Happy Halloween! (plus a summary of the past weekend)

My friend said I very long never post liao...very long meh? Well, alot of things happened lah...happy things, sad things, good things, bad things...so many. I also dunno where to start leh...

Well, I guess not everything is blog fodder lah, so if anyone is wondering why I haven't been posting as often, well, I have my own privacy too mah...haha.

Well, to the left you see some of my friends at Ritchie's birthday party! Haha...quite fun night, even though I was unappreciated as the cake-serving maid...BLEAH!

Next time I don't want to cut cake for people liao! Boohoo!!! Before that I mentioned clubbing right? Well, it was a whirlwind night lah...I mean, first we went to Madam Wong's for Eusoff Hall bash thingy. I didn't like the crowd, abit dead, but I met my ex-OCs! Haha...so quite happy! It was cool seeing them there lor...but they complain the crowd abit too young for them..haha...funny sia. Later then I went to Happy to see what a gay club was like...super eye-opener sia...my friends brought me around, and how do you say this...there were many...err...interesting things to see.

Bronson and George ever told me (a long time ago) that I would enjoy the music at gay bars/clubs, and how even they themselves enjoy it. Boy, were they right. Haha....I really did enjoy the music. I even discovered that I can actually dance...but I think still not ready to show the world...too paiseh..haha Here's the group who went to 'chiong' the night away. From left: Kelvin, Xinwei, me, Junyu and Jeffrey. I made two new friends that night lah...Junyu and Jeffrey. Very cool guys, and great fun. After clubbing, we sat at Maxwell until 6am (to beat the surcharge timing), and we chatted and laughed. There were many 'yao jing's there...damn amazing lah.

The experience was like, "WOW...I never knew leh"...that kinda feeling lor..haha. Kel refers to the general population as 'yao jing's (Chinese for female demon spirits)...but I guess the term is quite apt lah. Thanks for the great night, guys! I was definitely Happy!

On a side note, I still don't like clubbing cos of three things:

1) The cigarette smoke
2) The loud music
3) The fact that I see anything - only bright, flashing lights...painful!

Now I'm stuck in Central Library, Level 6...sianz...doing Japanese Studies project. I don't like it at all....wargh! Okay, I am going to try and jia you! Blog again soon! Bye guys!

PS: to everyone who reads my blog, tag me leh...then I know u are alive mah...I am talking about...YOU ALL KNOW WHO U ARE LAH...freaking voyeurs!

haha...quite true....hmm...

BUTTERFLY EYES

You have Butterfly
Eyes!
Positive Traits: Thoughtful,
Intelligent, Humble, Clever, Open
Minded
Negative Traits: Elitist,
Conceited, Apathetic, Cold, Sarcastic


Your eyes are the windows to your soul. What type of eyes do you have?
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my clubbing night out (short version)

Basically, MS sucks, and Tanjong Pagar rules!

Then I met new people i.e. new friends!

I have a lot of fun, WITHOUT the help of alcohol...surprisingly...haha

Natural highs are easily generated given the right MUSIC and ENVIRONMENT.


THANKS GUYS!
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Now need to go for tuition in a semi-conscious state. Came back 3 hours ago, and dunno whether should go for a fun day in the sun at Sentosa? Haha....we see how lah, tonight still got party at Ritchie's there wor! Hahaha ^_^

I SWEAR I DIDN'T KNOW!

Psssst! Do you guys realise something?!

Well, if you look carefully at my blog, you'll realise that......



THE COLOUR SCHEME OF MY BLOG IS THE MAIN COLOURS OF NUS!!!



Machiam I am some kinda die-hard patriot leh! Wahahaha....ah well, blue and orange really is a nice combination what! Haha, so I'm not changing anything. ^_^

Another 'bo liao' thing...it's 3am, gimme a break!

You are a Mew. Happy, playful, and jolly are three
words to describe you. You are also very nice.
Almost everyone loves you, and those who don't
should. You are quite a rare Pokemon, and are
probably one of a kind in real life too.


Which of these Pokemon are you?
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new experiences = exciting tmr = moving my ass

Let's see, been a little like 'not-updating-my-blog' hor? Well, I also dunno lah, just didn't feel like it. Anyhow, this weekend is going to be exciting. I'm going with Xinwei and Kel to some silly club thingy that's organised by dunno who, but XW had to sell tickets, so we just go lah...

The plan is to leave and go to Happy, Mox, or any other club lah...I HATE CLUBBING, but it sucks being a prude, so must go out and meet some people lah... So, since the opportunity is here, just grab it lor...I think too much sometimes, who knows? I may have FUN! And meet new people! Like what I said I would do...haha...

So here's to my up and coming, EXCITING WEEKEND! WOOHOO!

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I totally did not go for Philo lecture today because I overslept (not that I regret cos I spent quality time with Yixin last night). Anyway, I printed out my Philo essay liao...and there's this SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT! I hope I get above 20 for this paper! Wanna do well! Hahaha. ^_^

I met Jun and we shopped for Ritchie's birthday prezzie! Hope you like it Rich! Got 7 DAY EXCHANGE POLICY, so don't scared ok? Hahaha...

Tmr morning Darren is coming to drive me to school can?! He just got his license...so exciting! I think Friday to Sunday is going to SUPER exciting! Heehee.

not feeling like working = extreme boredom = what u see in this post

Your Birthdate: April 3

Being born on the 3rd day of the month is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental. There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to portray an easygoing, "couldn't care less" attitude. You have a natural ability to express yourself in public, and you always make a very good impression. Good with words, you excel in writing, speaking, and possibly singing. You are energetic and always a good conversationalist. You have a keen imagination, but you tend to scatter your energies and become involved with too many superficial matters. You are affectionate and loving, but sometimes too sensitive. You are subject to rapid ups and downs.

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

what I need to learn how to do...

This was a lesson I learnt yesterday. Did I really manage to achieve some degree of these three elements? Can I really heal? Well, M said I scored okay, but I dunno lah...We shall see, won't we? ^_^

I got the main thing off deviantART, and added the words and inverted the colours myself...

An extreme moment of UNCONSCIOUSNESS!

I tell you...I should just shoot myself and fall off a cliff.

WHY?

Well, just now my SSA2202 project groupmates all came right? Then we worked at the bloody thing until around noon. I mean, like everyone read through the thing which I wrote (albeit shitty-ly done) and gave thwir comments. I mean everyone came early to meet up and finish the report. Then as most of them left for lecture, only left Charmaine and me lah.

So she was like doing all the pictures and everything. Like she's really good and taught me how to use 'Shift' instead of 'Ctrl' to group pictures together. I'm like such a nitwit lah. Anyway, at around 1125 we actually finish the thing! Like damn happy lah! Only left printing lor...

