A Silly Dream
2009
Take your 5 years old new year resolution list and compare it to the new one for 2010. Oh wait, you don’t have one? You still have 8 hours to do it from….. NOW!
Mine 5 years ago was written in a voice so naive. I wanted to be ‘Britney Spears’. To go to the States, enroll in a singing / acting school and embark on a Hollywood journey.
I remember how supportive dad was despite the ridiculousness of my ‘urban fairy tale’ dream.
“Are you sure you can do it? It is not easy you know”, he smiled saying instead of discouraging me. I’m glad to have his support cuz apparently, my silly dream brought me somewhere.
Instead of becoming Britney Spears, today I am my very own Tey Cindy. Found own self through theatre, won the 1st Malaysian Dreamgirl title; which helps heightened up blog status, and now I’m starting to learn what reality is in the corporate world.
Today, my new year resolution / to-do list sounds like this :
1. Drink more water
Need me say more? I think you need to do this too!
2. Work towards getting my Masters
When everybody was busy scribbling their fake vague ambitions on autobiography books at the age of 12, I already knew what I want to be and what I wanna do.
I want to live to entertain. That’s EXACTLY what I want to do.
Be it performing on stage or making somebody laugh even if it’s for a minute; that’s my goal.
It is not that I live for others, no. But I enjoy seeing the faces of people being touched by a happy or even sad emotion sometimes, to remind them that we are only human and I’m confident that I, am as human as can be! I love acting under the stage lights shower, but the last thing I can do, is to be plastic as a person.
My number one goal in life now is to find a way to support myself to get my Masters in Contemporary Arts. Every second I’m not doing it kills me a little.
I want to share with children / youths today the things I learned. Picture the kids excitedly tell their parents about how fun class was and that they can’t wait to go back there again… It is so clear to me that I can NEVER do a 9 -6 job for the rest of my life.
So mundane, so meaningless, and what do I contribute to the world or society by doing that again? Helping a company which is not even my family’s earn more money??
Now compare that to a teaching / nurturing job. Wouldn’t that remind you of how much meaning is there to life? – The children’s laughter when you play theatre games with them, answering their cute brilliant questions, loving them when they need guidance…
There’re so much emotions to treasure in REAL life rather than facing this stupid computer and stretch my facial muscles smiling to clients who just want to know how our services can benefit their company. Fuck this shit!
3. Join dance classes
I have a burning passion for dancing since forever. Stopped because I went to further my degree @ OZ. 2010 is the year to just go go go!!!
No more procrastination; I’m gonna get that body movin’, get a talent for it, and get it toned like Jessica Alba? LOL
4. Learn to play the guitar
Mum got me a guitar (I chose blue) as my birthday present when I was 14. I learned C, G, and A, then quit because I found out that your hands will grow hard skin if you play this instrument!
However, this time, I’m gonna give it another serious go. 
5. Learn to SPEAK Korean / READ more mandarin words
Hopefully BOTH. Minimum, one. DIE-DIE MUST DO THIS ONE!
6. Be a happier person
I am not a pessimist, neither an optimistic person. My emotions sways very easily from happy to sad. But I also bounce back very easily. I found out that it is written in my numerology; mine is #2. DO you know yours?
I can’t and I won’t change my name for something like this, but I guess what I could do is to be happier and think more positively. Avoid negativity!!!
And hey, if you are a douche bag, please stay away from me. I’m starting to develop an allergy towards men and bitches.
7. Change my blog design
The current one I’m using now reminds me everyday of how this designer cheated my money. RM500 for 2 pages he agreed on, but once he got the money, he explained the shit outta him.
EXCUSES. EXCUSES. EXCUSES.
If you are a freelance blog designer who wants to earn more pocket money, email me and help me redesign this blog. It is something very farfetched so Accept the challenge and I shall find an awesome fengshui spot in my site to link you!
8. Find a boyfriend husband material man that’s screams HOT!
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9. Pierce my belly button
This one, I shall need your help.
Does anyone here know how the belly button will look like if one day I turn 30 and decide NOT to wear it anymore?
Will it sag / look gross? Will the punched hole close and return its condition back to normal skin just like our ears do?
