Happy Anniversary

On Oct 22nd 2006,
We laid our differences apart and share a common goal

As we exchanged our rings and pledge our vows.

We vow to stick with each other no matter what happens.

We vow to love each other for as long as there may be.

On Oct 22nd 2007,

We vow to keep this vow everlasting...

Happy Anniversary My Dear,

You are the reason why I'm alive...

What was the objective? What's Next?

I've finally concluded my lastest story, 'Book of Love'

Well, there was a twist inside this story as I started writing.

As some of you may know, the main character inside this story, Mark Lee Yee Siang is the name of a good friend. I used his background and personality for this character plot.

I told my friend about it and he was pretty amazed that he had a 'writer' friend in me.

He penned Chapter 9.5 for me as a goodwill.

One thing that shocked me was that 'Christine' was the name of his current girlfriend.

(They got together not long ago)

My initial ending was to put Mark and Jade together in the story.

But since his gf is named Christine so I plot the story all over again.

So in the end, Mark is with Christine afterall... and I sincerely wished them the very best in life.

It is true that sometimes we would be with the ones we loved the most.

But love is something which we cannot explain.

'What's Next?'

I believe with the conclusion of my current story, the next question on people reading my stories would be... 'What's next? When's your next story coming...'

I have to be frank...

I tried to have a go in blogging because I thought blogging can get me some sparecash.

I'm in a small debt and financially not very sound.

Tomorrow's My 1st anniversary with Wifey and I don't even have the money to buy her flowers.

Anyway, I have not earn a single cent from blogging...

That's pretty lame so far....

Considering the time I've spent daily in updating the stories.

As much as I feel like quitting.

I looked back to those who was 'influenced' by my stories.

There aren't many but I've visited their blogs and read their entries on how they loved my stories and encouraged their friends to visit.

I'm flattered.

Because this wasn't the initial objective set out.

I'm touched.

Because these are things which money can't buy.

It would still be a long way before more people will know about my stories.

I don't when I will stop...

Maybe today,

Maybe 10yrs later,

Maybe after I've published a book.

Maybe Not...

I might stop writing altogether

I used to think I have succeed, yet failure comes straight into your face like a humble pie.

"Dare to dream, only to realize that Nightmare exist afterall"

I will comply all those works which I think is wonderful and put it into a book.

I don't think it's going to sell anyway, so I will only publish one copy.

Safe keep it inside my Time Capsule.

It's funny cos I even wrote the Prolouge of the book long time ago.

{ Prologue }

“Dedicated to all those who think they are in love,
those who are finding true love,
those who tried so hard to love,
those who had never been in love. . . ”

Everyone knows the meaning of the word love, ask them and they will tell you it’s a kind of feeling which you won’t get much in your life, a kind of feeling which you never expect it to arrive.

Stories of love pass us each day without realizing its existence in the first place. Sometimes we think we are in love, but the feeling becomes mutual as time goes by. Yet there are times when love passes us before you could even realize.

Love is a feeling that stretches your emotion to the fullest. You’ll feel the joy, the laughter, the warmness, the coldness, the loneliness, the attention, the neglecting, the kindness, the anxiety, the jealousy, the eagerness, the worries, the sadness and the happiness if you get love in return...'

Love is an experience. You will experience the most wonderful times, the most stressful times and the most comforting times in life. If you look back, love goes with time. Without time, there won’t be love.

People often mislead the feeling of love when they think that it’s ‘love at first sight’. Maybe true, but it could be a case in a million. The rest could be the beauty of the opposite sex toying your heart and mind.

I live my life in search of love. Someone who doesn’t care about appearances, someone who don’t mind your awful habits in bed, someone who is willing to take care of you throughout your worst time.

Someone, who tries her very best to suit your life.
I hope I had found that someone special… and below are some of my definitions towards love which I had compile.

Enjoy,

Anntonii

Just watched a J-movie - Nana The Movie

Ok.. I know it's kinda old movie already(released in 2005).. but hey it's nice ok.


NANA is a popular manga from japan revolving 2 girls with totally different character and lifestyle, chasing different dreams... and yeah both of them are of the same age and same name... Nana Komatsu & Nana Osaki





http://www.nana-movie.com/

NANA-2 is released in Singapore in June2007...
But I only catch a glimps of it...

I like the plot alot.. and the rox song Glamorous Sky..

http://hheavenly2.imeem.com/music/6HI7Y8bw/nana_starring_mika_nakashima_glamorous_sky/

My job....incase you were interested?

A few of my bloggers have been very curious about my job, my career. What do I work as during office hours?

Am I in the creative industry?
Am I in the media industry?

Well I certainly hoped to be in the above 2 industry but unfortunately I’m not.

I did my Olevels very very badly and got a mere 23 points for best five subjects. As I looked through the subjects which I was eligible for Poly education.

- Mechatronics Engineering.
- Nursing
- Marine Engineering

I have the “luxury” to pick the course which I can get myself in.
I had wanted to opt for a design course but after much rejection from parents, I didn’t even try.

