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Hong Kong 2011!!!

2012-01-08T00:57:00.000-08:00

I went Hong Kong, again, last december! I'll never ever get sick of Hong Kong. Though the people there are rather rude, I love it there for the food and scenery! Maybe the Hong Kong people aren't rude. They're just very direct and straight forward when talking, thus unintentionally insulting other, aka, rude. haha! okay lame. It's just 1 or 2 who were quite mean. Lots of Hong Kong people are nice! Like Connie, this lady in my ex-dept. And the staff in Disney!

This time, I'm really glad to be able to meet my friend, yk, who stays there! He's super duper nice!!! He treated me to the street food snacks!!! And he told me a lot more about Hong Kong. Too bad no pic with him.

I divide HK into 2 parts. Disney and non-disney. haha! So here're the non-disney pics!

We arrived at 5am. I like the timing, but it's really bad for my parents and sisters. They hardly slept on the plane! I was okay cos I bought an eye mask. Stupid cathay served a meal at like 2am! The lights were so bright! Force us to eat. haha! Okay kidding abt stupid cathay. I like their spacious seats, food and movie selection!!! Just too bad I chose a bad timing flight. No more midnight flight with family!

See how cock we look. haha! Esp me in my super thick specs. We were finding the guide for our hotel bus. We were really very tired.

I slept throughout the journey to the hotel. It was so short! Only an hr. Not shiok enough.
Our first breakfast in HK!

We wanted dim sum kind of food. But saha was so tired. So we went into a random food place. Not fantastic but okay.
See how tired I look! But so happy the uncle there called me "leng lui" (meaning pretty girl). Don't puke, I know. haha! In HK, every girls are called pretty girls and guys are called handsome boys. hahaha! My EYE BAGS!!!
It was way too early to check-in into the hotel. So we walked about the market. Quite interesting! We were a little more awake here. Esp my mom when she saw live chickens. She's damn scared of chickens. haha!
More food!!!
OMG I look horrible. haha!

That concludes day 1.

After walking about in the market, it was about 10plus am. Parents were so tired. So we tried our luck by going back to the hotel. And we got our rooms! The people at Royal Plaza are so nice!!!

We slept from 10-3pm. Then walked to Mongkok where I met YK! I felt bad by leaving my family for my friend. They walked about themselves while YK brought me around. They went back to the hotel early to rest. SO bad of me.

DAY 2

We went to have really nice dim sum near our hotel! And the price was quite reasonable!
SUPER NICE FOOD! I look more alive right? haha!

We then went shopping at Argyle centre. It's amazing. I love their dresses!!! Just don't buy their bags or shoes. Poor quality!

We met our parents for dinner. I brought them to "tong shui",a famous, but a bit touristy dinner place. Good food! But ex.

I brought my family to the famous clock tower. We waited by the river for the laser show. I know it's lame. BUT I love the sea view!!!
See! So awesome!!!
I think it's the only family pic. haha!
We walked around canton round. Got very nice deco!
Same post as saha!

The next day was DISNEYLAND DAY!

We were so kiasu. I made them wake up at like 7am! haha! Disney opens only at 10am. HAHA.
Breakfast! At some porridge shop. Our tao huay drink. I was so smart not to order. I drank theirs. haha!
I like the yew tiao. So crispy!

We then went Disney, while parents did their own shopping. ha! Abandoned parents once again. They should have gone Disney. It's such a happy place. But papa won't be too happy. Everything there is so ex!

The last day, we went to Lantau Island for big buddha. The queue was sooooo long. Saha got bored and started disturbing Shermeen. Shermeen got pissed and was so grumpy. haha! Stupid saha.

Saha and i.
Us again. Why no pic with Shermeen? Oh cos she was the one with the camera. haha! Nicely taken! hee!

Dinner time, I brought my parents to the famous dim sum place! We waited so long. But it's highly recommended. So bo bian lor. hahaha!

The famous char siew bun was really good!!!!! But the others are okay only.
It's so tiny inside. Quite uncomfortable.

And the staff there are so rude!!! Apart from this lady, who kept calling us leng lui. hahaha!
Way too small for the amount of food we ordered.

But at least, we can say, we've been to a one star Michelin restaurant!

Our last morning. Breakfast at Kam wah can teng. It's famous too!

Shermeen was so lazy. haha! So it's just the 4 of us.

Can see their famous po luo bo? And their milk tea! Ideal teatime snack!!! I prefer dim sum for breakfast.
Saha and I!

The end! haha! If you realize, HK is all about food, and Disney. hahaha! Think Shermeen abit emo during the trip. She didn't take much pic. It's all about me, me and saha. hahaha!

I LOVE HK! MORE MORE MORE!!!! and more Disney too!

Lazy woman at work

2012-01-06T06:18:00.000-08:00

Today, someone from another dept said she has to come down to check on the clerks. I said, okay, how about 5pm when there's less crowd. I was freaking disgusted by her reply, "Huh, but I end work at 5.30pm". What the hell?!!! End a bit late will die?

In my old dept, everyone works till late! I've got to say this again but xinyi worked till 3am on one night! She has really got the drive man.

Back to that lady. In the end, I told her to come some other time at 11am. She bargained to 10am. I guess cos 12 is her lunch break.

It's hard to be motivated with such uninspiring people around. I wanna be as driven as my prof, the research coordinators, nurses, doctors! Lazy people should be fired.

Phuket 2011

2012-01-01T22:47:00.000-08:00

I went for a short getaway with Jeffrey to Phuket! Surprisingly, I didn't take as many pictures as I usually would. Maybe Phuket was toooooo beautiful that I didn't wanna take it off my eyes. haha! Okay LAME.

I love Patong beach for it's "wavy" sea. Get it? haha! I love to ride on the waves! A bit scary thou. I can imagine a tsumani coming up to engulf me. I would love to try surfing too! But, I fear that my contacts will drop off when the water hits me. Too bad then.

If only Phuket wasn't so touristy. Everything felt more ex than usual. Like a ride from hotel to airport can cost SGD$30. Felt a bit overpriced. And we had a seafood meal which costed more than SGD$200!!!! Crazy right? But we had the most awesome lobster ever.

Another thing. Everything also MUST bargain. Stupid me didn't ask the market rate for the tour. A Phi Phi Island tour should cost only about 1400 Baht. But we paid 1900 Baht. Cos we saw that the advertised rate was 3000 Baht. We thought we got a good price. So, conclusion is, always research before going anywhere!

The very famous Patong Beach! It was taken from a restaurant, which is quite high class. See those tents? Those are make shift kitchen and food places. Looks interesting. But dare not try. haha!
Phi Phi Island. So many angmohs!!!
More angmohs! They're everywhere!!!

Monkey bay! Damn a lot of monkeys. We were given bananas to feed.
The restaurant where we had lunch. Not fantastic. And there were SO MANY cats.
Spot the cockroach?
EW. haha! Took pic for evidence. But didn't bring it up to the hotel ppl. Our hotel is actually quite classy. B Lay Tong. It's a new hotel. I like it. Never mind the cockroach. haha!
Mac Cafe to end it off!

Phuket is way too touristy alr. Guess it's how the locals earn. I like the beach thou! I'm beginning to like beaches! Langkawi is still my first love. haha!

Resolution 2012

2012-01-01T22:16:00.000-08:00

I enjoyed 2011 to the max. 2 resolutions that I made it was:

1. Mt Kinabalu!!! (with Xinyi!)

2. Ran 10km (with Michelle. didn't actually run but still).

So, for 2012,

1. I wanna climb Mt Rinjani!

2. 21km. Need to test see if I can survive 21km before I try 42km.

3. Travel alone (not sure how I can do that, cos of my super paranoid parents)

4. Travel MORE ( i wanna go cambodia, vietnam)

5. Find a job that i REALLY like (e.g. like i don't mind staying till damn late to work. like how xinyi used to stay till 3am to do her research. haha!)

6. Have the time of my life!

Marathon

2011-12-04T06:16:00.000-08:00

I'm determined to do the Stan Chart marathon next year!!! So many inspiring posts on facebook. I just have to do it!!! My resolution!!!

I'll do a 10km (for warm up), a 21km (to test my strength) and finally a 42.135 something km for a full marathon!!! I'll do it!!!

Heard the news that someone passed away from a 21km run. Poor thing. I always believe in mind over body. Apparently, not in his case.

Will I survive the run??? I'll try next year!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

2011-11-20T06:10:00.000-08:00

A few days back was my 25th birthday. Happy birthday to me! So old, getting useless. Gotta come up with a list of things I wanna do before I turn 26! Will think about it...

Meanwhile, thanks friends for the wishes! I had a great birthday. Sky dining at Mt Faber, Tintin at Gold class GV, $300 F21 vouchers (all courtesy of Jeffrey), a book of singlish (Lyn), belt (Michelle), cupcakes (baked specially by Shuling)and a very nice fossil bag (from family!)! Thanks all for the celebration! :)

FML day, AT WORK

2011-10-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

It's a million time worse than a normal FML day. Everyone seems so mad at me today! Okay maybe not directly at me. But they're so pissy, so black-faced! I know we work in a hospital, where it's dark and gloomy everyday. But why extra bad today???

Freaking sian mood. And worse, I had to lunch in. I never lunch in ever since I joined my new dept. But today, I had no one to eat with! (Might have someone but lazy to ask). Not that I've issues eating alone. But I don't wanna see people I know. Gotta make small talks. I hate it.

I officially declare, today as the worse day of my working life!

But on a slightly happier note, the clerks were so appreciative when I nominated them for the cashier's award. Though it's just a $10 voucher. Still! It's the award that matters!

On another happier than happy note, a colleague said I look smart (as in my dressing! I was wearing my pink stripped blouse. I wore it cos it's like a pajamas top! Very comfy. haha!) Too bad I forgot her name. She's actually very nice! hee!!!

Cameron Highlands!

2011-09-03T00:15:00.000-07:00

I made Jeffrey buy bigdeal.sg coupons cos I really wanted to go Cameron Highlands. Been there when I was in Sec 1 with school. Loved the cooling weather!

But Jeffrey had to go overseas for work! So last min. I asked a couple of friends, and all weren't free, except Shu hui! Thank goodness. If not I"ll have to go alone! I'll die on the bus without company! haha.

The bus ride there was soooooo comfortable. Think we got the super VIP bus! But the bus on our way back was horrible. The normal ones. No movie, no electronically adjustable seats etc. But we slept all the way!

View from our hotel. It's so green in Cameron Highlands! Literally. haha! Good for the eyes!

The houses there are very european in style. So pretty! Like cottages. But not pretty in my pictures. haha!

Shu hui and I having high tea. Yes Jeffrey was there too! He drove from KL! Thanks goodness. If he didn't drive, we've no way of travelling around there.
English tea! Butter cake and scones. Top it up with English breakfast tea!
Lovely view of tea plantation in Cameron Highlands.
Tea shop! It's everywhere in Cameron Highlands.

Their other speciality is Strawberry. The people there pronounced it as staw-berry. haha!
Jeffrey and I. I'm super tired. Must be the thin air. hahaha! Kidding.
Love the greenery once again!

It's a good place to slack. So breezy and cooling. Unlike the humid and hot weather in Singapore. But I won't know what to do if I stay there for long. Unless I grow tea, or stawberry there! hahaha!

FML day

2011-08-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

1. Bf bought final destination tixs when I bought them ytd to watch with my friend on Monday. Thus, I've to watch it TWICE.

2. Stupid guy who sat in front of me had spiky hair. I couldn't see properly. Had to crane my neck.

3. Friend took my zoo card. I've no idea how I'm going to get it back.

4. Friend didn't even use my zoo card cos his gf didn't want to go. Now must go through all the trouble for nothing.

5. Tan Kin Lian so poor thing.

6. Chelsea might draw, again. Sian.

Stupid day.

Going budget

2011-08-15T09:19:00.000-07:00

I love going budget. My way of life:

Digging for a good book in the lib, instead of buying off the shelf.

Taking bus, no matter how late it's, instead of paying for overpriced cab.

Watching soccer off live streaming, instead of paying for cable TV.

Stealing my sis's clothes to wear, instead of buying my own. ha!

Jogging around my home with scenic route and lots of fresh air, instead of going to smelly gym.

Taking good old budget airline, instead of expensive "serviced" airlines.

I find joy in saving money! (Not that I've a lot to begin with. and my pay is miserable. and I spend it all on travelling.)

But I'm not a miserable old fart sitting around lamenting about the lack of money. Love the excitement when I find good deals! Going budget, my way of life!

Mt Rinjani

2011-08-15T06:48:00.000-07:00

ANYBODY WANNA GO MT RINJANI?????

See! It's so lovely! I wanna trek!

I should have joined ODEC in uni. Then I'll have lots of trekking friends. Now so sian. My trekking buddy, Xinyi, is overseas! But when she's back for good, we'll go for Mt Fuji and Great wall of china! But now, I'm all alone!!!!! So sian.

