in love with you

2009-01-01T23:12:00.001+08:00

happy new year to all my dear readers! :)

hope this 1st day of the year was great for you and that it will be the beginning to a year of great joy and happiness! :)

2008-12-31T01:48:00.003+08:00

*clearing the thick layer of dust!*

I know i have been away for a long while! well, you cant really blame me for not updating- my internet was a little cranky a few months back with the modem switching off by itself as and when it feels like it and when the modem is kind enough to stay on, the speed is as slow as tortoise. it pisses me off BIG time when i had to wait for ages to get my page loaded! :s hence, i didnt switch on my com for the longest time i could remember!

when the internet's finally fixed towards the last 2 weeks of december, i was pretty caught up with the planning of gatherings (think of MJ! haha.) and with CJ's stuff. hence, the lack of updates from me. heehee.

anyhow, it's the last day of the year yet again! are you looking forward to year 2009? in a nutshell, 2008 has been a turbulent year- what with all the terrorist attack, the economic crisis and the sichun earthquake- i am definitely looking forward to a more peaceful year ahead!

despite the occurence of not-so-happy-and-fortunate events, i would still think that my year 2008 was considered good. lets see why.

i combed 2 more places in this big gigantic world- Shanghai and Japan. both trips were great and i thoroughly enjoyed myself during these overseas trips! (photos for japan will be posted in another blog post!)

i had my first practicum where i am graded for my teaching (instead of simply sitting behind to observe!) heehee. it was a great learning experience!

regain my "perfect eyesight"! hahaha. of course, with the help of technology! ha.

2008 was also my most hectic year ever! with tuition on everyday of the week except wednesday, it was definitely no joke! haha. but of course, i get to "savour" the sweet rewards of all these "sacrifices" when i receive the pay cheques at the end of the month! haha.

there are of course occasions where unhappy events took place (like the ultra big quarrel with my sister in november! haha!). but... the unhappy events are not worth my attention/time to write them down. heehee. anyway, i think it's enough time spent for 'history'. heehee.

2009 is just a few steps away. i am really looking forward to a better year ahead! it will, afterall, be the year where my peers and i will graduate from NIE and *hooray hooray* we will be able to receive full pay soon! (instead of stipend for some of us! hahaha.)

lets all hope for a great and safe year for all! :)

2008-11-05T01:33:00.009+08:00

oops! pardon me for the long hiatus once again!

Been extremely caught up with earning moolahs by giving tuition! and spending the rest of the time doing up my assignments and planning for my family trip to Japan! :) and so, blogging becomes the last thing to do even though, on many occasions, i have got the strong urge to blog to share certain things with all my dear readers! but.. the thought of having to start up my slow-like-tortoise laptop of 3.5 years and fixing up my cranky internet was so overwhelming that i tend to give up the idea. haha. (ok, that's only partly true- since i am online perputally everynight!)

so, why the sudden mood to blog today? well, cause my silly big mouth has gotten me into 'trouble' yet again- quarrelled with my sister over something as small as an atom- cause of my inability to control my emotions and allowed anger to get better of me and my own logical reasoning.

*warning: long grandmother story ahead*

you see, this was what happened: stayed up till 5 plus am yesterday night cause i couldnt get to sleep. when i finally felt tired and decided to head to bed, i realised that i havent changed my bedsheet. therefore, i went into my sisters' room next door (where the bedsheets are stored) and i took out one set. however, i thought that was pretty light and felt different from my past experiences (cause my bed's super single sized while the others are single) and i thought my 2nd sis had taken my bedsheet by mistake and placed it on her mattress. after trying to put on that set i was holding on to, i found out that i was correct. therefore, i'd to take out the bedsheet from her mattress. i replaced it with the set i was originally holding. but i was short of a pillow case. i then went to my room and do up my bed and off i plong onto my bed, sent her an sms to tell her to check in future should she decide to use that particular bedsheet and headed to meet the sleeping god. i totally forgot about the pillow without the case on her bed. (she was staying at her bf's place by the way.)

today, she smsed me asking me if i have got my sg english notes. i went to help her look for it and told her i didnt have much things to help her. and since i have already taken my notes out, i decided to pack up my table and keep my notes away. so, spent the whole afternoon packing up the house as well.

then, night time, she came back home from work, watched some tv shows, read newspapers and headed to bed. when she noticed the undone pillow, she came out and shouted "i didnt mean to use ur bedsheet, why did you not help me put in the case for the pillow?". i was exasperated. i told her "i forgot. if i had really intended to leave it for you to do it urself, i wont even place your bedsheet for u!" i was really angry cause i had honestly forgotten about it and despite doing up the bed for her, she still can complain even though it's only 1 PILLOW CASE! i "let off my steam" by closing her room door and my cupboard door with force on purpose. and, realising that she left the newspapers all over the floor (cause i just cleared it up), i went in to ask her to pick it up tmr morning before she leave for work and i headed into my room. was complaining to darling about the whole thing in the living room (cause my younger sis was sleeping and complain that i'm making too much noise in my room)and she must have heard me. and the whole dramatic episode began.

i came back into my room to find that i've an sms- yes, your guess's correct- it's from her. in her long sms, she said things like how she thinks i had something against her all these while and hence hated her all along. she ended off her sms asking me to call the travel agency tmr to cancel her japan trip. she feels that i will be happier if she didnt come along with us. and she is not angry anymore cause she's too disappointed.

this sms caused me to want to blog. cause i needed an avenue to say out my feelings. care to know what my reaction was after reading the sms?

well, i was puzzled. i didnt know she feels that i dislike her. i didnt know she thinks i hated her. i didnt know she thinks i will be happier if she wasnt part of my life. most importantly, i didnt know that's how she thinks of me!

and so, i replied her despite her asking me to not reply. i told her that i was indeed angry and unhappy that she malign me. and with regards to the part about the newspaper- i explained that i didnt just scolded her. i told her i told my mum off this afternoon for the same reason as well cause i just packed it nicely! then i told her to STOP assuming that i hated her and had a deep hatred against her- cause i really don't. and told her that if i really hated her, i wouldnt bothered to help her look for the sge notes and when she asked me to help her do things when she's overseas, i wouldnt bothered as well. i asked her that if she was in my shoes, wouldnt she have reacted in the same manner?

i really dont know how to describe my feelings after reading the sms.

she say she's ultra sensitive in the sms. but is it my fault that she is so (overly) sensitive? to be honest, i find it tiring to talk to her at times. because, if i really want to convey my feelings, i had to be super careful with the way i phrase it, in case she interprets it the wrong way round. and true enough, by the fact that she thinks i hate her, she must have interpreted whatever i said during quarrels the past 22 years the wrong way. and mine, it's scary to ven think of the possiblity that she remembers EVERYTHING!

sigh, i dont know what else to say. but i really want to tell her this:

yes, i get agitated and blow up v easily but my anger never lasts long. i am also NEVER the one to start cold war after quarrels with you over the past 22 years. in fact, i have never ever started a cold war with anybody, except darling, after a quarrel. and it is really NOT TRUE that i hated you. cause if it is, i wouldn't bother helping you inform dad everytime u needed him to go fetch u from airport depsite being in class/tuition. i also wont bother when u called back to ask me to book hotels/search for information for you and i also wont bother to help open your letters to check if there were important matters to settle while you're outstationed, just to name a few of the things i do for you.

you say you're disappointed (i assumed's due to my actions & words), but am i not equally disappointed to have my sister think of me that way?! let me tell you this: i am equally as disappointed as well.

since we are on this matter already, let me continue a little to share some "secrets" with you.

if u ask me how i feel being in this family, i'd say this v honestly: on many occasions, i feel like a 3rd class citizen in the family. let me tell you why:

there are occasions where i feel that you guys dote on ah lee more than me. whenever you guys buy things, it's always ah lee that you all think of first. only when u all need a labourer/coolie/messenger, then it's me that you all think of. [think the wallet you all got for ah lee for bday last yr, what did i get this year?] but when u needed people to relay msg to dad, who did u sms? me.

there are also times when i feel that you guys despise and treats me like a clown. [think: do u think i like being called do-do? do you think i liked being "not as fashionable as you guys"?] i mean, i am ok with having pet names just for the fun of it. but it gets a little too much when it's said in public. [think how ah lee calls me that in front of my friends and how embarassed i felt?

a more recent example about how unappreciated i felt: have you thought about how i felt when u guys just kept complaning about how it's such a wrong time to head to japan now when i DID ASKED U GUYS IF WE SHOULD GO FOR IT? i already kept quiet when i am the only one who's doing EVERYTHING from looking for agencies, booking of tour, making of payment to now- searching for good exchange rate. but when i told u all to stop complaining, you guys say i'm petty- that you are just joking and that i pi qi bu hao. have you all put urselves in my shoes?! everyone needs to feel appreciated. did you all say thank you for taking the time and effort to plan? no. do you really think i am as free as you think i am!? no! is just that i did all that cause i really wanted us, as a whole family, to travel together. and i'd do my markings/assignment when you guys are asleep.

dont you think i already am telling myself that you guys are just joking with me and that i am just being overly sensitive?!

once again, i dont know what else to say. i only want to say, i love my family. it has never been the case where i hated any of you! angry yes, but never hatred. and so, er jie, i am equally as disappointed as you think you are when i read what you say in the sms. period.

enough of my rantings.

dear readers: i m sorry that this post ended on such a note. and sorry for being so incoherent in my thoughts. wasnt in the mood to bother to phrase them in a coherent manner. just needed an avenue to let things off my chest.

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*edited at 4am* and,now that i am feeling better and gotten over from emo-ing, i just want to say, i do know i'm loved by my family members. is just my weird feelings at times. you can call that jealousy. =P

lastly,

special thanks to miss goh mh for your prompt attention at reading my blog and for your counselling! :)

2008-09-21T23:04:00.002+08:00

turned 22 today. it was, a day, of mixed feelings. was shocked and disappointed because of the things that certain people had done but was really surprised by the actions of many others. therefore, it is, on the whole, a great day afterall.

i just want to say thank you to everyone for all your well wishes, be it via smses or on facebook!! :)

in particular, the following groups of people (your actions really made me feel loved!):

My family: thanks for all that you guys have done for me over the past 22 years! :) though there wasnt much of a celebration today, i understand that it's cause all of us are busy! thanks for the smses anyway! haha. da jie- though urs was the latest, at least u made it! hahahaha. thanks for the surprise cake da jie! hahaha.

My lovely students[one of my wish for my bday this year is that all of you will do well in your english papers! haha. :)]:
S, J and Z: Thanks for being so sweet! i mentioned it casually (ok, some sort of complaining) that i have to go for tuition on my bday at the beginning of the month, i am surprised you guys remembered! hahaha. thanks for all the sweet smses and the well wishes! :)
vinus: i m really really touched to receive your sweet sms. thanks dearie! i think you know my bday cause you saw my ezlink card lying on the table sometime last year right?! haha. cause i dun remember telling you when's my bday! thanks for remembering anyway! :)
joleen, huda and azirah: thanks for the sms and the comment on friendster!

and last but not least, the group of friends whom i wasnt exactly close/didnt really remain in contact with! [esp darshini- your sms made me really really surprised! haha. thanks for being the 1st to send in your sms at 12am sharp!! not forgetting my hall mate, raymond! thanks for taking the effort to sms even though we hardly spoke! hahaha.] :)

the person whom i really want to show my greatest appreciation to would be darling! really thank you for making today such a special day for me! :) i appreciate your effort in trying-to-make the surprise a success! heehee. like i said over dinner--> the greatest surprise was that you actually bothered to think about giving me a surprise! hahaha. thanks so much darling. i am honoured to have your love dear.i love you.

thanks everyone for making my 22nd a memorable one through all your actions/smses/well wishes/gifts. :)

happy birthday pumpkin! :)

2008-08-07T11:37:00.006+08:00

i think it is time for me to stop my procrastination habit and get my ass down to complete this blog post! heehee.

5 weeks of practicum came and gone! i am just glad that it's over! heehee. :D

the past 5 weeks in triple S has been a mixture of fun and sorrow. i love (most of) my students there but there were also certain things that make me feel as if i was in hell. i learn alot about teaching and most importantly, i picked up the "survival skills" from the countless sharing sessions with my fellow trainees. ;)

I would really want to thank each and every single one of my comrades for sharing my joy, sorrow and "bitching" for the past 5 weeks!

my heartfelt thanks to the special five listed below. without the 5 of you, my 5 weeks would be very different. thanks for being such a special individual! :)

sufang: u were the only one i know on the first day of reporting! many many thanks for being there for me as i start "afresh" in a totally new "stranger" environment! :D

peidi: the first trainee whom i really spoke to. thanks for ur red pens and for ur listening ear when i have got countless complains to make! :D

huihui: a big big big thank you for hearing me out! and for joining me in my bitching sessions! value adding it with your valuable contributions man! hahaha. gossiping about things with you around is definitely more fun!!! hahaha. jia you for the remaining 3 weeks! :D

jc: thanks for being the super nice guy! thanks for always being there for me to suan and to make fun of! life in school's much easier with you around! as we joke about you and with you! thanks for being so ever ready in sharing your experiences with us! heehee. :D i am indeed honoured to have you as a comrade in the past 5 weeks! :D hope u get ur flat soon! hahaha.

ks: it was until the 5th week did we realise how much we loved you! hahaha. rather, we love your car! hahahaha. thanks for being ever ready when i needed your help in doing relief or helping me source for resources! and for being so "forth coming" in chauffeuring us around! hahaha. ;p

of course, no practicum is complete without students! i love my students from my English classes. :D i guess i ain't that close to my history students as i see them only once a week. and no much effort on my part to build rapport with them as well i guess. nonetheless, i made new friends! yes, my students are now my friends! :D

i invited my new found friends to my house for a few rounds of wii on my last day! hahaha. it was great fun!!!! :D

shall let pictures and videos do the talking! :D

battle of the jol-eens!

i love her never say die attitude! haha.

the ultimate winner!! :)

didnt expect the posting of videos to take such a long time! haha. got to rush for project meeting with cindy in town. as for the pics, i will upload them tonight when i am back home! await them people! :D

2008-07-17T22:33:00.002+08:00

it's into the final week with 3 observations down and 2 more to go. i am so looking forward to the end of it all!!

my sup came down today. to observe 2EA. i am so glad that the class went well. she was pleased with the lesson and she was very encouraging.

