swore at the referee several times. This resulted with a technical foul (unsportsmanlike foul), 3 shots were attempted, luckily only one went in, to make it 40-40.

Now this is the killer. Since a tech foul was declared, it was the Ripper's possession of the ball. Which means they have 10 seconds to score and win the game. Due to pressure, one of their guards (short Asian dude), was too rough and committed a off the ball foul on Pete.

Pete was up to the charity strike (foul line) and swished both shots! What a hero!! ^_^

Now team Rippers had to make it up from one end of the court to the other and score to tie or shoot a three pointer to win.

They gave it to a fat dude on their team and he took a 3 point shot with Pete guarding him. Luckily, his shot wasn't on target and it bounced away, Pete was able to grab the rebound and hold on to the ball till time ran out.

*buzzer sounds*

We WON!!!!

What a helluva night. My throat was sore and my voice was deep from all the yelling. My body was in pain and at the same time was high with adrenaline from the excitement.

Boys, good luck next week. I'll call to see how we went, and Lam, make sure to record it!! I want copies of our Playoffs series!

I said goodbye to my teammates, thank them for the good times. Walk towards one of the side doors, pause and turn. Below is the last image I saw, and it is the last image I will remember of my last day at the basketball hall.

*sigh*

Good times.

Mood: Happy, relieved, sad for Bao. :(
Song of the moment: AFI - Love Like Winter

Work Travel + B'day Bowls + Fashion + Bball

2007-03-12T10:31:00.002+11:00

I'm Pogi, I go whooooosh

Wow, it's been a while but I'll be off to Singapore from the 23rd March to the 1st of April. It's a work related travel, similar to what I had last year. But this time I'm there to train my peoples (our staff) and to help close down our SG office. Damn. But all is not lost as we hope to open a Japan office soon, hopefully in Shibuya, near all the shops. :) Then I'll be one of the peeps deploying that office there, how kewl.

Due to a convention my usual hotel Pan Pacific or the Conrad are unavailable, I'm stuck in the Marina Mandarin. So if anyone is from SG, please say hello. ^_^

I believe the fortune above rings true, I plan to do heaps of shopping there, and totally buy a new wardrobe....or two. ;p

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Wish me luck.

^_^

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Claudia's B'day Bowls

We were celebrating Claudia's b'day at one of her favourite hobbies, ten pin bowling!

I dreaded this night because not only haven't I gone bowling for like 10 years, I'm up against Neil who is uber pro bowler. He is a pro because a. he has his own special bowling shoes, b. he has a hand brace, c. he has his own bowling ball, and d. he has competed in tournaments before.

The only bowling I've ever done is with friends and for sport back at St. Gregory's College.

However, I didn't do too bad for my first game back, I clocked 108, then in the 2nd game 98. :/ And the third, 136! :)

I didn't beat Neil though. He wouldn't even let me beat him.

Poo.

Anyways, here are the funkii girls in their trendy straight/skinnies showing off their bowling shoes.

I forget which legs are which, one of them is Karla's, Maria's and Andrea's.

Here is Drea in pointing to the fabness in her jeans and shoes combo.

And some plush toys we won from those The Claw vending machines in the arcade games section of the bowling alley.

It was a fun night. Great to see old friends and also a shout out to Omar/Krist. You'll be fine man, get through this with your close friends, we all love you man.

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Fashion

Friday outfit. I felt very non-collar today so I hit it up with this one.

Top: 2 x singlets from Phils and U.S., Dickies tee from U.S., Abercrombie hoodie from U.S., regular jewellery.
Bottom: Samuel & Keith blue belt from SG, Levis jeans from U.S. and Sky blue Chucks from Phils (out of picture).

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Basketball

Due to my condition described above, last night was my last, yes, last, *weep*, basketball game for a long long time. I have taken the advice of my doctor's and my parents to discontinue playing active sport until my body has fully recovered, and after I have knee surgery for my torn ACL.

But last night was excruciating, as my arthritis kicked in, even with my pain killers. I had trouble sprinting across the court, and even had trouble controlling my motor skills.

Good news though is that we won, 48-34. It was a stressful game though against Battered Savs. I was in Raja Bell (Phoenix Suns, star defense player) mode, and played D all night. I finished with 3 points, 1/2 FG, 1/2 FT, 8 boards, 3 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks.

To spice things up last night, I had a run-in with one of the sly bastards on the opposing team.

So the situation goes, I grab a rebound and had my back turned to him, he tries to steal the ball from my hands but instead connects with my jaw. I turn around and give him the biggest evil, crooked eye and tell him: To watch himself. Then he tells me: Whatcha gonna do about it? (T.I. song, hehe, well sorta). Then I point to the scoreboard and say: "See that, we're gonna win in double figures."

At our next possession, I posted down low against sly bastard, bumped him a bit and did a fade away shot over him and their tall centre dude (Kobe Bryant/Sendoh - Slam Dunk!). I banked it off the backboard and it when in to the dismay of sly bastard. I then pointed at him (not the finger! but a finger).

The crowd went wild!! heheehe

Let's win this division guys, finally.

Below is a sad pic, because it is my last game with these guys. I'm in the middle, looking kinda pumped up because of the adrenalin and testosterone, plus the pain killers I was on.

Thanks guys for a wonderful 5 seasons, there's a few missing in the photo but only because they have since passed on to other things, although I couldn't have picked a better group to be with.

Go Titans!

Excuse my red face, I was exhausted after playing for almost the whole game, plus feeling a bit high from the pain killers I took. [-_-]

Saturday Coma + I broke it = Craptastic :/

2007-03-05T11:15:00.000+11:00

OK, well it wasn't really a coma, but I was knocked out for about 18 hrs.

Saturday started off like any order normal day but instead I was working my second job (yes I'm greedy) which starts at 8am and ends at midday. Only 4 hrs! ^_^ But good monies. Shitty that it being on a Saturday morning. :/ At least it only happens once a month.

Anyways, that day was a beach day in Wollongong with Grache, Joni and Camielle, but since I'm coming from Alexandria, it'll take me about around 1hr 20mins to get there and they would only stay till 3pm (since someone works at 4pm).
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I had to bail out.

Pogi misses out on beach day. *grumble grumle*

Later that day I did some shopping, trying to put my mind off missing out on the beach. Did I mention I love the beach because it's an excuse where I can mimic the Baywatch dudes, I love body surfing, and hanging out at the beach with friends is fun fun fun.

I picked this up from a local sports store, to replace the one that someone "stole" from the beach (Thirroul).

Sexy ain't it?

I couldn't find the Nike equivalent that I lost but this will do, plus this is the official ball they use in actual NCAA games.

Gosh I hate losing things....

My lost baby.

Am I too Americanised? :o

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Comatose

Like I said, it wasn't really a coma, but after shopping I took my new pain meds (muscle specific) and took a nap so I could be rested for Miguel's 24th b'day (old kient!) tonight.