Calis ROM

2011-07-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine thought I was getting married after seeing this pic:

haha obviously it's not my wedding. It's the ROM of my very good friend, Shiting! So weird to call her Calis. But she goes by that name now.

She looks soooo pretty in her cheongsam! I love it! Everyone looks good in cheongsam (like my dajie when she wore for her wedding).
Everything went well for the wedding! But Shiting was so panicky before that. So funny. But it's perfectly normal to be nervous for the bride! And she loves the songs that I got for her!!!

And the funniest thing was, she added the liverpool song. hahaha! I told her already but she seems to like that song. Anyway got meaning too. She'll never walk alone anymore! She got her husband! (So weird to call her bf husband now).

Happy marriage!!!

Favorite music at the moment?

2011-07-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!

I'm addicted to the song!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9sFd3Ennhs

But no, I'm still not a Liverpool fan. But great match!!!!! It's always fun to watch sports. Why do Malaysia always get the good deal??? Not fair. haha! Malaysian team played not too shabbily! But they'll die when they play against Chelsea on Thur! haha.

I need more fun stuff in my life. Today, I almost dozed off at work. The feeling is so unbearable!!! Yikes. Pure torture. Wasted 1 day of my life.

Okay enough of depressing stuff. Time to sleep, while playing Liverpool's song! So soothing!!!!!

You'll never walk alone!!!

2011-07-15T08:28:00.000-07:00

WHEEEEEE! I'm going to watch an EPL team play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As everyone knows, I'm into Chelsea. But too bad Chelsea is playing on a weekday. Arsenal too. 2 of my fav teams. :( But it's okay! Cos there's liverpool! An enemy of an enemy is a friend!!!! :)))))

Going KL tomorrow!!! Why don't the teams come to Singapore? Stadium too small? Singapore team too lousy? HIGHLY LIKELY! hahhaa.

I'm damn energetic now!!! Gotta wake up at 520am though. hahaha. I'm just so excited!!!

Bye freedom

2011-07-02T21:52:00.000-07:00

I've recently changed dept and I was feeling very sore about it. I miss my old dept so much! I miss my prof, colleagues, even the screaming of the mean secretary! I miss my freedom and most of all, I miss the meaningfulness of my job.

As a research coordinator, I talked to patients. I miss interactions!!!!

Currently, I'm confined to an even smaller room. No more freedom to roam about. But I guess it's time I embark on a serious job. My previous role was pure fun. I remember at my first day at work, my prof said that he wish I'll have fun in my dept. Indeed, I had sooooooo much fun. But at my new dept, the new boss said, he wants me to adapt as soon as possible. So I can start on my new role. See the stark difference?!

No more fun! No more random holidays. I travelled a lot because of the freedom of my job. Bye freedom.

Boring Singapore

2011-06-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

Today I ate, shopped, ate and shopped. Why is Singapore so boring?! I wanna take up something new!

1. Cello? I tried. Too ex!!!

2. Guitar? Not worth going for class if can self learn. But no motivation.

3. Kayaking? I want. But dunno how to go about doing it.

What else can I do??? I need to have more fun!!!

忍

2011-06-17T07:23:00.000-07:00

That's working life is all about. Today was one of the most horrible scoldings I got from someone from my dept. I wanna call her gaga. hahaha! Funny cos when I see her, I think of a monster. And at the thought of monster, I think of "fame monster-Lady gaga".

GAGA went mad. She scolded me damn harsh. U know the pek chek feeling, that u can almost tear in anger? Shit man. I felt so sorry for myself, yet angry that I didn't stand up for myself. Come to think of it, the HR lady that I mentioned the other time isn't that bad after all. She was just plain irritating.

I feel very malign! Gaga is not even my boss. She has no right to scold me. Also, I haven't done anything wrong today. Maybe I was just too enthusiastic and excited. So when I get too hyper, I forget the "house rules". The thing is, even if I don't do things her way, she doesn't have to scold me that loudly and in front of everyone. Give me some pride la.

According to my senior, I've been not liked ever since the start of this year. So weird. So she actually liked me last year, but this year, she changed her mind. Maybe cos I wear shorter skirts? haha! I love to wear short skirt/dresses. (and yes, she always complain about that). I seriously dunno.

My mom is amazing. She thought me how to use reverse psychology. hahahhaa! I shall try it someday! (But might not want to jeopardize my last week in the department).

Just 1 more week in my dept. But the thing is, I really love being in my department! I've the best boss ever, nice colleagues and super friendly patients! Kind of can't bear.

Is working life like that everywhere else? I wanna have so much fun with what I do. I hope to find that someday!

Lesson learnt from Mt Kinabalu

2011-06-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

As much as it's great to go out there and meet friends, it's not a good time to meet new people climbing Mt Kinabalu, a tough conquest that requires lots of motivation. Here's why...

A brief introduction on the group (not team). From the left:

How Tze: He's from Sabah! Ironically, he has never been to Mt Kinabalu. He's a Hakka, like me! Nice guy!

ME.

Xinyi: My colleague, more of friend.

B: I dunno her and I don't quite like her. (Understatement).

Wing Yee: Nice girl too!

B totally destroyed the trip, and jeopardized the safety of Xinyi and I. From the moment I saw her at the airport (I've never seen her before), I knew she was weird.

- She carried a HUGE luggage for a 5D4N trip.

- Her baggage weighs 17kg.

- She exceeded the weigh limit given by air asia of 15kg.

- We helped her with the limit.

- She didn't thank us.

- She brought only RM120 on a trip overseas.

Upon the 2nd day when we reached Sabah, we went to Mt Kinabalu. I was sooooo freaking excited! Okay more of that some other time. Here's the MOST irritating part.

B totally hogged our guide cos she was soooooooooooooo freaking slow!!! Not to make fun of her or what. But her slowness could be worse than your grandmother. I mean, if you're so weak and slow, don't climb Mt kinabalu la! Go practise Bukit Timah first. Okay. BUT, I was very tolerant. Since she's slow, Xinyi and I proceeded to do the climb by ourselves. We were pretty much okay. Even met a very cute ang moh!!! And many other nice people who wondered why it's just us climbing, without a guide.

So Xinyi and I reached the halfway point rather early. We waited 2 hrs for the others to arrive. We had to wait as they won't know where we're. Our phones didn't work.

4 of us shared a room. I was appalled at how much B brought up the mountain climb! She brought huge bottles of everything! I forgot to mention, she didn't carry her own bag up. She passed it to the guide. Like what the hell right. The poor guide was our porter too. So we paid him to carry some of our stuff. That B didn't pay extra.

So anyway, we embarked part 2 of our climb the next morning, at 2.30am. We stared off well, together. Then B got way too slow. Xinyi, Howtze, Wing yee and I went up by ourselves. It was sooooo dangerous!!! At one point, we had to pull ourselves up, with nothing but just ropes. It was so steep! We didn't have any guide to tell us how to do it, where's dangerous, where's safe to go. NO ONE. We had to rely on other guides!!!

We eventually made it up the summit. Here comes the horror. Coming down part. It was so dangerous. Thank goodness to other guides! I got a personal guide, unofficially loaned by a pair of malaysian sisters. Xinyi had one, from a pair of german cousins! hahahha. We walked with them! I would have slipped and fall so many times, and Xinyi would have fallen off the cliff, if not for our guides.

GUESS WHAT. B insisted on going to the summit. It was already very late, and it started to fog at around mid morning. A lot of people couldn't go up the summit. So they gave up halfway, for safety reasons. But not B! She was so persistent and she made it up to the top. Congrats to her.

We had to rush back, pack our bags, and THEIRS, cos the check out time was at 10am. Any later, they charge a hefty sum. HER BAG WAS SO FREAKING HEAVY. I had to carry them down for quite a distance. I was cursing and swearing. I was such a disgrace. Poor xinyi had to bear with my profanity for the whole trip down to the breakfast area. And by the time we reached the breakfast area, almost all the food were gone. Sian to the max.

We waited a while for them, and finally they arrived. We told them we'll go ahead first. As my unofficial guide told me I'll take 6hrs to go down the summit, given my speed. He told me to faster begin my descend after breakfast.

Xinyi, Howtze and I went ahead. Cos we wanna take our own sweet time walking down. It was rather pleasant with just us. The view was fantastic. We had to quicken our footsteps though at the last 1km. It was almost dark and we had to use our headlights. The final 100m consisted of numerous steps, about 2 storeys worth of steps. We rushed up, despite being damn tired. It's so hilarious that we walked (almost to the point of sprinting) unanimously.

We reached Timpon gate at about 7pm. Slightly earlier than that. We couldn't go anywhere but wait for them. At 8pm (yes 1 hr), we saw lights! We got damn excited to finally go back. But it turned out to be just Wingyee. She paid for portering service down! (yes you can pay someone to piggyback you down if you're injured or tired). Smart Wingyee. B was nowhere in sight.

B refused to be piggybacked down. Before you think she's so persistent (AGAIN) and determined, I think she's just damn kiam siap. It's impossible to wait for her. We were so cold and hungry. We left first. (long story, but we did).

So we got to a hotel, ate and had a nice hot shower. She appeared, at 1130pm. Poor guide!!!!! He looked so shagged!!!! So here's what happened: At the 1km mark, he piggybacked her, on top of our load, and her freaking bag (which she didn't pay for portering). omg and here's the worse part. She actually bargained with him about the fees!!!! He had to agree, if not, it'll take them dunno how many hrs to get out of Mt kinabalu.

AND she didn't tip him!!! All of us had the courtesy to tip him for carrying our bags. When I asked, she said "Oh it's included". RUBBISH. omggggg. If you're thinking, maybe it's cos she didn't bring enough money, we volunteered to lend her some! She should be giving the biggest tip!

- For hogging him

- For him carrying her bag, on top of her portered bag (which was the heaviest)

- For him having to piggyback her down. If she had been like Wing Yee, someone else would have taken over. And our guide would just focus on carrying the portered bags

- For being soooooooooooooo annoying.

At the start of the story, I might have been portrayed as being very mean when I called her slow. But towards the end, if you realized, I'm not the mean person!

p.s. During our planning stage, she was telling us what to do based on her experience with Grand Canyon, like an expert.

p.s.s At the airport on our way back to Sg, her luggage weighted 19kg. WTF.

Mt Rainer- Seattle

2011-06-06T01:38:00.000-07:00

I'm in love with mountains!!! Mt Rainer is so beautiful! Love the snow-capped top. Reminds me of a Mt Blanc pen.

I wanna ski someday! Maybe should go Korea first, cos it's cheaper.

I'm so in love with scenic places! Best if I can self drive to those places!

As much as I'm scared to drive in Singapore, I love to drive overseas!!! Some how, people overseas are more gracious.

My dream: To drive a Ferrari by the coast!!! Top down. (the car, not mine. haha!)

Talk about professionalism

2011-06-03T22:00:00.000-07:00

I was very upset with myself on Wed. Cos I allowed myself to be bullied. I was very angry when I received a very unprofessional email by an assistant.

"This is to confirm that we have an appointment with you on the above today @ 4.30 pm. We need to close this today as you are now officially not our staff as the last contract has lapsed on 31 May.
Implication include - no door access, no LAN access, no salary for June ......................"

What the hell. What's with the threat? Plus the "...." And, her facts were very very very wrong. So I called the official person but she was on leave. I was super busy that day, so I sort of ignored it, and went ahead.

I was late in meeting her, as I was busy. Last min meeting.

When I reached her office, I had to wait for quite some time. When she finally arrived, she was very rude. I hate rude people. She was so horrible, that I should have just left!!!! Not only was she rude to me, she also had no respect to the receptionist.

I'm full of angst. I'm angry for not standing up for myself and the receptionist. What have work done to me???? I'm such a coward.

I did it!

2011-05-02T07:44:00.000-07:00

I succeeded the Mt Kinabalu climb!!! I've never been so excited!

Though I was slightly disappointed to not make it in time for the sunrise at the summit, I'm just as glad! Major accomplishment!!!

I'm so going to go again soon!!!

Mt Kinabalu

2011-04-21T07:15:00.000-07:00

I'm so freaking nervous! I'm going to Sabah tomorrow, and going to climb Mt Kinabalu the day after tomorrow. omg. I really hope I"ll have an okay time climbing. I will not say easy cos I know it aint gonna be easy.

My left knee is aching as I type. My back feels like it's gonna snap when I sneeze. Though I'm in a bad shape, I know I'm not going to regret going to Mt Kinabalu. I gotta preserve to the submit! I know it's going to be gorgeous. So I really can't wait!!!

I'm so freaking lazy to pack. There's still tomorrow! hehe.

Okay if I make it to the top, I gonna be give my family a super duper good treat!!! May I survive the climb!!!

SEPANG!!!

2011-04-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

I was so excited that I couldn't video properly. hahahha! At least I got the start and the "end" of the start!

I love Sepang circuit!!! It'll be my fav for now! Love how there was soooo many overtaking actions! And I was so excited throughout the race. Never a dull moment!

AND Sebastian Vettel rocks!!!