would really wanna thank 2EA for being such fabulous students who were super cooperative today. I am glad my sup chose to come for 2EA's lesson instead of the other English class. I am disappointed with the attitude and behaviour of the other class. :(

my history classes are good as well. except for one of them. i am only taking them for 2 lessons, and this week was my first lesson with them. Thus, i had no time to build rapport what so ever with them, hence, for me to "control" the class, it was seriously challenging! without rapport=very hard to deliver my lesson!

generally, it has been a good and trying experience all in all. i am glad it has been good thus far. cross my finger that my last week would be fine! :)

2008-06-09T11:38:00.016+08:00

darling and i went on a 11 days trip to hk and shanghai from the 11th may to 22nd may 2008.

upon arrival in hk for the first day, we went on a shopping trip to purchase darling's camera lens and we basically just walk around. no much pictures were taken as darling sold his lens before we went to hk (he was going to hk to buy a new lens. so he sold the old one away) and since we merely shopped, there wasnt much things worth taking photos. heehee.

on the 2nd day of our trip, darling and i embarked on a journey on board a train, bound for shanghai. the journey took us 20 hours. however, it was a pleasant journey because we had the entire cabin to ourselves. heehee. the beds were rather comfy. :) some pictures taken on board the train!upon reaching shanghai, the first thing we did was to proceed with checking in to our hotel. we needed to bathe after 20 hours of not doing so!! haha.

we stayed in laurel hotel. highly recommended hotel because of the great location- it was rather near to the peoples' square (about 10 mins walk) and there is a MTR located just 3 mins walk away from the hotel. Besides, there are MANY eateries surrounding the hotel. most of them serve great food. darling and i highly recommend mian da wang. VERY good la mien at very very cheap prices! (that is if you know how to order from the chinese menu!!) and the hotel provides free wireless connection. [so bring ur laptop!! :)]
pictures of our room

the rest of day 1 in shanghai was spent shopping in nanjing dong lu and ended off with the visit to the much loved Bund! :D

the great navigator! :D

the busy road of shanghai

the "massive" overhead bridge. this is a VERY wide and long overhead bridge!

peoples' square. is actually a big park. and the weather when we were there was great! so overall, we enjoued our walk in the park. :)

a picture of the public toilet in shanghai. it's clean people. heehee.

raffles city in shanghai.

the fountain outside of shanghai museum.

we also visited the museum which is foc. however, the sad thing is- we didnt have the time to visit all the exhibition halls that day and when we wanted to return on the last day of our stay in shanghai, we were turned off by the number of people queuing!the first time we went, there was no queue at all and the weather was so much cooler. the weather of the last day, on the contrary, was NOT conducive and fit for one to queue! so sad! :(

some of the pictures taken in the museum. the moulds were used for the making of coins in the olden days. the last picture above shows the procedure of coin minting in the olden days.

the concert hall in shanghai.

the office of the CCP in shanghai.

the city planning museum of shanghai. unfortunately, it was closed on the first day we were there. so we didn't go.

breadtalk in shanghai! the bread tastes and costs the same as singapore.

pictures of nanjing dong lu. the famous shopping street. hmm, it is something like shopping in orchard road but with slightly cheaper prices.

the temperature of the first night! 18 degrees! it was bearable, until the wind blows! haha.

some night shots of nanjing dong lu by the time we are done with shopping and were on our way to the bund!!

the crowded bund!

some ang moh kindly agreed to help us take a shot. so here it is, one of our very rare shots together! haha. [darling bought his tripod after our trip!! :( ]

shots taken from the bund! the bund's such an awesome place!! i simply love the atmosphere (minus the countless hawkers who kept asking if we want photo taking service!), the magnificent view and the feeling of the sea breeze blowing in my face. i love it so much that i bugged darling to return to this place again. he finally agreed and we went back on the 3rd and last night in shanghai! heehee. ooh, the jackets were purchased in one of the shops. it was simply too cold that we cant take it! haha.

The 2nd day in shanghai, darling and i took a train down to Suzhou. there wasnt much things to see in suzhou other than gardens and pavilion. darling and i visited the most famous garden in suzhou- the humble administrator's garden. aka zhuo zheng yuan. we spent a good 5 hours walking in this BIG garden, visiting all the different pavilions and taking pictures! :D

the screw up ticket saleperson gave us seats that aren't together can! :(

Arrival at suzhou train station after a 30 mins ride.the sales office for the ticket into the first stop in suzhou- zhuo zheng yuan

i think my head looks a little disformed in this pic! :si love this pic!! :D

we later visited the pavilion as shown in the background of this picture. they call this jie jing

darling playing a fool with the window grills on display in the museum.

After leaving Zhuo Zheng Yuan, we headed to the Shizhi Lin. A rather famous pagoda in Suzhou. bird's eye view of the city from the top of the pagoda. all the roof of the houses looks alike right?

after a whole day of walking around, we left suzhou to go back to shanghai.we had steamboat in shanghai for the first night! :)

on the third day, we went to hangzhou. the journey was longer and once again, the screwed up chinese ticket office salesperson didnt give us joint seats! for all the 4 train rides we took out of and back to shanghai, only the last train ride back from hangzhou did we have the chance to sit TOGETHER!! but this time round, we were stuck with this old coupleee!!!
as darling and i didnt want to spend time thinking of where to go (cause we only planned to visit xi hu), we decided to join a tour and travel in comfort. haha. a little pricey as it cost 100 RMB per person for the tour but it brought us to places we wouldnt have known if we were to travel on our own. so it is a trade off la. heehee. :)

the train that we took to suzhou and hangzhou. they call this the dong che

this is the (entrance) to the infamous lei feng ta. legend has it that some superstitious and ignorant people often took bricks from the pagoda in the belief that the abrasive powder of the bricks was a magic remedy that could cure all diseases and keep a foetus from aborting. Others stole Buddhist scriptures from the pagoda in order to make money. Finally, in August 1924 the foot of the pagoda was dug hollow and other parts of the pagoda were so severely damaged that the ancient pagoda suddenly collapsed. In November, 2000, the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government declared that it was going to rebuild Lei Feng Pagoda. And the construction completed in October, 2002. heehee.

our very first stop in hangzhou- a temple (which i forgot the name! hahaha.) the BEST thing we got out of the temple would be the VERY CHEAP lunch! we paid only 4 RMB for 3 side dishes with rice and soup! haha. we were a little apprehensive about trying it initially, but after some recommendations from the tour guide, we decided to try it anyway. and we were glad we did! sheng, u should be there!! haha.

posing with the magnificent xi hu behind us. xi hu is seriously big la. really. we were glad we didnt attempt to go on the tour around hangzhou on our own, cause the things in xi hu were expensive la (the boat ride especially!!). haha. and we also didnt know how to walk and visit all the nice nice places. haha.

we went on board this boat to tour around the lake. the view was really really breath taking. pity darling didnt take much pictures as we were busy listening to the tour guide. apparently, xi hu's featured on the back of the Chinese one yuan note.
the last picture above is one of the three stone pagodas, first built over 800 years ago,2 meters in height. these stone pagodas are the main scenic spot known as "Three Pools Mirroring the Moon" within west lake. To the west of the isle stand three ball-shaped hollow stone pagodas with five round holes around. At the night of the Mid-Autumn festival, when the moon shines full and bright in the sky, a candle is lit inside each of the pagoda, the light and the moon cast their reflections through the holes on the water, hence the name.
west lake is one of the places where chinese couples loved to take their wedding pictures in. there were a total of 10-12 couples waiting in the pavilion for the photographer to be done with others! haha. damn funny right the above pic! haha. they were symmetrical before darling took this lor! hahaha.

after the ride around the lake, we walked around to take some pictures. heehee. i really really love the place- the scenery was awesome! :)

this was the last stop for hangzhou. called the yue lao miao is where people go to pray when they want to seek a life partner. :)
before the tour ended, the tour guide brought us to this tea farm for some tea drinking session.haha. we also visited a silk factory.

by the time we left hangzhou, it was already sun set time. :)
upon returning to shanghai, darling and i took the metro down to xintiandi. the night spot in shanghai.

xintiandi is basically just a stretch of road with restaurants and pubs lining the side. the drinks there were also damn expensive. so of course, we didnt buy anything there la. haha. we merely went there to take photos and then we proceed to walk back to hotel le. (see, our hotel is near to everywhere! hahaha.)

i just like to try taking this kinda photos.haha. i wanted to create the effect of the 'lone traveller'. haha. i particularly loved the last one above. haha. the 'effect' is there. heehee. like some foreigner, alone in a dark alley. aiya, i dont know how to describe the feeling la, haha. :D
along the way back to our hotel we passed by some shopping malls. time square is one of them. the way back to hotel was something like orchard road. heehee. the shops there are like zara kinda shops. haha. so of course, we didnt buy anything again. ;p

on the fourth day in shanghai, darling and i went to visit the tv oriental tower. we wanted to go take the sightseeing tunnel. but it was too expensive and so we really bu she de la. haha. so, being adventurous, we decided to walk from our hotel to the bund. it was a BIG mistake. as it may seem near, but it was actually very far. haha. we walked for a total of 45 mins! UNDER THE BLOODY HOT SUN. haha. (yes, the sun decided to come back on the 3rd day of our trip. hahaha.) along the way to the bund, we stopped at this bridge to take pictures.

the view from our hotel room. haha. can u see the tv tower? haha. darling say this is jie jing again. haha.

after deciding against taking the sightseeing tour, darling and i head on to yu yuan.

yu yuan is a beautiful place. of course touristy as well. haha. but i think the prices there arent that expensive la. heehee. we didnt pay to go into the garden. we walked around the bazaar area to take pictures and all.haha. we didnt want to go into the garden because we were quite broke la. haha.

then, we came across this famous xiao long bao shop. my sis's friend also told me about it. so of course, i didnt miss the chance. we queued and bought 12 pieces each. heehee. the queue was freaking LONG. we waited for a good 30 mins! hahaha.
after yu yuan, we went back to people's square to take the metro to xu jia hui, the shopping area.

we didnt really take much pictures. xujiahui was something like suntec and marina area. that wraps up our 4th day in shanghai.

on the morning of the 5th day, darling and i woke up extra early. it was our last day in shanghai before taking the 3.30 train back to hongkong. we had to grab all the time we could to do whatever we could. haha. initially, we planned to go out early as we wanted to visit the museum (as mentioned above in day 1). also, we had to bathe for the "last time" before 12pm, the time of check out. (we cant bathe in the train u see! hahaha)
the first stop: pearl oriental tower. of course, once again, we didnt have the money to go up the pearl oriental tower to have a birds eye view of the place. therefore, we went for the cheaper alternative- we went grand hyatt's lobby. haha. it's free. and we get (about) the same things la. haha.

to get to this road, darling and i risk our life lor! wa kao. cause of all the construction going on for olympic, we had to jaywalk like no body's business as the subway was closed! wa lao. and we had to walk ONE BIG ROUND just to get to the jin mao building (where grand hyatt was located in). argh.

Jin Mao Da Sha!

after the short visit to grand hyatt, we walked to the nearby pearl oriental tower. rather, the outside of it. haha. and this was the closest darling and i could get to the tower. but i am already happy. haha. :D
after the exciting visit to century road, we headed back to the side of the bund. then i recalled that i had to get the starbucks bear for alester. so, we went to this particular outlet, but there were no more stock! then we recalled that there was this particular outlet near xin tian di that has the remaining stock. we were at a dilemma as we didnt have much time left. darling, being very very nice, ran all the way to xintiandi to get the bear! hehe. (aww, alester, feel bad!! hahaha.) after getting the bear, we were broke! haha. we had only like just enough to buy our lunch! haha. we had to sign for it. haha.
after checking out of the hotel, we wanted to go to the museum (as that is the place which is FREE and had AIRCON. haha) we didnt want to perspire u see. haha. however, as stated, the queue turned us off. aha. so... we went to raffles city (again!) and we found this...

COLD STONE CREAMERY!! the ice cream was SUPERB! haha. and i bought a book. but because we were really cash strapped, we had to sign card for both these purchases. haha. and, i was left with 20 yuan, just enough to pay for the cab to the train station. darling had 40 left- to buy KFC lunch. haha. we slacked in raffles city till it was time to head back to hotel to collect our luggage and it was time to head back to HK! haha. see u in the next blog post for HK! :D

2008-05-03T21:22:00.002+08:00

25th April

Started out as a sad day- the pragmatics paper wasn't exactly well done. i didn't have the time to finish doing the entire paper. the first qn (which was the most difficult and hence i attempted it last) was worth 40 marks and i had only 15 mins left to do it! so sad. sigh, but since it's already over, lets just not talk about it anymore. after the exam, i met up with yellow banana for a consultation with dr leong for my history of modern linguistics module. it was a depressing consultation as i found myself not understanding 90% of what yellow banana was asking! (and it turns out that he is asking stuff that's out of the module can!!! make me worry for nothing!) then, the day ended with me going for my P5 tuition in the night. and here's the best part that made my day! i received a little note from one of my kid's mum and here's what she wrote:

" Dear Ms Elsa,

Alex enjoys your class very tremendously. In fact, this is the only class he goes to without complaint. Since attending this class, he is able to write more and hopefully this would improve his compo skills. Please feel free to call me if you need to give me feedback on Alex.

