Me n Myself

2009-02-20T23:35:00.002+08:00

i feel so screwed. been running on over-drive these days. with retreat, with work, with everything. i feel darn tired. and yet, i cannot afford to take leave. could i? should i? i hope my mosquito bites get infected. maybe..i have an authentic reason to take leave? been feeling this way for the past few weeks. been missing hk life. why? hmm..why did i want life to normalise then? is it true then? that when you start work, life becomes mundane? there is no longer such fun. went to hv with the regulars - xl, wj, ly n shups - had dinner, then ice-cream with aoyy. it was fun by normal standards. i havent been on such outings in a while. but, i felt this little wee bit of nostalgia. coz we were having mexican? coz i scanned the place and saw words like..margaritas, agave, worm, mexican?

realise i have been having such mood swings a lil too regularly. am i really screwed then? i might just be. with the kind of things im signing up for. maybe i shld stop. maybe i shld just toss my fone away. maybe i shld.

blog

2009-01-22T23:46:00.002+08:00

cousin asked abt my blog. hence i blog.

life...has been both kind and unkind.

i've been in a darning mood since i got back frm hk. it's not such a great idea to relive happy moments. it just is never really same. this time it isn't. next time it won't. im sure.

i've had enough. 1 thing that exchange taught me - to be true to myself. guess its the family. i just grew up, trying (very hard at times) to please. exchange taught me to display my emotions. i could get quite bitchy, at least that's what fede claims. i was previously rather affected when this guy showed his hatre towards me. never had i tot some1 could dislike me. i was kinda miserable for a while. but 1 day, my train of tots got derailed and..suddenly, it became alright. alright to be disliked. i mean..who cares man! i don't care anymore. and..i just go all out to just be true to myself. life is short. no point forcing myself to spend moments with people i don't like.

as if. darn!

i thank my friends. for being so patient. for enduring my multiple mood swings.

2008-11-19T23:25:00.001+08:00

argh! this is darn irritating!

2008-11-19T00:17:00.001+08:00

today marks the end of my study leave. DRATS!

im so dead.

haiz..the worst thing is..my boss told me to work on a paper to be submitted on Friday. I think I would be very excited about it, if not for this cfa thing, but, this time round, I'm dreading it. Well, its going to be my VERY first official paper. and its a CM paper! I certainly hope the tone and what not is right. GOSH! and i hope i incorporate ALL my boss's thoughts in. if not, no1 can save me for my appraisal.

and..haiz..just got a dig by my fren tdy. im quite certain its a criticism. agree tat its prob meant as smth bad. DARN! 気持ちが悪い

coffee

2008-11-16T23:04:00.002+08:00

cousin instructed me to blog. kee has been blogging much more often than I do. henceforth, I blog.

hmm.. been having nightmares and dreams-filled nights. Sometimes I think I think too much, at times I think I don't. But work has occupied a huge chunk of my life (i know i have no right to complain, but still..) and cfa is filling up the remainder.

Work has been work. Not feeling happy with some colleagues. Im beginning to feel that life isnt as simple as I think. Just realised people do shirk responsibilities and..yes, I am kinda pissed off by such acts. And yes, the imbalance of portfolio is taking a toil on me. Seeing colleagues take 2 teabkreaks, saunter in at 9, leave at 6, and such n such is..sometimes irritating, esp when I am rushing to send out emails. Argh. And..appraisals. Gotta complete my appraisal, on top of the load of work.

A certain colleague irritates me so too. Its gonna b such a bitch to bitch here and I shall leave things as it is. For now.

Cfa irritates me too.

It must be the coffee that i have been inhaling. Seriously. I smell coffee EVERYWHERE. I am in a love hate relationship with coffee. the smell of coffee perks me up. a good cup of cappucino always start my day off with an extra large smile. yet, it gives me a bad case of stomach flu if i over-consume it. and stretches my mood to this very fine line. i could be a coffee addict. could be. a friend just said that of me, when all i did was point out keppel bay and commented that they have very nice coffee there.

so coffee is the cause of my mood. of my irritatedness. so..i suppose, starbucks ought to say sorry to any1 whom I have offended, or whose mood got super dampened coz of mine. :)

rights. more cfa to read up on. i totally adore cfa. really. RIGHT.

the fireman

2008-10-19T23:42:00.003+08:00

I remember 1 scene from tru calling, some firefighting scene. and I was very mesmerised by the firefighters. thinking that their job is very cool. meaningful and cool.

never a moment of boredom. i thought.

I never stop to think. How does it feel that they have saved whoever should be saved and killed whoever should be killed (i.e. the fire)? How does it feel looking at the onlookers, who were previously clapping at their heroic act, leaving? The silence. Is it deafening? How much does it take for the fireman to slowly and steadily roll up the hose when adrenalin from the fire-fighting is still overwhelming him?

Now I know. It is not fun. It actually leaves you wanting more. The adrenalin rush is addictive. To be suddenly forced to pull over is not a good feeling.

Now I know why my dad curses whenever some1 cuts into his lane. He has to brake.

Should I polish the engine tomorrow? Or should I pull the hose out to sun it? Or should I work on the fire report? What shall I do tomorrow?

cute

2008-10-12T22:06:00.002+08:00

so cute.

hahaha! really. amazing how many things i can learn abt a person in 5h.

his 2yr old cocker spaniel is a butch. HA! so random.
he dont swim coz..wearing swimming trunks is sooo gay!?
enough. he needs his privacy

but wait. HAHAH! sooo very cute! like..a little kid. im beginning to see gabs in every guy. really. OMG! so cute n childish.

image of gab playing hide n seek will b foreva etched in my mind. literally. GOSH! after i evaluated his hiding locations n gave a tip to a better hiding place, he told me: okie! go out n count to 10. guess where he hid.

haa

2008-10-06T00:37:00.001+08:00

somehow. i know if i dont go there. i wouldnt feel pissed off. but i cant stop myself from going there. life. i must be a true sadist.

cfa

2008-10-05T22:28:00.001+08:00

can i be a brat and just give up on cfa

i really cannot cannot put myself down at the table n read.

comeon! i have to do readings during work. and now when i get home..i have to do EVEN MORE readings! its killing me.

can i just give it up? please?

no time to play anymore

2008-10-01T23:24:00.003+08:00

quoting cfa. i have no time to play anymore.

cfa is coming.. dec 7/8? cant rem. but..i still have so many more books outstanding and ... work is just taking up so much of my time!!! like..my portfolio readings, d&d planning, icbg planning, igg planning, social sec work..ARGH! im being driven nuts! plus all the ot-ing coz of the current market conditions.

i'll b glad if i can still make it to xmas in 1 piece (hopefully a smaller piece at that).

so sry kids if i do bail myself out from outings.

really. believe me. i want to b there too. but..no time to play anymore.

sometimes

2008-09-27T11:33:00.002+08:00

sometimes...im so amazed by my innate ability to screw my life up.

i was supposed to go sh. decided nt to go. but din had the guts to cancel leave...and had to go over at 6pm (when offical knock off is 5.30) to my boss to admit tat i needa cancel leave coz i have too much work to do and tat i cant be on leave on mon.

stayed till 7.45, went for dinner n then..THEN..AND THEN...i realised i forgot to send out this SUPER impt email at 3pm. so i had to rush back to the office tdy to do it. drop bag, on com, click send and breeze out. like..wtf! quite pissed with myself. if i had stopped for a min to think ytd..i wld have sent it out and wldnt have to go back tdy just to send an email. :(

but just when i was busy castigating myself on the way out of the building..i ran into chulei..shes going back to work. WORK. wow. and its like..she has to do it coz of the call centre. im really just so amazed. doing public queries during weekdays smth drives me crazy coz all that im doing is to copy whatever i had sent, but..doing customisation. these customisation sometimes is irritating. but im really glad i do email queries. at least..there is no sob stories, i dun have to get the direct impact of ple's wrath. (i know how bad ple can b to call centre ple. trust me.) and theres yangleng to help me out with the queries too. its like..i have 2 safety net. YL and CH. haa! but for chulei..i dont think so. whatever she says will be held against her. ple wld use it. in such times, i believe everyone will be very irritated, agitated, worried..this hotpot of emotions is likely to drive any1 crazy and even 'better', ruin a perfectly fine day. a saturday.

and this is when i realised..im too pessimistic. too quick to jump to conclusion. just merely thinking that my life sux and is super screwed up, when in actual fact..i shld b glad tat im nt roped into the call centre and not having to work on sats.

or maybe its coz of the conversation ytd. maybe i really am a sadist. maybe i just like to screw my life. maybe.

shanghai

2008-09-20T00:43:00.002+08:00

maybe im asking for too much. maybe i shouldnt be imposing my own standards on others. maybe im just plain jealous. but..DARN! like..im not exactly happy that im going to shanghai.

2008-09-18T20:57:00.001+08:00

kee is such a bimb!

updates. tots.

2008-09-13T16:35:00.004+08:00

these days had been ... interesting.

work
im really glad i found such a gr8 job. its like smth thats made for me. even though im just made to do readings all day long, but..work is gradually coming in and..woah! it kinda makes me sad that i had pretty much forgotten all that i had read in the past! die! i really ought to devote more time to categorizing them better.

esp happy when my colleague gave me something to read up and then give my inputs. although i doubt he would take my idea in..but..nonetheless, it makes me feel impt. and it gives me an added motivation to read faster and read deeper into a topic.

readings are also interesting. i read stuff that i nv tot of before, read abt things that i assumed is true. now then do i know that policy has so much into it. im gonna b more appreciative of the governmental efforts.

nonetheless..red tapes are also a bother. papers are tabled based on their importance and whether bosses are willing to champion it. ultimately..it boils down to personal interest in the topic. but luckily, intersts are not based on just monetary gains, but also no other things so..yupz! doesnt go against my morals.

colleagues
got to know many new ple and luckily for me..everyone is so nice and fun! and..i love the frequent tbs.

ple in ppd are..what can i say..just diff frequency. they talk abt us politics (and suyi has consoled to say that politics is either for u or NOT for u and i belong to the latter) but they are nonetheless nice. i feel bad. seriously. whenever i arrange with xinli n gang for tb and i have to ps them coz they walk over to my table to ask if i wanna tb. generally i give priority to them coz i really need to break this barrier before i can work well and better in ppd.

otherwise..other ple (generally the bd/ci ple) r nice. its like..haha! my sop is to open office net, check email, then communicate with the usual. xinli n liyu r usu top on my recent contacts. other ple like leo (is nice! haa! frequent tb partner), alvin (although hez really unfrenly at times, freq is weird sometimes, but hez entertaining), wx n wj(when i need entertainment). but basically..just enjoying the company of these ple. and im really happy that every1 is so selfless. like helping each other out, when clearly helping the others out doesnt benefit them at all for work. for eg, liyu was so helpful when i asked her abt craft, she even walk down the stairs to help me find the doc, and even sent it to me. haa..and i love gg up to chat with them. its like my usual exercise regime. other ple r nice too like chulei (although we dun really hang out much, but..shez just so funny to hang out with), hwee han (had lunch and i think shez really nice! must get to know her better), melwyn (his freq is just hard to define but hez v v v helpful and ahbeng-ish), samuel (my new bff, who is so emo and funny in the ahbeng way), andrew (who is so strangely humourous! considering his education bkgrd n stuff).

basically..i love mas and the grp of frenz i make there.

physics n proj grp
these days..been meeting a lot with chew. EEW! seeing her on fri, sat, sun, mon is..hmm..so weird! hahaha! but fun! shez full of fun to bully and laugh at. its so nice just chilling and not caring about what the world has installed for us. and the proj ple i met are nice

ty- even though we were ex classmates..its like..we werent exactly close but..im beginning to like hanging out tgt now. guess freq is a term thats related to time.
chris-the big bully! haa! hez so easy to bully and he likes to bully ple. but hez really nice and gentlemanly. seriously we need more men like him ard! and..WOAH! haa! i finally can tell kel tan tat me n chris go a loooong way back. im now officially chris's fav fren. but this person is so emo and nice at times..its weird. HEY! mood swings are restricted to the female (and better) gender.
kel-the aimai aimai person. but hez also v comfortable to hang out with. haa! its funny seeing he n chris bully chew (oops). clearly entertaining. and hez funny in his own way.
cp-the best guy in the grp! its like..so nice lah! hez the only kind soul who dont really bully chew. i wonder why hez so nice. maybe goes home n kick himself for nt suaning her (oops) but..haa! hez so nice to both of us. and v enthu about outings. like..we can jio him for beancurd and he will turn up for the outing. so nice! but lately..hez beginning to start suaning me. hmm..strange.
chew-hmm..shez..she is chew. chew is chew. describing her dont do justice to her at all. so yeah.

haa! really enjoys this grp of ple.
overall..life is gr8!

minus some ocassionally emo period, the long drawn battle with flu bug and..yeah. im good.