Poor elephants

2011-04-03T07:32:00.000-07:00

I do not want to act like a super righteous bitch. But the elephants in Chiang Mai elephant camp are really very poor thing. They get clawed at by those rods with sharp ends to perform stunts. So cruel.

But, I guess this is the livelihood of the Chaing Mai people. The best that we, as tourist, is to NOT buy elephant products, or support their show. Regretfully, I've done both before. I bought an elephant task necklace years ago when I was pri5. I highly suspect it's fake though. haha!

The elephants were made to perform stupid stunts.

And they were used to get tips.
The elephants were really cute though. But I would rather see them in the wild, or on BBC knowledge (my favourite TV show now! cos of the apprentice! and top gear!)
This was taken in Laos. The people there were selling snake and many other creepy insect tonic. Looks damn gross!!! I'm amazed by how they "arrange" the snakes/ insects in the bottle.

The saddest thing is not the elephant, or the snake. It's the cute little Thai girls in long neck village. It's so sad that they're used as "display" for tourists.

The ladies/girls are made to weave all day. Maybe they're happy with their lives. And maybe, if we exchange positions, maybe they'll feel damn sian with my life (which I'm currently feeling).

I'm in no position to judge what's cruel and what's not. Just sincerely hope that the elephants get a good meal after their day of hard work. The snakes had lived a meaningful life. And maybe, the girls in long neck village are very happy showing the world their special culture.

Guess I might be the only one who's not happy.

p.s. BUT, I'm okay with my life now. Not fantastically happy, but satisfactorily happy.

p.s.s This is cos, I'm going to Sepang for F1!!!! WHEE!!!!

Separation & death

2011-03-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

A friend's mother got into a car accident and she died after a few days of struggling in ICU.

A doctor from my dept is returning to her country. I really like her! A very humble doctor.

So sian that all good things come to an end.

Then again, an end to something good, is the beginning to another wonderful something.

Randall Tan!!!

2011-03-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

Yes I met Randall Tan today!!! No, I did not join mediacorp, or the noose, as what my dajie said. haha! I'm not Barberella Sharon Lee.

So how did I meet him? He was invited to our web based/iphone app media launch. He's Prof's patient! I'm not leaking out anything confidential. Go see tonight's news or the papers tomorrow!

He was our so called spokesperson for the app. If you've rheumatoid arthritis like us (YES me too!), go to our mobilecare website @ https://mobilecare.sgh.com.sg. It's easy to sign up and you can start immediately!

What I like about Randall is that he has no celebrity air AT ALL!!! He was so sorry when he turned up slightly late for our media launch. But that's cos SGH is under some renovation, so everywhere is quite messy. He was so flustered and was sweating profusely! And I saw him whipped out a hankie!!! So cute!!! Which guy in this world still use a handkerchief???

He attracted the media's attention throughout the press conference. I love the way he talks! So eloquent! And he sincerely promoted our app. Good job!

I'm a teenage fan crazy girl once more. Yes I was the first to request for this pic. Then my senior asked him for one too. HAHA! I'm not paiseh when it comes to this kind of weird request. haha! After all, I've asked Andy lau (a very blur shot), 5566 (who turned me down) before! hehe.

What a good day it has been! Credit to my brilliant prof and IT team for bringing this all together!

Chiang Mai

2011-03-16T06:30:00.001-07:00

I wanna blog about Chiang Mai! But I've no pictures. They're all in my old laptop. Just a quick one. I love Chiang Mai, despite the super hot weather.

I was so wrongly dressed! Can you imagine, I wore fake leather jacket, jeans and boots for a weather like Singapore?! HAHA! Epic fail. Then on the day we went to the mountain top, I wore a tube dress and slippers. Almost slipped and fall on the way to the water fall. HAHA! Double fail.

Okay nothing else that's interesting in my life.

I don't exactly like my job. But I admire my prof and the doctors! They're super cool people. I wanna be one too. In my next life. HAHA! For now, I just wanna enjoy life! hehe.

Friends.

2011-03-12T23:57:00.000-08:00

Post presentation celebration with my favorite colleagues! (Okay they're more of friends).

On a sad note, one is leaving and I can sense more (including myself) leaving after our 1 year contract. Work wise, it has been a horrible one year. But I'm really glad to have made some good friends!

Cheers to friendship!

On a side note, Jeffrey bought a mouse for me! My new pet. hehe!

A logitech wireless laser mouse. I love it! My high tech pet. hahaha!

Countdown to mt kk

2011-03-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Less than 2 months. As I intensify training, I got hit by all sorts of chronic pain. Freaking sian. My left knee started to ache on Friday. (Took MC!). Then yesterday, my back ached! Every time I sneeze, laugh or bend down, it's damn painful.

I don't need any sympathy. I just wanna get well and get on with the climb!!! Can I do it??? I sure hope I do. There's no way I'm forfeiting the climb! Please wish me with lots and lots of good luck!!!!!

Scenic pic!

2011-03-05T08:35:00.000-08:00

I wanna blog about Chiang Mai but the pictures are in another laptop. So I shall blog with whatever pictures I've! haha. Which means, the pictures are those taken with my handphone.

Outside my home. Nice right? Look at the birds. Guess what species they're.
Parrots!!! Yes green parrots. Very lovely.
Selatar! My fav place for evening walks!!!

Okay that's about it.

Yeah I've been pretty angsty nowadays. No I don't PMS. Yes it's work. Can't stand certain people. Their work ethics suck. I also can't stand those "qian bian" colleagues. I wanna puke at the sight of their faces. hahaha! Yeah I'm mean. SO WHAT?! hahaha.

Pics before paris

2011-02-17T07:30:00.000-08:00

NO, I do not miss my lil sis so much that I've to put her pictures here. haha! I managed to transfer pictures from my phone to the monster!

Here are the pictures taken on the 1st & 2nd day when I got my phone. 2nd day is the day I flew to Paris!

Saha looking like a baby.
Popo!!! Miss her.
Popo again! And shermeen. See how amused Popo was over that missy. haha!
Missy and I!
My baby! Should have brought it to Paris.
I rmb Saha was so sulky! This pic is so fake. hahaha! She always like that one. Sulk whenever I go overseas. I didn't even sulk when she went Seattle.
Dajie and I! Same bangs!
Family plus an intruder. haha!
Intruder and I!
Finally Paris!
p.s. On my fb, I said I'm going to eat grass for the next few months. It's so true cos....

Shermeen and I are flying to SEATTLE!!!!!! =)))))))))

My monster

2011-02-15T02:30:00.000-08:00

I do love my monster. Jeffrey gave me a monster. hahahaha. I was such a brat to whine about the heavy and bulky monster. But as my dad just said, cheap things no good, good things no cheap. $2.7K monster for V day. I'm amazed.

Thanks loads!!! =)

I KNOW WHY I GOT MONDAY BLUES.

2011-01-26T06:20:00.000-08:00

Cos Chelsea won!!! 0-4!!! The blues are back!!!!!!!!!!! Whee!!!

Monday blues

2011-01-24T07:26:00.001-08:00

Yes the blues hit me real hard today. But, I'm sure something awesome has happened during the day. Mental block. I can think of a thousand things that went wrong. Gotta think of something good!!! Jialat. Are things that bad? Seems like it. Nothing worth smiling over. There has got to be something.

Shit I guess it has been a really bad day. Not even pineapple tarts can perk me up. And worse of the worst, I don't feel any CNY mood. Real sad. Is tomorrow going to be a repeat of today?

Samuel's wedding!

2011-01-20T07:36:00.000-08:00

My ang pow! Not a lot of money, but still enough to make me broke. haha!

I swear my life is damn miserable now cos I've no money.

Just paid up for my Mt Kinabalu trip! haha.

So no more big ticket item/spending!!!

Anyway, CONGRATS samuel!!! We've always know you'll be the first. haha!

Hope you'll have MANY kids!!! I wanna go to ur home! House warming pls!!!
This picture is extremely deceiving! hahaha. I'm not as slim as I seem to be.

I'm like a magician. hahaha! Like in breaking the magician code (my fav show now!!!)

I think I sort of overdressed. hahaha! But I love the dress!!! From H&M HK. Bought it when Jeff abandoned me in HK. hahaha! Okay not really abandon but I was so sick of him I asked him to buzz off. Really!!! So he went to Victoria Peak alone, while I went to H&M and Mongkok. It was fun. I got to eat all my fav food!!! Fried pork big intestine!!!! Xu liu san dessert!!! hehe. SHIOK! okay back to the wedding.

GIP Atlanta reunion!

It was awkwardly fun. So I like it!!!

I can't emphasize how much I miss GIP.

And I can almost swear with my life, that it was the BEST time of my life!!!!!!!!!! EVER.

Love u, Atlanta!!!

Jeff and I! Glad we got a decent picture together.

I wonder who's next???

Why no iPhone?

2011-01-06T06:13:00.000-08:00

I'm still using a dummy Nokia phone. Contrary to it's name, I think it's a very smart phone! Cos it helps me to save money.

As an easy and smart traveler (HAHA! pls give me credit to something I'm good at), I know mobile phone charges can be insanely high! Thus, my phone doesn't work overseas!!! Thanks for helping me to save money! I can't sms at all, and I'm unsure about calling. Whenever I need to call home, I"ll just find a public phone!

Also recently, a friend of mine incurred a super high amount of data roaming charges! Madness! I'll go berserk if that happens to me.

So, I shall stick to my very smart Nokia phone, till the end of its time.

p.s. I know data roaming can be turned off. And it's pointless to bring a non-working phone overseas. BUT I like it. haha! Yeah I don't quite make sense. Whatever! haha.

From the camera

2011-01-05T06:26:00.000-08:00

My Gareth Gates poster!!! It's time to be thrown away.

It was my precious, stuck with bluteck on the wall.

Its time has come.

Good bye, Gareth Gates.

My lovely Carrot Cake.
Got his signature!!! I used to be mad over him, (guess I still am).

Went for his autograph session.

I swear he likes me! Cos he threw his towel at one sis( sally), and this poster(shermeen) at another. haha!

I wish I had given him a rose and told him "I love u". Cos it was on 13th feb 2004, a day before valentine's day!
This is given by Shuling! So pretty to eat.

Thus, gotta take a picture before eating.

Appreciate her artwork!
Small cute gingerbread!!!

The following 2 dresses are for Pam to see! haha. Both from H&M, HK.
I love this green dress! It's my backup dress cos it's slightly larger.
I love this red one!!! But it's almost impossible for me to wear it. Too tight!!!

I wanna wear it for Samuel's wedding, on the 16thjan.

I got 10days to do the impossible! haha.

Karting!!! In China!

2010-12-29T06:35:00.000-08:00

GUESS where am I???
In Zhuhai, china! We went to Zhuhai for a day trip. The main reason of going there was actually to shop. But, shopping is soooooooooo boring!!!

I'm so glad Jeff found out about the racing track!!! Freaking awesome place! Can forget about going to Kartright (Singapore) forever!
The helmets are sooooooo new! haha! Seems like karting is an expensive sport for the locals.

And don't have to wear stupid hairnet. Gotta wear one in Kartright.

Typical tourist pose!
I love the cars! Damn fast!!! Think it's 270cc.
Nope that's not my car. Looks like an F1 car! But think it's A1. Not too sure.
The karting track! It's so much easier and smoother to drive! Gotta brake only a few times! At the sharp corners. Singapore's track is so tiny that there're so many corners. Need to brake every time!

The stig? HAHA! fake one.

Another typical touristy pose. haha!
That's the mini bike! Can ride on it! I've no idea how thou. It's so tiny!
GUESS where we're???
Eskimo cafe! Saha said it's the same as the one in Singapore!
Back to Macau. Fisherman whaft.
Old rundown housing estate. Nothing like the glamorous casinos.
Macau is all about racing too! Unfortunately, the grand prix museum was closed on Tuesday. And we were there on that day.

Look like vegas desert? haha! The outskirts of Macau have nothing, but these bare plants.
We hiked for half an hr to the race track in Macau. BUT, it's closed for an international karting event!!! Damn sian. We walked so far to kart, and it's closed!!!

But, it's damn cool to be at an international racing event!!!

Finally some Macau food!!!

My relationship with Macau/Zhuhai is a love-hate one. Casinos are way too smoky. And way too many of them. BUT, I love it that both places are so racing-orientated!!! F1 to Macau again please!!!!

Macau and HK

2010-12-26T22:08:00.000-08:00

One word to summarize the trip: Awesome!

HK never fails to amaze me, each and every time I'm there. FYI, It's the 5th time I'm there! Love the weather, the food, the attractions, and yes, even the people!!!

So, I went from Macau, to Zhu Hai, back to Macau, then to HK!

Macau and HK love Man U. haha! Everything is about Man u!

There's a huge store in Venetian exhibiting the Man U experience. Just like the theater of dreams.
My typical HK breakfast! Woke up almost at 11am every morning. Too late for proper breakfast.
I absolutely love ocean park! My 3rd time there and it's still as awesome as ever. Love the rides!!! Swear it's much more exciting than the kiddy rides in Disneyland. Though I've never been to HK disney, I don't find it a MUST go place. After all, I've been to the actual fun one!!! haha. As compared to ocean park, HK disney is not appealing at all. For the price I've to pay for disney, I would rather go to ocean park, twice.
Look at my wish! haha. Pretty obvious!!!