Thanks for everything!"

i was really happy to receive this little note. i know it may seem as nothing to most of you, but to me, this is an encouragement. this is a way of assurance from the parents to tell me that what i am doing in class is helping the kids and that they like my teaching. :)

2nd may
just today, i had another PTM session in the afternoon. two parents came up to me. One said that her daughter enjoyed my lesson very much and she added that she could see that her child's standard of English is improving. man, that feeling was so so so great!

the other parent simply commented that she thinks that i can teach well and have got the potential to be a good teacher! :D

really thank all these parents for their encouragement and assurance given! :D

another thing that made me damn happy today was when i saw the improvement in attitude in one of my p2 boy. this p2 boy has been a little problematic since day 1. he refuses to do his homework, hand in rubbish for his compositions by having only 1 sentence as his whole compo (a LONG sentence joined together by the conjunction "and"), acting like a parrot in class by repeating people's nonsensical answers/stupid jokes and by simply refusing to stay quiet in class! However, today, i was very very pleased with his attitude! we did a class composition today and his improvement could be clearly seen! he gave me 4 paragraphs! [though the sentence construction werent quite right (he is quite weak in his English)] and today, we did other worksheets as well. and to my greatest surprise- he can do ALL the questions himself and he was there doing his work without giving me any nonsense! i was so pleased with his performance today that i told his mother about it the moment i saw her after class! haha. and of course, i gave him lots and lots of praise today!

i am truly happy whenever i see my students improving- be it in their attitude or in their work! i guess that is all that a teacher can ever ask for! :D the additional praise and assurance from parents are the bonuses! =D

2008-03-26T13:09:00.003+08:00

i missed school today because i overslept. Lesson was supposed to start at 830, i woke up at 630(which was supposed to be the time i board the train)!!!! and i decided to just heck it and went back to sleep. this is so bad, but well, it's not an important lesson anyway. haha. :P

then, wanted to go to school for history lesson- but after thinking it through, i decided to just skipped it as well. reason? i don't want to travel 4 hours for an hour's lesson which consist of ONLY students' presentations. And so, here i am. STILL at home. But i am due to leave house soon- going to woodlands to meet anu for a project meeting (told her to meet at woodlands instead of school)! it's our turn to present tmr. sigh.

this is bad isn't it! skipped school. haha. but well, i know i didn't miss out much. hahaha. :D

2008-03-22T01:32:00.003+08:00

mummy, daddy, carine and myself went on the Singapore flyer on the 11th march 2008! it was, hmm, i would say, a pleasant experience. however, i would say that the ticket price is a little pricey! mummy paid 120 just for the four of us to get our ass on board the capsule for 30 mins! haha. (but the view was awesome!!!) shall let the pictures do the talking! (of course, i am still v excited over picasa. so here u go- yet another collage! hahaha. :P)

2008-03-04T23:21:00.003+08:00

strangely, the other part of the entry got cut off and pasted onto another post instead! haha. but anyhow, here's the other part. :)

the long awaited recess week is over. during the entire break, i accompolished close to nothing. other than doing up my part for the webquest for ACH and (some) readings for my AS modules, i have been gaming (either online mj/sets/blokus), mj-ing with my sister and her friends, meeting up for meals with my friends,got down to planning my holiday with darling where we spent the entire day at the expo natas fair, walking from counter to counter and repeating ourselves over and over again to check and to compare the price and itinerary!:) the highlight of the entire break was - timsum dollies- history of singapore! it was awesome man! haha. i got to see my idol!!!! haha. and even took a pic of him. (ok people, dun laugh, hossan leong's my idol! he is damn power, talented and comical sia! hahaha.)

now that the break is over, it's back to reality again.

i have got a history project due this friday and another 3 English projects due on the 14, 20th and 31st of march! apart from AS projects, i have got CS's lesson plans due on 27th march and 11th april. plus, one irritating reflection due on 5th april! man, i cant wait for everything to be over. then when may arrives, woohoo! it will be korea and shanghai awaiting to welcome me into their arms! hahaha. :D i am so looking forward to spending that 11 days with darling! :D

spent my whole day in the library today from 830 to 430 doing my history of modern linguistics project. thankfully, our time spent was rather fruitful! anu and i managed to finish the first 2 sections today, with the remaining 2 sections being divided between the 2 of us to do on our own. then pragmatics' assignment was released this morning. sigh, why are we forever analysing mona lisa smile?! but the good thing is- it is a group effort by 6 people and it's only going to be max 3 pages long! DOUBLE SPACING SOMEMORE! oh man. think the workload's rather light ya? haha. :) i m loving it!

ooh! and i just had to blog this down cause i was darn guilty over it! i was supposed to have my project meeting yesterday at 1130am! so told darling to call me at 810am to wake me up. but as i was too tired because on sunday night, i did my readings for 443 till 4am, i head back to bed after ending the call with darling. and.. the next thing i know, i woke up at 11! -_-"" felt damn guilty man! smsed the others to tell them i cannot make it cause i overslept. thankfully, they are all nice people! wahaha. knowing that i take about 2 hours to reach school and i have got mondays off, they decided to be nice and told me to stay at home instead of rushing down. :) i think it was because of their kindness that made me felt even worst! man, in order to atone for my "sins", i decided to go and do up the credits and reference page and stop delaying it. haha.

2008-03-04T21:17:00.002+08:00

aiyo!! it has been a long time since i last blogged, to the extent where i had forgotten the login password for my account sia!! must really blog more often next time man! :s

to save me the trouble of repeating my story over and over again, i shall also post up the reason for my msn nick which goes something like "i have never seen such a irresponsible person before! call yourself a trainee teacher! oh my gawd!!" a few days back. here goes:

i have got this person, lets call him John, whom i regarded as one of my good friends. he told me to help him get a job at the tuition centre i am currently teaching. so being the good Samaritan that i am, i spoke to my boss about his intention to teach primary maths and science. and it so happened that the centre need more primary maths and science teachers. and so, my boss asked me to inform john to call her. and so i did. then, after some time, i was informed by my boss that she has already spoken to john and has already scheduled a class for john.

however, prior to John starting teaching his own class, he was called to do relief on a particular sunday morning from 11-1pm and sally, another close friend of mine was supposed to do a relief class before him from 9-11am. and this was the first part of what got me so pissed with him.

--> knowing that john's quite forgetful and concerned that he might forget the appointment, i called him at about 10plus the night before he was supposed to go for the tuition to remind him, he confirmed with me that he would be there. then, that saturday, i went on a crazy movie marathon from 2pm till sunday morning 7am! and so, when i finally got to sleep at about 730am, i was already darn tired. however, at 910am, my phone rang. it was my boss. she asked me why sally wasnt there yet. at first i thought it wasnt anything serious since sally has the habit of being late. nonetheless, i called sally with the intention of asking if she was going to reach soon la. sally's phone was off! i was shocked cause i dont remember the sally i know to off her phone when she sleeps! haha. so i smsed her and ask if she was ok. then, at 920 plus, she smsed me and ask if i was awake. i called her and she told me she overslept! hahaha. i told her to rush down to the tuition centre because my boss has already been bombing my phone since 910. and when sally finally arrived at 940 plus, i thought everything was back to normal and i returned to my beauty sleep. (however, deep down in my heart, something was warning me that john's relief will cock up too.) true enough, at 11:20, my boss called me and told me that john is not there for his tuition yet! i called john, the phone rang till it auto cut off a few times (like 5-6 times with 2-3 mins interval between each try). i smsed him asking him if he was ok. i got no replies. and so, i had to ask sally to return to the centre to cover the lesson on john's behalf. by then, my boss was already damn pissed off and she scolded me left right upside down! :( [imagine how i felt ok. i was an innocent party, trying to help u find relief teachers. then when things cock up, u disturb my sleep and u scolded me for something that aint my fault and was not within my control!!] finally, john returned my call at about 6pm! and when i ask him what happened, he told me he had to go pray to his grandfather just now (which means in the morning)! i mean, pls dun tell me u only know u are going to pray to ur grandfather on that morning itself. even if u really got to know it on that morning itself, does it take u like 1000000 seconds to compose an sms or to make a call to inform either me or my boss that u cant make it?! he did none of those. i was utterly disgusted by his lack of responsibility. and i decided to not talk to him about it anymore.

then, just last saturday, his own class was suppose to start from 130-330. however, on friday night (or rather, saturday morning) at 1 am, i received an sms from my boss asking me to help find a relief for john as he last min cannot make it for his class. well, at least he smsed but at 1am. but anyhow, i asked my boss for the reason why he cannot make it. my boss replied that "he said he need to go back to sch for a lab seminar and the timing was brought forward from 4 to 330". this explanation got me to think that he was irresponsible in three areas:

first- my tuition centre is located in woodlands and his class is from 130-330. can any smart ass out there tell me how is it possible for one to get from woodlands to nie within half hour assuming that he takes the train and the bus on a sat given the low frequency of bus 199?? [my assumption that he wont be taking a cab would be because, for me, if i know that i would have to take cab if i go for the tuition, i would have informed mrs chan to start the class next week when she ask me if i can start this week! cause my seminar is just a once off affair what! so why would i want to start this week and spend more money on taking cab to rush back to school? makes sense? but then again- this is purely my assumption. i may be wrong. perhaps he is not as niao as i am! :P] therefore, i think he was lying.

secondly, assuming that he really had to return to sch for a lab seminar- now tell me, which lecturer inform students of a class at 1am? why did she only inform us at 1am? and got my boss and i into a situation where we were sending out sms to help look for a relief teacher in such wee hours!!

thirdly, john has a history of pang sehing people without informing. and yours truly here has encountered it like say 3 times (prior to this incident). once for my birthday party where he didnt turn up and didnt inform, a second time during yan ling's birthday party where he told me to meet him there but he didnt turn up and again, no sms to inform us to go ahead with cake cutting without him and the most recent incident which i blogged about above. apart from flying my aeroplane, he has the habit of overcommiting during project meetings and u will end up having to rush him for his part of the work. so yea, all these accumulated and i finally exploded this time round! >.<

i dun know what will john's reaction be if he chanced upon my blog. i dun think he reads my blog now. but john- i am just being very frank and honest here in my blog. if u feel offended, pls put yourself in my shoes and think if such things were to happen to you, will you be pissed too?

ok, enough rantings on my part. it's getting late and i shall head off to la-la land! :D

2008-02-12T22:32:00.000+08:00

I shall dedicate this post to the posting of the pictures taken on the 2nd day of CNY! We forgot to bring the camera along with us on the first day of CNY and that explains why I do not have any pics to show for the first day! wait till i get the pics from my aunt ba. :D

as per tradition, 2nd day of CNY's always dedicated to visiting the relatives from my maternal side. However, this year, i added a new place- i visited darling's uncle's place (in tanah merah) for lunch before heading to meet my sisters at my mei yi's place in tampines! While at darling's uncle's place, there wasn't much things to do except to eat. I also took the opportunity to take a pic with darling's sis! Only managed to see the pic yday night and gosh, kudos to Brenda, who added the effect, i think the pic was so wonderfully taken! woohoo! damn nice lor. :) don't believe me? see the pic and you'd agree with me!! =D

brenda and I

er jie and I at Meiyi's place!

the next picture was taken while on the way to my san jiu's place from my meiyi's place. It was a long journey from Tampines to Sembangwang! Without me, cause i was driving! :(

my pretty sisters!

my 3rd stop of the day- my San Jiu's place. Apart from stuffing ourselves silly with food, my sister suggested for all the aunties to take a picture since it was a rare opportunity to have all 6 of them gathered together (normally we would only see the 5 younger ones).

my mother and her lovely sisters! all these aunties decided to take another pic with a nicer background!

someone then came up with the brilliant idea of asking them to number themselves- and these vain aunties decided to change yet another (nicer) background! haha.
(an interesting point- from the 3rd to 6th- the height's steadily increasing! and my mother's the shortest among her sisters! that explains for our height ah! -_-'')

we decided to imitate my mum and her sister's pose. haha. and that explains for our hand sign!
a normal pic for the camera..

Shortly after the photo taking craze, we headed from mr doctor's house to mr principal's house which is about 15 minutes drive away. However, at that place, we didnt take much picture except with the star of the day...

the star of the day at mr principal's house- his new husky pet dog.

nice and friendly dog! i like! though a bit fierce looking.

This CNY has been good so far- i had fun playing with my nieces and nephews and of course, mahjong with my cousins and uncles/aunts! this cny can be considered to be a "fruitful" one for me! since my ang bao collection this year, surprisingly, went pass 500! woohoo! i collected a total of 520!! plus my winnings from mahjong, haha, it was indeed a fruitful CNY for me!!

Alright, that is all people! Have a prosperous and happy Rat Year ahead!!! =D

2008-01-11T01:42:00.000+08:00

the new year has kicked in 11 days ago. school has also started for me. sadly enough, i am still in the process of "adjusting" my body clock to "tune" it back to school day mode! as a result of my constant late nights during the hols, i am having difficulty falling asleep early! i end up tossing and turning in bed if i decided to sleep earl(ier)! this is so sad! =(

but anyway, thanks be to God for the relatively "slack" timetable that i have gotten this sem! i have got a 4 days week and out of my 4 days, i only have got a day with morning 830am lesson!
the AS modules chosen for this sem are pragmatics and history of modern linguistics. i think they are ok modules and i should be able to score, if i study hard enough that it. haha. lets pray and hope for the best ba! best thing of all- both mods have got exam which are open book! =D

as for my CSes, erm, i dont exactly have much comment for either of them. ach 322's workload's rather heavy with 2 group presentations (1 lesson package), 1 individual lesson package and 1 reflection, with the first group presentation scheduled to be next week! :(

darling's and dad's birthdays coming up real soon. i am still clueless as to where to go for celebration! help pls! :(

i miss PLS. i am so looking forward to listening to her share her experience with me!!! hahaha. so i am really glad that PLS's coming back real soon! oh man, that also means that i wont have the luxury of having the whole room to myself and having 2 study tables at my disposal. well, it's time for spring cleaning again! i need to clear the space on my own table to place my lappie! but i just want her to be back soon. it can be quite boring to be sleeping alone. haha.

new year's also round the corner! this has got to be the only occasion which will get my entire family's "attention"! hahaha.

i am looking forward to the steamboat session with my sisters and parents!
i am looking forward to getting myself busy in buying the new year goodies and storing them into the "new-year-then-take-out-and-use" containers!
i am looking forward to putting up the decorations at home.
i am looking forward to indulging myself in the yummy food! *think ba kwa, pineapple tarts, prawn rolls, pistachio nuts, gua zi, love letters, mandarin oranges and so much more...* haha.
i am looking forward to dressing up!
i am looking forward to the angbaos!
i am looking forward to the "hustling and bustling" around for the house to house visitations!
i am looking forward to "feel" and "indulge" myself in the celebratory mood!
i am looking forward to yet another round of gatherings and meet ups with my relatives (ok, i admit, not ALL of them though! ha.) and
i am looking forward to playing with my cousins, nieces and nephews!!!! hahaha.
oh gosh! my mind has already fast forwarded to the month of feb!! i cant wait cant wait cant wait! CNY, come quick!! hahaha.

however, how can things be one sided?! haha. and therefore, i have also got a list of things that i am NOT looking forward to! sigh.
i am not looking forward to the dusty and tiring spring cleaning chores.
i am not looking forward to doing the (many) elearning tasks which falls in the CNY week! =(

enough of my nonsensical ramblings. ha. it's getting late. i shall head off to lala land!