Then what did their group leader (yes..that's ME) do? The stoopid toot went to transfer files until he got confused and REPLACED the finished document with the initial, UNFINISHED one! WARGH WARGGH @#$%^&**())_^&&!

So I'm like distraught for about an hour or so. I was supposed to go to Central Library to look for references for my Philo paper, then in the end I just rushed down to the shelves and pick a few "weightier" looking publications and headed for home lor.

Anyway, it wasn't as bad as I'd thought it would be. I managed to remember most of the stuff that were changed this morning, and the pictures were done in a jiffy! Whew...thanks goodness sia.

Oh, along the way, I grabbed onto any friend I knew to bitch about it. Thanks for listening Ernest! *hugz* Then when I could not find anyone else, I began to SMS, but only dearest Brandon replied to sooth my annoyed spirit. Thanks man...you're the best..haha...wasting SMSes on silly, ranting Xing Jian.

Anyway, the SSA2202 project is printed and protected! Girls! You will see it tomorrow ok? Seeya in lecture tmr! Wheet! ^_^

yoohoo... i think i'm crazy... ^_^

I am in school, ON MY FREE DAY, waiting for my project mates to arrive. Oh no, they're not late...I'm EARLY. Being the silly toot that I am, I've misjudged my time again. So now I'm in the canteen lor.

Lucky I met Brendon..haha...it's always nice talking with him. Very smart guy you know? He's really nice lor..giving me advice and all. I first knew him in JC, and I thought he looked like a friend from school, but nope. I think he just had an "hi, I think I know you?" face? Haha...

Oops, there he goes...off to study. Damn hardworking, and really makes his grades count. I think his CAP is at least 4.7 - 4.9. Scarrry....

Well, it's still early, and they'll prolly be late. I think I should go and get some breakfast....wonder what is nice to eat today. *muses*

tired but bitten by the 'must-post-something' bug

I've just finished about 95% of my SSA2202 project. Damn tired lah...then tomorrow (actually in 5hrs time) still going to meet up with my group mates at 0830 at The Deck (canteen in NUS FASS). *yawnz*

I'll just leave everyone with a poem okay? Wrote it awhile ago...

NOTE: the first four lines are written by my friend Yixin! I just added on to it cos' I had nothing to do, and wanted to scribble in my diary.

in this poem extends a riddle,

limited by words but thoughts i cuddle.

otherwise flashing loud & clear,

venting a message for you to hear.

else remains a mystery yet to be unravelled

voices ringing from lands less travelled

images i conjure in my mind's eye

ne'er do they actually help me get by

consolidation of feelings most strong

Egads! all they do is throw me into the throng...

green tops, exciting EL and the destruction of a boy.

Let's see, today was a super rush rush day for l'il ol' me (okok, I'm not little, but I'm working on that okay?!). The day starts off well, and as you can see, I am feeling 'dressy' again. So there's that Abercrombie shirt that I so love. So it's green, and stripey and all that. LOVE IT! *gush*

Anyway, I notice that alot of my friends happen to be wearing green today! Coincidence? I dunno. But I decided it was blog-worthy, so here are some of my friends, decked out in their best green threads!

Let's see, on the left is Alby! Judoka extraordinaire! Above is Eu Ming! Also a judoka, and an extremely gentle giant-type person! Splendid! On the right, is Brandon...let's see, major cock-talker, but excellent buddy, and just recently recovered from a bout of conjunctivitis. ^_^

So those are the greenies for today! (Special note to Des for teaching me to use the 'add image' button. I'm such a computer nut! Hahaha...thanks Des!)

Well, on to exciting EL lecture. Today's lecture was on semantics, which I've come to realise is damn bloody irritating/annoying/thought-provoking and FUN! Haha...Madelena was very funny today, and I found myself absorbing alot. She also spoke on taking EL up as a major, and I realised that there are many things that the department covers. Quite extensive actually...so I'm not that disappointed. I thought I would be, but no, it's all quite exciting. Haha. After that, there was a nice reception thingy outside...there were sandwiches and tiny eclairs which weren't too bad. Xinwei said they looked like toes with chocolate nails... he does have a way with words doesn't he? sheesh....heh

I got my test back...it wasn't too bad...but as I said in my previous post. I could've gotten full marks! WARGH! But heck lah, it's over liao...focus on the main exam now! Heehee...tutorial was fun as usual. I always enjoy EL tutorial. Abit sad that it's ending next week. Haiz...what to do? :(

Now, I rush off to tuition (and actually make it in time! NUS to Yishun in just under an hour!) and today was damn exciting. After I did the usual nag at him about why he's so lazy and 'bo chap'. I decide to take things into my own hands. I forcibly assigned him work, and then here's the killer... I UNINSTALLED HIS MAPLE STORY FROM HIS COMPUTER! Guess what the little shit did?! He ran into his room and cried?! Oh my gawd...I was a little stunned lah. I mean, you know you can actually download it again off the Internet. I guess, he doesn't know...

Well, so now I've become Public Enemy No. 1, and he wouldn't talk to me at all. Tomorrow I am going to check on him again and see how. When I left his room, he promptly slammed the door, and stayed inside. His equally 'bo-chap' mom just said everything will be okay....but I seriously doubt it. Merv said I may have made a mistake, and I agree. But I will know when I go back tomorrow. Let's see the extent of the damage.

We were traumatised alot during our childhood, but it is these that shape us. I think today I ripped him apart, and most probably he fell backwards. Jialat...I'll know tmr lah. Wish me luck! Time to REPAIR! ^_^

After tuition, I 'flew' (under 1 hour again..power of our transport system) back to school for project meeting. Worked until late late, but lucky my friends were all so wonderful. I really enjoy working with them! Thanks guys! Wait! Actually should be....THANKS GIRLS! (I'm the ONLY guy...haha...diao) They are like the nicest, funniest people lor...really glad I got to know this bunch of people! Thanks Rebecca, Ting, Adeline, Charmaine and Yuqian! I will jiayou and complete the project and let you all see on Monday morning! ^_^

Okay lah, today's entry long hor? Tomorrow I have a super SUPER packed and long day...need to get up the energy to push through man...sianz.

Schedule for Saturday

1) Follow l'il Bro to RJC for an important talk-talk.

2) Go to tuition and see if need to repair anything (confirm have wan)

3) Head to NUS for Japanese Studies project meeting.

4) Hopefully finish planning for my Philo essay. Need to find some references lah..give it more weight! Heh..

GOOD NIGHT PEOPLE!

the cacophony of silence...

The title has nothing to do with anything, I just thought it sounded cool lor. It's just that I am currently in JS lecture and there is really nothing else better to do other than blog. I have no idea how to tune into my lecturer's frequency, and so I cannot understand anything anyway.

I mean, he lectures from a different set of slides, and he only uploads them after the lecture. I mean I just can't understand lah. He nice and everything but just damn boring...sighz...

