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Graduation and trip to Sentosa

2008-07-22T20:45:00.005+08:00

haha ok.. i'm like so flooded with work i haven't got the time to update my blog =X
anyway, i'm still overflooded with work.. but i'll upload some pics ^_^

family grad pic :)

grad pic with my USP advisor, Prof Peter Pang, Dir of USP! ^_^

There were 2 graduation/commencement/convocation ceremonies that I could attend.. I was with my home faculty, Science fac.. But in the end I went for the University Scholar's Programme, aka USP ceremony. Yes, it was the image thing haha... Feels good to grad as a scholar =X It was an evening ceremony so many of the pics are like in the night scene lol... These are the 2 better pics around =X

Romantic trip to Sentosa

Just took some leave to relax a little with my bf.. b4 I burn out.. (and yes.. work is piling up with every second I relax =X )

Took the glass bottom cable car to Sentosa.. Even though it's so much more ex than taking the bus or express tram, it was a nice experience.. no doubt romantic too =p

some cute worm fish at underwater world =p

my bf so cute... so fixated at getting a good shot with one hand he forgot to smile haha..

i took this pic! ^_^

i wonder if the crab wanted to eat my bf or the other way round =X

ok, alvin has conquered the saw tooth shark!! O_O

this is a pretty dark pic, but i thought that alvin's "cool" face was pretty goofy haha =X

pink dolphin in the air! =)

MAY DAY!

2008-05-02T16:25:00.008+08:00

Happy May Day all.. bks Labour Day ;P

Stole some pics from my bf's sis blog haha.. thought that I should put them up my blog too ^_^

Went to Mirama hotel to enjoy a nice buffet... Treat from my dear bf for getting his bonus recently :)

So funny, my blur bf as usual, can remember all the details... but with a twist..
Instead of Mirama, he thought the restaurant was Furama hotel haha.. ended up we almost lost our way =X

Orient Ocean Restaurant

Some of the dishes we ordered.. BUFFET FEAST!!

My bf's cute sisters :P

my bf's funky parents haha

Me & bf Alvin.. ^_^

All funky peeps haha..

And what did I just say?

After that, we went back to his house to watch movies... His family subscribe to DVD rentals so can get 3 new DVDs to watch per week.. super shiok! haha..
Watched American Gangsters.. didn't know what the story was about initially, but turned out pretty interesting as the story built up :)

S-POP gala & robber

2008-03-30T12:22:00.003+08:00

Sounds like the 2 items in the title are linked but they are not actually haha.. Anyway just wanted to blog about these 2 events last week.

Last Thu (day b4 good friday) on my way back home back from work, I was walking back from the mrt station to my block. I didn't notice anything amiss along the way till I reached the void deck of my block. I noticed that there was this man following me behind who was about 50m away from me. So when I reached near the lift of my block I contemplated whether to take the stairs or take the lift. There were 2 other men near the lift. 1 man was in office suit waiting for the lift, most probably a resident in my block since he was sifting through his mail. The other man was just loitering there, with tattoos all over his arm..

Feeling a little scared to wait for lift with 2 "suspicious" men near, I decided to take the stairs since I had no confidence that the office guy would be able to handle 2 big men..

Sure enough, the man that was tailing me followed me up the stairs. Just when I went up one flight of stairs, the man tailing me reached the stairs too.. I turned back to look and saw that his eyes were fixed on me. I continued up the stairs and noticed that the man hastened his speed... I followed suit..

I made it such that I kept to his pace, keeping him at 1 flight of stairs distance from me.. The faster he went, the faster I went up as well... by the time I reached the 2nd and half floor, I was scared stiff and ran up the rest of the stairs to my house... He didn't follow me to my apartment, but I was very sure he most prob loitered near the stairs for a while as I couldn't hear his footsteps anymore.. (I could hear him climb up the stairs when I was going up myself, but couldn't hear it once I reached my floor)..

I was pretty sure that that guy had something up his sleeves for me.. He looked like a PRC odd job labourer.. If one ponders about it, would a friendly neighbour follow me up a flight of stairs with eyes fixated on me (obviously exposing intent to rob) and increasing pace to catch up with me? I bet he knew that he lost me when I reached my floor as it would definitely not be a good idea to rob me in the open where my neighbours could see..

It was really scary.. My fiance now tries to send me back home to my doorstep for my safety but I dun really want that everyday since it is really inconvenient for him.. I try to check my surrounding more thoroughly nowadays to make sure that there are no suspicious people near me when I'm on my way back.. >.<

S-POP gala.. Went for the show last Saturday.. Got the complementary tickets from my bro hehe.. Can't even remember when was the last time I went to the indoor stadium haha.. I actually had loads of work to do.. (actually I still have a lot of work piled up now rofl) but I felt that it was a concert that I should attend just to wind down a little.. listen to some local music =p

It was a good idea... they gave free goodie bags to all who attended hahahaha... ok I'm cheapo.. but it's a free full-sized bottle of shampoo and coffee packets :) I tried it.. it feels pretty good, but not too sure if it's really good for my hair.. nowadays getting influenced by all the organic/naturals hype.. dun really want cancer-causing chemicals in the products I use rofl.. oh well.. after I finish the free shampoo then I'll go get my organic shampoo lar haha.. buy those without sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) products! ^_^

blog..