2007-12-31T15:24:00.000+08:00

as year 2007 draws to a close, i shall do a mini reflection cum look back on the yr.

2007-
it's the year where where my peers and i turn 21;
it's the year where darling and i are more "liberated". we get to go overseas together!!
it's the year where i attended the most birthday parties;
it's the year where i travel overseas the most number of times.
it's the year where i feel somewhat closer to my relatives from my daddy's side. (i feel they are putting in more effort to organize get-togethers)

and the best thing that happened to me this year would be that
it is also the year where i officially earned the license to chauffeur myself! :D

now, the somewhat unhappy things that happened to me this yr:
2007-
it's the year where i put on 5 kg after losing 20.
it's the year where i had the least number of times where my entire family sat down for dinner together.
it's the year where i realise how much i miss PLS when she's not around though we always quarrel when she is in SG.
it's the year where i got sucky timetable with lessons ending at 830pm!
it's the year where cindy and i got into some trouble with a lecturer! (that was so silly!!)
it's the year where my gpa fell for the first time! :(
it's the year where i begin to realise how much my peers from sec school and i have drifted as we find ourselves feeling awkward with silences between us as we meet each other during birthday parties!! :(

with all that above, has yr 2007 been a good yr for me?

well, i would say that it has, generally, been a good yr for me.

it's another 8 more hours or so before year 2008 kicks in. i wish and i pray that year 2008 will be a year that is smooth sailing for mummy, daddy, PBS, Chubby, PLS, darling and myself.

for mummy: may she continue to stay healthy and continue to strike more 4ds and Totos! may she also continue to win more money from mjs!

for daddy: may he keep up to his promise of exercising and may he continue to be in the pink of health! may 2008 be a year where he will feel happier by winning more money from 4ds and totos.

for PBS: it's a year where she will face new challenges as she re-enters the school gate after so long! hopefully she will be able to do well in her undergrad studies!

for Chubby: i pray that she will get her flat and her new job soon! job hunting's never easy. hang in there chubby! ur job offer's on the way! meanwhile, TRY to stay happy in ur current job!

for PLS: yr 2008 will be the year she graduates from poly and it will also (most prob; unless she decided to go on to undergrad studies, which i hope so!) be the year she enters the workforce. i pray that she will be able to get a job that's suitable for her and to her liking. pray that she will have a good time at work.

for darling: may yr 2008 be another yr where he will continue to stay healthy and continue to achieve great results!

lastly, for myself!! i pray that year 2008 will be a year where i will be able to:
(1) stay healthy;
(2) push my GPA up to above 4
(3) lose that 5 kg gained and maintain my weight!
(4) kick the bad habit of being late for appointments!
(5) spend my money more wisely!
(6) go for more overseas trip!! :D

tsk tsk. greedy me! hahaha.

to all reading my blog:-
may year 2008 be a year where you will stay happy and healthy. may it be a yr that's smooth sailing for you and your love ones! :D

2007-12-20T16:09:00.000+08:00

and so, the results were out yday. like i expected, my gpa fell from 4 to 3.96 and i didnt do as well as compared to previous sems. sigh. :(

i really must buck up next sem to pull my gpa up to 4 again. 0.04 more to go elsa!

2007-12-17T01:53:00.000+08:00

wow! it has been a good one month since i last blogged! haha. lets see. things i have accomplished in this one month hiatus! ha.

first things first. exams has come and gone. well, i only have got this to say- i have done my best. the rest's not up to me to decide/interfere. i know some of my friends will tell me that i am always afraid of my results but it always turn out to be alright. but this time round, i really DUN have the confidence. it was really my worst sem in uni ever. perhaps deep down in me i know it's cause i no longer have got History to pull my grades up. and the eng modules this sem ain't exactly my forte. even the supposedly (easy to score) bilingual module wasn't that easy afterall. much less to mention about writing. anyway, enough of that.

since my exams ended super early this sem, i had the opportunity to rot a few days at home without any activities since all my close friends and darling were still having exams. my mj khakis weren't free to entertain me and neither are the HXians free to plan for KTVs/meals/gatherings. thus, i rotted close to a week at home, doing nothing except playing brainless games on the web and watching TVB drama serials. ha. though it was a little boring, i managed to relax. =D

i also went on a short trip to Batam with my parents over the weekend. it wasn't the kind of trip that i expected. maybe cause i was on a guided tour. i went to places where i would not have planned to go if i was on F&E. perhaps that explains why i didnt really enjoy the batam trip. not to mention the presence of not-so-likeable aunties and a witch who were travelling with me. and to think i have to face that irritating lady during meal times since she sat at my table. however, it wasn't entirely a flop trip considering the fact that i managed to play clown with my 2nd sis and my parents. the point i am trying to bring across is- it would have been a better trip if minus the guided visits to the not-so-interesting places and without the presence of not-so-likeable people.

going on another short trip in a few hours time to bintan with darling. it's our 2nd trip together and hopefully we will have a good time there! hee. =D this trip should be my last trip this year. hee. quite a fruitful year for me since i went on quite a number of getaways this year:

--genting/KL in jan;
--Perth in May;
--Vietnam in july;
--Batam in mid dec and
--Bintan in end dec.

not bad liao, considering the fact that i only had like 4 months of holidays. haha. i love overseas trips! more of them please!!!! haha. fly me to europe!!!!!! ;p

been shopping around for christmas gifts too. happy to say that i have already settled a number of gifts for my friends. haha. still in the midst of buying for some others. i love christmas. haha. cause of the decor and all the bumming around to look for gifts and surprising others with your little token of love! haha. =D

another activity of my short dec holidays was to work. work as a high class "waitress" for 2 days(paying me 10 per hour!!) and as an invigilator for 4 days. all these 6 days of work help increase my bank balance by about 300 bucks. not bad right?! haha. more of such jobs please. tuition has also started over at woodlands. only one class for the time being. expecting 1/2 more classes. =D

alright, i shall go sleep now. haha. i shall post pics of my batam (and also bintan) trip when i get back next week! =D

2007-11-15T20:03:00.000+08:00

having read a particular close friend's blog, all i have to say is,

everyone has their own religious beliefs.

so peers, at the end of the day, i guess the big word that we all have to learn is "respect".

fellow bro/sis-in-Christ: we can do what we can to share with others how good/great God is, but only when the other party is willing to listen please. if they are not willing and may even have the potential to turn hostile and be pissed with you, i suggest we better be smart and just shut our mouth up. honestly. after all, they have their freedom to choose their religion ya. and please, be tactful with what you have to say. coming from a non Christian family background, i do know how people might get offended if we simply say they are "idolizing idols" cause to them, it is their god. so please, respect it. we all have our own set of religious beliefs. do what we can, in a tactful and non offending manner people. =D

2007-11-13T18:52:00.000+08:00

something weird just happened!

after having changed my mobile number for like donkey years (my phone contract's over and i just renew the contract somemore), satiish suddenly msn me minutes ago and said "aye auntie, you change your number ah? your number is 9**7***4 not 91864338 meh?"

the thing is, i have got no number retention service cause my old number was under my dad's name and my new number's under my own name! and they are from different providers to begin with! i really dun know how the heck did satiish manage to call me for these 2+ yrs when he didnt have my supposedly new number! hahaha. he just realise that i "change" number when i sms him yday and my sms appeared to be from an unknown number with no name! hahaha.

really is wierd isnt it?! haha. satiish- maybe we are fated to be able to contact each other despite not having the correct number! haha. maybe for u only that i can still be contacted at 91864338! hahaha. =P

2007-11-13T16:56:00.000+08:00

i really shouldn't be here to post an entry given that my exam's starting this Friday and i haven been a extremely goodie girl that i should be by revising my work consistently and conscientiously.

however, i was "inspired" to blog after reading a entry in a dear friend's blog.

in his/her blog, he/she (as you can see, i am purposely keeping that dear friend anonymous.) mentioned about what inspired him/her to start his/her blog (ok, this is getting irritating. haha. i shall just keep to using a generic him/he/his haha). he wanted to share with his readers and hopefully get his readers to comment on his writing so he can improve from there.

after reading that, i went to my own blog and i realise, i haven been the best writer that i can be. being an English major student (yes, i am, no matter how shock you may be), i am really not writing in the oh-so-perfect kind of English that i should be. in fact, most of my blog entries has grammatical/spelling errors. i honestly ought to "repent". haha. but honestly, i dun really mind cause i dun really want to be so "pressurized" when i m blogging. hey, blogging is not meant to be mind bogging and mentally draining ya! haha.

anyway, another purpose of this entry (except to post that small little comment above) is to say something about this semester of school thus far.

was on the bus with a course mate yesterday morning as i was making my way back to school to submit that damn ace 321 assignment. she commented that the sem seemed to pass by us very quickly. i agreed without the need to think much. i agreed because in 3 days time, my exam's starting and in 6 days' time, my exam will end and that effectively brings this semester to a close. in the blink of an eye, 12 weeks of school had come and gone. in the blink of an eye, i have completed 2 history lesson packages, 1 English lesson plan, 2 wretched English essays and 1 English presentation. in the blink of an eye, my first semester without pay's coming to an end.

how fast! wasnt it just yesterday when i complained to my dear friends how bad things are without pay? wasnt it just yesterday I returned to school with a heavy heart for not being able to major in history instead of English? wasnt it just yesterday that I was so at-the-crossroad of thinking if i should drop sfg for bilingualism? wasnt it just yesterday that i was so excited that i am in the same class as ah ma and mummy? wasnt it just yesterday that someone and i got so pissed off with another particular someone for being unreasonable and irresponsible in project? wasnt it just yesterday that i got my textbook printed and binded? wasnt it just yesterday............ and the list goes on. (you get my point ya?)

indeed, time flies. in another few instances of blinking my eye, i will be "liberated" and can face book without guilt!!! haha. ;P

i am so incoherent in my thoughts throughout this entry. i ought to be thinking more coherently as i blog sia. tsk tsk tsk! =p

2007-10-18T22:48:00.000+08:00

i am sad. got my mid sem report card for this particular module and i must say, this has got to be one of the worst results + comments i've ever gotten in my 2.5yrs in uni. sigh.

i mind more regarding the attendance part. i seriously feel i'm beeing marked down for a silly mistake that i've committed weeks back. =(

2007-10-11T19:51:00.000+08:00

Finally, i solved the problem of not being able to post up pics! haha.

alot more photos were taken on my 21st bday celebration on 21/09/07. but i haven got the patience to post all up here. so here are the better photos taken! haha. Enjoy people! (all these photos are rated 4 stars by my darling. haha.) =D

getting ready...
... for my "big" day! haha.
my very first bday gift! a lovely photo album (with my memories...) from darling! the earliest people to arrive! (a.k.a the yao kuis!! haha.)
the food...
from L-R: 6th Aunt, cousin huiling, er biao sao, me and er biao ge.
from L-R: Jo, me, charis (showing off her newly done up manicure!!) and fengxia.

with my primary school buddies! Aijia and Lifang!! =)

from L-R: fangting, yanling, xiumin, xueqi,
chungie, me, shuen yun, mel and sharon

the seniors from NIE! quek, sharon, kim and angie
my favourite niece!! =)
my newborn niece and her grandmother, my da gu!
juniors from CCHS. L-R: Me, Xinying and RachelHongxin bang! (part of it!!)
charlie's angels?! haha.
again, part of HXians..
best buddies!! sheng, me and xiangyun!
love this woman!!
er jie and jq with me at the background..
relaxing by the pool side by themselves as i got no time to entertain them.. haha.
monfort...
...fellow trainees
daddy's side
senior lynda from CCHS...
...and her bf

fellow trainees from NIE: Satiish, Minghui and his gf

my birthday cake!

i wish...

my beloved parents...

my whole family (minus ah lee (PLS), my younger sis...)
family pic with paternal granny (minus PLS who is in China...)
(part of my) relatives (paternal side...)
(part of my) relatives (maternal side...)
darling & I!
darling's family with my parents...

god mother and i!my cousin with his wife and (my favourite)niece and nephew!
primary school playmates...
secondary school's friends...

fellow grp 3 student councillors from CCHS.. and they are all my leaders! haha.

fellow (ex)hoppies...

lovely interactors!! JC classmates...
HX-ians!!!!
uni friends...
all my roomies!
fellow monfort trainees...
who else but my BEST BUDDIES?!
again, montfort fellow trainees..
cousin lin xin, nephew zhen jie and myself!
talking to zhang lao, bl and da ge!
again, with my seniors- ah ma sharon, funny quek, mummy kim and lovely angie! =D
darling's sister! haha. pretty right?!
right, that's all folks. jus wanna say thanks to everyone for all the gifts u showered me with! i got alot men! haha. here goes my presents list:-

3 white gold diamond pendants (2 with necklace), 2 pairs of white gold diamond earrings, $780 worth of ang baos, $200 singtel hello shop voucher, $150 topshop voucher, $100 Robinsons voucher, $70 CK tang voucher, $50 World of Sports Voucher, 2 watches, 1 necklace from Swarovski, 1 set of necklace and earrings from Chomel,1 (much loved) handmade photo frame, 1 (much much loved) hand decorated photo ablum, 5 bags, 1 Nike Bottle, 1 Nike Lanyard, 1 Miracle perfume, 1 glass tea gift set, 1 coin pouch, 1 make up bag and 1 handphone pouch.

last and the most precious gift of all...

all your MUCH MUCH MUCH LOVE!! =))

2007-09-11T15:35:00.000+08:00

Day 7 (Day 3 of road trip). This morning, after a bright rise and shine, we embark on our journey towards Monkey Mia!! After a short drive across the Peron Peninsula we make our way down to the beach and the world famous Monkey Mia dolphins – its a unique experience and there are some fantastic photo opportunities.

we soon got bored of dolphins and hence we went to take pics around the place.

after watching the dolphin's feed and while waiting for the next feed time, we went to tour the place and to take pictures! =)

After a fun time playing with the birds, watching the dolphins and posing for pics, we joined the optional aboriginal tour. it was both fun and educational (to a certain extent)!! haha.

After saying goodbye with the dolphins and the aboriginal tour people, we got back on our journey to head off to the Farm where we would spend our night at. It was damn out of the way. haha. Along the way, we visited the other places which u will see in the next entry. =)

2007-09-11T13:39:00.000+08:00

Day 7 (cont'd) Shark Bay - Day 8 Northampton

We left Monkey Mia and begin our return journey south. On the way we visit Eagle Bluff and Hamelin Pool with its amazing stromatolites before heading to our Farmstay at Northampton.