Let's see, after a random scan of the lecture theatre, I see many interesting things. Here are some of them:

1) a guy playing Gunbound on his laptop (it's an online game lah)

2) general sounds of chatter amongst members of the "i-dun-understand-wat-he's-saying" population.

3) my friend, Des, is the only one actually taking notes I think. His friend, June Lee just shared this lame-ass joke:

Qn: What is Bruce Lee's favourite drink?

Ans: WAH-TAH!!!! (wa-tar -> water?)

Lame right? My goodness lor...haha

4) People are dropping like flies everywhere..too sleepy. You see rolling heads, looking like they're going to snap off with the next rotation of their necks.

5) Random people leaving the lecture before they die.

I think that about covers the general situation in the lecture now. Of course there are a good number of people who like my friend Des who actually manage to glean information from this terrible experience every Thursday.

It never ceases to amaze me lah. I have already sworn an oath to protect my juniors from this monstrous module. I will save them! Wahaha...

FEMALE 50 GORGEOUS PEOPLE 2005

Hey everyone! This is a special post for my good friend Bronson Chan! He is in the running for the abovementioned contest. It is a contest where the winners are voted in by people like you and me! So calling out to all those readers of my blog, please vote for Bronson! (PS: there are prizes to be won, even for the voters, so pleas lend your support!)

Especially those from OCS Echo Wing Platoon 3, and 1 GUARDS! Support Bronson yah?!

Here's how to vote:

VIA MAIL - Send in the completed coupon with your choices (you have to buy the mag)
VIA WEBSITE - Log on to www.Female50GP.com
VIA SMS - Key in: contestant no., sms code, name, nric, email, dob(ddmmyy) and SMS to 72666. Each SMS costs $0.30.

The relevant SMS codes are as follows:

Most Gorgeous Male - MGM
Most Gorgeous Female - MGF
Subaru Most Outgoing Personality, Male - MOPM
Subaru Most Outgoing Personality, Female - MOPF
Lexmark Most Photogenic Male - MPM
Lexmark Most Photogenic Female - MPF
Fendi Watches Most Glamorous Female - FMGF

Closing Date for voting: 30 November 2005

Here's a picture of our main man! Contestant No. 22! ^_^

Oops I did it again...haha

Haiz, I tell you ah, this morning was super paiseh (embarrassed/embarrassing) for me can?! I was on the 33, on my way to school. Well, you all know I always sleep on buses mah, so as usual I sleep lah...

And you all also know that sometimes I sleep until I forget to alight, miss my stop, or go straight into the interchange right? Well, this morning was CLASSIC man. I was really sleepy (talk until 3.30am how NOT to be sleepy?), so when the bus reached the terminal and stopped, I did not get up.

Like that still okay, but what happened was that the bus driver actually GOT OUT of the driver's seat and approached me to wake me up. The funny thing was that he did not come and tap me on my shoulder or anything like that. Instead, he kept clapping..yes, CLAPPING! Damn funny lah...

So as he walked towards me, he just kept clapping, but I did not get up because I had my Shuffle stuck in my ears. He was about a metre away before I actually heard something and woke up. Sighz...then the terminal got people waiting for bus also lor...so they prolly saw the entire incident. Sheesh...super MALU can?!

I think I should just roll over and die or something...

^_^


Oh, I did this quiz to find out what zodiac sign I truly am/actually behave like...guess what?

I got the EXACT SAME SIGN as my actual sign...

so waste time can?! Hahahaha...

You are most like an Aries!
Dominant,agressive,active,brave!
That's you!


What zodiac sign are you most like?
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too much time?

Did a quiz for fun...abit bored lah...forgive me...wahaha

There is a Chimaera in you. You have a lot of
personalities. This makes you feel safe. This
also makes you confused from time to time. You
hold all your feelings for yourself and
sometimes it bothers you that people don't
understand you. Be a bit more opener so that
people can see the real you, they will like it
and I'm sure you will like it as well.
Understand that people have to take you the way
you are, you are a great person so don't be
afraid. Nobody's perfect ;)


What Mystical Creature is in your soul? ( With Pictures)
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hua she tian zu (draw snake add legs)

Just checked the answer key for last English Language test. I think I'm in for it. Worse thing is, I could've have gotten full marks. And it's not even the everyone-says-they-could've-gotten-full-marks statement.

I REALLY COULD HAVE GOTTEN FULL MARKS. MY ANSWERS WERE ALL THE SAME...INITIALLY...
then I went to add legs to the snake lor...shit.

*bangs head against wall*

WARGH!

Not the cleverest thing to do...you'd think I'd have learnt my lesson after so many years in this education system...but NOOOO...still have to go and be extra, and see where it gets me? Now I'm dreading my Friday tutorial...I so don't wanna get the test paper back...sighz...

moody Monday...blue as blue can be...sighz

Let's do this post, LiveJournal style:


Mood: moody :(
Music: Michael Bublé - Home


I started out the day pretty well, but then I was suddenly overcome with this bout of moodiness. I was sitting in the library, but then I just couldn't stay anymore. Because of that I could not deliver the cake which I promised many of my friends.

Sorry Xinwei, Kel, Vince, Darren...
Dunno why I'm PMS-ing today...sianz..
(maybe I should go take Panadol? Wahaha)

Okay lah, going to sleep this bloody thing off...lucky got Michael Bublé to accompany me with his beautiful voice this gloomy Monday afternoon.

Later got tuition class somemore, and need to finish SS project portion plus Philo draft!...

double sian-ness...

here's a poem for someone:

soothing aura, emanates

highest eyebrows, plucked and shaped

under long lashes, illuminate

amber-auburn eyes that do dictate

INTELLECT! most brilliant and true...

grace in form and hopefully essence,

elevating heart rates and causing tensions.

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire!

This is just a random rave of a Harry Potter fan. Please feel free to ignore this post as totally unless and flame-worthy. You may wish to consult your local witch-doctor/bomoh/psychic to curse me into oblivion for wasting precious time and effort posting seemingly inane content on my blog.

I do apologise to those non-Potter fans...but too bad. I am excited about the fourth installment, so there! :-p I am especially looking forward to seeing the casting for all the secondary characters. Especially Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Fleur "Dela-i dunno how to spell her name" and the wonderous children from the other competing wizarding schools. So please enjoy this spate of useless, but nonetheless exceedingly 'chio' posters!

(PS: note the general DARKNESS of the posters...it reeks of Dark Magic, and is highly reflective of the darker turn of events in their fourth year at Hogwarts!)