2008-02-25T23:07:00.002+08:00

omg.. who's still reading my blog? haha... it's so stagnant it's growing spider web =X
i've been so busy with work, i haven't had time to blog at all!!
for those loyal ones, wait till i settle in in my work first ya? too busy working, then shopping, then sleeping haha...
work is stressful, but enriching and fulfiling ^_^

anyway, for those who's korean drama addict like me, watch My Girl! *swoon* haha..

and those who miss me.... ASK ME OUT SHOPPING!! raffles city is the best la, since i work there =p or just simply ask me out for lunch too! :)

happy 3 year anniversary ^_^

2007-12-25T15:17:00.000+08:00

It was all planned!! all planned~~~! yet i still got surprised =X 22nd Dec was my 3rd anniversary with my dear.. we got the stone, we knew it was coming.. yet i actually didn't see it coming....

we met up for lunch at a mysterious place.. asked him to plan that =p he had to force me to get out of the house and stand by the roadside b4 he would tell me where i should tell the cab to bring me lol.. it was a nice place.. sitting in a glass restaurant looking out to nature with beautiful orchids and other flowers, and with a beautiful magenta rose in my hand ^_^ YES! MY FIRST ROSE IN MY LIFE!! haha.. always didn't want flowers cos i think it's a waste of $$, he didn't need to give me flowers to make me love him.. but.. i'm still a girl la, receiving flowers on such an occasion, i guess was real romantic =)

my 1st rose~ this was taken on 23rd, so the petals already started to blossom hehe~

the food was really good~ all my fav! hehe.. starter was crab meat with salmon sashimi~ soup was wild mushroom~ main course was... LOBSTER!! =P and dessert was mango pudding with a blueberry, strawberry and an orchid petal haha.. the flower tastes really good!! seriously "hua chi~" hahaha..

my crabby starter~ XD

Our lobster~ yum!

we didn't take the pics of the rest of the dishes cos we kinda gobbled them down b4 realizing what we'd done =X hahaha... anw.. i kinda knew that i had a present coming.. searched high n low for it and found it hidden below the table hahaha.. sorry dear T_T exposed u!! XD i was so excited.. i wanted to open the present first b4 going down to the shop to collect the "stone".. it was a huge sliver box.. he wanted to take out the present for me but i said i wanted to open it myself.. so he plompped the box onto the table.. my guess was that it was a big fluffy soft toy haha.. i just opened it ever so slightly to peek into it at the top, half-expecting to see something furry.. i frowned at seeing an empty top and just took off the lid wholesale to look inside.. that was when i didn't know what overcame me and tears started welling up my eyes... i mean... it was just A PIECE OF PAPER!! but it meant so much to me.. and everything else together with it in that box just made it all so special..

my gift~

sorry.. i just took this pic a min ago.. so the flowers have already started to dry.. the figurine was just soooooooo sweet! the pink rose petals melts my heart.. and the scent he added in the box was simply irresistible~ (his perfume XD) the jewelery box was extremely pretty too~ ^_^ but i just loved that piece of paper =p

i was so blur.. and my eyes so wet that i didn't even know (or see) what that small black box was.. rofl... i thought we were supposed to go collect the stone together after lunch! >.< and he proposed.. darn!! all the tricks i had planned up my sleeve were washed away with the tears and i just gave him my hand =X so much for planning haha.. =p i was tearing so bad i wasn't even sure if anyone was looking =X

the rest of my day was.. .:~HEAVEN~:.

New life! good and bad~

2007-12-16T13:04:00.001+08:00

I feel so blessed to be where I am right now!! My colleagues are real nice, my job scope is fantastic, my job location is.. erm.. sinful! lol.. think i'll end up shopping everyday once i settle down and have more time haha.. Really love my job~~ Lots of things to learn now, but happy to learn =p yesterday was real hectic, rushing everywhere to meet clients, but it was good exposure for me. and i'm real glad that my expertise in BMS can be put in use even though i'm in the food sector, thanks to the blur and convergence of these 2 industries in recent times ^_^ life is so exciting for me right now, i'm glad i started early so that I have more time to settle in.

called the police like 4 times yesterday.. 2-3 times a few days b4.. my neighbour downstairs has been a real nuisance.. for the past 2 months, they have been playing mahjong almost everyday 24hrs a day.. i may be speculating, but i'm pretty sure they opened an illegal gambling den.. who in the world can play mahjong everyday and don't sleep for leisure?? i think i'm very sway, cos it just so happens that I am the most affected. they stay on the 2nd floor while i stay on the third, they play in the middle room directly below mine such that the noise and smoke will only reach me but not their neighbours on both sides.. i'm still quite ok with the mahjong noise, but the smoke that they create is crazy! the PSI in my room can be about 500 i think.. danger zone with fog so high i can't see my table =X k la, exaggerating lol.. but i really can't take it!! force me to sleep in aircon every night T_T

after calling the police last night, they came down to talk to them.. on the surface, they said ok, they will stop, but they didn't.. in fact, they kinda tried to get back at me by playing even louder and smoke even more! so much more that my mum outside could smell it!! i tried calling the police again lar, but dunno whether they came down again to talk to them.. anyway, it didn't work.. up till now they r still playing.. 24hrs already =X now they play mahjong, smoke like mad, and now that it's in the day, they even play loud karaoke too... what nice neighbours..... bleh!!

their house is actually quite eerie too.. they are the only house that has all kinds of weird deco.. the front door hangs 2 big red lanterns and big red cloths.. like some kind of chinese cult.. my mum say she often see weird packages outside their door and suspects that they deal in voodoo... ewwwww.... i better be careful! >.<

Graduation trip!

