princessdiary

2008-05-21T01:36:00.001-07:00

Okay, it’s time to blog again. Means that I’ve got nothing much to do now.

I just returned from KL over the vesak day holiday. It was a little let down cos rol fell sick on the 2nd day. Blame it on the bus air con which was blowing directly at rol. Poor rol didn bring his jacket and was sneezing away. And I couldn’t lend him my jacket cos you know, my resistance level is much lower. His temperature shot up on the 2nd night and I got so worried, I thought the fever was going to burn his brain. He didn’t eat anything for more than a day and we skipped breakfast on the 3rd day too. What’s weird was that he miraculously recovered after lunch on the 3rd day. Then he complained of not recovering earlier and missing out on all the good food. But at least we managed to see whatever we planned to see and shopped wherever we wanted to shop.

First day we reached KL at abt 3pm. The first thing that struck me was the heavy pollution and dirty streets of KL. The air was bad with all the smoke from cigarettes and cars’ exhaust fumes. Taxi drivers were calling out at the entrance of our bus offering us taxi rides. The bus terminal was crowded with people pushing around. People were sitting along the streets and stairs waiting for god knows what. Our hotel (Ancasa) was only 2 roads away from the bus terminal, but it seemed like an eternal walk. Okay maybe not that bad, but you get what I mean. After we checked in, we took the LRT to KLCC to shop. It’s as if we stepped into a different world. KLCC is posh and clean and huge, nothing like the dirty streets of Puduraya. We proceeded to Aquaria KLCC, to see KL’s collection of sea creatures and weird animals. Their collection is so much better than our Sentosa, REALLY! Wait til you see the photos I upload onto facebook.
But it’s a high class shopping area, so there isn’t much to buy. Guess what I bought there.. Body shop and Giordano stuff. HAHA.

Second day despite running a fever, rol and I went to Bukit Bintang (smth like Orchard Road) where all the malls are located. We popped by Sungei Wang (smth like Far East Plaza) and Lot 10 (there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in there, PLS AVOID GOING THERE). And of cos Times Square. Did I mention that it’s gigantic, with about 10 levels of shopping area? It’s easily the largest shopping mall in Southeast Asia. Yes I know it still can’t beat Shoe Mart in The Philippines. Bukit Bintang area is where we spent most of our money and I satisfied my A&W craving finally!! I loved their curly fries. Did I also mention that there’s a lot of trans around in KL? They come out early in the day, my goodness. I saw two in Body Shop as sales assistants and a few along the streets of Bukit Bintang and in Sungei Wang. Ultimately GROSS!!!

Third day we just stayed in our hotel room, packed our stuff, checked out at noon and went to walk around Chinatown. Because the weather was scorching hot and humid, we settled ourselves in a Chinese restaurant and spent our remaining money on simple Chinese fare. That is the only Chinese restaurant in Chinatown and it’s fully air conditioned! And the food’s pretty good too.
Then we went back to the hotel to collect our luggage and left for the bus terminal to go home. The worst part was the traffic jam at the MALAYSIAN CUSTOMS. The bus slowed to a crawl at about 1 km or less away from the customs. There we stopped and crawled for about 2.5 hours. It was so heavily congested that many other passengers from other buses couldn’t take it and so they left the buses and walked to the customs. By the time I reached Kovan bus terminal, it was 11 plus already.

Hmm come to think of it, KL wasn’t this bad the last time I went. Rol had lots to complain abt too, like the structure of the LRT, the lack of traffic rules, the pollution, the weather etc. Im so glad Sg is not like that.

Where shall we go the next time? Hong Kong again? Maybe Taiwan.. Japan would be even better.. haha.. dreaminggg

2008-05-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

AGD Staff Meeting (ASM)

Today I attended my first ASM and it wasn’t what I expected at all. Initially I imagined it to be a sharing session attended by all staff to report on what they have done for the past month, important issues to update everyone. It turned out to be presentations by different people about just anything under the sun. Something like case studies in which lessons can be drawn from the cases and applied to our organisation. I feel like I’m back in sch where the AG asks for comments and questions after each presentation. A couple of times I felt like saying something, but I’m not sure I am in any position to make a comment, so I thought I’ll just wait until she calls upon me. I initially thought that I am not permitted/ not required to attend the ASM because I’m not a permanent staff there and I thought they were going to talk about serious and confidential stuff. Until Weiqiang came to ask me to join them.

There were quite a number of presentations today. Here’s a brief summary for each ppt.

Information handling and disclosure issues
There has been great public outcry about the loss of public data in the UK and this has brought our attention to the importance of how data is handled and disseminated to the intended end user. Also, in the case of data loss, who should be responsible? The data sender or the company relied upon to make the delivery? Law issues like due diligence and contractual relationships come into play. We also discussed how such cases are applicable to us in that in our daily working lives, do we take care in the information we have, how are important doc transmitted within and outside of this building etc? AG calls some people by names to ask for their comments, and it’s pretty evident that most of them are taken aback. Sounds like smu eh?

WOG-SO (Whole of government – strategic outcomes) based budgeting
Currently, the annual budget is based on each M’s budget for the year compiled and submitted to Parliament. In the near future, prolly in a year or two, such a system will be abolished. In place would be WOG-SO based budgeting, in which different Ms would be allocated a certain strategic outcome and as a team, they come up with a budget for that particular SO. I can’t remember the exact names of the SOs, but I recall them to be along the lines of higher productivity, stronger families, racial harmony etc.

Creativity
The presenter shared with us about the myths of creativity eg time pressure fuels creativity, money motivates creativity, creative comes from creative types etc. Then AG asked for our opinions on the myths, whether we agree or not. Stories about Japanese innovation and culture came up, as well as comparisons between Japan and US etc. AG also asked if accountants are boring people, whether we can be creative, not in the Enron sense, but do the right things creatively. She also brought up an important point about passion. We need to be passionate about the work we do, take things in our stride. The work may be mundane and filled with obstacles, but if we have the passion and determined to achieve the ultimate goal, failures should not deter us from trying again.

The ASM forces people to read up on the articles and slides prior to the presentations to facilitate discussions. Once again, smu style ;) I find the discussions very thought provoking and necessary to make work more interesting and more productive, which I’m sure the private sector simply has no time to conduct. Such is the culture distinct from the private sector. I’m not sure how my other colleagues think about the ASM, but I personally felt empowered and enlightened about life and about my work. I’m not sure if I’ll appreciate such sessions again after I enter the workforce, when there’s piles and piles of work for me to finish, but at this instant, I’m absorbing the information put forth with much enthusiasm and intensity.

2008-05-06T18:10:00.000-07:00

Okay, a little update about my work so far.

As I’ve mentioned, I’m in the VFM review section, which deals with looking into the budget expenditure and cost efficiencies of the various processes in Ms and SBs. Last week, I helped my colleague research on data on the topic of uni tuition fee loans. The problem with this is that as the tuition fee increases, the max amt of loan (reflected by the percentage of the tuition fee) has also increased over the past few years. However, the terms and conditions of such loans have not been revised for many years. Some of these requirements include guarantor requirements, max repayment period, min repayment amt etc. So we’re trying to investigate whether the current t&c are up to date and correctly reflect current economic conditions. To write this paper, we need a lot of data and cold hard facts to substantiate the paper. So what I did was to get data on diff types of financial assistance options available to a typical uni student like loans, bursaries and scholarships, the wages of Singaporeans over the past years, tuition fee revisions, how long it takes for graduates to find jobs etc. I feel like a RA (research assistant), more than an accountant. You prolly can’t see how this is audit right? My sentiments exactly.

The next project which I’m currently involved in is about judicature review. For this, we are looking at the different courts in sg and deal with a few issues:

Whether the court fees are under priced/over priced
What the court fees are for
Whether facilities in supreme court are well utilized
Whether there is scope for more collaboration between the 2 courts (supreme and subordinate) to optimize resources

Ah, this sounds more like audit. Internal audit. Something that is more interesting than vouching of documents.
What I did yesterday was to go through the courts’ websites to gather data about court fees. There are quite a lot of fees to pay to the courts: for every document you file, the costs is about 0.80 per page; filing a notice of appeal is few hundred dollars; hearing fees are the most ex, ranging from $2000 to $7000 per day, depending on the type of courts you visit and the no of days of hearing.
I also have to understand all the law jargon and terms they use like writs, affidavits, subpoena, summonses etc. Don’t understand? Check dictionary.com. And I read through the whole statute on the rules of court, which took me the entire day. It’s just like going through companies act again, but much simpler.

Now I’m reading up on some of the publications of supreme court, which has stuff about the sg judiciary structure, the supreme court bench, the law and technological reforms they underwent, the key cases that shaped sg law etc. These cases are really interesting, which include those I read about in company law, like Lim Weng Kee v PP, Show Theatres v Shaw Theatres and Intraco v Multi-Pak.

I see some meaning in the work that I do and although the pay (I should say allowance) is pretty pathetic as compared to those interning in banks, I enjoy my work here very much.

Okay, I’ll try to blog more often now that sch’s over. :)

2008-04-29T03:13:00.001-07:00

To avoid sensitivity issues, I shall just use acronyms. Too bad if you don’t understand.

The AG is so cool. You can tell that she has been working in this sector for quite some time already and I thought she would be too busy to care about interns and new staff. I thought her job was to liaise with other high personnel from other Ms and SBs, have meetings with them as well as internal directors. Turns out she knew I was an intern and even invited me to attend today’s forum open to all Ms and SBs. Okay, maybe because I had nothing much to do too. BUT HEY AT LEAST SHE KNOWS ME. Haha. Well, today’s forum is really an eye opener. The public sector is really working hard to improve on policies and regulations to make operations in all Ms and SBs as cost efficient and effective as possible. Although some of the changes they proposed seem to render more work in itself, I believe we will see long term benefits. But one thing to note, we are still lagging behind the private sector by quite a bit. The questions posed by representatives from Ms and SBs were quite enlightening too. The AG asked me and another guy how we found the forum. I was taken aback by her sudden question. I told her I’m interested in the Assurance section but it was not mentioned in the forum. She commented that I was too young to be involved. Haha.

Okay that’s all for today. I’m getting off work. Another slack day again.

2008-04-28T01:12:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time ya.

Ivy mentioned abt my stagnant blog when i met her a few days ago. Yups ok. Ill try to write smth whenever I have time.

Now's the time.

Today is my first day at work at AGD.
This place looks really cool, but cold. Everyone seems friendly, but I guess there's alot of work to do, so they seldom talk. Or is it just so in my department?

Im posted to assurance and reviews, doing mainly reviews. Reviews here refer to Value for Money reviews which were recently introduced in the Budget 2007 I think, to access the various Ministries' budget expenditure and look into cost efficiency issues, to ensure that departments don't overspend etc. Pretty cool work it seems. But I don't really know what my job scope is exactly.

The HR officer, Fiona, brought me around AGD. Welfare here looks good. There's a pantry, a recreation corner with ps2, a pool table and a table soccer, a gym situated on the 11th storey. They also have a few seminar rooms to cater to meetings (both internal and external), but I don't think I'll get to use them.

I just realised that the AG's (Accountant-General, who is the highest ranked person here) office is just in front of me. I better watch my actions. haha.

I didn't do anything the entire day. Envy jen and jy who get to intern with other smu ppl. At least there's somebody to talk to when you're bored. And that is exactly the reason I am able to blog, yes after so long and yes out of boredom. I hope I get some work to do soon, otherwise I'm just going to rot in here.

2007-12-16T20:38:00.000-08:00

im back from gold coast!! yay! it was a great holiday! yoo all should visit gold coast.. and it's not for small kids only. in fact, i think older kids like us will enjoy it even more!

here's wad ive done over the past week.

1st day
this was quite disappointing because of a flight delay due to maintenance requirements.. shouldn't they already have anticipated the maintenance issues and set away sufficient time for maintenance? and guess how they compensated us for the flight delay? $20 meal vouchers at changi airport for each person 1 hr before take off. some compensation. and because of this flight delay, the first day is essentially wasted cos my flight was orginally scheduled at 11pm.

2nd day
after we touched down, we proceeded to direct factory outlet for some shopping and guess how much time we were given.. 45 min!! it's not even enough to walk ard the entire factory outlet. there's like 4 malls connected and i only managed to walk ard 1 mall.. and we weren even realli shopping, we were jus rushing abt and racing against time. after that we went to have some wine tasting.. im not reallie a wine lover, but still can take a bit la.. so we tried different kinds of wine they produced, red wine, white wine, the whisky, the bailey.. cant tell the diff much. haha. australia turns dark at ard 6pm and most shops close at 5pm.. so theres not much to see then. at that point i was kinda disappointed with the trip and i tot the rest of the trip was gg to be boring. but the fun begins on the 3rd day.

3rd day
we visited dreamworld. ok, i must admit that theme parks and crazy rides are not my cup of tea, but my cousin and sis were so excited abt the rides so i jus followed. we did all the rides which were considered to be the most thrilling except for the vertical drop cos we didn have time.. i must say the queues are kinda long. anyhow at dreamworld, besides the rides, there is the wildlife experience, it's sort of a mini zoo, where we can see koalas, kangeroos, parots, tigers etc.. i even carried a koala and took a photo with it!! the last time i carried a koala was abt 13 yrs ago!! and i didn even physically touch the koala then cos the koala was sitting on a cushion and i merely cuddled the cushion. but this time, it was hugging me!! it was so comfortable cuddling her, her name's lola by the way. so after we left movie world, we went back to the hotel situated in surfers paradise, which is along the coast. did i mention how beautiful the waters are? i see the horizon and theres nothing in the sea, no ships, no ferries, no islands across, only people along the beach and people surfing in the sea. awesome view!
when we're left on our own, we went shopping ard the area and we had to settle dinner on our own. guess wad kinda food they eat.. pizzas, pasta, fast food.. poor me, cant take pizzas. and we had to eat fast food everyday!! oh man, can you believe it?! im so sick of western food now.. never gg to touch fast food for at least 1 mth. haha.

4th day
we left gold coast early to travel to moreton island to stay at the tangalooma resort.. (think it's spelt this way). we went for a 4 wheel drive on sand, trust me it's a real bumpy ride. all the kids on board were enjoying themselves so much at the bumps... we travelled all the way to the desert!! ooh la la. you would have been awed by the surroundings. everywhere was sand, and mountains of sand. vv vv little grass or plants grow there. of cos, it's a desert. each of us was given a wooden board and we waxed it smooth and carried it up 80m high of the 'sand hill' and we slide down lying tummy flat on the board.. it was so fast and exciting that i tried it twice. this is called sand taboganning. (spelling again is uncertain). but anyways, i was travelling like 60km/h. and down the steep sand hill.. how shiok is that?! it had been tiring climbing up the hill and everything was worth it for that 10 sec of thrill. ill like to try it again!
sand taboganning ended at ard 3pm and dinner only started at 530pm, so we jus hung ard at the beach.. after dinner we tried dolphin feeding. at ard 7pm, dolphins automatically swam ashore and thats where we walked up to them and fed them with small fish. the dolphin i found was silhouette, shes only 3 years old and shes so pretty!! that was the most exciting day for me!!

5th day
we visited movieworld this day and it was another day of thrilling rides. this world had more exciting rides than dreamworld.. but first we went to catch shrek 4d and the police academy stunt show.. they were pretty good.. and we also caught the parade where stars and movie characters like catwoman, batman, shrek, looney tunes etc paraded down the main street. they were so cute and sooo real.. finally we went to queue for the rides.. but due to the lack of time, we didn try many.. thereafter, we went for dinner at this malaysian restaurant before we were left on our own again.

6th day
this was a free and easy day for us, so after some checking out at the hotel, we took bus 750 to pacific fair (a shopping mall).. the bus driver was soo polite and the passengers too. they greet the bus driver everytime they board and thank the driver as they alight. they tell the bus drivers their destination and the drivers tell them the bus fares, then they give the money and the bus drivers will issue the ticket and return the change. but because australia is quite sparsely populated, the buses aint crowded. we chose to take bus cos taxis are super ex in aust! the meter jumps at nobody's business!! inside pacific fair was all the branded stuff and we didn manage to get anything!! we managed to find some stuff in the shops situated outside the mall.. some of the clothes and shoes were reallie cheap!! like $10 Aussie.. not bad ar.. that's where the shopping really started for us and thats where i spent all my A$150.
at night we signed up for this glow worm tour where we travelled up to the national bridge national park and all of us were each given a torch to shine on the ground to guide our path. when we reached the cave, we were amazed by the beautiful sight. we were told to switch off the torches so that we can see the glow worms better. they are so small, like stars and they shine brightly in luminous blue. can you believe it.. blue light!! and so numerous! these glow worms can only be found in australia and new zealand and they are vv fussy abt their living conditions, the temp, the moisture must be right.. and they shine to attract insects for food. so if we shine light on them for some time, they will disorient and cannot differentiate day from night. and if they didn know when is nighttime, they wont glow and wont be able to find food as a result. then they die of hunger. so poor thing!!

