hi people, kenan, or ken for short, here!!
we didn't manage to go for a movie last night. kai finished practice late, like around 11pm plus, and we don't wanna go back too late because we have work the next day, so we just stopped by Thompson Plaza's Starbucks to have a cuppa before we leave.
his conductor is such a slave driver! they started at 7pm and end at 11pm plus? i mean come on dude! get the orchestra to start early and end it early too! people hae their own lives to run ya know! sheesh! totally pissed that we can't watch a movie yesterday. tsk!
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Saturday, 6 March 2010
a matinee
here i am sitting at home, with my doors and windows flung wide open. iced tea on my right, my lappy on my left. its really bright and sunny outside. and the occassional breeze is soo welcomed here. its so hot and humid. anyway here's my schedule for today!
i have orchestra practice at 7.30pm at Nanyang Girl's Auditorium. today will be my first attempt at playing Mozart's K314 Mvmnt 1 Oboe Solo. Just so you know, i play the flute for the Japanese Association Orchestra and i "part time" for the oboe as well as they do not have a fixed oboist. i'll leave a clip here for you guys to listen to! its really nice and has a really good build up.
if you think this song seemed familiar, it was actually featured in an episode of Nodame Cantabile. its a really nice song. just hope i can last for throughout. its freaking long and really taxing on the lips. i tried palying it once at home and my lips started trembling from the 45th bar onwards.. i had cramps! hahaha!
anyway, that's my suffering for later. we'll probably end like at 10pm plus or 11 ish even. Ken and i are suppossed to go for a movie later. but i dunno if we have enough time for that. maybe we should just stop by a Coffee Bean and have a cuppa instead. we can chat and catch up with the goings on for the past week. that's my Schedule for Today!!
anyway just wanna share something with you guys. yesterday, i was doing prospecting at Bueno Vista and it was already kinda late (6 plus ish in the evening). i approached a lady who appeared to be in her late 40s and ask her to do a short banking survey. she did and was more than happy to share her banking experiences and her saving habits. she was a joy to talk to and she even gave me her address and phone number so that i can follow up with her about the savings plan. she was really open to my suggestions and did not react adversely when i introduced myself as a representative for Prudential^. i'd be a great honour if i could get her to be my client! i just love people like her, who are open to my suggestions and not brush us aside. we have to work hard to get our clients you know!
point^ : most singaporeans' reactions when a financial consultant says he's from an insurance company is, "har? insurance? no need i got enough / not interested! / insurance agents cheated me of my money!" and et cetera. i mean come on people! the people who cheats you off your money are the ones you always go to for your needs. they don't do a good financial analysis for you and you'll always end up buying WHAT YOU WANT, not WHAT YOU NEED.
thinking back, actually what i do is like being a street walker! haha! i stand by the streets, soliciting for business and tempting people to talk to me with my looks / cuteness (i use different tactics for different age groups) hahaha! exactly like being a whore! God! haha!
don't give us financial consultants a hard time okay, we work hard to serve you better!
i have orchestra practice at 7.30pm at Nanyang Girl's Auditorium. today will be my first attempt at playing Mozart's K314 Mvmnt 1 Oboe Solo. Just so you know, i play the flute for the Japanese Association Orchestra and i "part time" for the oboe as well as they do not have a fixed oboist. i'll leave a clip here for you guys to listen to! its really nice and has a really good build up.
if you think this song seemed familiar, it was actually featured in an episode of Nodame Cantabile. its a really nice song. just hope i can last for throughout. its freaking long and really taxing on the lips. i tried palying it once at home and my lips started trembling from the 45th bar onwards.. i had cramps! hahaha!
anyway, that's my suffering for later. we'll probably end like at 10pm plus or 11 ish even. Ken and i are suppossed to go for a movie later. but i dunno if we have enough time for that. maybe we should just stop by a Coffee Bean and have a cuppa instead. we can chat and catch up with the goings on for the past week. that's my Schedule for Today!!