2007-12-09T12:18:00.000+08:00

My graduation trip to Phuket, Thailand is the most memorable and amazing trip i've had ^_^ we were supposed to go on a 3 day 2 night tour from 4th to 6th Dec, but becos last min my meeting was canceled so I ended up not needing to rush back on friday. Our flight was delayed for like 2hrs when we went there, so our 1st day was kinda wasted. But Shamir helped us to extend our return flight to friday night so we had another whole day to roam!! haha.. so we came back on 7th night instead XD it was like a double honeymoon date for us haha.. everyone thought that we 2 couples were married hahahaha..

me and my darling~ ^_^

me, alvin, shamir, syahida at james bond island

on the first day, by the time we reached our hotel in phuket it was already around like 10+pm haha.. lucky for us, there was a tour agent just beside our hotel which gave really good rates and discounts compared to those offered by our hotel itself haha.. so we picked to go phi phi island on the next day!! we were all crazy about phi phi island as that was where "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed =p and also because of the well known Maya Bay which had really clear beautiful water ^_^ The full day tour brought us out to the different phi phi islands, phi phi don and phi phi lay by speed boats that were small enough to bring us to many different spots. We snorkeled at Loh Samah Bay, and visited the Khai island, Viking Cave, monkey beach and Phi leh cove filled with limestone cliffs. In the evening, we also walked around our hotel to shop around at Kata beach (which we though we walked to patong beach which was much further away haha)

on the third day, we went for the james bond tour which included sea canoe all around phang nga bay. we were taken by ferry to phang nga bay from Laem Sai pier and visited the bat cave on Panak island and the lagoons at Koh island. When we reached there, each couple were assigned a paddle man who paddled us on canoes to sightsee all the islands. The bat cave was amazing! all the bats were sleeping in the cave hanging upside down while we shone torches at them as it was pitch dark inside haha.. The lagoon was the most mesmerizing place i've ever laid my eyes on.. i suddenly felt like i was in the ancient chinese movies where everyone knew martial arts.. those cliffs looked like those on tv where the actors would fly here and there wahahaha... after that, we went to james bond island (aka Khao Tapu) where the movie "The man with the golden gun" was filmed to take pictures, went back on our boat for a sumptuous lunch and ferried to Lawa island where we had a nice nap on the beach~. we actually also had fun seeing many crabs which dug holes in the sand and spitted round sand particles around their nests hehe..

shamir and gf made friends with the driver who drove us to the pier from the hotel and managed to get him to bring us around on our way back from the tour and on our last day in phuket. He was really really nice and brought us to the best places to eat and shop!! gosh, I loved it!! after the james bond tour, the driver brought us to a cheap muslim restaurant to eat and to patong beach to shop around~ so kewl~ hehe..

On the last day with the guidance of the driver, we had a chance to go eat live seafood where we picked our own tiger prawns and grouper fish to eat out beside the beach! and they were really really REALLY delicious~~ yumm!!! Our driver also brought us to see the pearl factory where it was much cheaper than most shops, to the Cashew nut factory that was also much cheaper than outside, to the elephant and snake show tours, to their local shopping place which was frequented by locals (NOT TOURISTS!!) that sold cheap clothes and accessories and finally to his house where he introduced us to his family and cat hehe.. Got a chance to see how they live in their kampungs, making rubber to sell and growing their own fruit trees. We also got to see his villagers practising Muay Thai, or Thai boxing and see how they train. It was a tour that most people can never get to see with all the commercialized destinations. And after that he drove us to the airport where we finally had to bid farewell to this great holiday. I was sad it had to end, but really happy with the whole trip. ^_^

Student NO MORE~

2007-11-30T16:55:00.000+08:00

From today onwards, I am officially not a student anymore! Finally, after 23 years of my life, my occupation is not a student! haha.. While most people think that studying is the best job that one can have, right now for me it's really a time for me to take a break from that. yesterday right after my last paper, i went down to CitiSpa to get myself a destress treatment~ Got myself a free coupon while i was shopping at Suntec City last month hehe.. My first SPA experience!!! so exciting haha.. Got myself a relaxing backscrub massage and a hydromassage steam bath. Was a little shy doing spa haha, but there's always a first time for everything! =p

I'm really excited to start work, especially when it's something i'm really interested and passionate about! FOOD! hahahahaa.. PLUSS... it's such an elite job muahahaha.. 3 rounds interview + on the spot essay test + presentation to top management + personality test + competition with a flood of other 1st class honours top students k!! haha.. And although i have not met my colleagues, I have a feeling I'm gonna be really happy with them. ALL GIRLS team hehe.. loads of things to do together =p btw, I'll be working at raffles city. anyone around town can always call me out for lunch ya? donuts from donut factory anyone? ^_^

But for now, it's time to do some charity!! Anyone wants my notes/texts?? Just email/sms/msn me! Oh, my new colleague is looking for a tuition teacher to teach Sec 3 A.Math. Anyone keen to take up the job and earn some cash? ^_^ She stays in the East, Old Airport road, so either you don't mind traveling or stay in the east then take up the job la. Start in March 2008.

Ok, now I need to start packing up for my graduation trip to Phuket next week!! More spas!! Hehe, time to chill~

Gals night out!!

2007-11-24T14:10:00.000+08:00

Met up with my gal pals Geraldine and Michelle yesterday! Haven't seen them for so long, good to keep in touch! ^_^ We met up for dinner yesterday but becos it was a friday evening, everywhere was so crowded!! we went to so many places but all had super long queues lah!! In the end, we went to Isetan Scotts and saw that TCC that was almost hidden at the 2nd level had no queue at all! lucky us =p The food was really good.. i ordered an EXTRA SPICY seafood Aglio Olio and a Matcha milkshake! super yummy ^_^ Geri had only like a salad cos she was going clubbing later that evening and didn't want to eat too much.. Mich.... she super sweet tooth la.. all meals r desserts for her haha.. the last time i met her at cafe cartel she had waffle ice cream for lunch while i had like a huge steak rofl.. this time she had only a tiny choc cake for dinner!! lol.. guess as usual i'm the biggest eater haha..

So amazing.. they have already been in the workforce for 1.5 years yet i'm still a student! haha.. oh well, just 1 more week and I'm no longer a student muahahaha... Only 2 exam papers for this sem so quite relaxed now ahaha..

