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Evolution of Friendship

August 13th, 2008 by Xtralicious

The lao yu tiao Jaymeister is a friend who helps me with business advices and also will tell me to my face if I need some telling too. If there is one thing I have learnt lately, it is to communicate “face to face” either via gchat, msn or email, and not via blog posts or comments.

Jaywalk says:
we meet all sorts of people in our lives. if you think about it. We don’t really have such problematic friend during the days prior to the internet. agree?
Rachel says:
agree
Rachel says:
it makes me question if i should continue blogging
Jaywalk says:
coz last time we have to meet face to face then decide if we are to be friends.
Rachel says:
because all this arised from blogging
Jaywalk says:
internet bypasses all that thereby undermining the screening process.
Jaywalk says:
filtering gets compromised and we end up with a whole lot of shit people which we originally thot are friends.
Jaywalk says:
not just blogging. this started from irc and messengers liao lor/
Jaywalk says:
but with change comes adaptation.
Jaywalk says:
if we can’t filter people prior to become friends, then we darn well have to terminate friends who turned out to be shit people.
Jaywalk says:
this is called evolution.
Jaywalk says:
you know what?
Rachel says:
yes?
Jaywalk says:
that’s a blog entry there!
Rachel says:
i was about to blog it!!!!
Jaywalk says:
it’s yours.

And so it is. :)


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Good Riddance

July 27th, 2008 by Xtralicious

I wasted some twenty minutes of my life yesterday. I had made the wrong decision of dropping by a toxic “friend’s” blog, which I had not done so for the longest time, reason being that the said blog is mostly updated with constant meaningless whining and negativity. There is a certain limit to the amount of negative energy one can stomach.

To my surprise, her recent few posts are positive to say the least.  But keeping in line with her character, the “positivity” is meant to put others down.

By insisting that no others are as fortunate as you are, and by insisting that others don’t get more love than you have, you not only look sad and desperate for validation - the whole diatribe reeks of narrow mindedness and low self esteem.

In wanting to insult one particular person, you ended insulting everyone you know. What kind of toxic person are you?

One can be very fortunate. One can be very loved. Is there a need to declare that NO ONE is as fortunate as you are and NO ONE is as loved as you are? Stating one’s happiness on the childish insistence of absence in others - ugly and toxic. Says a lot about you as a person.

I pondered for a while on dedicating a whole blog post to point-by-point address the petty accusations thrown forth but in doing so, I would stoop to that kind of low level that I despise so much. The whole post is crass, vulgar and low class - and says pretty much about the writer herself. In fact, there are a few posts dedicated to such venom. And I shall leave it to the readers to see and judge for themselves.

In being ridiculously accused of being envious, I don’t like to be envious or jealous of others, as you have opt confessed to be. I will work towards what I want, unlike the meaningless habit of whining about it. I have the least reason to be envious of you. If the truth be known and at the risk of sounding mean, I have always felt sorry, if not pity, for you. For all your professions of being high class and “atas”, you don’t have what it takes and you won’t work for it. What gives? The result is constant whining and more whining.

For all your professions of being so loved and all, what we all see is still more constant whining and “emo” nonsense and imposing on a hospitalized patient in her room till 5 am in the morning - refusing to let your sick friend rest. Not everything is about you and you still have not learned that.

In everything that I have done for you, you have felt neither appreciation or gratitude. Not that I need these but to be “rewarded” with such venomous ingratitude is not something I would have expected. There are so many other things that you have been toxic about but since we have come to this stage, I see no need to address those issues anymore. You know what you did and I hope you can live with it.

Your problem is that you cannot accept other’s happiness and moving upwards in life. You can’t embrace a friend doing better than you are. Otherwise you will not feel the need to trample so desperately and proclaim yourself top dog. I don’t feel anger. I only feel sadness.

The tone of this post is not positioned in the manner of the “damsel in distress, I am so piteous” angle and neither is it positioned in the aggressive, vulgar and crass manner you are so fond of.

