WOW!

Found this clip from youtube of a young kid ( i think she's 15 yrs old) from the Philippines. Her name is Charice Pempengco. She won 2nd place in a singing competition in Manila. Great singing voice! One of a kind talent. Click on the link for the youtube video. Type her name and watch more of her videos singing songs of mostly adult singers. Amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8URcIuPtYF8&feature=related

Nightmare week

No posting here for the past week. I unexpectedly worked for 2 weeks straight including weekends. My work colleague didn't realise he was on last weekend and booked a flight to Ireland. So decided to do his weekend and just did a swap. Glad I've done that, so now I don't have to work the weekend before Christmas!!! Woohhoooooo!!!

Finally finished my Xmas tree and the lights are complete now. Im really in a festive mood. Took another shot of the decors and bid goodbye to my partially lit xmas tree!!!

j

X'mas decors

Feeling christmassy today so I decided to get my our old xmas tree out the cupboard. Went earlier to Woolworth's to find a cheap 100-bulb clear xmas lights...bought one for £3.95...I've got an old 100-bulb clear ones as well. Just thought I wanna increase my electricity bill this time of the year!!! :)

On my spending spree last Thursday, I also bought some nice xmas tree decors from NEXT...black and silver ones. Also bought a digital automatic plug/socket and set it on at 17:45 til 22:00 every night...i like seeing the christmas decors lit when i look up my window on my way home from work. Also brought my little Santa's out of their boxes.

When all sounds ready to be assembled, i found out that the xmas lights I bought from Woolworth's is not working...tried to swap bulbs round and changed the fuse. The darn things still ain't working! Fingers sore... really not happy!!!

Still decided to finish the Xmas tree. Turned out very nice in spite of only half of the tree is lit with lights. Will return the thing to Woolworth's and demand for an exchange so the upper half of the tree will also look nice.

j

Spending spree

I'm on lieunar day today so decided to head to Kingston town aiming to buy a few things I need. Bought a black short trench coat from Topshop, black and silver X'mas tree decors, small gadget thing from Curry's, Fantastic 4 Rise of the Silver Surfer DVD and some toiletries from superdrug. All in all, I nearly spent £100!! Then I was soaked as the sky decided to open with a heavy downpour!!! Back home now, just killing time before i go out again to meet my work colleagues for a nice Thai dinner.

j

Monday 05/11/2007

First day at work is not too bad afterall. Nothing has changed...same people, same problems, same cramped old room, no available space in my work email (have to delete rubbish messages) ,blah blah blah. So, nothing to write in here. The "thing" that we are expecting to happen today did not materialise.

At the end of this uneventful day, I discovered a new Nectar card when i opened my letter box! Got me all excited...NOT! How pathetic!

Will watch some fireworks tonight out my window.

j

Sunday 04/11/2007

I hate Sunday evenings... have to go to work again the next day. This time it will be much difficult 'cos I have been off work for 10 straight days! Gone are the days when I get out of bed @10 am the earliest. Back to the old routine of getting out of bed..use the loo... shower... dress up... have marmalade on toast, coffee, and a bowl of cereal (while watching BBC news) ... pack my lunch...brush me teeth...pee...walk 2 minutes to work. Geesh, that's my daily routine (in that order too)!!!

Just realized that I only need to be at work for 3 days this week wooohooooo!!! I'm on lieunar day Thurs and will be on study day this Friday! This week will not be bad afterall!

j

Giant Parol (Xmas Lantern)

Giant Parol of Pampanga, Philippines.

Amazing display of talent and ingenuity of Filipinos.

These photos are taken from Flickr (thanks guys!) Click on the link for the story behind the Giant Parol http://www.geocities.com/balen_net/lanterns.htm

To watch these Parol's in action... click the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVk0Z0qG3wE

j

Lion King The Musical

Seen the Lion King musical last night. Completely enthralled by the music, voices, spectacular scenic design and costumes! Loved every minute of it. My favourite characters (in no particular order) were Zasu (the hornbill), Timon (the meerkat) and Pumbaa (big-mouthed warthog). They were really funny and the way those puppeteers gave their dialogues, sang, and control the puppets at the same time was really amazing..pure talent I may say.

One of the people in the audience didn't manage to control him/herself (not sure) and took 3 photo shots with the camera and with the flash on! I'm sure a lot of people have raised their eyebrows. Can't believe he/she did that!

The first musical I've seen was Miss Saigon back when it was staged in Manila, Philippines. I have bee living in the UK for 5 years now and this is the first time I've seen one in London. I will surely watch more!


Before seeing The Lion King, we had a very nice meal @ Pasta Brown. Ordered prawns with garlic sauce for starters, and linguine with langoustine for main course. Didn't realise their serving is massive! There I was, trying to finish this big bowl of pasta..I failed the task! Should've ordered a kiddie size hahaha!(none available tho). Once again, didn't have room for dessert.

Pasta Brown: 7/10

Took another photo of London as we walk along Waterloo bridge before catching the train back to Kingston. It was a very nice sight before ending a Friday night.



j

Public Transport

Was stuck in the tube yesterday evening! Journey home from Langley to Kingston took

2 1/2 hours!!! Apparently, there was a signal failure on the District line @ Gloucester road. Tube was motionless for approximately 45 minutes (not really sure exactly!!) and then went on to the next station. Ding dong, passenger announcement!! District line service was cancelled! WTF!!!?? Waited that long and then this!!???? Got my ass off the seat and took another line en route to Waterloo. Really fuming!

Went straight to Burger king to buy a nice chicken royale meal (Biggie size) then dashed to platform 4 to catch the train to Norbiton...guess wot? No seats available!! Grrrrr!! There I was standing in the train holding a paperbag containing my dinner in one hand and a large cold drink on the other..nearly had a frosbite!

Really thankful that I don't have to use the public transport everyday. It's expensive and very unpredictable...i guess this applies everywhere you go. Oh well,that's the joy if you don't drive.

j