7th day
return flight to sg.. i watched like 3 movies on board etihad airlines. didn like their food at all, but i jus glued myself to the movie screen. i watched high sch musical 2, stardust and transformers again.

it had been a great trip and im definitely gg back to gold coast again!! :)

2007-12-07T09:26:00.001-08:00

ok huitian complained that my blog has too been stagnant, so i thought i should post smth since now im waiting for my hair to dry and theres nothing else to do online..
alot of things have happened lately and im overwhelmed by the state of things myself..

first of cos is the end of my exams. aft a long and tiring chain of mugging and projectworking, e term is finally over and all we are doing now is to wait for my results..
my exams ended last thurs so i had quite some time to enjoy myself and relax.. of cos i spent lotsa $ in the past wk.. i think i should reallie go get a tuition assignment for some income. shopped with roland last sat and bought like bags, make up, facial products, tights, slippers etc..

i ran into some complex issues yesterday and decided to take a break to cool down and think abt stuff.. i hope i made e right decision and i hope time will help me make my choices..you prolly dun understand wad im talking abt, it's ok. ive been quite blur and gibberish these days..

today i met up with ivy to watch the golden compass, it's quite a nice and exciting movie, but the ending was sooo abrupt!! jus when i thought they are gg to screen the next adventure, the movie ended and it wasn as if the movie was gg to end jus there! me and ivy were taken aback. haha. oh well, by the time part 2 comes out, we'd prolly have forgotten what part 1 is about..
we had so many things to talk abt!! abt sch, exchange, our lives, relationships, friends, everything under the sun! i havent seen her for so long, but we are still as close. im soo glad to have her as my sister. nothing beats having a sister like her.. too bad jen didn come today. busy shopping in msia. haha. dun worry, were gg to meet up more often this hols.. me and ivy have decided to have some stayover at her house one of these days!!cool!
thereafter i met huitian and shuping for dinner at marina sq.. ate kenny rogers, hmm feeling a bit hungry now.. haha. huitian is still as crappy as before.. it's great keeping in touch with your besties, knowing that they are always there for you when you need them, even if one of them is already attached!! haha. shuping! spend more time w your bf la! he needs your attention more than your friends!
then we shopped ard at marina sq but i didn buy anything!! haha. controlled myself not to spend alr. i have alr bought 3 pairs of earrings earlier in the day when i went shopping with ivy at bugis village. couldn't resist those dangling earrings which are selling at 3 for $5..
rafael wanted to go for some midnight shopping cos esprit is having 20% storewide for esprit members so i jus joined him at abt 930pm.. i didn't get anything either this time, jus followed him around.. although i saw another esprit bag other than the one lionel pointed out to me e other day.. both costs $90, dunno which one to choose. sians. we also went to a few other places too in raffles city, like topshop, dorothy perkins, river island and robinsons..ultimately we shopped til 12am and levis was the last stop. rafael bought a pair of jeans there for $130.. rich kid. hai, cannot compare. yar so it's abt 1am after im done with my shower.. damn shag now. i think i should go sleep alr.

it's been a loong week for me.

2007-10-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

how stagnant my blog has become.
it's so weird that im posting now in the midst of my mid terms. today i had fin mid term. it was a disaster. we thought it would be similar to my fin prof's past mid terms, abt 20 MCQs, relatively easy to score questions.. but he suddenly changed the format this term and we had all open ended questions. and lots of them too. and those questions were the least expected, he tested on almost everything in the tb. argh. so damn bloody tough la.

tmr got cat mid term. cui-ded. it's one of the few mid terms in smu where only a handful in the class will pass. and if you can pass the mid term, it is likely that you will get an A for the course cos the mid term is 30%!! SIAO. i hope i know how to solve the problems!!

finally there's audit mid term on wed. group assignment though, but i'm most worried abt it. maybe cos my audit concepts are still quite weak. :(

i'm so not looking forward to next wk (term break). cos it means catching up with company law which i'm LAGGING WAY BEHIND.

2007-08-23T21:52:00.000-07:00

yr 2's stuff is seriously no joke. all e acctg mods have vv heavy readings and half the time i dun even understand the content. die alr la.. and i used to think biz law was hard. now that i read company law, it sucks. no wonder all the seniors say yr 1 is honeymoon yr. ive jus started the 1st wk and im complaining so much!! i havent had any hw or projects yet!! wait til they all come together and the commencement of my FT fr the 2nd half.

i cant wait for the wkend to come. =(

so depressed.

2007-08-19T22:40:00.000-07:00

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg!

sch is starting tmr.

waking up early.

sleeping late every night.

having damn long meetings.

lotsa hw.

lotsa readings.

lotsa projects.

freaking out. =/

2007-08-12T23:44:00.000-07:00

i jus rebonded my hair!! i think my hair is super weak now. i was quite surprised it survived the ironing part. but i dun really like the smell of the products. elly did for me rebonding + some treatment products and slight trimming, all for $120. im quite satisfied with the result, jus that the hair is a bit flat. after my new hair grows out, itll look quite ok. hee.

later joining mud and nana for movie. watching secret!! jay chou rocks!! and then gg to sch for Dod appreciation dinner. =D

2007-08-09T12:40:00.000-07:00

jus when i tot my project was completed, it is extended cos we had to raise more funds to reach the target of $50,000. how is it possible to raise so much money through everyday sales to public? in my opinion, the initial target was way too unrealistic to fulfill, and it was jus too ambitious on our part to set such a goal so difficult to achieve. i think the bosses would have realised how naive they were. initially they wanted to sell 100,000 cards to raise $200,000. simply out of their mind. so we halved it. but we still didn manage to raise this much, so the higher level bosses required us to raise at least $50,000. it was partly my fault too; if i had realised the difficulty in selling to the public and the trouble to sustain the sales, i would have suggested lowering the target further. but wad's done cannot be undone and we cant simply offer our beneficiaries the pittance we have raised. it doesn reflect well on our sch and ourselves too. SO WE JUS GOTTA GET ON WITH IT. bah.

which brings me to another matter. they are coming up with MORE EVENTS in such a short time span (say a week after the finale event). stupidity again i would say. but of cos the intentions are well understood, cos we need the $. but organising a completely new event includes recruiting ppl as volunteers, getting the participants, getting the profs etc is a helluva work. there they expect us to be present for all their meetings to know wads happening and render our help. my ppl are busy with their other SCHOOL commitments which have been prearranged before the project was extended. if they cannot come for these meetings, how am i to force them to? and stop pushing the blame to us, because you dun even wan to keep us in the loop of things. you dun have to update us on every single thing you do, but at least give us the gist. im sure it doesn take more than 5 min to send us an email to tell us, 'ok this is the event we are organising and we need blah blah blah...' even if we are unable to go down PHYSICALLY to help, we can do work at home, in those 1-2hours when we are free. we get no information at all, no clue wads going on and the meeting times, and we are EXPECTED to take the INITIATIVE to help. HAH. wad the hell.

my bosses are really committed to the project, they slogged hard and this i have to say, really helped in our project's success. but i think they really need some help themselves with regards to ppl. all they complain is abt us. where were the other department ppl when we were slogging away? i think my bosses should go for MPW class. it means Managing Ppl at Work. haha. but if they already have taken this course, im not sure how much they have learnt.

im sure you prolly dun understand wad im talking abt. haha. seldom heard me bitching this much? its ok. im jus venting my frustration.

ok enough abt that. i cant be bothered so much abt it. i jus want it over and done with ASAP.

yesterday i watched rush hour 3. didn wanna watch it cos im not so much of a jackie chan fan. but i still did. and luckily i did. cos its a really hilarious movie. chris tucker is good! hes fab! haha. with all the corny jokes and action. jackie chan's 53 alr, but he still managed to pull off the stunts. and the ng takes, you really should watch it. it was non stop laughing! the only thing that bothered me, only very slightly, was jackie chan's english. oh well, hes an international star, i guess it doesn matter. and the muvee's a bit short. 1.5 hrs only. hmm wished it was longer, so i can laugh more!!

next muvee to watch - SECRET!! starring jay chou, directed by him also! my sis watched it alr, and she said it was nice!! gonna catch it on monday! wee.

nothing's gonna spoil my mood today. cos its NATIONAL DAY!! eh wheres the link..

2007-08-01T20:11:00.000-07:00

i had a fight with my sis the past few days. over eyeliners. ok, i noe this sounds stupid but i hate it when ppl take my things without asking for permission and using it!! esp when its brand new. im sure she wouldn like it if i take her things.

but e other more serious problem is that she has changed completely. different attitude and behaviour towards life. i cant even communicate with her now. she's like slacking her life away and making us so worried. she doesn care abt how we feel, and she doesn wanna care because she thinks we dun care abt how she feels. how could she think this way? i dunno how to talk sense into her. everytime i try to talk to her, she either ignores me or 'go away la'. jus for one guy, her life gets so messed up. why are youngsters nowadays so fickle abt relationships? are guys too immature to handle relationships? perhaps they dun understand love at all. now my sis is feeling so much hurt and heartache and this is affecting her attitude towards every other thing. im now most worried abt her o levels this yr. she doesn seem to care abt it and i dun even noe what shes doing outside. frankly speaking, me and my mum have no control over her.

she doesn let us into her world at all. how to help? how to talk to her? how to make her understand? i heard from woei lin that she wants to go JC; she hopes to go Vj. it's good that she has such aspirations, but good results dun jus drop from the sky. you need lots of hard work and when everyone is working hard, you have to be better than others to secure a place in e top 5 JCs. i think i have failed terribly as a sister. what should i do?

i jus hope she knows what shes doing.

2007-07-20T04:59:00.000-07:00

today is my last day at work. ive been looking forward to this day for a damn long time. cos im really tired of working. the work at A Clinic is stressful and taxing. Other clinics enjoy fewer patronage, and they have more 'slack' days, whereas we are always on a battlefield, ready to be 'shot' by the annoying customers. Throughout the week, only wednesdays are slightly freer, but still very much busier as compared to other clinics. That's why Im been looking forward to my last day.

However, today I felt entirely different. I didn't want time to pass so quickly and I actually enjoyed what I was doing. A part of me didn want to leave this place cos I have made really good friends at the clinic. Like my counter staff, the nurses, the portals.. They have been kind and compassionate and forgiving with me.. I have committed some mistakes in this period, some quite grave ones, but they are always so forgiving.

A few weeks before today, I have planned to make a litte something for each and everyone of them, and of cos buy some snacks for them on my last day. I felt so happie when they all liked the gifts I made for them. It's nothing expensive, in fact really dirt cheap. But I made them myself, and simplicity is beautiful!! They asked me to visit them whenever Im free, and I believe I'll do that, cos I have many wonderful memories there. The jokes we shared, the crappy things we did are unforgettable.

I will miss every single worker of A Clinic: Connie, Wong, Peck Leng, Boon Gek, Jane, Laura, Christine, Rosalind, Joycelyn, Lily, Daviez, Florence, Rashidah, Patricia (my ah ma!), and of cos Joyce, my best buddy at NCC! Without her, Ill have to eat lunch everyday and gym all on my own!! One more week at work, Joyce! Jia you!!

I love yoo all. :)

2007-07-14T06:47:00.000-07:00

I havent blogged for ages!

Today me, huitian and sp went to the national stadium for a photo-taking session for all the past and present batches of CEDARIANS. This is not a sch event and it was organised solely by past cedarians. Cedarians from the pre 70s, 80s, 90s and the 2000 (which includes me) turned up for this special event. The national staidum has indeed brought back many wonderful memories for us. Cedar was most well known for its track and field and we always feel proud to attend the National Track and Field Meet and we cedarians would always cheer our hearts out whether we win or lose. This spirit kept us so close and bonded to the school, even after so many years since graduation. This is evident from the attendance today. Even pre 70s cedarians came and some even brought their kids along.

We took photos ard the stadium, mass shots in batches (by decades). Then we cheered once again all the great cheers we have in cedar. Can tell that there has been slight variation in the cheers through the generations. For eg, the 2000 batch cheer at a faster speed, but the 90s batch tend to cheer in slower rhythm. Yiwen and her co organiser (forgot her name) reminded us that we are one big family and we should cheer in tandem. So the faster ones try to slow down and the slower ones catch up a bit. The cheers sounded awesome!! It has been such a long time ever since I stepped into the national stadium to support cedar in the national track and field, and its been a long time since I cheered with so many fellow cedarians. At the very end, we sang the sch song together. I rmb the lyrics slightly and huitian helped to refresh my memory before we sung together as one voice. It brings back memories of my graduation, my class, the performances we did during special occasions, my friends, so many things!! So touching! I didn regret gg back today. Although I feel tired and hot, it's worth it cos I think this will be one of the last few times we can ever get together to remisnice the times we spent together.

I realise I miss cedar alot. It's the place where I have forged the deepest bonds, made the greatest friends and gathered all the experiences to become who I am today. It is incredible that the cedar spirit is still alive in all our hearts although we seldom see each other and the link between different batches of cedarians is so strong. It doesn matter whether we have a generation gap, cos when I was at the stadium, we jus feel like a big family. CEDAR ROCKS!

Will upload the pics when I can. :)

2007-06-20T12:58:00.000-07:00

didn realise my blog has been stagnant for so long.. =/
jus finished lunch, now in ncc library using the internet to check my mails. this has become one of my fav hangouts during my lunch break ever since i discovered the existence of this place and its usefulness. hehe.
i jus recovered (sort of recovered) fr my fever. over the weekend, the fever didn subside, and i tot it was dengue fever. luckily it was jus the inflammation of the throat AND THE LUNGS which caused the fever. aiyo, im such a sickly person.
im so darn tired. so many things to do!! working, tuition, project, and all other minor stuff.. driving me crazy. haven't had time to go out w friends either. no life man...
this sat im definitely gg to do something, be it shopping or watching movies, ANYTHING. argh.

2007-06-03T10:41:00.000-07:00

okies, now ive got a new printer!! yes, from the PC show 2007. it's freaking crowded!! but the deals are good. me and rol managed to survey through most brands of printers like canon, hp, brother, and epson. epson seemed to market its products well, together with the specs and the price, we thought it was a good buy. so happie!!

yesterday i went marina sq to shop for some clothes. haha. burned my pocket a bit. i havent got my pay yet, but im alr eating into the next next month's pay!! oops. and later were gg to shop for sports shoes at queensway.. cos my nike shoes quite cui alr. the sole is coming off.

im so enjoying the summer break.

2007-05-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

today im super busy!! usually there will be 2 ppl doing registration and 2 ppl doing both appt and payment simultaneously. but cos florence today is on leave and fiona is sent to D clinic to help them out, leaving me struggling alone w registration. the human flow jus wouldn stop. until 'ah ma' (our healthcare asst - i always call her ah ma) also stressed. and the more stressed she gets, the more confused i become. today i jus felt like dying. luckily tmr is a slack day! :)

mud, elena, jiayan and clara are thinking of gg msia during our hols. mindy cant make it cos she gg US. pangseh queen!! always pangseh us. haha. i scared my mummy dun allow leh.. a girls only trip. =/

im so looking forward to sat! ill be trimming my hair at elly's place. so long nv cut my hair alr, since last dec i think. haha. and ill be collecting my new specs!! red pair with thick frame!! hehe. so long nv wear specs. now yoo can see me as a nerd again!! haha. then ill join via, ron, hock and gang to catch pirates of carribean. now my jie meis are planning to have either dinner/supper this sat/sun too. ooh. so happening!

my income jus cannot cover my expenditure. esp w the new specs i bought. hai. i heard that gss starts next wk or smth. not a good piece of news. at this rate, HOW CAN I GG TO SAVE UP!?!?

