tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:12:34 +0000othersgraphictechnologycurrent affairsironyL'Oreal Brandstormbookstributechocolateseventsrelationshipsphotosessaysrhetoricscrimememory lanemoney mattersfamilysexualityholiday destinationhappinessdiningpublic transportlettersrantclassic blundersfriendsobservationvanitystoryreflectionshuman pestsguysfeminismexamscustomer servicemusicgoalsLike that also can ar?complaintpuppy loved.xfun stufffoodentertainmentreligionpoetryrandom thoughtsphobiasignificant daysletting gohealthBy Miss Limehttp://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)Blogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-500675973591572751Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:48:00 +00002012-01-11T00:12:35.015+08:00happinessfriendsfamilysignificant daysI celebrated my 12th sweet 16 birthday this year with a huge smile on my face. The surprise they threw me was really unexpected, especially when the crowd was a random mix of close friends from different circles. It's funny how people connect and bond. I am still basking in the warm glow of the day because of the extra special effort my loved ones put in to spend the day with me. Frankly, I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/VEftK7BJZHY/sweet-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/VEftK7BJZHY" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2012/01/sweet-2012.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-8591671482356243235Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:52:00 +00002011-11-17T00:35:01.239+08:00booksI have taken a path of reading chick-lit and feeling none of the guilt I should have felt had I been in school uniform. Once deemed by my foolish notions that it was very unbecoming of an academically-driven schoolgirl, is now very much embraced by a typical yuppie as a creative outlet to vent her deprived girly imagination of yesteryear. It's so true that what I was 10 years ago, is no longer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/ZYy2v2R84Ns/chick-lit-convert.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/ZYy2v2R84Ns" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/11/chick-lit-convert.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-6262275992253373668Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:29:00 +00002011-09-02T00:33:02.497+08:00happinessrelationshipsI love how you let me sing along to your playlist in your car. I love it more when you sing along with me, even when we both go out of tune. Choice of music is important to me (even if this may sound trivial and almost shallow). I like the idea of how music is very much like love - it should go in-sync with each other, just like two hearts. Bruno Mars - Talking to the Moon nuffnang_bid =http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/zVHuvs9oCFs/car-playlists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/zVHuvs9oCFs" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/09/car-playlists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-335962277317015973Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:44:00 +00002011-08-18T23:56:26.718+08:00reflectionsThere is still a niggling doubt that I've really become a woman. Sometimes the little girl in me still pops her messy head up to make funny faces at the world. I need to constantly remind myself to tame that unruly child within and command her to sit still, stop pouting and be a lady. But the girl , in spite of my stern warnings, still wins hands down. nuffnang_bid = "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/8yyaSXoyGXM/girl-vs-woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/8yyaSXoyGXM" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/08/girl-vs-woman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-985292308324991484Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:40:00 +00002011-08-11T23:40:55.122+08:00happinessrelationshipsreflectionsYou were always a man without a face for a good 8 years or so. You're someone I've only heard of in conversations of people I know. And I, the same to you. For years we've read each other's mind before we've even met each other's face. Alas, more than a year has passed since we first met at the bank's lobby! You're now a person I can finally put a face to. It's simply amazing to know, from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/eb1b0pPFenE/faceless-no-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/eb1b0pPFenE" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/08/faceless-no-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-7707798708528760014Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:26:00 +00002011-07-27T01:26:24.741+08:00happinessreflectionsobservationrandom thoughtsA leisure walk in the park, under the shady avenue of trees. A gentle cool breeze that teases your tresses and grazes your skin. A breath of fresh air from the stuffy office ventilation. A bushy squirrel that scampers from tree to tree playing hide-and-seek. A budding plant on the first morning of spring. nuffnang_bid = "674c47503e0caed9649d365a86e4f185"; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/zo-hQ1zMF38/thats-what-you-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/zo-hQ1zMF38" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/07/thats-what-you-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-3427269108737739067Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:33:00 +00002011-07-11T01:35:41.392+08:00rhetoricsreflectionsrandom thoughtsI shall not put myself out there again only to be eaten by indecision. But is there a way to freeze a beating heart and still live? -------------------------------------------- Dearest friend, I wish I could offer you more than just a shoulder and an ear. Alas, I am no doctor, and neither am I God. I cannot heal you but I can make you promise me one day at a time - Daily promises like daily http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/AEQt0r2DPJA/hopeful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/AEQt0r2DPJA" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/07/hopeful.