YAY!! Finally... managed to get my grad trip approved!! muahaha... lucky got shamir and gf =p now 4 of us gonna plan for a Phuket trip! yayayayayay~! =D didnt sleep much last night planning our trip with sham.. we damn pro road trip in the states liao, got everything pretty much settled in a few hours haha.. XD but just the raw details la.. still need more research.. mebbe when i'm done studying later hehe..

So excited~

Doctors

2007-11-12T18:42:00.000+08:00

I was just reading an article on misdiagnosis by doctors on women which suddenly reminded me of my experience last week when i went for my pre-employment medical check-up at Raffles Medical Group. I was there at 4pm and did some routine tests like x-ray, eye sight etc. before i was finally ushered to the consultation room lobby with the rest of the patients. i think that time about 4 plus already and i started to wait... and wait... and wait... about half an hour went by and only about 2 patients were seen by about the 4 doctors who were in... by the time it hit 5.30pm sharp, i saw that the clinic was closing and they started to switch off the lights at certain parts that were not in use... and suddenly.. wow.. a big frenzy.. a doctor could see about 2 patients in 1min... i'm serious.. there were like 15+ patients waiting there... and they suddenly just keep going in and out in less than a minute.. i was timing lol...

suddenly it made me wonder the quality of patient care that we have... were those doctors trying to wait for the other doctors to see the patients? like, they don't get higher pay if they see more patients right?? so if it doesn't benefit them then they can just do it as slow as possible... until when they have to see all the patients before they can go home do they really try to clear the crowd.. at the expense of?? patients! all that the doctors want is to go home, would they be really serious about treating the patient properly??

my own examination took less than a min too >.< i felt lucky that mine was just a check-up.. i wouldn't want to visit that clinic if i were sick =X

Monday breeze~

2007-11-12T14:16:00.000+08:00

Finally submitted my thesis today! A big load off my chest already~ It feels like I'm already done with school although I still have like 1 more end term test and 2 exam papers lol... Actually I think I have been taking things real easy nowadays since i got my job haha.. Finished my thesis on fri then had been relaxing quite a bit this weekend.. went out the whole day with dear yesterday somemore haha..

Yesterday was kinda a real different day.. Feel like a whole new me altogether.. Peeling away from school, on my way to the working world, on my way to my own family.. Wait, don't get me wrong haha.. I'm not starting a family.. yet.. hahaha.. but soon =p still counting down ^_^

Decided to do something different yesterday, partly because of the advertising by CLEO to go Central(c) at Clark Quay to shop.. away from the usual orchard invasion =X Felt that we could go there n take a look and also can go pat tor along the river =p Being such a shopaholic that i am, i was usually the one leading the way in orchard's malls.. but this time since this was the first time that we both went to, we had an interesting exploration of the whole mall! had my dear leading me the way to prevent me from shouting "Help help! I'm lost!" hahaha..

anyway.. the shopping trip was one of the best ones i've had in my life.. it was just innocent shopping that we had in mind at first till my dear pulled me into that shop and bought me that stone =X ok, that was actually the first shop and it changed the whole outing haha.. it was the best we'd seen and at half the price! now we know not to buy from branded stores that make us pay for their advertising ahaha.. it's quality that counts, not amount of advertisements =p bought it a month early, but that's totally fine with me XD

then later on, it was my dear that caught sight of something he liked so much!! 3 years together, this is the first time i've seen him liking something so much (other than me of cos =X), so i bought him that pendant =D bought it a month early, but that's totally fine with me XD too =p by this time, both of us were already floating.. in lala land haha..

we decided to go hunt for some dinner and in already such a dreamy state, we still fortuitously landed ourselves in a famous bak kut teh stall.. song fa bak kut teh.. mmmmmm.. simply fantastic~ XD in sum, i guess this is one of my best days ever! ^_^

although my hopes for a graduation trip was burst, i was already prepared for it.. in fact i almost wanted to start work the day after my exams paper =X but whatever it is, i'm very positive of our future, and that's what matters most =)

SLEEP!

2007-10-30T22:15:00.000+08:00

Sometimes i wonder why... why i need so much sleep.. but now i think i should actually sleep as little as possible haha... seems that the reason why i'm always so blur is because i sleep too much? =X haven't had the chance to sleep much since the Novartis biocamp.. and didn't sleep the whole night last night to rush through a presentation and today the whole day i've never been more clear minded and performed so much better than usual.. or rather, i've performed so well i exceeded so many other incredible people around me! i'm proud of myself and i've finally succeeded!!

haha ok.. i got a job already!! yay!!! finally after so much hard work, it paid off ^_^ but.. i think i really need to sleep now.. it's 40hrs of no shut eye for me already =X

SLEEP! i wan sweet dreams~

**Nightmare for my fyp now T_T

Novartis International Biotechnology Leadership Camp 2007

2007-10-19T17:21:00.001+08:00

Was one of the 2 selected in Singapore to attend this camp organized by Novartis. The other person who got chosen was Ivan, who happened to be taking the same classes as me haha.. I didn't even know who he was until after this =p It was a 3 day camp in Tokyo, Japan, but it cost us 5 days in total because of the time needed to fly there and also because we extended a day hehe..

The camp was really tiring.. First of all, the flight was a night flight from midnight to 7am in the morning.. and i didnt get a wink of sleep on my way there cos the seats were so uncomfortable.. perhaps they should sponsor us first class seats? hehe.. jokin =p anyway, being so tired already, the camp itself was really intensive.. because after the talks in the morning, the afternoon was spent working on a business plan with participants from other countries. It was a really great cultural exchange and I was really impressed by most people there. All of the participants were really passionate and ended up working on our business plans throughout the 3 days, and i guess in the end all of us didnt sleep during the whole camp! haha..