2007-05-19T23:36:00.000-07:00

tonight harmoc concert was a huge success!! full house at vj performance theatre!! woo! congrats to vj harmoc on getting gold for syf as well as the great performance tonight. really really enjoyed it. ivy, yoo should have come!!
there were many nice songs played, such as forever love, yi qian nian yi hou, qing fei de yi, spirited away, feng, zhuan shu tian shi, eyes on me, fly me to the moon, shalala lala etc. although there were slight glitches probably cos they were nervous, it didn affect the overall performance. of cos coupled with mr tang's humourous conducting of the songs, it was perfect.

as i watched the concert, many memories came alive. i remembered our very own concert when i was in J2, where we had to juggle between preparing for syf as well as planning our first harmoc concert. mind yoo, not combined with guitar emsemble ok. all along it has been a combined concert by harmoc and guitar, but that year, we decide to do it on our own. albeit the lack of time and inexperience in planning, we managed to pull it off. and the feedback was great. the audience loved our performances, just like tonight's.

i remembered how i had to oversee different aspects of the planning and execution cos my chairman was busy with his TSD exams during that period.

ticketing was a huge problem cos our sales weren there and we had to crack our brains to think of ways to increase sales. whether to force ppl to sell at least 2o tix like how choir makes it mandatory for its members to sell choir concert tix.. in e end we didn enforce such a rule. just sell as many as you can.

and programme as well, how to make the concert less boring. this includes the choice of songs and the presentation of songs, like maybe add a bit of acting and humour. some sort of variation which would enhance our songs.

i remembered the making of the booklet too, whom jingzhi was in charge of. the booklet is getting better and nicer each year. im so proud of the juniors.
another problem was to find players for the drum, double bass, electric guitar and keyboard. we do have ppl who can play these instruments except maybe the drums, but due to our small strength, we need everyone we have to play the harmoc. so we gotta source from other classes, other levels. we managed to find a vv good drummer who performed at music fest before, drumming with eyes blindfolded. ill nv forget him, cos we hit it off vv well. wonder how he's doing now.

the practising of the songs was the most difficult issue. in fact we only had a month after syf to prepare for the concert songs. and we didn have 100 people like now. during our practices, we seldom get full attendance and we gotta make sure that everyone can play the songs. not jus play, but play them well. i dunno how to manage to get this done. i guess it's everybody's effort. just like how we prepared for syf. although mr tang told us frankly before syf that judging by our standard, we wouldn get anything past a silver. but we worked vv hard, practised many times a week, we even went to vs hostel to practise when we cant find a proper venue. eventually we got our gold, much to our surprise though.

after the concert that year, i felt so relieved and tears jus kept flowing. harmoc is the only cca which made me cry twice. once during syf when they announced we got gold. and the second time after my harmoc concert. the tears were tears of joy cos all our efforts had paid off. and my dear and all my friends esp ivy and jen were so supportive of me during that period. i was totally stressed out towards the date of the concert. dear waited until i settled everything and we had dinner at abt 11 plus. he stayed with me until abt 2 plus am cos i was still too excited to go home yet. then he walked home from my house cos he wanna save on the cab fare. at least an half an hour walk from my house, but he did it willingly. tonight, he didn watch the concert like he did 2 years ago, but he came to pick me up after the concert. this time, we didn take bus 76 like we used to do, cos he drove. but i really appreciate everything he has done for me. through the good and bad times.. thank yoo dear.

and i love vj harmoc band~!! yoo rock!! we all rock! :)

2007-05-13T22:28:00.000-07:00

i jus met huitian, shuping and kexin last wed and we had dinner at crystal jade. it was so good reminiscing abt the past. shuping used to rmb everyone in 1M/2M and 3I/4I, and she could even rmb everyone's register nos. impressive! but it's been quite a few years alr, so she couldn rmb as much as she used to. so on wed, we tried once again to list everybody via their register nos to trigger our memory of our ex classmates. we managed to rmb most of them, haha, but there are some missing ppl, like register no 5, 16 and 34 i think. we got so excited trying to describe to each other our ex classmates that some of us may have forgotten that we became very loud in our conversations and disturbed everyone else in the restaurant. once shuping and huitian even shouted out one of our classmates' name 'Rujia' when we were trying to figure out her name. we had her face in mind but her name jus couldn ring a bell. haha. everyone turned over to look at us. oh man, we must have been such a nuisance. the secondary sch days at cedar are so memorable. so many happy things happened there. until now, we still do keep in touch. although its just the few of us, but it's enough. im contented to have such a few great buddies. :)

im thinking of gg japan for my exchange prog in yr 3, but there are alot of considerations. firstly, i have been out of touch with my jap for quite some time, so it will take lots of effort to get my engines started again. secondly, im not sure abt the modules i can take in japan. most of my ge modules are already exempted and there aren many others i can choose to take overseas. and i dun think im independent enough to stay overseas for 4 months. im kinda timid you see. scared of the dark, scared of being alone. =/ but it will be a great experience. and i think uni is the best time to go overseas to see the world, cos i dun think ill get the chance to do so after i start work. hmm. i hope i have friends who also wanna go japan. but first, gotta check out the course requirements.

today's is mother's day!! happy mother's day!! this is the first time i bought something tangible for my mum. for the past few years, i have been making things, like flowers, photo frames, cards etc. this time i bought a pair of earrings for her from SK jewellery. although the diamond is a vv small one, (i think only abt 0.06 carat), it doesn cost cheap ok! i spent $100 on that! =/ of cos i feel the pinch la, but for mother's day, it is necessary to spend this kinda money. my sis told me that her fren's mum passed away 2 days ago. and the recent news abt the death of the singapore soldiers in taiwan. it jus dawned on me how fragile life is. so let's all cherish our loved ones and tell them we love them today!!

2007-05-12T21:56:00.000-07:00

staff nurse connie is so damn cool. the way she handles A clinic is superb. even the doctors have to give in to her. she stands firm by her decision and not easily swayed by others.
theres once when a meeting was held together for all the counter staff, regarding the booking of appt of consultation and chemotherapy. the counter staff of the various clinics are in charge of booking appt of consultation but not chemo. chemo is done by some other ppl, appt center maybe. due to the lack of coordination and information, the consultation appt time given is usually too close or clashes with the chemo time, so there are naturally lots of complaints and hiccups. patients are always requesting for a change in appt time and the ppl doing the chemo are always calling to complain and pushing the blame to the counter staff. so staff nurse connie stood up for our A clinic counter girls and fought for their rights.
theres once when a patient came for an appt to see a doc at our clinic. but e doc was away for some reason i cant rmb. since theres no doc, the patient has made a wasted trip. then nurse connie called the doc to ask whether he can see the patient, but he cant. nurse connie was damn pissed and when the doc asked her to apologise to the patient on his behalf, she said said no firmly. she doesn give doc face at all la. i was kinda shocked by her behaviour. by right nurses should always listen to the docs. but shes just different.
theres another incident which i tot nurse connie handled very well. patients are required to bring the referral letter if they are referred from somewhere else like SGH or Heart center to our clinic, so as to confirm that it is not a wrong referral. the doctors here are not so free to see any patient who just walk in and claiming to see the doc. just on fri, a patient accompanied by her sisters came over without referral letter. although i believe they are truly referred here, we have to go by the book and reject them. but they are adamant abt seeing the doc and they argued that it is unfair because they are given the appt and they have alr made their way here, how can they be denied seeing the doc.. even the vv experienced daviez couldn handle their demands. finally nurse connie has to take over amist her busy duties. she tried to explain to them, but they just couldn accept. so nurse connie tried asking the doc whether he wants to see them, but he refused too. so nurse connie was sort of caught in the middle. den she tot of a alternative. we can regard their case as a walk in case and they can see the doc provided they pay the private rate. currently, the patient is a subsidized patient. now, they even got more unhappy because this means they have to pay more. obviously, this fueled the situation but this is the only solution to see the doctor. me and the rest of the counter staff kept quiet, all scared of the rising tension. in the end they had to pay the private rate and they were vv unhappy throughout. then after they left, SGH faxed over their referral letter to prove that they are indeed referred to ncc. wad good timing la, aft the patient has left. so nurse connie has to call the patient to inform her that we have proven the reference and that we will refund her the difference in the cost because it is confirmed that she is a subsidized patient. nurse connie insists of calling her personally cos she said if she doesn do it, shes certain that they will file a complaint against A clinic, which will mean more trouble. its not easy to be an in charge. shes not only in charge of the nurses in her clinic but also all big and small matters which concern the clinic including patients registration, appt, payment, etc..
not easy to work in a hospital at all.

2007-05-08T21:35:00.000-07:00

heyo.. clinic A isn as bad as what i thought. the ppl there are really nice. esp daviez, rashida, the nurses inside the clinic. daviez is my direct in charge, as in shes the one guiding me along.. shes really patient with me you know. this is only my second day at clinic A and ive been bombarding her with every single thing that im unsure of. but she never loses her cool and her smile, always so willing to answer my queries. albeit the situation cannot be confusing and complex; even if she's in the middle of smth, she nv fails to answer my questions still. this is wad i call zai. she's really damn good at what she is doing.

jus two days at clinic A and ive learnt even more things. dun think registration at the counter is chicken feed ok. change that mindset of yours now. there are so many steps to registration and so many different types of registration too. we have encountered numerous weird cases like walk in patients without appointments, those who mix up appointments, those whose doctors change appts without letting us know, patients who come and doctors not around etc.. and different types of registration requires different steps to the system. to sum it all up, it's not easy. and other than that, for different treatments like radiation oncology, medical oncology, surgical oncology and palliative medicine, the registration differs as well.

the clinic is a busy place all the time with 100 plus patients coming in everyday for clinic A. at clinic D we see only abt 1/2 or 3/4 of the patients seen at clinic A. this shows how busy we are now. i dun even have the time to sit on my seat, cos everytime i finish registering one case (which requires the input of data into the com, giving queue tic to patient, print out labels, find case sheets, and put on doctor's table), a new one comes in. and the cycle repeats itself. it may seem monotonous, but it's not cos every case is different, and you meet ppl of different personalities, age, gender, race etc all the time. the nurses and counter girls can get quite stressed some times cos the human traffic flow is too heavy and we have little staff to cope. no wonder theres frequent deployment of ppl ard the 4 clinics to cope with the lack of manpower.

anyhow, i have finally learnt to understand the long waiting time. on the average, patients at NCC clinics have to wait for about 1.5 hrs to see the doc, this is based on what i observed. it is not that the nurses are slacking. in fact they are the busiest ppl ever in the clinic, running ard in the clinic like crazy, jus that you dun see it. in the clinic, i have to siam them so that we dun collide into each other. cos inside, speed and precision is of utmost importance so that we dun keep the patients waiting. mind you, these are not normal patients, they are cancer patients. some are waiting for tubes to be removed from their body, some are old and feeble. sometimes i look at them, my heart really goes out to them. if youre rich and you kena cancer, it's still not too bad. but if youre poor and sick, every consultation, and blood test yoo take will cost yoo a bomb.

today a patient came over to our clinic and waited for 3.5 hrs to see the doc who was late (for whatever reason). I kinda pity her. jus sitting there and staring blankly and waiting for the nurses to call on her.
and there was another one who came today when her appt is tmr. apparently the appt center ppl made a mistake and she made a wasted trip today. shes already so old yet she has to make another trip down tmr. hai. feels quite sad for her.
so dun blame the nurses the next time you are queuing to see a doc, be it in polyclinics or any other clinics. private clinics im not so sure, but at least at NCC/SGH, im sure they are doing their best to get the doctor to see you asap. and im so proud my mum's a nurse.

i get a sense of satisfaction when the patients thank me earnestly for my help (though i didn do much). i try to smile at them at all times to make them feel better. aft all, who likes coming to a cancer center? ive seen jubilant faces of patients (i think they must have succeeded in their chemo/radiation treatments) and they kept thanking the nurses profusely. a vv heartwarming sight.

theres really alot of things happening at NCC, esp clinic A and im still in the process of grasping. trying vv hard to learn and rmb the steps. im beginning to like my job. =D

2007-05-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

do i sound like sun ho when i sing? NO WAY! cant believe why jh and wx said that of me.. bah.
today i started my first day of work at national cancer centre. made a fren today, a temp as well, her name's joyce and shes one year younger, from nj. so weird workng with my mum at the same clinic D. i was posted there only for today cos there's a perm staff who can teach us e ropes. in the future, ill be gg to clinic A.. but I LIKE CLINIC D. there's jennifer, grace and poh chun, and my new fren!! we click so well! i dun even noe anybody from clinic A la. and guess im not used to working yet, kept yawning the whole day. now got a fever and sorethroat alr. sians. first day of work only leh!!
it's kinda depressing to work at a hospital, especially National cancer centre. after all, all e patients there are cancer patients. when i was helping this old lady take her weight, she asked me whether radiotherapy is painful. she looked so pathetic when she asked me that. obviously i noe it's painful, but of cos i lied and said it's not. then she told me that she is so scared of all these treatments because she had undergone chemotherapy previously for quite a long time. i dunno wad to say to her too. then, i saw another girl, abt my sister's age, thin, frail and weak. her lips are pale and she only has vv little hair left. her mum was with her and didn look too happy. of cos, who would be happy having a loved one battling cancer. and her file (records) is soo thick, which means that she often visits NCC for follow up. so poor thing. i guess ill have to learn to cope with all these.

2007-04-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

i had a great time at fuji ice palace on sat with the xseed ppl. thanks to terence, george, jialiang, azleen and her fren ellen, jimmy, xing yu, ryan and mingwen who came with me to jurong east to ice skate!! thanks for the bday song at the ice palace, it really caught me by surprise. getting me all wet by pinning me onto the ice. nice.. haha. and finally the cake!! unforgettable outing, yep! love ya all.
today went to k box with the xseed ppl again. satisfied my craving to k. tmr another session. haha. oh wells. a bit of enjoyment before i start work. tmrs gonna get busy. argh. with dominoes project. =S

2007-04-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

i had a great dinner last nite at magic wok (chi-thai restaurant near SMU), although it's relatively cheap, but the food is good!! vv spicy and tasty. me, my mum, my sis and my aunt went together, and we ordered lotsa food. like sambal kangkong, chilli crab, seafood horfun, pineapple rice, fried baby squid, and dessert too! i shall go again next time.
now e throat feels a bit heaty though. hee.

to everyone who wished me happy bday. thanks lots. and i love ya loads too!!

2007-04-23T23:27:00.000-07:00

my bday is coming, my bday is COMING! LoL.
i got back some of my grades. all B+s so far. mpw, twc, ct all B+. haha. dun think it will be vv much different from my previous sem. even if i get all As, also cant help much to pull up the grade. oh wells. dun think too much abt it le. thinking too much wont change the grades too.

this wk im vv busy again.
tue: swimming if the weather is good. it has been raining cats and dogs lately..
wed: dominoes proj mtg
thurs: MY BDAY!! surprisee!
fri: dominoes proj and gym with jen
sat: ice skating with xseed peeps

now stuck at home everyday so sian. i need a job! but im jus lazy to go find. i jus dun wanna commit myself to a 9-5 job so soon. get exhausted everyday after work, jus wanna watch tv and sleep. and the day repeats itself. it's even worse than studying. only for the pay. argh.
i think i should stop complaining. i sound so like a bimbo. jus like wad jen always says. speaking of bimbo, i jus painted my nails bright pink. MUAHAHA. got chance ill show them off to yoo.

that's all for today. nitey nite!

2007-04-19T22:21:00.000-07:00

new blog skin!! nice? it's fantabulous right!! i loove the sketch, gives the smwhat mysterious feeling that probes you to wanna find out more about the girl. the background is kinda dark la, but i like it nonetheless. new look, new me again. :)

2007-04-19T20:47:00.000-07:00

did some great shopping yesterday!! soo happie. haha. bought a pair of havaianas slippers, a pair of pumps, a red bracelet, a red top (what's with red man..hhaa), 2 pairs of earrings. yep that's abt it. i didn noe retail therapy is soo effective. haha.
it's time to change my blog skin alr, used it for so long and now that e image is no longer existent :( okies, ill go look look see see.
im beginning to rot at home man. but i dun wanna go work so soon.
smth nice to look forward to.. MY BDAY!! YAY!! i got my first 20th bday pressie from jen. heh. another pair of earrings. hey to those who havent prepared pressies for me.. GENTLE REMINDER: MY BDAY IS ON 26TH APRIL. hahaha.

2007-04-15T07:46:00.001-07:00

today volar was great!! fantabulous!! had alot of fun manning the skating booth and crapping with george, jialiang, lin xin, terence, and e entire skating gang!! haha. although i didn have time to try out other stuff like cable ski, banana boat blah blah and i didn win the shoebox tower competition, but its the process that counts. :) next yr i shall sign up as volar participant and not helper. hahaa. all of you who missed volar should go bang your heads against the wall and cry and sigh and regret not coming.
e only bad thing is getting burnt. although i vv much wanna get a tan, its quite an overdose. so now my nose feels a bit painful.. hope it doesn peel too badly tmr.

kinda busy these days. hai. i thought exams end alr, should be quite free.