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-1646620531422225597Sun, 08 May 2011 16:12:00 +00002011-05-09T00:12:53.955+08:00reflectionsI've been so overwhelmed by the hectic working hours and having to get around life's constant roadblocks that I've completely forgotten about a friend's wedding today. Frankly, the invitation has been sitting on the desk until this morning when I was browsing through Facebook only to realise there was a Convent gathering back at home (Weddings are the new gatherings for friends who are now http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/qHUjbnwN8Ek/memory-lapse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/qHUjbnwN8Ek" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/04/memory-lapse.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-7569253763191209111Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:02:00 +00002011-03-05T21:26:36.665+08:00letting goThere's always something about you that I would love to hate, and hate to love. And the whole emotional yin yang can be quite a pain in that sexy tush. Still, I am glad to have met you, loved you, loathed you and missed you. For the games that you've played and denied playing, I would still have let you strung me along; gladly. But now, the game is done. Good game, I tell myself. Now that we're http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/KNvwIJc4oS0/good-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/KNvwIJc4oS0" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/03/good-game.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-8510389834912650301Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:20:00 +00002011-03-19T16:47:47.342+08:00phobiaI don't want you to forget me. I am very afraid, that one day when you awake and you won't know who I am. I can't help it, I worry myself sick and I refuse to acknowledge that impermanence is life. I am paranoid and I don't know what to do. Each time I replay the words in your letter to your sister, I feel a pang of sadness - "I don't ever want to forget, and I am very afraid" stab me like http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/h_SfNYx_d8E/forget-me-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/h_SfNYx_d8E" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/02/forget-me-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-489932692033311229Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:54:00 +00002011-02-10T01:49:12.190+08:00guysLike that also can ar?Pettiness is such an unsexy trait when it comes to men*. As unfair as it sounds, petty women are still tolerable, but petty men? They're are simply just wee men (pun intended). Speaking of wee men, someone who added me on Facebook not too long ago, had just unfriended me by deleting me off his account after I politely declined to go out with him (for very valid reasons). There are some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/LQADpJF7UAE/petty-wee-men.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/LQADpJF7UAE" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/02/petty-wee-men.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-3475638518594870337Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:11:00 +00002011-02-08T10:20:59.182+08:00puppy lovephotosA silky terrier named Spike. nuffnang_bid = "674c47503e0caed9649d365a86e4f185"; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/0BQtB8LWJb8/oxymoron.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/0BQtB8LWJb8" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/02/oxymoron.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-4501872627139914659Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:13:00 +00002011-02-07T20:21:46.991+08:00healthI took a day off to recuperate from post-holiday inertia, but I ended up lying in bed feeling like a bloated corpse. I don’t know what was it that I ate, but I suspect it could be the greasy grilled meat I had for lunch. Also, I do not discount my sudden low tolerance for dairy products, much to my dismay. Last night, while browsing through Facebook, I watched a clip about KFC’s cruelty towards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/LpSqyt55CxA/post-holiday-inertia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/LpSqyt55CxA" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/02/post-holiday-inertia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-277391966637661724Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:46:00 +00002011-01-30T22:07:32.787+08:00reflectionsletting goI awoke to a very lovely morning weather. The dull skies marked rain and it has been pouring so lightly outside for hours. Part of me is enjoying Sunday's serenity, sitting by the window and listening to the pattering rain on the roof tiles. Another part of me is hoping for sunshine to dry my laundry. I will be leaving the city for a few days to head home for the Chinese New Year. The last thing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/qoaBw9iQqqg/cleaning-out-my-closet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/qoaBw9iQqqg" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/01/cleaning-out-my-closet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-98100200744832409Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:29:00 +00002011-01-26T12:50:44.766+08:00othersA rose by any other name would smell as sweet, not. Unless people are curious enough to know what it is, a forgettable name could render anyone invisible and/or negligible. So forgive me Will Shakes, because a name does make a (wo)man or in a business point of view, money. Weird names celebrity couples give to their innocent children are an attention grabber. But think again, what kind of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/Vn7p9UqWpJY/whats-in-name.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/Vn7p9UqWpJY" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/01/whats-in-name.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-4771160047177595923Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:52:00 +00002011-01-26T12:32:43.355+08:00technologyothersGetting an online space is easy with the various types of hosting services. From blogs to personal websites, the sky is the limit. Just like housing, you can either choose the free space from blog providers, or the lavish personal-styled space via a paid webhosting provider. Perhaps the most user-friendly of all are blog providers. The evolution of blogs today to mimic business sites is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/22ZtJMm4hK4/give-me-some-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/22ZtJMm4hK4" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/01/give-me-some-space.