I picked Mechatronics Engineering… cos it’s in Temasek Poly and heard they were moving to Tampines in 1996.. (Oh yeah I studied in TP from 1995 – 1998) and got into the course because I lived in Bedok!!

Temasek Poly use to have a few campuses… Grange road for business … Kim Seng rd for Engineering… yeah man… my old campus is ‘walkable’ distance to Zouk! Bukit Merah Campus was infact the one which I attended much of my course before shifting to Tampines.

After Poly, I went National Service… and in 2001 March I took my first step into the work society Full time!

The job which I applied was an Associate Engineer in an American company. When the manager interviewed me, he asked me a strange question.

“Would you like to try out as a Production Supervisor?”

I was taken aback, cos when you mention Production Supervisor, the first impression would be those uncles trying to get the aunties to work properly.

But since the industry was pretty bad in 2001 and sensing that the manager would not have employed anymore Associate Engineer, I decided to take up the challenge.

So my first job was a Production Supervisor… and a starting pay of S$1,550…

I went on to work for the same company for 3 and a half years the company was bought by another company. During my 3.5yrs of stay, I did my Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics… Sensing that the future was vague, I decided to look for jobs and ended in my second job.

A Production Supervisor in a hard-disk company in Kakit Bukit.

Well… I didn’t have much to say… cos I quit within a year of joining cos I was loggerheads with my senior manager. I threw my letter without securing another job… and stayed jobless for 3 weeks!!

The thing about jobless was not really about the money, it was you wake up everyday in the morning don’t know what to do. People argued that its time to take a good rest and relax… but how long can you relax?

I’ve applied for everything that websites and newspapers have to offer. In the end, I’ve went through 11 interviews and got 3 offers in my jobless period.

I told myself… it’s between Engineering and Manufacturing. Either one type will determine my future.

Then 3 weeks later, my present company called me and offered me a job. Well… apparently it’s another hard disk maker in woodlands but the processes are totally different.

Guess what? I was offered a Manufacturing Supervisor again!
So I just carried on my job… up till now.

6.5 years and counting… I’m doing the same things over and over again. The difference is only the people I worked with and the processes.. (pay of course different lah!)



Being a Supervisor is about the operations of the areas that you managed. You managed the man, materials, machine, method, quality and quantity. That’s practically everything you see, hear, feel about your work area.

Oh yeah … I’ve been promoted to Senior Supervisor with effect 1st Oct 2007.. (Don’t ask me about the increment cos it sux!)

I used my right brain a lot during work because I managed costing and projects. Maybe that explains why I used my left brain when I’m off work… to balance up bah…

If you ask me, what was my greatest regret in my career?

My answer is really “why didn’t I go study design last time!!! Blah!!”

Because I always wanted to be a fashion designer… now I’m a Production Supervisor… HOW FAR AWAY!!!

My Next Story.... Stay tuned...

So far.. only got the title and little plot...

Title will be

[Secret of the Heart 心の秘密]

Don't worry.. it's won't be like Jay Zhou's Secret...

Incase you are wondering who's the cute girl in the picture...

Sorry guys... she's taken....by me! She's my wifey~~

“Recently my life has been really busy..”
I mean how often have we heard people saying that?

“Busy with what?”

“Busy with life I suppose”
I tried to convince myself that I’m really busy after all.

Yeah.. after all, I’ve became an online novelist as someone descript in their blog. This term is definitely not for me. I just preferred to be known as Story Writer.

Ok I write stories… but not a professional. I reckon that my English isn’t good enough to go for the publisher as yet. I’m contented with the 300 odd readers that have been reading my blog lately.

Not this blog for goodness sake.. but my storyblog at.

http://anntonii.blogspot.com

It begins with only a handful of people that had followed me the forums onto my blog. My colleagues are in fact my ‘greatest’ fan to date… Although they admit they too have not been following up lately. (How sad… my ‘biggest’ fans no longer interested)

Hopefully more readers will come in… maybe I will make a name for myself..

My current Story is about the ‘Book of Love’

It started out with a guy named Mark Lee who could not forget about his ex-girlfriend, Jade. Then he met another girl of the same name few years later on the MRT. Their introduction was rather interesting as he was framed of down blousing her… and blah blah blah I hate writing summaries since secondary school days. go read, go read...

It’s written till Chapter 25… and man… it’s about 40,000 words to date!!
Way passed my last story Rain Angel… and the story is only at the middle…

What will happen to Mark? Go read okie?

Well… as I write this story revolve love and such… I begin to realize I don’t really know love myself.

What is Love to you actually?

I asked Wifey What is Love to her…

Her answer really shocked me… It was simple kinda childish yet very deep.

“Love is Kiss Kiss, Hug Hug”

How true…

Before there were poets and script writers, before there were intellects and scholars and before the time when language was being understood.
It’s the emotional and physical acceptance of someone whom you really cared about.

We Kissed and Hugged those we loved don’t we?

Would we kiss or hug people that we don’t like?

Sometimes you don’t need to look round for answers about love because this is love.

That is why I kiss and hug wifey lotofs times a day.
That is why I find saying “I love you” many times a day is vague.