2008-08-24T01:46:00.001+08:00

sometimes i really need to kick some bad habits

re-living hk

2008-08-12T23:44:00.002+08:00

seriously..smth i think i deserve the way my life is turning out. seems like i like to screw my life. went out with chew n her proj mates ytd (MONDAY). every1 was so fun n nice! had fun chatting with ty too. THE ISSUE? i forgot my camera!! had it in the bag all the while and i realised only after we reached highlander bar and chris & ty had left. so... yupz..prob need a 2nd meeting?

anw..the issue with me is.. drinking on monday after 1 whole day of caffeine packing, did my tummy in. its like..i only did it at billy's and HEY! billy's was only 15hkd away frm rez. BUT..HEY!!! highlander was super nice!!!!! just that the alcohol din slide in smoothly. ARGH! and therefore..tuesday was my downfall..haaa! sounds so hk though

2008-07-27T22:45:00.002+08:00

its all abt making the effort.

2008-07-15T23:47:00.001+08:00

i hate my midnight rule. i hate work coz i gotta slp early and wake up early. :( coz of work, i dun get to msn till the wee hours, and i dun get to talk to frenz belongin to different time zone. TIME ZONES! why is it so hard to manage? why don't i see you, my friend? how have u been? i miss u.. :(

work part 2

2008-07-15T19:46:00.002+08:00

its officially my 15th day as a gainfully employed OFFICE LADY, a public serving regulator and..OMG i have to say..i love my job.

having endured crap during internship, im really glad that i found something that i like. like..i guess im really really lucky!

much can be attributable to the fact that:
1) i can fully appreciate the importance of the company. HEY! we are THE bank. THE central bank. so its like..i can appreciate the fact that what i do is for the public and not just for some individuals' wealth.

2) i get the kick out of irritating people like..ermz..uncle. met him for lunch coz he was auditing gic. GIC. and..i happily, zhuai-ly, announce that GIC is JUST one of OUR brokers. hahaha! ok..too zhuai.

3) its totally related to law, which i discovered is my new and latest faze.

4) colleagues are..HMM..not exactly friendly, like..we don't hang out, or joke like school kids, but HEY! they are nice. like yn actually asked me to go for tea break with her n some other colleagues (in the midst of work, so its like..unofficial tea break)

5) the culture is relaxing and flexible. i dont need to be desk bound all the time, in the sense that i can walk around, come back late from lunch (and make a special trip to the 6th flr or the 8th flr for some table soccer) and..yupz! as long as i complete my work, i dont really got to do OT. just OTOT. no pressure to act busy.

6) the other TOs r nice. xinli, leo, liyu, and the likes are all v nice. and i met some people who are equally if not MORE lame than me. like that joseph guy i met. OMG! lame lame lame.

7) well..just the thought that my education may be sponsored cheers me up greatly

but..hmm..work has its down side too. got to wake up early, cant exactly take naps, got to do lots of readings, esp on topics i dont like...

YET..im happy i found a job. :)

tots

2008-07-09T21:01:00.002+08:00

federer's defeat had, strangely, affected me. just made me realise that u dont really stay up there for long. and when u r down, people dont really give u a damn. MAN! go federer.

WOAH! from this article on TODAY, federer actually replied, a lil angrily (in response to this reporter saying that nadal will be the first): there is still olympics and the US opens, and he will do his best for those. and then, they will talk. (or something along this line)

anw..sorta screwed up my work by falling asleep today, and being a lil unfrenly (but its all coz federer lost). so..i vow. i'll redeem myself by training SUPER HARD in tennis.

i swear, i'll let singapore win next yr. next yr's icbg (inter-central bank games). i'll win and..WOAH! play tennis with the EDs, the DMDs, MDs. who knows..maybe the chairman, dear MR sm himself, will wanna play tennis with me. :)

work

2008-07-01T21:53:00.001+08:00

surprisingly, i love my job. it seems meaningful. seems more..humane. seems..INTERSTING! alrightos, the readings isn't but the subsequent work..yeah. and the thought of having some isd people following me home..COOL! OMG! hahah

and had lunch with this colleague, and he asked where my interest lies and i casually mentioned law (although i really wanna pursue law in the future) and..he turned to the head of the dept and nodded. seems like a good sign. would they? please. pretty please please. i swear to be a good and honest and hardworking employee! i'll b a good policymaker. i swear! PLEASE! sign me for a scholarship in law. PLEASE! even if u dont, please please please just let me hang out more with the gco people. please!

Bintan trip

2008-06-30T00:41:00.003+08:00

Bintan. Went to Bintan over the weekend. Bintan was..BEAUTIFUL. Even more beautiful was the wide selection of hot babes and hunks. SOMEHOW..everyone was pretty and everyone was toned. btw..met CONSTANCE SONG! GOSH! shez pretty.

Beach at Bintan Lagoon

View from the swimming pool at Angsana Resort

Was there with Chew, my lil sis, han, and her 2 friends. Unfortunately han, I gotta confess that I had thought that your friends emit bad vibes. BUT..I swear, I do not think the same of them anymore. (Just goes to show my ability to size people up is just SOOOO weak. First impressions huh!) Anw, It was a hell lot of fun. Laying on the suntanning deck, dwelling in the cynical world of Marian Keyes, listening to more Maroon 5--- PARADISE.

Even did my first banana boat. It was fun, minus the capsizing. But..now my body aches. HELL YA! haaa. With that kind of sedentary lifestyle, I was surprised that I needed food, and even more so that I had body aches, so much so that im in a desperate need of some massage.

Bintan is such a touristy place. Every staff is just so smiley, I could just live there forever. Even the water sports guy was so cheerful (I guess everyone is cheerful when u r doing something you like. He had been working in water sports industry for 11 years! GOSH! u should have seen his abs!)

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Please stop reading if u r feeling emo. Below are just very very very negative stuffs that I just needed to get out of my system.

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Perhaps Bintan's life was too laid back, and I just had too much time on hand to think. Thinking is dangerous.

I started thinking about my relationship with my sister. Sometimes, I feel really bad that I am, and can be, so mean to her. I mean... I can be really nice to my friends (although they deny it at times), I can be so forgiving towards any of their flaws (notwithstanding the fact that I have flaws too), BUT, BUT BUT BUT, I just cant be as nice to my sister as I do to my friends. I would behave like a live wire, ready to burst into flames when she walks too slowly, takes her time to do things I ask her to do, sometimes, I can be so mean that just by standing there, she irritates the hell out of me. like..WTF! what is really the problem with me? Why the double standard?

What is even more troubling is the existence of sayings. Sayings which advocates the importance of family ties, sayings which suggests that you can't choose your siblings, many many sayings which really doesnt alleviate the situation, and instead, increase the guilt I get when I evaluate myself. I mean...(definitely not trying to justify my actions or thoughts)... different frequency means DIFFERENT frequency. RIGHT? I admit I had been mean to some people who hadn't really done anything to offend me, but hey..this is MY sister that I am writing about here. MY SISTER!

My sister wasn't the only thought on my mind. Stuff that had happened in hk was on my mind too. Stuffs that I had done. Sometimes, I am guilty that I am not guilty about what I had done in hk. Like... any nice human being would have felt guilty. Well, I know I am evil and mean to start off with anyways. ANW, I have exchange to thank to know that actually, some adjectives are associated with me. Adjectives e.g. mean, cynical and sarcarstic, could ACTUALLY be used to describe me. I used to think that if I had to use 50 adjectives to describe myself, those words wouldn't had turned up at all. and BTW, I am still thinking of what I can say to even out the scores with my dear lil canadian friend. CAN'T believe I am THAT competitive. Somehow, my life is all about competing, and what's worse is that I am not even competitive about work, studies or some serious topic. I am competitive when it comes to this kind of thing, as chewsy would have experienced first hand lots of time. I would compete to see who can piss each other off first, compete to see who can finish the drink first, compete to see who can spread the eyes the biggest, compete to see who can jump the highest, competing about CRAP!. anw... the point is, I am just feeling guilty for not feeling guilty about the wrongs I had committed.

Getting hauled into the office of the ica wasn't fun. I was kinda pissed off on the ferry trip back to Singapore. Could be the combined effects of my self worth and the fact that I start work in 1 day's time (and motion sickness too?). I just started chewing gum on the ferry, chewed the same stale gum through customs and..wheeee! got detained by the ica personnel, and thereby implicated my sis to get her bag checked too. THEN, the 2 of us had our passport confiscated (for like 2minutes) and had to follow the kind looking personnel into the office, and he started telling me that because I was chewing gum, they had instructions to confiscate my gum and maybe do something with my passport? but..from his face, it was APPARENT that he thought the regulation was a major joke. COME ON! gum!??! anw, I got my gum back, WITHOUT any whinning or pleading on my part.

after that, had to endure the trip from tanah merry ferry to jurong. and..FUCKING RAN INTO A PERVERT AT CLEMENTI! (people, u know my language. I don't use the f-word much (except for chew and lia, but its for a private joke) and fede knows my principles behind using the word) BUT!!! this warrant its use. like..WTF! this man..fucking stared at my sis when she was inspecting the board for the bus's arrival, and I could just sense bad vibes from him coz i was walking far behind my sis and saw him approaching my sis. With whatsoever left of my sisterly instinct, I pulled her away (in fact, had to walk around him) and that lil-innocent gal wasn't even aware of his existence. following which, I pulled her towards the area with more people. (PLEASE bear in mind this is clementi bus stop that I am referring to, the GOOD-OLD bus stop which is always crowded) And the bastard still followed us, and then..Stopped in front of us, propped himself against the pole and checked us out.. like WTF! it felt like he was undressing us with his eyes. NOT 1 soul, (come on, any1 with eyes could see he is a pervert. it was almost as if he had 'PERVERT' written all over his loathsome face!) came to our help. WHATEVER happened to saving the damsels in distressed. AND!!!! HE had the nerves to follow us around the bus stop despite the fact that I had given him a hard stare (with all the fury that I could gather) and..he fucking still had the guts to follow us. ONLY when I confronted him, did he briefly apologised, gave a super lame excuse of saying he mistook us for someone. SOMEONE? more like a hooker that is. FUCK! What was worse, was the fact that when I spoke aloud, no1, NO ONE, turned to look.Like..whatever happened to the innate curiosity in human? Anything could have happened if that lil sister of mine had been alone at the the bus stop. I would bet my last dime on the fact that no1 would have stepped forward to help. HOW OH HOW! how is she ever gonna survive in Shanghai alone for her internship.

Gosh..my life is just so fucked up at the moment.

2008-06-27T23:54:00.001+08:00

still pissed. so pissed im reverting to being cynical. sorry frens. (alrightos..this is the best u can get to an apology from me)

pissed

2008-06-27T23:03:00.002+08:00

ok. today, i was really pissed by some1. wanted to suan some1 tdy, and he checkmated me. :( its like..OMG! seriously. he is darn SMART! the very first msg he sent me, it took me n fede (my italian counterpart) 2h of deep thoughts before i could reply him. AND! now..OMG! seriously, if the joke hadnt been on me, i would have had a huge laugh and then join him in laughing at the target aka ME. DARN!

smart. hes good.

dlxx! u betta help me think of a good reply, so tat i can finish this war and can end it by blocking him. THANKS PAL. u got 2 days.

work

2008-06-27T22:31:00.003+08:00

1st July. 1st July 2008 is the day i start work.