On one of the nights, it was actually a free activities night and Novartis actually gave each team some $$ to go out for dinner!! I was very fortunate to be in the group that decided to go try Shabu Shabu!!! yum~~~~ It's like steamboat, just much much better hehehehe.. The meat was so fresh and I couldn't stop eating until I was totally stuffed haha.. Buffet ma >.<

Was really happy to meet people like Takeshi, who impressed all of us with his wisdoms, Allen, Shiho, Olan, Tetsu, Therese, Carla, Quaiser and Emily who was my very very sweet roommate :)

The extended day, me and Ivan decided to book a cheaper hotel and somewhere out of the city so as to get a real taste of traditional Japan. We went to Narita City. Got to visit the Naritasan temple and all the shops around there.. And we got to try some local delights! Some of them includes authentic Takopochi!! haha.. Tastes great ^_^

Ivan, Me & BioCamp poster =p

This pic was actually taken during the cultural night dinner where all the participants from different countries were required to come up with a cultural performance representing our country. Me and Ivan came up with a Wayang Kulit show and thanks to him and his very capable girlfriend, we made a very interesting show that won us 3rd prize haha XD

At the academy hills in Mori Towers (Fuji mt. can be seen somewhere in the clouds haha..)

Our conferences were actually held at this Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills at the 49th floor. Thus we got to see a beautiful view of Tokyo, and even Mount Fuji far away. Only the tip could be seen in the clouds though haha..

my teammates, the Catasol group! ^_^

Our amazing team!! Glad i was with them :)

A talk by Nobel Laurette, Robert Horvitz!!

Oh yeah!! I got to meet with a Nobel Prize Winner!!! :D He was really inspiring, I like him ^_^ I like the way he emphasizes the importance of support and encouragement from family :)

Another pic of Catasol!! =p

We are a fun loving group hehe..

Shabu Shabu!!! Yummiest dinner I've had ^_^

Me and Therese, Tokyo tower behind us

Naritasan Shinshoji temple

Trying some local delights~

Decided to put Ivan's big mouth instead of mine =X lol..

Witness to a horrific event -- Case of the sleeping SMRT employees

2007-09-29T14:59:00.000+08:00

On my way back from school today, I took the mrt from bouna vista heading towards jurong east as usual. when it reached clementi mrt station, a family tried to board the train near where i was standing. from my view, i only saw this little boy who came into the train first, and then he tried to pull the pram that his mother was pushing in. only a few seconds after the door opened, the alarm sound for the closing door had already started.

usually when this happens i won't really think much of it, as i had always assumed that the door would only close when all the passengers have cleared away from the door. my assumptions are not without basis.. sometimes even after the alarm sound has ended but because of the huge crowd that's still trying to get in, the door would not close until they are in. and sometimes even if the door does try to close in on the incoming passengers before they are all in, the door would open again..

ok, back to where i left off just now.. the little boy was trying to pull the pram in when the alarm sounded, but the pram got a little stuck at the gap between the platform of the station and the train and caused them to take a like 2 seconds before they could unjam it and enter the train. by that time, the alarm had finished sounding and the door started closing, but only the front two wheels of the pram had entered the train. in a move not to crush the pram, the mother pulled the pram out and the door closed in between them, separating the boy from his mother. i was half expecting that the door to open again as it usually would because other than that family, there were still a couple of passengers who hadn't gotten in. but i was so wrong..

the next few moments were really like a blur because the moment the door closed, the train had started moving already (unlike most time where there would be at least a 1 to 2 seconds buffer after the door closes b4 the train starts to move). the boy panicked and started banging on the door and screaming and crying, and the mother too tried to wave frantically to the train driver at the front to stop the train. but neither the train driver nor the dozens of security cameras surveying the train platform saw the mother's desperate cries and waving. the train never looked back and continued its way to the next station. because the thing happened so fast b4 i could even react, i didnt think of taking a pic to send to stomp. my first instinct was actually to press the emergency button but i was too far away.

a couple of friendly commuters went up to the crying boy to pacify him and another old man who was standing at the door had his hand on the emergency button. i thought he was going to talk to the driver, but he decided not to in the end.. luckily i wasn't standing at his position as i was already mortified by the whole incident and was ready to give the train driver an earful from me.

after i went home, i told my mum about the incident and almost started quarreling with her because she insisted that it was solely the mother's fault. she told me that the mrt drivers will not be able to see the passengers and so commuters should rely on the alarm sound and enter the train before it ends. i see her point and agree that she has some valid points, but i definitely hope that this is really not the case!! if that is true, it would mean that none of these SMRT officials actually do care about whether passengers do get in n out of the train at all, all they do is open door, close door, start train, and stop train at fixed intervals.. and this would just spell the serious shortcomings of the public transportation in singapore and definitely require some critical review of the safety policies they have in place. otherwise i would just opt for full automation.... -.-"

on the other hand, i do seriously hope that this was an isolated event with a few unalert SMRT personnels to be held responsible, or else this would just mean much danger for elderly and disabled who are slow in getting onto or alighting the train. in addition, it would also mean more frustrating mrt experience for everyone as everyone frantically tries to board or alight before the alarm sound ends.

did i mention that the alarm often starts sounding a second after the door opens?

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I have already taken down the time of the incident (1.40pm), the train number (2226) and the door number (B2) for the train heading towards Jurong east from clementi. I'd like to do a poll here on what you all think i should do:

A: just keep this as a blog post
B: write a complaint to SMRT
C: write to STOMP in the straits times or broadcast media
D: all of the above

Give me some feedback! =p

Chestnutties "foursome" lunch

2007-09-24T12:12:00.000+08:00

Haha, don't get me wrong like weijia did.. I meant it in an innocent way cos gatherings are almost always just the four of us!! But i guess 4 is a good number.. just nice the number of seats of a normal table, and it's more of a crowd than just 2, and an even number for chats ^_^

We met up for lunch on friday at biz canteen.. seems like that's the time when all of us are free! And i agree with pacey.. biz canteen is definitely one of the better canteens in school.. Sci canteen is boring, the newly revamped arts canteen is horrible, engin canteen gets overcrowded due to the arts ppl switching there to eat instead and that leaves us with biz canteen haha.. biz canteen also has one of the more exotic food choices.. with middle eastern food, Vietnamese food, china chinese food on top of the usual variety. With pacey around, the viet food is the best choice since he can recommend us all the best dishes that they have ^_^ i ordered the beef pho as usual, but also added a lot of extra chilli powder haha.. yum~~~ =D

unfortunately, all of us forgot to bring our cams.. and pacey didn't want to bring his bulky cyclops so we ended up taking the pic with adrian's phone camera lol..