anyway just wanna share something with you guys. yesterday, i was doing prospecting at Bueno Vista and it was already kinda late (6 plus ish in the evening). i approached a lady who appeared to be in her late 40s and ask her to do a short banking survey. she did and was more than happy to share her banking experiences and her saving habits. she was a joy to talk to and she even gave me her address and phone number so that i can follow up with her about the savings plan. she was really open to my suggestions and did not react adversely when i introduced myself as a representative for Prudential^. i'd be a great honour if i could get her to be my client! i just love people like her, who are open to my suggestions and not brush us aside. we have to work hard to get our clients you know!
point^ : most singaporeans' reactions when a financial consultant says he's from an insurance company is, "har? insurance? no need i got enough / not interested! / insurance agents cheated me of my money!" and et cetera. i mean come on people! the people who cheats you off your money are the ones you always go to for your needs. they don't do a good financial analysis for you and you'll always end up buying WHAT YOU WANT, not WHAT YOU NEED.
thinking back, actually what i do is like being a street walker! haha! i stand by the streets, soliciting for business and tempting people to talk to me with my looks / cuteness (i use different tactics for different age groups) hahaha! exactly like being a whore! God! haha!
don't give us financial consultants a hard time okay, we work hard to serve you better!
Friday, 5 March 2010
hi guys! and girls!! haha
kenan here!
somethin really funny happened tonight. haha! i'll tell you more later.
anyway, we reached home at 10 plus and i was too pooped to hae dinner, so i cleaned up and went to lie on the bed. kai was already on my bed surfing the web on his lappy. he and his facebook stuff as normal. as i began to snooze off, kai suddenly woke me up. here's the exact exchange we had just now.
"ken, ken! wake up!" kai said
"what is it?"
"i suddenly have a craving for some dumpling soup!"
"har? in the middle of the night?"
"yeah yeah! wake up and help me cook the soup!"
haha so there i was boiling the soup while kai was making the dumplings. at 1am. at this God Foresaken hour. making dumplig soup. from scratch. hahaha! kai and his wimps! thank goodness i was in charge of the easier and less hassle job. i just have to boil some fish stock, anchovies and some soy beans in a pot and let it simmer for like an eternity. there he sat on the kitchen counter, stuffing dumplings, humming Mozart's K314 while happily crimping them dough.
the supper turned out fabulous and yummy though! so its worth the waking up and cooking! it was uber yummy and we had it with kimchi. snuggling up in bed with a bowl of soup and dumplings, with kimchi between us. isn't life full of surprises! hahaha!
it was a satisfyingly light and delicious supper. and now, i can go back to bed, happy and well fed.
pray kai doesn't have any more late night cravings! hahahahah! so freaking tired. must go to bed now. goodnight everyone and have a great day ahead! TGIF!!!
oh, i must remember to pick up my suit from Prada. its ready! yay! new work clothes!!
kenan here!
somethin really funny happened tonight. haha! i'll tell you more later.
anyway, we reached home at 10 plus and i was too pooped to hae dinner, so i cleaned up and went to lie on the bed. kai was already on my bed surfing the web on his lappy. he and his facebook stuff as normal. as i began to snooze off, kai suddenly woke me up. here's the exact exchange we had just now.
"ken, ken! wake up!" kai said
"what is it?"
"i suddenly have a craving for some dumpling soup!"
"har? in the middle of the night?"
"yeah yeah! wake up and help me cook the soup!"
haha so there i was boiling the soup while kai was making the dumplings. at 1am. at this God Foresaken hour. making dumplig soup. from scratch. hahaha! kai and his wimps! thank goodness i was in charge of the easier and less hassle job. i just have to boil some fish stock, anchovies and some soy beans in a pot and let it simmer for like an eternity. there he sat on the kitchen counter, stuffing dumplings, humming Mozart's K314 while happily crimping them dough.
the supper turned out fabulous and yummy though! so its worth the waking up and cooking! it was uber yummy and we had it with kimchi. snuggling up in bed with a bowl of soup and dumplings, with kimchi between us. isn't life full of surprises! hahaha!
it was a satisfyingly light and delicious supper. and now, i can go back to bed, happy and well fed.
pray kai doesn't have any more late night cravings! hahahahah! so freaking tired. must go to bed now. goodnight everyone and have a great day ahead! TGIF!!!
oh, i must remember to pick up my suit from Prada. its ready! yay! new work clothes!!