Tue: YAH chalet
Wed: Gym with jen then shopping
Sat: Sentosa with mindy and gang. still tentative.

hais. so many things to do. if i go for YAH chalet, then how to go gym on wed?

should i go swim tmr?? time to exercise yeah? i promise rol ill go swim tmr leh. but i feel a bit lazy. haha as usual. cant find the motivation to leave the hse and walk to the swimming complex.
i wanna tan myself, but after hearing from george that too much tan will spoil your skin and when u grow old, ur skin wil become vv ugly. hai. how lydat...

and i realise i sleep alot these days. everyday min 8 hrs. even during the study break and in the period of exams. george was totally shocked to hear that. he slept at ard 3am on average during the exam period. haha. i cant take it la. even now i feel a bit tired alr. maybe i shall go sleep now.

2007-04-13T07:24:00.001-07:00

it's been almost a month again since i last blogged. time reallie passes fast ya!!
today marks my liberation from schwork for the academic year. yay!! all my exams have ended, with ma being the last paper today. finally i can relax.

im kinda getting used to the sys here and how things are working. theres a time to play hard and work hard. right after exams, smux gg to hold its first, i think first, activity called volar at ECP this sunday. there will be cable skiing, diving, skating and some competitions. im gg to help out at the skating section, after which im gg to take part in a shoebox tower competition. hehe. attractive prizes to be won!! i think its gonna be super fun!

im sooo deprived! of shopping, of good food.. all the projects, reports and stress have taken a toll on me. my eye bags are appearing and i often experience pimple breakouts. hai. i think it has to do with the no of mods i take this term. gei kiang la. go and take 6 mods. although its 6 mods, and 5 credits (cos AS and CT are both half mods), it feels like im doing 6 credits!! luckily MPW doesn have exam.. haha. i heard this term is the last term for MPW to be a non examinable subj. not too sure how true this is..

i was clearing my files and notes just now. shiok ar. i dun have to revisit these subj again, like TWC, MPW, AS, CT.. bye bye to all of yoo. now i shall start to think abt how to spend my summer break. wad things to buy, should i work, etc..

rafael asked me to join FTB (freshmen team buliding camp) for next year's freshies, i said ok, but it would be vv xiong, and i dunno whether i have that kinda commitment. altogether, there would be 4 runs ie 4 camps, and one mock camp. prior to the camps, there would have to be lotsa preparation work to be done, like coming up with the activities and evaluating them.. err.. not easy. but i think it would be a good experience la.

okies. as for shopping, here's the list:
1. flats/shoes/sandals/slippers
2. clothes
3. specs maybe?
4. new hp
5. camera
6. printer
7... that's all i can think of for now.

to do list:
1. learn photoshop
2. learn video editing
3. work
4. EXERCISE! i feel damn fat. the fats are becoming more visible and difficult to hide. time to swim and go to the gym.

okies, agenda for tmr.. hehe.. SHOPPPINGG and WATCH MOVIEEEEE!!..
this is the advantage of having exams early.. nus ppl only start exams next next wk rite.. HAHAHA. lala, youre so evil.
oh btw, lala is my nick in sch. or bel-lala. long story. haha.
ooh, today is fri the 13th. haha.

IT FEELS DAMN GOOD TO BLOG!! lol.

2007-03-14T20:31:00.001-07:00

i didn realise i havent blogged for so damn long. almost a mth alr.
i jus ended my ma presentation, now listening to prof leong.. eh no. not reallie listening.
one presentation down, 2 more to go. 5 more reports to go.. and a few assignments.

i jus checked my hotmail acc and i was surprised to receive an email from chris thong. apparently he was telling us his life in e austrialian defence force academy (if i didn rmb wrongly). seems as if hes having a great time in aust. and he even sent pictures of he and his friends in his bunk.. doesn seem like hes in army lo!!! LOL. reminds me of xingqi, whos also in aust.. i miss her, and her laughter. that shrill laughter of hers. beat mine and jen's. HAHA.

we havent had our ocip mtg for damn long. with full attendance. hai.

my prof jus ended his class. ooh. yay. ooh la la.

i shall blog more often. yeah. when u see my post, means im free. slightly. haha.

2007-02-15T08:09:00.001-08:00

so shag. i jus finished all my so called mid terms today. mpw quiz on tue, twc presentation yesterday and finally ma quiz today!! all over!! yeppie! can't believe it man.. finally reached term break. looking fwd to cny for the goodies and ang baos, but i dun reallie like e visiting though. im down with flu and sorethroat! gosh. how to eat the cny goodies?? i havent eaten my favourite 'hei bi hiam' leh!!

after my ma quiz today my brain was totally exhausted. it feels super heavy and like a bit concussed? hhaa. theres more work to do in the term break, that i noe. but at least can take a breather and slowly catch up. at least theres no lessons.

oh u noe, i actually found out only yesterday that there is another girl besides aileen who likes jp. oh my goodness!! how could anyone else fall for him? he's not hot, he's not handsome.. he's jus a nice prof who gives alot of hw. how ironic.. haha. but anyways, i was so surprised to hear that ying ying actually REALLY likes him. for aileen i noe shes jus joking, playing for the fun of it. just like how she said she liked michael too last term. but now shes got a REAL COMPETITOR. i still cannot believe it. i think i heard them say yingying made some cookies for jp. eerrr... is that realli necessary? haha.

and my yah event is over too!! wah, can really rest alr. at least no more adhoc mtgs until late at night. our 80 hrs reallie damn hard to get. but i didn really do it for e 80 hrs. i signed up for it cos i wanted to organise an event with training and all that. turns out to be real hard work.. well, i made great frens and we've had our share of fun and laughter. im sure we wont be jus hi bye friends. haha.

2007-02-02T23:24:00.000-08:00

hai. reallie didn get the trip to vietnam leh.. until now also no reply from them. wonder if jen got it.. sians.
tmr i cant go skating!! cos needa go sch for my gsr deco. =( so fun to go skating with so many peeps on a sunday morning at ecp!! oh wells, gotta prioritise my commitments. gsr deco is more impt since our event is approaching real soon. and i dun wanna waste other ppl's time waiting for me too. hmm. can skate another day la. for e next skating 102, 103, ... yups!
should be sleeping alr. tmr gotta be in sch from 9am -9pm!

good nites.

2007-01-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

i dunno wads wrong with me these days.. cant stay up late at nite.. i used to be able to sleep at 1am e last term, but now i cant even go past 12am. haha.
e rain is making me a bit sick alr la. sians.

today i watched death note 1! finally! haha. i noe im kinda slow. all e others prolly watched it damn long ago rite. anyways, i prefer death note 2.. cos got misa's death god!! forgot his name alr la. and L smhow looks better in death note 2 than 1. and in the prelude, i saw kira with long hair. totally disgusting. i think short hair suits him better.

when i reached home jus now, i almost got a shock la! i mean. i was shocked! cos i saw my cousin standing in e hallway. hallway? haha. not as if my house is vv big. anyways, yeah he was there and as usual, he was jumping and running around. his mum went overseas so he came over to stay over at our hse. OKAY. its not like i hated him or anything. i jus find him a bit irritating. now hes trying to download maple story INTO MY COMPUTER. like???? jus cos he wants to play with it today, prolly tmr, cos its pretty late alr. but its taking forever to download!! and me and my sis wont be playing with it also aft he goes home. sians. now gotta wait for it to finish downloading then i can sleep. kids are kids. i dun have much of a choice.

okays, tmrs gonna be spent at home to do work. how boring is that.. but theres too much to do la, esp my as. hadn got a single clue on how to do this assignment. argh. think until my head can explode ar. then soo many readings and research to do. this kinda life will pass soon. im soo looking fwd to my summer break.

speaking of summer break, i signed up for project visi with jen. it's a comm svc trip to vietnam to teach e orphans there english and some other stuff. theres interview session on tue. hai. prolly wont be able to get it la. cos its quite hot. and usually priority given to year 2s? i dunno.
im not gg to wait for that stupid maple thingy to finish downloading. my sister shall take care of it. haha. e 2 of them can wait tog happily.

YAWNS.

2007-01-19T11:24:00.000-08:00

i met up with ivy and jen yesterday to celebrate ivy's bday in advance!! initially we wanted to catch a movie, but couldn find a suitable time slot, cos ive got to be back in sch by 330pm for AS. so in e end we went to manhattan fish mkt for lunch and secret recipe for dessert! haha. i didn eat e cake kaes! im not as pig as my other 2 sisters. haha. oh man, e next bday girl in line will be me. i dun like e no 20. hai.
i guess this is prolly one of e rare times were gg to meet up this term. once my proj mtgs start, (that'll be fr next wk onwards), ill be damn busy. :( now without mtgs, im alr quite stressed with readings and all. bah. NO SOCIAL LIFE!! NO LIFE AT ALL.
tmr im gg for YAH's youth training program in e morning, den aftnoon heading back to sch for YAH photoshoot. oh man. another tiring day.
today i tried doing ma assignment. can die ar! cant they set simpler problems or SHORTER problems?
rol's taking his driving test tmr. hope he can pass! :)
im super random today. ha.

2007-01-12T22:33:00.000-08:00

vv busy leh.. so many things to do!!! ah!!! considering it's only 2nd wk. 2ND WEEK ONLY LEH!! how am i gg to survive e rest of e wks.. with e addition of CT from e 2nd half of e week. sians.
lotsa readings to do for BGS, TWC and MPW. and alot of hw for AS!!! MA seems to be e easiest until now. bah. wth.
okies. im gg to read job costing now. and try to do e assignment qns. IM SUPER BUSY THIS WKEND. and more to come. argh.

2007-01-07T23:35:00.000-08:00

tmr got no sch. lol. jealous? i noe yoo are. yoo, yes, e one reading my post now, are prolly getting ready to go to sch tmr, feeling sucky abt it, worrying abt e hw ull be handing in and e readings ur prof asked u to do.. hehe. i dun have to!!! yeppie! e long weekend is reallie a bit long ar. it doesn even feel like sch. although i have mtg tmr at 7pm.. tue as well, but at least its not official lesson.
i finally watched death note 2 today!! L is sooo cute!! ryuzaki. his name in e show. he holds everything w jus 2 fingers, his thumb and his index finger. like when he holds his hp to his ear, eats chocolate bars.. he loves snacks.. hes forever eating junk food, like chocolates, lollipops, candies.. he even used his lollipop to stir his wadeva drink hes having, coffee i think. and his sitting posture is weird too. he squats on his chair. cute right!!! haha.
kira is quite good looking too. but hes e bad guy in e show. sort of e bad guy. he started off with a 'noble' cause-- killing criminals who got off scotfree due to lack of evidence in court. later he sacrificed some of his loved ones to get his off e hook and avoid suspicion. so evil! i like e god of death (shinigami) who sacrificed himself to protect misa. hmm i really admire e author of this manga, who came up with e story. hes damn cool and smart!!

2007-01-04T23:31:00.000-08:00

yay!! week 1 has jus ended for me!! haha ive got 3 day wk, from tue to thurs. meaning i got damn long weekend!! yoohoo.. and there isn alot of hw to do this wk, prolly some readings. they didn sound as tough as blk a that i took last term..
my profs are all kinda slack, hmm good and bad. eg prof leong for ma jus talks rubbish for e entire lesson, i ended up msning e whole time. pro er for bgs didn even come prepared for e first lesson, gave us 2 breaks and let us off early. twc is more like a gp kinda subject, jus discuss some technological changes to e world. basically talk cock session la. prof ilya farber is a super cool guy i think. he speaks relatively fast, with a good sense of humour and hes quite knowledgeable. i think hes an expert in some science thingy and philosophy. and he let us off early too today, with no hw for this week. woo! if only all e classes for e following weeks would be like this.. dream on la.
projects and hw havent kicked in yet, so still quite laid back.
my yah counterparts are so on, we even organise gym sessions tog.. dunno why their timetable so different from mine, cant reallie find common time. ivan even called this GYM 101, as if were taking a module on keeping fit. lol.
its a new term again! time for resolutions and all. hmm. simply, get better gpa.
sounds too academic huh.. do i look like an absolute mugger? haha. of cos not.
i wanna reallie learn how to skate properly now that ive got my orange seba.. hehe. they all saed it was a good buy. a seba for 290.
wad else.. HAVE FUN amist all e STRESS..

2007-01-02T00:33:00.000-08:00

happie new yr everyone!!!
i went to countdown yesterday at marina bay. it was freaking crowded!! so many ppl.. according to e papers, they were expecting abt 160,000 ppl to turn up for e fireworks display. i even saw e surveyor at e entrance taking 'attendance' of e ppl streaming in. or should i sae crawling in? everyone literally slowed to a crawl. luckily im a bit taller, if not ill prolly suffocate to death or smth.
e fireworks lasted for abt 10 min and it was stunning. e best fireworks ive ever seen i think. poor air. kena polluted so much. haha. aft e fireworks i felt that all e waiting and e sweating was worth it. until i met e crowd on e way back. we actualie took one plus hr to get to city hall mrt. jus cos they blocked off all other exits except for e one at raffles city. everybody was pushing to get to e mrt.. how civilised our society can be.. but luckily i managed to catch e train home. reached home ard 130am. hai. damn shag. and i only woke up e next day at 12pm. zai rite.. haha.
i bought my orange seba alr!! e seba family rocks. so many of us got sebas la. like kok peng, terence, hong han etc.. and my skates are e dazzling orange kind. super cool la. i went to buy with kok peng and terence on sunday.. they kept talking abt how big my feet are.. wth. its proportional to my height can.. haha.
alrights. tmr gotta go filming in sch early at 9am. NINE AM leh. better sleep early.
nites
happie new yr!!

2006-12-30T20:16:00.000-08:00

busy busy busy. got so many things to do!!
today went back to sch to do up skating's photoboard. looks pretty cool! of cos la, i did e cutting of e cones and e title.. wah. cut until damn painful. but it was fun anyways. did i mention its freaking cold in e cca room.. i think its abt 15 degrees or smth..
tmr got skating at ecp. kok peng wanna buy skates, ill prolly buy too. gotta check out urban skating there. heard from terence that they have e best price for skates. dunno whether wanna skate a bit or not leh..
and i needa think of designs for my healthy lifestyle theme for our passione event. oh man. that includes drawing and colouring and scanning.. tsk.
i gotta pack e stuff in my notebook and get ready for sch!! argh.
and u noe wad.. i havent fixed my router yet. hee. from e start of term until now. okies. im giving it one more try now.

2006-12-28T23:28:00.000-08:00

fuck her!!! shes e worst sis ever on earth. selfish piece of shit. ive never hated anyone so much before. shes e nastiest person i ever knew. FUCK off la OK.
u dunno how bloody stressed up i am. STOP STRESSING ME U BLOODY IDIOT.

2006-12-27T23:44:00.000-08:00

getting borred at home. hai.
i had a splitting headache today.. dunno why. i was trying to fix my notebook, in e end it got worse and now cant even start e notebook. tmr im gg cit to get it fixed. hopefully my stuff inside would still be intact.
ill be gg gym too in e morning. jen better not be late arh!! hai.
k box tmr!! yay! finally smth to do aft all these days..
oh my. schs starting soon. I DUN WAN!!

2006-12-23T00:29:00.000-08:00

xmas is coming, xmas is coming.. yoohoo!!

2006-12-22T00:35:00.000-08:00

i had such a great time at ktv today!! me, wx, and jh went to suntec kbox and we sang from 130pm to 730pm.. shiok!!! for only$10.30! haha. weekday ma. of cos cheaper. and we sang almost all e songs we knew.. sing until dunno which songs to choose. havent sung so much for a damn long time. although im still kinda sick.. with blocked nose and everything, i can still hit some notes. though most of e time my pitch is off. haha. oh wells. e service at suntec kbox is not bad too i think. at least better than at paradiz centre.
daren is in for project superstar! yoohoo! i like both he and jeremy leh.. but too bad, only one can make it past revival round. daren is cool with his moves and his singing is not bad, jus that his pronunciation needs alot of improvement.. jeremy is cute, he can dance well but his eyes are dull. anyways hes out now and theres no way he can make it back into e competition. this season's finalists like cmi leh.. tsktsk. at least last season got ching huey, junyang, weilian, derrick.. all e nice vocalists. cant imagine whos e superstar this season..