The Chestnutties "foursome" =p

it's great getting back together and see how each of us are doing.. although the results show that none of us have changed.. weijia's still as smart as usual.. ditto to pacey's comment, weijia's getting overqualified for most guys =X too tall, too smart, too pretty =p adrian's still obssessed with mugging and girls, and still gaining muscle mass XD pacey's still amazing us with all his new creations like his home made tee with his own logo that he painted and all his blunt yet true remarks haha.. as for me, i'm still the cute little chilli padi crazy over my darling.. right?? wahahahaha.. kk fine.. thick skin too =X

School on sunday

2007-09-16T16:48:00.000+08:00

gee.. why did i go to school on sunday?? cos i have LAB!! awtz lol.. that's what FYP is all about.. u're controlled by the demands of the experiments u do haha.. oh well.. anyway, i finally got my EZ link card activated and went to buy the concession pass just now.. guess i'm too used to hall life.. never did realize that me staying at home and traveling to school everyday would cost so much!! i top up $20 about twice a week -.-" now with my mrt concession, i can have up to 4 mrt rides a day for $45 a month! ^_^

i only bought the mrt concession cos the bus concession is totally not worth it.. cost $52 and i only take bus 95 to school.. if i had a choice, i'd never want to take the horrid bus 95.. with a frequency of 20mins per bus and a huge mob of students needing to take it, by the time it reaches bouna vista mrt station or at the SOC busstop, no 1 can get up the bus.. then it will be 40mins wait for those who cant get up -.-"" SBS seriously needs some improvement =/ nvm, just tahan 2.5mths more n i dun need to depend on bus 95 for the rest of my life!! wahaha..

on my way back home from school, i saw this 3 teenage girls with one of the girl wearing this super skimpy hot shorts.. it was the shape and SIZE of a boy-brief PANTIES.. actually i should correct myself.. it was a SMALLER size than normal underwear.. it was really so tight it cut into her flesh!! =X tsk tsk.. this is the 2nd time i see some1 wearing this range of new "underwear" out in public.. sooner or later, these girls will start wearing bikinis running amok in public instead of being confined to just the beach and pools.. i can see adrian drooling and waiting in anticipation haha.. ok, i'm kidding =p

bah! can never enjoy fresh air at home.. the moment i open my windows, cigarette smoke will permeate into my room.. i bet it's from my neighbour downstairs -.-" smoke so much everyday.. can only open my windows after 1am at night when he goes to sleep T_T nvm la, enjoy air-con and wear jacket rofl...

OMG..

2007-09-11T15:32:00.000+08:00

wow.. when was the last time i blogged? rofl.. actually because of the stupid previous incident (see prev post) i had been so terribly busy trying to sort things out.. there's actually a hedious 2nd episode of the matric card saga.. but it being over so long ago, i shall just write a brief summary:

after i went to comp center to get my card activated, i assumed that it would take about a day to get the card working so i didnt think much when i couldnt get into lab the day itself. but when i tried again and again everyday when i went back to lab, i still couldnt get in.. so i went back to comp center and asked them what was wrong.. they said nothing was wrong and that my card was active.. then i thought that perhaps i needed to get the lab to reactivate my access to the lab itself. then my lab supervisor also went through a lot of trouble to help me see what was wrong but couldnt detect any even after reactivation access.. so i called up comp center again and the people just passed the phone around to different ppl until a lady finally accepted the responsibility of listening to me.. but all she could offer was that she would go check it up and would get back to me the same day.. so i went to do my lab.. when i finally finished at 6, there was still no call from comp center.. so i called them up again.. and guess what?

SHE WENT HOME!!!!!

wow.. by that time i was livid.. i was already going crazy being unable to access the lab to do my very important cell culture and now i was faced with such extreme irresponsibility from these incompetent people who can't care less what happened to you.. the guy who picked up my call at that time was a poor soul.. cos after he told me that that lady went home, he really got an earful from me hahahahaha.. and i forced him to take up my case.. apprantly, some UNIDENTIFIED jerk had not updated the system.. so although my card was active, the school system did not register that...

HOW IN THIS WORLD DID THEIR BOSS HIRE THEM??? #%*$*&*&^^#^!(@!*#

No wonder they were so happily pushing me away and saying that nothing was wrong with my card.... -.-" no one did bother to do a through job huh? i wonder how they were trained -.-" (however, i'm not really sure who was actually supposed to update the system.. perhaps it could be the guy from registrar's office who was supposed to give me the activation code in the first place? and me approaching some1 from OSA to talk to him about the matter made him do a sloppy job? O_O =X ok, i'm just speculating.. but whoever was in charge, he or she is incompetent.. period.)

but ok, in the end, that poor soul had to clean up the dirty job left behind by his terrible colleagues.. and i forced him to get it done that night =X (YES, IT DOESN'T TAKE A MONTH TO DO IT!!!) and so finally, i can go to lab in PEACE ^_^ what could have been done in 1 day or less took me more than a month to settle..

and you know what's next?? MY EZ-LINK CARD IS EXPIRED TOO!!!! and now.. they say they will need 10 working days to get back to me... WOW... are they really that dumb to take 10 days to reply me an email? 10 days is almost up.. i gonna get back to them soon cos i dun think they can get it done within 10days as they promised.. just look at how happy i am to study in NUS right now... sorry, i'm really venting my month's worth of frustration haha..