Henceforth, i gotta get ready for work, i.e. fill in the thick stack of forms e.g. confidentially document, ... SDU FORM.

Apparently, since im joining a stat board, i gotta fill in a SDU form. (SDU = single and desperate unit) AND..its mandatory to submit it on my first day of work.

Alright, since its compulsory, so i grit my teeth and looked at the first question:

I do not wish to participate in any of the activities mentioned in para 2 below as i am:
a) engaged/married
b) currently going steady
c) not interested.

woah! what a way to put a first question. somehow, my pen inched towards option A. I mean..im that kind of person (believe me, i had done it before) when I get asked abt my age by the bartender at clubs, i will answer 18 (even though im clearly not) then stammer and correct myself and say im 21. HENCEFORTH, get granted the permission to produce my ID to verify.

DARN! finally selected option c.

Illness

2008-06-26T10:44:00.002+08:00

an illness could be a blessing in disguise. here's how bad and good it can be:

you dont eat much at a buffet <--good
you throw up whatever you ate at the buffet <--even better
you cant really eat for a couple of days <-- GOOD
you will definitely lose all the weight gained from the massive holidaying and partying + looking good in tanwear <--BEST

Bad: throwing up on the boat? But..given my reputation, I could jolly well insist that I am motion sick instead of SICK.

WOAH! happy!!!!!! im good. just starving myself, with a legitimate reason, for bintan.

oh..suddenly realise another bad aspect of falling ill: I cant meet my friends. stomach flu is contagious. :( BORED! BORED BORED! BORED BORED BORED!

msn

2008-06-19T02:12:00.001+08:00

to block or not to block

hk

2008-06-19T01:22:00.003+08:00

i knew i miss hk. but chatting with fede for 1h++ made me miss hk even more.

i miss those days in her room, the very special yellow chair that belongs to me, eating B&J, gossiping about every1 on exchange, the special honeystars box with our lil secret, our list of people, our list of the reasons why we are friends (i might post them if she sends me and after i have censored) and..a lot a lot. we share alot. literally.

today is like hk day. chatting with fede on skype, chatting with adam on msn, flipping thru the folders on exch, thinking abt exch life. GOSH i miss exch

haa! and i suddenly realise its so hard to find a pic with her whereby we look decent (and nt drunk) this was taken in japan and..the alcohol prob explains the eyebags (and the weight gain)

ominious dream

2008-06-18T00:19:00.002+08:00

gotta blog abt this to remind myself about how chewsy scares me

i dreamt a few nights ago (night coz i promise myself i will slp by midnight) tat i was with chew. and she had 2 bottles of wine.

knowing that i can't do wine, but even if i gotta drink any wine, i'll definitely choose red over white.

but chew, without asking which i want, handed the bottle of white wine to me. and, even though i didn't like it, i forced myself to drink the white one.

so..it shows that chew scares me. coz..i didn't even dare to tell her i wanna take the red one. WHY OH WHY?!?!

Chew, am i scared of you?

tennis

2008-06-15T17:30:00.003+08:00

with cousin getting interested in tennis, and the end of the v v disappointing fench opens and the match with chew on 19th,

i guess i shld do smth abt tennis.

OH! some1 promising. kei nishikori.

japanese guy, whom Nadal is full of praises for. he was in the 3rd round of the queen's championship and.. played nadal and lost to nadal, 6-4 3-6 6-3. nadal may be weak on grass, but..HEY! he's world number 2. apparently, nadal said: (let me get the newspaper)

(the title of the article was: NADAL WOWED BY TEENAGER NISHIKORI, who looked seriously 50x better in the foto on the papers)

He is very, very good. He is going to be top 10 for sure, top five maybe. I am 100 per cent sure. He's a very talented player

When he has a little bit of time with the forehand, he kills you every time.

But, the article is a lil toooooooooo self-opinionated when it said nadal DEMOLISHED rf. like..HEY! rf is not any small fry although losing to rafa with a score of 6-1 6-4 6-0 was a lil pathetic BUT..HEY! at least he made it to finals right. RIGHT? im sure gabriel agrees with me.

bored bored bored

2008-06-15T17:22:00.002+08:00

and to further prove my point that im darn bored, im blogging again.

today is daddy's bdae and father's day, and we went to the southern ridges to walk.

WOKE UP AT 5.30am (coz i tot my mom saed we are leaving at 6 plus), and was so full of disbelief when i walked out of my room, and sense no activity in the house and i tot some1 pulled a prank on me and tat its either 1) not sunday yet, 2) my alarm malfunctioned, or 3) even my mom lied to me. (SOOOO SAD K!) and so i went back to bed. (HOW SAD IS MY LIFE?). but alright, i discovered later that i had rem the timing wrongly and henceforth, we set off for the southern ridges at some ungodly hour but..OMG! its SOO beautiful (and being loser-me, I forgot to bring my camera, even though i brought it for ALL my study sessions with kee, and even when im gg to like the lib).

the trees were beautiful, air felt fresh, although, the place could be better if there are less ple around. it seriously felt like a cleaner version of the v v touristic great wall, coz too many ple ard. but saw many squirrels and..OH. 1 monkey, which freaked the hell out of me, and reminded me abt the monkey trail in hk (and henceforth the resultant was the previous blog whereby i reminisce about exch). i hate monkeys. and aww..ran into alvin on my way to the carpark. what a way to start lovely sunday.

and i cooked this afternoon. the udon which looked weird and tastes a lil too salty and ok.. its my product, so..its GOOD! superb. and now feeling bored.

yet, theres still so much more to do, considering tat my next week is fully booked, having to meet up with friends, study for cfa, and get ready for work.

bored

2008-06-15T17:05:00.002+08:00

bored bored bored.

days in singapore since i got back on 26th were packed, but empty. exchange is totally under-rated.

While i was on exchange, days were really just packed to the brim. From 11 am (coz I always wake up at 11am) till 4 am, and towards the end of the term, till 6am, I am always hanging out with my friends. Be it Fede, whom I spend like 50% of my entire exchange term with; the Austrians, whom I spent 1 full week with in the weird-lil-place called Beijing; Valerie, whom I spent like 80% of my final 3 weeks with; Chewsy, whom i toured hangzhou, suzhou, shanghai with and having to endure being laughed at by tat kelvin, who ridiculed us coz we stayed at hyatt ON the bund instead of the GRAND hyatt (tsk!); Michelle, my dearest roomie, whom I had initially hated to the core (coz im super territorial) to some1 whom I totally rave about when I got home, coz she is SOOO cool and insightful and totally lives in her own world and care lil about what others think and is almost as lazy, if not even lazier, and hence, we are often calling for delivery, even pacific coffee, which is like 10min walk down the hall; Bonnie, who is like the COOLEST, prettiest, smartest girl whom I have ever ever met and she like going to be a practising lawyer, but all she ever want to be, is to be a yoga teacher and she had invited me to go to Vancouver to grow weed. Not to mention all the other people who had actually influenced me, and caused me to think (or shudder when i think) of them. e.g. hmm.. nostalgia and his lovely fb, liz, all those on the list, karoline, erica, the 'law angels', my bathroom mates.. AWWW..cant i turn back time??

2008-06-10T22:24:00.002+08:00

Dear All (special mentions: Cousin),

I won't be updating, so..don't waste ur 2min. :) Want updates about my life..ASK ME :) :) :)

2008-05-05T03:20:00.001+08:00

n i love postcards. thnz mayi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) loveya!

exch

2008-05-05T02:56:00.002+08:00

exams on 7th, 8th, 10th n 14th.

why is exams part of exch? why oh why!! im so..dead frm revision, and so disgusted and tired and bored and..ARGH! can exch nt come to an end. can time turn back. i swear i'll b a good person. :)

anw..lookin fwd to kee's arrival tdy (effectively) and chew's arrival on 20th. and leo's arrival on 26th and..i dont know who else is coming.

exch. pls..dont end so soon. im nt ready. let me enjoy every last mo.

pre beijing thoughts

2008-04-26T13:30:00.003+08:00

ok. this is weird.

1) i always end up packing my luggage the night/day before. just as i am typing, my raking my brains to see if i had missed anything. DAMN! have to leave for beijing soon. gosh!

2) had a weird dream. i dreamt tat im in beijing, but staying in the queen's gal's hse. then..then..dun noe how the scene can flash, i dreamt tat im dating this guy, whom, i suddenly realise is a gal. and flash again, to me realizing i lost my passport, so i returned to the queen's hse. then..then..after searching, i discovered its in my bag. BUT..she refused to let me go home. wooo. scary. freaking scary.

i think im getting les vibes frm my roomie (sleeping like less than 1m away from me) gosh! i swear im homophilic. really. (come on lah! who derive such pleasure frm taking pics (i repeat picS) with the hottest guy on exch?) who hasnt seen them? ask me. i'll gladly send them. :)

3) nice song (abeit the fact that its frm my roomie)

this song by Yann Tiersen, les jours tristes

the lyrics: (my fav part)

It's hard,
hard, to stand up for what's right
and bring home the bacon each night,
hard, not to break down and cry,
when every ideal that you tried
has been wrong.
But you must
carry on.

---isnt it so applicable? ethics v the bacon. can ur ethics feed u and keep u warm every night? workng world. damn.

and my most fav:

Don't be afraid of what they'll say.
Who cares what cowards think?
Anyway, They will understand one day,
one day.

---true.

and mr hot is so cute! GOSH! haaa!

lzj and hk

2008-04-20T02:10:00.004+08:00

exchange is slowly creeping to an end. and..surprisingly im all ready for singapore.

these few months in hk, i must say that i have changed. i have became more independent, more sociable, and more exposed. the people i meet here, really do change me. And i am really glad for all the fun that I have. Its like an extended grad trip, in anticipation for work in mas.

yet, its amazing that i can be so rational to understand the simple fact in life that exchange will come to an end, as all other things do.

and i have became more appreciative of people around me, especially of singapore.

A big thankew to: (alphabetically)

Best pal, dlxx
---thanks for always chatting with me, (and special thanks to the convenient time diff between hk and ca) and hearing me whine all the time about the things thats happening to me in hk.
Chew and lht
---thanks for the late night sol, and being my connection to lameness. *no sarcarsm intended*
Cousin
---thanks for all the nice postings and somehow, just the word 'cousin' brings me some warmth. really.
Dennis
---Thanks for all the songs u sent me. i really like them. it reminds me of last sem when we'll chill in ur room (supposedly to be studying) and u played ur guitar for me n cousin
Family
---now i really appreciate dad for sending me everywhere i want, mom for making sure im cleanly clothe (i mean...if u have ever done laundry, u noe how terrible it is. its such a waste of precious time) and for being so financially supportive and i love my grandma too. just having her breathing beside me cheers me up. honest. and i miss my sisters too. its nice having ple to bully
Gabriel
---he really cheers me up (unfortunately he announced he has a new gf. MICHELLE. <--betta watch out)
han
---gosh..its amazing how we cld talk on the fone for hours, and having to keep tab on pfingo's 45min n 3second prob. haa. juz talking to someone singaporean keeps me happy
SINGAPORE
---im glad the national footwear is flipflop. that i can dress in rags and is allowed to walk down orchard even, without getting weird stares
---glad that milo is the national drink. COMEON! milo dino rox. and i miss them to bits.
---missing all the multicultural food in sg. esp bakchormee
---its so clean! and singaporeans are cultured. we dont spit and dont litter. and we are tactful. we dont go around saying people are stupid and demerit differences in culture. we dont think that the singaporean culture is superior. we accept differences and are comfortable with it.
---more importantly, my family and friends are there.

nonetheless, exchange is gonna be a part of me and im still glad i came.
ps: i wont be posting fotos for reasons that some friends may know, but..im glad to share them. :)

ciao.

updates

2008-04-03T20:29:00.002+08:00

tired. i feel really tired.

ok and lazy and old.

went to japan for easter break. despite having to pia 4 reports within 1 week and having a bad sorethroat and cough, it was made easier by some nice msn pal and the tot of japan. but in japan,

1) it was really tough coz both me n fede were burnt. she was out partying everynite, me, burning the oil everynite to complete the assignments--OH! i was a bitch, i called security coz my floormates were too noisy)

2) it was really fun! and nice to practise japanese, and it was nice hanging out with fredrik and alex. ALTHOUGH, i swear i was so close to killing tat swed, coz he's alwaz getting drunk and giving weird theories about life. but after the 'double date' for 8days, hez a nice person.