2006-12-18T18:08:00.000-08:00

i dyed my hair red!! haha. now it looks reddish brown. still acceptable.. at least its not chilli red. =p
and im down with fever, on and off. sians. i feel soooo tired...
tmr meeting jen and ivy. yoohoo.

2006-12-14T22:42:00.000-08:00

kinda busy these days. yah starting to get busy. with our event next yr. its gonna be called passione. passion in italian/french i cant rmb.. we have great ideas. im sure its gonna be a huge success and i have faith in our team. with ppl like amanda, melanie, ivan... we rock!!
im so excited abt our yah anniversary at DXO this sat. personally ive nv beent o DXO before la. i heard only those above 21 or smth can go in. but since this event is organised by HPB, its free admission. with free flow of non alcoholic drinks from 6-9pm.. got lotsa performances and stuff. even got free dinner leh. cool. aft 9pm, then e club operates like normal. with e alcohols and all. but e thing is, admission is free if u come for e event. so why not?? and im sure its loads of fun! =)
my hair is atrocious now. e black roots are coming out like anything. dye it again this sunday. made an appt with elly alr. hmm. happie happie.
finally no need to go sch tmr. ive been gg sch everyday for e past wk alr. sians.
and im super broke now. i jus bought a dress. my first dress aft so many years. yups. wonder how i look in a dress?? hehe. PRETTY!! hahaha. bought some tops for xmas and new yr too. oh my. feel e burn in e pocket. wad to do.. cant stop spending, cos my results reallie sucked. i mean im not comparing with other ppl's results. but im comparing with my own expectations. oh man. next sem gotta work extra hard to pull up e grades. I NEED MORE RETAIL THERAPY!!! but too bad, i dun have enough cash to finance my need.. argh.

2006-12-11T00:02:00.000-08:00

why am i feeling so lousy now..
why am i feeling so upset now..
when i shouldn be..
when i should feel happy that im having my hols.
maybe its e hols thats making me sour.
but why..
i hate e me now. i hate it vv much. get over it ok.

2006-12-10T00:47:00.000-08:00

i jus came back from msia!! its super fun!! i went to penang, ipoh, kl, bukit tinggi and finally genting highlands. ours is a free and easy trip, so lotsa things are within OUR control. like wad time to wake up.. wad activities to do..
first up, we did a little shopping at penang, okies, actuallie quite some shopping alr on e first day. bought mainly e local produce in msia and some shoes.. we tried their local specialties like curry mee, prawn mee, hokkien mee, hor fun, rojak, popiah, chicken rice, char kway tiao, carrot cake.. slurps. all in one day!! we had a little sightseeing too, but not that fantastic la..
at ipoh, did smmore shopping. we watched happy feet even! haha. we were wondering wad to do for e aftnoon, den we passed by e cinema. so decided to pop in for a movie. theres nothing much in ipoh la reallie.
at kl, we visited e klcc, wah e twin towers are damn tall and majestic. again shopping in klcc. theyve got e big brands like zara, topshop, guess, nike, adidas.. and of cos e prices there are a lil steep compared to that in penang and ipoh. we spent an hr plus in a shop called vincci, choosing watches and sunglasses.. oh my. girls are girls. no wonder sze kiat feels so bored. (sze kiat is my 10-yr-old cousin, a male). haha. oh did i mention how we got to klcc? we took e LRT!! thats equivalent to our MRT! not bad huh. but their transit interchange is less convenient than ours, we can switch lines all within one station, for theirs, they needa get out of e station and enter another one which is located nearby..perhaps a road away.. and speaking of roads, e traffic is terrible. no car gives a damn abt passengers and traffic lights. bah.
besides klcc and shopping, we went to sunway lagoon too. okies. it was fun, but not superb. at least we dun have to queue for long for e rides. some of e rides were reallie exciting.. e water part was less fun i guess. nothing much to play there. jus rent e tube and float ard on e water.
-_-"
den we proceeded on to bukit tinggi. thats our fav part of e trip!! we stayed at colmar tropicale resort. its reallie a peaceful and tranquil environment. e area is vv cottage-gy, e buildings look like castles. of cos we took lotsa pics there. since its a french themed resort, they mainly serve french cuisine, which unfortunately is not to my liking. haha. we also visited e rabbit park, deer santuary... e rabbits roam ard e park freely and its up to us to 'catch' them and take photos with them.. some inconsiderate ppl actuallie hold e rabbits by their ears. oh my. that must be vv painful.. argh. we had a vv entertaining night as we watched performances by java dancers and songs sung by d'sensation. nv heard of them, but theyre not bad leh.. e emcee was super funny also. reallie hyped up e entire evening.
we didn wanna leave that place to go on to genting. genting was damn cold la!! and i got a terrible headache e day we reached genting. it persisted until e vv next day. e outdoor theme park was so so onli. firstly it was vv crowded, so we needa queue for abt 1 hr on average for every ride that we chose to take. secondly it rained a bit, so some of e rides were affected and we had to wait even longer. me and my sis only took abt 4-5 rides.. damn sian. we didn try e indoor theme park cos its mainly for kids la. no kick. and i didn try to sneak into e casino.. dun ask me why. i didn even think of it, and im not interested also. haha. when we were leaving genting, at e bus terminal, i saw my pri sch chi teacher. im not sure whether she taught me before, but im quite sure shes a teacher at my pri sch. i stared at her as she walked past me. she was together with her husband and son. and she actualie waved at me.. i wondered whether she still recognises me.. but anyways ill prefer to think she still rmbs me, thats why shes waving to me. so happie!! wad a small world ya. haha.
e return journey was e worst. there were alot of delays. e bus was suppsoed to come pick us up at genting at 3pm but it came at 430pm. and due to a heavy downpour at kl, there was a huge jam at e expressway. e cars virtually slowed to a crawl. and i mean LITERALLY crawling. stuck there for abt an hr or so. then when we finally reached msia customs at abt 12am, some singaporeans from another bus joined us, cos their bus didn purchase road tax. so its not allowed into sg or smth lydat. another round of waiting. so i should have reached home ard 11pm on 8 dec, but in e end we reached at 1am on 9 dec. hais. wad a spoiler to e wonderful trip.
but nevertheless, i enjoyed myself vv much this time. this is one of e best trips ive been to. at least i dun have to wake up at 7am with morning calls and everything.. rush like crazy to cover everything printed on e itinerary. it was slow and steady this time. this is how a holiday should be!! =D

2006-12-01T00:29:00.000-08:00

exams are finally over. phew. can take a breather. i feel so relieved now. im so gg to enjoy myself for e whole of this dec hols. and im looking fwd to xmas too! my fav season of e year!
tmr gg msia alr. smhow dun feel like gg.. dunno why.. havent packed my stuff yet too.
i wanna go skating!! they having a skating session on 2 dec.. cant go. bah. =S
im feeling quite lost now. pls enlighten me. somebody.

2006-11-26T19:26:00.000-08:00

tmr is e start of fa paper le!! scary!!
haha we only have 2 papers lo. den mug-ged like crazy alr. this is wrong la.
cant wait for exams to end!
can go msia alr!! from 1st to 8th. weez.

2006-11-19T22:21:00.000-08:00

ever wondered how a fish plays soccer? haha. it can be done u noe and ive seen it for myself!!
watched kenneth e fish play soccer today. talk only, no action. still say wanna play like shevchenko. pls la. hahaa. he only noe how to tackle ppl, slide ppl and kick e ball up high in e wrong direction. dunno wad he doing lo. k la. shall not demean him further.
today is granny's 80th bday!! yoohoo!! happie bday wai po!! my wai po is sooo chio can! e genes definitely run in e family. haha. =D

2006-11-18T23:21:00.000-08:00

didn noe lib closes at 5pm.. didn noe gsr on weekend aft 5 is on first come first serve basis.. didn noe aircon will be switched off aft 5pm.. theres so many things i didn noe, but ppl like alan and gang noe.. wah lao. they damn mugger can. they book e gsrs from 12 to 9pm that kind. and i thought roy was crazy enough. lionel, alan and their frens are worse.
haha, at least i noe these ppl, so ill never be left without a gsr if i get chased out fr lib.. everyone is kiasu la. jus now lionel's fren yao keng even went back to sch aft we had dinner at ps.. it was abt 930pm alr, and hes still heading back.. either hes too passionate abt learning or hes got no life at all. haha. no offence here. but ppl are jus so different.
and i stupidly left my biz law text in lionel's bag jus now. cos i was complaining its heavy. in e end i forgot all abt it until he called. damn.. hai.
maybe its a sign to tell me to stop mugging.. i dun wanna to mug either. but i dun realli have a choice.

2006-11-17T22:30:00.000-08:00

matilda: "if i can understand this, ill tuo guang guang!"
this was wad she saed during e fa workshop jus now..
ying jian was trying to explain why we must deduct gain fr sale of equipment, from net income to get cash flow for operating activities.. but smhow me and mud cannot understand. ahah. even aft we asked him we still cant lo. finally elena made some sense and explained to us. haha. luckily mud didn tuo.. hahaha.=p

2006-11-15T00:44:00.000-08:00

my ltb grp had our last mtg today.. and a little shopping at carrefour cos were buying fruits for e party in class and a bottle for our prof.. kenneth reallie spent alot today. haha! it's e first stressless mtg we had ever since we started. we had lunch and dinner as well. amelia (our TA) had a singing competition jus now aft class at plasma ktv pub, so we went to support her. she got first!! haha. of cos la, she sang so well and beat her competitors hand down lo. and i cheered for her until i sorta lost my voice. haha. of cos we drank alot also. e guys ordered two buckets. i drank one bottle plus. lionel, kencheok and e rest kept saying i was drinking cos ck cheated on me.. (jie jiu xiao chou) haha, damn cock. i didn even realise i was drinking so much, until i felt my face a bit hotter than usual. oh wells. well go chiong aft exams. heh. aft we left plasma ktv, we went over to have beancurd at selegie rd. shiok ar. of cos not forgetting juicy gossips abt alicia. i jus found out today that lionel and ziwen are sooo observant! haha.
i think ill reallie miss them. i feel quite sad having to leave them lo. this is by far e best group ive ever had. ill never forget all e teasing and jokes we had during our mtgs. love ya all guys!

2006-11-10T21:00:00.000-08:00

bidding is such a hassle reallie. why cant they let us bid during e dec break? not now, when everyone is busy chionging reports and mugging for exams.. wad a bother.
this term im pre assigned with analytical skills (AS), creative thinking (CT), business, govt and society (BGS), & technology and world change (TWC). all of which are quite slack. since im exempted from stats a, and stats b is not a requirement for a major in finance, i can bid for 2 more!! ahha. so i bid for management acct (MA) and Managing people at work (MPW).
bidding is crazy la! cos ppl are inflating e bid prices and forming cartels so as to secure places tog as a grp. for ma, it is exceptionally competitive cos we're all vying for prof leong kwong sin's classes. he only has tue and thurs morning slots. apparently, many ppl are chionging for e tue one, im gg for e thurs one. most ppl cant make it on thurs morning i guess. mud, marc, lingkai, yingxian, alicia, elena.. are all bidding for ma tue class. but luckily i managed to find ppl to bid w me for e thurs slot. chawmun and her frens. woo. so my final bid was 16.7. i heard theres ppl bidding $27 for ma. siao ah!
as for mpw, i bid for 30.01. reallie no choice. cos that prof's classes are vv popular, cos his classes no exams ma. haha. $30 is considered low alr, may not be guaranteed a place even. oh well. try my luck lo.
term's coming to an end alr.. oh my, i miss my ltb grp. i think it's one of e most fun grps ive ever had. we can joke abt almost everything. i can tell even ppl from other grps are jealous of us la! haha ;) theres e fish story, beletubby, bel la la, gui hun issues, qi fan and kenneth blah blah.. never ending la. it has realie brought us closer tog. even though e girls always criticise and make fun of kenneth, we meant it jokingly. all e teasing and juicy gossips. yoo hoo!!
we're gg to have a dinner tog aft next wed's ltb class. it's e first time were gg out for a dinner tog without having to discuss abt projects and presentations. this is e first and e last one i suppose. i am reallie gg to miss them.. sigh.
2 more wks to exams. urgh. gg back to sch on a sat tmr. sians.

2006-10-27T22:30:00.000-07:00

hellos.. havent blogged for kinda long.
jus reflecting on what happened e past few mths.. haha. busy, busy and busy. i havent got much of a life yeah.
coming up: biz law presentation, ltb presentation, fa quiz, yah proposal, fa term project, ltb report..
am listening to graduation by vitamin c. oh my. it's so nice to hear it again. i miss ivy, jen, s42, shuping, huitian, kexin and 4I. i love ya all.
dears too busy with driving too. everyone is busy now.
i wish time can jus stop indefinitely.

2006-10-18T22:03:00.000-07:00

one more comms presentation to go! im now slacking and chatting online instead of doing work.. but i reallie need a break la. im damn tired alr. have been sleeping at 1 am these few nights. tonight ill jus touch up on e slides, den go sleep. tmr ill revise my speech and prepare for e big day. haha. cant wait for this wk to end. my next wk is damn free!! tue, wed, thurs no class!! yoo hoo!

2006-10-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

we skated for 5 hrs yesterday at ECP! cool stuff ar! and i have 'officially' inherited xiaozhuang-passed-to-kok-peng's skates. ahah. it's a powerslide ok. a bit wasted on me cos im still a beginner. hhee. look look see see first before i buy my skates. quite a no of ppl turned up yesterday, thank yoo all for coming. terence is really a great coach, no wonder he's our training head. i learnt quite a few new things from him.
biz law isn easy to mug la reallie. ive been at it for e whole day, and im still stuck at privity. havent started on privity to be precise. and i still have e 3rd parties act, terms, discharge. bah.
next wk got one mid term test, and 2 presentations!! week 9 is killer wk.

2006-10-09T21:25:00.000-07:00

jus came back from biking to rengit. kinda tiring. haha. we took a ferry there, e ride was abt 45 mins. thereafter we cycled along e road for abt 2hrs before reaching e seafood restaurant at rengit. break for lunch, den continued back to johor. wah. my butt is damn painful now la. and im burnt. vv red and sunburnt. haha. but we had alot of fun. theres a second part to desaru in dec, i dunno whether im up to it la. haha. okies. needa do work now, if not reallie too slack. i jus heard theres gonna be asoc meeting this week too. oops.

2006-10-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

i got A+ for my comms presentation!! well done guys! it's actually A+ for part one, where me and pris acted as news broadcasters, jerry and eugene were pre filmed as cnn reporter and gen sonthi respectively. for part two, we got A-, guess cos it wasn entertaining enough. we gave a very comprehensive intro abt arts and why art lovers fr china should come over to sg.. while other grps talked abt sg's attractions, food etc. hee. we're e only grp that solely did on e arts!! fro 2nd part, we all acted as marketing heads of e respective events and pris was e talk coordinator of some sort la. she introduced us (e speakers for e talk). my part was on biennale. haha. now i noe so much abt biennale la. i didn noe smu was part of biennale too, until i went to e website to check. eugene did on da:ns festival and jerry talked abt some upcoming theatrical events. awesome!
dr john (our prof, she doesn like us calling her prof) said usually she'll choose e higher grade of e 2 as e final grade. so i assume we got an A+. so all e hard work of rehearsing and retaking e video (cos jerry and eugene ng so many times!) paid off. cool stuff!
haha. guess wad, it's only 5%.
my individual oral presentation is 25%. oh and fujitsu tablet is a bit screwed up when we tried to plug in to e projector. well gotta get it fixed soon too.
in any case, it's e term break! and i jus slept for 3 hrs. how shiok is that. i havent taken an aftnoon nap for a damn long time. it's time i have one. and considering e fact that i only slept for 5 hrs last nite cos i was busy memorising my script and reaching sch at 7am to rehearse. but it reallie feels good to get an A+. haha. =)
happy zhong qiu jie!

