Wednesday, May 28, 2008

i got fired.

apparently, they said i no longer fit the role.



applications for the position of 'Mr Happy' is now up for grabs.

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Friday, May 23, 2008

hello public

seriously, do you know how much effort it takes to actually create a blog entry. everyone thinks i just sit in front of my computer wearing my sequinned jimmy choos, twirling my hair, typing out random things that come to my bimbotic mind and splashing photoshopped fotos here and there. all this while buffing my nails.

well listen here sister, its so much more different than that. sometimes, yeah, sometimes, i wear the non-glitter jimmy choos instead. i know right, i'm such a rebel.


now take a look at this picture. what does it look like to you? a window right?







well to me, its not. to me, it looks like a camwhoring backdrop.









and so you probably think, like how many pictures can i possibly do with just that "window"? lets find out.









not quite done yet.










some people called with obsessive. i call it versatile.



and so i felt bored. and decide to move on to other items that i can camwhore with. oh by the way, i went out with sharif this week, or better known a Barney to this blog.







oh you know, the few pictures i took next to the window, Barney wanted a shot too. and since he's mostly camera shy, like me, ahem, there's only one foto.







so i found other interesting spots that i could camwhore at.






next to a lamp and in front of a persian rug.







random corners, with fake plants and whatnots.


after being bored of random shots, we tried setting the camera on timer mode.









doesnt it make you wonder where this place that i've camwhoring is at?






its this quaint little turkish cafe situated at Haji Lane called Cafe Le Claire @ Al Majlis.


the thing is, i've already started on surveying possible locations for my 22nd birthday this year. i know that my birthday is in october and its still a long long way to go. but if they can start the NDP rehearsals now, why cant i start my birthday prep now right?

i read some reviews online about this place being a nice & cosy location to gather with a nice turkish vibe.









looks very cosy right the place? so obviously if i were to create a function, i wouldnt let the guest go hungry. so i decided to sample some of their food and desserts.








firstly the drink came after 10mins,





according to the menu, its some special turkish blend of tea or smthing. but to me it tasted like 100% Lipton tea.






as you can tell, the portion of the tea is like fucking small can. its like drinking from those 'masak masak' cups that i used to play tea party with my barbies when i was young.






this was how small it was. i paid $3 for this 3 tablespoon of lukewarm lipton tea.


anyway, so i waited and waited for the food to come. and if you've noticed from the amount of pictures taken, i did wait quite a while.

and the thing is i hate waiting. i wouldnt say that i am an impatient person. its just that i dont like to wait. i dont like to wait for buses, i dont like to wait in queues, i dont like to wait for toilets and worst of all, i dont like to wait for food. to me, time spent waiting is like having a part of my life wasted.


and mind you, after waiting for bloody 1hr and 15minutes, i was beyond pissed. BEYOND.

nobody messes with Malibu Barbie.


the first waiter that came up got a piece of my mind and while he was getting verbal bitchslaps from me, another waiter came up with the food finally. after like 1hr 25minutes then the food come ar. the place is not even crowded okay. it was like fucking 4pm for god's sake. bloody koko crunch murtabak!!!

so the second waiter too got a verbal bitchslap from me. and both of them just stood there, stunned. i saw the food that the second waiter had on his tray and boy did the food look pathetic.

i realise that all that verbal bitchslapping makes me even hungrier. so i just left like a few bucks on the table for the drinks we drank. and stormed out that looserish place. and you know what pisses me off throughout the whole thing, they didnt even apologise. fuckers!


i told you nobody messes with Malibu Barbie.