I am matter of factly and very calmly telling you that you are officially out of my life. I will not be dropping by your blog anymore, the msn and gchat have been duly deactivated, I will no longer feel angry or sorry for you and I hope to move forward in my life, just as I hope you will move forward in yours. I feel no malice or grudge towards you in doing so, just that we are two very different people and I no longer wish to keep up appearances.

Perhaps Posh had unknowingly hit the nail on the head when she plurked this earlier on:

“you could have all the love in the world and yet you feel empty inside.”

I am glad that I don’t need to have all the love in the world and I feel very happy and contented with what I have.

The only thing that I am sorry about this whole ugly saga is that I don’t want our mutual friends to feel awkwardness. This is not primary school where I don’t friend her you also cannot friend her kinda nonsense. My friendship with you and your friendship with her are mutually exclusive matters.

Moreover I don’t hate her. I don’t feel anything towards her. I don’t know which is sadder though.


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Running a Business vs Being true to yourself

July 9th, 2008 by Xtralicious

Karen had recently been down to Singapore and she ran a very successful charity event raising funds for Singapore Red Cross. As a full time stay home mum, she managed to garner tremendous support in sponsorship, publicity, media coverage, and most importantly, donations to Singapore Red Cross. I have nothing but utmost respect and admiration for this lady. Of course, being the utmost shallow person that I am, it helps that she is very gorgeous. :P

And thus, I have to say that I am very VERY sorry that I could not make it for both her Doing the Karen Cheng event in Indochine and her birthday drinks at the Fashion Bar.

The truth is, I really wanted to go. I mean, I like the lady and she so very kindly extended the invitation to me, for which I felt very honored.

The truth is, and I am ashamed to admit it, is that I am rather anti social by nature. I don’t enjoy meeting people unless I have known them online and am interested to know them further. The dilemma is, I really wanted to meet Karen, but I really don’t like some of the people on that list, and I would not be able to stomach having to put on a PR front the whole night. Goodness knows I have had enough of that in the past.

I am not atas. It’s just the way I am now. Am happy to wrap myself up in a cocoon of family and a few select friends.

And running a business, especially one that is an online presence, prompts that little voice inside my head to say that I am being an absolute idiot by passing up such a fabulous opportunity to network and smooze.

And hence the conundrum of whoring oneself out for the sake of additional business revenue or being true to one own’s feelings and principles and losing out on the business front?

I was sharing this with Big last night. He is one, I feel, whom I can share my thoughts with unreservedly and who will not judge me in any way. I told him that I felt rather bad at passing up the opportunity to finally meet Karen, and that I felt rather “unshrewd” in a business sense. And of course, that conundrum of self vs business. And he, being the wise Yoda, that he is, offered good advice in a single liner. No, I shall not share the single liner. It’s exclusive. :P

And Karen, when we troop to Perth, will definitely invite you for dinner and drinks, and of course, to “do the Karen Cheng” with you in person. :)

And oh, even though I was not there in person, I support you in spirit and in action. I have donated to Red Cross in the capacity of your “Doing the Karen Cheng” event. :D 


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Happy Birthday to Veron

January 21st, 2008 by Xtralicious

Happy Birthday to Veron, a very sweet and kind hearted girl I got to know from Cowboybar, a most decadent place of lurking dangers.

Here’s mama wishing you many happy returns of today and may all your wishes be fulfilled and blessings be upon you!

PS: she’s only 20 this year…… so young… so tender… Hahahhahaha!!!


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Dinner with Paddy and other Pingsters

December 18th, 2007 by Xtralicious

Paddy of Bak2u.com and Blog2u.sg hosted a dinner for some of us today at Sketches Pasta & Wine Bar. I finally got to meet him, DK, Claudia and boyfriend, The Young Businessman and Hanneng.