My new trekking shoes!!! To prepare for Mt kinabalu someday. haha!

Horse racing. Not that I endorse it. Quite cruel to see the jockeys whipping the horses. But, the horses do get first class treatment before and after the races.
Some ugly celebrity.

At our super classy and obviously, expensive dim sum place. Not that fantastic for the price. But we couldn't quite find a cheap dim sum place near our hotel.

Guess that sums up my hk trip. Way too few pictures. Not the usual touristy kind of holiday. Good place to relax! But I guess it won't be for another 5 years before I go back to hk. Too many places to go!!!

Depression?

2010-12-26T06:12:00.000-08:00

My internet is finally back! No really actually. But I found another way.

Anyway, it has been weeks since i'm back from HK. I miss HK soooooooooo much. But doubt it's just HK. Happened to any and every countries I went too!

Suffered the worse post holiday blues ever of my life. Monday, 20th December 2010, was the worse day ever of my working life. Shall not go into details, cos it's really too depressing. Dun wanna make u guys depress. Things are slightly better now. Guess I've got to learn to be detached. Screwed up life!!!

So guess that sums up the end of 2010. It started off really well, as in I was very happy. Things took a downhill when I started work. I don't remember working behind so emotionally draining. Not physical, or mental. It's all about mind games, and I suck at it.

I wish 2011 will be a fantastic year!

p.s. My home, from 8, will be left with only 4 people.

My cousins, from 9, will be left with 5 people.

Everyone is going away. I wanna be away too.

Best bet

2010-12-05T01:32:00.000-08:00

This is by far, my craziest, bravest, best best best bet of my life!!!! 7.60 is the best payout I've seen in S'pore pools. A very smart move by me!!! Very risky though.

Anyway, it was really a miracle that he won. Cos everything MUST go wrong for Alonso, and it did. So yay to me and Vettel!!! AMAZING!!!!

Best birthday present! Cos it's given to me by Vettel! hahaha. okay I'm mad.

Shall pack NOW for HK.

BBQ

2010-12-04T23:29:00.000-08:00

[picture from Shimin!]

BBQ with hospital executives. (NOT colleagues). We're friends!

Overall, it was awkwardly fun. Awkward cos I hardly see/talk to half of them. Fun cos, it's always fun to bbq!

It was a good experience. Udders afterwards was great too! Just that the ice cream flavors suck. No offence to Mr Yim (Owner of Udders, and he was my sec 2 math teacher!), but what happen to the good old flavors of ice cream?! Pear sorbet was weird. So were the others. Nevertheless, the company was great!

No sure if there will ever be such a gathering as it's so tedious to organize. But once is better than none.

Hong Kong tonight! Very looking forward to the extremely cold weather! BUT i'm so lazy to pack. haha! Till then!

The queen of crime

2010-12-03T03:53:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love reading mystery novel and it's no surprise that my favourite author is Agatha Christie, the queen of crime! And I think I may have found the best crime book ever, Crooked House. I swear I gasped when I read the ending.

I have to say, Agatha Christie is the smartest author ever! She makes murder an art. I can never ever guess, call me stupid, who the murderer is. I love the element of shock towards the end!!!

Her book becomes a strategy to make me look forward to riding the train. haha! I refuse to read at my own comfort. Reading on the train makes time passes super fast. Smart move! hahhaa.

Someday, I wanna get the oldest edition of Crooked House. Someday!

Identity crisis

2010-11-09T03:14:00.000-08:00

I'm facing a huge identity crisis. I don't know what I wanna do! Actually I know but it's impossible to get there. haha! The past few weeks have been weird! Funeral, wedding, sister moving out, sickness etc. It feels like I'm going through another stage of life. Yet, I do not crave for stability.

I want excitement! Challenges! The uncertainty! I feel too protected in my job. Too safe and boring. I want more!!!

My popo

2010-10-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

My grandma passed away on Thursday morn.

Super duper sad.

It was just too sudden. :(

Super grateful to my SGH colleagues (from my dept). Thanks for the wreath, money and those for coming down! And thanks to my SGH friends too. Amanda for SMS me, Jared for calling and Xinyi for calling and wanting to go to the wake to keep me company! Very very touched.

It's weird that I'm thanking them cos none of them know of the existent of this blog. haha! And funny thing is, I didn't tell most of my friends! And most of them know this blog.

By the way, the wake is not at my place. Not that any of you will find me. But just in case.

Coincidentally, what my grandma wore in the pic is what she is wearing for the wake.

FAT

2010-10-07T07:10:00.000-07:00

I'm freaking angsty! cos I feel so fat for my sis's wedding.

I'm NOT like those irritating skinny whiny girls who think they're obese.

BUT, not to say that i'm super fat.

I"ve a freaky HUGE tummy!!! :(

HOW TO LOSE IT IN 19days?! omg.

Fun at work!

2010-10-06T06:45:00.000-07:00

Taken from my friend's facebk. haha!

Damn fun.

That's why I said working life now is a little like school.

It feels like I"m doing my FYP, with a super nice prof as my "fyp mentor",

and have friends who are around my age. And to top it off, scandals! Just like secondary/JC school life!!! haha so fun!

p.s. I'm not in that clique. Yes there're many cliques in SGH. I belong to neither.

F1 rocks!

2010-09-24T20:58:00.000-07:00

Day 1 of F1!!! Jeffrey had zone 1 tickets! Free ones from his sister. We're sooooo lucky to see Daughtry up close! And Turn 3 seats are so good!!! I'm aiming for that next yr. $1200+ but heck. I want good seats!!!

A very cool Daughtry! Awesome music!!!
Took MANY MANY shots of the cars. But this is my favourite. Massa from Ferrari!
My bangs!!!
I look awful when I don't arrange it.
See how I blend in? HAHA! I'm made for F1. hehe!!!

More F1 today and tomorrow!!! But it's walkabout tickets. So I'm prepared to walk like mad. hahaha!!!

So exciting!!!!!!!!! I wanna see the drivers up close in action. I support Massa! But I miss Kimi.

Random pictures from my camera

2010-09-24T20:51:00.000-07:00

I love blogging cos it helps to archive my pictures! haha! I'm going to delete them. I feel good knowing that it's somewhere. So if i want to see it again, I can just pop over to my blog to see!

Pictures were taken when Shuling came back to Singapore during the CNY period. haha! Damn old pictures. We had dinner at Sushi Tei. Yeehao treated us!

My cello! HAHA. okay it was mine for a week. I love the sound of cello. Sounds so emo! Love it. Too bad I'm not that determined to go for classes. Too ex! I would rather go for short term enjoyment like karting. I swear I'm addicted. I went 3 times! And the first time I went, I went twice. haha! Imagine how much I've spent! More than 100!!! whee! Money well spent. hahahha!

Wednesday

2010-09-08T07:43:00.001-07:00

I wanted to blog about something very mean. haha! But I shall not to! It's about a very sensitive topic, fattiness!!! HAHHAA. Some of my facebook friends have become sooooooooo fat! hahaha. okay enough enough.

Don't worry friends. They're not really my friends, so it's highly likely that they're not you.

Can't believe I'm so mean. Karma strikes me already. I've a huge pimple on my forehead! haha! And I've my grad photoshoot this sunday. Just great.

Oh, my little sister is going Georgia tech! That copycat. hahaha! I wanna go back there sooooooo badly! I"m so going to visit her! haha. Free lodging!

Gosh I'm so tired. Met my psy friends today! It was fun!!! V, Sirong and charlene! So glad everyone is doing fine. We finally met up!

Time for bed. Good night.

Look at what I missed out!

2010-09-05T05:53:00.000-07:00

Samuel mms-ed me pictures of the Jap buffet of my GIP gathering. I forgot I had 3 dinner appointments that day! GIP, department and psy dinner. And guess which one I went for? Department dinner! haha!

I swear it's one of the worse, if not, the WORST dinner ever!!! The people were nice. But I just can't make small talks like mad! I tried okay! But sometimes when you try too hard, things get harder. Gosh. I felt so out of place. Everyone was having fun and was enjoying each other's company. I was stuffing myself with keropok. And I was busy sms-ing people like Amy, Samuel etc. Gosh I felt like dying! I wanna explode! Can you believe I was mute for the whole one hour? I can't believe it too. hahhaa!!!

It got so bad that I left early. I wanted to find Samuel they all for GIP dinner. But I just couldn't find the damn freaking bus-stop. Dejected, I went home.

But I was glad I left early. (Even though I really wanted to try the dessert. Chendol. haha!)

I've nothing against my department colleagues. As mentioned, they're very nice. But I just can't talk to them! I don't even sit with them. (My office is 3 levels below theirs. Cos they've no space to accommodate me.)

Well, at least I tried. I'm quite anti-social. Hate to be in a super big group.

I remembered asking steph and hui hui for advice during clinical psy role play! HAHAHA! Okay random.

p.s. I'm blogging like mad cos I've finally got proper internet access! yay!

p.s.s I'm feeling happier now! Shall quit whining about work.

p.s.s. I've got so much to look forward to!!!!

p.s.s.s. I've got to lose weight!!! FAST!

Stage photo

2010-09-05T05:09:00.000-07:00

I love this pic! I look so happy on the stage! Cos sam, shu hui etc were cheering for me! hehe! Thanks guys! For making me appear popular for once. hahaa! :)

Work-life balance?

2010-09-03T22:01:00.001-07:00

Nope, I still do not really like working. But things get better with very nice friends! When I say friends, I don't mean colleagues. haha! Colleagues can NEVER be friends.

Thanks to Ho man, I love karting!!! It's super duper exciting!!!

We went for my first karting session some friday ago. I was quite scared but it turned out to be adrenaline filled. It's sooooo fast! Just like F1. haha! It was so fun that I went 2 times! Damn ex but it's super worth the money!

Then on Sunday, I went for my first cello lesson. I love how the cello sound! But I didn't quite enjoy it. Not as exciting as go-kart, just as ex as a go-kart and not as fun! haha. My teacher is quite an okay china lady. U get what I mean.

So, I've given up on cello for go-kart! WHEE!!! I can't wait to go again! Very very very soon!!!

But someday, when I really grow up, I'll take up cello again. haha! When I don't have the energy, when i'm old and dying. hahaa!!! okay kdding abt the old and dying part. Someday!

Sleepy!

2010-08-17T05:28:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, I slept at 1130pm.

On Monday, I slept at 1030pm.

Today, I'm going to sleep at 830pm!!!

Help me!

2010-08-14T21:44:00.000-07:00

I hate work, but I need the money! What should I do??? I've been complaining ever since day1. I should have known the day I stepped into the building. The bad vibe that I got.

btw, on a totally random note, I've never seen a more gossipy, whiny, self-centered, thinks-he's-damn-cute/cool-but-is-totally-not guy. Why does such a loser even exist? He should be banished to HELL.

My graduation!

2010-08-02T05:37:00.000-07:00

I'm one very proud girl! I graduated from NTU!!!

Who would have thought! An yishun town ah lian wannabe! haha!!!

And yes, I was very happy on the convocation day. Couldn't stop smiling!

The only thing I regretted was going to work. I had to rush like mad down to NTU. The very kind professor from work allowed me to go off earlier. But still, I had to rush. So I ended up looking like a mad woman. My hair was very messy, just like Messi! hehe!

A very happy me!

My parents! They must be so proud of me! hahaha!

Okay but not the debt part.

Another long story.
My sisters! Minus da jie.
Jeffrey! Came down to find me with flowers after work!
SAM!!!!! I think I look the best in this pic. haha!

Amazing friend! What would hall be w/o u? I can't imagine!!!

So glad u're a fellow pig. hehe! I'll never forget our muffin night! Where we walked with muffins in hand! And the night where we went up ADM! Rmb we promised to camp there? haha!

And how u always sleepover at my room? And I always sleepover at ur home! hahaha! I miss u!

Sirong!!! Thanks to her and her mom for helping me pin my gown properly!!!

And thanks for being my bestest friend in psychology! haha! Would have died w/o ur company.

oh and also thanks for always printing notes for me!!! And helping me in my school work!
Shu hui!!!!!!!! My 55 friend. I'm so amazed at the crazy things we do. I'll never forget Valentine's day 2007. HAHA! Do u rmb ur crazy little dare to our takuya?!!!

So weird that me, u and amy are so close!!! Maybe cos we're the only juniors in 55.

And we actually went HK together!!! FUN times!!!
Stephie!!! I love to tease u!!! But u'll never be angry!

I've known u ever since yr 1, ice skating club! We actually skated together! haha! We were not even close then. So happy when I knew we're going Georgia tech together!!!
Juliha and Siti! I rmb Juliha as the girl who a bf who rides bike. hahaha! Fun girl!!!