Most of the main cast! Love them to bits! Albeit they are getting older, but I'm not complaining...upping the teen factor is perfect! ^_^

Emma looks very very nice in this outfit. I must commend her stylist. Love the modern looking Muggle garb. Robes, SO do not flatter her svelte, youthful figure. Hope she duels or something in this get up..hee

Aaah...Cedric Diggory. Very very handsome young man here. Super SHUAI! The robes don't do him justice, but his face more than makes up for it I guess..heh. He really does look like the handsome, captain of the Quidditch team from Hufflepuff house ay? (I didn't get that info wrong right? He is team captain for Hufflepuff right?)

Fleur is very well casted. I almost believe she is part Veela. Haha...can't wait to hear her accent, and watch her haughtiness. Fun fun fun...

THE MAGIC BEGINS NOVEMBER 18

(should be correct, according to posters lah)

a day with Michele...AGAIN...(this time with innocent victims)

Today was supposed to be a get together day for Jianping, Mish, Xiaomin and myself. We were all supposed to go to Sentosa and spend a nice day there with food which we brought along lah. Guess what...our plans fell through..as usual.

The vicious pattern repeats itself...WARGH!

All this girl's fault lah...this bloody woman got NO f***ing time integrity hor!!! We spoke about it already yah? Bleah...but still have to love her...she's part of my life...hahaha

So we all didn't go to Sentosa in the end, and we ended up in NUS SRC pool can? I had baked brownies lah, well the were supposed to be brownies, but they sorta became heavy chocolate cake instead. So it was an interesting cross between the two lah. (Those in my SS project group will get to try on Mon! I'm bringing to class! Just for you guys!) Mish was supposed to bring sandwiches, but being the lazy person she is, she basically microwaved sausages (some of which exploded!), and brought the bread along. So technically, she did not actually MAKE anything...hmph!

So XM, XM's bf - Kevin, Mish and I went to sit at Kent Ridge Guild House at first, but we got chased out can?! So embarrassing sia...the guard said (use haughty, but cannot make it accent), "This is a PRIVATE club, and NO outside food is ALLOWED! You HAVE to leave." So what to do, leave lor. So everyone gave their most nervous laugh, and that's when we headed down to SRC. There, Mish had to fake her way in lah, but fortunately, the lifeguards were SUPER nice lor...and let us in. Yay! So we sat by the pool and finished off the rest of the food while waiting for Jianping to arrive (yes, he haven't arrive yet...not surprising).

Jianping gets through the lifeguards as well (they must have been a very good mood), and sits down. I realised that Jianping still looks the same lah...never change much. Heehee... (Mish! You remember what I said to you outside the Macs ah?! Wahaha...still the same!) We sit together and talk more crap, and basically reminisced about the good old days. Fun lah, but poor Kevin felt left out, and excused himself to spare himself, and us I guess (Sorry Kev!).

Jianping really went to town with the stuff I baked...haha...had to tell him to leave some. Got people I wanna give to on Monday mah. Hee. Xiaomin then had to go off and be with Kevin, so we send them off lor...hee...

Then Mish, JP and I went to Clementi to catch a movie. We watched Flightplan instead of Into The Blue. JP's whining cannot defeat Mish's insistence. What was I doing? I was enjoying staring at the latest Harry Potter movie standup cardboard thingy.

Can't wait for this movie! Woohoo! I wanna see all the characters again! Excited!

The movie wasn't too bad, quite interesting man...wahaha.. I enjoyed it lah. Jodie Foster still very nice to watch. Enjoyed the story..very interesting...like need a little thinking, but too much until it hurts, just enough to make you wonder and puzzled.

The day ended with a quick meal, and more idle chatter at the nearby Macs, and I really did enjoy myself. Felt good to be with old friends again. Missed them... ^_^

The four of us! I look terrible here, but since everyone else looks so good, I will sacrifice lah. These friends I will never regret making, and they are still here with me even after all the "feng1 feng1 yu3 yu3" (wind wind rain rain - trials and tribulations). I love them all! Thanks guys!

Clockwise from me: Mish, Jianping and Xiaomin.

Now going home to spend time with mother liao! Ciao everyone! Seeya on Monday! ^_^

A day with Michele... what can i say? ^_^

Let's see...where should I start. This girl called Michele aka Mish, is my good friend from JC. She asks me out for Hot Yoga class. It sounded exciting, so I skip lecture just so to accompany her, and see what Hot Yoga is all about.

So I leave school in my 'la sup' outfit (btw, EVERYONE who knows me in school asked about my attire can? Wargh!), and head to Pacific Plaza to meet my dear Mish. So the arranged timing is 12noon, and I'm there like at 1145 (I'm too early for my own good, bad habit), and she arrives at 12.10..of course I am not surprised lah. When you're used to a person, you tend to accept their excuses and BAD HABITS.

After the customary nag-fest (lasted for about 5mins), we head to the True Yoga counter to check-in...then my most splendiferous Mish gets an update that the class is actually at the Raffles branch of True Yoga! And that it starts at 1230, and it was already 1225! ARGH!

So we rush down to Raffles, to miss Hot Yoga, and in the end, we end up doing the 1330 Pilates class. It wasn't too bad. In fact, I felt a lot of muscles which I seldom feel...whew..it sure was tough, but still not tough enough to work up a sweat. Still, it was an extremely cool, new, and relaxing experience..all rolled into one. My legs hurt, but at least I think my butt is more shapely...or at least..it hurts lah, so I know I worked the muscles..whee!

So I skipped Japanese Studies lecture for this (no, I do not regret at all, Ernest smsed me to tell me that the guest lecturer was BORRRING...). Then we went SHOPPING! Okay, more lik e Mish went shopping lah..she bought 2 pairs of shoes and a skirt can?!

It really felt like JC days again...and the both of us kept seeing SAJC students too! In the same kinda person-combination can? So nostalgic...sighz...

Oh, today, got my butt kicked by her as well...I deserve it I guess...never take responsibility for my finances...thanks Mish! will settle what I promised you! ^_^

Okay, actually got more things to say wan, but sorta running late liao..tmr still got EL test to settle...ARGH! no time!!!

argh...so 'LA SUP'!!! (and a tissue paper rescue)

Aiyah, I feel really 'la sup' (in reference to dressing, this means very slipshod, or messy, or low class) today! Must make a mental note never to wear like that again. Haha.

I feel like I should be hawking some kind of meat in a wet market can? Anyway, just now I performed a rescue for XM. She needed tissue paper desperately..haha...so I had to go all the way from The Deck to LT11 again. Quite funny to receive an SMS asking for tissue paper out of the blue. Heehee...

Tmr got EL test...need to ACE IT! Positive projection! 30/30!

Gambatte ne!

Post 207

I did not even notice that I had exceeded 200 posts already. Wanted to do something a little different for post no. 200, but since over already, then forget it lah.

Anyway, today I'm dressed llike SUPER 'LA SUP'...I mean Mish said can wear singlet and bermudas cos' we're gonna go for yoga today. Somehow, I still feel very 'la sup' lah...how? Cham...