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FLYING OFF TO JAPAN~~~

yay~ i'm going to Japan next month!! Novartis came to NUS to promote a bio leadership camp that will be held in Japan. They only had 2 spots for singapore and I was one of the selected ones!!! wohoo!!! gonna meet lotsa people from all over the world at the camp, especially key industrial leaders haha.. and there will be many students like me from diff countries too!! network network!! ^_^ Novartis seems like a really great company. The people I met from Novartis are so nice!! Hopefully i get an opportunity to work there when i grad =p

School

2007-08-15T23:22:00.000+08:00

Beginning of last week, when I tried to access the lab as usual, i found out that i couldn't get in! The access zone flashed "Access Denied, Card Expired" -.-" *sweat* OK... So I assume that everyone else from NOC would experience this too? How come there was no official notice to remind people who extend to get their matric cards fixed? And more importantly, why didn't I think that the school wouldn't be smart enough to come up with a system where the card would not expire so long as the student has not filed for graduation and is still studying? Damn.. I thought of them too highly lol.. I had to comb through the nus website only to find that I needed to get my card "repersonalized". The instructions given was highly confusing, but I figured that I should drop by at the registrar's office.. When I went there, the receptionist helped to forward a call to the person in charge where i told him about my situation. He took my matric card no. and asked me to wait for his email containing the access code which I would need when I go down to the smart card center to get my card fixed. Sounds great! I thanked him and left.. Then it was a week with no reply...

This whole week have been torturous for me.. Everytime need to bug my junior and ask him when he will be coming to lab.. But the thing was.. he was really hard to contact.. I almost freaked out a couple of times thinking I gonna screw my months of hard work cos i couldn't get back in time to my precious cells.. Then there's the pestering of everyone in lab to open the doors for me everytime and the fact that I can't leave the lab if i want to go to the loo.. what to do? control lor.. dun drink water lor.. poor me right? =X

Got so pissed, emailed him again and waited for his reply.. waited some time no reply? called up YIH student service center for help.. Told them what happened and they said they will call him and then call me back again.. Wow, 10 mins later i got my code... So it would have only taken 10mins to process the stupid thing... and their incompetency caused me a week of misery... T_T

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What a small world.. I read the Sunday Life a couple of days ago and saw this article on the young entrepreneurs.. and one of them was a boss of Timbre, where I just went with weijia and adrian the other day.. GUESS what? That guy was none other than EDWARD CHIA, a classmate of mine from NJ rofl.. so shocked!! ok.. mebbe this gives me more reason to pop by at Timbre next time.. but must bug Edward to give me discount muahahaha..

First class on the first day of school was a demoralization for the rest of the semester.. The lecturer turned up seemingly unprepared, reading everything from the slides.. and the most interesting thing was that I couldn't understand a word he says!! Partly his extremely strong accent, and partly because he was unprepared, always fumbling at many words that he couldn't pronounce =X cross my fingers and hope that he would come prepared for class next time and that I'll get used to his accent! haha.. anyway, both my classes were only 20mins.. lol..

Shoes, Tailor and Donuts!!

2007-08-05T16:01:00.000+08:00

i recently just started shopping for a nice pair of court shoes and work wear just in case an interview props up.. the other day when i went to raffles city to meet weijia and adrian for timbre, me and weijia shopped a little b4 dinner.. we went into nine west and saw this pair of shoes which was pretty nice.. $119 after 30% discount! but I wanted to look around at other shoes first so i just KIVed that pair..

then last week, i went shopping with my dear at orchard.. went to all the shoe departments in taka but the shoes weren't up to my standard haha.. then we went to nine west in wisma and i saw that pair I wanted.. it was $86.. 50% discount!!!! -.-"" how inconsistent can such a reputable brand get?? but since that branch was selling so cheap, i was pretty ready to buy that pair already.. but unfortunately they only had the display set left, and it wasn't my size.. i asked them to check if other branches may have my size only to find out that raffles place is the 1 that had it.. and it was also the last pair.. AND a display set... T_T wanted to ask them about the price discrepancy at the other outlet but decided that i didnt really want a display item so i left..

just on thursday a few days ago, there was a NOC bootcamp appreciation dinner at Geek terminal, so i would have to drop by at raffles place.. decided that since i was in town, i should just make a trip to raffles city to see if that pair of shoes was still available.. sadly, that pair was gone.. my guess is they most prob removed it cos there were many new collections that arrived. guess i'm fated not to get that pair haha.. i shopped a little more there and i found this donut store at the basement called Donut Factory.. the queue was horrendous.. they only had a short queue in front of the shop, but that was because the queue was broken up into different sections all around in the basement so as not to obstruct traffic! =X but the sight of that store reminded me of krispy kreme in the states haha.. nostalgia~ unfortunately i was already going for dinner and i would be late if i queued for the donuts so i left for raffles place..

i talked to Charmaine, my ex-roomie in Philly before and she told me that she gets her pants tailored at raffles place, but she didnt tell me the exact location of the tailor, only the name of the shop.. I decided that since there are a couple of tailors around the area, so even if I can't find the 1 she mentioned, i could just approach another shop available.. when i reached raffles place mrt, i realized that there are many shops around inside the mrt!! haha.. raffles Xchange i think.. this shows how long i haven't been there =X i still had a little time since i was planning to look for the tailor, but shopping got to me and i decided to take a look around first hahahahaha.. a real blessing in disguise! i found the tailor that Charmaine recommended me lol.. it was a tiny store opposite the DBS atm machine.. i usually wouldn't take note of it but it just happened that i looked up (which is 0.001% of the time) and saw the sign board that says tailoring services haha.. i didnt realize that it was the same store that charmaine introduced until i saw the store logo in the fitting room.. i was so happy =p

anyway, i arrived at geek terminal 5minutes late.. and on purpose at 6.35pm.. but i was so wrong.. there was not a single soul there yet!! tsk tsk.. so i went shopping again at the golden shoe shopping complex opposite till 7pm before returning haha.. by that time, some people had finally arrived.. lol.. terrible singapore culture =X