2006-10-05T08:29:00.000-07:00

almost 7 weeks have passed in a flash. why is time passing so fast?
time is running out alr.

timetable for next wk
monday: biking trip to rengit, msia
tue: FA meeting
wed: LTB meeting
thurs/fri: skating
one more day for ASOC games comm meeting

plus studying for biz law mid term
preparation for indiv comms oral presentation
reflective paper
presentation on lessons learnt fr leaders. and e list goes on...

i wanna go shopping!!! =S

2006-09-27T08:03:00.000-07:00

jus had my first smu presentation. turned out quite alright. in fact i thought it was vv well done!! haha. even e prof praised us ok! of cos la, we put in so much effort la. even went back to sch on sunday to finish off jus qn 2. and even then we couldn complete it by 7pm, so e guys stayed up to check out e vga and virtual canvas thingy. lingkai was still amending e slides at 1 plus am! way to go guys! this goes to show how much smu students will go jus to get e presentation done well. and were all perfectionists. haha.

i feel so wanted. suddenly everyone wants to date me on sat. no la.
OHANA! is set on sat!! 30/09! in conjunction w children's day e next day. its e final event of our LTB project, not counting e followup. so its kinda major and we have to get it well done. videocam-ed and lotsa photos taken. kinda scary, cos we still have loads of stuff undone. i still need to call up e banner guy to make sure hes got my order.
christopher is initiating an ocip gathering this sat, but im sceptical as to whether everyone can make it? everybody go ok! we havent met up for ages!!
smux biking having biking session at east coast fr 3-7pm i think. but cos i dun have a bike, it's kinda ex to rent bikes there, so maybe i wont go.
then tentatively, sat theres bbq at ron's hse. i saed ok alr.
so many things to do, but not enough time!

yesterday i went to smu bazaar and there was this booth that sells notebook skin, u can even customize your own skin by giving them ur design. e prices aren cheap, but cheaper than outside la. im quite interested. i always like personalised stuff. cos it's ME. haha.

oh and yesterday was our 19th mth anni. i actually forgot, cos i was too busy w FA presentation. i didn even rmb yesterday was 26th. until rol sent me a msg early in e morning.

alright. i should be getting ready to go sbl vision fsc for meeting w my LTB mates and e director there. our event's on sat, we should do things a little faster. =)

2006-09-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

i can feel e stress now. suddenly all e profs are telling us abt quizzes and assignments, that are all occurring in week 7!!! why cant they spread them out? oh yar, and quizzes and assignments actually carry marks and quite a weightage of your gpa, so better do them properly! see wad i mean. everything u do is abt ur grade. one mistake, and u gotta extra hard for e next one to pull up e grade. im looking fwd to my dec break.
so week 7 theres biz law 'test', FA quiz and LTB quiz. LTB also can have quiz.. i can jus die la. cos i havent been reading e LTB text and even if i did, im sure i wont be able to rmb all e leadership models and team management stuff. my comms assignment that makes up 25% of e grade is on this fri. kinda scared. argh. why is it so competitive here? everyone is fighting to speak, all in e name of CLASS PARTICIPATION. i think theyre over emphasising this pt. making e culture lydat..

2006-09-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

i jus realise how un-happening smu is. haha. dun be deceived by our hip marketing. we jus noe how to dress well and this gives others e false impression that weve got a life. actually we dun. we're bogged down by lotsa projects and random tasks.. u look at our timetable, ull think we lead a damn stress-less life. cos we only have 1 3hr seminar for each mod. but trust me, e rest of e day is taken up by preparing for presentations and projects and homework!! dun think theres no hw, theres lots of hw! actually depending on ur prof and whether or not you wanna do. of cos yoo can choose not to do. but its for your own good. if u dun do ur hw, pre-read e notes, and keep up w e pace of e mod, your exams will be damn screwed. so to those whore thinking of coming smu, THINK AGAIN!
haha. that isn reallie an objective point of view. smu can be kinda fun too. if yoore involved in e sch/ cca activities. if yoo shun away and focus solely on e academics, basically yoo have no life la. recently i joined smux biking and xseed. theres skating session this fri, should be gg w lin xin (new fren met at smux info session). im quite apprehensive abt skating w e pros. haha. and im in YAH, now drawing up proposal. im in asoc games sub com. and im in mic too. e singing club. haha. all these extra stuff besides e normal sch workload. i hope my grades aren compromised.
oh ya and one thing. smu students are damn competitive and kiasu. theyre vv competent too, cos they can deal w lotsa stuff and still do well in exams. i dunno how they do it, i hope i can acquire this skill too. ;) everything u do here will affect ur gpa in one way or another, so yoove got to be consistent and not slack at all. that is wad making it all so tiring.
but ive got a feeling ill lead a vv interesting and meaningful life here.

2006-09-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

"theres always a rainbow after the rain."
im glad my rainbow's here. =)

2006-09-16T15:09:00.000-07:00

mummy is right. mummy is always right. why didn i listen to her in e first place.. why give it all out when e returns are so minimal..
no use crying over spilled milk. pick yourself up from where yoo fell and never make e same mistake again.

Oh, Oh I'm not missing you
Been through just about everything that I could go through
When it comes to relationships
Don't know what I was missing or why I ain't listen
When I told myself that was it
Now here I go, hurt again
Cause of my curiousity
Now that it's over
What else could it be
I made a promise never to settle
Why didn't I keep it?
Cause I hated the heartbreak
Crying and cheating, the fooling around

(But) I'm not missing you
I'm not going through the motions
Waiting and hoping you call me
I'm not missing you
You might have had me open
But I must be going because
I got life to do
I know I'm usually hanging on
I used to hate to see you gone
But this time it's different
I don't even feel the distance
I'm not missing
I'm not missing you

It's a shame in a way cause
I feel that I may not ever find the right one for me
Did I leave him, is he right in front of my face oh
Will my true love ever be?
Why would I go on a search again
When I know what the end will be
What good is love when it keeps on hurting me?
I made a promise never to settle
Why didn't I keep it?
Cause I hated the heartbreak
Crying and cheating, the fooling around

No I can't be with you
Cause I'm scared felt like I was falling when you left me
I can't keep going through life
Unaware of what I missed
And the person I could be
Love's good when it's right
And when it's left in your memory
All the times I let you down
I guess love will be nice for someone else's life

(But) I'm not missing you
I'm not going through the motions
Waiting and hoping you call me
I'm not missing you
You might have had me open
But I must be going because
I got life to do
I know I'm usually hanging on
I used to hate to see you gone (I used to hate it)
Oh different, oh feel the distance
I'm not missing
I'm not missing you

love sucks.

2006-09-14T13:22:00.000-07:00

e great has fallen. haha. im sick AGAIN!!!
im gg to miss skating and aikido today. argh.
e feeling of being sick is horrendous. i want to get well soon!

2006-09-13T10:32:00.000-07:00

im running a fever. i got cough and running nose. these 3 alwaes best friends, they're inseparable.

2006-09-12T16:25:00.000-07:00

ppl ard me seemed to have loads of work to do.. i have alot to do too. jus that it e stuff i do didn seem to be e same as e rest.. im busy w stuff like gg for ccas, tuition, gg for workshops, signing up for this and that.. time for my hw? bah. i did read thru my FA text and i thought i understood it. until today when e grp was presenting, they talked abt some concepts that i have no recollection of. i thought i knew what i read. apparently not. bother!
tmr's kinda busy too. i got an LTB presentation to make. its not graded but still its a presentation la. ive got cardiodance in e evening den games com meeting. luckily i dun have class on thurs. but thurs smux having inline skating. i feel like gg leh.. fr 330 to 7pm. learn how to skate, den from 8-10pm theres aikido. im still contemplating whether i wanna join. e ppl there seems fun.. reallie nice ppl. oh ya! and i signed up for this shoe designing workshop on next thurs. cool! i dragged agnes along w me too. haha. wah all packed.
okies. im gg to start fr chapt one of FA again, before i go for YAH meeting later.
hmm even though im like damn busy now, i prefer it this way so that i dun have free time to let my imagination run wild. life is more interesting this way too. =D

2006-09-06T09:19:00.000-07:00

7 things abt me.. tagged by jaren.. haha.

7 Things That Scare Me:
1. horrow movies. i've got a weak heart unfortunately
2. death of loved ones. i think it's worse to see someone u love suffer than to bear e sufferings urself
3. death of cos. i dun wanna die so early!! esp die of cancer or some sort of illness.
4. ghosts. controversial issue here. i dunno..
5. making smone angry. i dunno how to pacify others la. and esp my dad, he used to cane me when i was little.
6. losing friends. friendship is most impt!!
7. all of e above. haha. i cant think of anything else.

7 Random Songs At The Moment:
1. qian li zhi wai - jay chou. his new song! gotta support!!
2. du chang qing ge - tank + selina
3. hips don't lie - shakira
4. unfaithful - rihanna
5. tian tian ye ye - FIR. so nice!! basically i love all duets la. haha.
6. breakaway - kelly clarkson. so happens my theme for YAH bash is breakaway!!
7. hen xiang shuo - li sheng jie.

7 Things That I Like The Most:
1. My Family, although smtimes i say i hate them la.
2. My friends
3 . eat!!
4. shopping!
5. making stuff using junk. haha. im kinda creative u see..
6. sleepzz
7. talking on e phone

7 Important Things In My Bedroom:
1. bed duh.
2. wardrobe that contains all my clothes!! heh.
3. phone
4. my slam dunk picture. all e hunks. haha.
5. my lovely cushion (crab thingy) that dear bought fr hk!
6. my mp3
7. fan! i nv stay in my room without switching on e fan.

7 Random Facts About Me:
1. im fat, though ppl alwaes say im thin. pls. i can hide it well thats all.
2. im kinda tall. 1.73m. haish. not my ideal height definitely.
3. im now struggling to survive in smu. w all e buzz ard me and schwork. wanna play but cannot play.
4. like to hang out w frens.
5. hate irresponsible ppl. ppl who promise to do things but didn
6. i like ppl who take initiative.
7. i cant cook and am not in habit of doing hsework. to e guy that marries me: sorry!

7 Things I Said The Most:
1. im hungry!
2. har?!
3. ya right!
4. thanks ar!
5. *whine* not considered words though.
6. dun wan la..
7. shut up!

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die:
1. get married to a damn rich guy and slack off my life! utopia sia..
2. go europe for my honeymoon. as long as possible..
3. be damn successful.. either in family issues or career or wadeva la.
4. at least witness e birth of my first grandchild.. wah start thinking so far into e future alr.. haha.
5. make everybody love me!
6. make everybody rmb me!
7. be e happiest person ever on earth! woo!

7 People I Want To Pass This On To:
1. ivy. i dunno whether she has time to even check her blog.
2. jen. take some time off to relax k sister.
3. fengquan
4. jojo
5. shuping
6. simsy
7. woeilin

2006-08-31T15:21:00.000-07:00

havent been blogging for quite some time alr.. been quite busy w stuff.
like tuition and YAH, lotsa meetings and briefings gg on. my sat's booked for investment camp and e following sat got skating clinic too. later on got freshmen bash at mos.. ooh. gg w my og. most of us r gg la, except for chloe. hmm. wont be partying til late cos fri got morning class!! and jen is gg for e bash too! i havent seen her for a damn long time. although were in e same sch, but were in diff blks. so hard to meet up.. i miss her!
now that projects are coming.. i have vv little time for myself and im beginning to fall sick alr.. argh.

2006-08-27T16:49:00.000-07:00

i realise i havent been blogging much huh. haha. its not e sch work that stresses me out la, at least not yet. im busy w gatherings and meetings instead. my timetable for next wk is packed too!! ive got to bring my sis to make ic tmr, got tuition on tue aftnoon den meeting at nite, den briefing on wed nite, thurs got tuition again.. damn tired. now falling sick alr.. argh!
yesterday was our 1.5 yr anni!! haha. we went to sentosa to 'play'.. nothing much to play actuallie and we didn wanna spend $$ on cable car or underwater world, so we jus went ard like tourists taking pictures.. quite nice la. to walk ard sentosa once in a while. they reallie do noe how to make money. =p it's def not e place for singaporeans to go.
fri we had vivace (smth like cca day). e place was damn crammed up and stuffy! haha i signed up for like 10+ ccas la. haah. siao. cfm gonna drop some. well leave my options open ma. wait for them to send me emailers den i qc see which ones im more interested in. aft that i joined jh and wenxiang for ktv session at paradiz centre. so long nv sing song w them alr, haha. and we reminisced abt our past, stuff abt ann yip and our ma course. oh ya speaking of kbox, im nv gg to e branch at paradiz centre alr. e kbox guy confiscated my fruit juice! cos he saed no outside food allowed. and he didn return me my drink aft that!!! argh! my fruit juice still full leh!! wad e hell la.
im broke this week. damn broke. i spent $83 to sign up for programmes during vivace. plus $20 on kbox. thats $100 jus on one day!! smbody teach me how to save!

2006-08-22T23:50:00.000-07:00

okies, post abt my lessons this wk. onli had two la, not many. but had quite clear idea of how things are gg to be like. i didn bring my lappie to sch for mon and today, cos its kinda heavy and a burden to bringing it ard.. ill bring it to sch still, sooner or later, jus that nows e beginning only, dun really need lappie la. though most ppl are bringing their lappies alr.
i shall start w biz law i had on mon morning.. its kinda boring, maybe due to e nature of e subject. but e prof makes it a bit worse la i think. cos his voice is monotonous.. and hes stingy w breaks too. haha. can u believe we actually went thru e hierarchy of courts and e diff acts.. i cant really rmb la. die. how to major in law lydat.. haha.
for tue class, which is FA. my prof was prof gan, and hes quite a cute old man. marcus joined me for FA cos hes thinking of bidding for that. i was almost late for class la, cos that stupid 147 came so late. in e end i took nel to dhoby ghaut and walked all e way fr econs blk to soa. walk until my legs gonna break. now i noe i def cant take train to dhoby ghaut and walk. FA was relatively better than biz law, cos he did some intro to e subject, spent quite some time on that.. haha. before gg on to e topic proper. but at least i can understand wad hes talking abt, which is a good thing. yep.
i heard fr some frens that their classes are quite jia lat, like many ppl chionging to ans qns, a bit scary and competitive la. my class still ok, we jus ask when in doubt and ans when e prof asked us. we dun fight to speak.
i bought my books too alr, except for comms and one biz law text. im thinking of whether theyre necessary. hmm. hope not. i really wanna save e money.
and i went for my first Take Charge! leadership training program w YAH jus now fr 7-9pm. it was quite interesting, made a few frens there. i found smone who doesn take jap food like me! shes mel, melanie if i didn rmb wrongly. cool! haha. got some work to do for e next YAH meeting. YAH stands for youth advolution for health or smth like that, to promote healthy living. do stuff concerning health issues, but we do it e more 'stylish' way, and not e conventional community service kinda stuff. haha. quite looking fwd to it. now were planning for e YAH anniversary bash. cool stuff eh.
tmr got LTB at 330pm.. luckily no need to wake up so early.. phew.

2006-08-20T23:56:00.000-07:00

tmr starting sch alr.. kinda apprehensive though. dunno whos in my biz law class.. and like dunno wad to do.. argh. my sisters not ard.. haish. this is e real start of uni life. all e fun we had during camps and all was jus a small part of uni life la. e dreadful part is abt to be unveiled. *shudders*
kinda busy tmr.. needa go book bazaar, meet serene, go for tuition.. sians.

2006-08-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

dear's passing out tmr!! yay! i get to see him again! he called me damn late jus now la, cos he was talking to his campmates.. tonights their last nite tog, so yep, talk cock a bit more. ok la, i shall forgive him..
im getting a bit edgy abt starting sch..
can u believe it? i passed e stats test! i heard fr shuwei and agnes.. haha. apparently they can view e attachment while ryan and i and e rest of e world cant.. haha. quite happie la. now i can skip one module. yay!

2006-08-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

ive got my timetable! block a!
ive got all morning classes (starting at 830am), except for Leadership and Team Building (LTB) at 3.30pm on wed. and my thurs is free. im in e same LTB class as ck and same comm class as zhexian.. still trying to ask for others' timetable.. jen and yuelin are both in block b. argh. dunno how they allocate.
okies heres e breakdown of my classes.
FA: G2
COMM: G3
biz law: G13
LTB: G8
anyone of u in e same section as me?
i heard only 14 ppl passed e stats test. apparently e server was ok yest afternoon and yuelin's fren checked online. den now its back to defective form again. hai. im thinking of whether i should bid for one more mod, maybe if i fail e stats (likely to be e case), den ill bid for stats la.