To make matters worse, it has begun to rain!!! Crap man...traffic is going to become a killer...

okok. talk less, 'chiong' to school first, if not late for lecture liao...seeya!

BE BRAVE, AND GO AHEAD AND LOVE!

The song below has very meaningful lyrics. My friend Yiting dedicate to me just now! Haha...it maybe sung by a boyband who is not that great, but the message can apply to us all in our lives. And no, I will not provide a translation (not now at least, I'm lazy can?!)

Go read it...it makes a lot sense! Thanks Yiting!

歌手：k one 专辑：勇敢去爱

曲 词:samuel waermo marcus dernulf harry sommerdahl

这世界太多坏
坏得让人不敢有所期待
快站出来
把那黑白色彩变成灿烂
看清自己的存在
压力如排山倒海
我绝不能失败

勇敢去爱
爱的力量无限呐喊(正在呐喊)
摆脱一切阻碍
用力点燃胸口这圣火
we're the power generation

啊~music

一道光 in the sky
狠狠穿透眼前这片黑暗
爱真精采
把那傲慢不满全都抛开
谁都不愿被主宰
流窜血液正澎湃
火力已全开
攀上残酷的舞台
站在力量最顶端
we will come alive

EL test seems intimidating...and my friend Darren

Just tried doing the EL past test papers. Hmm...got many mistakes, but then, I didn't use the textbook though. Haha...Crap lah...sian diao...tmr I will plough through the textbook, tutorials and tests again. Heehee...chao Mugger!!! It's quite sad, I'm sorta just stoning in the Central Library waiting for time to pass, and blogging for no reason at all...

Gosh...what am I doing man...hahaha...

I think I'm in this spate of introducing my friends to the world. Haha... Anyway, this dude you see here is Darren, but I prefer to call him Tze Jian...(got Jian in his name also...I feel an affinity to all people with variations of 'Xing', 'Xin' or 'Jian'). Chinese names are fun! More intimate mah...wahaha.

He is a crapper, and talks a lot of rubbish. But generally amuses me, and I do have fun hanging out with him. He's one of the few AC boys I actually get along with...heh (cannot blame mah, I'm from SJI leh). Anyway, met the bugger in OCS, and never looked back since then...

Lost touch after OCS, but NUS brings people together mah...thank the university for that. ^_^

This is Darren aka Tze Jian.

a usual Tuesday, my friend Jessica, and homosexuals in Singapore.

Disclaimer: The 3 things listed in the title of this post are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE and have NO BEARING on each other whatsoever.

Let's see, I'm in the Central Library once again. Level 6 of course. It has become an integral feature in my life here in University, and I think it will continue to be so. Haha...ah well, I have to learn to accept it I guess.

I'm now with Jessica who is sitting right in front of me...hee. I met this interesting girl in my Japanese Studies class. She's is very funny wan..always can make her laugh very easily. Heh..she's really a nice person lah, can be a little feather-brained at times, but generally still organised and focussed. This means she won't die or fall flat on her face if left alone to her own ministrations..wahaha. (and she gets this entry because she said she was going to blog abt me...only I think she was going to flame me on her blog lah..so I dunno also)

This is her...the reason she looks slightly menacing is because I took the picture without warning her. Yes, she can stare daggers and poke you full of holes..wahaha. But I'm impervious lah...heehee

Jess is proof that you can make fast friends, and endearing personalities do help people to survive in university. Thank you Jess for becoming my friend!!! ^_^ (Psst! She has an inclination towards Caucasians..heehee, but then I think we all do lah, to some extent..heh)

HAHAHA...I just got 'gently reminded' by one of the staff that I should not drag my laptop cable across the walkways in Level 6. Well, she said that it's still quite early, and it's not like I have a lack of power points...so she asked me to MOVE, in her gentle, but 'I-mean-business' manner...haha. Somehow, I think she was Xinwei's mom, but I'm not sure lah...I wonder...ah well...I'll move once I'm done with this post.

Today my day ends at 1400hrs...or most likely earlier than that. The SS lecturer usually ends earlier wan, I also don't know why. Well, I plan to do the mock EL tests after that, then will leave to go to Toa Payoh at around 1645hrs. Tonight I'm assisting with the ECI gang. Got a preview for LYM, and I promised Meimei that I'll be there to support her! Sounds fun tonight, even got lucky draw can? Wahaha...that's a first.

Oh, go read this blog entry...I came across it in one of my regular blog surfing session (i.e. I go through my list of links to see if there are any updates). It's quite interesting, pointed, and IMHO, very true. We need to loosen up man...seriously. I would think now is as good a time as any...if you don't even start, and just TALK about it...that's what it'll be...just TALK...nothing more, nothing less...

Good day to everyone! ^_^

sianz...

I don't know why, but I feel sian today. Just no real energy flowing through me today. Sigh...I wonder why.

As a result, I think I dressed super 'la sup' today lor...was trying to create a laid-back look, but it sorta fell through. Need to rethink my wardrobe tmr. Got something on tmr evening. Yah, must dress nicer tmr!

Be happy and dress happy! Yay!

administrative affairs

Yay! I managed to shrink the width of my blog (sorta), so that it can fit into most screens. I realised that it was too wide before, but I had no idea how to shrink without making everything else wonky you see.

Anyway, I added a new picture (I looked dazed right?), but the colours are nice yah? Ting do for me wan! Yay, thanks Ting! Heehee...I like my hair and my shirt, they actually OKAY...usually I'm quite 'la sup' in school, but that day I was feeling 'dressy' mah...heehee..

Okay lah, I'm going to sleep liao...abit late already, and tomorrow still have a long day ahead of me. Go go go!!!

not a lot of work, but two dinners with Mom

This weekend was relatively nice! Spent time with Mother and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Tell you all about this morning first. I went to the gym. When I was in the shower, I saw the most disgusting thing can?! So like finished shampooing and soaping, then during drying, I look up and there is this GIGANTIC COCKAROACH on the ceiling! I hate cockaroaches can?!

I suddenly have this whole, I'm-in-the-movie-"Arachnophobia" image in my mind, just that it's cockaroaches...yucks! I quickly finished up and fled...talk about harrowing man...

There is another incident that bugged me yesterday. I was sitting in the MRT train on my way back. Then this girl comes in and sits down and guess what I see?! A BIG GULP from 7-Eleven! I mean, hello!? This is the MRT. There are signs that are everywhere stating that you can fined?! The ultimate act of defiance!

My mom said I should have told her off, but then what would that accomplish? Embarrass her? Maybe...well, I dunno...

The Law!

The perpetrator that broke the law and stands defiantly and spits in it face!

Anyway, here are some pictures of dinner yesterday!