3) missed kyoto coz we partied too much

4) enjoyed the sakura blossom

5) WOAH! nice adventure over the accommodations. was glad (and counting my blessings) that we ended up neither at Hilton nor the bridge with newspaper. OMG! hilton was fully booked!!! how is it possible

Korea was amazing! the shots there. OMG! and matteo was so cute and nice. But i had to ruin his charger, fortunately, he cld use mine, except that he had to get his own adaptor. and..haha! hes weird he likes spongebob! and well..hes nice! i gotta repay his kindness by showing him ard well when he comes to hk.

well..im lazy. so..not posting pics.

and now..feeling anti-socialed (ED, coz im over the phase. gg out ltr)

frenz. i missed u.

2008-03-09T21:05:00.002+08:00

woah! omg! life rox!

omg!omg! i received a nice postcard frm han!!!!! omg! i was so shocked to see it lying in my letter box! OMG! haha! i love han min min!! (despite her ditching me for some1 else..but..i love han!)

2008-03-09T13:03:00.001+08:00

me against mr fengshui.

man. ARGH!

wish me luck in requesting for a new room on the pretext of fengshui.

2008-03-09T01:10:00.001+08:00

nth i sae can fully portray how i feel now.

some1 is out to get me (and chew). whoever he is. he has won. alright? happy? argh!

tots abt federer

2008-03-05T12:25:00.002+08:00

federer ar... man! hez too much.

he lost to Andy Murray in Dubai Championship in FIRST ROUND! and guess what he said! he said:

"i don't think he's changed his game a whole lot since I played him in the Bangkok final" [the Bangkok final, which federer lost]

"It sort of works for him when he's going to have to grind very hard for the next few years if he keeps playing this way"

"He stands way far behind on the court and...tends to wait a lot for the mistake of the opponent"

"I gave him the mistakes but I think overall, over a 15 year career, you want to look to win a point more often than for the (other) guy to miss"

WOAH! zhuai. he lost to Andy Murray (No. 11) and still dare to be soooo arrogant. I mean... I watched him play Aussie opens, and I swear (despite my inadequacy in tennis) that he lost because he was too full of himself, and did not take djokovic seriously. HONESTLY! if he keeps this up, i think its highly unlikely that he will win the next grand slam.

Disappointed.

inspired to blog

2008-02-27T11:37:00.003+08:00

was checking my fren's blog and her entry sort of..touched me? inspired me? made me feel guilty for not expressing myself? so anw, it prompted me to blog.

nothing much has happened in hk. just the usual, begging ple frm hall 3 n 4 to invite me to their halls to watch movie (except tat the movie ytd is crap. "there will b blood". eew! the movie is..crap. the after-taste of the movie made me so sick that i went to slp immediately, despite having a 5h nap prior to the movie); getting hungry in the middle of the nite, and had to lure fede to gg to bb with me to get chicken wings/fries/spring rolls; enduring temperamental flush system, which seems to be malfunctioning a lil too often for my likings; having to endure weird conversation with weird ple at bb (i mean! some1 SOME1 actually snubbed roti prata from the stall near nus. COME ON lor!! but oh well! luckily we found a commonality - chomp chomps, which if it had not happened, i would have prematurely ending my trip at bb, WHICH may not be a bad thing coz i have so few slp coz of trips to bb); and..thats probably all the things i need to whine about.

but i guess i've got to whine abt friends

im missing friends who would crap and whine with me. even though there are nice ple (for the 1st time, im acknowledging that they r nice) who do whine with me online, its juz different. different. typing and saying it is different.

whining is an aspect of art. really.

but im really glad for frenz who wld gladly stay up late to chat with me, frenz who r able to neutralise the strangeness of this island, (special mentions) fren who recorded a song for me coz i requested, frenz who listen to me bitch abt ple i dislike, and last but not least, frens who r frens.

i love my frens!

2008-02-18T00:57:00.002+08:00

totally pissed off.

the reason:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYuIg7Tnc7g&feature=related

these people r so weird! its not like WE singaporeans speak like tat. n its so rude of tat guy to mock us. and..even if those were true, it doesnt make our english standard bad. at worse, its just another dialect of english. and like wad chew saes..if the french were to speak those words with the accent he proposes, they would for sure sae its sexy.

ARGH!

yesterday

2008-02-16T11:53:00.001+08:00

i dreamt of chewsy, lht, n teo ytd

it was so funny i burst out laughing in my sleep

and laughed till i woke up

my roomie prob thinks im weird

back in hk

2008-02-12T13:50:00.000+08:00

cny was fun! meeting up with relatives n frens was fun.

but oh well..im back in hk alr! the flight was really bad. there were so many kids! pesky kids! and 1 seated behind me, who kept whining and kicking my seat! and 1 beside me, who tried to get friendly, too friendly, with me. argh!!

luckily, the krispy donut improved my mood! haha! (i guess im easily pacified with freebies) the person gave me 1 free donut!!! omg! i wonder if its a) hez trying to b a good ambassador of hk, or b) i look like a glutton, coz i ordered 2 donuts and cappuccino, after that, ordered another 2 to go. whichever is the option, i don't care. 1 free donut is better than none! haha!!

but i guess i miss singapore. i din get to eat the famous beach road bakkutteh (coz they were closed for cny!) (i specially organized tennis, just so tat i can eat it.)

CNY

2008-02-09T23:28:00.000+08:00

Im back in SINGAPORE! omg! there is so many things that i really appreciate abt sg, and really regret takin it for granted.

Firstly, the food.

Beach Road Bakkutteh
Fried chicken wings (any brand. but especially the $1 kind found in most coffee shops and food courts)
Bak Chor Mee! My fav
Otah, Rojak, Satay
Laksa
Ban Mian
Lotus Root Soup
Pumpkin Rice
and many many more

Secondly, the places

Esplanade
Marina Sq (WOAH! esp topshop, coz there isnt topshop in hk)
city link (coz of TCC)
IMM
Orchard Road
City Hall (just walking around this area, exploring, walking to beachroad and back, etc, brings back lots of fond memories)

Thirdly, the temperature. It was 10 degrees when I left, and it had once reached 8degrees. I miss the sun too!

Fourthly and most importantly, the people! I kind of regret booking the flight so early. Im reached sg at midnight, and flying off in the wee hours of the day. I wished I had more time in sg. Then i cld meet friends that I missed.

anw..haha! cny was fun! it was fun sleeping in on chu1 (coz we were at the airport and after tat, we went to bugis, and got swamped by loads of ple, and then went to clementi for a sort of reunion dinner, and gave out presents etc) and watching Ah Long PTE LTD. OMG! super funny! i cant believe the jokes (though there isnt a story line). and visited my aunt and my new-born cousin.

chu2 saw myself in msia. visited grandma and some relatives in melaca. It was weird, coz we met a month ago at my uncle's wake, and this time, it was for such a joyous ocassion. weird. haha! nonetheless, it was fun! and..we went to watch midnight show (KungFu Dunk. OMG! jay chou is so good looking) and then went for tea (it is so weird to drink tea at night, when for the past few weeks, if i were to drink anything at tat time, it will b to drink alcohol.) and! oMG! the otah is great!

i love cny!

cny is coming

2008-02-03T16:46:00.000+08:00

cny is coming.

partying just isnt the same anymore when everyone has left for some place. fede went to thailand with a n mr nostalgia, hope shes surviving the crap! the others like 8th floor and many others just aint around.

went for dinner at shamshupoi. it was fun!! omg! hmm..i lack coherence. ok. right from the start again.

yesterday was terrible. its 8degrees (same as austria, and its terribly ridiculous). and on top of the wind, it rained. so we had to cancel our trip to shatin. the plan was to visit the temple, and then go to ikea for meatballs. but..oh no. mr weatherman don't want us there. anw, i still went out, with my umbrella (its weird how i dont carry an umbrella in sg, didn't even own 1) and went stationary shopping with Judith and Lisa. These 2 austrian gals are so fun!! i love them!

however, my roomie was unpacking when i got home. its weird. and..she showed me pics of edison n some gals. so..ermz..im dumbfounded.

and yupz..we went to shamshupoi for dinner. had to walk through the park in the cold. i love food! haha! and after that went to Darby's hse for a party. its so weird. we went there, nt knowing her. but oh well..shez really nice to invite all of us. and we juz chat, drink, and enjoyed the music. and after tat..the plan was to gather at the oh-so-familiar 7-11 for some more drinking. I was so tempted by the sushi. and anw..they wanted to go to AQUA to club, but..hey! the drinks are 300hkd each, so..we juz took a cab back to residence.

it felt so weird. because of the existence of some1 else in the room. its almost like living with mom. i was a lil fraid of returnin home late, messing up the room, etc. sianz..

anw..slept the whole day. not doing tutorials n readings. laziness.

and..im finally gg home. let no rain spoil my days. :)

un-pissed

2008-01-29T21:45:00.000+08:00

im in a good mood again!!

it started with a bad day. and with a long shopping trip with fede, im juz not in the mood to slp in the same room as my roomie.

shopping is sometimes my fav pastime, but sometimes, it is my least fav activity. it sort of depends on the mood and..i dun noe. im juz plain weird. i rem i shopped with eelin once when we were in jc1, and..i freaked her out when my face turned so black coz im tired of shopping. woah.

then..hahaz! the roomie came in, passed me a blanket, and saed its a present frm her dad, coz im new to hk and its cold. THANKEW! a brand new thick blanket. and to top it off, she left shortly, coz she is going back home! woahoo!! hahaz! double room as a single room rox! :) for 3 weeks, im purely enjoying life!

PISSED

2008-01-29T13:07:00.000+08:00

not exactly in the best of moods today.

in fact..i feel like killing some1. and some1 is gonna get it ltr. i swear.

1) in the morning, fede received a msg frm Mr nostalgia, which is actually an apology for his treatment to us. i mean..we must have appeared really upset ytd at billy boozers coz..for some1 with an ego like his, to apologize prob got him thinking. and i muz say, after i saed tat im angry ytd, he really started to think. really think. wow. so a drunk man can think. BUT, i was kinda upset when fede told me tat he actually saed "poor husband" when i left for the washroom. thanks for his comments.

2) my proj mate in strat policy doesnt talk at all. doesnt talk to me. i was really very frustrated, coz the grp is made up of 2 local n 2 exchange ple. and..that 1 local gal, is forever speaking to her fren in cantonese. its darn frustrating to get the game going.

3) the sro announces yet again that they r suspending the flushing system in hall. i mean come on! i am here for barely a month, and the water has stopped like ermz..2 or 3 times, and an additional occasion whereby it isnt working before i was here. damn! its either me or the sch or the hall. even chiang rai has a better toilet system.

ok. YEAH! finally vented all my anger. Im ready to shop now!

2008-01-27T12:01:00.001+08:00

and im so disgusted.

1) fed lost the match
2) i went out with fede and her good fren, Mr james, who happens to b frm the uk. HE, tried to explain nostalgia to me! DAMN disgusted. i feel discriminated!

gabriel

2008-01-27T11:56:00.000+08:00

omg! gab is sooo cute!

webcammed with him n my sisters today. and...he started lookin for me..IN MY HSE! he tot i was hiding somewhere hiding frm him. OMG! SOO CUTE!

2008-01-25T19:18:00.001+08:00

federer lost.

