Author: bimbobum

Oh. My. Goodness.
It didn’t occur to me until I was teased, “Hey, what are you doing?! You’re in love, aren’t you?”
“Nooo! Of course not!” I said defensively.
“It’s just a crush. I think.” I said, later on.
“Ah hah! It’s the same thing.” my friend replied.
“Of course not!
It must be Valentine’s Day and everything related to it. Even xes’ post on valentine dedications, listening to love songs is affecting me!
So lately, I’ve been giggling like a schoolgirl, excited over the slightest bit of attention I receive from The Crush. I cannot help it! The Crush may not know that I exist, or he may not feel the same, but I still can’t help feeling happy and bouncy and joyful all at once.
The Crush makes me laugh, and that’s when I’m the happiest – laughing. ;D
Hehe.
There I go again.
*Hides face in pillow*
Since I can’t help but to giggle helplessly like a schoolgirl, and walk around with a silly grin on my face, should I do the schoolgirl thing by sending a secret Valentine message to him?
It sounds a bit childish, but I do want to be bold and test the waters, though.
yesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesnoyesno yes no yes no yes?
NO!

Being someone who cries at romantic gestures in movies is sometimes a disadvantage. Sometimes I hate being a softie.
I remember in the past when boyfriends broke up with me:
1. avoided me and my phone calls, acted like I no longer existed;
2. called me on the phone one day and said, “I don’t like you anymore. Sorry.”
3. asked his friend to inform me that he had a new girlfriend.
When it’s the least expected, I’d spend afternoons and nights in my room crying my heart out, as if I would just die, without that particular boy as my boyfriend. Sometimes I’d even burst into tears and cried in class – yes, I’m talking about high school – til my friends and classmates had to console me.
Gradually it got better. Crying does help.
And then, it’s self-control – I had to restrain myself from cornering him in school or calling him on the phone, and screeching, “WHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYY?? why you don’t want me anymoreeeeeeeeee?” like a mad woman.
My friends stuck by me most of time, kept me company and did their to distract me. Walking around in shopping malls, bowling, staying over and just talking and doing homework together. I don’t know if they thought I was the suicidal type, but it was good that they kept me distracted. After a while, I didn’t focus on my hurt or “broken heart” anymore.
I stopped being friends with him, of course. Hehe. Walked around school and pretended not to know him.
Moping about the past doesn’t really help. It makes things worse by playing 20 questions with yourself, wondering why the “relationship” didn’t work out. I ate so much chocolates and junk food to fill in the void in me that I ended up putting on weight and having pimples. Ha! Such is life.
Suicide is not an option!
Hanging out with friends is the best distraction.

Sometimes, there are friends who’d love to play the role of a matchmaker, just to see that their single friends are happy. Some friends and I have often been ‘victims’ to such schemes, and not always do they result positively.
For example, if you arrange an outing for both ‘candidates’ to meet, would you tell them beforehand so that both are aware of what to expect, or you won’t tell them the objective of the outing at all, until you see both of them getting along fine and dandy?
Several times, I’ve had friends who tell me beforehand: “Hey, let’s meet up this weekend. I want to introduce you to a friend. He’s single!!!”
If you were me, you’d make sure you put your best foot forward so that you’d make a good first impression, and of course, be yourself. It doesn’t mean you’d dress up sloppily, of course. The sense of humour intact, the cheeky grin and laughing eyes – have to be in place.
If you were the guy, what would you do? Make sure you’re not sloppily dressed as well, and you’re not late. Oh, and do pick up the tab for the meal – if you know the purpose of the outing. Don’t worry, it’s to your discretion. If it’s too expensive, then you’re entitled to go dutch. ;D
Sometimes telling both ‘candidates’ beforehand makes it all awkward, because not everyone’s acting skills are fantastic. Conversation is lop-sided, either one of the ‘candidates’ will speak to the mutual friend, not knowing how to speak to the other person.
For me, I’d expect both parties to make an effort to ensure that the other person is part of the conversation and not left out. But I tend to hesitate, when I realise that the guy is not speaking to me, but waits for the mutual friend to have a general topic of conversation so both parties could contribute.
I end up not talking to him, for fear of what he’d think of me: Shit. Does he think I’m a desperado for talking to him? What if he thinks I’m hitting on him so badly that I do look like a desperado with broccoli between my teeth? F*ck.
So I’d end up chatting to the mutual friend instead.
Complicated, isn’t it?
I’ve been matchmade so many times and so many times I have to say I’m rather disappointed with the matchmaker and the candidate – both for having weak acting skills! An awkward situation is very difficult, I tell you, unless there’s alcohol involved.
Question: would you inform both parties beforehand, or after the outing? ;D