Fried brown rice with assorted legumes and mock meat. Mom forgot to drain the sauce from the mock meat, so it turned out really sweet. There was 'chocolate' and 'tau sar' (sweet red bean paste) flavours in the rice. Most intriguing! Haha... These are the hands currently conducting a labour of love. Frying rice is hard work!

Salad. Californian seedless black grapes, cherry tomatoes, diced cucumber, and diced Chinese fragrant pears. Dressed with olive oil and lime juice. ^_^

Stir-fried beef with red and green capsicums. The beef was a little tough, but according to Mom, just chew it and taste the 'sweetness' of the meat can liao. Haha, guess that's how to deal with all meat dishes that turn out tough...wahaha

Salmon sashimi on a bed of lettuce, drizzled with lime juice (to kill bacteria and add tangy-ness). This was a request from my bro...guess he suddenly has a craving for raw fish. We kept getting lectures from Mom about not eating raw things too often...will end up with worms...eeew...scary.

Well, the food looks not bad right? I really love eating my Mom's cooking...it's always interesting and different. Wah haha...I think I need to go and do work liao. Tmr I have a Japanese Studies project meeting, so will be working till late!

Gambatte ne!

dinner with Mom...

I just finished dinner with Mother dearest. It was her day off today, and she spent most of it doing household chores and preparing dinner for her two sons. Sigh, Mama is really the greatest! And her cooking authentic to her style - "chap-pa-lang" (any ol' how) style. As long as it tastes relatively yummy and won't start the next plague or anything, she's totally cool with it. Heehee.

I really enjoy having dinner with my Mom lah...recently I've been in school too much, and don't spend as much time as I should. So when she summoned us back for dinner today, of course must return home lah! Haha...she was happy to see us (my bro and I), and can see it on her face. ^_^ Yay!

Later must do the dishes, it's the least I can do after she slogged so long in the kitchen for us. OH! I was very proud of my Mom today! She went cycling! It's been too long since she last exercised, so I think when she did, she was very proud of herself. I have been telling her to watch her health and all that you see. So, yah, I'm glad she did what she did today. Now I will stand by her and encourage her to continue working hard, and eating less.

So now, all you people out there better go cherish your mothers and let them know you care ok? Eat dinner with them, spend time with them, a simple phone call at work will work wonders you know? Go try it, you'll surprised! ^_^

Signing off now then! Got work to do liao...sianz...heh

retrospective blogging

Firstly let me say that I will NOT be doing retrospective that often. It sorta defeats the purpose of a log of one's life yah? This entry is different because it was a promise, and I intend to keep it. It actually happened two days back during Sociology lecture. Haha...

I was pre-occupied due to certain other events happening in my life (cough..Mo..mo...cough, cough ^_^), which is why this post is belated. Wahaha.

Anyhow, I was sitting next to Xinwei during the lecture and we began to realise an interesting phenomenon that led us to believe that Xinwei may be the secret, illegitimate spawn of our Sociology professor. Why do we say this? Well, the lecture was on the ambiguous concepts of Race, Nation, Ethnicity, State etc. These vague terms which we often try to quantify by physical, or non-physical characteristics of people.

So the prof began to draw certain examples of famous people, and interesting trends that are present, or were present, to prove his point. The scary thing was this...Xinwei was able to predict and whisper to me certain key phrases BEFORE the prof actually said them!

From terrible references to Michael Jackson's skin colour, to the passe trend of hair rebonding, Xinwei managed to nail most of them. We then concluded that he was actually the 'mi mi tu di' (secret disciple) of Prof Tan, if not some (this is my opinion) specially grafted clone, raised from a tongue scraping yes? Wahaha.

On the whole, lecture was pretty entertaining. Sad to say, I dozed off, and stained my beautiful Abercrombie shirt with red ink! I was bitching about it to Vincent during the toilet break, amongst other things...I really was too sleepy man...

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Anyhow, I've come to realise that retrospective blogging is not that fun unless you have some great life-changing philosophy that you wanna share. Sheesh. Will not attempt this again...sorry Xinwei, didn't do justice to our fun lecture on Wednesday.

Anyhow, today is Friday, so I am generally happy! ^_^

Will be healthsome and visit gym today. Tonight, the queen has summoned her brood home for a nourishing meal, and when she summons, you cannot deny her your presence. Dinner at home tonight! Woohoo!

Off to EL tutorial now! Byebye!

FED UP!

This super idiot, son of a dunno-what, f***ing, no good, ill-disciplined, (insert ALL expletives ever known to humankind) kid got my nerves today! I have never been so irritated before in my entire time teaching tuition!

The bastard shot a fucking paper bullet into the face of another student! Lucky no damage was done...glanced off her cheek I think. Anyway, I gave the little snit a tongue-lashing and send him home already! The nerve! I mean I told him off for doing that, and he still continued to do it! He could hurt somebody! Primary 5 already! The oldest in my class, and pretty bright too! Behaving like a shit! Damn it!

And don't any of you out there dare say I should be patient, and understanding, he's still young, blah blah blah..BALLS TO YOU! When you try to counsel this kind of delinquent for 3 months straight, and every method has been used, and he still doesn't learn, there seriously isn't any point anymore. I cannot even tell his parents because the stupid home doesn't even have a telephone number! There is only like the father's handphone number, and that CHANGES periodically! What the shit can?!?!

I've had enough of that little shit! GAWD! I've never been that triggered and ticked off before! WHAT THE FUCK man...

I probably scarred the poor shit for life, but I don't even care right now!

Raging raging raging...seething seething seething

Ugh...the LITTLE shit.

slept late....stoned....sigh

Sigh, I slept at 3am yesterday...again

I'm doing it again lor...sigh...I think my pimple breakouts are due to my keeping late hours.

Sigh, now waiting for JS lecture to start. Hope it will be interesting, today is the funny, Japanese lecturer. Dr Asato! Haha, I think he'll be quite interesting. ^_^


Later got tuition, before that am going to meet my friend at Holland V for a drink at Essential Brew. *grinz*

got back my Philo essay...

got back my Philo paper.

it's not so bad, i scored 18/25, which is much more than i expected. somehow, i'm still a little unhappy. this is because i felt that i had not fully thought about the question to the best of my ability.

but then again, i'm responsible for doing my paper at the last minute. one day before submission can?! terrible..

anyway, now in the Central Library, Level 6 with Ernest. i'm free until 4pm...sheesh, i hate Wednesdays...sigh...bloody 6hrs break...wargh!

This is Ernest and I! And yes, he's a cheeky bugger, and he still thinks I'm gay...haha...

Oh, I'm still in a 'dressy' mood, hence the shirt...this is the Abercrombie one! Woot!

maloo, malu, very mahloo (means embarrassed)

I fell asleep on the bus (No. 33), and sorta did wake up even after the bus reached the terminal. The bus driver had to say "Excuse me! " a few times (cos I had my Shuffle stuck in my ears) before I realised where I was. So embarrassing can?!