At Eagles' Bluff..

nothing much at eagles bluff and then we headed to visit Hamelin Pool- to have a look at its amazing stromatolites After a long day (of fighting the flies over at the stromatolites place), we went to stay at this farm which is really so out of the way! but it is not a functioning farm. haha. they only had 2 dogs and some (wild) kangaroos which will come out from the forested area beside our bedrooms! sheng and i saw them after we went to bathe. We had to walk a bigger round jus to avoid the kangies. ha.
i grew to love dogs after having overcome my fear for dogs. (no) thanks to darling's jack! haha.

Day 9 (Last day of Road trip): We were on our back to Perth!

After leaving the farm, we went to visit this cute little province in Australia. They have got their own currency, own passport stamps (which is recognised internationally!) but had only the prince and his wife as "citizens". haha.

Prince Leonard's statue. haha.
Upon leaving HRP, we proceeded to the Greenough Wildlife and Bird Park. To feed more animals and to play with snakes! =)

we all had a fun time feeding the animals! but i think we all find cavernsham to be a better and nicer 'zoo'. haha. =)

Sheng was the first brave soul to try out the snakes! =)

After this visit to the farm, we embarked on our journey to go back to perth! =) it was a long ride back "home".

a mini group pic while sheng is adjusting the camera. =)
a group pic before we part with one another! the past 4d3n with the tour organised by Western Exposure was definately a fun one! we definately had lots of fun!! =)
our dinner! haha. Chilli Mussels!! It sure was gooooood!

2007-09-11T12:55:00.000+08:00

Day 10 (our 2nd last day in Perth!!): Kayaking.
In this entry, u will see us embarking on our last major activity in perth. we went kayaking! haha. the weather was fine before we set off. but when we entered the waters, it started to rain! so we basically kayak in that rainy day, with the chilling wind blowing!! when we reached penguin island, we were so cold that all of u stayed in (little) sun shone areas to keep warm! haha.

2007-09-02T01:41:00.000+08:00

wow!! been long since i last blogged! haha. sorry everyone, cause i been busy with alot of stuff- from BA club to schoolwork to tuition commitments to personal. =D

first thing first- talk a little about school. school started already and the coming week would be week 5 of my 3rd year in NIE! sigh, how time flies! i feel as though i am travelling on a rocket! ha. pay also stopped le. thank goodness i manage to get the stipend!! *beams with joy*

workload has been fine, though i am a little behind time for readings (errr, i am actually VERY behind time. haha) but i will catch up this coming week, since it is the elearning week! which means no school for me!! haha. i can stay home and hopefully, be a good girl and do my readings. i have got 4 days (though unofficially, it is 3 days) week this sem, with friday free! woohoo! i m so glad for my timetable! haha. i really like this sem because i get to be in the same class as ah ma and mummy! how good can it get?! haha. though they are so hardworking that it is scaring me!!! haha.

Done with club stuff. told sap i wont be in the new com for the next work year. quite sian to do club stuff when mummy and ah ma's outta club!! :( so, i decided that i wont be doing in the club also. =D hee.. anyway, i am so glad LF turned out great! it was a big big big success!! though there were also some hiccups! haha. but overall, it was great!

currently busy with the preparation for my BIG day (what are u thinking about?! haha). it's such a headache!! got to settle so many things!! and it aint helping when some of my friends dun reply my smses! (if YOU are reading this, pls reply!! thank you. =D)

also had this crazy idea of planning for a mega back packing trip to europe next june. i know it is gonna cost me a bomb, but hey! how many times do you get to do such a thing in your lifetime?! next june would jolly well be my last 3 months long holiday!!! i really want to do something i know i wont have a chance to do so in future! who's interested in this crazy idea of mine? haha.

lastly, PLS would be flying off to China for her intership on 10th sept. i think i MIGHT miss her. haha. but the good thing is- i get to have the whole bedroom too myself!! woohoo! for 5 months! hahahahaha. i can on the lights and off it as and when i like! wahahaha. PLS, if you read this in time before u fly, take good care of yourself and be careful while u're there! though i been nagging you at home too, i hope READING this would make u remember more, hahaha.

one sad news- my camera memory card got prob. so hor, my vietnam trip photos all gone! sigh. so sad. =(

2007-08-02T16:20:00.000+08:00

hello everyone! i am back from vietnam! the trip was fun, though i still preferred my Perth trip la. well, both trips got their own good and bad la. good thing about vietnam would be the shopping! haha. it was great fun shopping around with monkey and trying our best to cut the prices down down and down. we also had the opportunity to experience life like a tai-tai where we go everywhere in cabs and u know, just eat and shop and sleep. or slack our time away in a cafe- the cafe's real cool! got live band and the music they play really nice. haha. we also passed by this bakery which was really cool. they provide free wifi service and they also have a desktop there for the customers to use- free of charge and for as long as you want. hee.

the bad part about this trip would be the incessant traffic. the first sound that will greet u every morning would be the "beep-beep" from the traffic and the last sound you will hear before u sleep would also be the "beep beep" sound. there are zebra crossings and traffic lights drawn. and being the typical singaporean i am, i stood there with monkey and waited for a while. but we still didnt manage to cross the road. the locals were at the same starting point later than us, but when all of them crossed and walked out of our sight, we were still at the starting point. in the end, we decided to jus heck it and cross, the way the locals do. it was scary initially but after crossing countless big big roads (really is a big big road), we got more proficient and used to it. vehicles moved in all directions at the same time. they dont really follow the traffic lights- except when there are policemen around.

alright, that shall be it. haha. i know,i still have got 4 more days of my perth trip to go. i will finish them soon. promise! haha. and i wont give up. i must finish all! haha.

2007-07-11T09:42:00.000+08:00

Day 6: still on our road trip towards Monkey Mia. Along the way, we stop at Shark Bay for a night's accomodation by the sea. it was a very very nice place!

Day 2 (of road trip) Kalbarri – Shark Bay
After an early rise, we take a short drive to Murchison Gorge in Kalbarri National Park. Here we take time to view Natures Window, the Loop and discover the wonders of the Z-Bend Gorge. At Z-Bend Gorge it is an exhilarating 150 metre descent into the heart of the gorge – well worth the effort – where there is time to explore and swim in the tranquil fresh water pools.

pose for a pic before heading for the first destination- the gorges!

knowing more about the z-bend..
going down the steep slopes..we reached the bottom! after a tough journey down!!
that is my butt. haha. after visiting the z-bend, we proceeded to take a look at the nature's window. pictures of the place below! the view was awesome! so nice!!!
best friends with the new couple. haha.

this was the only place where the flies wont attack us. haha. so in this place we all can smile and open our mouth. hahaha.
mr lim at the top of the world. haha.
After the visit to the Nature's Window, we went to the Shell Beach! it is damn nice la the beach! =)
the entire tour group at shell beach.
pretty babes?! haha.
mh and i being the ultra bright 2500000 watt lightbulb. haha.
all ready to fight the flies! hahaha.

i love the sea! it was damn cooling!! =)
lazy bums..

i think this picture was v well taken. kudos to mr lim's photo-taking skills. haha. =)
dinner was barbequed food. haha. with nice steaks prepared by Martin, our tour guide.
the front of our resort. nice place! the interior was nice and clean. much better than the hostel we stayed in the first night. haha. =)

Next up: Day 7. stay tuned! =)

2007-06-30T01:30:00.000+08:00

Day 5: start of our 4D3N road trip heading towards Monkey Mia. We joined this tour organised by WesternXposure! haha. it was damn good! haha. we so totally enjoyed ourselves!!

Day 1(of road trip): Perth – Kalbarri (H)
We depart Perth and head North through market gardens and vineyards to join up with Highway 1 on our way to Nambung National Park and the fascinating Pinnacles Desert. After exploring these unique formations we continue our journey northwards along coastal roads to Geraldton.

the bus that brought us on our journey! =)
"hmm, how big is my palm?.."

about to set off!! =)

here's where we had our first self prepared lunch! haha. got a shock when the bus stopped here and we remembered our guide saying we are heading for lunch! ha. after lunch, we set off for the pinnacles at Nambung National Park!
the entrance to the National Park!

pinnacles..
and MORE pinnacles! haha. the place is huge!ha.
us..
and all of us with the pinnacles!
alot alot alot of pinnacles! ha. they look like a group of people lined up properly in straight rows.. haha.

After a short break upon leaving the pinnacles, we head out to some local sand dunes for an adrenaline rush sand boarding down these huge slopes.

after much difficulties of walking and climbing up to the peak of the sand dune! say cheese before heading down! i love the background of this pic!

just 8 of us in the tour group! the other 2 are sisters from japan! =)

just the 6 of us! after sandboarding!

After the sandboarding activity, we spent our time on the roads to get to Kalburri where we will spend our night in a local hostel.

the front view of the hostel.
the dining hall.. freaking cold la! >.<

We have to make our own dinner and hence..
we divided the work. seen here, sheng is busy doing the cutting!
the rice was cooked by bl. mh and i fried the chicken and the mixed vege. haha. below, the result. haha.

next up: Day 2 of road trip! haha. stay tuned! =)

2007-06-26T16:57:00.000+08:00

wanted to blog this down yesterday but was too tired at the end of the day to really sit down and blog about it. hahaha.

anyway, got a piece of good news for everyone and that is, i passed my driving test! haha. i must thank God for i have gotten a very merciful tester! haha. i tell u why.

upon entering the circuit, the tester told me to do parallel parking. and so i did. while going in, i strike pole and that gives me a 10 demerit points. ha. and to adjust my car back properly, i need additional movement. which means another 2 more demerit points. then, i turned my steering wheel after parking the car. and that gives me another 2 more demerit points. so, at my first station in circuit, i have already chalked up 14 demerit points! haha. wanted to give up totally, but i later thought i may still stand a chance and so i did everything to the best i could. haha.

so, after the "intensive ticking" session, i moved on to the other stations. thankfully, with God's grace i very much believe, i manage to do everything without adding on more demerit points. just when i completed all stations and was about to exit circuit to head, the tester told me to do emergency brake. (i REALLY got a shock when he suddenly told me to stop.) i did as instructed and he said "good test!"

with 14 points down, i tried my very best to be as safe as possible and not commit any mistakes. haha. however, i think i did dragged my gear for 1/2 times but he didnt mark me down. (that is why i say i got a merciful tester). in fear that he didnt see me checking my blindspot, my actions were very exaggerated! haha. and he gave me 2 points for inproper technique of checking blindspot. then, did a few right turns and a u-turn, he told me to drive back to the test centre. after parking my car, i saw a familiar figure. haa. it was my dad.

anyway, so i went up to the familiar room. and he told me. "ok, BECAUSE of you striking the pole........." upon hearing this, i was so worried la! hahaa. cause i really is v scare i will fail again. haha. then later he said "but u are a safe driver and ur emergency brake saved u. how many times le ah?" i say "3rd try today" then he say "ok, this is a borderline case ah. because ur main mistake was striking the pole out of position, and that alone is 10 points, i will let you pass." wahahahaha. and so, i passed! hahaha. I am so thankful!! :D came out of the room jumping! hahha. cause i say bye bye to uncle bob's car, i say bye bye to parting with more money to learn how to drive, i say bye bye to L plate, i say bye bye to Ubi driving centre, i say bye bye to renewing PDL, Ubi account and queuing for test dates!! hahahaha. now i say hi to P-Plate. saw my dad outside the room and i dun have to say much. he knows the answer. hahaha.

headed to cchs to meet up with darling and off we go to celebrate! hahaha. had fish n co for dinner. darling treated me! hahaha. :) then, at night, borrowed car from my sis and i drove darling back home. is so scary! hahaha. my turning needs more practice sia. and my judgement. hahaha. it is indeed stressful to be behind the wheels! hahaha. =)

alright, that is all people. haha. will contine the posting of perth pics in the next entry! :)

2007-06-20T04:07:00.000+08:00

Finally, i decided to curb my laziness and got down to continue the posting of perth pics. In this entry, u will see alot of animals as for day 4, we went to the Caversham Wildlife Park. I love the place for i never had such close encounter with so many animals before and it was a really really nice place! i think the weather played a huge part too. haha. alright, enjoy the pics!

walking to the entrance after parking our car! haha.meihui koping food from sheng! he was too hungry so he decided to munch on soemthings first.. bad decision for he attracted a hungry bee! haha. Sheng got stung by the bee and is here, checking out on his wound.. nothing serious, so we all carried on with our activity! haha.
the entrance! cousins' love! haha.
straight on view of the entrance..

tasmania devil! looks v evil hor? haha.
i think this is called Dingo. looks like dog and fox mix. haha.
emu and I. a very funny emu cause (s)he kept running up and down the same route! haha.

"lucy" and I! the wool is damn er xin. cause is very wet! haha.

hey there! look at the camera please! ha.
the gang(minus sheng) with goaty! haha.
meihui, "Lucy" and I

i thought the fur would be nice to touch. but i was so disappointed. cause it rough rough one! ha.

i wanted to take a similar pic! but haiz. as i walked nearer to them, they got up and hopped away! they dun like me sia! :( ha.

feeding the kangies! their eyes are so small (casue of the sunlight) that u cant even tell if it is opened or closed! ha.
mum mum! yummy food! haha.

Koalas..
sleeping their life away! i didnt know they sleep for 20 hours a day! ha.

left the place at about 5 plus. headed to Murdoch Uni to fetch Sheng's cousin up before heading for dinner! haha. poor him, he has got class!hahaha.

the sky is so beautiful! that was about 6pm! haha.
haha. while on our way to the uni.

After touring the university, we headed to this place call pizza express for our dinner. The pizza was great and the price was reasonable too. finally, a good (and inexpensive) meal in perth! haha.
while waiting for the food! haha.

alright! that is the end of day 4! haha. next up, it will be our 4D3N trip towards monkey mia. haha. stay tuned! =)

2007-06-07T01:35:00.000+08:00

take a short break from the posting of perth pics. haha. shall comment a little about my results.

i am glad i gave mummy a good bday gift. hee. managed to push my CGPA to 4.00. Got 2A-s, 1A, 1A+ and 1 B+. Really am v thankful and am v glad mummy was pleased with my results.

