So the past 2 weeks have been really awesome, because I've been in Singapore the whole time doing all the turnaround flights. Never thought I'd say this but I've never been happier doing all the turnarounds. I get to be home every night and that means more time to do stuff like futsal, mahjong and movies! In fact, I'm kinda dreading my Narita next week. Maybe it's because I've been doing way too many Naritas and I'm just so tired.

Today was shopping day with Shawn and I got myself a pair of shoes from Topman!



The last pair in size 11! Of course I'm gonna take it. And it's so pretty! Feel like stowing it away until CNY next year, haha!

Saturday will be round 2 at Fred Perry Cineleisure! Who says guys are not shopaholics?

And I finally got to eat my egg tarts from KFC!



They rock shit. KFC should stop selling chicken, or change their name to KFET - Kentucy Fried Egg Tarts.

Ended the day with ICE KACANG PUPPY LOVE.



A star-studded cast with Ah Niu, Fish Leong and Gary Chaw. And that's about it, really. A rather quirky love story about, well, absolutely nothing at all. It was way too boring to even be remotely interested about anything. So don't watch it, because you won't like it. If you like it, I will buy you a bowl of ice kacang.

ice-kacang-with-extra-red-beans-please-o-meter: 1/5

Yeah gonna wear my new shoes tomorrow with red shirt and red pants! You can't miss me!

The volcanic eruption in Poland that crippled the whole aviation industry has just been so overwhelming. I've been following all the reports everyday and there have been so many stories of despair and desperation to relief and joy as flights finally resume today.

But it has also brought about the worst of humans. Woe to all the hotels, especially in Sydney, that marked up their rates by a massive 100%. Granted, demand was high and hotels are still running a business but that's just inhuman. You don't benefit from others' misfortune when travellers' fund are running low and morale is just thinning.

An it has only brought out the best of Singaporeans. Many locals, upon hearing of stranded passengers at the airport, have voluntarily offered them temporary accomodation at their homes! It's a great gesture and something which I personally didn't expect! Also, an extra 100 points for Singapore Airlines for putting their passengers up at Marina Mandarin! Haven't heard of any other airlines doing that!

Alright, screw the volcano. Here are some photos of my soccer game last week. Finally, a thumping 4-0 win for us and we could even afford to miss 2 penalties! (which I'll be kicking myself, not for missing the penalties but for not volunteering to take them!)







Our opponents from Vietnam








Three movies this week!

SHUTTER ISLAND



A thriller starring one of my favourite actors, Mark Ruffalo (haha, I knew you were expecting Leonardo. NOOOOO.) about 2 officers investigating a missing patient at an asylum off Shutter Island. Started off as a simple movie but when the twists starting coming, it got everyone thinking and eventually it turned into an extremely exciting adventure where the audience turned detectives. In fact, I'd probably need to watch it again just to understand the whole plot better. Yup, I'm slow. Very slow!

you-drive-me-crazy-o-meter: 4/5

REC2



A zombie movie to follow up REC, where victims are trapped in a building with deadly zombies spreading a lethal virus. You know what it's all about, one of those movies that you pay to scream. And boy, did I scream with everyone so this wasn't too bad!

bad-romance-o-meter: 3/5

KICK ASS



Normal teenagers dress up as superheroes and try to save the world. Ok, this whole sentence already sounds so terribly wrong.

ghostbusters-o-meter: 0/5

Thanks to the queen of online shopping Jules Lau (via omgwtfjules.tumblr.com) she recommended this website with really shit ass funky tees, such as these three:





But the one item which I really want to get (and I will get it, no matter what, even if I have to fly over that Polish volcano to London) is this HAMBURGER SWEATER.



Imagine, wearing this sweater in the wintry Narita cold. Imagine the line of girls that will be queueing up to have a bite of me.


RAH RAH RA AH AH!
ROMA RO MA MA
GA GA OOH LA LA
I WANT HAMBURGER!

2 more movies before my 6-day trip!

How To Train Your Dragon



Well as Sarah said, any movies that have animals would invoke the same response for both of us. So, you know how this is gonna turn out.

dragonair-o-meter: 0/5

Date Night



This movie kinda reminds me of Johnny English - plain stupid but just way too hilarious! I've never recalled laughing my guts out so much since Johnny English. And so for that alone, watch this as a cure for your depressed life.

go-dutch-o-meter: 4/5

See you guys next week!

Today I set my own personal record by playing 5 games on mahjong in 11 hours. And I only slept 5 hours the night before and 6 hours 2 nights before so I'm so stoned now that if I look at Medusa, it would not even make a difference. I'm already as stoned as stone.

And for the record, I lost $80 so not in the best of moods. My luck is just rotten nowadays. And don't tell me mahjong is not about luck. If you look at the tiles I have, you would feel like feeding them to my rabbits and not play them at all.