Thursday, 4 March 2010
yesterday we were chillin at Paragon's Starbucks (uber yucky!) and heard this song. its really beautiful... here are some of the lyrics and try to guess what's the title of the song!
i wanna hold you close under the rain,
i wanna kiss your smile and feel the pain.
i know what's beautiful, looking at you
in a world of lies, you are the truth
and baby everytime you touch me i become a hero
i'll make you safe no matter where you are
and bring you everything you ask for, nothing is above me
shining like a candle in the dark
when you tell me that you love me
i'm sure you've guessed it! its When You Tell Me That You Love Me by the ever great Diana Ross. this is the perfect form of romance i've ever heard off! (and seriously i don't think it exists now in this world!) the romance is just too good to be true! but i'd love mine to be exactly like that! sigh..... anyway here's a clip for you. this is sung by Ross and Westlife (ugh)..
but its quite nice though..
the quality is kinda crappy but that's the only video i could find on youtube.
sigh... anyway i gotta prepare myself for work now... toodles people!
i wanna hold you close under the rain,
i wanna kiss your smile and feel the pain.
i know what's beautiful, looking at you
in a world of lies, you are the truth
and baby everytime you touch me i become a hero
i'll make you safe no matter where you are
and bring you everything you ask for, nothing is above me
shining like a candle in the dark
when you tell me that you love me
i'm sure you've guessed it! its When You Tell Me That You Love Me by the ever great Diana Ross. this is the perfect form of romance i've ever heard off! (and seriously i don't think it exists now in this world!) the romance is just too good to be true! but i'd love mine to be exactly like that! sigh..... anyway here's a clip for you. this is sung by Ross and Westlife (ugh)..
but its quite nice though..
the quality is kinda crappy but that's the only video i could find on youtube.
sigh... anyway i gotta prepare myself for work now... toodles people!
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
kai here..
just got up from bed and feeling really lazy. don't feel like going to work. but i'll have to submit my clients proposals. guess i'll just come in at 5pm then.
lemme see.. i still have 4 more hours before i need to go to work. what shall i do then?
hrm.... let's prepare a nice dinner for kenan san! yay!
oh and i have been receiving lotsa comments lately. thanks for reading and dropping by. but can you leave the comments in English? i can't read mandarin characters because i'm japanese educated. kenan is japanese but he's from Vancouver, so he's English Educated. a bit of French is okay.
hope you guys don't mind the request and continue enjoying the blog!!
just got up from bed and feeling really lazy. don't feel like going to work. but i'll have to submit my clients proposals. guess i'll just come in at 5pm then.
lemme see.. i still have 4 more hours before i need to go to work. what shall i do then?
hrm.... let's prepare a nice dinner for kenan san! yay!
oh and i have been receiving lotsa comments lately. thanks for reading and dropping by. but can you leave the comments in English? i can't read mandarin characters because i'm japanese educated. kenan is japanese but he's from Vancouver, so he's English Educated. a bit of French is okay.
hope you guys don't mind the request and continue enjoying the blog!!
its kenan again!
oooh! kai has already uploaded the park pictures! drats! thought i was quick enough! craps! the picnics are gonna be a mainstay. its such quality time we get to spend! nothing else bothered us (except the heat) and we got each other's attention and love to the brim!
anyway, we met up for lunch just now. he came over to my office at Cecil St and i was shocked to see him there actually. he made time to come down all the way from his office at Newton to Raffles Place to spend one hour with me! how sweet is that?!?!
anyway we had korean food and it was uber yum yums! the greatest kimchi stew i have ever tasted! loved it to bits! but it didnt come close to Kai's home made kimchi stew with HOME MADE KIMCHI. kai's stew had lotsa LOVE in it.
after lunch, we felt like having some alcohol to kill our livers with, so we headed down to a pub just down the street to have a drink. i had beer while he had his gin tonic. he adores that stuff. i guessed he just loved the taste of gin. or that's he just loves old fashioned drinks. Gin Tonic is soooo last century! haha! (sowwwieee!!)