2008-01-25T17:31:00.000+08:00

woah! its 5-6 (fed losing by 1 game) ermz..its a tough game. but i want to sae that..preparation of racket is really impt. HAHHAZ! djo lost 1 point coz he forgot to prepare, and the ball flew out. but..omg! the speed is incredible. the current speed is 209. woah!

and..omg! its so hard to win! djo's tempo is so weird. no wonder fed is running so much tdy. go fed!

damN! i hate the smirk on djo's face! damn!!!! frustrated! fed lost 1 set. 5-7.
14 unforced error v 10 frm djo. but..they r really on par. hmm..the number 1 n number 3's skills r abt the same.

but a side point..ermz..i think djokovic's dampener is cute. its a smiley face. i might try to buy it!

y izit so diff for the gals? shara v chadvetadze is so..dissimilar.

aussie opens (semis) 2

2008-01-25T17:19:00.000+08:00

ermz..im beginning to sympathize with djo. oops. its so similar to the sharapova match. the underdog usu gets the sympathies. esp when..oops..he fell down while tryin to get the ball. when nadal fell down during one of the opens (and tumbled) i almost, ALMOST, wanted to switch camp to support nadal. well..!

Aussie Opens (semis)

2008-01-25T17:02:00.000+08:00

Watching Federer v Djokovic now.

After consulting so many frenz, and having had to run back to hall (it had to rain tdy of all days, and i had to buy an umbrella frm festival walk), i managed to catch aussie opens (semis)!!! Thanks frenz!!

Honestly, i hope fed wins, coz i juz hate djokovic's guts.

The game is progressing really badly. Fed is committing too many unforced errors. I mean comeon lor! so many times the ball flies into the net! how cld he? But at least he's much better than Djokovic, coz djo keeps hitting the ball out of the court. But so far..both of them r winning the set which they serve (but its nt a clear win). I hope...it will continue.

(and while they r taking a break now, dennis, the seeded n unseeded thing hor.. is just the ranking that the tennis players have. so tat tsonga person ar..is currently number 38.)

go federer!!!!!!!!!!!

its gonna b a tough game. both look so tense! omg! the pressure muz b too gr8. if i were them (IF!), i might..hahaz..juz call in sick.

federer hor...wa!!!!! so gek! is he ill? how come..wad happened!!!!!!! go fed!

its really nice to look at their expression when they make an error. hahaz! (esp when its djo!)

Aussie Opens

2008-01-25T02:19:00.000+08:00

nadal lost!

i was intially indignant about his loss. It was such an embarrassment. 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. And that Tsonga person, is unseeded. But nadal, he's at least a number 2.

But when i caught him on youtube. OK! i get it. He's really fast and good.

I guess we can never judge some1 based on the number attached to him. Comeon! Tsonga was unseeded, and he has beaten so many top 10 players.

anw, Federer is playing Djokovic tml, and i sincerely hope that:
1) uusee works
2) the connection dun fail me
3) federer thrash Djokovic. I really dun like tat guy.

AND! it will b such a good game. Federer v Tsonga! won't tat be gr8? its gonna b the match of the yr.

2008-01-20T11:19:00.000+08:00

AMENDMENT (esp for MAYI!)

NO! hahaz..Miss mayi, i did not drink 1 bottle of vodka on my own. If i did, im prob still in a coma. hahaz...no lah!!! is the whole grp of us drank 1 bottle. i only drank very very little of that bottle.

2008-01-19T21:20:00.000+08:00

reading the australian opens news.

i cant believe anna chakvetadze lost. world number 6, losing to her fellow countryman--Maria Kirilenko no. 27 in the 3rd round!! i saw how she had played agst sharapova..n ok the disparity in skills is great but..hey! she cant lose now.

well..
i really gotta start watching out for latest news

2008-01-19T21:01:00.000+08:00

scared the hell out me tdy. (no vulgarities intended) but..tdy, when i left my room without the card key, my heart stopped. coz my roomie hasnt arrived n..i will have to go to the security counter in another building to get them to open for me. OMG! tats 1 big disadvantage of staying alone (without roomie). luckily my neighbour was in, and i din lock the toilet door. so i cld go in. luckily. im so lucky for nice neighbours.

we share the same toilet, and they--kama & hilda, r v nice ple. 1 day, when i got back frm exchange gethering, they invited me to their room to play this dice game with them. OMG! its soo nice. i have ordered 4 sets frm hilda, and she will prob help me get them frm her hse. plus shot glasses. omg! hahaz..i so like them.

anw..juz had my 3rd cup of milo tdy. the milo in hk taste kind of weird. weird really. there seems to b cream element in it, but it wun do without sugar..so it ends up tasting too sweet. but oh well..better than nth. but i will really give anything to get milo dino, even though its so cold in hk now.

anw..a fast run thru of the exchange:
8/1

--i was really glad to have seen the ntu guys like cousin, meiyuet, uncle, dennis, jialin n pei. they stayed over at the airport juz to send us off. n..keety n miss lim too. hahaz! really touched.
--reached sg. it wasnt cold. esp when i stupidly decide to take the train to sch. omg! had to change so many stops n..my luggage isnt light. n my sch is up the hill. nice view. but..honestly, i din appreciate it with my heels n luggage

9/1
--had a talk, when out with the exchange ple to several places. went to this nice chinese restaurant at kowloon tong, then went racecourse road n finally this club called skits.
--the food at the restuarant was cheap n good. but..its really sinful to waste the food. but the exchange ple r terrible. they need beer with dinner. which is..so ah pek in singapore.
--racecourse was terrible. like had to wait for 45min juz to watch a 45s race. terrible. we wanted to bet, but..honestly..we din noe where to start frm. gotta do some horseracing hw.
--skits was terrible. its crowded, ple were smoking, n..the guys were all drinkin a lot coz they had to pay to enter. so they r mostly drunk. but..oh well..it was fun. the dancing with fun. the interaction. but at a point in time, it got a lil rowdy. even though it was ladies nite, the drinks were really good. the vodka..strong. n..its funny the way they serve tequilla. in glasses. woah. scared us when she laid glasses infront of us. luckily, she juz filled like a small portion of the glass.

10/1
--WOAH! met mayi n her mom to go macau. auntie was really nice. i love the place. love the pork chop bun. love the atmosphere. love the weather. most of us..i really enjoyed the day with mayi. guess i love the singaporean touch. (but oops..mayi isnt singaporean) hahaz..anw..i was motivated to blog after reading hers. coz its sooo concise n sincere.

11/1
--went mongkok with mayi. i love the dimsum we ate. love it loads. esp the siewmai n the beancurd skin.
--bought my 1st pair of boots

12/1
--went on a city tour with the ple. it was fun! we went to stanley market, the peak for the view, dimsum at some nice fancy restaurant, went to lankwai fong, n the harbour with the handprints. n watched the symphony of light. hey comeon! sg has nicer light shows.hahaz..but i din dare sae in front of the ple. but if it was fireworks, it will b gr8. but no..i really felt tat it was a waste of time. though the view of the bank of china was good.

13/1 to 17/1
--sch started on 14/1 had my first lesson on 16/1 well..lesson was unexpectedly fun. i love the prof. though the same cldnt b saed abt the tutors on fri. boring. but mayb coz it started at 9.30 and it was cold (plus i slept late)
--thelatest grp of frenz i hang out with, r cool. federica frm italy, lisa, kathrin and judith frm austria and catarina frm portugal. hahaz..nice ple, who loves sushi.

end.

2008-01-19T15:45:00.000+08:00

feeling kind of guilty.

read mayi's post on macau n mongkok. REALLY GOOD n detailed. omg! i feel so...insincere. oh..really..too much to take in. just check out the pics ok. n..i'll give a narration shld any1 ask me for it.

stayed in my room tdy. the other gals went out. some went to lamma island, some went to macau. but i din want to.

anw..
1) i love the drinkin session with chew over webcam. OMG! rox. but im so getting shot glasses, coz havin vodka on its own..makes my head ache. hahaz..but well..i had barely a shot.

2) had 9.30 class on fri. its hard to wake up when its damn cold, and feeling a lil tired coz of the drinkin till 2 plus. really tempted to grab the vodka to stay warm. but went for class..oh well..class was..drowsy. i almost doze off. after tat..went to festival walk to shop. only bought a pair of shoes frm mango (its really ridiculous. im buyin more thing frm mango than i did when i was in singapore). went for hall orientation. really fun. saw the exchange kids. nice ple. and..left early coz of the blackonblack party. which is total crap. in the end..we walked ard lankwaifong, decided its too crowded, n the crowd r old ple, we went back to hall.

3) it was fun! hahaz..we met at the lawn, where there were a few ple alr. n i went up to my room to get vodka. woa! the whole bottle gone. n..it was nice chatting with the exchange ple. even though its darn cold, n the wind was blowing at me, we still stayed on. even stayed to chat with this norweigian guy, who noes tennis, and told me all abt tennis n his music. OH COOL. but in the end..the cold was too much. so much so tat vodka doesn help. so..yupz..

anw..im gg to b bloggin soon. really

2008-01-03T22:50:00.000+08:00

so much happened between this blog n the previous 1.

n sad to say, i cant rem much.

chronologically,

1) xmas exchange with the hsbc gals. i love the finger puppet the most. n used mayi's recipe to make shepherd's pie for marie n gang. love the other presents frm han n tracy too! n tracy..CONGRATS!

2) chewsy came over to my hse to cook tomyum n ice-cream cake (all coz bryan can cook, n we were supposed to cook for him n shan on xmas)

3) met marie n gang for korean food, lots of fun at minds cafe n love the food frm chomps n the lovely ice-cream parlour at serangoon gardens. i definitely will go there a 2nd time.

4) went gab's hse to give him his present. damn lucky lil kid. the presents he received is taller than him. n he has a xmas tree at home. n..he freakin told my mom he wants a black ferrari remote car for xmas present n tat he doesnt have 1 at home. guess wad i saw at his hse. he doesnt have a BLACK one. he has a red one. 1 big brat. n..the ferrari doesnt come cheap! ARGH! y din i have such nice aunts when i was a kid?

5) went chewsy's hse after gab's hse. met jo too. cooked tomyum. chewsy cooked her nice udon. both her mom n grandma saed im pretty. chew drove me to serrangoon to pass stuff to marie, then..we sped to holland v to meet lht. woah! love the fact tat holland v is still alive at tat hr. walawala isnt as gr8 as rumoured. n..i dun like budweisser. sianz..woke up the next day feeling really queasy. i wonder if its the baileys plus bud. or coz of the lethal combi of tom yum n udon. or coz of the fact tat i checked my email n it says tat im leavin for hk in 2weeks. woah! havent packed.

6) last day of work on 28th. received results on 28th. ok lah..i mean..results r results. im silently scolding myself for thinking tat i can get even better result. man juz isnt satisfied. but oh well..all the hoohaa abt the results died down when dad told me my eldest uncle had suffered a stroke but we aint gg back coz my dad has got 2 case on hand.

7)met up with marie n gang. cooked tomyum n shepherd's pie. the rest cooked by mom. crabs by marie. love hanging out with them. hahaz! its amazin how their gang grew to include me n chew.

8) received a call on 30th tat uncle has passed away.

9) went to attend my 1st live tennis match on 30th. sharapova vs chatvetedze. no. 5 vs no.6. woah! the difference in standards is really great! love the tie-breaker game. woah! even though its called sharapova live, the audience seemed to support the under-dog more. but..shez really pretty! both of them r pretty. n..omg! they played frm 7 to 10.30 straight. nice stamina! anw..went to esplande after the match to have dinner/supper. woah! juz love the ambiance.