Miguel's the one in the far left reading the Islam book (you gimp!)

:p

Happy Birthday

Suddenly I wake up at 2am, Sunday morning. [-_-]

I slept from Saturday arvo (around 3pm) till 2am the next day. What'd I do? Sent out sorry txt messages, had an extremely late dinner and proceeded to watch Family Guy dvds for the next 2 hrs.

What a waste of a day. At least I got a new football.

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It's broken *cries*

I have this problem. I occasionally tend to break things very soon after I've gotten them.

Now you remember my Moo Mixer?
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Look at the cap.....[-_-]
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The story goes like this, at the end of each day I pop the Moo Mixer in the dishwasher at work, I did this all last week, but somehow the cap dropped through the barriers in the dishwasher and I found it resting on the element at the bottom.

I pulled it out and noticed it melted the cap, as you can see from the picture above.

The cap sits and closes on top of my Moo Mixer fine, it can also handle mixing fine, so no spillage, but when I take a swig of the milk, it spills over the edge like someone who has poor hand coordination.

Now that means to drink properly without spillage I have to mix first, take the cap off and then drink.

NNOOOOOOO!!!~

It doesn't feel natural. :(

I have to carry the cap around.

Shite.

Well that's my rant for now.........

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P.S.

*waves* Hi to the cute girl who got off at Nth Syd station with me (black military but conservative dress), nice legs, nice butt, but why must you wave your bottom at me when going up the stairs? I couldn't concentrate! ^_*

Milk & me + Silly us + Gentlemanly + TV

2007-03-01T23:28:00.000+11:00

Sorry I've neglected this but work has been keeping me busy. :/

Anyways a gift from my dear friend Grache (real name Grace, but with a silly accent, it's pronounced Gra-che!) and her bf Joni: my Moo Mixer.

What is a Moo mixer you say?

Picture this, you are thirsty, you prepped yourself a glass of milk, hmmm this needs chocolate, you stir in a couple of tablespoons of Milo (chocolate flavoured powder), you drink, yum, the TV distracts you, 5 mins pass, you look down to your glass, oh noes! the Milo is floating on the top, it hasn't dissolved, what am I to do? Get up from my comfortable position and use a spoon to stir my drink again? But that means double the dishwashing!.....
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......I will have none of that, for my drink is in a Moo mixer. One push of the button and it mixes my flavoured drink to maintain chocolate consistency. Pogi is happy and lounges away.

My Moo mixer hard at work, at work. XD

People at work love it! But at the same time think I'm silly (in a good way) for reaching a new level of laziness.

Also, the looks on my work colleague's faces when I walk in a meeting, hanging on to this in my hand = Priceless. :)

Suddenly the calcium level in my body has increased. :p

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Silliness = <>

What do you get when you have 4 friends at a bookstore (Borders) with nothing to do but wait for a movie session (Greater Union)? You have poo heads posing with books. :)

Waiting for friends (Elgin and Thao) to watch Rocky Balboa last week, we had time, we saw books, we pretended to read, we conquered books. ^_^

Joni and I reading important literature (his title: Tantric Orgasm Women, me: The Passionate Shopper)

Silly us fake-reading books.

Grache holding a book with her name on it. :) Becos she wrote it, YEAH RIGHT!!

Luckily we left that place, before we get kicked out for loitering. [-_-]

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Mr Suave?

Neanderthals, take this test, to see if you fit "the profile".

My (honest) result......

Your Social Rank is...

True Gentleman. Congratulations.

From terrific taste to immaculate manners, you have the refinement worthy of a man of substance. And hence you know enough not to brag about this.

Never fear, Pogi is here. >_<>

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Food

Last week before we watched Rocky Balboa, we hurried and took refuge at Max Brenners. Choctastic did you say? Yes, yes indeed. :)

I wasn't hankering for some chocolate, even though it was from Max Brenners, I just had a chocolate and peanut shake that tasted like liquid Reeses Pieces.

We all wet our pants, twice! And then a third time when we had fondue.

And the aftermath..........

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TV (Spoilers)

24: OMG OMG OMG, did 'they' kill the U.S. President? Even though he ain't no David Palmer, he is still a Palmer!! And Charles Logan, ggggrrrrrr, what's his part in this? Even though it was so trippy that he was brought into the storyline. This week's ep, just WOW.

The O.C.: It's over. :( Last week's ep was the finale. The ending....was good, subtle, not over the top, not hyped up, it was just enough. The Cohen's moved to Berkeley, Summer and Seth get married, happily ever after.....*weep*...time to watch season one again with evil Oliver. :) mwhahahahaa

Family Guy: Stewie got a tan. Mutha f*rking hilarious ep.

Heroes: Holy crap, shit hit the fan!! This ep kept me on the edge of my seat, Peter Petrelli is maniac now, and we learn more about the "company". I wept when Mr Bennett said goodbye to Claire. :*(

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Japanese Surgery!!

Continuing from last week's shocker topic, here is Mari Yaguchi, from ordinary Japanese girl, to hit Jpop singer, and superstar on popular show Morning Musume.

Believe that!?

Conversation later that night....

Grache: if i had surgery id change my....
Me: ovaries?
Grache: no!
Me: aawwwww :(

Surgery, what it can do for you + Food + Fashion

2007-02-23T11:22:00.000+11:00

Ayumi Hamasaki, an extremely popular Jpop singer, and also a fashion leader, idolised by many.

Almost to good to be true right? At least I thought she was perfect, but low and behold, a friend passed me some links and it proved that Ayumi was not all that she seemed.....
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After guessing what to click on various Japanese webpages, I bumped into this.....

Busted!!

After reading translated articles, the perfect Ayumi Hamasaki, is not so perfect afterall. It was found out that Ayumi has undergone much surgery since her early years and she actually had a bit of a weight problem too.

Notice below that her eyes have been "fixed" to look more rounded, more Westernised, compared to her naturally Japanese eyes.

But hey, I'm not against surgery, as the world is superficial and you are usually treated by how you look rather than who you are, and if you change any feature of your physique for the purpose of self esteem, there is nothing wrong with that.

Do what you need to do to make yourself happy.

^_^

Because of this discovery of my beloved Ayumi, I have thought more about the eye surgery. I honestly hate my eyes because they're so chinky and small. They are also light sensitive so bright sunny days require me to wear sunglasses all the time and the flash from a camera cause me to squint my eyes.
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Plus my ears are big....[-_-]...lucky I can hide these with my hair.

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Fashion

Casual Friday - started off a bit nippy early this morning but it warmed to its projected 28 degrees, the sun is out and it is a beautiful day, we are also sans cloud, which is odd because it was raining late last night.