A group of friends were chilling out at Starbucks the other day.
Girl: I can’t believe Valentine’s Day is coming up. Shit, man, I don’t want to spend it alone. You guys, find me a boyfriend!
Boy A: Haha. What happened to Mr. Honda Accord? Weren’t you guys going out for a while?
Girl: I lost interest. He wasn’t my type after all. A bit too boring for me.
Boy B: What exactly is your type? Maybe you’re too choosy?
Boy A: Her type has to be rich. Loaded with money.
Boy B: But then again, maybe it’s necessary for you, since you’re so high maintenance.
Girl: Excuse meeeee … I’m not high maintenance, ok! I just have standards.
Boy A: Expensive standards.
Girl: Don’t you have any single friends you could introduce to me? Come on, I don’t want to be date-less for Valentine’s Day. Even watching a movie with someone won’t sound too bad!
Boy B: Let me think …… Ah, there’s a colleague of mine, he’s been single for a while. Maybe I can introduce.
Girl: Cute? Tall? What car does he drive? How old is he?
Boy B: Aiya, I don’t think I can introduce him to you. I don’t think he can afford your expensive tastes.
The boys laughed.
Girl: Hellooooooooo …. I’m not even asking you to find someone for me I can marry, ok! Just a date for Valentine’s Day will do. Dinner at Chilli’s and a movie is good enough …. Hehe.
Boy A: McDonald’s only lah.
Girl: @$(&@#(@%*@$# you both lah!

Someone asked me the other day, “Why must Valentine’s Day be about spending a LOT of money?”
Well, it’s about doing something different for a change. If most of us have been real scrooges during the relationship, an occasional splurge would be nice. Yes, maybe the timing is a bit off – on Valentine’s Day when the set lunches and dinners are a bit expensive (like Christmas) and the roses cost a bomb!
So this same someone asked me to suggest the cheapest dates I could possibly think of. Bloody hell, cracking my head over this was no easy task.
1. Cook dinner at home – If your partner usually cooks, then it’s your turn to do it for a change. Don’t need the candles, if you don’t want to. You can, however, dress up for the fun of it. ;D
2. Take turns giving each other a massage – Time it! An hour of pure bliss, I should say. Baby oil is cheap, if you don’t want to use aromatherapy oils. Though, I do know some guys who don’t like being oily.
3. Have a picnic – A picnic at night sounds pretty romantic to me, if it doesn’t rain. If you know a location, go there. If not, how about on the balcony of your apartment, or by the poolside? It’s just blanket, a bottle of wine and some food …… mosquitoes? Mosquito coils may ruin the mood, you know ….. the smell!
4. A walk in the park or along the beach after dinner would be just fine. But it may be a bit too crowded if everyone has the same idea. ;D p.s. Bring insect repellant, just in case.
5. Watch TV – share a box of chocolate and a bottle of wine together. It’s the company that matters, right?
Gifts. As long as it comes from the heart, simple gestures can tug the heart strings.
1. Make your own Valentine card – If you’re not good in art, so be it – make it a fun card. Make he or she laugh is a good way to start the day.
2. Send text messages – I didn’t say just ONE for the day. Think of 24 nice things you like about him or her, send one for every hour of the day. [It’s still cheap, right?]
3. Wash his or her car. Haha, it sounds like a birthday present, right? Wrong. Leave some love notes in the car, after you’re done with it. He or she will have fun reading them. ;P
4. Song dedications – on TV, or on the radio. Tacky, I know, but it’s the song that counts, not the message.
5. Play some games, just the both of you – the penalty for losing could involve losing a clothing article, or a kiss, or drinking alcoholic beverages …… go ahead and figure it out!

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I received this in my mailbox the other day, and I had a good laugh.
I didn’t know whether to believe it or not!

It claimed that these hair bands are made in China.

Continue reading Hair Bands

It’s Saturday and xes has abandoned me to blog-sit, while he’s out shaking his big bootie. Unfortunately, I want to go out and play, too.
So, check out the [link] here!
I’ve tried it 7 times and the damn gopher always got it right!
He even smirks, too.