10) left for msia on 31st. had to cancel a few outings coz of the funeral which will take place on thurs. initially..i dun feel sad..juz..indifferent. guess the truth hasnt sank in. but..when i saw uncle's foto on the table, n him lyin in the coffin..my tear glands somehow got activiated..n it suddenly dawned upon me tat i wun see him anymore. wun b able to hear his loud voice. n..i somehow regret nt being close to him. coz dad has got too many bros n sis, im close to so few. plus the fact tat they mostly live in msia..haiz..i wished i had talked more to uncle when hez still ard. as we hadnt been to msia in ages, the wake seemed more like a reunion session. it felt more like a party than a wake. but i guess uncle will like tat. he alwaz love the fun n the laughters. anw...im so gonna go to msia again in june. my beloved cousin, who is a water polo coach, has offered to show me ard, n hopefully, i can whine my way to gettin him to bring me to scuba dive 1 day. n..met another cousin, who has arranged for a dinner session with me n his cousin in hk. YEAH! 1 less dinner to worry abt.

getting real worried abt hk. havent packed. hasnt exchanged my hk currency. everything isnt settled. my modules nt confirmed..sianz..

2007-12-19T20:20:00.000+08:00

dun really noe how i am supposed to go abt updating the happenings in the past week.

1) xmas party. it was v fun! turkey was nice, cake was nice, SPAG was nice, everything was nice. I love the card tat jl n pp gave me. REALLY SWEET! plus, all the crap tat cld b generated frm every1. But its really a pity tat i had to leave early, coz i was supposed to go msia on sun. And the worst thing is tat when i reached central (where my dad had a case there, so he offered to meet me there) i had to wait for a looong time. Another pity got to b the alcohol. EH dennis! the shandy..really taste like 7up!

2) granny's hse. minus the 1h jam on the way home, it was fun!

Ask me how my granny's hse look like k...picassa juz refuse to load the pics on blogspot!

in my memories, it is a v fun place, whereby there r crocs in the river beside her hse..but..somehow, its a lot diff when im there on sun. its prob due to the flood tat occurred last yr. the place juz aint the same anymore. When i was a kid, me, my siss n my cousins will have FRESH eggs frm the hens at the back of the hse. ITS warm ok. no heating up required. n we have great fun chasing the chicken ard the place! (and half being afraid tat we will fall into the treacherous river n b eaten up by the crocs) n..sometimes we will run to my aunt's hse, which is in the same village, juz a stone throw away, n play there. life as a kid was super fun! OH! on sun, my cousin, who lived a stone throw away, gave me a lift in his motorbike to his hse! OHGOSH! hahahz..even though i grumbled n half insisted him to go home to drive his car over, i was rather excited to hop on to his bike! hahhaz! my first bike ride! (i think i rode on a bike b4 when i was a kid..but..i cant really b sure!) hahaz..POOR SUYI! shez super jealous.

3) theres the entire xmas mood over in the office. i got my gift, and tdy, some supplier gave us a logcake! even though its BRANDED, from polar puff, it juz aint as nice as the one we bought frm carrefour.

4) oh, went out of chewsy n shan ytd.

hahaz! its truly a gorging session. carrot cake, stingray, oyster omelette, gnor hiang and bakchormee for the 3 of us! oh gosh! its..damn freaking sinful. plus we went to spinelli to chill n crap. hahaz! oh shush! im so scared abt the xmas we r gonna have. hahaz! got to cook ok! i mean..im nt tat scared to cook for them..but..with bryan ard, n hez really a true blue cook, im a gonner. gotta practise cooking tml.

anw..up next, theres the cooking cum drinkin session tml, meeting the hsbc gals on sat, caroling-watching with cousin on sat, outing with marie n gang on sun and the xmas party on xmas.

2007-12-14T13:22:00.000+08:00

work is boring!

Updates

2007-12-13T00:08:00.000+08:00

OMG!!! so much happened

went to cousin's chalet on sunday. she's super bimbo! when i reached..she was in fbt shorts n cedar tee (almost like wad i saw her in, at paya lebar train station) and...hahahz! since she's the bdae gal, she went to change into a nice dress. hahaz! dearest keety did the same thing too. In fact, the reason y me, wanteck, jialin, dennis n keety reached so early..was bcoz the dear bdae gal told us she need help for decors. and...can u believe it! decors were all up when we reached. but..hahahz! they r nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!! superbly nice. (and bimb)

the party went well..the food was nice, it was cool hanging out with the gang n discussing abt xmas n grad trip. woah! a whole load of planning. hahaz! foto taking session was fun too! (and if lim jiehui sees this, HEY! i need pics!!)

hmm..then took the train home. which reminded me...cab fare is increasing again, starting next week! OMG! how am i supposed to afford it? but the fare hike is ridiculous. i noe fuel price increased..but..hey! 50% increment? terrible.

oh anw..on mon, we met at manhattan for peishan's party. hahahz! quite fun. the food was nice (even nicer coz me n pei sharing with dennis..so he can help finish) and..hahaz! laughed too much tat day. ever since cousin's party, uncle has been instigating every1 to imitated every1. and..omg! i laughed till i had sore throat the next day. terrible

and..oh. forgot to update abt work. work..is like a rollercoaster. doing rfq is easy. its an exercise of my fingers to press ctrl +c and then v. merging requires a bit of brain power. sourcing is worse..its like testing my typing speed. tdy, helped my sis do smth..tat resembles vouching. luckily..ooops..im nt sure if its so lucky for the other temp..but i really detest scanning! so i did my job slowly..n..ya..she had to do the scanning. but..HEY! it'll b my turn on fri coz i have 1 batch on my table.

wrt colleagues..they r rather nice. like..christy..hahaz..shez actually quite sweet, n..ya..shez getting married on the coming sunday and..WOAH! her honeymoon location is EGYPT! omg!! so cool ok! and..ple like cindy..ahahz..shez a 100% hello kitty fan. her table..is filled with hello kitty ornaments. its...like living in sanrio land. hahaz and..michelle is rather cool. she wears coloured contacts, n...her eldest son is alr in sec4! can b believe it. woah wad a hip mom. karen is v nice too.hahaz..somehow..all karens tat i noe r nice ple. n..dex. hahaz! he bought a sugar glider..n brought it to office. OMG! damn cool ok. its super duper cute! but super ex too. i think he bought for RM250. hopefully i get to see some when i go msia on sat.

gg to msia on sat to visit grandma. she went home a few months after being discharged frm the hospital..so hopefully shez doing fine. smtimes its a real dilemma. we feel safer if shez in singapore, but..i think its a torture for her, coz she dun noe any1 in sg, AND..she dun venture out of the hse..AND..theres no1 at home most of the time. its damn boring lah! 3 days of this kind of life can easily kill me. but in msia..its true she has her frenz, n she can walk ard in the small farm tat uncle set up behind her hse, and theres my other uncle living 2 hse away. BUT! u noe..msia..it juz doesnt feel near enuf. oh well..gotta see how she is. and..sat is gonna b a long day, coz theres xmas party at uncle's hse. i hope dad drives us out of msia early, n we dun decide to stayover at granny's hse at last min notice.

TML is my off day. but..i cant slack. got to settle exchange stuff, take my law report frm the gen office, collect instep materials. WOAH! damn busy.

anw..chewsy, if u r reading this, i asked marie n gang (including QUEK) for korean lunch on 23rd. u better turn up ok.

2007-12-08T22:57:00.001+08:00

oh gosh..i miss chiang rai AGAIN.

2007-12-08T22:34:00.000+08:00

today...

I tidied my table in my room and the study room. OMG! its..incredible...worked non-stop, and..its nt juz arranging the stuff, i threw away unwanted things, cleaned the table top, cleared the drawers, vacuumed the surroundings..and...EFFECTIVELY, i have moved out from the studyroom..except for a few things, most of my stuff r on my table in my room. hahaz! SOO lookin fwd to hk! (and glad tat im nt ever gonna b studyin on tat study room table ANYMORE! YEAH!)

but..im a lil worried. coz i still havent learn to do my laundry n i still dun noe how to cook. but..WADEVER..i tidied my tables!

haiz..i suddenly realised tat theres more tidyin to do. theres still my cupboard, gotta throw away unwanted clothes, (HAHAH so as to make room for clothes frm hk).

went to imm to get my backpack frm siok, who travelled all the way to imm! and chose a new tv. OMG! its quite nice, although its smaller than our existing one..but..at least its an LCD. HAIZ! i wun get to enjoy it much..coz im leaving for hk soon.

tml..theres loads to do..including..cousin's chalet and..me printing fotos. YES! im finally printin fotos to do up the album for last yr's yep trip. FINALLY. but tat means frm this mo, i gotta organise the pics. i hope i dun exceed 200 pieces.

n i realised..i forgot all abt the outing with lia todae. but..i think she forgot too. its kinda sad..

i miss venezia-ing, n holland-v-ing. Any1 game for a session of venezia at sixth avenue?

2007-12-07T20:34:00.000+08:00

went out with tracy, han n mayi ytd.

OMG! it was so fuN! hahahz.. THEY R SUPER UNGLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahaz..like tracy who did tat dance, mayi who took sooo many unglam foto of her, han who tried her bestest best to speak in canto n pass me THAT cd with the suggestive POEM. HAHAZ..im so gonna miss them when im in hk. anw..gonna watch caroling n exchange presents with them on 20 smth december. AND..mayi will b in hk when i reach. hahhaz..i think im gg macau with her (i think!)

the weather these days..reminds me of chiangrai. really cannot stand showering. if nt for the splendid invention called water heater..im sure i wun shower. CONFIRM! somehow, the water isnt as cold as chiangrai, coz..cldnt have the 'cucumber mask' tat me n ying-er 'ENJOYED' every morn when we were there.

haiz..gonna b super busy these days.. too many ple to meet, too little time. BUT! hahaz..im sure each meetings will b enjoyable.

work is fun lah..minus the 5 days work week, the 8am office hr, n 1h lunch time..other than tat..i like the place. the ple r nice..n..i get to irritate my sis everydae! hahaz..can skype her the WHOLE day...then again, there's lots of work to do. plus..i had to do scanning of doc for the 1st week..OMG! i hate the printer. it sux! luckily, the other gal is gonna take over next week. if nt..i swear i'll go back in the middle of the nite to wreck the damn printer. Lunch is fun..SUPPOSEDLY..coz was supposed to meet lina n the p+f ple at the jtc foodcourt, but, its either im nt free, forgot to bring my fone, or they have too much work. hahahz! wingyen volunteered to smuggle me back to p+f's canteen to have my lunch there..but..im so NOT gonna accept..its gg to b super weird if i do see him again.

next thurs is my day off..but...OMG! got too much things to do on tat day..got to collect my law reports, acceptance letter, instep brochures, debit cards; and pass my notes to cousin.

NO TIME!

anw..in case i havent got time to blog..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
Miss Lim Yu Qin,
Ah-lim aka cousin aka Lim Jie Hui, who can finally watch R21 show, n who wants to watch now tat its legal, n changed her mindset (a 180 degree turn) to sae tat R21 isnt for perverts
Peishan

and..
i dun think theres anymore

and.. hahahz
so lookin fwd to seeing suyi again, gonna play tennis, eat at amk, drink to our heart desire,
seeing teo, lia n joyce!!! (oh..i met fan huiyi todae..OMG!shez super pretty now..n..she slimed down a lot..n..her hammie is gonna b at my hse for a week..so during tat week..i cant go out too much..gotta take care of it) and..oh!! meeting shan n bryan!!! (i hope bryan cooks his specialty..the squid-o-pasta, or wadever it was sooo brilliantly called) n..BX! shez foreva plannin outings..but its foreva being postponed..and..OH OH!! cousin's bdae chalet this sun

2007-12-05T21:46:00.000+08:00

rain n rain n rain. it rained like mad todae. from 11am to 7pm. goodness lah! i rem last yr was like tat..but last yr, i was in thailand. so there wasnt any opportunity to experience. terrible ok! i hate the rainy season.

bought my air tix todae.
8th Jan - 6 Feb
12 Feb - 26th May
and frenz..dun try to send me off (if any r contemplating) both the tix r gg to leave at 6.40am. so..unless u live at changi airport..DON'T. its a torture to wake up at such unearthly hours.

n went to outram, with the intention to check out packages to hk in april, coz my family wants to go..AND..i was informed tat they havent started pricing yet. sianz..wasted trip

Went to cousin's hse to make log cake n cookies! omg! we r geniuses! omg! the log cake.looks super nice. cookies...hahhaaz..minus some which were charred, n the plate tat cousin accidentally topple..hahaz! shez gonna bring the cookies on her bdae. and..we r suppoed to practise making logcakes for the xmas party on 15th.

and..kpmg called me juz now. it was rather flattering tat they called to ask y i rejected them n yupz..told me to call them if i do change my mind. really changed my opinion of them. i guess they r changing their image.