Top: 2 x wifebeaters from Phils & U.S., RL polo from U.S.
Bottom: Levis jeans from U.S., Chucks "Vintage" from Singapore.

Speaking of Singapore, earlier this week I was informed that I will be taking another business trip to Singapore. To do some consulting with clients and training with staff there on one of our products, Goldmine Enterprise Edition (GMEE).

I love traveling but I honestly hate flying, because 1. it takes friggin' ages to get anywhere (can't they just fly as fast as they can up there?!), 2. the aircon in the planes affect my skin badly and cause me to dry up and be flakey.

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Food

I cooked these at work this morning for breakfast, how delicious. Notice there are 4 layers of waffles, with 5 love hearts to each layer. Hhmmm 4 x 5 = .....20 waffles!! :)

God bless my waffle maker.

On the topic of food, shout outs also go to Phillip and Catherine, thank you for showing me some junk food near your workplace and it was nice to meet your friends.

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Tonight, off to eat dindins and watch Rocky Balboa (finally!!) with bestie Gra-che (Grace) and her bf Joni.

Wish me luck for this Sunday's bball game, it's our final game for the season before the playoffs begin.

Go Titans!!

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Mood: content

Song of the moment: These New Puritans - Dior Homme

I want.......XD

2007-02-21T19:30:00.000+11:00

First and foremost, I can't get over this suit. It just looks so perfect and well suited (slap me for the pun) to my physique and my style.

I WANT IT....

But unfortunately, I can't, for the item is located in Japan, although I can purchase it online, I'm very fussy about the fit, it must be perfect. I'm very afraid of choosing the wrong size, or worst-case scenario, the fit is just not right.

Just look at it, the slim style which results in a snug fit, the jacket length is also shorter, and the lapel is slimmer which results in a more compact look. It still appears to be elegant, but strikingly fashionable at the same time, and best to be coupled with a narrow tie to add to the slim theme.

Plus it suits both my role at work (perfect for my meetings in the boardroom) and stylish enough for use at a drink lounge in the City after work. 2 uses in one day? Can anyone say perfikt? :)

C'mon seriously, you can totally see me wearing this.

Dang, I want it so bad. I need to fly to Japan now! I'm planning to go to Tokyo this year with bestie Grace and her bf Joni, but we'll see how we go between work and study.

I could also pray that work will finally open an office in Tokyo which has been in the works for quite some time, even before I started. Then I can go visit there. ^_^

Speaking of Japan, I was shopping the other day at Market City and some dude who works at one of the clothing stores said I look like a famous Japanese actor, then proceeded to ask if I was Japanese, only problem is, it didn't get me a discount on the stuff I bought.

Har har har. >_<

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Accessories

Clothing brands come with their own odd accessories, and one that I've recently come across is well known Japanese label BAPE (A Bathing Ape).

Check out this BAPE inspired toilet paper.....

I can see Pharrell bringing this along at a Hollywood party showcasing it.

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Food

I finally got around to tasting these chocolate biscuits. They are ridiculously delicious. Reminds me of the chocolates I ate from the Philippines or the U.S.

The chocolate is different, much better than the ones we have here. I think the chocolate here has preservatives or something? :/

But I always enjoyed imported chocolates more than the local variety.

Definitely add them to your chocolate list, McVitie's Penguins, from Sugarfix at Sydney Central Plaza, or from an Irish grocery store in Bondi.

Mood: sick (fever) and in pain (retarded knee).
Song of the moment: Razor Light - Dior Homme

A collection of Dior Homme songs, that were used at their fashion shows can be downloaded here. Enjoy!

New & improved Pogi + Food + TV + Fashion + Bball + CNY

2007-02-19T22:54:00.000+11:00

Pogi is pledging a plan, a goal if you must, to improve his physique. At the moment as you can see from my previous photos, that I am rather lean, to a point of a druggo looking Calvin Klein model, and I wanna change that image.

And I wanna change that image. Wanna be more muscly so I am more of a threat in sport, i.e. I don't get pushed around by Zangief (Street Fighter) sized opponents in the key at basketball, and to generate more power from my tennis racquet.

So far I'm dodging the gym, only because the gym costs could go towards food. XD Silly I know but I just would rather spend monies on food rather than the gym. For a start, I do 3 sets of 30 pushups in the morning and in the evening 30mins of a dumbbells circuit.

Ofcourse I'll make changes and make my work out more intense. But for the mean time, a start's a start.

And who knows, maybe I might end up like Rocky!...............I wish.. :/

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Food

One thing about being Pogi is that his work colleagues travel plenty, and what does this mean?

It means that they bring back candy and chocolates for Pogi. :) Winnah!

Thanks to Poh who arrived back today from the U.S., I now have a bag of Reese's Pieces. ^_^ One of my favourite chocolates.

And here is a small amount that I made in a pyramid.

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TV

Sorry for not making a TV post in a long time but I was kinda distracted with the other thread topics.

Anyways, a quick update, on 24, Jack Bauer is trying to save the U.S. again, but this time, the terrorists have detonated a nuclear bomb (first time ever)! And his father and brother (recently deceased) were partly behind it, meanwhile ex-President Palmer's little bro Wayne, is now the President. The plot thickens. I love it!

The O.C., I must say is getting boring, it is not as witty and the teen characters are lifeless, except of course Summer (Rachel Bilson) as she brings sunshine in every scene. *sigh* I'm awaiting the "finale" due to it being axed in the U.S.

One Tree Hill, Nathan cheated on Hailey!! GGRRRrrrr, what a bastard, considering he's been a goodie goodie for the last few seasons. So unexpected! And he cheated with Brooke! Maria and Karla, my OTH buddies, will be totally blown away. Plus they were rooting for Brooke, I'm a Peyton fan. ^_* Lucas has yet to find out that Dan killed Keith and Mouth is getting more girly action.

Family Guy is still funny, but American Dad is kinda topping it, just slightly. Everybody Hates Chris is still sub par, but it has it's funny moments, especially the prejudice against Chris and his race.

No Prison Break last week, but there's one this week! :)

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Fashion

Pogi got this as a hand me down from his uncle. Another shade of colour to add to my chocolate coat.

Nice!!

Can't wait to wear it out. I have plenty of gear to wear with it. Now to plan some outfits for it.

*prays for cold weather*

:/

Blardy 27 degree Summer days.

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Basketball

Pogi is back with the Titans after a week's break due to last week's cotillion. But no harm no foul (bad pun), last week the opposing team forfeited.

Strangely, due to some admin error, we are playing the same team this week as we did last week. We won 55-34 over Burnt Toast, however our team struggled a bit at the beginning due to hangovers and weekend tiredness, but we compensated in the 2nd half and won comfortably.

I scored 5 points, FG 2/3, 4 fouls (phew!), 5 steals, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists.