CAFE LE CLAIRE @ AL MAJLIS at HAJI LANE







everytime somebody googles for this place, i hope they read this BAD BAD review about the place. fucking waste my time.

the place looks nice, inside, yes.
the food looks pathetic.
the service is a major fucker.
location, not very accessible.


stupid sucky place that i will never bring anybody to.



ruin my stupid afternoon. so we went to some place at bugis to eat instead. took less than 5minutes for my mee pok to come. and the service came with a smile. and everything so cheap some more.







oh, anyway, congrats to David Cook for winning American Idol after perfoming so god damn bad on the finals. as fantastic as david archuleta was on the night of the finals, only continues to prove the fact that american idol is still and merely a popularity contest.


well then, thats it for this week's entry. blogged early again because i have to go tekong to oversee the the bmt Guards fieldcamp. but thats okay cause ali joe has only 14 days left in camo.


till next time, yall take care.


xoxo-alijoe

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

hello public

you know how my updates are usually on sundays, and if you didnt most probably you've either been living under a rock or you could have just chanced upon this fantastic blog that will change your life. point to note, i welcome converts with open arms.

and if it probably crossed your mind why is it that i dont blog often enough. well, during the weekdays, i'm chained to the SAF to do menial slavery work. but all this will change soon enough, in exactly 3 weeks, like Mariah Carey's latest single, i will say Bye Bye to the dowdy camo prints and my khaki beret.

the only thing preventing me from screaming for joy right now would be the risk of having the neighbours calling the police regarding a possible rape case. i kinda have this tendency to scream like my balls were clasps together by an F clamp.


so this entry seems a little bit prematurely ejaculated, 2 days in advance that is. i'd be making a little overseas trip for a family gathering over this long weekend (thank you vesak), thus the reason for an earlier entry.


well this entry is a little bit outdated as it took me quite a while to receive the fotos.

you know how it feels like, if you have an off day and you spend all of it just slacking at home doing nothing. it kinda feels to me like i wasted my day. i'm not suggesting going outside and plant trees to save the environment if a situation like this happen. i'm already contributing my part by spitting out the watermelon seeds out my kitchen window (hopefully one day a watermelon tree will grow nice and tall). so wad i did was i call up a friend and suggest a hang out session.


and i met up with...









over lunch at long john where i just sat there and absorbed all the cholesterols through my pores.








but then draceana had to leave cause her lunch break was over and she had to get back to work. bummer. wished she was there longer.

anyways, so me and danny decided to head to The Cathay, not for a movie but just to look around. its been a few months back since i last visited the place and then, it was all still empty.


well guess wad?


it still is.

now, the whole building is mostly filled with pretentious shops conveying enticing facades but filled ironically with emptiness. in simple english, it means that the shops look nice but there's nothing much to buy actually. i assimilate The Cathay to a bimbo. statuesquely pretty but that's all to it. merely pretty.

so we got tired and decided to settle for a drink at some random taiwanese cafe at the basement.







i had the milk tea and it was one of the best iced milk tea i've tasted. it was so yummy i wanted another one but i guess my jeans has been listening to Duffy and it started singing 'I'm begging you for mercy..." just as i was contemplating a second cup.


but nevertheless, i would have loved a really large cup of iced milk tea so that i needn't keep buying another cup. how large of a cup of milk tea i hear you question?

well, this large....
















and danny would like one iced peach tea in the same size cup too.







hehe!!


as we walked around some more later, a slogan t shirt caught my eye.







considered getting it, but my inner voice was flashing the words "TOO TACKY" in neon in my head.


danny suggested dinner at coffee bean as from his previous experience he found the food rather nice. honestly, the only thing i ate from coffee bean was a muffin. i didnt even know they had a dinner menu.

so i had the mushroom chicken cream spaghetti and it was suprisingly quite good for a cafe mainly focusing on coffee.







sat and chatted over dinner while danny's friend, casey, joined us for cake. it was getting way past my bedtime, so i decided to head home for a tete a tete with my bed. =)


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well, i guess thats it for this week's entry. gotta go pack my suntan lotion and my red speedos into my Ralph Lauren weekenders bag.


till next time, i love ya.


xoxo-alijoe

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

hello public


OF LOVE & THE MOVIES






i am damn sad.


DAMN DAMN SAD!!!






Jason Castro got voted off American Idol. =(


now i see no purpose in watching american idol anymore. its either than boring choirboy or the wannabe moody rockstar gonna win this damn competition. i'm sorry syesha, but u just have to accept the fact that you're black.







and if you all dont know by now, he's the one singing the background song on this blog.


i know there's a lot of Castro haters out there, so just keep your castro-hating comment to yourselves. -___-




but not to worry, i have found a new love.