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-8315860533464449684Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:10:00 +00002011-01-02T23:46:00.700+08:00significant daysMMXI crept in silently amidst distant fireworks and the boisterous chatter among childhood friends. I'm glad not to be out with the masses teeming with juvenile mentality of the common people spraying foam and making a mess out of the environment. It feels good to be with familiar people, cracking lame insider jokes only few would appreciate. Even for those -_-" moments, it didn't matter, reallyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/KDxVWRq3rxk/hello-mmxi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/KDxVWRq3rxk" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2011/01/hello-mmxi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-651115948031505924Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:57:00 +00002010-12-31T17:57:58.043+08:00random thoughtsI've been caught in a limbo of doubts, spending sleepless nights trying to decide on the best course of action. Since I couldn't rely on logic anymore, I prayed silently for a sign, any sign. And finally, God gave me a holiday today. So I've decided. I would stay. nuffnang_bid = "674c47503e0caed9649d365a86e4f185"; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/BvCfZeLbpcU/year-end-musings-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/BvCfZeLbpcU" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-end-musings-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-8187921058065583573Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:20:00 +00002010-12-29T11:48:51.485+08:00musicletting go If I seem distant, baby I am Words are like scissors, in your hands And there's no script to follow, so I just close my eyes That way it won't hurt so much, when we say goodbye I feel just like an actress, up on the stage I can't believe, what I'm hearing myself say And a porch light is my spotlight, so I play along with this lie That way it won't hurt so much, when we say goodbye Did you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/oZeAmXC9UhM/say-goodbye-by-katharine-mcphee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/oZeAmXC9UhM" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/say-goodbye-by-katharine-mcphee.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-5173329418769455718Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:44:00 +00002010-12-19T08:47:29.604+08:00otherssignificant daysobservationIn 2 weeks’ time, the world will be bidding farewell to 2010. I am personally doing some counting down, although it’s quite pointless because it’s without any solid New Year resolution. 2010 hasn’t been entirely fabulous, especially towards the last quarter. However, in spite of the pitfalls, it isn’t all that bad either. Still, I want to restart on a fresh slate. I am looking forward to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/xH3ZUz59-O0/year-end-musings-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/xH3ZUz59-O0" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/year-end-musings-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-6213011935780806952Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:17:00 +00002010-12-13T09:56:07.399+08:00reflectionsletting goIt's another sleepless night. I'm so exhausted, yet I wake up at the oddest hours with an aching heart. Knowing very well that after the year ends, some things would be lost forever with it. Burying myself so deep in work and activities hoping I'll forget that I was ever in pain, was only temporary. It was merely a form of escapism; but after the dust has settled, I still revert to those sad http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/IQvggFNe-rY/when-december-ends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/IQvggFNe-rY" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/when-december-ends.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-7800502616085526354Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:56:00 +00002010-12-13T10:26:19.580+08:00reflectionspoetryI am at a forked road - undecided and afraid of the unknown. Robert Frost is once again an inspiration to my version of his poem "The Road Not Taken". Long I stood at these diverging routes, and could not choose which path to trod. The road less taken seems so unknown, to rags or riches I could not tell. Knowing how one way leads to another, I know not well. So here I am in limbo's hell. <!-http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/0MVgT0eyTk8/another-forked-road.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/0MVgT0eyTk8" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-forked-road.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-309902007660591049Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:11:00 +00002010-12-07T21:13:50.789+08:00othersLike that also can ar?fun stuff At a dinner one night, Mr X asked me to decipher the graphic on his friend's plain new tee. Try as I may, all I saw was the simple alphabet “A” – nothing more, nothing less. I thought it looked interesting in some manner, but never thought more about it. After a while of being egged on to think out of the box, it took me a full course meal before I finally got it. It was indeed an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/yua-EMEvkmw/for-many-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/yua-EMEvkmw" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/for-many-things.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8602810.post-3450764535125595595Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:53:00 +00002010-12-06T00:53:59.566+08:00random thoughtsYou're nothing but a figment of my imagination that I wish it were true. But alas, you're just a dose of bittersweetness that dents my heart in the most nerve-wrecking way. Yet, I can never hate you. If only I could articulate the pain inside, maybe I could let go. Instead, I am moving one one step ahead and two steps back again each time. I can never comprehend how I lost myself when I had held http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mslime/~3/UG4Xskk-QrY/bitter-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Miss Lime)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mslime/~4/UG4Xskk-QrY" height="1" width="1"/>http://chocolate-cheese.blogspot.com/2010/12/bitter-heart.html