Highlight of the night was my BS And1 play, where I was in a fast break (Rukawa style), up against Zangief (Street Fighter) and some other tall dude on their team. I went for Zangief because he was supremely bigger than me so maybe I could draw a foul.

I made an attempt at the shot, but got barred by Zangief and drew the foul, but as I bounced off him, I threw the ball up, gracefully, and it bounced off the backboard and into the ring! Woohoo! The crowd went wild. Plus I hit the free throw too. :) Very Michael Jordan like. Har har har.

Also great team work due to our new players Baz and Danny. Excellent additions to the team.

I can feel us winning this division, only one team stands in our way: Ballers.

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CNY

Now I couldn't let my Chinese blood forget....

Happy Chinese New Year!

Gong Xi Fat Chai or Fa Cai. I dunno which one rings true.

The main event: Piglet.

Valentines Day + Cotillion + Food + Fashion + Injury

2007-02-14T18:33:00.000+11:00

Happy Valentine's

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What does Valentine's day mean to you?

According to Wiki, "it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards, candy, giving of flowers and donations to charity."

Today, there are anti-valentine's people EVERYWHERE. Both single and partnered people despise this day. They complain that it is a Hallmark (card manufacturer) conspiracy who want to capitalise on card sales, or rose growers who want to take advantage of unsuspecting lovers (with roses up to $100 each), or chocolate manufacturers (Lindt, Darrell Lea, etc.) making us fat and finally Australia Post racking it in, almost as much as Mother's Day. Can it get any worse?

But out there....is hope. People out there still believe in Valentine's day. These heroes stand up against the anti-Valentine's villains and courageously send their loved one flowers, candy and poems. If you're one of these people, never give up, never surrender! You are the hope left to keep a burning flame alive.

Below is a snap of some Valentine's gifts some dude was guarding at Central station. What a champion.

Why bother do you ask?

The sight of your loved one being surprised by a serendipitous moment from you. Her eyes opening in shock when you present a gift at the most unsuspecting moment, and when she or you feel the emotions that sparked the start of your beautiful relationship.

*sigh*

Which side am I on?

Why ofcourse, I'm all for Valentine's day! ^_^

I had my own plans today but I have this which is one of four gifts I had on offer:

Cute eh? It's a pig, which tie's in with Chinese New Year and it has a pink and red heart wand.

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Pix from Anna's 18th Cotillion

Don't they all look hawt? ^_^

More pix of cousins and guests below:

My cuz Anna is the one towards the left from the middle in the strapless dress with a tiara.

The pic below is part of Anna's cake which I hovered near by like a hawk before the ceremony. There were seven, yes, SEVEN tiers of cake. Each one had it's own candy flowers and came in ube cake form. I drooled staring at the cake, but they pushed me away, thinking I'd eat it all for myself....which I would.

It's pink, Anna's favourite colour and it sure is one pretty cake, that also tastes delicious.

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Food

Whilst doing some shopping I ate at a Japanese restaurant and had this dish, teriyaki chicken ramen noodle soup.

It was nice and the waitress lady said in a very cute, Japanese accent influenced English way: "Hope you enjoy your meal." How adorable.

And of course, how can I not forget to mention my standard Super Slurpee for the day? Today's flavour is Tropical (?), unfortunately they weren't really specific on what tropical fruit were chosen.

[-_-]

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Fashion

Not wasting any opportunity whilst I was out and about looking what else to buy for Valentine's, I did some shopping for eerrrmmm...........myself.

I picked up this awesome camo green LRG jacket and a pair of swanky checkered shorts which are styled similar to Bermuda shorts.

And if I match them shorts with some preppy gear I have, I will look like one of these guys:

How freakin' hilarious! >_<

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Injury

Here is the culprit of my woes for the last two years. My right knee. F#!!#*!# %#!(%#!*!#. I hate this knee, ever since I tore cartilage and ligament in it 2 years ago, it's been nothing but trouble. Any sport aggravates my injury, causing it to weaken and then the next day fragile and brittle. After seeing a doctor a while back, he said due to the extent of the injury I need treatment (surgery), or I will forever be stuck with this problem.

Now, to find time to have the surgery, including a minimum of 3 months on crutches and bandages.

Doesn't sound like it's worth it right now. I should focus on my career.

Now to have a glass of milk before I get some booty sleep. :p

Mood: exhausted but happy because it's Valentine's and love is all around, but also still sick, so hot flashes all around.

Song of the moment: Goldfrapp - Strict Machine.

My work + Shopping + Food + Fashion

2007-02-11T12:00:00.000+11:00

I thought it would be nice to introduce y'all to where I work.

I work for an international I.T. CRM (customer relationship management) software firm located in Sydney. We have offices all over the world but our office is part of the Asia-Pacific region. The office atmosphere is awesome and I wouldn't have it any other way, the people I work with are amazing. I learn a lot from them.

I'm very lucky to have been hired by them as well as they being very lucky to have me. XD Why? Because of my superb waffle cooking skills which I make every few days.

Here is a noted pic of my workstation.

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Shopping

Last week Thursday is what? Late night shopping! And thanks to my mom I have a Myer gift card to spend. XD

I shopped amongst Chinatown and George St but I mainly was in the area of Pitt St mall.

To pretend to be a tourist, I took some snaps of the place. :)

But I had to be grown up and spend the monies on practical items, i.e. my cousin Anna's 18th cotillion today. I shopped

And here is what I copped that night:

Florsheim shoes
2 x Van Heusen Euro slim fits business shirts
Van Heusen cufflinks (woohoo! this makes up for the pair of Bvlgari cufflinks I lost somewhere in my room [-_-])
3 x neck ties (2 x Van Heusen and 1 x Hansarde Hauteur)

QED. Sexay Pogi.

RAWR!!

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Food

Later that night I ate dinner at Sydney Central Plaza, and due to my Malay and Indo work colleagues intro-ing me to their native chilli, satay and curry dishes, I had the urge to eat satay chicken.

It doesn't look healthy or that appetising but it was tasty although it later gave me some tummy trouble. :/

And since I was in the area, I had to pop in to Pogi's favourite candy store: Sugar fix.

Sugar fix is the penultimate candy store in Sydney (second to Haighs, Lindt, Darrell Lea, etc.), they sell popular candies from all over the world.

Johnny G from work mentioned a Timtams rival called Penguins by McVities.

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Fashion

Another TGIF post and another casual Friday outfit.

Top: 2 x wifebeaters from Phils and U.S., RL polo from U.S., Dickies jacket from U.S.

Bottom: unknown pants from Phils, Vans slipons from U.S.

And now, time to get ready of cotillion tonite. If you're from Sydney, you'd notice the torrential rain we're having. >_<>

Mood: still sick :/ but excited.

Song of the moment: Chemical Brothers - Galvanize

Wish list item #32

2007-02-08T13:43:00.000+11:00

I can't believe my eyes...could it be? Will my dreams come true?