10. Spend more time with my family
My brother Eugene and I @ Labis, Johor.
FUCK 2009!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!
Eri Peng
December 31, 2009 at 9:52 pm
saw you blogging this evening using this pc..
reading ur post using the same pc…
leaving a comment here making me feels really weird…
u need a partner to remind / do together with you all these resolutions.. and that’s ME!
hahahahaha…. stop camwhoring beside me, TEY CINDY!!!!!!
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:21 am
which one are u willing to do WITH me?! haha
Eri
January 5, 2010 at 12:56 am
ALL! wtf but not 8 lah! how can!
::Nicole::
December 31, 2009 at 11:03 pm
i got my belly button pierced when i was 18.. now i’m soon-to-be 29.. and i’m still wearing it.. so… er… i can’t answer your questions :p
btw, i’m planning to take up dancing class too!
hehe.. know any good studio?
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:21 am
i don’t know any good studios, but i’ll have 2 take some time to 5d one. can share if u know any!
johnnytai
January 1, 2010 at 1:46 am
Cindy, I feel you! Fuck 2009 weh!! Bad year for me.
But dun worry, 2010 is here! Lift up your drink, make a toast, say your resolution, believe it’ll happen, and make it happen! CHEERZZZZZ!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR Cindy!
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:22 am
Same goes to u too, sweetie.
Adeline
January 1, 2010 at 3:21 am
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Totally agree with the whole 9-5 job thing, but UNFORTUNATELY, I am about to begin a 9-5 working life
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:22 am
oh geez… good luck with it!
Grace
January 1, 2010 at 9:38 am
Happy New Year, Cindy! I would advise against getting your belly button pierced. Apparently, when you get pregnant, the pierced hole will stretched really big and might not shrink back to its original size after you have given birth…
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:23 am
O.o! is this true? sigh but i really want it. )=
lynn
January 1, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Hey Cindy,
With the navel piercing, you’ll never know how it will turn out to be when you’re 30. Hell, you wont know exactly how it will look in a year. It all boils down to how you got it done, and who did it for you. Its vital to get the measurement right: if you pierce it and the belly ring doesnt sit right, it would lead to alot of problems. If you pierce it and there is too much skin to belly ring ratio, you’ll be more susceptible to infections, where else if there’s too little skin, it gives the appearance of sagging. Also, the depth that the navel is pierced is also important for the same reasons. Furthermore, it depends on how you take care of it after, and how your body reacts to the belly ring.
After all of this, I bet that you’re starting to panic and feel like you shouldn’t get it done but I say, find someone who’s good at piercings, maybe check with your friends who have had it done, And take care of your piercing!
Also, to prevent ‘sagging’, never buy low quality jewelry – I’ve had piercers tell me that it contributes towards rejection even after its “healed”.
How do I know so much? I’ve had friends who’ve experienced both.. and I take a special interest towards piercings
Hope this helps
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:24 am
oh dear sounds like a lot of trouble. =/ i’m a lil worried now. how does it look like after 20 years, let’s say even if i do take good care of it & stop wearing those rings?? ):
lynn
January 3, 2010 at 3:15 pm
it depends on your body type. most people’s piercings would remain looking nice even after that many amount of years. If you plan on having kids (in 20 years, i’m assuming that you’d want them), you can change the type of navel ring that you have to a flexible one (plastic) and it should look alright even after that. just look at Britney spears’s. Hers look alright even after having kids.
Cindy Tey
January 4, 2010 at 1:32 am
OK! i think i’ll do it right after CNY – just incase the piercing makes me cannot eat prawns, lala, seafood & all those goodies. lols!
nick
January 1, 2010 at 5:43 pm
tey cindy…go for the jugular….pierce ur nipples…
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:24 am
amithabaa… lols
KY
January 1, 2010 at 6:15 pm
happy new year! may all your resolutions come true
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:25 am
10x jello. <3
aud
January 1, 2010 at 7:05 pm
omg i never thought about all the consequences of a piercing at age 30!!
i just went ahead & did it! but who cares what happens later just do it cindy!!!! 
i support u 
Cindy Tey
January 3, 2010 at 2:25 am
YA MAN LIFE IS SHORT!!! hahahahaha