to pay back his kindness to me, i left office early and met him in his office at Newton. i even let myself into his office! he was flabbergasted to see me standing right next to his table! haha! aww! my baby was so hard at work! his smile was so cute when he saw me! felt like i needed to take a picture of it so that i could cherish it forever! but drats! my hands were too slow! he packed his stuff and we made our way to a nice restaurant nearby at the Sheraton Towers Hotel. love the ambience there. the restaurant had full length windows overlooking a lush tropical rainforest with a beautiful cascading waterfall set amongst the foliage. love it love it love it!!
but we couldn't go home together because kai has an appointment with his clients at 9.30pm. so we took the bus together to Bishan and i left him there while i continued my journey to Ang Mo Kio. great way to start the week, don't you think so?
i'll have to stop here. need to go wash my face and go to sleep! another great adventure await me tomorrow morning! goodnight everyone! muacks!
Kenan Tanado
oooh! kai has already uploaded the park pictures! drats! thought i was quick enough! craps! the picnics are gonna be a mainstay. its such quality time we get to spend! nothing else bothered us (except the heat) and we got each other's attention and love to the brim!
anyway, we met up for lunch just now. he came over to my office at Cecil St and i was shocked to see him there actually. he made time to come down all the way from his office at Newton to Raffles Place to spend one hour with me! how sweet is that?!?!
anyway we had korean food and it was uber yum yums! the greatest kimchi stew i have ever tasted! loved it to bits! but it didnt come close to Kai's home made kimchi stew with HOME MADE KIMCHI. kai's stew had lotsa LOVE in it.
after lunch, we felt like having some alcohol to kill our livers with, so we headed down to a pub just down the street to have a drink. i had beer while he had his gin tonic. he adores that stuff. i guessed he just loved the taste of gin. or that's he just loves old fashioned drinks. Gin Tonic is soooo last century! haha! (sowwwieee!!)
to pay back his kindness to me, i left office early and met him in his office at Newton. i even let myself into his office! he was flabbergasted to see me standing right next to his table! haha! aww! my baby was so hard at work! his smile was so cute when he saw me! felt like i needed to take a picture of it so that i could cherish it forever! but drats! my hands were too slow! he packed his stuff and we made our way to a nice restaurant nearby at the Sheraton Towers Hotel. love the ambience there. the restaurant had full length windows overlooking a lush tropical rainforest with a beautiful cascading waterfall set amongst the foliage. love it love it love it!!
but we couldn't go home together because kai has an appointment with his clients at 9.30pm. so we took the bus together to Bishan and i left him there while i continued my journey to Ang Mo Kio. great way to start the week, don't you think so?
i'll have to stop here. need to go wash my face and go to sleep! another great adventure await me tomorrow morning! goodnight everyone! muacks!
Kenan Tanado
Mt Emily Park
hi hi people!! kai here! just so you know how i look like, i've posted my picture in the profile section. and in case you are still wondering, yes i'm a gay boy in love with the most romantic guy in the world! hahahahahaha! its a Guy X Guy love so don't freak out okay! hehe!
anyway, here are some pictures of Mt Emily Park that i took. I guess they are worth sharing! hahaha!
The view from the park.. its the Central Business District at the background!
This is probably the only playground with SAND... so nostalgic..
A student's hostel located in the park
This sign is really cute!
Along Orchard Road, the part outside Istana, in case you are wondering..
The greenery outside Istana
Pretty park! probably the best park for lovers!
anyway, here are some pictures of Mt Emily Park that i took. I guess they are worth sharing! hahaha!
The view from the park.. its the Central Business District at the background!
This is probably the only playground with SAND... so nostalgic..
A student's hostel located in the park
This sign is really cute!
Along Orchard Road, the part outside Istana, in case you are wondering..
The greenery outside Istana
Pretty park! probably the best park for lovers!
isn't it pretty? especially after the slight drizzle. but after the drizzle, it was freaking humid and hot. romantic novels will describe the weather as a balmy and warm evening. i'd describe it as FARKING HUMID! haha!
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