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A slurpee machine?
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IT IS!!! ^_^

Look at this awesome invention, it is a completely miniaturised version of a slurpee machine that you see at 7-11!

The gadget is even automated as it keeps twirling to keep your slurpee nice and slushy.

I....must....have.....ONE...or maybe THREE..

I love you eBay.

And to think, I can make my own drinks and cater for all my friends! Hmmmz what flavours can I choose? Skittles? I remember having a Mountain Dew Code Red in the U.S., now that was delicious.

Check out this champ with a monster slurpee. What a warrior! :)

And now check out this baby drop their slurpee and then starts crying, due to the slurpee being wasted, not cos the baby fell. XD

See?

Even cats like slurpees.

Ok that's enough of my slurpeegasm for the day. Back to reality, where I don't have immediate slurpee access in my home. *cries*

Work + Fashion + Cheesecake + My Sexy Byatches

2007-02-07T21:12:00.000+11:00

Work

For those who know Pogi, he is:

a. not built for physical labour (translation: lazy kient),
b. is not used to waking up prior to 11am, especially on weekdays (translation: Yogi bear), and
c. takes forever to get ready hence always late (translation: minty).

And Pogi + Job is a combination that goes against all science and logic. Who would have thought that I, the definition of laziness (who strives to find a new level of laziness every day), has settled into a real job?

Bit unbelievable isn't it?

But it's a reality. One that I still cannot believe, one that family and friends cannot believe.

I have however adapted to working, before it took me 1hr and 15 mins to get ready: 10 min shower, 15 min nap, 5 mins face stuffs, 5 mins choosing what to wear, 1 min putting it on, 5 mins deciding whether it suits, 1 min taking it off, 5 mins choosing what else to wear, 1 min putting new outfit on, 2 mins preparing and drinking a glass of milk, 1 min brushing my teeth, 5 mins packing my gear and the rest for my hair (usually around 20 mins).

Now I can get ready in 45mins! Superb!!

Work today was a byatch. The last 3 days were busy, I actually felt like a grown up. I didn't even have time to take a nap at my desk or surf the net. How cruel.

Today alone, I had 3 meetings this morning, three! Is Pogi really that in demand? d|0_o|b

But it all worked out good, peeps at work gave me props for my hard work.

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Fashion

Today's work outfit:

Hot day! 27 degrees plus possible showers (and it did in the arvo).

Top: RL blue themed shirt from U.S., standard 2 wifebeaters (under) from U.S.
Bottom: Esprit plain black slacks from DJs, Dickies black
Accessories: Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male

Neato?

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Cheesecake

This cheesecake deserves a mention, especially with it's own part in this blog post.

I love you Johana for making this cake.

This folks, is a homemade Mars Bar cheesecake that work colleague Johana made for the office (really for me - cos she knows I have a sweet tooth). She also mentioned her hubby is eating healthy and abstains from sweets. Poor him, he doesn't know what he's missing out on. But advantage Pogi! More cake for me!! :)

Delicious, no?

I had a cakegasm when I saw it. 0_O Then another when I took my first bite.

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My Sexy Byatches

Quick shout out to my sexy hunnies Maria (on the left) and Lucia (on the right). This was taken in Parramatta after Karla's b'day dinner. Don't we look hawt? OK maybe not me but the girls!!

Maria I've known since 2nd year Uni, and she is an absolute gem, a beautiful girl and an amazing friend, I have so much in common with you, you are my adopted sister (big sister - hehehe).

Lucia I met through Maria and you too have a beautiful soul, so wise with your words and never afraid to speak your mind.

I'm wearing a Yogi mask because I blinked in the photo (sensitive eyes). ^_^

Notice how these girls are wearing heels? CHEATERS!! You'll never be as tall as me! Mwhahahahahha. *slap*

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Mood: feeling sick/nauseous, from meds.

Song of the moment: Dido - White Flag

Fashion + Butchered + Korean BBQ + Bball

2007-02-05T10:44:00.000+11:00

Haven't posted in a while so I sure hope this makes up for it.

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Fashion

Last Thursday

Top: White Van Heusen business shirt from DJs, GAP dk brown wool sweater from London.
Bottom: Dickies leather belt from U.S., Esprit dk brown pinstripe chinos from Sydney.

Later that evening after late night shopping....Pogi in wifebeater goodness!! (I just took my shirt and sweater off from the previous outfit :p).

Top: Dickies white wifebeater (under) from U.S., Puritan ribbed white wifebeater (top) from Phils, wooden feather necklace from Philippines, Silver charm necklace from Jenny.

Bottom: Dickies leather belt from U.S., Esprit dk brown pinstripe chinos from Sydney.

Today

Top: Wallstreet style blue and white shirt (one of my fav shirts) with blue stitching on the collars and cuffs! ^_^ from Sydney, GAP navy cotton sweater from Vancouver.

Bottom: Hickok leather belt from Philippines, Express dress pants from U.S.

I've been doing a lot of the shirt + sweater combo, simply for a change from wearing a suit, plus it's getting far too warm these days (25-30 degrees) to wear a suit.

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I got butchered.............
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Good thing though is that after 3 days, it's grown a fair bit, so hopefully I'll have my longer hair again. What I like though is the back of my head, which you can't unfortunately see in the pic but it is shorter so it kinda stands up but it is still at similar length as before.

My neck feels a bit nekkid tho. ^_*

Atm it looks very Korean/Taiwanese, and confirmed by Maria from work that I look like one of the F4 guys, >_<. I tried to style them in two different looks, 1st is a conservative look and 2nd is a more outgoing look. What do you think? Jesus, look at my eye brows, :/, I need them to get threaded real soon.

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Korean BBQ

Next to Japanese yakiniku, my other fav is Korean BBQ, not only because the meat is delicious, but I like to bbq things.

Cooking at dinner makes it much more fun, but I just have to learn to not be over zealous and accidentally burn myself (it leaves scars!!).

Although I'm not too versed with the actual elements in Korean BBQ, but typically you are given those small bowls with potatoes, kim chi, vegetables, etc. as appetisers.

Then you eat your mains which may or may not involve a hotplate/hotpot or bbq.

Jebus, look at those pieces of meat, it may not be wagyu but dang is it juicy and fattening as well.

The only gripe I have with Korean BBQ is that I'm not the biggest fan of certain chillis/spices. I can handle tabasco but I can't handle kim chi at all. I start going read like a tomato and drink loads of refreshments.

The kewl thing about this type of food is the presentation, much like how the Japanese present their food, in small servings and in their own little cute containers. :)

But I suck at eating it, I think I eat inappropriately by bringing my rice bowl next to my face like how Chinese people eat.

You see, I may be 100% Asian but I can't use chopsticks too well, and I look like a complete goof when I attempt to use them. -___-

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Basketball

Titans won again this week! :) Huzzah!!