Anyway, yesterday was the first time in I don't know how long that I attended yet another 21st birthday party! And you can imagine how old I felt. Gosh, memories of my 21st party. Were you there? YOU BETTER BE.

Shaomin's 21st at some ulu Pasir Ris chalet!





The theme of the party was HATS. Lots and lots of HATS. And if you know me well enough, I'm not excatly a hat person but so as not to look out of place, I bought my own hat from City Beach in Perth. AUD$22.







All else fails, just wear your army cap!



Guestbook signing!





Poloroids!



Jason Mraz galore.



Birthday girl and daddy!





Couple of the year! We wanted to plan a trip to the casino but Wei Kiat reminded us that he's not 21. Gosh, I hate to feel so old! Somebody, just stop time for a year!



The biggest mango cake in the whole wide world. It could feed the whole of Malawi.



All her other friends! And hats, of course.









Happy birthday gal! Enjoy your 21st, because when you're 24, IT'S SERIOUSLY NOT FUN. I should write my will soon. Sarah has already planned her funeral.

Movie of the week is CLASH OF THE TITANS.



And because I'm so damm bloody tired and it was such a terrible movie, let's not even bother today, ok?

sparrrrrrrtans-o-meter: -5 /5

Oh yes, Zhou Jie Lun's Singapore concert is scheduled for 24 JULY 2010. So I'm finding people to attend the concert with me. As in, ME = the biggest Zhou Jie Lun fan in Singapore. What a priviledge right! Here are the requirements:

- You will scream when Zhou Jie Lun asks you to. And I mean SCREAM.

- You will NOT sit down throughout the whole concert. You will stand and clap and wave your banner and take 2 million photos!

- You will know the words to ALL his songs. And I mean ALL. Of course, by saying this, it means I have already fulfilled this requirement and you can test me by all means. That's because you will sing along to EVERY SINGLE SONG that night. At last count, he has 10 albums, and no. 11 will be released in May. If you haven't started, GOOD LUCK.

Anyone? Yeah, I could think of one. ZHOU JIE LUN HIMSELF!

I'm going to simpang bedok for roti john. Bye.

NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY TO USE THE TOILET ON BOARD!

Airline considers fee for lavatory use

(CNN) -- Fresh on the heels of one budget airline announcing that it will ask passengers to pay extra to bring carry-on bags on board, another is considering charging them for using the lavatory.

Ryanair, which is based in Dublin, Ireland, and bills itself as "Europe's first and largest low fares airline," is mulling a plan that would require travelers to pay either 1 euro or 1 British pound (about $1.33 or $1.52) for using the bathroom on flights lasting one hour or less.

The plan, titled "Ryanair Cost Saving Proposal," was published in the airline's inflight magazine.

The carrier said it is working with Boeing to develop a coin-operated door release so that when nature calls, passengers would need to deposit the change before being able to use the facilities.

The idea is to encourage people to use restrooms in airport terminals before boarding, Ryanair said. If the airline were to proceed, the changes would be at least 12 to 18 months away.

As part of the plan, the airline is also considering removing two of the three lavatories on some of its planes so it could squeeze in up to six extra seats. The move would help reduce fares by at least 5 percent, Ryanair said.

It's not the first time the airline has broached the subject of a toilet fee. CEO Michael O'Leary told the BBC in February 2009 that he was considering the charge.

How would it fly with passengers? One hint of how Americans might feel about it may come from an informal poll posted on TripAdvisor.com last summer in which one-fifth of the respondents said they would fly on an airline that charged a fee to access the bathroom; 78 percent said they would not. About 5,300 people answered the online survey question. But the idea may be less shocking to travelers in Europe, where it's not unusual to pay a small fee to use a public restroom.

Meanwhile, Ryanair announced Tuesday that it's raising its checked luggage fee from 15 euros to 20 euros per bag for the peak vacation months of July and August.

"Ryanair is determined to incentivise passengers to travel light this summer," spokesman Stephen McNamara said in a statement. The airline urged its passengers to avoid the fees by bringing carry-on bags only.

Ryanair is already well-known for its fees and is up-front about them on its Web site, which details charges for everything from online check-in to traveling with infants. Customers haven't balked; in fact, Ryanair's passenger traffic grew 13 percent last month compared to the same time last year, the airline reported.

Low-cost carriers have embraced the concept of a la carte pricing, or keeping base fares at rock bottom levels while charging passengers for any extra services.

On Tuesday, Florida-based Spirit Airlines announced that it will charge its customers $20 to $45 for items they place in the overhead bins.

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Well, that's one more to the list of what's-so-good-about-being-a-flight-attendant.