Sheesh, I wonder if the people at the bus stop knew what was going on in the 33 that had a lone person sleeping in it, and somehow, the bus seemed to be waiting for that person to get up!

Maloo, malu...tsk tsk tsk...

That's what I get for sleeping late...and so I keep telling myself....sigh.

Anyway, I'm like sitting outside the main Philo office now. I'm sitting outside at the place where there sofas and stuff. There's this guy, like muscular, 'i-go-to-the-gym-alot' kinda guy and he's sitting right in front of me. Keeps staring...I feel very watched. I mean, he's trying to sleep, but when I look up, can see that he's not fully asleep, like peering through his eyelids...sheesh

Very disconcerting...but I think I shouldn't read too much into it lah...think I'm still recovering from my embarassing bus encounter, that's why I think everyone is watching me...

Wahaha..

A SERIOUS ISSUE...REALLY

I was doing my usual 'browse through the links on my blog' routine when I came across this entry in one of the blogs which I contribute to and read often. It was started by my University friends, and can be really entertaining at times. Quite funny.

Anyway, I've been having a good day thus far (as in from 5th Oct, 0001 hrs until now), and my mood is generally cheery and positive! Wahaha!

I think I will wear the Abercrombie shirt I bought during the Malaysia Mega Sale, but have never worn. No chance to wear at all mah...and since I'm feeling in a dressy mood (yes, still in that mood), I will wear that to school today I think.

Philosophy and Sociology lecture...the two subjects which are mutually exclusive (to me at least) and should not be taken together in ANY situation ('cept maybe if you are think of committing suicide in a creative, intellectual and non-messy manner).

Lessons start at 9am, that's why I'm still casually blogging and lazing this cool Wednesday morning. It rained this morning I think, so perfect for sleeping in. I was talking to my friend last night, and he said that he MADE SURE he had no 0800am tutorials...I think next semester I'd better start taking a clearer, more systematic approach to planning and allocating my preferred slots. I'll have to start playing that game again soon (read this entry on which GAME I'm referring to), and I certainly don't relish doing so...sianz

Okay lah, I will go and slowly mill around, maybe get a little breakfast before I start actually preparing to leave for school. Will blog again later for sure...because today I'm staying in library to study again. Heehee

Philo and Soci are a bad combination.

I was trying to answer my Philo tutorial questions for tmr, but I realised they were really too mind-boggling. Do we live in The Matrix? Huh? Doh...
*spittle drizzles down the front of my shirt*

For Soci, the terms were too difficult again. I mean, they like to compound separate terms together to make newer, more impressive sounding words! For fuck?! Confuse all of us poorer, less intellectually inclined people...sheesh.

Haha, this is what I wore today...yay! Auntie Cheng, for you to see! I got wear your shirt ok? Heehee...

One of my favourite brands...now if only it were less expensive. Haha.

Well, that's for a productive evening in the Central Library. Haha, will go home and print lecture notes now...prepare for tmr's classes, and of course, pick out what I wanna wear tmr. Mwahahaha.

a dressy day.

I was in a better mood this morning. So decided to be a little dressy and wear a shirt to school today. It's a red Timberland shirt my aunt bought for me from Denmark. Haha...I remember when I first received it, I wondered why they spend so much on a shirt. Things there not cheap you know...well, I love it anyway..

Timberland is one of my fav brands, but no $$$ to buy lah. It's not the most budget thing around. So today I'm wearing the red shirt with sleeves rolled up, unbuttoned at the top to reveal (NO, not cleavage! I don't have that yet...working on it) a white V-neck inner shirt. Bottoms are jeans that I bought during my KL trip, then got Malaysia Mega Sale..wahaha...so very affordable. Shoes are the same ones I bought when I was in Taipei, after ATEC there.

Quite happy with my dressing today..hee...so don't really care what others think (but I will prolly still strangle anyone who comments negatively on it though..haha).

Today I have decided to stay in the Central Library to study till the library closes. It's high time I get back into high gear. There really isn't that much time left you know? Anyway, I'm now waiting for my SS lecture to start. Hopefully it will be more interesting than last weeks lecture. I practically died in lecture last week. After that I have a SS project meeting, so need to be the responsible leader and distribute workload properly.

I want to keep this energy up!

SHED THAT ARMOUR!

FEEL THE LOVE AGAIN!

feeling better now.....

After 1 x excellent listening ear from XW, and 2 x coaching MSN session from Merv & Meimei, I am in better shape. Whew...

I guess I still need to get better in touch with my emotions, and not try to crush them, or run them down with a steam-roller. It's just not healthy...

TO BARE ONE'S SOUL AND HEART TAKES GREAT COURAGE AND SHEDDING OF THE ARMOUR THAT ONE HAS CONSTRUCTED OVER THE YEARS. AM I WILLING TO ALLOW LOVE TO WASH OVER ME AND TOUCH MY BARE SKIN AGAIN? I MUST FOR I SHALL CONTINUE TO DIE A LITTLE EVERYDAY IF I WEAR THIS RUSTY ARMOUR THAT I'VE GROWN ATTACHED TO...

anyway, hugs to xinwei, merv, and meimei! thank you for the support and advice and allowing me to sit on your plates with my problems...so paiseh...but so grateful at the same time. ^_^

PS: Mariah is apparently quite soothing when one is feeling down...haha...not too bad, and to think I didn't llisten to her in the past. Now listening to her Greatest Hits, and I realised I actually liked a lot of her songs. Sighz...memories...

more ramblings...

GOD (or whichever higher power) decided to let me meet you, and boy am I grateful for that!

As I rarely have such intense feelings, thus careful I will be with my intent.

Yes, I will be purity, courage, friendship and above all, myself.

Intelligence was what struck me first about you, most attractive, no?

At first I thought you cool, aloof and unapproachable (actually you still are, why so?) and

Many thoughts & emotions flood my being in your presence, these I have not had in a long, long while.

PS: I am happy that you've found someone...

liar...

no smoking.

Today, I will speak of one of my pet peeves, and that is smoking. Unfortunately for me, my family has it's fair share of smokers. My Dad is one of them. I always try to ask him to stop, but to no avail. Well, the government has taken a very harsh stand against it. IMHO, I wonder if it will have any serious repercussions.

As of 1st October 2005, smoking is prohibited in almost ALL public places. These include coffeeshops and community centres. Harsh!

Personally, I do not approve when it comes to smoking, but somehow, I feel a little perturbed at the strong stand the government is taking. I can imagine all the old uncles, ah peks, and ah gongs, cursing and swearing (insert multiple expletives!) at the government for putting forth such a policy. It just seems sad that old friends can no longer sit at a kopitiam and have a kopi and a smoke. I mean, effectively their mornings have been destroyed.