2006-08-15T22:50:00.000-07:00

finally met up w ivy today!! havent seen her in a while ever since she left for hk! seems like shes fitting quite well into hall life. hai. i wonder whens e next time e 3 sisters all gonna meet.. today, me, jen and ivy went ard orchard shopping for lotsa stuff, for belts, court shoes, earrings blah blah. ended up buying lotsa unnecessary stuff.. all ivys fault la! shouldn have followed her into e shop selling earrings. now i have 2 more pairs in addition to e 2 rol bought for me. argh. ivy said rol has been showering me w gifts and she made a comment, saying rol must have done smth wrong in taiwan, so spending MORE money than usual is e solution to redeem himself.. or maybe hes scared ill forget abt him once im in uni, so hes reminding me w his gifts that hes still ard.. haha. sounds plausible eh. ill go check out whether hes done anything wrong.. hahaha.
anyways, we def needa meet up, even if ivys staying at nus hall.. ill miss ya and take care k dear. im so worried she cant cope, shes having 6 tuition assignments now can u believe it.. wonder woman, pls dun break down.

2006-08-14T00:36:00.000-07:00

ive got a new watch!! fr espirit. a gift fr rol! haha. he promised to buy me a watch and he did! cos i broke my watch when i was in asoc camp. and of cos gifts fr taiwan which include earrings, necklace, a super nice notebook that costs SGD8 plus, some keychains.. he bought all fr diff places, so this proved that he thought of me constantly when he was there. haha.
now a bit on my freshman camp. first thing, e name of my grp.. cundinamarca. cund-inamar-ca. doesn it sound super vulgar? dunno how e organising committee came up w e name. anyways, e camp was fun, though it was focusing more on teambuilding stuff. our faci, azleen was kinda strict at times, but she also joked ard and laughed w us.. we had a mixture of ppl in e grp and we all got along together. e camp was diff fr other camps like smux and asoc cos there was debrief aft each ACTIVITY and learning points to take note of. e camp was supposed to inculcate e CIRCLE values in us, like integrity, commitment, blah blah.. smtimes i felt it was a bit 'duh', but nonetheless, there was still fun! i made lotsa frens too. e girls clicked damn well and e guys were damn crappy. all e guys in my grp are nice guys.. actuallie i feel smu guys are generally gentlemanly and nice la. we bitched ard and gossiped abt other ppl. names like qian shou guan yin (buddha w thousand hands) came up and we jus crapped all e way! we got real dirty on e 2nd and 3rd day of e camp and there was a bit of kayaking too! oh ya, and theres 2 smokers fr my grp, super heavy smokers. i wonder how they survive w/o cigarettes.
anyways, thanks to all of them who made my freshmen camp so enjoyable and unforgettable. previously i heard complaints fr ppl who went for run 1, that theirs was boring, but i had alot of fun in run 2. so it all depends on ur grp and ur attitude. run 3 ppl, dun worry so much la. and to my campmates: stay in touch k! see ya all at convo and vivace!
oh ya. and i managed to catch fireworks last nite too!! w rol, fq, jinhan, swee keat, via, ron and hock. but of cos since rol and i were late, we didn meet up w e rest until e end of e fireworks. it was freaking crowded can!! me and rol almost couldn get onto e train fr dhoby ghaut to city hall. and it was packed all e way fr mrt to esplanade. woah. but rol and i managed to squeeze thru e crowd to e riverside and catch a superb view of e fireworks. it was def nicer than last yr's. if only there weren so many ppl, how sweet would that be..

2006-08-09T22:45:00.000-07:00

today we didn get to watch e fireworks at all la! wad e hell!! and huitian pangseh us again!!
i pity those waiting at e esplanade, it was so congested. haha. shuping and i were at e marina sq food court (open area), so we could get a better view. even then, we spent a looong time waiting for ppl to finish their food to let us sit. sm ppl were waiting to watch e fireworks too, so they sat there as if their butts were glued to e seats. argh. we were having our dinner as we waited for e fireworks. it was so disappointing to hear that e fireworks display was over and we couldn even hear or see a single thing. luckily we didn go squeeze w so many other ppl down at e esplanade area. there was this guy standing beside us complaining abt not being able to catch e fireworks, he said this was a nation-wide scam! hhaa. quite funnie. but i dun get it leh.. if u cant see fireworks at esplanade there, why did so many ppl turn up? or is it jus us, at e marina sq food court, who missed all e fun and excitement? i saw police patrolling and keeping traffic in control wad.. anyways, im determined to catch e fireworks this sat. rol will be back and ill drag him to watch w me. haha. and of cos our 42-mates. fengquan msg to say meet at 6pm for dinner then watch tog, but my camps (at changi) gonna end at 5pm. should i go home bathe first den rush down? jen offered her hse (at tampines) for us to freshen up, but lydat i rather go home and bathe. aiyo.
ta-da for e next 3 days. dun miss me.

2006-08-09T15:13:00.000-07:00

counting down.. dear will only be back 4 days later.. =(
happie bday singapore!

2006-08-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

smu has reallie nice guys. real gentlemen. theres roy in jen's grp, roy in my smux grp and lingkai fr my asoc grp, jus to name a few. lingkai has gone out of e way to help. cos this morning i was fretting over how to set up my router for wireless connection and he happened to be online too. so i was telling him my problem and we tried troubleshooting online. and he even offered to come my hse to check out e router thing. dun think of it as him trying to get close to me and all that rubbish ok. hes got a steady gf and theyre super loving. yep, so later on he called to say hes on e way here, even though he doesn noe where is serangoon central. haha. (hes driving fr toapayoh). i felt vv paiseh having to trouble him.. so he came over and we figured out i need to buy a splitter to connect my ethernet cable. i felt so touched that there r ppl who are willing to go e extra mile to help someone. its reallie e thought that counts. i hope there are more ard in smu!! haha, den whenever i have problems, theres always smone to lend a helping hand. haha.
thanks lingkai!!
oh ya and later ck called to help solve e router problem too. he called his frens and e solution was to buy an ethernet card and incorporate into e cpu, so that i can connect my ethernet cable properly. and ck offered to do jus that! yay! waited like damn long for him to say that la! haha. no la. i wont wanna trouble him. he lives in bukit batok leh! like e end of e earth la. but thanks anyways. and if yoo need consultation for IT stuff, like wad things to buy and what not to buy, yoo can ask him.
these are e ppl yoo can count on.

2006-08-08T09:32:00.000-07:00

one asoc faci died in e car accident a few days ago.. his name is chow guan ren.. how unfortunate. we jus saw him during asoc camp a week ago. though i dun rmb how he looks like, but i noe ive seen him before. tsktsk. it jus shocks me at how fragile life is. hes only a yr 2 student!! hai. who ask him to go clubbing la..
i went shopping w jen yesterday at ps and we bought so much stuff! bag, jeans, 3 quarts, shirt.. poof. our money's gone in a flash. but it was shiok to get good bargains and esp aft e stats test. so many of my brain cells are killed in jus 2 hrs, i need to replenish my energy. ahha. shopping helps! oh ya, for e stats test rite, one correct ans is worth 5 mks, one wrong minus 1 mk, and unanswered qns will get no marks. so i wanted to leave a few questions blank, but i realise its more worth it to take a gamble, so i tickam for all e questions i dunno. haha. and i suddenli blanked out on how to do normal distribution! arh. damn. haha. oh wadeva. ill jus pray that ill pass. maybe heng heng can pass? oh and to pass rite, u need to pass BOTH sections. e 50MCQs are divided into 2 sections. gotta pass both before u pass overall.

2006-08-05T14:40:00.000-07:00

yesterday i went for ktv session w my beach party mates! altogether 7 of us turned up: joel, weibin, marcus, matthias, shirley, jolyn and me! yuelin and zhiwei were supposed to come too, but yuelin had some last min meeting and zhiwei couldn get e car, so they didn come. we had dinner at gluttons bay, i didn noe e full name was makansutra gluttons bay. haha. den later we went to sing at partyworld at oriental plaza. e place looked kinda shabby, oh well, all partyworlds lydat i guess. we had such a great time singing!! all got so high! joel can sing exceptionally well leh. and hes well versed in jap songs too! marc can sing hokkien and jolyn and shirley can sing canto songs. im e most useless one la. haha. we started singing fr 8 plus to abt 12 plus, close to 1am. luckily marc drove his car, so we got a free ride home! yes, e girls got a free ride home. haha. now we noe who to include for our outings in e future. *chuckles*
ok enough of play, nows e time to mug for stats. i jus realised stats test is next mon! shucks.
and theres superband finals tonight. my sis got tix to e finals. so lucky.
ive got e last camp coming up on 10th-12th, dun feel like gg leh.. im sorta tired of camps alr. haha.

2006-08-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

yesterday acad briefing was boring. all e slides will be uploaded on e smu web la. aiyo. a bit waste time. haha. but i got a treat fr roy. cos e smux guys owe e gals a treat la. hes e only gentleman who rmbed. weishan got a treat too, cos ting zhe you fen. we had swensens at ps. w ck and their frens too. but roy gotta leave early for ndp rehearsal. so ck, me, weishan, amanda, lance, buffy went to play pool den headed for movie. we watched lake hse. e show was kinda boring. only at e last part, a bit of climax. i didn reallie understand e whole movie, unlike ck. he slept for like half e movie, but he could still understand more and better than me. alamak. haha. cos he was sitting beside me, when i turned over to look at him, he was sleeping la! luckily he saed not to wake him up if hes sleeping, if not i sure kena scolded. haha. aft e movie, i went to newton to meet my smux mates for outing. that stupid manfred dun wanna come meet me at e mrt. they left for newton circus first, cos i was late. anyways, so i got a bit lost. but luckily im smart enough to find my way there. ON MY OWN. e food was ok only la, i still feel chomp chomp de hokkien mee, stingray better. so aft that we took jon's car to selegie rd to have some drinks. did i mention he drove a class 4 "van"? haha. its those family car. haha. super big. can fit all of us in leh! that jon ar, dunno how to parallel park wan. no la, cos e cars too big to parallel park. so we had heineken, which i didn reallie like. i drank only half a cup and gave it away to fangkai. and we smoked shi sha too, apple flavoured. e first few puffs were ok, but subsequently i detested it. totally cannot take it. so in e end e guys were e ones heavily smoking away. im sure i wont be addicted to cigarettes. haha. den we drove to timbre, but changed to orchard dunno wad bar, i cant rmb. den we chill a bit, had a few drinks and talked. i managed to catch e last bus home! at abt 1210am. haha. not bad eh. good timing.

2006-08-03T00:02:00.000-07:00

santino should be out for e thousandth time! hes so arrogant and selfish! his personality is cocked up la seriously. i dun understand why he can still remain in e competition, despite all e nasty criticisms fr e judges. i feel e judges detest his character, but acknowledge his creativity. thats why they kept him in e competition for so long. argh. terrible guy. i hate him!
oh ya and i adopted a pet, called pippy. its a turtle. hung ard my neck. haha. i love him! its a him! jen gave it e name. oh well. say hi to pippy!

2006-08-01T16:08:00.000-07:00

i wanted to go swimming initially, but i fell asleep! bah. e weather is damn good now la. and i fell asleep cos of? stats! stats is such a boring section of math. i jus read e first chapt on probability and i couldn take it alr. haha. im flipping thru my jc notes to revise for e upcoming stats test. although i noe ill probably flunk it (thats wad all e seniors say), but ive paid for it! $25 leh! tickam also must tickam my way thru! ok. i shall be a good girl and make effort to read one more chapt. at least i wont feel bad when i fail rite. haha.
dear is at outfield in taiwan. haish. msg him also dun have reply. and yesterday was qi xi qing ren jie! i bet he also dunno la. haha.

2006-07-31T22:40:00.000-07:00

everyday i go online, ck or zhexian or marc will ask me, "how come today never go out arh?" make me sound like i haf no life, everyday cooped up at home. bleah. tmr ill be gg out ok! meeting sp and huitian for dinner.
on wed, ill have OCS talk in e morning, den ASOC outing in e afternoon.
on thurs, ill go for Acc academic briefing, den SMUX outing in e afternoon until nite i guess.
fri im gg k box w my Beach Party (CIP) grp. outing again! yay! havent sung in a long time! =) EXCITED!!
i jus passed woeilin her bday pressie. so happi she liked it. of cos she must like it wad. i MADE it for her leh. ahahha. shes my fav cousin, of cos must do smth special for her ma. ;)

2006-07-29T22:59:00.000-07:00

im back!! a break fr e camps! theres so much to say and i dunno where to start!
lets start off w e smux camp. its one of e most challenging and fun camps ive been to, seriously. ive never tried so many extreme sports in jus 2.5 days. its amazing!
like ive mentioned in my previous post, we did trekking on e first day. started off fr near scgs that unused railway station and trekked all e way to clementi area. got lotsa mosquitoe bites and nearly tripped over branches. we even walked thru a long stetch of muddy water, almost slipped too. haha. luckily we had e guys to support us. theyre reallie a nice bunch, lots of crap, esp manfred. manfred so happens to be marcus's best buddy, and marcus told me to look out for this eyecandy in smux camp, and so coincidentally, we are in e same grp. haha. other guys in my grp include nick (victorian too), roy (real gentleman, always offering to refill my bottle, cos he wants to drink!!), ck (quiet at first, but actually a real joker), jonathan (fr acjc who cant speak chi properly) and finally manfred (scandalous guy w lotsa flings), haha. my description not bad eh. girls we have chaw mun (nicknamed dorothy, aiya long story la), deep (small sized girl but vv sporty), rita (our tai-tai!), huiling (shortest!! haha) and me! so as i was saying, most of e guys were fr ocs, or at least command sch, so theyre quite fit and strong. can help to support us fr falling down or climbing up and down blah blah.
2nd activity was nite biking. we rode fr where we stopped trekking all e way until west coast where we spent e 1st nite. we started at abt 8pm, and reached west coast at ard 12 plus 1am.. not too sure abt e timing but abt there la. travelled along e expressway, and stopped along petrol kiosks to pick up some food and drinks. thanks to roy who paid for our food first. oh ya, did i mention i alwaes kope their food.. haha. roy will always share his food w e girls.. haha. so we dun have to pay anything!! yay! nite biking was tiring but damn shiok. tiring when we rode up e jurong hill, but shiok when we zoomed down. ahha. we arranged ourselves in a single file, w alternate guys and girls, so that we can look out for one another. we didn shower e first day cos there wasn showering facilities at west coast! dunno how e guys managed to shower too.. haish. we slept ard 3.30am and woke up 7am e next day.
2nd day morning we did roller blading. surprisingly all e guys can roller blade and all e girls cant, except for deep. so again, e guys helped to teach us roller blade. jon and nick can roller blade damn well la, performing stunts here and there. haha. show off!
okies, so aft that, in e aftnoon we did kayaking. i thought that was e most fun part of e camp. we did it in pairs, one guy and one girl. again, e guys are e experienced ones in kayaking and cos theyre physically stronger, they tend to do most of e job. manfred's my partner, and he reallie helped to alleviate my burden alot. haha. and he said i met his expectations cos i rowed more than wad he expected, (how nice rite). and we provided entertainment to other ppl too, cos were alwaes quarrelling. haha. i wanted to tried capsizing but he refused. oh well. haha. so we kayaked to frog island (a few km off changi coast and back again. ck was paired up w our tai tai and he couldn stop complaining aft e entire thing. apparently he was e engine of e kayak and he appeared so shag. haha. surprisingly, my arm didn ache aft e kayaking trip. was i not trying hard enough? hahaha. poor manfred.
for dinner, we had outdoor cooking. e guys took up e job too. to cook noodles for e girls. we had extra food we bid for, like mashed potatoes, satay chicken blah blah. and we put up a commercial act abt guys being able to breastfeed. nick was such a comical actor! whose idea u may ask, manfred and jon la! aft that we had supper at changi village before we slept at 3 plus am again!
3rd day morning we did diving in a swimming pool at east coast there. they taught us e basics la. like how to put on ur oxygen tank and mask and flippers etc. den have a feel of diving underwater. we even played games in e pool. its quite interesting reallie. den in e aftnoon we had a final telematch before we ended e camp. if there were to be an overall winner, my grp would have won. cos we came in 2nd for almost everything la. grp 3 rocks! i love my grp!! we played alot of stupid games like 'ti-ti-tiu', and 'yee-haw'. for 'yee-haw', e guy came up w a combo to sabo ppl, and we went ard challenging other grps, in e end i think grp 1 did a forfeit cos they lost to us. damn funnie. my grp's signing up for nite biking tog.. im looking fwd to that. =)
wah, wad a long post. and i havent talked abt my SOA camp yet. theres jus too much to talk abt!!
my ASOC camp wasn as fun as SMUX reallie. maybe cos SMUX did more extreme stuff and my grp was more bonded then. not that my ASOC grp was boring and sian. maybe cos a few of us were alr vv shag fr camps previously. but e games were innovative and interesting. i dun rmb all e games, but i can list a few. like captain's ball w guys leg tied to girls' leg. swimming into e pool to retrieve mahjong tiles. girls blindfolded and feeding food to e guys w hands tied up behind their backs. too many station games. 2nd day we did beach games at sentosa. didn do well, won some and lost some too. then we had amazing race. super tiring, cos i rmb we kept running ard catching up w trams and buses. but overall, we had a great time together. e nights were free and easy, so we went to have supper. we all love to eat la! first nite we had roti prata at smwhere which i dunno how to go, and 2nd nite we went to have beancurd at selegie rd. manfred's grp went to club. siao man, so tiring la. haha. initally i suggested watching e lake hse at e cathay, but none of e guys wanna watch. in e end we didn watch movies cos e timing's not right. so we went back to our cosy little 'hut' (actually seminar room 2. smth) and played 'drinking goggles'a nd '3 kings'. dunno why i blur or wad, i ended up losing many times and drinking lotsa alcohol. oh chris provided e vodka and we bought some mixers. theres heineken too. doesn taste good though. i was e first to be knocked out. i slept at 2am, while e rest played until 3 plus. haha.
yep. smu has left a good impression on me. at least for now. haha. i heard smu isn as happening as it appears to be. oh ya, one thing before i forget, everyone loves to do e smu jump. haha. we did it like dunno how many times la, captured on camera. u noe in advertisements, they alwaes feature students jumping like vv happy lydat. ya thats e smu jump.
all in all, i made great frens and i had an enjoyable time spent at e camp. $40 for smux and $25 for ASOC was worth it man. =)
come smu!