The question about appealing to switch AS comes back again. Now i think it is all the more difficult to argue the case le as my eng grades been improving since sem 1, year 2. and for one of my hist module this sem, i got B+. so i think i shall stop thinking of appealling. Like what meihui mentioned, "maybe it is tian yi that you stay in english." Looking at how things are like now, I think God doesnt want me to change ba. hee. so i shall stay on. hopefully this is according to the plan God has in place for me. =)

Once again, thank God for the results. I will work harder next sem. Hope my CGPA can maintain above 4 and continue to increase!!! [and pray i get the stipend!!] :)

2007-06-07T01:01:00.000+08:00

Day 3: Shopping at Harbour town.

It was suppose to be the place with alot of factory outlets. it was alright though meihui, baoling, jolene and xinda didnt buy much stuff (nothing to be exact. ha). i am awed by Sheng's ability to shop. he really is the shopping sultan of the group! haha. No much pics also. only some pics taken while walking from the bus terminal to harbourtown. =)

took the bus as both our cousins not free to send us around. haha. bus there v cheap. haha. 90 cents for concession. and regardless of no. of stops! haha. and wont check card for concession tic too. cool right. and one ticket valid for unlimited rides within 1.5 hours!they have got graffiti art painted on their walls!
quite difficult to take all these pics. cause is the turn out of an expressway. so must fast fast click when got no car. haha.
apparently, mr lim's fingers v fast. haha. =)
monkey see monkey do. haha.
i dun know wat they doing sia. early in the morning, they crazy le. haha.Our shopping destination- Harbour Town. the place where a stupid plate of awful tasting chicken rice cost 12.80 AUD! >.<

Next up: Day 4: Caversham Wildlife park!

2007-06-01T16:20:00.000+08:00

Day 2: Fremantle

purchasing parking ticket

i think this is nice!

Lunch was fish n chips at this place call Cicerello's! Alot of people la!!!!

After lunch, we walk around the area to take some pics!

As Fremantle used to be a fishing port, so alot of anchors can be found lying around to bring out the "essence" of the place! haha.

the entrance to the prison!
some of the artwork done by the convicts. it's for sale! pretty hor?
(above) the canning stand

(below)where death convicts were hang!do you know that very death convict is given a new personalised rope? the rope is specially made for the individual with the length determined by the person's weight. to ensure that you will die in the shortest time possible!

where the body will fall into.
one of the block. view from the courtyard.
as the prison is 4/5 storey high, suicide nets were put in place to prevent prisoners from jumping to their death.
one of the many gates!
the kitchen area where the prisoner's food's being prepared.
us posing for a pic before leaving the prison! the tour was really great. though the place is eerie, it is really educational. go for it if u are in fremantle! =) reasonably charged also.haha. got student concession price @12.50 AUD.

After the prison visit, we went to take some photos before heading for dinner as it was still early.

benefit of being a vegetarian? haha.

everywhere along the street u can find food! haha. us posing for a pic to show we are very cold!!!! it was really freaking cold!!

the whole group of us!

next up, the 3rd day. =)

2007-06-01T15:03:00.000+08:00

After the simple round of shopping, jo and i, together with my cousin, took the bus home to collect my cousin's car before driving to where Xinda and company were staying. At their apartment, we prepared our own dinner (so as to save money!! after splitting the cost, we spent only 7 bucks for 2 night's dinner! cheap right?!). the rest went with Alas, Sheng's cousin, in his car.

If there is one thing i dislike about this trip would be the time spent waiting for the bloody bus. i waited for a whole 45 mins for the bus in the interchange! bloody hell. >.<

Alas hard at work. haha. he cooked the chicken. my cousin cooked the soup and i fried the vege and tofu. My first time cooking while overseas! haha.

After dinner, Jo, Sheng and myself, together with our cousins, headed to the king's park before heading home. The others didnt want to come along as they were too tired.
ok, finally i am done for the first day. Next entry will cover my 2nd day where we went to fremantle! =)

2007-06-01T13:19:00.001+08:00

finally, i got the photos from my perth trip arranged. =) now, it's time to share the beautiful photos with the avid readers of my blog! =)

it will be a series of entries consisting of photos and it will be arranged in chronological order.

Day 1: Departure From Changi Airport at 0135am on 12th May 2007.After all the checking in and posing for a grp photo before embarking on our long awaited trip, we are on our way! Photos taken on board the plane- SQ 226

After a 5 hours flight, we arrived at our destination! Perth International Airport!

Our Perth "Expedition" tour has (un)officially started! Haha.

First stop- Unit 3, 100 Edgecumbe Street. (My cousin's place)

Reached my cousin's place at around 8am. As Sheng and I wasnt feeling well and the rest were too tired, we decided to take a short nap before heading out.

After the nap, first thing on our agenda was to settle our lunch. Headed to the city center for lunch at about 12pm. After lunch, we officially started our holiday. Hooray!!

2nd Stop: Perth City Center. There are quite a number of street performers! Didnt take all. haha. was too busy shopping you see. haha.

Got disturbed by the street performer. Made me so malu la. He kneel down in front of me and gave me a stalk of rose! i was really v paisei! (Look v auntie with all the plastic bags cause we just came out of the supermarket after a round of grocery shopping for our dinner!)

to be continued... next up would be day 1's dinner and king's park. =)

2007-06-01T01:13:00.000+08:00

i seldom watch the 9pm channel 8 show nowadays. however, i did manage to catch a few episode of “幸福双人床”。 managed to catch the last few episodes. and i must say that the show is not bad. haha. quite "real". love both the 主题曲 and the 插曲。manage to get the 插曲 from quek. i must say the person who wrote the lyrics for the song did a great job. i so totally love the song! =)

just sharing the lyrics with you guys. got it from a friend's blog. take a look at the lyrics. i think it is meaningful. =)

Here goes:
If I were blue
Would you be there for me
And whisper in my ears that's ok?
Would you stand by me
Let me hold you tight
And say you love me one more time?

If I feel good
Would you slow dance with me
And touch my lips with tender loving care?
Would you die for me?
Would you run with me
And never look back?

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

Would you be there?

If i am away
Would you still think of me?
And wish that you could hold me now, (hold me now)
And would you die for me?
Would you run with me?
All the way?

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
To take my breath away?

Would you be there to save my soul tonight?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be there,
To kiss my pain away?

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
To take my breath away?

Would you be there to save my soul tonight?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be there,
To kiss my pain away?

Would you be there...... for me?

2007-05-23T00:51:00.000+08:00

alright people, i am back from the cold cold aussie land! it was such a memorable trip men! i so totally love it and was so tempted to extend my stay there! but sigh, i cant cause of many issuses. ha. missing my darling was one reason why i eventually didnt extend the stay. of course, money was another issue. hahaha.

travelling with friends have always been fun. so yea, no diff this time round. however, wat was different was the way the trip went! haha. this perth trip contains loads of my first time sia! hahaha.

here goes my list of my first time! haha.
--> first time in australia
--> first time joining a tour where i have to prepare my own breakfast, lunch and dinner.
--> first time joining a tour where the bus we were in ran out of petrol and got stuck in the middle of a LONG stretch of road!
--> first time where i slept on the floor while on holiday!
--> first time i kayak
--> first time the sea lion was THAT close to me! it was so practically swimming by my side!
--> first time i fed a kangaroo
--> first time i touched a koala bear
--> first time i enjoyed visiting a wildlife park
--> first time i encounter so many flies. i think got a few thousands flies "haunting" me! (ok, i exaggerated! but u gotta be there to really see for urself the amt of flies! ask the rest if u dun believe me.)
--> first time i see penguin without the glass window
--> first time i stayed in a farm (though it wasnt really functioning)
--> first time i experience being racially discriminated! :(
--> first time i have to go to the "soemthing to declare lane" in clearing custom!
--> first time i experience the "threat" of missing my flight! (yes, we were THAT close to missing our flights! >.<)
--> first time the airport staff paged for me!
--> first time someone "kneel" down and offered me a stalk of flower in public! (hahahah.)
--> first time i argued with the foreign custom officer! (but hey, her attitude really sucks!)

I think that should be all ba. for the time being, just these updates. when i get the pictures from sheng and xinda, i will do a more detailed update about my trip! will try to blog about the trip in a chronological manner. haha. the above was v random! whatever that came to my mind, i wrote it down. didnt bother to arrange it in a chronological order! hee. =)

2007-05-11T02:33:00.000+08:00

oh ya, forgot to mention about my blog skin. haha. credits to my sis and her (boy)friend for helping me get this blogskin done up nicely! i love this blog skin very very much, and i think it is so simple that is so nice. hahaha. wat's most important is that the sister's (boy)friend made use of my favourite pic! hahaha. thanks so much mr. will let u win 10 cents in the next mahjong game i play with u. hahaha. :P

it's the hols!

2007-05-11T02:01:00.000+08:00

been long since i last blogged! haha. a quick lookback at what i have done so far!

finished exam on the 4th of may. hmm. my papers this sem was okok. with a fair share of hell-ish and expected papers. it's over, nothing i can do to change the sitaution le. haha. shall only pray and hope that my gpa dont fall and that i will be eligible for the 5k stipend! anyway, this last paper also marks the end of my 2 years in ntu-nie. that means, i am one step closer to being payless. haiz. i used to be so looking forward to the 12th of every month. sigh. come aug, i wont be able to look forward for anything le! haiz. no more pay day!!! sigh.

went for facial on sat with darling. haha. wat a good way to pamper yourself after a 2 weeks long examination period. haha. was v 铁齿 before the facial and didnt wan go toilet for the queue was too long. wanted to 忍 for 2 hours ok! haha. however, i overestimated my 忍功！haha. i wasnt able to tahan any longer and so only after about 45 mins or so, i asked to change and go to the toilet! haha. so troublesome as i got to change back to my clothes again! haha. but anyway, it was nice gg for facial. haha.

sunday. didnt do much things except gg to parkway to slack and to check out exchange rates. hmm, rate was quite good. but cause i cant draw out 7k from atm, didnt change there. later on, went to ps to meet up with the rest of the perth gang and discussed our itinerary. haha. after the meeting, da ge, baoling, darling and myself went for ajisen ramen casue i said i got craving for sushi. haha. (but er, i didnt really satisfy my craving in ajisen! hahaha.) after dinner, walk and slacked ard in ps, looking for mh's bday gift.

monday. went back to hall to remove all my stuff. had alot of problems with the withdrawal and refund matters. i am glad i managed to get a full refund of my 360. after that, headed for tuition which was one word -- BORING! haiz. if not for the money sake, haiz, i wont want to give any tuition!!!

then came tuesday.i think i didnt do anyting much. went for a movie with darling at cine. finally get to watch 200 pounds! my god. the show is so nice!!!!!!!! i highly recommend it to pple to watch men! even though er, i think i am a little late. haha. the show gg to stop showing le. hahaha. but i simply love that show! the ost is damn nice! and the female lead can really really sing! haha. tried looking for the ost over at heeren after the show but darling and i cant find it! :(
check out the exchange rates over at the money changers at lucky plaza and i still didnt managed to get a good rate. sigh.

spent the whole of wednesday at home! haha. played mahjong with ben mark, eng san and fangting! haha. played 3 rounds. haha. damn fun. i love mahjong and i am so looking forward to more mj sessions this hols! hahahaha. :) packed my luggage in the wee hours of the night. haha. suddenly feel like packing, so packed lor. haha.

today. went to peninsula plaza and funan to check out the exchange rate. but haiz. none was good enough. haha. all offered 1.265 and above. so decided to not change with them. walk down to go meet up with my pri school best friends at ps! haha. had a great time catching up with the 2 babes! hahaha. enjoyed a day of tai tai life where we did nothing except to dine at fish n co, walked down from ps to far east to check out rates (again!!!) before we decided that the best rate was offered by the money changer beside TCC. haha. so walk back to specialist center there to change money. is stressful ok! haha. cause i was carrrying like 7k cold hard cash. haha. was v worried i will drop the money! hahaha. thank god everything was fine and good. hee. headed for tuition after the meet up. at least today my kid was mroe responsive. but he asked me a question that i didnt know how to answer. haha. the question was "how come mammals breathe through lungs while fishes breathe thru gills." i answered cause mammals dont have gills and fishes dont have lungs? lame answer i know. but i really dun know how to answer him in a more proper manner. then he replied me "hmm, why fishes dont have lungs and mammals dont have gills?!" errrrrrrr, for this, i dont have the answer. so i told him, i will ask God when i see him next time. hahahah. my tutee is a 问题儿童！hahaha. was quite sad that i missed dowager's bday celebration cause of the tuition. haiz. but bo bian also la. haha. i had a duty to fulfil, so have to forgo play. hahaha. was v glad that dowager enjoyed herself and she liked her gifts! haha.

in a few hours time, i will b meeting jo and darling to go buy camera. haha. jo wanted to buy a camera, just in time for our aussie trip men! hahaha. decided that i shall be kind and get sis a camera too. haha. claiming from whatever that is left in LDS. hahaha.

will be gone from 12th may to 21st may. haha. will b spending my time with teh sheeps and kangaroo and wat not in aussie land! hee. dont miss me! hahaha. await my return and another many more rounds of photo galore! hee. :) 不要想我wor! hee.

2007-04-25T15:54:00.000+08:00

was doing my 234 revision and i came across this interesting story that was used for our tutorial's analysis. wat a great use of SCE to make the story interesting! hope you will enjoy the story as much as i did! haha.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Once upon a time, there lived an ant and a grasshopper. The Grasshopper did nothing but play. On the other hand, the ant was so hardworking, always looking for food to store in its nest.

Curious that his industrious friend worked so hard, the grasshopper asked, "Hey, Ant! You dun have to relax one ah? Always busy one. Come and play with me lah."

To which the ant replied, " I cant lah. I have to store all this food."

"Haiyah! Relax lah. Why you bother storing all this food? Hungry den go find lah." the grasshopper told the ant again.

"Eh, cannot lah. I have to standby for winter one. Den I no need to panic mah. I think you oso mus standby, you know," the ant told his friend.

"Where got fun? I go and play better. You want to store food you go ahead lah. I not so kia su one!" And the grasshopper hopped off to play.

The Ant was a hardworking guy... oops I mean insect. Not like the lazy grasshopper. And so, as the days, weeks, months went by, even though winter still had not come, the ant was still searching for food, and storing it in its nest. The grasshopper, on the other hand, continued to frolic and play.

The two friends happened to meet again. "Hey Ant! You still haven't finish storing food ah? Last time food all go where? So fast eat finish meh?" asked grasshopper.