And Siti! I knew her ever since yr 1! I rmb we talked in our very first stats class! And we got a lot of common classes in yr 1! One of my first few friends in psy.
JX!!! This girl is amazing. She reads me like a book. SCARY shit. hahaha!

I swear she knows me so well when we were housemates in Georgia Tech. It's cool cos I don't have to tell her anything and she'll know. omg it's truly amazing how close we got in GT.
Julyn! A very sweet Malaysian girl!!! She's damn smart and hardworking. If only I'm like her. haha! Quite nice to talk to!
Augustine! I only talked to him during convo. Never before in my 4 years of uni. See how much I missed out! He's so damn funny to talk to! Seriously funny. haha!
Lilian! Very nice to talk to too!!!

I was superbly sociable that night. hahaha!
Last but not least, Amanda!!!

I thought she was arrogant in school. But hell no! She's like the most friendliest person in SGH!!!! Love it how she tells me everything. hahaha!
THANKS my sisters!!! For the endless wait for me. (literally). hahhaa!

And thanks for the very nice sunflower!!! What a pleasant surprise!

Sorry that u guys went mad while waiting. HAHA!

They continued being mad when they went home! So cute!

My 2 baby sisters. HAHA!!!

THANK YOU ALL!!!

In the words of shermeen, I've finally grad!!!

Weekend

2010-07-18T07:24:00.001-07:00

Weekend was wonderful, despite me having to work on a saturday morning. The weather was perfect for sleeping in! Then again, I woke up to the stormy weather. I love thunderstorm! Always make me feel so calm and peaceful.

Working on a saturday was actually quite enjoyable. I love the feeling of not being bugged by anyone. But of course, I would not want to spend an extra day at work.

Okay that summarize my weekend. haha! I need more excitement in life. But how to without money? Yes I'm in debt. School fees!!!

TIRED OF MY BORING LIFE

2010-07-13T08:30:00.000-07:00

Every morning, I'm like a soul-less creature, dragging myself to the shithole hell pit.

Every night, I'm a tired piece of shit.

Good night!

Thanks!

2010-07-02T20:50:00.001-07:00

I love with when I meet my friends. My mouth is like a floodgate, with me talking non-stop. haha! But at work, I stammer like mad! I'm serious!!! The way I stumble is quite funny. NOT that i'm too nervous okay. Maybe I feel super out of place.

So happy to meet my friends!!! Yes, those who can keep me sane. Thank you to you all.

Freedom

2010-06-30T05:07:00.000-07:00

I've never appreciate fresh air and the greens more than ever.

Or wild thunderstorms. or whatever nature has to offer.

Being in f****** dull and boring place suck life out of me.

Please dear friends, meet me often to keep me sane.

p.s. Meet me where there're windows. Best if it's out in the open.

p.s.s I think I'm claustrophobic.

Diving trip!

2010-06-29T07:48:00.000-07:00

But there's absolutely no pictures of me diving! hahha! It's mostly pictures on board. My cousin and the instructor had special cameras to bring them underwater. Till I get the pictures from them, here're some on board ones!

It's a really cool experience living on the yacht. I was there since thursday evening till sunday evening! 4 days on-board. It's not that boring. But basically, all we did was sleep, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, eat, dive, sleep, dive, eat etc. See the pattern? haha! Yes I slept a lot! It was damn nice to sleep! With the yacht rocking, just like being in a cradle. And I love how small and cosy the cabin was!

Here's a picture of me! Looking happy but I was very very tired.

My smile looked fake.
My bed! The amazing sea view!
Sarah's bed.

She's so smart to take the bottom bunk. It was so cold on the top!
On the top deck. Sarah with yuen yin, my cousin.
I looked bald. haha!
Some of the others!

There's my uncle, and the rest are my cousin's cousins and uncle.
Nice view of an island!
The tiny toilet. But it was rather clean.

An interesting fact: Things flushed in the toilet goes out into the sea! hahhaha!

There was once when Sarah was still down in the sea when she saw something brown drifting towards her. Pretty obvious what it was right? hahaha! Gross shit. Literally.
Me! At the diving preparation area. Quite cool right?

It gets chaotic when we're about to dive.

Everyone crowds around that area.
The very friendly crew on board!

Tip top service!!!

They were so happy when I took this picture of them!
They helped to take a picture for us!
Me and the island.
Sarah resting!

Whale or tortoise?

More of whale right? Since it's in an ocean.

I love to dangle my feet at the side of the yacht!!!

And emo like mad, with the breeze against my face.

Plus can occasionally spot sea fairies! (This weird little creature that will fly on the surface of the ocean, then will disappear into the waters. That's sea fairy to me!)

No I'm not copying huijia's famous princess shot. hahaa!

Sunset view!!! Love it!

We had BBQ at night!!! Damn nice food!!!

The crew did the cooking, and we did the eating!

Dave, the instructor, reading out a love letter from Kim's bf.

Kim's bf passed a letter to Felicia, for her to pass it to Kim on the Saturday. It's supposedly there're anniversary. No idea why she let Dave read that out loud! I felt so embarrassed for her! Gosh. Lots of lovey dovey mushy stuff.
We had light sticks! I wasn't that fascinated.
Full moon!!!

And a storm was brewing.

That night, the yacht was soooooo rocky.

And it rained very very badly.

Love it!
Sarah with her sun-kissed cheeks!
This should be Pular Aur.
See the resort?

It belongs to my instructor!!!

Cool.

And he has a bar on the island, called Narcosis. (It's some diving term)

Okay that's it!!!

8 dives over the weekend.

I'm quite glad I did suba diving!

An exciting journey for me.

I was quite grumpy for the first 2 days cos I was very scared.

But everything turned out fine!!!!! In fact, it's better than just fine! Awesome!!!

I might wanna do more someday. (as in advanced diving)

But should feel more comfortable doing normal dives first.

For now, I should just pass the exam.

Yes, 1 more final exam and I'm done!!!!

Wish me good luck!!!

Diving. omg.

2010-06-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

I'm going for the diving trip later. I wished it was sky diving. haha! Sky diving seems much safer than scuba diving. I'm seriously scared.

Okay just stay calm and have fun!!! My last getaway before work starts. Better enjoy!!!

Mornington Peninsular

2010-06-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

I must really thank Jiaxi for another wonderful day! She's so nice to suggest us going to Mornington together! And yes, she drove us there!!!

Mornington is another highlight of my trip! It's so scenic! If only I've lots of time there.

Sam and I!!! We were super happy on that day. hahaha! Like we're high on drugs. haha! But we're high on something else! hehehehe!
So lovely!!! Yes, there were not many people there. Another reason why I love this place!
Shuling, Hui Jia and I!
On the boardwalk.

The kid was in his superman outfit! So cute.

Taking a stroll with his grandma!

This was taken from the restaurant. The food was so ex!

Sam and I ordered carbonara pasta. I feel like puking at the thought of that. hahaha! Way too creamy for my liking. We couldn't finish!

Arthur's seat. I forgot what's so special about this seat. hahaha!

It's way up the mountain/hill. haha! Dunno what's it called.

The view was magnificent!!!

Next, we went to Ashcrome maze. It's like a garden made up of many little mazes. The mazes were not the main attraction. The view was!!! So beautiful!!!!! I can just stay there all day!!!

The 5 of us stuck in a maze. hahaha!

But it's quite easy to navigate our way out.

Obviously, I wasn't leading the group. haha!
At the rose maze!!! I love roses!!!

A very nice pic of Sam and I! I developed this for her!!! hahaha!

Like this pic! It's like the rose among the thorns( white boring flowers in this case)

See the view!!!

haha! Huijia looked like she's trying to take a pic of the squirrel.

But she's taking a pic of jiaxi! So cute.

There was a lake hidden behind all the mazes!!!!!

Sam's sitting on the very wobbly platform. haha!

But this pic is so amazing!

Reminded me of mario! haaha!

Lavender field! Smells nice!!!

I was sooooooooo sad when we had to leave the place.

The sunset made things worse. Plus listening to Muse and another very emo song.

I miss Melbourne days so much!!! Staying with Shuling was like a sleepover party every night. I rmb one night when we gossiped about JC days. haha!

And travelling with Sam was like a dream come true!!! My very first friend in hall going on a grad trip with me! How cool is that?!!!

I dare say not many people in NTU made true good friends. I did! So good for me! hahaha!

Wish I can be there right now with the right company.

Someday I'll be back!!!!

In NTU

2010-06-15T01:30:00.000-07:00

Guess what? I'm in NTU. Not that I miss NTU so much. But I broke my the letters "Z" and "X" on my keyboard. I must have pounded on my laptop while watching soccer intensively last night. haha!!! I was overly excited over Japan vs Cameroon match! So many "almost score" moments.

The fujitsu guy fixed my viral problem too!!! yay! My laptop is as good as new! And it's super fast after I've reformatted.

Anyway, back to the topic of me being in NTU. I'm so bored and a little sick of staying at home that I've decided to use my com here in NTU! hahaa! I feel like the only Singaporean here. (Right now, I'm hearing shrieking China-accented mandarin from across the canteen. hahha!)

NTU is just as dull. Now, it's worse. With all the fences up, it's like a ZOO. NTU is so ugly. How in the world did it get chosen for YOG?!!! Then again, there isn't anywhere nicer.

I'm feeling the dull vibe now. It feels as though NTU is absorbing all the energy in me. I'm so restless and crappy! Thank goodness for msn!!! Trying to convince Shuling to come home. hahaha!!!

Such a boring post. Alright! Rooting for Germany in world cup!

Ich libe Deutschland. (Seems wrong! hahaha!)

p.s. Really hope ppl buy my old psychology textbk on imall. I wanna get rid of stuff!!!

Anyone interested in my books???

Melbourne- Great Ocean Road

2010-06-10T08:19:00.000-07:00

Shuling and I joined Jiaxi and gang to great ocean road. THANKS so much to Jiaxi for taking time out to bring us there!

Shuling and I had our "Amazing race" moments when we returned the car. haha! I was super panicky cos I'm not sure of the road. Shuling was telling me to turn but it was red light! (but according to Jiaxi, I can turn. So Shuling was right.) But I didn't dare to turn! haha! It was really hilarious with Shuling telling me to move but I refused. In the end, I just turned and I glad I did.

I was so relieved when I returned the car! No damages done! Whee!!! And I thought it'll be the end of my driving adventure in Aus.

BUT HELL NO!!!!!!!!!! Jiaxi let me drive her toyota yarris!!!!!!!!! (sam told me it was yarra. and I believed. hahaha!!! she's always tricking me.) So nice of her!!! To let a stranger drive her car. It's so much more stable than Hyundai Getz.

The road up to Great Ocean Road ain't easy. Cos we chose the scenic route, we had to cut through mountains! There were so many sharp turns and the road was pretty steep. Again, I felt so proud of myself!!! I survived a difficult drive up!!! It's like initial D. haha!!!

Actually, I shouldn't be that proud of myself. The way Jiaxi drove was way cooler. She didn't make a big deal out of it. Either she's very humble, or she's very good! I love the way she drove. She made the ride so smooth and comfortable!!!

The first stop!
Sam and I! Finally met her after days. And I had my cheeseburger!
Another stop along Great Ocean Road. The 12 apostles.

I didn't know we reached the famous stop! haha!

I was a little disappointed. No great giant waves crashing against the cliffs.

The noobies in Phillip Island was cooler.

I overdressed for that day. haha! Shuling told me it'll be as cold as Phillip Island!

So, I wore my thermal. HAHA!!!

I couldn't remove my jacket. Cos I was wearing my sleeping wear!!! hahaha!

We then walked down to the beach.

It would have been great in summer!

The water was really cold!!! Felt very refreshing.

The snack Sam and I got. haha!

Didn't taste that delicious. But good enough for the greedy ones.
There were lots of seagulls!

To Jiaxi, they're like crows.

But crows do not look as angelic as them.
Jiaxi being very brave.

She studies Vet science in Aus!

Fantastic view!

The drive home. Obviously I'm not the one driving. haha!
Awesome sunset!

Huijia was acting like Jesus christ. haha!!! With the sun as the backdrop.

I love this pic!!!

Sam said it would have been better if there's a huge transformer truck coming right up behind us. HAHA!!!
Mexican food! Can't rmb the name but I stuck the receipt in my diary.

Not too bad. But not too good either. hahaha! I prefer Asian food.
At the pancake/waffle place! I love the cosy ambiance. And best, it opens till late!!!

Good for bored Singaporeans like us!

Biscotti craze

2010-06-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

I was so bored and miserable at home that I went to bake!!! haha! It's quite therapeutic to bake at night cos it's so cooling and quiet.

This time, I used ingredients from my daddy's shop! Dried cranberries and walnut. It's super healthy, since it's from a medical hall shop! Go patronize! Wing Sun Hoe, Yishun. haha!

It turned out really good!!!

Both sour and sweet. Sourness from the cranberries, and sweetness from the biscotti!
And for my younger sisters. Chocolate!

Random pic of my home!
Sarah received a present from her kid!

2 of the kid's favourite books. So cute!
Still got ultraman sticker!!! haha! I thought it's power ranger.