I used to have penpals when I was in secondary school and in college. It gradually stopped when I was in university. The one thing that made me happy was receiving letters and admiring stamps from other countries. It was nice to have a mailbox full of letters!

One day, I was sent a few Friendship Books by a penpal.

She explained to me what I had to do.

If I was interested, I had to write my address, age and interests. This is to enable future recipients to browse through them and if they were interested, they would write to you asking whether you’d like to be penpals.

After putting my details, I would then send it to another penpal and tell her to do the same.

A slambook was also a favourite to be passed around together with FBs.

A slambook is like a survey, with a question on each page. Here, you can tell that the last person who entered her answer was me. Hehe. Guess what song did i put?

Behind the FB or slam, the creator or owner would put this message at the back, just remind the last person to return it to the owner. Sometimes, there are people who don’t want to be last to avoid incuring postage, so they’ll just send it over to the next person.

It’s like chain mail, isn’t it?

Throughout my penpalling years, I learnt so many abbreviations like NPW, AVF, SNNP …. which means New Pals Wanted, Answers Very Few, Sorry No New Pals.

I would get very excited to receive some FBs returned to me, too! Once, I received a half-filled one, because the person who returned it to me wanted to be my penpal. Yikes. He could have written to me first while passing the FB on!

A good description of FBs, slams and others is available here.
Now that i’ve found my old letters, I feel terrible that these FB and slam owners may have been waiting for their return. Oops. It’s been almost 5 years, and I don’t have anymore penpals to forward them, too. Neither are my friends overseas interested. Looks like I may have to throw them away.

1. What do you do during your free time?
Clear off spam in www.xes.cx and delete spam from my gmail account.
And do some exercises, to keep fit. ;D
p.s. @&$^)(*#@$@_$# stop spamming, you idiots!
2. What do you do everyday?
Work, eat, blog. I also carry my digicam around with me every single day.
3. What the f*ck for??
When I agreed to guestblog with www.xes.cx, the main condition for my ‘contract’ was to make sure my posts had pictures.
p.s. I blame xes for my constant backache – not easy, ok, to walk around with a camera in my handbag everyday like a sad f*ck. Occasionally I have friends asking me, “Why the f*ck do you have a camera in your bag??”
“To take pictures of the food and company I have daily. New trend for many bloggers, you know. Nowadays people LOVE reading blogs about bloggers and their daily routine,” I always answer with a straight face.
p.p.s. I am being sarcastic, you do know that, don’t you?
4. When is your birthday?
What, you mean, you don’t know???
xes also clearly stipulated that “bimbobum does not have a birthday!”
Sniff. It is very sad. You have noticed that my 1 year of guestblogging has gone by without a hint of celebration for my birthday, whenever it may be.
5. What frustrates you?
The inability to reveal my secret identity and blog freely!
6. Then reveal yourself!
I can’t. What if I’m not hot enough for you? Then you’ll stop reading my posts …… Sobs.
p.s. My friends may stop being friends with me for fear of their relationship being scrutinised and blogged about, by me. ;D
I’d be shunned, that’s for sure!
7. But you mention that you are with friends in some of your posts?
Ahh, you see, those who know my identity have been sworn to secrecy for life. In the event that they reveal who bimbobum really is, their little fingers and toes will be cut off, their dogs and cats and cows killed, and like ah longs (loan sharks), their houses and properties will be sprayed with red paint, calling them, “YOU TRAITOR!! YOU SHALL DIE A PAINFUL DEATH!!”
And then ….. damn, I can’t remember the rest of the details in the oath xes and I wrote for them.
p.s. Serious. Ask xes.

8. How old are you?
I thought I am 18 years old?
I graduated. I am old enough to work and pay my income tax. You do the maths. ;D
9. What are your fears?
Being found out. Having someone come up to me one day (while I’m taking a picture of something pathetic) and ask, “Are you bimbobum?”
It is so bad that I actually look around me before I snap a picture!

10. What fun have you had as bimbobum?
Being around some of xes‘ friends and readers without them knowning who I am. ;D
I have also seen eraine and Siew Lee (both guestbloggers here) and Lee Shih (xes‘ friend and www.xes.cx reader) around before. ;D
p.s. When I informed xes, he asked me, “Why didn’t you introduce yourself?? ekekekeke.” -_-
Believe it or not?