I only say once per day to wifey.

“I love you more than yesterday but lesser than tomorrow.”

This is Love…

I couldn't remember when was the last time I've ever gone to the movies with my parents.
Maybe 10yrs ago? or is it 15yrs?
I believe other than animated movies during my childhood, I've never watched any movie with my parents.

Maybe being hawkers, they don't have much time for such entertainment.
Video Tapes, Vcds, DVD and watching Channel 8 on TV are all they do when they are free

My mum was affected by the craze for the local movie '881'
Somehow it was related to the late singer "Chen Jin Lang"
Both my parents were very supportive of him and they even went to his wake last year.

I then suggested to go watch 881 last Sunday.
Since they no need to open stall on Monday.
Both my parents, me and wifey and my younger brother.

Although all of us lived together, the chances of us going out together is very rare.
It was a rather different outing apart from the usual dinner sessions we had.

Then I booked the tickets for 1930hr show.
We had our dinner at the market downstairs and proceed to Tampines Century Square.

As we reached early, there was half an hour for us to wander around before the show commences. I suggested to go to Isetan Tampines Mall as Metro had already closed down.

We walked around at Isetan and Mum begins to look for some clothes.
All of us participated in sourcing the 'best' blouse for her.
We dug deep into the carts and tore a few pieces to try.
We were joking about certain design and weird colors that she will never wear in her life.
She tried out and bought two.

As Mum went to pay for her clothes, I stood and smile, telling myself.

"I would not have done that when I was 16 or 18. Going out with parents was seen as lame or weak or mummy's boy and looked down by all your buddies. They are not highly educated and will do silly things to make you look like an idiot or lose face. Every boy will grow up to men and needs to be stay as far away from parents."

After which we proceed to watch the movie.
Well since there are already so many reviews about movie, I shall not talk here.
I saw many people bringing their parents to watch too.

What I really enjoyed was not the show but the time spent with my parents.
As both of them are in their late fifties already.

As I lay on to sleep that night, I told my wife about how I felt.
She just laughed it off.
“I just don’t understand why guys would think like that. Going out with parents is perfectly normal and enjoyable.”

It was the second happiest thing that happened in my 12 days of leave after knowing wifey given a clean bill of health from her kidney diagnose.

I’m glad I knew my mistakes now.

What kind of blogs we see these days?

You know these days, everyone's got a blog. Everyone is trying to tell the whole world about their daily events. How ironic when people ask you "How's ur day?", you would normally reply "It sux!" then you go write a few thousand words over ur blog to signify how sux it went.

When I started my blog, I asked myself which of the categories I can protraits my direction to?

1) CamWhore Blogs

People who post alot of photos of themselves taken with their friends, their families, their pets, their pest. people whom they like,hate,dislike,adore,want to kiss, want to kill.

These people believe pictures tell a thousand words not simply there are pictures... but its because it's pictures of THEM.
These people are the ones who generate alot of hit counts when they are really cute or hunky.

Damn I last looked at myself and decided not to waste time putting my photo.
Will get flames more than tags.

2) Creative Blogs

People who post other people's misery. It could be their parking skills, their inconsiderate act, their downblouse. I label them as creative blogs simply because they are really creative. I mean who would think of a blog to post people who anyhow park?

People who have creative blogs are those who constantly out on the go, looking for irrtating people and things happening.

I don't have that amount of time to go out to be a freelance journalist. Besides my photography skills sux... so instead of catching a photo of someone eating a burger... i might accidentally took her downblouse instead!

3) Money Making Blogs

These blogs are people who post entry to teach people how to make money. Wow... such nice people really exist.. really huh.. Maybe they earned too much then they wanna share their skills? or unproven strategy which makes you the bait to try? You decide.

I don't have money and is currenly quite broke myself.. so to teach you how to earn money might as well i go earn first!~

4) Life Blogs

These blogs are people who have a large network of friends. To have blog is to update each other how each other's life is going. Nevermind both of you had just gone to orchard together. Both of you will blog like you've not seen each other for years.

Last checked, I don't have a large network of friends... Infact most of my friends know nuts about blogging so to create a blog to tell them I'm still alive might as well jio them for kopiz.

5) Food Blogs

These blogs write about all the resturants and food center that the writer went and did his review. Well kudos to these people really cos normally I wont remember what I ate the day before, let alone writing a review about it. To me it's only "Nice or Not Nice" and "Cheap or Expensive"

Last checked, I don't have much descriptive phrases to describle food... like "juice oozing out from the steak" kinda language.. so have to give it a miss.

6) Whine Blogs

These blogs only whines... the writers have nothing good to write about. It can be about the water, transport, habits, prices, taxes, government, no money, working environment, pay, housing. All these in the comfort of their home... never realized that some parts of the world, there are people who've never seen a computer in their life.

Last checked, though I do whine and have quite a bit to complain... I would really have the time to write it out to the world.. So the world be safer because of my whining? I don't suppose so..

Finally I decided to write this StoryBlog. I hope this is something new...

Cheeerz

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