But I guess kids these days won't watch power ranger.

Earthlings

2010-06-08T09:52:00.000-07:00

http://veg-tv.info/Earthlings

I watched this documentary online through someone's facebook link. It's about how human brutally treat animals for food, clothes, research and entertainment. I'm not to advocate vegetarianism but at least be aware of animal cruelty. Like don't go for animal circus show, bull/cock fighting etc.

From the documentary:

1. In chinese farms, animals were skinned ALIVE. The animals as shown in the video were still blinking and breathing. (NOT to solely blame the chinese. the angmohs were more cruel. )

2. Veals (young cow) were not allowed to grow. They were only fed with liquid and had to stay in confined space for 4 mths before they were slaughtered.

3. Foie gras is made by force feeding goose (and i think duck) by inserting a long tube down their throats.

Many more facts are shown in the documentary. However, some are to be taken with a pinch of salt. I would think that animal research are more ethic nowadays. So are animal slaughtering. Then again, some videos are taken in 2002, which is considered quite recent.

I'm so confused now. haha! But, I'll try to go green (Eating more veg instead of meat!) Not quite practical though. The last time I went total veg for a week, I was diagnosed with Vitamin deficiency in B12. So, eat in moderation!!! Eat healthily, and save the world at the same time. Not too bad of a deal!

Melbourne- Phillip Island

2010-06-04T00:35:00.000-07:00

Philip Island day was the start of the adventure of a lifetime!!!

I DROVE!!!!!!!!!!!

I hardly drive in Singapore. And all the car scratches were caused by me. haha! I'm such a lousy driver. I dunno what possess shuling and I to rent a car! haha!!!

I was quite nervous the night before. But I'm so glad we decided to rent a car!!!!

I swear it was the most exciting thing ever in the trip!!!

I'm proud to say I DROVE!!!!!! haha!!! And the whole trip was rather smooth. With occasional screw-ups such as wrong turns. Thanks shuling for being my VC. Giving me instructions from the GPS. Sounds damn cock but I dunno how to use the GPS. haha! I need shuling to translate the information for me!

Anyway, on thursday, we left shuling's apartment rather early to get to Budget. Her housemate, Meisze dropped us there! As we booked everything the night before, we just had to retrive the car and make payments.

So, after a very short while, I started to drive!!! (I'm feeling excited again. haha!) Since I hardly drove in Singapore, I had to check out the mechanisms of driving. It turned out quite okay! The starting part was scary as I had to turn out to a highway. The min. speed limit was 100km/h!!! So damn fast. And I had to U-turn. Got honked at for being too slow. Thereafter, everything was okay!!!!!!!

The drive to Phillip Island was easy as there were so many road signs pointing out to there! The scenery was so nice!!! Lots of greenery and farm animals along the way. haha!

The drive! Obviously, Shuling was the one taking the picture. haha!
An attempt to take a pic of me! hahaha! I made her do it. Prove that I drove!
Pretty unglam shot of me.

As u can see, I hold the steering wheel very tightly. haha!

The car was pretty unstable. Hyundai Getz.

But I love bumpy journey!!!
Me again.
And ME!!!! A proud driver!!!
Along the way to Phillip Island. So country side like! Love it!

The bridge to cross over to the island!
My car for the day.

Hyundai Getz.
A chocolate factory. Not a huge fan of chocolate.

Would have loved to go into the factory. But it's ex!
The penguins and everything are made of chocolate!

White, dark milk etc! Amazing!
On our way to Churnhill Island, another island off Phillip Island.
It's so scenic!!! So many sheep, cows and horses.

And there's a lavender farm!

It smells just like my lavender hand cream.

I can just sit there forever and emo to the sea. haha!!!

Amaze things is a place filled with illusions. Like what I learnt in Psychology! Gestalt psychology, I think.
A clock which goes backward!

It was pouring! So we had to have our lunch at the BBQ corner, which was sheltered.

There was hardly anyone! Cos it's a very wet and gloomy day. Not a day for Phillip Island. But I love it!!!

We then went to the Wildlife park. I thought it'll be like the one in Perth where there'll be a lot of people and very few kangaroos. But I was so wrong!!!

The kangaroos outnumbered the humans, basically just Shuling and I. hahahha! The place was quite rundown! And I swear there were just a few people. It's so freaky cos the place is huge!!! And there're kangaroos at every corner.

I was seriously very scared and jumpy. I had to hide behind Shuling. haha! She taught me how to feed them.
A Tasmania devil! So cute! It's like a cross between a dog, pig and bear. hahhaa!
See how scared I was?! haha! And this was a very small one.

We encountered very HUGE ones!!!

The way the huge ones hop were so scary! It felt like they're going to pound to me!
See how cute a koala bear is!!!
Another pic of Tasmania devil.
This is what Shuling and I call the "protection fee". haha!

The kangaroos guarded every area so tight that it's impossible to cross without distracting them away! So we had to sprinkle some away so we can pass them. haha! Kangaroos are like the gangsters of the park.
Another pic of the car! It became very dirty!!! haha!

I drove to the nobbies. or noobies. Crap. I can't rmb. I simply love this place. It's what I imagined great ocean road to be! This place is worth much more the effort driving to than great ocean road.

There're waves crashing against the cliffs! Awesome.
Shuling and I. It was very cold then. Plus, it rained on and off. But totally worth the hike up!
eh, I thot this pic has a penguin underneath. haha! Posted the wrong pic!

Under the boardwalk, Shuling spotted a penguin!!!!!!!! or rather, 2!!! So cool!

This is the observatory center where we learnt more about marine life.
It's so big and spacious inside!!!
See how dark and gloomy it was! Plus my camera ain't of good quality.
The sign warned us about wildlife. AND IT"S SO RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!

As I was driving, I saw a kangaroo at the side of the road. As I drove nearer to it, it started to cross the road!!!!!!! hahaa!!! I had to let it cross. So cool!!!!!!!!

There were many kangaroos spotted hidden in the tall grasses! It's much more fun to see a kangaroo in the wild than in a wildlife park.

Finally, it was dark enough to proceed to see the penguin parade. Basically, it's a place at the beach where we wait for the penguins to come home. We got to walk the penguins back to their homes!!! The penguins are really cute! Very small and stout. And they walk like they're going to topple over any moment. hahaha!

It's such a pity that no photographs were allowed to be taken. But that's perfectly understandable!

See how cold it was!
Indeed, we spotted penguins near the carpark!!! Luckily none under my car. haha!
This was in the center.

See the postbox? I sent postcards back to home, Jeff and to RACHEL TAN!!! hahaha!

Shuling had to call her housemate who was at home for Rae's add!
We love this place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Contrary to how people described Phillip Island as too touristy, it's a MUST GO place for me! I learnt a lot about marine life, got in touch with farm animals and had so much fun and adventure!!! I'll definitely go again!!!

Melbourne- Puffing Billy

2010-06-04T00:12:00.001-07:00

A highly recommended tourist attraction!!! I love it cos I'm a scenic person! Puffing Billy train ride reminds me of the Harry Potter train! Those that Harry and gang took to Hogwart!

Shuling and I took a bus from her place to Belgrave station. Nice name!

The entrance
Belgrave station.

Me having a bad hair day.

I looked bald! cos my hair was very flat.
Steam engine train!

Very cool.

Exactly the same as those movie kind of steam train!

A loud whistling sound at the start, and the sound of train going over railway tracks!

The train brought us to lake emerald, a very huge park.

It's such a pity we went up there very late.

We walked around the place, and had to leave cos the last train departed at 2pm.

(We reached there at 1pm!)

With less than an hr, we couldn't even do picnic. A real pity!!!

But, there's always next time!

Nice red tree!

Love the effect of the sunlight.

Love the lake!!!

Part of the park!
This is how children sit!

They sit on the ledge and dangle their legs out.

I wanted to try. But I might get stuck. hahaha!
The way down.

Very scenic!
The platform with the conductor!

He put his conductor hat on me! So cute.

I would surely go again! But I'll go rather early.

I would love to have a picnic up there! Maybe I'll drive up there instead of taking the train!

The train ride is kind of pricy. $33 (i think). Luckily we had some coupons.

Shit, I miss Melbourne again. haha!

Expensive food in Melbourne

2010-06-02T10:42:00.000-07:00

Based on lonely planet's recommendation, Shuling and I chose Misuzu at Albert Park. I was craving for sukiyaki, thus, I wanted jap food.

The description made it seems like it's cheap and delicious. The later part is right but not the cheap part! haha! About AUD$40. And we tried not to order a lot cos everything is ex!!! We're so not for fine dining!

And there's no sukiyaki in fine dining place. hahhaa!!!

The bar. Quite cool!
Agedashi tofu! Very delicious!!!!!!!!!!
Cheese-baked mushroom!!!!! (i think)

Unagi rice. I love it!!! cos it's the only thing that's filling. hahaha!

In the end, we went to QV mart at Melbourne Central for food.

Puffy is actually ice cream in cookie like puff. Nice and cheap!!!

Gosh. I'm so hungry!!!

p.s. I miss Melbourne.

p.s.s Listening to Creep by Radiohead and Resistance by Muse make me miss Melbourne even more!!!!!!! I love the 2 songs! It was played from Huijia's mp3 in JX's car during the drive out from Mornington. Perfect songs to emo to the sunset!!!

Wedding?!!!

2010-06-02T10:05:00.000-07:00

This is why I hate weddings in Singapore.

It's so degrading and damn humiliating!!! This is a so called chinese tradition where by those dumb bridemaids set tasks for the groom and his so called brothers to do. Tasks like get the guys to wear stupid things, eat disgusting stuff, etc. Just to impress them. Then after all the tasks, the bridesmaids will demand for a lump sum of money.

Irritating right?!!!!

If I ever get married and my bridesmaids do this, I'll ask them go eat shit.

If my groom and his men ever agree to do this, I'll ask them to go and die.

What kind of tradition is this?! There should be respect in weddings!!!!!!

p.s Pic found on facebk. No harm intended!

Melbourne- PARKS!!!

2010-06-01T10:07:00.001-07:00

I love the parks in Melbourne!!! And the weather was perfect to stroll or frolic on the grass! I love the red leaves from the trees, with the occasional spotting of possum! I can stay there the whole afternoon with a good book!!!

Shuling and I went to Fitzroy Garden and Treasury Garden on a Saturday afternoon. Before that, she had her dental appointment which she missed her previous slot due to the damn bus. haha! It didn't stop for us! But yeah, we should have flagged. So anyway, we changed plans and went to her friend's place, Steph's, first!

I love Steph's place!!! Her mom grew roses!!! I LOVE ROSES!!!!!!!!!

Orange ones.
Red ones!!!
Steph's mom was so cute!

She knew I was fascinated by her roses, with me taking so many shots of them!

So, she cut a very nice one for me!!!

It smelled just like the bandung drink!!!

See how perfect it looked!!!!!

Such a pity I left it at Shuling's place. Forgot to bring back!!!

After Shuling's dental appointment, we had lunch with Steph and Gerry.

Chinese food. Quite shiok due to the huge portions!

Armed with bubble tea and snacks, we embarked on our journey to the parks!!!
We stopped at parliament station.
Our way to the parks!
I think it's st paul's cathedral.
Princess theater where u can watch musicals!

It's such a pity that Melbourne doesn't have as much musicals as Sydney.

If not, I would definitely watch one! Esp if there's Wicked!!!
The parliament house!
Brides and bridesmaids!
MORE weddings!!!

And many many more!!! Think we counted about 5?

Such a lovely day to take wedding pictures!
Our snacks!

Bubble tea is expensive in Melbourne!

About AUD$3.50!
Our timer shot.

I love this pic!

Btw, we're at Treasury Garden cos we couldn't find Fitzroy at first.
Now we're at Fitzroy!
Little houses!
The fairies' tree, with carvings dated back to the 1930s.
The very nice autumn tree!
The jetstar jump! hahaa!
A post office box. I dunno what's so special about it.

Maybe cos it looks antique. But think I saw quite a number of such boxes around Melbourne!
The cook's cottage, where James cook spent his childhood.

It was closed. But we could peek in from the outside!
Getting darker in the park.

It got really cold too!
Skyline at night.

We were strolling along Yarra River.

Felt like strolling along the Seine River in Paris.

I LOVE IT!

The next day, we went to St Kilda's beach and Albert park, where the F1 circuit is!

The route from shuling's place to the train station.

Another lovely day!
The color of the pic was off when I was typing the entry.

It's fine now!

Gosh. The sky looked so nice!!!!!!
Looks so nice right?

It's a pleasant walk to the train station! About 15mins.
Luna park, an amusement park in St kilda.
We can go in for free.

But got to pay for the rides, which i didn't take.

cos seriously, after parc asterix in paris, nothting looked exciting.
I like this pic. Proved that I've been to St kilda. haha!
I looked so blind!!!!!! hahaha!

My sis's shades.

I've never looked good in shades.

That explains why I never really own one.