Played against Filipino rival team Battered Savs and whooped them 58-20.

I twisted my knee again last night from the most idiotic things, a pass. Well it was a long range pass if that counts.

I was making an inbound pass and noticed Danny (position: Forward) was unmarked around 3 quarter court, so I bullet passed him the ball. To do this, my feet had to be implanted in the ground and I do a 180 degree twist in my torso and launch the ball.

I made the pass successfully and we scored in that possession, but I felt a crack and sharp pains from my right knee (damn you!) when I threw the pass.

And now again, I am limping, people at the train stations must think I'm disabled. [-_-] I'm not!!

I also scored a dismal 2 points from 1/4 attempts, but I made about 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.

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Me being the nice and generous younger brother is going to buy big sister a GHD hair straightener because she mentioned it Sunday morning after using one at her friend's place. She didn't know the brand that her friend has but GHD is well reknowned here for its performance in hair straightening.

And Florsheim has a pair of shoes I scouted last week. Gonna buy em! :)

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Mood: happy but in pain.

Song of the moment: Vanila Ice - Ice Ice Baby (don't ask...)

Insert Japan dose here! ^_^

2007-01-30T08:31:00.000+11:00

Japanese special today...

Fashion

Check out the varying fashion styles from two of the most popular places in Tokyo. Although I must say, I'm not a fan of the yamamba girls in Shibuya. I don't mind the outfit but just her skin looks too manufactured.

Shibuya

Harajuku

For the ladies, check out Japanese influenced clothing from online store AsiaJam. And for both guys and gurls, hit up JapanSugoi for assorted Japanese culture in various parts of Tokyo.

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Rika Ishikawa

This girl is so kawaii (cute) and I've been loving her to bits for a while now. I used to call her hot, sexay, cute Japstar back then when I didn't know her name.

See her below in an English lesson segment (name is Rika chan, she's the one wearing the white top and jean shorts) on the popular TV show, Morning Musume. Shes sooooo kyoote!!

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Tokyo at nite

Now I love shots of a city's skyline especially at night time. Here are a couple of Tokyo in the late evening. It looks busy and cluttered but to me it looks so calm and peaceful.

This year Pogi will visit there. This year I hope, if there are no complications. :)

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Food

Now how could I make another post of Japan without including a feature on food? NEVER! :) food is as much a part of me as I am a part of it.

My favourite Japanese restaurant in Sydney would have to be Rengaya. I was introduced to this restaurant back when I was in highschool and it's been one of my favourite eating spots ever since.

And who would have thought I'd be working in North Sydney (where Rengaya is situated) and be situated within a few minutes walk of the restaurant? :) Is it fate? Can one meet destiny with food? Pogi obviously can. XD

Luckily, work also encourage client meetings at this restaurant, which I usually run up and volunteer for, but the only issue is that the restaurant is rather strict on reservation times. They once asked us to leave because the company we were with were getting rowdy in one of the "private rooms", and another because we exceeded the time we spent there. :/

Rengaya's specialises in yakiniku, (焼き肉 or 焼肉), meaning "grilled meat" in Japanese, which refers to simply grilling Japanese serving sized beef (my fav is wagyu). Not only is it fun to cook your own meat but the meat itself is de-freakin'-licious.

Wagyu beef is premium cow beef that has been nutured specifically for use in Japanese cuisines.

It looks like your typical beef cut but when it enters your mouth and goes through the process of mastacation it is scrumptious. It not only melts in your mouth but the flavour and texture is orgasmic.

I once took a bite whilst I was standing up and it made me weak at the knees. XD

There are plenty of other popular Japanese restaurants in Sydney such as Masuya (specialises in seafood) and Makoto (sushi), but Rengaya is the place for beef. Even some of my friends who have been to or came from Japan say that Rengaya's wagyu beef is better, if not, comes close to the standard in Japan.

Team building + Pogi zombie + Fashion + Sport + SNES

2007-01-29T13:19:00.000+11:00

Whoa, what a long weekend that was. 4 hr drive down from Sydney. Over 500km in total. Heh. Sounds like something the host from The Amazing Race would say.

I'm sitting here at my desk at work with relief that I am at work and not running around chasing kids.

You heard it. Pogi was "Uncle Pogi" last weekend. Which I should take in offence considering I am 22, and that is rather young for an uncle. XD

Somehow I think this weekend was a way for parents to "offload" their kids to their work colleagues who did NOT have kids.

Work mate Gary let his kids drive me crazy, Clarissa who asked a zillion questions about anything and everything then ended it with 'Blistering barnacles!' or 'Thundering typhoons!', which is a Captain Haddock (Tintin - Herge) quote. How cute.

Sean kept me busy always wanting to play soccer (football), gridiron (American football) and tennis. Suddenly I regret bringing these toys for them. :p

Here is a pic of them playing with bubbles.

We stayed at a lodge right next to a private beach with a jetty. Completely furnished with plenty of room for everyone. It was a palais, tranquill and very relaxing. Paradise from busy Sydney. But I do miss the busy city life. I prefer being busy, because I like to feel occupied in accomplishing a task.

Here is a view from the rear deck of the home.

I was on cooking duty, the day after we arrived (Saturday morning), so that, means breakfast. Luckily we went grocery shopping the previous day and I bought a heap for breakfast.

Unfortunately, I forgot to snap a piccy of the food I prepared, but let me entice you with some food porn descriptions. XD

I made fluffy pancakes with warm maple syrup, crunchy french toast topped off with powdered sugar, fried hotdogs with fried eggs (runny egg yolk) and two different kinds of corned beef (request by Gary). It may seem a lot but I like variety at meals plus more is always good.

Please note: I did not once use any non-fat ingredients. ALL FAT BABY!!!

The others on cooking duty made bbq chicken, pasta, chicken wraps, beef curry (Malay style), and chicken garlic (Malay style) which were all very tasty.

Here is a pic of me and Dario (Flavio's eldest son) at Bateman's Bay when we stopped for groceries.

Piccy of the fog in Wollongong on the way down.

Stingray that I caught.

Don't worry, we plucked the hook out and let it go.

I'm a fan of fishing but not a fan of when crazie people, ala Richard, drives one. Here is the boat we used.

On my way home, avoiding the traffic in Nowra and Dunmore, I passed this.

It only applies to Prison Break (TV show) fans.

Hotties status: Sorry no hotties, because I was with work people, which means, pretty much everyone is married, or is coupled.

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Fashion

Dior Homme denim.

These are premium denim in the pieces of 19 cms Japanese style cuts, raw used denim, orange over dyes and new dust wash jeans, pretty much just distressed and washed denims.

But what Dior Homme specialise in is the fit. These are mainly straight rise but are incorrectly associated with Levi's anti-fit style.