2007-12-04T23:51:00.000+08:00

yeah! on leave tml!! hahahaz! initially wanted to take leave for the 3 interviews..but..i decided..NO POINT! coz gotta reply them by mid dec, and my results will b out by end dec..no..it wun act as a buffer at all..so..gonna book my tix. its really abt time..if nt..i think leo really have to live up to his suggestion n drive me to hk. hahhaz! n..if tat do happen..i gotta start setting off now!

received my welcome pack frm city u todae. suddenly..so sian..the fourth module is...shanghainese!!!! omg!!!!!!!its really...eh! i confirm need to re-register 1 lor.

anw..today started off badly..forgot to bring my fone!!!!!!! on this very dae when im supposed to meet lina for lunch n leo for dinner..i had to forget my fone!!!!!!! luckily for msn n emails..i cld contact them. but oh well..i went to rain's restaurant for korean food!!!!!!!!man..craving tat for ages alr. and..the food is SUPER nice. EH!! any1 wanna join me there the next time? its duper whooper nice. plus..its the RAIN restaurant leh..got his foto somemore.

suddenly sick of azuki freeze. promised lia to go for some writing talk on sat n drink coffee with her. but i guess..i'll change it to smth else..if nt..it shall b baileys with coffee! tcc's latest release. theres a strong craving for venezia n coro's lemon chicken (even though i usu regret when i get there coz the place stinks, n is alwaz crowded with the nj n hc kids)

anw..gg cousin's hse tml to bake!!!!!!!!! OMG!!! its super cool. 1) its my 1st time there. 2) gg to bake leh! log cake n cookies

oh..suddenly rem gabriel
HES SUPER CUTE!

tat dae..my com was on..n he saed he want to find ferrari (gabriel is a car genius who knows all the brands of the cars..including mitsuoka n opel n citroen..the rare brands). he sat infront of the keyboard, n turned to me n my sis, n saed "i want to find ferrrari. how to spell? SPELL FOR ME!" n the best part is..when i saed "f", he slowly search for the key, then, press on it...PRESS super long ok..until strings of Fs appeared. OMG!! gab is super cute..but..hez prob nt coming for ever more.. coz i dun like his mom..haiz..long story.

anw..this is gab with my new shades! nice rite..i mean my shades

2007-12-02T23:39:00.000+08:00

man..damn frustrated with tat link tat boo gave me. i mean...how am i supposed to understand the show if it always ALWAYZ reload at the middle?

guess...gotta buy the dvd soon.

argh!!

but..hahaz..luckily sis bought 2 nice hk dvd..so..gotta watch tat..plus the prince of tennis tat dennis gave me

2007-12-01T09:21:00.000+08:00

tired alr.

haiz..but..starting work on mon. im a lil regretting agreeing to help out at sis's office. and the issue is..its at ayer rajah crescent. its gonna b so weird if i do see the p+f ple. esp ... omg! how?!

anw..enchanted was NICE! hahaz..v funny and..omg! when i saw the gal n the way she talked..i almost screamed BIMBO in the theatre. hahahaz! soo super bimbo ok! but shez so cute! n funny! and..pretty! and..ya lor! overall i like the show, althou it became a lil slow in the middle n the storyline is sooooooo cliche.

been watching ghost whisperer everynite, thanks to boo. OMG! shez so pretty! and..the stories r v nice. and..hahahz..a lil spooky too. but juz the right quantity of spookiness.

2007-11-29T23:24:00.001+08:00

watched nadal's clip on ATP.com

omg! no wonder his knee is almost gone. if i were him, i wld have ignored tat volley n let my opponent win lah! no wonder im nt him. n luckily hez nt me..or else..federer will b opponentless.

haiz..exams sux! totally lost touch with tennis. i swear im gonna get scv, n watch tennis everydae. all the grand slams n other small matches.

2007-11-29T20:51:00.000+08:00

tired.

tired of gg out alr.

hahahaz! exams ended..and..even though it ended on wed, and todae is only thurs..juz thinkin of the events lined up..im tired alr

ytd went for xiao long baos, movie (which made me so super tired after a bit of screaming), shopping and hair cutting (which..i muz sae.. its quite nicely done. nt too long, nt too short. im so gonna go back the next time i need a cut.)

today went shoppin at central. EH! tat place is so juvenile. cousin was late for 30min. n i covered the entire place alr. tats how pathetic. even liang court takes longer. BUT..i bought this rather cool top and GREEN shades (its SUPER duper wooper nice)

gonna watch enchanted tml and dinner.

n meetin tracy for dinner after he paper on sat.

and..theres so much more.

but im lookin fwd to gg for cousin's bdae party, bakin cake at her hse, xmas party at wanteck's hse (im so gonna make logcake) and dinner with marie n gang n chewsy. oh..nt to mention tennins-ing with chewsy. OH reminded me..i have prince of tennis to watch (credits to dennis chen!) and..hahaz..i shall force jj to pass me all his anime collections and the prison break n heroes tat he promised.

tired.

sianz..still gotta plan for hk. got lots of things to buy. 1st thing on the list- the air tix.

OMG!

and i realised.. i have the interviews on 5th. also dun noe y im torturing myself so much. y oh y havent i studied harder in the past..if i had..i wldnt b so worried abt my 2nd class and i prob can juz sign mas's contract now n forget abt the interviews. SIANZ

2007-11-22T12:14:00.000+08:00

feeling mephaquin-y again

2007-11-18T11:32:00.000+08:00

water babied.

sashimied. teppanyakied. chawanmushied. handrolled.

(from the above..im tryin to cut my blog entries short..so tat i have more time to study. but..hahaz..ytd was SO fun! oopz. a bit guilty for having fun when i shld b rendezvousing with consolidation. sianz..OK! back to my books)

cool

2007-11-14T10:07:00.000+08:00

hey..this is cool..worth those few min of watch.

http://www.youmaker.com/video/sv?id=62f43fbc7f3c4c1c88d22b60a1df2282001&f=fs

Hong Kong

2007-11-13T14:52:00.000+08:00

Adhering to the hindsight bias..Im so glad that im giving up law for hk. since i wasnt selected for japan..im so glad tat im still gg for hk afterall!

anw..latest updates abt my hk exchange

irritatingly..i have been dragging my feet n..GOODNESS! hall application closes on 19th, and..i mailed it out todae 13th, n it takes 3 to 5 working day! i sure hope it reaches hk in time. but just to b on the safe side, i went to email the hall admin person, and APOLOGISE for the delay (since she had told me to send in earlier) and almost PLEADED her to accept my hall application. hahaz..super drama. But..hope i get the room.

n..sent in the visa application todae too.

haiz..hope i get to change my sub when im in hk. certainly dun want to endure 2 law mods. and..ARGH! i realised cant take china mods (i detected some form of discrimination agst exchange students gg on) and..CANT TAKE THE TENNIS CLASS!! haiz..i guess i aint bringing my racket n shoes along. they shall remain safely in my hse
[chewsy..if u read this, this is a really subtle hint to sae tat I hope i get to play tennis at least 2 times when u r in singapore, and when im still in singapore]
shall bring my swimsuit! hahaz! I SHALL MASTER SWIMMING, since they have a Olympic sized pool, might as well. hopefully, get to learn fencing.

and..which reminded me..the $33 jetstar promotion ended ytd. n i din book at all. gotta wait for a while more. and..yupz! im coming back for CNY! gotta spend cny in singapore, n most prob gg msia to visit my dad's relatives.

ok..gotta hit the books. (literally..i fell like HITTING the books)

2007-11-10T01:38:00.000+08:00

finally reaching the eye of the tornado.

life sux..coz exams is coming. n..ya..im juz suffering frm severe exam blues. nth much.

yupz!!! thank uncle n david.

special mentions to david..coz..he din suan me at all tonite. haa
n..uncle lah..tried to motivate me n stuff. THANKS for listening.

nt to mention dearest frenz like chewsy n lia..who all tried to cheer me up with sol. hey!! when my mood is back..sol k! confirm win u all. u all dun come n cry when u lose.

2007-11-10T00:38:00.000+08:00

im gonna b in sg when i come back frm hk.

tats how sad.

but..nt gg to japan next yr..doesnt mean i wun go there at all.

i'll b there! confirmed! (after i have been to france, USA and australia)

21

2007-11-09T08:07:00.000+08:00

HEY!! everyone!! I am 21!!!

Checked (damn disgusted), verified, authenticated, and I finally entered the cinema to watch my 1st R21 movie.

Its Lust Caution. (wait..gotta reference. i ripped this poster off uncle's blog..coz im a bit unhappy tat he blogged b4 i did.)

The story line is really nice. As in..I hated some of his past movies..coz too arty farty alr. but..this one..easier to understand. Plus..he added some funny parts in too. like..the part when they were killing a traitor (the movie is about a group of uni kids, who were in the era of japanese invasion, and they were the patriotic ah-tiong kind, so they wanted to kill some of the chinese traitors. Tony Leung is the traitor.)

Basically i tot lee hom v good looking..the gal v good at acting (like..she act until..SO real lor) and..tony leung..aiyah as usua..v charming..

and..the story line..omg! its..GOT TO WATCH K! (with the exception of ah-lim, i think all my frenz r old enuf) and..no wonder bryan's mom watched it twice. TWICE. and its juz the nc-16 one. (yupz! bryan's mom leh!! i din noe she watches movie)

okok..end of review.

anw... quite screwed for law paper. i have this 3000 words essay to submit by mon, and its 30%, but..ytd, from 10 to 5, i only did up 1000 words. HOW!?!?!

2007-11-05T22:11:00.000+08:00

i miss gabriel.

gabriel thinks tat i lied to him. n, i cant explain to him coz of various reasons. finally understood the entire emotions behind 哑巴吃黄连.

Lets hope everything will revert to normal.

HEADLINES!

2007-11-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

Child abuse witnessed!

Oh man!! im so grossed up! Child abuse in action!! and i witnessed it firsthand, and managed to take a pic of it! man!! im so disgusted with Princess Fiona is SOO violent! how can she hit her child? YOU TELL ME!!!

hahahaz..obviously..im bored. went to JE MACS (yes, chewsy, we went to macs..lovely cosy macs) with lht, n we bought happy meal and got the toys!! hahaz..lht obviously chose the violent old hag. hahahz..they look soo cute!

2007-11-01T14:33:00.000+08:00

If u think life sux..check this out:

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Auditor

omg! let me noe wad u think.

chew!

2007-10-28T21:50:00.000+08:00

hey! chew..look at ALL the pics tat i had posted. they are ALLL taken by HER! her=the one with the supposed big eyes (when in fact..its..OMG! so...puny!)

=)

E-Postcard to Chewsy

2007-10-28T11:16:00.000+08:00

Dear Chewsy,

Its such a pity that you are thousand miles away. =) sorry we had fun without you. Ytd, we went to BOON KENG for lunch. Dear Boon Keng is such a fun place to be. there's the very nice bakchormee (although it would have tasted nicer with more vinegar), which..we were soo lucky to buy it in time. the person behind us had to choose bakchormee with mifen, coz the mian is sold out. Business was SO good for the auntie. and..see how we were enjoying ourselves. REALLY wanted to take a pic of the untouched food. but..we really cldnt resist it and mixed it b4 we tot of taking a foto.