My sisters gave me one! But I looked quite bad in it. So i passed it on!
I look better now! Without shades!
Brooks jetty, still in st kilda's beach.
So relaxing!

We then proceed on to Albert park from St Kilda.

We didn't know how to get there. So we were looking at our guide book very seriously.

Then, this guy, called Nick, very harmlessly approached us.

He offered to bring us to Albert Park, which he so kindly did.

Throughout the journey, he told us about his life. About him being a musician, travelling to many parts of the world. I was thinking, that's nice. Until, he got quite absurd. He started saying how he and his band got a record deal in US but it didn't work out cos of some girl problems within the band. Then he said he went to Japan and got quite popular. And he said he'll be working with a popular singer called Miko.

He didn't even look like a popstar. He was dressed very shabbily!!! He continued talking to us even when we reached. I didn't know how to decline how very kind offer to bring us around. Till he wanted to bring us to an art gallery somewhere not in Albert park. Then, our girly instinct kicked in. haha! We said we had a dinner appointment with our other friendS and it's quite soon. Thank goodness he went away.

What an encounter! hahaha! After he left, we could admire the scenery at Albert park. See how lovely it's!!!
Beautiful sunset!!!
Timer shot again!

Quite cool right?!
Tagged black swans.
The pathway for joggers!
The city in sight.
A random pose. hahaha!
Gosh. I MISS ALBERT PARK!
More sunset pics.
That's me!
Nice shot?

Shuling's creative idea to use shades to cover the camera lens.

I love the effect!

That's all about parks in the city.

If only Singapore has lovely parks. Then again, even if have, no one will go cos it's so damn bloody HOT. yes. I'm still complaining about the weather. But lesser these days.

p.s. I went for my first diving lesson. OMG. So tedious!!!!! Hope it'll be less tedious tomorrow.

NTU

2010-05-27T05:40:00.000-07:00

I checked my NTU results this morning and I'm quite pleased! Not with the fact that i'll still be a second lower. Or the fact that i missed it just by 0.06. Or the fact that I got a B for FYP. (But actually, I should be glad for that piece of crap. Hope it burns in hell forever.)

But, I thought I did quite well for clinical psychology!!! And throughout the whole course, I didn't try so hard to do well. I was truely interested in every lessons! Unlike other classes where I always keep my mouth shut, I was quite talkative in clinical psy! I was really curious about it! So interest is very important! No wonder it's the only subject I did well. haha! Thanks Clare!!!

So guess this pretty much sums up the end of NTU. Just a random thought. The best professor ever is Johnathan Marshall! hahhaa! He taught 2 classes of introduction to psychology when I was in year 1. What's interesting is that he doesn't teach according to the lecture notes! He talked casually about the topic (almost w/o ppt or any book). How cool is that! (reminds me of the profs in USA). He even did a live demo of hypnosis!!!

Apart from him, all the fun lecturers are those outside working professionals like Dr Majeed, Fred and Clare!!! They made classes so much more enjoyable than the usual BORING ones. hahaha!!!

Just about one more month to enjoy! The thought of work starts to depress me. But, I've got some interesting plans to look forward to! For one, I'm confirm going diving at the end of JUNE! How brave for someone who can't swim. I'm so excited! But also damn bloody scared. We'll see. I've got to try swimming!!!!!!! Someday!

Biscotti, again!

2010-05-24T07:15:00.000-07:00

The greatest gift I got back from Melbourne for my family is...

Biscotti recipe!!!!!!!!!

Everyone in my family loves it!!!!
So, I just kept baking non-stop.
2 batches today!!!

Chocolates ones! Specially for Shermeen and Sarah!

The slicing was perfect!!!
I'm so glad it didn't crumble like the previous attempt!

Weirdo. hahhaa!!!
She frowned cos I said I baked chocolate ones specially for Shermeen, not her.
hahhaa!!!
Cranberry and raisins ones!

Me looking so proud!
The final product!!!
I'm so going to perfect it to Jiaxi's standard!!!
Gonna try soon again!!! haha!
My family loves it!!! Shall bake till they get sick of it!

Gosh, I LOVE BISCOTTI!!!!!!!!!

Biscotti

2010-05-21T02:25:00.000-07:00

Nigella's biscotti recipe (for Sharon)

May. 19th, 2010 | 01:19 am

Dear Sharon,

Breakfast Biscotti recipe: Nigella Lawson - Feast

Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- ½ cup superfine sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- few drops almond extract
- ¾ cup + 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup natural shelled almonds*
- ⅓ cup semisweet chocolate chips*

(* Reminder jx used cranberries and pistachios instead of almonds and choc chips. It's your call really.)

Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Whisk the egg and sugar until pale and moussily thick; I use an electric mixer here, as you want the mixture whipped enough so that when you lift the whisk attachment out of it, you are left with a trail of ribbons. Beat in the vanilla and almonds extracts, and then slowly fold in the flour, baking powder and salt.
- When the batter's all combined, fold in the whole almonds and chocolate pieces, and then form the dough into a loaf-like log of about 10 × 2 inches, slightly tapering the ends.
- Lay the biscotti log on to a piece of baking parchment on a baking sheet and cook for 25 minutes: it will be a pale brown color. Leave for 5 minutes to harden slightly, and then cut diagonal slants of about ½ in thickness along the length of the loaf to give finger-like pieces.
- Put these back on to the parchment paper covered baking sheet and cook again for another 10 minutes, turn the biscotti over and then cook for another 5 minutes. Let the golden brown biscotti cool on a rack and then store them in an airtight container ready to be plucked and dunked at a moment's anticipatory notice.

Also, check out step by step instructions here. Good luck!

The above was posted on Huijia's blog! She's so damn sweet!!!

In Melbourne, Jiaxi made damn good biscotti. I told Huijia randomly that I want the recipe too. And she remembered!!!

Anyway, my biscotti was a failure. haha! The pictures should be posted on fail blog.

So much effort!!! I salute Jiaxi! Her biscotti were perfect!

Look at mine:

The was after the 1st baking process.

Had to slice it into many thin slices.
The after process.

My biscotti were way too fat! hahaha!

They look more like garlic bread.
I'm kind of proud of it.

It tasted nice! (but not Jiaxi's biscotti kind of nice. Hers was awesome!)
hahaha! One last shot.

I dunno what went wrong!!!

Think I didn't keep track of the time properly.

I'll try again soon!

Sam, u see this? Bake with me okay?!!!

Morington!

2010-05-20T22:30:00.000-07:00

Melbourne city!

2010-05-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

This is where the adventure beings!

This piece of cheesecake almost cost Sam and I to miss our flight.

We were happily eating when we were supposed to board. haha!

It's damn hilarious at how retarded we were!

Yummy cheesecake!!!

Best so far that I've tasted!!!

Sam! My travel partner!!!

So cool that I'm going on a grad trip with my first friend in university!

One of the few friends that I really like!!!

Yes, others, u suck.
Our transit at Darwin airport.

It was 4 or 5am. Don't we still look awake? haha!

The ride to Darwin wasn't fantastic. I thought I booked an emergency exit seat!

But, I got it for my flight to Melbourne! Amazing!!! Better than normal plane flight!!!

$400+ for a huge seat, totally worth it!

And so we arrived!!!

I was using the internet for a bit while waiting for Shuling.

Such a pleasant surprise to find out that internet is free!

Our first meal!

Korean food near Shuling's apartment.

It's okay only. But there were lots of seafood!
The side dishes.

Nothing fantastic.
This was the 2nd day. We accompanied Shuling for her job interview.

It's so far away! Her friend's mom drove us there. So nice!
This shopping center is where Shuling went for her interview!

Sam and I walked around a bit.
This was the bus ride to Boxhill, a chinatown place.

The bus ride to there and back to her apartment was so long!

I love long bus rides!!!

The 3rd day! Outside Queen Victoria Market, with my new boots and coat!!!
Sam and Shuling, in the market.
The tags that Shuling and Sam made.

Shuling made one for her friend's dog. And she didn't tell the guy to not put the word "call". (the number were some dog ID number)

So she got pretty upset about it.

She went back to ask the guy to cancel the call word but thanks to me (!!!) I asked him to make a new one! I love it how I say things without thinking sometimes.

HAHA! That guy was really nice and he made a brand new one!!!

Shuling and I outside the stall!
We then went to brunetti cafe!

Yummy pastries!

Sam treated us! So generous!
My mocha!
Sam and I outside the clock tower.

We look so loving. haha!
Wonderful shot by Sam!

She managed to catch a tram as it went by.

Outside the state library!

Inside is fantastically beautiful!
Us making goofy faces!

I suck at it.
Our lovely smiles!
Mekong is a very popular and highly over-rated (according to Jiaxi) place.

It's quite good but there're better once!

I like it cos I was so hungry!
My pho beef noodle.

What the hell should I go with that stalk of plant?! haha! Eat it?!
This is Shuling's bowl. With leftover noodle.
This is Sam's bow. With leftover soup.
MY BOWL! WITH NOTHING!!!!!!! HAHA!
Shopping at Bridge Road.

My first western meal in Melb. Fish and chips!
MY FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE CITY!!!

CASINO!!!!!!! Crown casino is at the back.
My winnings!!!!! It's a very small sum. But still!!!!
Outside the state library, again!
My lunch (subway seafood sensational) outside the library!
Lots of seagulls! Weird. When there isn't any beach around.
My favourite cafe, cafe giraffe!
The layout is messy, yet cool!

The furnitures are all different.

We spent almost 4 hrs there!
What did we do? haha!

I wrote my diary!
Read an interesting book on prostitution in Singapore, by Gerrie Lim ( i think).
Look at the shelf! So much to do!!!
We played chinese checkers! I suck at it. haha!
Uno game!!!! That stupid never ending game. haha!
I think it's called aeroplane chess. We've no idea how to play it.

The instructions were all in Chinese! Too lazy to read.
We had hotpot for dinner!!!

Meisze (Shuling's housemate) and shuling had damn small stomach. haha!!!

I ate like a glutton!!!
Skip to the 2nd last day in Melbourne.

Shuling brought us to a Yum cha place! (Gold leaf)

She asked a couple of her friends along too!

They're pretty nice and friendly!
Sam and i again!
That night, we met Hui jia for our last dinner in Melbourne.

San churro was the dessert after our dinner at Hungry Jacks.
Looks really good!

But my throat was quite sore.

So I didn't enjoy as much.
The 4 of us! Such a pity JiaXi couldn't join us.
At the airport.

A very nice lady offered to take the picture for us!

Gotta mention another lady! Joy, the check-in counter lady was soooooooooooo nice! We went way too early for check-in. But she allowed us to wait behind the counter. And when it's time to check-in, we're the first! Everything went very smoothly! No overweight luggage!
Sam and her hot chocolate.

She treated me to mocha!!!! Appreciate so much!
Our plane ride to Darwin.

Very comfortable cos there wasn't any one beside me!

Our diaries! We write like mad!!!!

Sam's diary and her pretty lavender!
Our very last meal at Darwin airport.

Red rooster!!! Delicious!!! But a bit too rushing.

Okay! That's it for the city entry! MORE MORE MORE to come!!!

Life in Melbourne

2010-05-18T20:30:00.000-07:00

Just a little about living in Melbourne, as a resident!

Shuling has stayed in Melbourne for years!!!

Thanks to her, Sam and I got to stay at her place for free!!!

This is the cupcake stand she got for her birthday.

Her friend, Steph and her, has an online cupcake shop!

Check out her link!
The dinner we made on the 2nd night.

The pizza was made from scratch!

The base was pita bread though.

Yummy!!!

Garlic bread, soup, pizza and corn!

The corn sucks though.

Too soft and mussy.
This was another dinner done by Shuling.

She had very strong cravings for tempura prawns.

So, we made jap curry, tempura prawn and chicken, veg and rice!
Breakfast muffins!!!

Better than macs!
Looks good right?

The steak dinner at Steph's place!

The beef is tasty for home-made standard.

p.s. I'm still pretty sore about not having a good restaurant-standard steak. haha! cos s'pore steak SUCKS TO THE MAX.
So excited when Sam found football channel!!!

Chelsea won the FA cup! 1-0!

It would have been much more exciting if I got to watch the EPL final match. 8-0!
Sam took a shot of me watching the match! hahha! I kept telling her not to talk to me! hahaha!!!!

It's quite a cosy place!!! Nice and warm.

BUT OH, jiaxi's ( Sam's friend's friend) place is amazing!!! Right smack in the city!!! The view is gorgeous!!! It's such a pity that I didn't quite explore her apartment cos of a cat. My damn phobia. I should have man!!! Wasted!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, more of Melbourne coming right up!!!

I'm home

2010-05-18T00:41:00.000-07:00

So sad to leave Melbourne! The trip has been damn bloody awesome!!!!!!! I love everything about Melbourne.

I've learnt so much from this trip! Much more than I've in NTU. Studying doesn't teach us how to be smart in the real world. Seriously, studying makes people stupid. Going out to the real world is so much more fun and exciting!!!

Apart from learning to drive properly, how to read maps etc, I learnt a lot from the people over there!!!!!! I hated how superficial I was in NTU. I've learnt to be comfortable and be super confident with myself!