Now I don't have a pair myself, aM@$!J# R%T#@JRJ @, but I will sure have one seeing how great they sit on Hedi Slimane in the pic below.

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Titans whooped some ass last night again, against the Rippers, 63-33. wham!! Pogi killed it big with rebounds, assists and blocks. But only 1 basket, from 2 attempts.

I didn't have the energy but I wanted to play sport, especially after all the tennis I watched over the weekend, plus the NBL game of the week, Brisbane Bullets vs West Sydney Razorbacks.

Meanwhile, last night in tennis, Roger Federer (Switzerland) has one the Australian Open again for the 3rd time (I think?) running. Even though it was a win from straight sets over Fernando Gonzales (Chile), 7-6 6-4 6-4, it was a high quality match with power, finesse and entertainment.

Roger with his trophy.

The underdog Fernando Gonzales, whom my female friends have all fallen in love with since his spark in the limelight. They totally forgot Rafael Nadal. XD

And to poke fun at Roger, here he is in a rather unflattering picture.

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SNES console

I want one of these. I have 2 but need 1 more for another room.

*prays for the SNES*

Happy Birthday Sis! + Australia Day + First pay check + Fashion

2007-01-25T18:05:00.000+11:00

Well it's two days late in this post but I did celebrate it.......
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HAPPY Birthday Ate!!

Note: Ate means sister in a respectful context for Tagalog Filipinos. And she is 25 today. HARahr har h.

Here is a luvo pic I took in the bathroom just before we headed out for dindins....I've got my serious game face on with my fat nose. I have the same shirt but in a blue coloured style. I prefer this orange/brown one though.

We ate at Vietnamese restaurant, I had combination with rice and ginger and shallots sauce...topics for the dinner included me possibly moving out and buying an apartment. *prays for lotto* or I have to work my ass off. :/

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Australia Day - 26th January

Happy Australia day tomorrow!

Australia day is a day where we be become even more Australian (i.e. bbq parties, beaches, sport, alcohol and generally having a great time with family and friends). Alcohol (bad!!) brings people together. XD

I'll be spending mine with workmates for a team building weekend out at the 7 mile beach. I'm a mimbo (male bimbo) with directions so I can't describe it very well, I hope the pic below explains it well enough.

The company has rented a holiday house near the beach where we'll "gel" with eachother, share experiences, sit back, eat bbq'ed food and drink bottles of wine from the Hunter.

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First pay check

Does anyone remember the first thing they bought with their first ever pay check?

I remember I was in grade 10, had our mandatory work experience period, and I was working at QFCL (Qantas Flight Catering Ltd) as an office clerk. Even though we weren't supposed to be paid anything during that period, my kind boss, Mr Richard Durr, gave me $250 for my help in the week.

I was over the moon because it was the first real money that I earnt myself.

So what does a boy do with money they just recently become in possession of?

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SPEND IT!!

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I went shopping straight away and bought this at a City GPC store.....

It's a fitted Levi's Engineered jacket that look soooooo fiiiinnneee. I have a love for Levi's wear, because not only does the fit feel great, the wash is awesome, and it just looks so damn good.

Later that night, I was scolded by my Dad about the importance of money, how hard it is to earn money, why I should save, etc. This lasted for about 2-3 hrs, then the next day, the same lecture but instead for only 1 hr.

*sigh*

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Fashion

Imperial denim
im-'pir-E-&l, de-n&m

a range made in Melbourne, using japanese denim, the feature is in the construction which makes imperials a pioneer in the market, the entire piece is stitched back and the selvedge runs all the way to the waistband basically which boasts quality quality quality!! And sexay sexay sexay, RAWR! ;D

Piccies below:

Does denim turn you on?

These can be purchased here in Sydney at a store called another" (another inch).

13 Burton st, Darlinghurst. Add that to your favourites POIs on your GPS sat nav system.

Check out this kewl tee they also have! Urban TF? :p

Diesel.com

In a marketing stunt, Diesel has been "hacked" by two ladies who are demanding that Diesel allows them to become underwear models or they will "torture" their hostage (poor guy XD). The hackers/kidnappers/underwear models are also keeping a blog of their activities and are chatting online live right now.

God I wish I was that poor bloke. :)

Song of the moment: Nas - I Got Love

Coffee bitch + Coffee porn + tennis + fashion

2007-01-23T10:43:00.000+11:00

My bitch for the for the week, or just for today:

I like my coffee sweet, very sweet. Now I don't mind coffee makers making a fuss about it but a lady this morning did. Red mango in Greenwood plaza, I ask for a mocha chocolate grande with 6 sugars, and she exclaimed with much surprise: 'Six?' I said, 'yes, six'. I didn't mind her reconfirming but she said it loudly and made it sound sarcastic, which I did not appreciate.

Then she made the comment: 'Someone's gonna be hyper this morning.' To which I replied, 'I like my coffee sweet.' And I gave her my best evil eye.

Here's a shot of the size of the coffee, which is pretty large, hence the amount of sugar.

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Coffee porn

Baristas are bartenders who specialise in the coffee art or rosetta. And as you can see it looks very sexay, I say, porn-ish.

Presentation is everything for baristas and the different forms of art they design is just amazing. Check these out....cute aye?

How to:

Maybe one day I'll learn to make similar designs, but hell, I doubt I'll be bothered to do so, I always like someone else making the effort for me. :)

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It's Summer, no, not Summer from the O.C., althought I'd like it to be, but summer the season. The great thing about Summer and New Years in Australia is TENNIS!!

I am an avid tennis fan and been playing since grade 8. I've won several championships in my district over the time but now only play socially.

I love the Hopman cup and plan to watch it one day in Perth, and at the moment, the Aussie Open is on. How exciting. It is however taking a beating on my sleeping habits because the night games end past midnight, and I wake up around 5.30am-6am to prepare for work. But it is totally worth it, even if I do sleep and drool on the morning commute.

Watching tennis players with great skill such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova can only be appreciated with complete awe. Their dominance on the court is out of this world and the entertainment level sky rockets.

It has inspired me to return to my game, as I've been out of practice for over a year, due to injury.

Time to pull out my Babolat Roddick (he uses a different model now) racquet from the dusty shelves of my wardrobe. With my TMNT quit in the background. hehe

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Fashion

Monday work wear:

Top: Lilac Van Heusen long sleeve from DJs, navy/purple Van Heusen tie from DJs, black suit from RDX.

Bottom: black belt (karate!) Dickies from USA and black Julius Marlow shoes.

Is it just me or is my posture making me look like a fatty? :/

Tuesday work wear:

Top: RL longsleeve from USA.

Bottom: Esprit black with brown pinstripes slacks from DJs, black Dickies belt from USA. Missed the shoes in the shot but they're Florsheims.