"Very chia lat leh. I got keep food... but den all overdue liao. Cannot eat anymore. All because winter not here yet. So mus go and look for more food." sighed the ant.

"But ant ah... you dun mind i ask ah.. you got ever think or not... Singapore where got winter?" asked the grasshopper cheekily.

"AHHHH????!!!! Aiyah, I so stupeeed!" the ant was shocked!

So, the moral of this story is to remind all of us that whatever we all do, better think properly first ah. Dun anyhow hantam only! hahaha. :)

Good story right?! hahahaha. hope u all enjoyed the story. i think the story is v cute. haha.

2007-04-24T00:55:00.000+08:00

sigh, my first paper today was a hell-ish paper. wat a good way to start! i had so much time left, not because i finished writing whatever i wanted to say but because i didnt know wat else i can include in my essay. it is not a good thing to be sitting for a paper when you are not feeling well. was sneezing and coughing non stop in the examination hall, so much so that i find myself an irritant. i wasnt able to really concentrate on thinking about the questions.

i studied for the paper. i really did. but why does it have to turn out this way? i really know not i was writing for i was crapping my way through for close to 80-90% of the paper. haiz. now i am hoping that my assignment 2 which is 20% will be decent and the A from assignment 1 which is 30% will pull my overall grade up. i doubt i will fail but i dun think i am gonna do well. sigh sigh sigh.

then the other news that made my day worse. my appeal to change AS has been rejected again. haiz. so now, i am stuck with doing that particular subject for the rest of my school days. God, if this is what u want for me, help me to see it. :)

friends asked me to consider appealing again. 50% in fact is 70% of my brain also telling me that. but i did say before, if god doesnt want me to change AS, he will reject my first appeal. so, since now my 1st appeal is rejected, is this a sign to tell me that the Almighty doesnt want me to change? if i die die go appeal and did eventually manage to change, am i spoiling his perfect plan for me? God, can u please show the way?! thanks! :)

on a lighter note, i got my final history assignment back. i got A+ for it! wasnt really prepared to receive such a grade for i admit, it was a last minute piece of work. i rushed 2 history essays over a week and for this particular module, i finished it in 2 days. so i am really glad i got A+ for it!

realised i done quite well this semester in terms of assignment. aae 203 assignment 1: A,assignment 2 unknown; aae 234 assignment: A-; aah 231 assignment: A+ and aah 236 assignment: B+. hopefully my exams will be as equally good! :)

next paper is SgE on monday. shall start my revision after a good night's sleep tonight! haha. shall start on SgE first before starting history modules on thursday. the 2 hist papers this sem could well be my last hist exam in school. so i shall chiong and get the As while i still can from history! hee. i want to get A for both history modules this time round can?!!! er, english as well can? haha. :P

2007-04-18T19:04:00.000+08:00

Just a simple passage to remind all of us the importance of friends and remember to appreciate each other! :)

The Colour of Friendship

Once upon a time the colours of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best, the most important, the most useful.

Green said:
“Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals would die. Look over the countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.

Blue interrupted:
“You only think about the earth, but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky gives space and peace and serenity. Without any peace, you would all be nothing.”

Yellow chuckled:
“You are all so serious. I bring laughter, gaiety, and warmth into the world. The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow, the stars are yellow. Everytime you look at a sunflower, the world starts to smile. Without me there will be no fun.”

Orange started next to blow her trumpet:
“I am the colour of health and strength. I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes, and papayas. I don’t hang around all the time, but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no ones gives another thought to any of you.”

Red could stand it no longer be shouted at:
“I am the ruler of all of you. I am blood – life’s blood! I am the colour of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the colour of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy.”

Purple rose up to his full height:
He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: “I am the colour of royalty and power. Kings, chiefs, bishops have always chosen me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me! They listen and obey.”

Finally Indigo spoke, much more quietly than all the others, but with just as much determination: “Think of me. I am the colour of silence. You hardly notice me, but without me you all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace.”

And so, the colours went on boasting, each convinced of his or her superiority. Their quarrelling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder rollers and boomed. Rain started to pour down relentlessly. The colours crouched down in fear, drawing close to one another for comfort.

In the midst of the clamour, rain began to speak: “you foolish colours, fighting among yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. Don’t you know that you were each made for a specific purpose, unique and different? Join hands with one another and come to me.”

Doing as they were told, the colours united and joined hands.

The rain continued: “From now one, when it rains, each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow of colour as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The Rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow.” And so, whenever a good rain washes the world, and a Rainbow appears in the sky, let us remember to appreciate one another.

nice and meaningful story isnt it? hope u all enjoyed the story as much as i did. :)

2007-04-18T18:54:00.000+08:00

sian. exam is near the corner and i dont feel prepared at all. pretty screwed men. :S

on the brighter note, at least i done quite well for my assignments. :) got A- for my SgE and A for assignment 1 for language acquisition. hope these grades will help me secure more As in my results slip ba. :)

just taking a break here. haha. gg back to the book for 203 soon. jus finish one major section, starting the other section later tonight. hopefully i can finish both sections by tonight! wish me luck men! and please keep me in ur prayer that i get well soon too! :( am down with a bloody flu! :S

take care everyone! and all the best for the exams! :)

2007-04-10T00:37:00.000+08:00

For the benefit of those who dont read the other blog shared by my gang of friends, here's an interesting read that my EL lecturer showed me in lecture one day. Just wanna share with all of you. take a breather while preparing for exams! haha. so what more than to provide some "thoughts"? haha. enjoy it folks! =D

English is an odd language. Why do I say so?

You see, there is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn’t a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

Let’s face it. English is just an odd language.

someone tell me why am i still struggling with studying english when it is such an odd language?! haha.

2007-04-07T16:53:00.000+08:00

please read the following and see if do you can identify with them.

do you feel that your time during weekend is burnt in front of the computer, books and notes?
do you feel that you have been doing nothing except reading and reading for more points and elaboration?
do you feel that your time's spent doing nothing except writing one essay and another?
do you have essay deadlines that is one after another and you dread the day as they pass by?

if yes, my friend, you might have contracted the newest and most powerful mutated bacteria causing a powerful and incurable (at that moment) virus that is speading in schools especially during this period!

it's scientific name is "essophobia" (pronounce: ae-so-pho-bia)
laymen name: fear of never ending essays.
students in the arts stream are more vulnerable to contract such virus (chances increase by 45%)
cause of the virus: unknown, but generally believed that it is caused by poor time management. victims are believed to have procrastinated doing his/her essay assignments and only got started when it is about to be due.

currently, there are no cures for this new and potent virus. Victims who have contracted this virus can only pray hard to God that He will maximise your time as you try your best to battle it out with the mutated bacteria.

may God bless all of those who are essophobic with more time, will power and determination to finish all the essays.

kudos to researcher dowager goh for experiementing and detecting this virus! and thanks for informing me that i am also essophobic!

2007-03-28T18:07:00.000+08:00

it's time for more photos! haha. photos taken on monday, while celebrating fengxia's 22nd bday. haha. was suppose to be a surprise, but erm, i think the shuttle bus caused the surprise to flop. damn it. haha. nvm, better chance next time elsa! haha. hey! at least i made the effort to TRY to make the surprise a success ok!ha. blame it on the shuttle bus! i waited 20 mins for the bloody bus! >.<

kk. enough of my grumblings. now the photos! ha. taken by alester and david, with meihui and sihua's camera! Enjoy!! =)

leading the lead character into the dark LT..

the cake!!

khai in "ambush", getting to scare fx after we finish singing song. haha. =)

"hmm.. so sweet of them to celebrate for me! now, the cake looks nice!!cant wait to try it!!!"

(scripted thoughts)

cake cutting ceremony! haha.

aye.. i work my way to deserve the cake ok!! hahaha. :P

khai, fengxia, david, baoling and xinda

feng xia and alester and er, fx's clutch. haha.

alfred, fx, me, sihua and serena

fengxia with 2 of her presents and khai

wanted to take a group photo, but david was too slow. haha. timer over le. and he still not in position! tsk tsk. haha.

and finally, the gang with the bday girl! =)

2007-03-25T12:53:00.000+08:00

haiz. life is bloody sucky. i hate driving. the bloody test date have to wait for so god damn bloody long! haiz. sian. can god grant me my license in my next attempt?!!! :(

i dont wanna fail again. it sucks to be a failure!! :(

2007-03-18T19:41:00.000+08:00

photos taken yesterday @ vivo city. more to come! in the next entry!! :D

stupid darling insist that i take photo with this red monster! then i have to squat! >.<

2007-03-15T10:32:00.000+08:00

just got my reply from m** with regards to my application to change my AS yesterday afternoon. damn sian. they rejected me!! haiz. reason being? they feel that i am coping well and am doing equally well in both subjects. haiz. i didnt know to the officials up there, consistantly getting B- for one and A- for the other is the same!! i really cannot imagine doing that subject for the next 2 yrs. and just when i thought i had enough of it and was so looking forward to the approval and telling everyone how happy i am for this is the last sem i am doing THAT subject, this bad news has to come. haiz. moral of the story? never count your chickens before the eggs are hatched men and never be too happy for what has yet to be finalised! haiz.

looks like i really need to get my lecturer to help me to appeal le. haiz. troublesome men. just handed in 203 yday and the better news came! 234 deadline's extended to monday instead of friday! woohoo. at least something to cheer me up on a sad wed afternoon! haha.

suppose to be in school now for class. but cause i stomach not feeling well and want to da pian and hence was stuck in the toilet till i was to be at least 40 mins late for the class even if i went so i decided to go for the later slot instead. joining huiting class at 1230. thank god she got back to back lesson on thurs and mine is the earlier slot. haha. so even if i miss the first slot, at least i can still have a choice to go for the 2nd slot. hahaha. :)

some photos taken on Cindy's bday celebration 2006! haha. long overdue, but i just got them yesterday! i think now all of us look somewhat different le! hhaha. :D

2007-03-05T18:43:00.000+08:00

end of the holidays. it is back to school again for me today. haha. well, still ok la. i had a great break. it was still very much a cny break for me last week, had gatherings and mj sessions with my friends. haha. the break was literally a break from school for me (and many of my friends as well! haha.) didnt do much school work. other than those i got to hand in this week, i didnt do any others! haha. and so, now i got to work. like wat lynda says, "the break is for us to recharge first before chiong-ing all the way to the end of the sem". i hope i can. haha.

went to bl's bday party on friday. played mj again. die sia. go cny visitations mj. birthday chalets also mj! haha. at home if sisters hands itchy, mj again. haha. overdose of mj sia. but but but, i am not sian yet. hee.. :D

shall post up pics now! enjoy! pics from bl's bday party! it was crazy men! with her cousins playing the party poppers and wat not. haha.

the group photo with the bday girl.

birthday girl and her cake. haha. nice cake!

kenna "attacked" by her cousins.

2007-02-26T00:24:00.000+08:00

think chubby's blog had more pics. haha. so if u are interested, check out chubby's blog ok! haha.

Gong Xi Gong Xi

2007-02-25T22:15:00.000+08:00

hello everyone.. i am finally back from the long hiatus.. hahaha. apologies for the long absence. haha. this entry gg to be a photos entry. pics taken from cny 2007 enjoy the pics :)

(i wore pink on the 2nd day and brown on the first)

some of the kids playing.. my favourite child!!

us, the si da mei ladies @ granny's place
again, the 4 pretty girls! :P

(from L-R) PLS, Pumpkin, Chubby and PBS

chubby with cousin stella

the lucky draw that my mother won the 1st prize worth $150. haha. everyone of us contributed 10 bucks.

us at my maternal granny's place

the

four
of
us with the "chen keng bai" look alike cousin. haha. (check out his ang baos..) haha.
us in the early morning of chu yi, as we are about to ..

..leave for paternal granny's place

Me and PLS

PLS and PBS

chubby and PBS

PLS and Chubby

P/S: PBS= Pumpkin Big Sister and PLS= Pumpkin Little Sister. names given by chubby.

2007-02-03T14:17:00.000+08:00

finally able to blog!! dun know wat was wrong the previous days when i tried to log into blogger. cant log in and that explains why i was absent from updating my blog the past week or so! haha.

just wanted to blog about how "unreasonable" my dad can get.haha. anyway, the story is that he dropped his phone at home on thursday night. and my sisters were saying how careless he was to drop his phone which was relatively new! then, my dad being the usual him who always find a blame for something wrong, he blamed my mother. he said it was my mother's fault. is cause my mother kept bugging him to go bathe that's why he dropped his phone! when sis told me about it over msn, i was like "wa kao! mama's surename is lai men! hahaha."

sometimes i really dun know how my mother can stand him. he always blames my mother for something that goes wrong, when i seriously dun think was my mother's fault. haha. funny sia. haha.

2007-01-17T00:46:00.000+08:00

us after the wet ride! damn wet lor! wahaha!
me with our hotel in the background.

hotel genting if i am not wrong
ferris wheel and our hotel in the background!

uploading photos can be such a hassle! it took me ages to upload all these photos! including the previous entry!! :(

2007-01-16T23:55:00.000+08:00

just some pics to share darling and i took while in genting to share with u all! enjoy!! :)

the view from the bridge at dino land!
us on board a real slow boat touring dino land
our hotel in the background
us striking a pose for the camera before gg for dinner
once again, me on board the slow boat
us while waiting for our turn for cyclone!