Blair Waldorf






I LOVE YOU BLAIR!!!


you're the reason why i'm addicted to watching Gossip Girl. and if you all have not heard of this show, you sad sad losers, nows a good time to start.



so this week, guess where i went...






ALI JOE GOES TO THE MOVIES







its been a loooooong while since i've been to the cinema. the last movie i watched was 27 Dresses. the thing with me is that i rather buy a dvd and watch it at home in my boxers with a tub of ben&jerrys in hand.


but since some friends of mine wanted to catch Harold & Kumar and i did quite like the first movie, we decided to head out to Vivocity.






when we got there, there was a really long queue and i bet everyone wanted to get tickets to Iron Man. it was so bad that the 9.30pm show only had the first 3 rows available. and we were there at ard 2pm mind you.

but thank god we already booked tickets online a few days before. i'm not the type that likes to queue, even though i'm singaporean.






a must have when you go to the movies are the popcorn, the jumbo hotdog and the nachos. so yummy!!! but i seriously think the prices of the food is soooooooooooo overpriced. $2.20 for a mineral water is like daylight robbery.







looking at some of the new movies coming up. i cant wait for Kungfu Panda. LOL!






the thing with GV cinemas is that it has that 15 minutes commercial before the movie starts and i dont like to sit there expecting the movie to start after the current commercial just to find another commercial after that. sianz.






and we came in like 10 minutes later and it was still commercial time but it was already packed with people munching noisily to snacks.







can't wait to dig in but one thing you should never forget to bring to the cinema is a jacket. cause after like 1hr i'll just turn to ice on my chair. brr!!!







after the movie which is damn funny la. we decided to head down to sushi tei for a steaming japanese seafood hotpot.







the people i went out with. my bmt bunkmates.


so we walked around for a while after the food but like all the shops were either closed or closing. and it was only 9.30pm on a saturday night.


so boring. nothing to do. go home lo.


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alright. thats it for this week's entry. somewhere around this coming weekend or next, i might post up a my very first video entry, so look out for that alright. so exciting!!!


anyways, you all take care. know that i love you and appreciate you.


ps: say it with me "25 MORE DAYS TO ORD! 25 MORE DAYS TO ORD!"


ps: PLEASE click on the nuffnang advertisement on the right column. THANKS!!!




till next time,



xoxo-alijoe

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Sunday, May 04, 2008

hello public

in last week's entry i did mention how i feel i'm getting old abit too fast. mentally i mean. but according to a friend of mine, its not i'm growing old too fast but i'm just becoming BOOORING.

probably its true. i actually turned down 2 invites this week for clubbing. and what do i do instead? i sat at starbucks and read a book.

seriously!! O M G !

i'm like only 21 and my idea of fun is hitting Borders.


i NEED help!! will somebody please tell me what a 21yr old should do for fun?


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well this week, i met up with andrew, my bmt friend and we decided to hit town. i've been keeping my eyes open for wallets as i'm getting bored with mine. and the thing about me and wallets is that i really hate those boring black leather wallets. arent they the most dullest shit ever.

my current wallet is something i got from paragon and its 'blood orange' in color. and i found the perfect one to replace it. a white one from Prada. but the thing is, i'm not the type that meticulously maintain my stuff, so i think i'm gonna cry if it gets dirty.







i wanted a wallet and andrew wanted a watch. so we walked from one end of orchard to the other end and in the end, we bought books at Borders instead. how random.



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there's something i enjoy doing when i got nothing to do. those stupid questions that people like to post in Friendster's bulletin board.





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alright, thats it for this weeks entry. i like to thank all those people who visit my blog. the singaporeans, malaysians, americans, turkey people and vietnam people. heck i didnt even know vietnam had computers in the first place.

but trust me, i love you and appreciate you. my blog readers rock my world.

till then, take care.







xoxo-alijoe

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