And those who like to sit in Community Centres and play Chinese Chess and smoke and discuss chess moves also cannot liao. To alot of people, smoking IS breathing to them. I'm waiting to see if anything interesting will occur because of this new rule. It'll certainly be intriguing. Haha. Actually I can ask for first-hand information from my Dad about what he thinks about this new ruling. Haha, can almost imagine him cursing and swearing too..

I was watching the news on Channel 8, and they were interviewing locals to get their opinion. Most of them said, "since the government said so, then follow lor. No choice what!". Another said this which I found quite funny, "Like that, then go Malaysia smoke lah!"

Haha...sigh, I'm glad I do not smoke. It's not fun having your oxygen pulled out from your life with just an implementation of a policy...just seems harsh. Well, I'm not complaining, just sympathising. Heh.

School ended for me already...bored...sheesh, think I may go and read my readings (which I prolly won't in the end). Sianz...

a busy Sunday!

Today was a busy day for me. Many many activities..haha...let's see...

cue narration in 5, 4, 3, 2,.....

I wake up early and head to the gym! Been awhile since I did that (used my mid-term tests as excuse to not go...so terrible right? I realise that exercise should never be compromised..tsk tsk to me...baaad), so was feeling good that I actually woke up on time to reach and start my gym session at 0815hrs! ^_^ Gymmed for around 2hrs (so healthsome!), then showered and headed for my tuition kid's place.

The tuition kid...I will be nice and maintain his identity. This brat needs to learn to be RESPONSIBLE!

Anyway, this bugger didn't do his work as I instructed. I got so annoyed that I made him do his work then and there and refused to teach until he finished! Not the first time can? So in the meantime I have nothing to do mah, so what do I do? I very nicely took out all of his colour pencils and sharpened them for him can?! Then I even proceeded to sort of according to their brand lor! Nice-ness sia! Haha.

The sharpened pencils...so nice.

Then I go one-up and sort according to brands lor. Left is Faber-Castell, and right is Lyra. You can guess how bored I was...heh

Then I even took the time to write a little entry into my private diary/notebook/doodle book. Come let me show you all:

I drew little hearts (with HIS colour pencils, which I sharpened! Haha), and wrote a little excerpt on the heart. Haha...

So that was tuition lah. I then went to meet my SSA2202 group for my project field study No. 2. We were supposed to conduct interviews in The Heeren today. Quite fun. We talked to many people and staff working in the shops on Lvls 4 & 5. Amazing...I simply love Lvl 4. Haha..so many things to see.

OH! I met Xinwei there too! So coincidence can? Haha...

So basically that was the day lah...now I have to go and prepare for the week ahead lor. Busy busy busy...

ramblings...

saturday morning breakfast food

rice noodles in soup

conversations of deepest nature

straight through her heart

they strike with force

too early i am

sitting on black marble

waiting and waiting still

for ten-thirty to come

people all around me

waiting just like me

writing they are not

so why am i

poetry's not my forte

obviously you can tell

but i still write

for fun...nothing else

many things in mind

*gasp*

a girl is crying

sadness is most strong

friends are all around

comfort they only give

and that is enough

*sigh*

my ramblings most random

ten-thirty still not here

SSA2202 fieldtrip to Lucky Plaza & Holland Village

Just came back from my fieldtrip! It was quite fun! I saw things I never knew existed. Haha. Our first stop was Orchard Road, where we visited Lucky Plaza to explore the Filipino enclave that is present there. Fortunately for me, I had my friends Guo Jie and Boon Kiat to accompany me if not I'll be so lonely can? Haha.

From left: guo jie, me and boon kiat

So we were supposed to start straight after the briefing, but I had to do the most aunty thing ever. I WENT TO REDEEM A FREE GIFT! Haha...yes, I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but I was the 9th person to redeem this free Jockey cap from Tangs Lvl3! I read about it in Style magazine, so I cut out the page and decided to redeem it. First 100 customers only. I mean, I've done this kinda thing, and since I was going to be in the area, I thought...what the heck?! Haha, so now I've added one more cap to my collection. Heehee...

It's not too bad. A nice, safe grey colour. And the saleswoman was really nice too! She actually thanked me for 'shopping' at Tangs, when all I did was to redeem a cap. Felt a little guilty, but nevermind! It was fun doing this 'tan1 xiao3 pian2 yi2' thing. Once in awhile is good for you I guess.

Anyway, we went on to explore Lucky Plaza, and saw many interesting shops and people. I realised that maids are the most poorly paid amongst all the Filipinos working here. They really have it tough. Most of the Filipino shop attendants tended to be shy about speaking about their salary (who wouldn't?!), but when they figured we only want comparisons and not actual figures, they gladly explained the disparity to us.

On the way back to the meeting point, we had to pass through Orchard MRT and I took a picture with the cutest mascot! The problem is, I dunno what he was being a mascot for. Haha...ah well, it was fun! I was being the total, I quote Guo Jie, "photo-whore". Haha. Hey! I don't do this very often ok? I was just feeling a little cheery today, that's all. ^_^

The mascot! Both of us may have smiles on our faces, but I'm sure as hell certain he/she is NOT smiling inside of that suit. At least, that what my friend Faith said.

So on to Holland Village we went. I visited Chip Bee Gardens which I've never been to before. I realised why when I reached there. It's the 'high-class' area of Holland V. All the fine dining restaurants and gourmet delis are there. There are also artsy-fartsy art galleries, and many eclectic shops selling Oriental knick-knacks that perpetuate the mystery that is identified with the East. Haha. I met Faith in one of the shops! It was nice to have someone say 'hi' and wave enthusiastically at you! I haven't got that for quite awhile... She introduced to her colleague as follows, "Hey Lucy! This is my friend!" She turns to me, "Haha..er...What was your name again?"

I was amused, but it was okay, cos' I forgot her name for awhile also. Only could remember that it started with 'F'. Guo Jie had never been to Holland V before. So this was quite an eye-opener for him. For him, what made him light up like a light bulb was the many restaurants there. He a food nut you see...willing to spend on food more than anything else. I pointed out the two famous magazine stalls, then he suddenly started talking about VOGUE: For Men. I also never hear before. Hmm...I think we have a closet metrosexual on our hands ladies and gentlemen!

Haha...shall borrow VOGUE from him after he gets it and is done reading it...mwahaha...the continuation of the cheapskate streak. Okok, I shall stop. Just once in awhile to keep reality balanced should be enough.

I had to cancelled with Nat...cos of my stupid tuition kid lah...he'd better have done his homework, if not he'll get it from me! Hmph, make me cancel with Nat leh...annoyed me to the core! I was looking forward to it somemore lor...heck lah...

One more thing!

Happy Childrens' Day to all the children on this Earth, and our inner child as well!