It was a great evening out with like-minded individuals, and I must say that we had many a good laughs… at poor DK’s expense. I shall not repeat any of the hilarious jokes here as we already laughed until our toes couldn’t take it. Any more and we will have to pay the dude. :P And Paddy, you’re a great host! Thanks for having Big and me as guests! :)

And as usual, pictures!

The new corset belt I bought from Mango. It’s HAWT!! Very Alexander Mcqueen.

 


Forgot to switch off the flash. In case you are wondering why a clean freak like me is wearing boots in the house, it’s a new pair.

 


Without flash. I love my new suede boots! Very comfortable and soft!

 


The ravioli with mushroom and parmesan Big and I shared

 


The grilled tiger prawns I had (Big is allergic to seafood)

 


Succulent lamb chops that we shared. Yummy!


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Christmas and Makan Photos at Great World City

December 9th, 2007 by Xtralicious

We brought the children to GWC today for the usual food, shopping and games weekend. The Christmas visuals are up and we had a field time (the children posing for pictures and their mamarazzi mama taking pictures :P ) I was dressed very comfortably in my cotton tunic, jeans and ballerina flats, as the back is still hurting. I really did not want to spoil the children’s weekend..


I love this photo so much. It’s times like this that I remember that Big bought me this camera just to capture moments like this. So sayang this man. Read the rest of this entry »


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The 30 year old virgin

December 1st, 2007 by Xtralicious

Hmm obviously since one is only 30 once in his or her life. Bwahahahaha!!!

So I thought I should do a wrap up of my 30th birthday, knowing how prematurely senile I am. Sometimes when I am not in front of the comp and can’t access my blog, I will ask Big questions like, so darling, how did we celebrate Christmas last year? -_-

  • Big did a surprise party for me
  • He also arranged for a surprise photo shoot for us (cam whore alert! :P ) The pictures are still being developed and you KNOW they will be up here once I get them and have time to sort through. Heh.
  • The mother of all rings that is still being set as we speak.
  • The Chanel 2.55 that is on its way to me from a friend.
  • Cards from friends
  • Smses from other friends
  • Hand made cross stitch magnets from Dutchess
  • Offerings from LP and Seren :P
  • I was hoping for the Motorola Q9H from Nuffnang too but sigh.. that was not meant to be..
  • As you ALL know, I love myself very much (too much I think. )
  • A cosy family dinner with cake cutting for the girls. (Yeah, they blew out the candles and cut the cake. Even the cake was a kiddy one. LOL)

On hindsight, my 30th birthday celebrations had been very low key and intimate, as opposed to my initial planned big party with booze, entertainers, extravagant cake and food etc. When it comes to the crunch, I simply prefer the mellower version these days. I think if I had not been working my ass off, I might have planned a Martha Stewart-like dinner party for the good friends at my place and just chill with wine thereafter. :)
I don’t know if this aversion to grandiose and extravagance is due to all these brand parties that I attend. All that booze, smooching, dancers, singers, models, air kissing, one-upmanship, couture, designer, competitiveness etc. I am so tired and blasé.

God, am I turning into an old fart??!!


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A Card from the Mate

November 23rd, 2007 by Xtralicious

It’s quite the naughty:P


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Thanks J for the beautiful cross stitch!!

November 22nd, 2007 by Xtralicious

Sorry have pinched your photo :P

They are lovely! Have displayed them proudly on my monitor. Thanks so much J!! And ALL THE WAY from Netherlands too!


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Thank you to the Slim Leggy Chio Bu!!

November 22nd, 2007 by Xtralicious

I was so touched when I saw this… and have booby picture some more!! 

Yes, Seren is a close friend of ours and although we don’t have time to meet up very often, when we do, it’s always fun.

Oh, by the way, Seren is also a very pretty, tall, slim and single girl.  

Thank you again darling for dedicating a whole blog post to me to wish me Happy 30th Birthday!! :)


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