Okay. I don't quite make sense. But whatever!!! I love myself so much!!!

Oh man. I wish I can stay in Melbourne forever. Living there feels as though I was on exchange program!

I love it there!!! Thanks Sam, Shuling, Hui Jia and Jia Xi for making my stay there so awesome!!!

p.s. Sorry friends! I didn't buy any presents. haha! Only left 30 bucks on my last day in the airport. I spent 10 bucks on souvenir pens for myself, 10 bucks for red rooster (KFC like), 3.50 for a drink and 0.5o for donation. HAHA! I love it that I spent almost every single cent!!!

Should I? or should I not?

2010-05-11T05:53:00.000-07:00

Should I get this black dress???
I like it! But it's $70 aussie.
So that converts to about $90? Round that up to sgd$100.

I might have gotten it if I had won more money at the casino!
I won $50! hahaha.
Shuling had to restrain me from playing more cos I only had $100 in my wallet. HAHA!!!
If I had lost, I won't have money for dinner.
BUT I WON! whee! If only I won $70. Then I'll get the dress.

My psychology profs would flipped if they hear this.
But I love the casino! A place of fun and excitement (but that's only if one wins!)
And what's best, at crown casino, it's smoke free!

But don't worry. I don't dare to play anymore. Cos I might lose whatever I've (which is close to nothing. hahaha!)

SHOULD I?!!!!!!

HEHEHHEE!!!!
CHELSEA ONCE MORE!
WE"RE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

More about Melbourne

2010-05-10T03:48:00.000-07:00

Today will be the 5th day I'm in Melbourne but it feels as though I've been here for a year! haha! Everything feels so familiar! The streets at Shuling's neighbourhood and the weather made me feel as though I'm in Atlanta, the train feels like Paris's metro and the city feels like London. I love these feeling!

I can't decide where I like best. Albert Park where the F1 circuit is, or Puffing Billy where the scenery is amazing! I love it here so much!

p.s. CHELSEA WON!!!!!!!! 8-0. AMAZING. I kept waking up to check! hahaha! YAY!
DIE MAN U! hehe. kidding!

Hello again!

2010-05-09T06:22:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one from Melbourne!!!

I bought new coat and boots! whee! haha!!!

Today was a damn exciting adventure! With just shuling and I.

Hehe!

I want more adventures!!!!!!!!!

In Melbourne!

2010-05-07T05:10:00.000-07:00

Hello sisters and friends! I'm in Melbourne now! The weather is freaking cold. I love it! It's about 10degrees now. I HAD to buy boots and a coat! haha! Kidding. Can't believe I bought clothes that can't be worn in Singapore.

Anyway, I had a blast with Sam and Shuling! The 2 girls are seriously mad fun to be with! haha! So, what we did for the past few days was mostly shopping. The shopping here is damn good. There're so much things to buy! So, we mostly shopped and ate. haha!

And last night, we watched IPMAN2. I watched before already but 2 of them have not. And since IPMAN is so handsome, I don't mind watching it again. It's so much more fun watching in Aussie cos it's in canto and the ppl in the theatre are soooooooo excited!!! Everyone cheered for IPMAN!!! hahaha! Sam was super duper excited. haha! She shouted "aiyo" dunno how many times. haha! She made me so excited too. hahaha! IPMAN rocks!!!!!!

We went to Queen Vic market today. Walked like mad. My favourite part of the day was chit chatting on the grass patch outside the state library! The 3 of us lay down and just talked! Plus the weather was so shiok! I love it!!!

I'm loving Melbourne!!!

p.s. Jing Xuan, I'm going to the places that you recommend! Brunetti cafe, MeKong, etc.

Pictures up soon!!!

p.s.s Did I mention that I LOVE THE WEATHER?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so dark and gloomy. Love it!

Just a quick one before Melbourne!

2010-05-04T02:48:00.000-07:00

Thanks Val and SH! I'll have fun!!!!!!! (and also Amy who wished me good bye on msn/facebk!)

Bye bye Sisters!!! I'll try to buy lots of presents!!!!!!!!!! No expectations pls! I'm super budget.

Hope to blog from Australia. I'm super well equipped on my itouch! Got twitter, msn and skype ready. hahhaa!!!

See u guys soon! In 2 weeks time.

p.s. I didn't win the silkair thing! Sad but it's okay. cos the winner is damn pro! Mine is just point and shoot. Nth professional. Someday, I'll really be an award winning photographer! hehehe!

Till then!!!

A day before Melbourne!

2010-05-03T08:21:00.000-07:00

One more day before Melbourne!!!! My grad trip with Sam! How amazing! She was my very first friend in NTU. And now, we're going together!!!

What I did today was my internship report, packing, and slacking!!! Sister's "dayout" with Sarah!!! We slacked at home together. What we did was eat and watched Meteor Garden, the Taiwanese version. hahaha! I used to be sooooooo addicted to F4. Watching them now makes myself disgusted with my taste. I hate weak, soppy, wimpy guys! Exactly the way F4 was portrayed. But it was still good fun watching! haha! Laughing at those wimps!

My little sister!

Look at Sarah's creative idea.

Satay sauce with prata!!!

Delicious!!!!!!!!!! haha!

Okay. I'm busy converting videos, uploading songs, and clearing my memory card space for my camera!!!!!!! So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TILL THEN!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. Just finish watching shutter island. IT"S DAMN SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG. Leonardo di caprio is damn gd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still very spooked by it!

Ip Man 2

2010-05-02T10:43:00.000-07:00

Most awesome show I've seen for this year!!! oh, but bear in mind I only watched 4 movies, including this for this year. HAHA! Avartar was boring, Alice in Wonderland was funny, Date night was just okay, and IPMAN WAS THE BEST!!!!!!!

I've never felt more proud to be a Chinese! I'm sure everyone in the theatre felt the same way! Especially this lady who sat in front of me. She threw punches in the air when IPMAN won! (shall not say much, for the benefit of those who haven't watch). Please watch! Especially those who jia kan tang. (as in only worship the english. haha!)

I admit I used to think that the ang mohs are way cooler. But, I'm very proud of my chinese roots!!! haha!

okay! Everyone go watch IPMAN! Don't watch Ironman. hahhaa! KIDDING! Haven't watched Ironman and doubt I'll watch anytime soon.

p.s. My ipod touch is finally alive!!!!!! whee!!! Alive as in MORE APPS!!!!!!!!!!! SO SUPER DUPER HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! Well equipped for my plane ride to Melb.

p.s.s 2 more days!!!!!!

It doesn't suck to be me!

2010-04-29T07:46:00.000-07:00

I was so emo yesterday! Guess it was the thunderstorm. haha! Perfect weather to emo. And also, I was reading other's blog. And I realized most of the girls of my age have so much money! They've LV, Gucci, Prada merchandise. And what do I've? haha!

I'm so cheapo. One stupid haircut and I grumbled so much. BUT, thanks to very enlightening friends, I realize I've something they don't have! hehe!

Being pretty aside (KIDDING!), I went to soooooooo many countries for exchange and travelling! I've got very nice parents who pay for everything! Ever since NTU days, I went to so many countries with so many different people! So I'm very very lucky!!!

Others spend their money on bags. But I spend mine on travelling. So I'm just as bad. haha! Always spend money. It just depends on where the money is spent on! And whether it's worth it or not depends on the person too!

Melbourne in a few days! yay!

So glad my exams ended so early! haha! On 27th April. Good luck to those who end on the last day! HAHA!!! okay i shouldn't laugh. I've got internship work to do too! Giving myself 1 more day! Good luck to me!

Thunderstorm

2010-04-28T00:48:00.000-07:00

My mummy feels as though it's war time, with thunder being the sound of bombing.

To me, it feels like I'm in Jurassic Park! HAHA! The dinosaurs are coming!!!!!!

I just love thunderstorm!!! The perfect weather to emo.

In korean, we learn about the weather and the book says if there's thunderstorm, it's bad!

I just wanna be different! hehe!

Enjoy the weather!

Hello Cheryl!

2010-04-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

Hello Cheryl! I know u'll be reading this!!! hahaha! Thanks for talking to me when I was so emo just now. (Yes, emo cos I'm no longer a student. Loss of identity. hahaha!) Thanks for being my best friend! (I've a lot of best friends. HAHA!) I love hanging out with u, even though it's like once every few months. But I always feel at ease! Can talk cock like mad and u'll understand how I feel!

Actually u're the only friend who I keep meeting! So in fact, I don't have friends!!!!

Please meet me soon to talk cock! hahahaa! And I hope u get married soon. I wanna be ur bridesmaid! hehe!

Cheryl so sweet!

She did this for me before my USA trip!

Thanks for listening to me rant all the time!!!!!!!!!

Miss u. So, meet me soon!!!!!

Freedom?!

2010-04-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

I'm done with exams!!! Korean was a killer. Hope I get an S. I'll just die if I fail. Please!!! I'm that desperate this time.

I dunno why I didn't have enough time! Everyone thought it was okay. Maybe I spent too much time cursing and swearing at how tedious it is to read the question paper. I think I'm kind of cock eye. I spent so much time reading!!! And the words were way too small. Sian leh! I took very long to read the passage. Nvm. No more korean for life. I just wanna go korea for fun.

I brought my camera to school today. But no time to take pictures. After the exam, it was so dark! I thought I can leave the exam hall early. haha! Dumb thinking.

I'm so glad to meet psy people after the paper!!! Charlene, Huey Hui and Bascilia. It's the first time I talk to Bascilia! She stays in Yishun and Hall 11. SAME AS ME! I miss out so much on the psy people. Like what Charlene said, she feels like a loner. I feel the same way too!!! If only we knew, we could have sort of hung out together. I do wish I've been more enthusiastic in psy! There are so many nice peole around! Wasted. haha!

Anyway, I was so bored being cooped up at home to study that I've been taking random pictures!

My funny little sister gave me a notebook in 2006!

I was clearing my things and I wanna recycle a lot of papers!

So before I recycled the notebook, I took a picture of her lame message.

Look like i'm studying overseas right?

The scenery outside my window rocks!

So much greenery.

Good for the eyes!

Though I'm still very cocked eye.

See!

Sunset very nice!!!

Met Michelle and Lyn yesterday!

Happy 24th birthday!!!

In the words of Lyn, we're still very young!!!

So, enjoy life!!!

Okay. Gonna sleep soon.

Long day tomorrow.

I've got tomorrow till Monday to complete my internship report.

BUT, I'm only giving myself TWO days.

I CAN DO IT!

Hall girls meet-up!

2010-04-23T22:38:00.000-07:00

I finally get to meet up with Amy and Shu Hui!!!!! My block 55 hall mates!!!! I love them so much! We can gossip about everything under the sun! From my stupid $55 haircut, the my prof, to everything other things!

I'm very very irritated by a lot of unethical people! I defined ethics according to SPS (singapore psy society) ethics code. haha! Funny but seriously, it makes sense!!! When I was so pissed with my stylist, Mr T, I linked it to some the ethics code. He used to be a very good freelance stylist! Now he's in some high class saloon in 313. I can't even rmb the name. saloon chevim (?) haha! i dunno. Think it's some french words. Now it sounds like some hokkien word, cheem. HAHA!

1. Responsibility: He was so not responsible!!!! He made me wait so long even though I had an appointment. He was running around in midst of attending to me. In the end, I spent an hr plus in the saloon, with him being with me for only 15 mins. I went there for his service! Oh, plus, I told him I had to leave by 1.45. But he still made me wait.

2. Competence: I've nothing to say about this cos he's very good. I've been with him ever since 2008! I never complain after his haircut!

3. Client Welfare: TOTALLY NO. Super irresponsible. The washing, blowing and non-existent styling wasn't done by him. The stupid hairblower (the girl who blow dry my hair) kept pissing me off!!! The stupid cord kept hitting my face. He seemed apologetic when I SMS him on how unhappy I was with his service. He said he'll give me a free hair treatment! When I asked if friday was fine, he took damn long to reply and asked if mon is okay! At the point, i was thinking, forget it. He just lost a valuable customer. Not 1. But FOUR OTHERS. (My mom, 2 sis and AMY!)

I missed the times where he freelanced! He'll do everything nicely and there's student price!!! And it'll be below $40. Now it's bloody $55!!! (I rounded up slightly. abt 53 or smt). SO DAMN EX. $55 is like a quarter of the amt in my bank account!!!

Oh whatever! Now amy and I has to go searching for another good one. We've always believed in quality hair cuts! (cos we don't do that often. and it makes a diff!) But anyway, doubt I'll never ever pay so much for a haircut. Waste money! Shall find those friendly neighbourhood auntie who won't charge more than $20!!!

Anyway, I met Amy and SH at Seoul yummy! It's sooooooooo yummy!!! We love Korean food! omg. I just thought of a place we can go too!!! KOREA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the side dish!!!

And it's refillable!!!

We haven't seen each other for close to a year!!!

So glad that we're free to meet-up more often.

Love hall people!!!