2006-07-23T16:38:00.000-07:00

so stressed!! ive got so many things to pack and so little time! everybodys fretting over wad to bring.. aiyo. eating utensils got include plate or not?? stuff like that.. damn stupid la. but anyways its been a long time since ive packed for a camp. quite excited! luckily rol didn bring my backpack to taiwan, if not ill have to find another one. my backpack is like super big la. haha.
i hope i wont be too tired fr smux camp, if not i cant survive for acc camp.
dun miss me hor. weez.

2006-07-22T17:08:00.000-07:00

havent blogged for such a looong time!!
okies, tell ya wad ive been up to these days.
ive jus completed abt 75 hrs of cip over e past week, participating in this racial harmony project - the beach party, a carnival that raises funds for charity. nth to do w e beach though. haha. all 100+ of us were divided into 10 grps and each grp is supposed to come up w a design on e theme racial harmony. den well use sand to form e design and glue it onto acrylic pieces. our grp did a four leaf clover w religious symbols on each of e leaf. a vv nice artpiece!! and we spent days coming up w e idea and executing it. and we also had to do a presentation to e committee showcasing how and why we came up w this idea. i made some frens over e week. for e guys theres joel (ultimate 'smoker'), marcus, zhiwei, weibin (our doraemon), and matthias (my vj senior). for girls, theres me, yuelin, jolyn, evelyn and shirley. of cos our facis are nice, and cute too. serene and serena. serena has got this contagious smile that makes her look so cute. shes e happy go lucky kind. haha.
we call joel e smoker cos he can 'smoke' his way thru things vv well, ie talk abt of crap that smhow makes sense. and weibin is our doraemon cos he carries this bag w all e tools and stationery we need. everything is inside. even tweezers! haha. next time we go for lectures nv bring stationery can borrow fr him.
had alot of fun, even though im damn tired now. jus came home fr republic poly (thats where e event is held). in case u dunno whr RP is, its at woodlands. aiyo. waking so early in e morning and taking bus and train up north is damn tiring la. finally i dun have to go back there again tmr. haha. we spent alot of time chatting, gossiping, playing cards, digging each others secrets. haha. we even talked abt our love lives, our bfs/gfs. like how we got tog, for how long, wad happens, how we feel blah blah. were quite a bonded grp la, hope we still stay in touch aft e project.
dear left for taiwan yesterday and i went to send him off. hes gg for abt 3 wks, gonna miss him.
luckily i have loads of camps to occupy my time. first up on next mon would be smux camp! havent started packing yet. tmr still got tuition!! ah! so many things to do! huitian wanna date me also have to queue. haha.
okies, im starting to stink. gonna bathe.

2006-07-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

it was such an exciting day today!! e day of matriculation!! haha. it got me all hyped up and ready for school! of cos not forgetting e camps i signed up - SMUX, Acc camp and e compulsory freshmen's orientation camp. cant wait!
ok, e entire day started off w jen being late again! haha. weve come up w this plan, everytime we decide to meet at say 10am, ill tell her to meet at 930am, so shell be on time. haha. ok, i shan embarrass yoo here sister.
there were 10 stations altogether and we (me, jen, amelia and yuelin) only managed to complete abt 6 or 7.. i couldn keep track of which station were at now and which one to proceed on, cos theres simply too many other things to rmb and were like rushing fr one venue to e other.
we began w collection of some doc, den went on to make fee payment (tuition fee + optional stats waiver test), den log in to our smu account and settled e computer stuff. station 5 was phototaking and e collection of smu student card. e card that bears your identification and allows access into e university. psst, weishan actually requested to take photo for a 2nd time!! aiyo! hha. we all jus took one shot la. that vain girl. hahaa. next up, for stations 6 & 7, we had to visit OCS' and OSL' booth to look at e various comm service projects (+ sign up), attend volunteerism talk and sign up for our freshmen orientation. we also went ard looking at e diff 'organisations and faculty booths, and smhow they managed to persuade us to sign up for their camps. so in e end im gg for 3 camps. and i signed up for a comm service project abt sm beach party event that will last fr 18/07 to i think 22/07. den fr 24/07-26/07, ill be gg for SMUX camp, where they introduce u to diving, hiking, trekking, kayaking and all that. cool. straight aft that, fr 27-29, ill be having my accountancy sch camp. im still contemplating whether i shld go for biz camp, dats fr 31/07 to 02/08. wah. like no rest at all man. haha. but im looking fwd to all e camps!! wad a way to start campus life! i heard fr my nus and ntu frens.. how come they only have jus one camp?? they dun seem to have loads of activities too. ahhaa.
so all in all, i spent a total of $102 yesterday leh! jus on signing up for camps and registering for my stats test.
despite spending abt 6-7 hrs in smu, we didn complete all e stations as ive mentioned. so weve decided to go back on mon, to collect our student card (sent for encoding), attend library workshops (for better understanding of e usage of e lib), and finally to purchase our notebooks. tablet rather. rmb e one ho wei kang was using last time during his math lectures? ya thats e one. fr fujitsu. yuelin and amelia seem to have a vv bad impression of acer, and they sorta convinced me to go for fujitsu. though it costs alot more. aye, not to worry, ive got notebook grant!! hahaah. today we actually spent abt half an hr looking at e various notebooks and listening to wad e promoters have to say.. e tablet is definitely more useful to us, but theres one thing i like abt one of e acer models.. its small and light. easy to carry ma. but then again, e weight diff isn that substantial la. e acer one is 1.5kg, while e tablet weighs abt 2kg. i shld be strong enough to carry that to sch rite.. haha.
e international trading talk today was not that boring.. dat was e last thing we covered before we left. e trading track is only offered to finance major students, so ill still think abt it. of abt 50 places available, 20 will be awarded scholarships. meaning they get full funding for their biz studey missions (BSM) and tuition fees for final yr. internships of cos. cool eh.
i cant wait to start my volunteering work and camps. oh ya, we even thought of organising our vv own comm service project. tough work, but its gonna be satisfying and loads of fun!! i noe dear will get vv jealous aft reading this post, dun worry yooll get ur chance too, 2 yrs later!!
everybody work hard k! theres so many things i wanna accomplish in smu, take part in all e fun activities, of cos do well in my studies and make it to e dean's list!! and keep my scholarship of cos. i certainly dun wan e sch to terminate my scholarship, in e event that i dun perform well. so yep. 'new sch revolution'! work hard!!! =D

2006-07-11T21:58:00.000-07:00

im embarking on a new project again! haha. i needa use my time more effectively, rather than slacking away my days. i found a slacking partner too! huitian lo!! haha.
okokies. shshsh. i cant tell ya anything abt e project yet, even though i vv much want to!! gotta keep it a secret for now! im prepared to face innumerable failures before success, and im not sure whether i have e perseverance to last it through. i mean i have never tried it before, and i believe ill make a mess out of it. but im willing to try and make mistakes! haha. hopefully i wont vent my frustrations when i fail. *chuckles*
even my mum was sceptical when i told her abt my plans. hai. why cant she have some confidence in me??
wish me luck!!
agenda for tmr:
1) tidy my table
2) continue reading my digital fortress (4th dan brown book alr!)
that should take up e whole afternoon i suppose.. heehee.
3) finally, watch tv!!
i kept pondering over why im getting bored at home.. i finally got it. ivy's away in hk, kexin went aust. shuping is working non stop. dear is stuck in camp. only jen and huitian are free to entertain me. haha. but i cant go out all e time cos gg out = $ spent.
rmb i saed i wanna curb my spending habits? im trying to spend keep it to $20 a week (excluding weekends though). ive got plans for weekends dun worry. ill get dear to reimburse me. HAHAHA.

2006-07-10T13:55:00.001-07:00

italy won e world cup!! yay!
france had put up a good fight, they practically dominated e 2nd half and e extra time. but italy managed to hold on until penalties. me and my sis were laughing at barthez, we thought he wouldn be able to make any saves at e penalty shootout. indeed. haha. hes too short compared to buffon. e italian defence was formidable. cool.
and not to mention e italian captain, cannavaro. hes cool, way too cool.
france could have made a comeback. if not for zidane's dismissal. i dun understand how he could leave his team hanging like that.. apparently he hit his head against that what's-his-name's chest aft that guy tried to block him.. e refs didn notice that until e italians made a big hoo-ha. i saw buffon gg up to one of e officials to complain, and reprimanding him, as if saying 'dun yoo have eyes to see??' haha. so zidane was sent off. of cos he couldn take e penalty. henry too cos he was substituted. and trezeguet missed e penalty shot, e ball hit e crossbar, den onto e ground but didn cross e line. so france lost to italy 3-5. hai.
nonetheless, it was an exciting match. im happy that italy won too! though it shouldve been brazil in e finals. im sure brazil's gonna make a comeback. yep. im sure of it.
youthlink in e straits times today talked abt university admissions for our batch. i didn feel nervous or anything prior to reading e section. but apparently some students are worried abt not fitting in and adapting well to e culture. and of cos making new frens. now im getting a bit worried too. haha. i definitely dun wan to be outcasted. maintaining self discipline is vv impt, esp those staying at hostel. if yoore e kind that loves party and hang out w frens til late at nite, u better haf some self control. home's still e best for me. =)
im fretting over whether i should apply for concession for mrt/bus/both. i feel like taking mrt to go to sch instead of bus (i prefer e convenience). of cos there are buses to smu fr my home, like 133 and 147. but inclusive of e waiting time e entire journey could take 45 mins. its not long compared to gg to vj or work in e past. but its just.. haha. im lazy la can. but e mrt concession only entitles me to 4 rides per day. why isnt it unlimited har.. im so thankful i live jus next to sgoon mrt.

2006-07-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

my BMI is 18.04. haha. and i dun have low blood pressure!! yay!
so fun doing e medical check up. were e only weird ones so excited to go for our checkup.
i finally bought my jacket!! yeppie. its e same design as e one i wanted, but diff colour. cos they're clearing stock now, they no longer have e red white one. instead i bought e blue white one. though its of a older model, but i think it looks nicer than e present season ones. and i bought it at 30% off its original price! dun ask me where i got such a good deal. im not gg to tell ya. haha. hmm. okies, beg me and maybe ill tell ya. ;)
ive decided to join e aikido club in smu. same as jen!! we think alike man. haha. gonna be fun!! im gg to keep myself vv busy w loads of activities, join this join that. aft all this is e only time i can enjoy myself before starting to work.
later gg ron's hse to watch soccer. ooh la la.

2006-07-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

im gg for medical checkup at raffles hospital tmr w jen. e one at bugis. at 10am. hope she wont be late. haha. why must it be private hospital.. and smu even gave me e wrong phone no to call. i tried calling 6311 1130 (provided by smu), but nobody picked up e phone.. so i went to check e yellow pages, and found out that e correct no should be 6311 1111. big diff u noe! wads more, theres no such no in e yellow pages. tsk.
i received an email fr smu, informing me of this upcoming biz briefing on a new 'trade track' for biz students majoring in finance. if i specialise in that, i get to go for biz study mission overseas to visit those oil companies blah blah. damn cool la i think. if i can ill take it up.
france won portugal 1-0. zidane's penalty kick won france a place in e finals. though i support france, i thought portugal played quite well too. they had greater possession of e ball, but they wasted their chances to score. ok la. doesn make a diff to me. italy and france, u both can fight it all out.
im quite interested in e dance classes that fq was talking abt.. but i realise i needa get my student card first before i can qualify for e promotions.. haha. so gotta wait quite a while first. maybe by then i would have lost interest.. ;)
it's not that hard to stop thinking abt smth or smone actually. jus keep urself busy. no wonder in drama serials, e broken hearted will always immerse himself in work to keep out 'unnecessary disturbance'. haha.

2006-07-06T13:59:00.000-07:00

grow up belinda! stop acting like a small little girl! things cant go your way all e time. when it's time to let go, let go.

2006-07-05T15:44:00.000-07:00

this is my new blogskin!! nice? hehe. pretty eh. i esp like e logo, design rather of e 'crown'. it looks classy, cool and majestic, doesn it? and e sentence that says 'Each and everyone of us is a Queen'. how aptly written.. we should have confidence in ourselves, esp women of this age. we are all Queens!!
it's a new skin in conjunction to a new me. yeah. not that i dun like e old me and e old skin, but we need change!! e only permanent thing in e world is change. im still thinking of how to improvise it.. and thanks alot to my sis who came home in e nick of time and saved e day. i was struggling to set up this new skin, making e words fit in e box and all. and she did it all in a matter of 5 mins? no wonder she spends all her time in front of e com.

2006-07-05T13:46:00.000-07:00

world cup news:
haha. italy won germany, 2-0!! yoohoo! not that im a huge italy fan, but smhow i support e underdogs (w e exception of brazil of cos). e italians scored 2 goals in e last 2 min of extra time. wad perfect timing. i didn hear e referee blow e whistle signalling e end of e game (maybe he did) cos e goals were too last min.. italians had quite a few shots on target, but either hit e pole or e crossbar. i thought they didn have luck. but i guess lady luck still favoured them to e germans. poor germany. try again next time. haha.
well yesterday i finally went to colour my hair! yay!! haha. jen accompanied me and watched me cut and dye my hair. she enjoyed it.. weird girl. anw, so now my hair is entirely brown, matt blonde and light blonde? i think its golden brown. a bit too much, but still nice la. hahhaa. and my hair is even shorter now, though e style is e same. my hair was alr so short, can u imagine cutting it even shorter.. but all in all, im happy w my new look. i feel refreshed! all thanks to elly, my stylist!
dun worry, im still me. yooll still be able to recognise me. haha. =D
it's time to really start saving. or maybe i should turn to my alternative source of income.. DEAR! money pls.
haha.

2006-07-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

im now on my 3rd dan brown book - deception point. thanks to ivy's recommendation. to jen: yoore slow!! bet yoore still stuck at harry potter. haha.
happie bday daddy!!!

2006-07-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

i cant believe brazil lost to france. we were all in shock as henry scored france's first and only goal. it secured them a place in e semis and kicked brazil out. so disappointing and upsetting for e defending champions. they were trying hard to retaliate aft conceding one goal, but to no avail. e french were closing in too fast on them and they simply have no room to manoevre. wad happened to world no 1 team?
my kaka is gone.. ARGH!
we all thought brazil would make it to e finals.. didn expect france to improve so much in a few matches. but they were reallie good. they seem to appear everywhere, w good coordination, good passes and skills. brazil jus weren good enough.
portugal vs england was kinda boring too. portugal won on penalties. HAHA. and rooney was sent off!! shiok ah! even though e guys saed rooney didn deserve a red card, i thought so too. but who cares, as long as its in portugal's favour. haha. i almost got a heart attack fr e penalties. stupid guy who invented e penalties.
now e top 4: germany vs italy. portugal vs france.
no argentina, no brazil.
wad is e world coming to? i hope finals will be between germany and france. not that im changing sides now, but i hope france can win. haha.
my kaka is gone.. =(