2007-01-14T23:40:00.000+08:00

just about 14 mins more to the end of the day. just wanna take this chance to wish the 2 most important guys in my life so far, my daddy and my beloved,

a very happy 51st and 21st birthday respectively!!

yes, both my darling and dad's birthday on 14th Jan! haha. so qiao right. haha. i thought so too! haha. :) but it also means that this weekend was a busy weekend for me men! haha. esp when darling's 21 this yr. haha. his chalet kept me busy from friday night till this morning. after which, afternoon and night was the celebration with my dad. haha. :)

once again,

HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY DAD

AND

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY DARLING!! -- hope u'd enjoyed urself last night at the party! haha. :D

2007-01-13T02:28:00.000+08:00

great day today!

first i had a relatively easy day in school though i had quite a number of lessons but all the lessons were enjoyable and not-so-boring la. ha.

then, after class, went with sheng to city hall for subway and had a great time just sharing with him my ma loo moments during my trip. feels good to have a best friend! haha. thanks sheng. for the great company! =D [and i forbid u for saying wat i forbid u today! hahahaha. say that once more and u will get it from me! >.<]

then. hahaha. my happiest time! met darling at the chalet after meeting sheng and helping sis with her shopping. anyway, the story begins with my intention of giving darling a surprise ever since the genting/kl trip. but in kl, couldnt do much as i fell sick and so all i could get for darling was an ice cream on the last day of the trip as his little surprise!

haha. then today, my chance of giving him a surprise came again! haha. was suppose to meet him after class to go check in the chalet! during lesson i was tinking of ways and means to surprise him today. so i ask if he can ask his parents to not go to the chalet tonight so it would be just the 2 of us. (so the surprise would be special and i wont be so paisei). so, at about 7 plus, i left city hall for the chalet. bought him mac for dinner as he requested and i went to get him a small but v cute cake. haha. (though not v nice i got to admit! haha.). hid the cake in my bag. pretend nothing happen. passed him his mac dinner and waited for a while until he is "into" his meal. brought my bag and the cake to the kitchen and prepared the candles and all. haha. when i brought it out to him, the surprised look on his face make me super happy. haha. can tell from his face he was enjoying that special moment! haha. and he was surprised! haha. aiya, i dun know how to effectively describe the look and the feeling! haha. but i was really really happy when i see him so happy! hahaha. but too bad la. we couldnt do much things there so we only watched some tv before heading home! haha. :)

oh, by the way, just a few figures/digits/numbers for u to think what they mean! haha.

35000 by 22. 40000 by 23.

dont know what this means? haha. ask me.

i officially declare that yoshinobu's my official target. i aspire to be him (no, not literally) haha! hopeing that darling's chalet will be a success and hope he can enjoy himself to the maximum tonight!! :D

2007-01-10T23:36:00.000+08:00

sometimes i wish you could just be a little more sensitive to my feelings.
sometimes i wish you could just think before you speak
sometimes i wish you could understand me better
sometimes i wish you could know wat i want/mean when i make an indirect request/statement
sometimes i wish you are there to help me out of a difficult situation when your dad is saying things that are absurd and wierd
sometimes i wish you are just like one of my best friends in NIE who seems to share the same frequency; and will laugh/curse at the same things as me

what happen? arent u suppose to be the one who understands me the most? haiz.

mrs yeo feels that we are the one for each other. most of the time i feel that way too. but sometimes i wonder if that is indeed the case or are we just deceiving ourselves?

2006-12-31T02:42:00.000+08:00

this shall be a fast post. i only wan to exclaim my excitement!!!! haha. not really an excitement la. haha. just that i am so happy la. cause my sis just came back from hongkong and she bought this back... if u can tell me wat is it before scrollin down for the pics, u know me well men! hahaha. u sure know wat can make me happy!!!! =)
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guess how many pairs are there?! hahaha.

there are a total of 9 pairs in the pic! haha. but my sister actually bought a total of 11 pairs. the other 2 are boots. haha. and i didnt include them in this pic. the piece of paper on the floor reads "mum, there are a total of 9 pairs of shoes here. guess which pair is for u! only one pair wor! =P" haha. cause my mother, though she already knew that my sis bought alot of shoes hasnt seen the shoes yet as she is already asleep when we back from airport. so we purposely lay the shoes out and "let her have a shock" tmr morning! haha. i am so happy!! haha. of course, sis also bought alot of clothes too. aha. our proudest moments when we back from hongkong sia. haha. ma chiam everything free like that. hahaha.

香港真的是买东西吃东西啊！i am so looking forward to 我与香港的下次的约会！:)

2006-12-24T01:01:00.000+08:00

yea! i finally got to meet up with the tall woman ms tang jiemin! haha. gosh, she is still as tall. hahaha. i only get to see her once a yr sia! haiz. anyway, spent the whole afternoon today with her and ah lian! ha. had prata at jalan kayu first together with elroy and darling too before they came over to my place for mj! haha. as usual. everyyear will play once with her when she's back. haha. just play with chips for shuang. haha. nv play money. haha. elroy left us earlier to pass the car to his sis. we later decided to head down to orchard as she wanted to take pictures of the christmas lightings. so darling and i went to orchard- in berms, tshirts and slippers. haha. didnt wan to change cause didnt wan darling to be the only one wearing and looking so lok cok, haha. and also cause i was lazy to change la. haha. anyway, just got back not long ago. am quite tired sia. esp when i only returned home this morning at 630 from the christmas party at mh's hall ytd night. haha. thanks to my driver xy, who feels that she is not tired so didnt leave earlier! haha. anyway, thanks girl! for sending darling and i back! :)

anyway, let me talk a little about my "encounter" yesterday! the "journey" in checking my results was a "tedious" one. cause the system was so jammed that many of my friends and myself couldnt access the portal! tried for around an hour AND more before i finally got to login! my god. make me change my entire plan! intended to catch the movie "curse of the golden flower" with darling at vivo in the afternoon before returning home for dinner. but cause of the delay in time, we decided to go out in the night- after dinner. haha. so couldnt watch any movie, we decided to head down to mh's hall for the mini get together! haha. prepared gifts and all. left home about 7 plus when darling suddenly say his parents wan him to go eat tang yuan. so we went over to his place and eat tang yuan first before taking train down to ntu. reached jp at about 940pm. jp having late night shopping. so still got time to go and buy some food. got ba kwa cause been having the craving! haha. so yep. we reached mh's hall at about 1030pm. while waiting for the rest to come, we played da di! haha. the rest came pretty late. maybe cause they drive, no need to scare no transport. haha. they all came at about 12 plus lor WHEN THE AGREED TIME WAS 1030!! haha. anyway, we played lots of funny games! aha. the games were quite lame and stupid. haha. but it gave me alot of ideas for games next time! hahaha. played bingo and darling and i concluded that we have no luck in bingo. hahaha. had a mini gift exchange too! haha. i am glad everyone love their gifts! except perhaps yoshinobu! haha. cause he got one of the gifts which i brought- the bathe set which says "groovy girls" or something! haha. u see, there were 10 people and with only 3 guys! haha. how would i know he would be the one who picked my gift? haha. majority of us prepared our gifts with GIRLS in mind. haha. anyhow, the whole party was v fun! haha. though it was a pity that results have got to be released ytd afternoon which resulted in some people having no mood in enjoying themselves and some not coming for the get together sia. and sheng! why u not there?! haha. wanted to thank u personally for ur card but u not there! why u must fall sick huh?! >.<>

my results- i managed to push my CGPA to 3.83, up from 3.65. got A- for that killer english module which i kept complaining about the amt of stuff to memorise and A for the other english module. for my english, i am v glad and thankful for such results! it came as a pleasant surprise. as for my hist, i am glad for one but am a little disappointed for the other. cause for one of my hist mod, i got A+! up from the usual A- i got for all my hist mods so far! haha. but for the other mod, i dropped to B! haiz. this is the only thing that i am not happy about!! haha. unable to maintain A for all hist modules! hahaha. but well, i shall not complain or whine. hahaha. cause at least i managed to keep to my promise to myself of not having any B-! haha. i really dun have any B- (and neither any B+!) haha. my Bs were purely B! haha. Bs for both education modules. haha.

overall, i am happy! haha. well, seeing how some of my friends are sad over their results, i really am in no position to complain or whine about my results. haha. so yea, i shall not be complaining. hahaha. hope i can continue to push my CGPA up! haha. hopefully by end of sem 2, i will be able to push it up to 4!! hahaha. i shall work towards it. sheng, we will work hard together k! hee.. we shall mug and motivate each other k! haha. see u in the library during the study break ya!! hahaha.

shall go sleep le. haha. am v tired!! haha. goodnight everyone!! advance merry christmas people!!

2006-12-20T17:27:00.000+08:00

well, my first attempt at driving's over. i failed. book for my restest on the 22nd of march. i hope this time round, i will pass!! hee.

i'm ok. haha. i gotten over my sadness le. haha. i shall try again! haha. this time round, i hope i wont be that scared and will be able to accelerate faster cause i got quite a number of demerit points for being too slow, delay in moving off, unnecessary stopping and erm, failure to change gear. hahaha!! =)

so to jo, cindy and erm xy - sorry to have to make u guys wait a longer time in taking my car. haha. i will fetch u all! it's only a mattar of time! hahaha. and my drivers - for the time being, pls continue to drive me around! and cindy, dun scrap ur car first k? haha. keep ur car around for me to use at least once first then can scrap ah! haha. :)

2006-12-19T23:07:00.000+08:00

it's tmr. i hope i'll pass. all i can say and promise is, i will do my best. :D

i do my best, God will do the rest.

2006-12-18T01:31:00.000+08:00

been long since i last updated my blog! haha. even darling also commented that i v long nv update le. so here i am! haha.

first things first. darling and my beloved cousin ord le. haha. and congrats to the both of them for getting back their long awaited pink ic! haha.

hmm. shall recall what i did for the past 2 weeks. haha.

4th dec: work in expo from 1.30 to 6.30

5th dec: met up with bl, sheng and sx after work. bl and i went to makan katong laksa! then pooled and ktv-ed till 2am reached home, online and watch dvd till about 5am! haha.

6th dec: woke up at 11, bathed and went for work. came back straight after work to go shop and save to buy things for my gesl camp. watched dvd till the next morning at 6.10am before cindy came to fetch me to tampines for gesl camp.

7th-8th: gesl camp. didnt sleep much also on the 7th night. played da dee with cindy jo and xy till about 5. slept and woke up at 7.30.

8th: break camp in the afternoon; went amk for seoul garden with cindy, jo, xy and arissa. cindy fetched me home. reached home at about 3 plus. bathed, did up the final gesl accounts, slept at 5pm till the next day 930am! power bo?! haha.

9th: ba meeting till about 3. reached home, slacked and watched dvd. haha. as usual. hahaha.

1oth: aerobics class in the morning, mj for about 1/2 round with sisters before gg to watch my parents' singing competition. haha. happening parents i've got hor! hahaha.

11th: went with sis1 around the island to hang up the banners at various bus interchange! haha. earned 80 bucks. haha.

12-13th: work at expo again. then as usual. after work, met up with different people! haha.

12th: met darling for dinner+get qi's gift at tampines. reached home at about 12am. bathed and watched dvd till about 3am.

13th night: out with hongxing pple to celebrate jo's bday. then went pool again. haha. charis bf sent me and darling home. haha.

14th: went for the fila warehouse sale. bought a number of bags. ha. then night went out with qi and yanling to celebrate their bday. ha. took a number of photos! haha.

15th: went driving and then met darling to go golden mile to purchase coach tic for our trip. ha. then dinner with mum's friends at bedok. food is nice! haha.

haha. for the past 2 weeks i realised i haven had any meals at home at all! been dining out wither with friends or with family! no wonder i kinda missed my mum's cooking! haha. that perhaps also explains why i kinda short of money these few days. cause everyday go out! haha. shopping plus eating till i broke sia! hahaha.

then there is driving to make the hole of my pocket bigger sia. hahaha. 2 more days! hope i can stop burning and enlarging my pocket hole after the 2oth! God please! let me pass! hahaha. hopefully after this week i will be a qualified driver!! God bless me sia! haha.

kinda lonely now. alone at home as my whole family went kukup with my cousins and aunts! haha. family trip. decided to give it a miss cause i dun wanna miss my driving lesson tmr(rather, today!). cause i got no other time to replace this lesson le. so might as well as give the trip a miss and hopefully i will be adequately prepared for my test on 20th! 3 more circuits lessons to go!! if i pass, i would be able to use the car when sis1 go hongkong next week and while sis2 is at work! though i dun think sis 1 is willing to lend me her car! haha. but nvm! i am pretty sure i can convince her to lend me her car!! haha. so there is an incentive for me to pass on the 20th- i get to use the car with no one fighting with me!! hahaha. so pple out there. pray for me! hahaha. :)

k la. getting late le. shall go sleep le. if not no jing shen for driving tmr! hahaha. goodnight pple!! haha. :D

2006-12-01T03:00:00.000+08:00

been hooked on watching videos from youtube these few days. thanks to the various people who have been recommending me the good videos out there! ha. both for laughter and for some motivation! haha.

among those that i have watched so far, my personal favourites are the one from mr brown "talking cock in parliament" featuring Hossan Leong and his "Singapore version" of "We didnt start the fire", taking on a new title "we live in singapura"! haha. damn funny sia. showed my sisters and they also had a great time laughing!! haha. check it out if u are free and have got nothing better to do and just would like a good laugh! ha. it really is quite funny la! hahaha. anyway, the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2QknbesG8

another one was shown to me by yanling. on the night before my last hist paper when i was just feeling so tired from starting revision and in full force straight after my 1st hist paper! ha. perhaps she didnt know, but after she showed me this video, it gave me the strength to push on for my last paper. i dun know about u guys, but after reading the writeup and watching the video itself, i fought hard to not let my tears flow (so yanling wouldnt laugh at me!) cause the bond between the father and son must be so great! after all that the father has done for and WITH the kid! the links for both the write up and videos are as follows:

writeup: http://blogs.timesunion.com/bird/?m=200610 scroll down till u see the article entitled "A worthy read" (paisei ah. i didnt go try find the article by Rick Reilly cause i just wanted to show it to my sis and hence, just go google search and type in the names of the father and son and this was the 1st/2nd results. so yup.)

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1PxfW43fuk

really hope u would enjoy these 2 videos. lazy to post up the rest le. haha. enjoy!!

2006-11-23T14:12:00.000+08:00

my paper today was hell. the first qn was the killer. it looks simple, yet difficult. the 2nd and the 3rd qn was perhaps the saviour but still, the paper was a disgusting one. the questions asked were those that u really need to think very hard to answer them. and even though it is an open book exam, his notes and readings didnt really help much in our analysis. think maybe the datas were too simple for us to really talk much about it? disadvantage of having too simple datas!!! and it is so different from the kinds we have been dealing with in quizes and tutorial!!! haiz.

i dun think i will fail but neither are my hopes high for B+ or A. haiz. i would be thankful if God would grant me a B+ for this module sia! haiz. hopefully my analysis werent that awfully wrong. to think i had hoped that this module will pull my gpa up. haiz. please God. give me at least a B+ can?!

slacking around again. went hall office to complain about the flies infestation in the toilet. it is freaking er xin! haiz. hope the problem will be solved soon sia. haiz. and hope my toilet will be cleaner.

am so looking forward for better papers next week! it's 2 more history papers and i am free!!! i can do it!!! go go go!!