WE GET TO USE THE TOILET FOR FREE WHILE YOU POOR PATHETIC PASSENGERS GOING ON HOLIDAY HAVE TO PAY! HAHAHAHA! EAT THAT!

TODAY ON A PERTH FLIGHT....



Thank you Mum, for making your screaming kid draw a retarded Jetstar aeroplane and shutting him up. Well I don't know why but this Tylson kid decided to leave his drawing behind and I stole it before anyone could dump it. Think it's kinda cute but what the heck, I have an indecent obsession for aeroplanes and that's one super-cucumber-cool Jetstar plane!

On the same note, it's pretty random but I have a natural distaste for babies. Can someone tell me why mummy and daddy would lug their screaming baby on board their holiday to Bali?

Oh gosh, it's my dying wish to actually open the emergency exit in mid-air and throw a screaming baby out.

SPY ON ME BABY USE SATELLITE.



SINGAPORE - Welsh crooner Tom Jones was forced Thursday to cancel shows in Singapore and South Korea after doctors warned he risked "serious permanent damage" to his legendary vocal chords if he performed.

The ageing sex symbol was due to perform at Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa casino resort on Thursday evening, and in Seoul on Saturday.

The 69-year-old star, whose hits include "It's Not Unusual" and "Delilah", has been laid up in Singapore for a week after abruptly cutting short a previous show last Friday because of acute laryngitis.

"Due to doctor's orders, it is with deep regret that we have been forced to cancel tonight's performance in Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa and Saturday's show scheduled for Seoul, Korea at the Olympic Fencing Stadium," Tom Jones's management said in a statement.

"Sir Tom has been resting his voice all week in Singapore, with regular checkups with local specialists. Unfortunately, the doctors are nevertheless unable to guarantee that Sir Tom would be able to perform the full show tonight at 100 percent vocal strength," it said.

"In addition, they have warned that by performing, Sir Tom could risk serious permanent damage to his vocals."

Last week, he sang only two songs before begging off.

His management said it was "deeply sorry" for disappointing fans and hoped that the singer would "find a time to come back in the near future and reschedule the shows".

Resorts World Sentosa, wishing Jones a full recovery, apologised to ticket holders and said they would be refunded.

After Asia, Jones was scheduled to head onto South Africa next week for a pair of concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

There was no immediate word on whether the trip would go ahead. - AFP/vm


Not only will I demand a refund of the tickets, but Tom Jones should compensate my long trip from Simpang Bedok to Vivocity as well.

Look it's one thing to cancel a concert - it happens; but to cancel it just hours before the show? Surely if you don't have any voice, you can call it off the day before, at the very least. It's so frustrating going all the way to Harbourfront and for my mum to call and say the show's been cancelled! What a waste of time! I'm not a big fan of Tom Jones anyway. I'd probably be the youngest in the audience if I had been there.


Well I thought for a change today, I'd share with you a couple of books that I've just finished reading. If you have to know, one of my new year resolutions this year is to read a hell lot more books than I've done so over the years and that's just because I rediscovered how much I love reading and I should neglect such habits.

And I could also point to the fact that my layovers overseas are pretty much spent bummed around in my hotel doing absolutely nothing at all so it helps that I can indulge in a novel for the whole time instead of watching ridiculous aussie telly shows.

And also, there's probably no movies worth watching now, really. I gave up premiere tickets for Clash Of The Titans yesterday. And judging from the reviews so far, Sam Worthington will get an award for acting in shows with so much hype, making a lot of money, but just turning out to be plain bad.

FOR ONE MORE DAY



You guys would probably have heard about his books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet In Heaven (the latter being one of my all time favourites!) so decided to read this very short book (which I finished in a few hours!) A little over the top but the topic about grieving and death comes across very emotional and light-hearted, which made me smile after reading this.

THE MILE HI CLUB



This is a very interesting book which I will encourage everyone to read. Basically it's written by an ex air-stewardess with Singapore Airlines and she documents all her experiences on board her 13 years of flying. Being in the same line, naturally I could understand what she went through dealing with all the nasty passengers and such but it gave me a better understanding of how different Singapore Airlines operate from my company. Anyway, this is a great book for everyone who desires to find out everything about flying - how much you're paid (the whole pay structure is broken down for you), the best cities to layover, promotion within cabin crew, the seniority ladder, dealing with all kinds of passengers, dealing with pilots, what happens in an evacuation/ditching, whether your meals on board were bought from Sheng Siong and perhaps the biggest enigma of all - what happens in the hotel rooms. (Which is pretty irrelevant, really. No one cares.)

But who knows? When I'm done and dusted with flying, someday, maybe I will chronicle my own stories into a book. And it's gonna be flying off the shelves!

HAPPY EASTER!