And we ate desert. THE ICE KACHANG is freaking 80 cents. AND big and nice and..omg! we really forgot to take it. like...after 10seconds..the ice was gone. we cant possibly take a pic of the bowl rite.so..yupz..no fotos. and..the cake. OMG! i bought the spider man cake. and..i'll give to gabriel if he do come to my hse.

and..here's shan's room and her new pet. QUITE CUTE LEH!!! and can change clothes. how we wished u were here. =)

oh, btw, here's the pic tat we took on the sly at the attic. VERY NICE! the chair..im so gonna buy it to put at my garden. ARE YOU SURE U DUN WANT TO GO? if u dun, we'll juz go there on the 15th dec.

lost

2007-10-24T15:29:00.000+08:00

im lost. damn..if only..if only theres a light.

shld i go hk, n drop 2nd spec

or

shld i continue with law, n drop exchange?

WHY! why did i have to take nego this sem? if i hadnt..i'll prob b able to clear all 3 modules in hk. n mayb there wun b the whole prob now. yet again..if i had been able to do law there..i will b in another predicament. law in ntu business sch..is totally diff frm law in law sch.

n now..i cant tell which is more impt. do i want to go hk that much? or do i really want to keep law that desperately?

2007-10-20T00:13:00.000+08:00

it started with the usual crap..and..developed into more complex topic..and i discovered this phrase:

抽刀断水水更流,举杯销愁愁更愁。人生在世不称意，明朝散发弄扁舟

so.. nice rite. haiz..life, isnt alwaz nice. anw..the first 3 phrase..seems easy to understand..but the last sentence..tough..EVEN TOUGHER given tat a certain some1 told me tat it is to beat up a boat. BEAT UP a boat?? omg! C****Y, u rox!

anw.. HAPPY BDAE LHT!

man..

2007-10-19T16:59:00.000+08:00

haiz..this is one of the day when i think i really just lend myself into deep shit.

firstly there is the exchange.

subjects are still UNmatched. and..chances are..they COULD be matched..but..honestly..i really have serious doubt about me being able to complete the three law modules in Hong Kong. Afterall, i'm just doing a second spec in BUSINESS LAW, not an aspiring LAWYER! and the list of subjects that Patricia sent me sounded really cool..like..ermz..taxation in china, business management in china..well.. its either dropping business law or..sticking it through. HOPEFULLY... Prof Lum just disapprove the last module, and..yupz..i wun have to worry abt nt passing.

and..there's the japan thing.

im summoned for interview. OH GOD! how? wad shld i do.. its in november..and...I Hopeless need to revise my japanese 1st..OR ELSE.. i'll juz go there n screw up the whole thing. and..

haiz..i seem to like MAS, so..im nt too sure if i want to go japan or mas IF, if i do get both. but... im really tempted by JAPAN. but..its bound to receive lots of contention from mom n sis. OH HOW

how oh how brown cow!

HEADLINES

2007-10-14T22:01:00.000+08:00

HongKong Star Guo Jing An came to Singapore TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so SUPER COOL!!!

He's above 40 years old, but..OMG! his skin, his face..its flawless..I bet it will b better than mine when I am 25..alright alright, change tat. I bet his skin IS better than mine. He's currently the endorsing ambassador for this cafe旺角茶餐厅. (and before smart aleck frenz exclaim tat they have been there, let me state tat its a totally different eatery from the one at cine and marina square. the ambiance is TOTALLY..different.)

ok..not only is the endorser good looking, the food is SUPERB! Check out how these 2 babes are gorging themselves, not caring about their image, and not even caring that there are photographers n reporters around.

alright..i wished i had a better camera fone.

declaration

2007-10-11T17:17:00.000+08:00

yeah! I hereby declare:

Woodlands is 1 gazillion time better than AMK.

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

Gabriel is cute.

HIGH QUALITY POST

2007-10-10T22:27:00.000+08:00

im blogging coz chewsy insisted (and pointed a gun at me) that i shld blog at the same time as her.

and she force me to say tat its mind boggling that shez living in 11 oct and im still in 10 oct (coz aussie is 2h ahead of sg).

and i wish to reiterate tat me, lht and shan will b gg boon keng to try ALL the nice food plus dessert. esp the curry, chicken wings (from jurong), and rotiprata.

*updates: some1 saed:
dun think i'll ever forgive you.
nah uh.
you know the spicy butter chicken with garlic and harb thing?
forget it.
you know the come to my house and drink thing?
forget it.
you know the hang out at the new bk in nus thing?
forget it.
and no, you can't get in there without a bizad student pass.

look at the friends that i have.

gabriel

2007-10-09T20:23:00.000+08:00

gabriel came to visit us on sunday. As usual..he's super cute. this is taken at Tiong Bahru market.

man..i feel like a divorce mom, who is forever hoping to see her kid, whom she has lost the custody for. BUT!! gabriel is SUPER cute!

gabriel

2007-10-06T00:55:00.002+08:00

forgot to blog abt gabriel. haiz..hez such a cutie lil pie, but..hez gone. gone to childcare. man! i cant believe i tot he was a bug, esp during the 1 week break when his SOP was to ask me to play with him, and when i 1st printed the colouring page for him to colour and the dinosaur to do art for..he kept pestering me for those. but..hez really cute. check this out:

an amazing day

2007-10-06T00:17:00.000+08:00

it all started on thurs. after having the 206 quiz on wed, and having had to rush home after tat to study for my consolidation quiz on thurs..i was totally in a bad mood. esp when i was studying half-heartedly on thurs nite, and half of me was feeling super guilty when i slept at 10. so after all these... i was v tired and..skipped my 206 class on fri morn. Really feel guilty esp when my daddy will b sending me there. but then..i have a great reason for not being there. 1) the presentation is boring..it will b on some assumption for BAV; 2) i have a field trip to supreme court, and if i had gone for class, i will b late, unless i take a cab down. so..yupz! the 1st highlight of the day:

the supreme court fieldtrip. it was REALLY FUN! firstly, we had the talk by the mediation centre. the guy was rather gay, but, honestly..he cld really articulate well and the entire session was enjoyable. i was rather enticed to join the workshop to become an associate mediator. but..i guess i'll only do it when im slightly older and richer. after tat..we had a nice lunch, whereby it was the first time sitting with my negotiation classmates for a meal. every1 was very nice. and it was great talking to the exchange student. and..the next highlight. the tour of the supreme court. i love the technology court, where..its sooo..HIGH TECH! and..the place looks super cool and..looks unlike all the courts in hk drama. and..we get to go up to the dome (the UFO looking disc) and..it overlooks the cbd area. its confirm a nice place to hang out at, have a drink and juz talk abt anything under the sky (literally). and..the 3rd highlight..the court of appeal. we got to sit in at the hearing at the court of appeal. man..it was a lil disappointing, coz the defendant lawyer was fumbling with words, but..oh my! the chief justice looks so..fatherly. esp when he took off his glasses whenever the lawyer referred to a certain page of the document, and he will try to read the words. and the main disappointment was having to leave after 10min.

and 1 highlight was i bought this v cool mascara. its waterproof, but u dun have to use makeup remover to remove it. warm water will do the trick. hahaz! so good! usu when i use makeup remover, most of it will juz end up in my eyes, and mascara still remains on my lashes. so..yupz! a good buy.

the next highlight was to meet lia. oh my! it is the 1st time during this sem. i cant believe it. but it was really nice to chill at pacific coffee. its no wonder chilling over coffee is my fav pastime. having the luxury to juz sit at the cafe, stone, or complain abt our life (or rather..the lack of life), and nt caring abt whether there's tut to complete or tests coming up.

and after tat..had the mas dinner. it was fun. but..ya..the networking made it a lil superficial. but..yupz! had great fun talking to some nice ple, and..meeting many ple frm ntu.

overall..its a great day. finished 2 tests, had the great supreme court fieldtrip, meeting up with lia, and the mas dinner.

after-thoughts

2007-10-01T23:07:00.000+08:00

haiz.. after the discussion abt peace, the Myanmar strikes, chiangrai... feels quite sad abt life.

i agree with chewsy... dun noe if we did help the ple in chiangrai..perhaps we introduced too much of our (unfortunately... superficial n extravagant) culture. perhaps coz of too many supposed volunteers at the village, they began to b more developed. ple start having tv, fridge, handfone. but..is tat really necessary? do u really need TV at home? it merely fuels the global warming issue and..nt like they learn a lot frm tv. true tat ple can hang ard n socialise while watching tv, but..imagine, if every1 has a tv set at home, who will b gg over to ur hse to watch? n..where is the socialising? plus..won't it cause dissatisfaction? ple will become jealous of each other's wealth. if jealousy is strong enuf, might it cause them to seek illegal means to increase their wealth. and..isnt that a lot like the current state in our society, except tat we dun use illegal means? Imagine, chiang rai, a currently underdeveloped country now, becoming a second singapore in 10 years time? wow... think of the kids. going through our kind of education. suffering frm our kind of stress. when in fact, they were really happy now. sufficient time to play, interact, enjoy their childhood, and they really benefit frm their education.

thinking of the poor ple in myanmar. that kind of government. heartless and cruel. seriously, we might have helped more ple if we had been to myanmar than thailand. they prob needed more help. but then again, we will b introducing our culture. haiz..really troubled.

to help or nt to help?

update

2007-09-30T16:06:00.000+08:00

alright by the decree of dearest chewsy chew.. im here to update my blog

cant really think abt the nice things in life coz of sch life. i heard over this over the radio todae: " uni students these days, are having lots of fun, and its nt juz exams n studying tat they r busy with" n..my heart stopped, my eyes rolled at the speed of 100km/h, and..ya! if theres anything tat i have been doing, I have been studying. (alright, trying to allocate more time to studying). Like this entire 1wk break, i have been doing consolidation qn. n..as it is..i have 1 bav quiz on wed, 1 conso quiz on thurs, project to settle by sat, conso project to prepare for and..man..the list really does go on. n..im nt really prepared.

but..well..apart frm studying, let me think of nice happenings in life:

went for dimsum in the morning (10pm at the red star restaurant). the queue was damn long, but quite fast. i had to wait for ard half an hr. the food..well..i love the har gao, siewmai, and the duck. very nice. n..they really dun scrimp on the prawns. n it was reasonably priced too (at least it was cheaper than the dim sum buffet at excelsior hotel). every1, u gotta try it! (but dun go on a sunday) when i left, the queue was even longer than when i had queued.
Excited abt gg to hk for exchange (but i have only submitted the application form. n was told to wait. wait for what? i dun noe.) still figuring out whether to return to sg for cny. shld i? shld i nt?
i have been writing up my shopping list for hk (nt shop for hk, but rather, wad to shop for when im in hk. n its nt clothes. i added milo as the first thing on the list)
watched ratatouille on fri. was supposed to do bav proj. we did. but, decided to split up the work. n..its really nice! quite cute, if nt for the lil kids tat keep running up n down the aisle. n..will b more fun if cousin had shouted "daddy daddy, the rat can talk!" into david's ears.
have made 2 dinosaurs (which gabriel pronounce as "die-no-song") for gabriel during this week, and 2 hand print flowers
mid-autumn festival was pathetic. there wasnt a single mooncake at home. i was hoping to cut the mooncake, eat 1/8 of it, juz to get into the mood. but apparently, every1 juz dislikes mooncakes. but i bought 2 traditional lanterns (which 1 burnt down coz gabriel put in on the floor when he saed he wanted to exchange with me. n which he kept harping on the fact tat mine burnt down) man..
met up with tracy n the gang on the week b4 sch ended. as usual..hahaz! foto mania. it was fun lah. esp when mayi hid behind us when we were taking fotos n..in the end..only her eyes were caught. kinda hard to explain the effect. i'll post the pic. (soon.)
i cant rem anymore nice things in my life lately..if u rem anything, drop me a comment.

end. =)

2007-09-19T23:25:00.001+08:00

cousin!! im fine! (but..if u read this on 19 sep, YOU ARE DEAD!!!! hahaz..go study ok!)

but..yupz! THANKS COUSIN!!! =)

thanks chewsy

2007-09-14T23:49:00.000+08:00

Post card from chewsy, saying:

If you were here
I'd buy you a beer
But as you're not
I'll drink the lot

Hey! thanks a lot gal! I'll make sure i drink all the beer in ur hse coz u arent here. =) i'll certainly be glad to!