B'days + Clubbing + Bball

2007-01-21T22:01:00.000+11:00

Yay for work on Fridays, because at my workplace it doesn't really mean much work. :)

Lunch time, work colleague Flavio was raving about this tightass lunchies place near work at a place called Station Hotel. $8 steaks! I had the sir loin with black pepper sauce and chips. Very yummy. Not bad for $8 but the catch is that they charge you like $3.50 for a drink, my small glass of lemonade was overpriced but no biggie.

Had one more hour in my lunch period so we spent the remainder of it fragging (geek speak for killing) eachother in Unreal Tournament 2k3. I won ofcourse because of my awesome hand coordination. I love hearing Richard, another work colleague, cursing and slamming on his keyboard and mouse when I kill him. XD

Now Friday was when, as a family, we celebrated my sister's birthday, her's is actually on the 23rd (Michael Jordan's Bball jersey number, also LeBron's). I met them at my mom's Singapore Airlines office and then proceeded to go home, to change, then drive back out to eat at Sydney Madang's restaurant for a late dinner.

It's a Korean BBQ place. Other than it being a 40 degree day (celcius, slight exaggeration), and barbequeing, the entire dinner was great, I had my usual pork belly strips and pork meat, then tried their eel, I can't eat it. Everytime I think of eel, I think of the uglee, gross looking ones from the Little Mermaid.

Knowing that Eric's b'day is also on tonite at Verandah bar, I bid my family fare well and proceeded to meet Bao, fattyboomstick, at Verandah.

I changed into this for Friday nite:

Disclaimer: ignore my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles quilt, it's my childhood memories and Ninjas are kewl, therefore Ninja Turtles are ze best!

Top: white Dickies singlet from USA, white Puritan singlet from the Philippines, white Ralph Lauren Polo from USA,

Bottoms: black CK denims from Sydney, can't see it in the photo but under the jeans is a sky blue Samuel and Kevin belt from Singapore.

Shoes: And for my shoes, I chose my white canvas Umbro pair from Singapore. Later that night, I spilt some melted cheese on it. :/

Regulars: wooden feather token necklace with replaced leather necklace, silver necklace with tv show Charmed token, TAG watch and gold ring.

Saturday was another maniac crazie day, I drove to Centennial Park for Maria's (work colleague) b'day. She's Indonesian and she prepared a helluva lot of Indo food that I had no idea about. Now I'm not much of a chilli fan, so I needed help on identifying which dishes served were chilli/spicy or not. I'm a wuss. I still found their non-spicy food spicy. :/

I hope she likes the silver JAG earrings I got for her. Actually, I know she will like em. :)

Now taking from Seinfeld in the chocolate babka episode, at any "adult" social situation held at a meeting place, one should bring a food or drink item. How awesome to learn from Seinfeld. Don't hate! I learn a lot from Seinfeld, like Jujyfruits, Junior mints, etc.

I ended up bringing a passionfruit cheesecake from the Cheesecake shop. One of my classic favourite cheesecakes. Perfect combo of sweetness and cheeseness.

Later that night I failed to make it to Gibb's set at the Art House, due to a nap turning into a 12 hr sleep. :/ But from what I hear, he had a great set, props to Gibson. Now whether to go to Lupe Fiasco's this Tuesday? hhmmmmmz. Pretty cheap for $40-50 bux though.

Titan's this Sunday whooped some Filo ass once again! Titans toppled Fil-In with a 58-50 win, considering we started 8 points down because we were late. >_< And finally, part of my Sunday unwind, the newspaper! My favourite is to read the comics. Comics are for adults too!

Here's a good Garfield one. Enjoy!

From a convo with Bao tonite:

Bao: man i cant believe i hadnt seen u in so long
Bao: forgot how tall u was
Pogi: i forgot how fat you were.

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Lostie [-_-]

2007-01-15T10:45:00.000+11:00

I lose things. Don't know why I'm cursed this way but I'm very prone to losing things.

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My dad's college ring - this was a pure gold college ring he received when he graduated back in the Philippines. I was wearing it at school and took it off temporarily in class because jewellery such as rings were prohibited. After class I checked my pockets and it was missing. Went back to the classroom and it was nowhere to be found. It was Thursday (our sport day). I've avoided the topic with my dad ever since and have yet to own up to it. :/

My wallet - gee, how many times have I lost this? 5 times during highschool? it was such a pain to cancel all my debit cards and reapply for my school ID, train pass, etc. Plus my coupon cards that got me free subs or slurpees. But this does not compare to the scolding I received from my parents. It was so severe that at one point, my parents would not let me take my wallet with me when I was out, on the rare occasion when they do, I had to keep it in my front pocket (how uncomfortable) than where I prefer it, my back pocket.

My Samsung Digimax camera - after meeting up with friends to Krispy Kremes in Orange Grove, I left it at the tables outside, headed off and drove for 30 secs, noticed it was missing, drove back and it was gone. @R(AR #R*#Q $(QR$ #QDJAED SA#@$! #@*. That camera had photos of when my cousin Mark was here, visiting from Canada, all was lost. :( Some bastard/bitch thief out there has my camera and photos of my friends and family, who in particular I feel terrible about.

My Diadora tennis sweater - my beloved, lucky tennis sweater. This was the first item that I lost whilst overseas. I was in Bellingham with family at a camp site. Was freezing cold that night and drank a bit so I wasn't alert. I scuffled to the shared men's shower area and proceeded to get ready. As soon as I was done I walked out, only to realise a few hours later, after we've left the camp site, and inconveniencing my cousins in the car, that I'm missing my sweater. I retraced my steps and we thought it'd be in the showers. The camp site dude would not let us enter the site anymore, so they asked one of their staff to check the men's showers, no dice, no sweater, no tennis luck. I won one championship, and came runners up once in SDTA (Southern Districts Tennis Association) with that sweater. What a shame. I loved that sweater.

Hate Pogi yet for being retarded? >_< Titans (our basketball team) had their first game since the holiday break last night.

We lost 38-60 to a team called Tribal, unfortunately we were undermanned with only 5 players in total, the others were unavailable, injured or overseas.

My knee (considering I have torn my ligament and cartilage) surprisingly held up, but without regular exercise I was panting the whole game, felt like I was going to throw up. Pogi needs to exercise more the lazy fatty. But I made several some really kewl Rukawa (Slam Dunk!) styled plays, dribbled into the key and made a fadeaway, then made a killer half court assist, grabbed some rebounds from taller opposition players and broke some ankles including to get to the basket.

Below is an old pic of me in my bball uniform with my game face on, har har har, and my attempted short Korean/Taiwanese hair cut. :) luvo?

Oh and a shout out to Maria!! Happy Birthday bub! We had great fun at Skygarden, hope you like your pressie, lemme borrow!

Also Happy Birthdays to Henz and Nina as well. We don't get old, only older. XD