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my dear is gonna start work on Monday tmr! yay~~ and i also told him about the donut factory haha.. initially i was intending to buy the donuts tmr and let him try after work, but my dear wanted to spend his last holidays with me so we went down to raffles city on fri instead; to get some donuts for brunch haha.. we went in the morning hoping to skip the lunch hour queue but we were shocked to see the long queue.. got many aunties and students queuing already =X the donut shop wasn't even open yet!! i went over to ask 1 of the employees what time they opened and they told me that they gonna open at 12.30!! it was 11am at that time so we decided to forget it and went to grab lunch at MOS burger instead. when we were done with our meal, we realized that the donut shop was open!!! 11.40am!! grrr.. blur employee!!! she bluffed me!!! i think they open at 11.30am lar.. sian.. the queue got even longer >.< but we still queued for it lar.. queued for 1.5hrs before we managed to grab our donuts..

Donut Factory box

each customer was only allowed to buy 2 dozens.. but i only bought 6 cos i scared cannot finish so many haha.. my dear bought a dozen for his family.. but seriously, because of the crazy demand, we could only buy what was out of the oven at that time.. if not we'd had to wait even longer for other flavors to be finished baking.. lucky for us, most of the flavors we wanted were there =p

my donuts! ^_^

the top 2 on the left are dark chocolate donuts!! it's the best selling there and gosh, they are so delicious!!! i ate both, leaving none for my family =X *guilty! T_T the flavors in clockwise direction after the dark choc donuts are: mocha, apple cinnamon, almond truffle, peanut butter flavors =D it's really good especially when it's fresh out of the oven~ =p all my nostalgia of Dunkin donuts and krispy kreme.. but i think donut factory is better and my is officially my new found favourite~ ^_^

Timbre!!

2007-08-05T14:48:00.000+08:00

Went to timbre with Weijia and Adrian a couple of weeks ago but didnt blog about it cos Adrian said he was gonna edit the videos for me T_T spent loads of time uploading for him then he remembered that megafire doesnt allow singapore to download... -.-" bought internet just to upload for him lor *sniff~ now too lazy to upload liao haha..

I was totally clueless when weijia msned me and told me that she's meeting adrian for dinner and timbre.. at first i thought she meant that she's meeting adrian and timothy haha.. I mean, what is TIMBRE?? well, timbre is a restaurant bar la, but all she told me was that timbre was the place we were going and there were nice bands there haha.. so i went there pretty clueless as to what that place was. i'm not the club/bar kind cos i'm allergic to cigarette smoke and expensive but normal tasting food/drinks haha..

anyway, we went for dinner at Raffles City first. Went into this restaurant at B1, think it was called OutPan.. After sifting through the menu, I decided that the food was too expensive and I was too broke to buy my dinner there.. N our dear weijia actually had dinner b4 meeting us tsk tsk.. so ended up only adrian ordered something to eat.

see.. pay $25 for a small piece of meat =p (but it smelled delicious though haha)

a pic taken by Adrian.. blur! >.<

stole some of Adrian's dessert XD

After Adrian finished his dinner while we 2 girls stared at him eating, it was my turn to eat! Went to buy a HUGE tuna sandwich with amazingly delicious bread at a deli.. Foccacia bread I think.. Thanks for the recommendation Weijia! ^_^ Value for $$ muahahaha..

And then we went for Timbre which is located at the old national library site.

At TIMBRE.

we tried to reach there before 9pm so that we could still make our orders during the happy hour. Adrian bought beer - 1 for 1, so 2 cups of beer for himself haha.. weijia bought ice lemon tea and i was cheapo so i just got ice water >.<

drowning my sorrows~

haha just kidding.. Adrian finished the beer and i took the empty glass to take a pic XD but u have to admit, i do look like i was the 1 drinking the beer right? =p

EIC, the band at Timbre on Weds

The band that was performing the night we were there was EIC. They were not bad.. They only came on stage like 9.30pm, an hour after we arrived (8.30pm), so i was pretty relieved when they finally did.. However, they only sang a few songs and disappeared again -.-" then it was another hour's wait.. but we wrote a silly dedication.. with songs that most prob EIC wouldn't know how to sing lol.. but it was a dedication for our beloved Chestnutties nonetheless ^_^

our silly dedication haha..

When EIC proved not to want to sing our song, we left haha.. had to catch the train! XD

Harry Potter

2007-07-22T02:07:00.000+08:00

I thought that the new harry potter 5 in the movies wasn't really that exciting.. mebbe bcos Transformers was so much better hehe =p However, despite my suggestions, my brother went to watch harry potter and not transformers.. he's a harry potter fan haha.. These couple of days he's been talking about buying the new harry potter 7.. the very last book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Wasn't really thinking much about that myself since I've yet to finish reading harry potter 5 =X only the first chapter to be specific haha.. but since i've just watched the movie.. guess i kinda know the gist of the book already =p

Anyway, today my work in lab only took 10mins.. spending 1.5hrs to travel to school and another 1.5hrs back home just for that dumb 10mins in lab to change the cell media solution is NOT very fun.. so i decided that since i was already out, i must well make a trip down town to shop a little haha.. While on the bus 95 out from school, i was musing about what present to buy for my brother's birthday when i overheard 2 girls behind me talking about harry potter.. i wasn't really listening to their conversation la but it instinctly reminded me that my brother wanted that book hehe.. Soooo... i went down to buy the book for him lah! lol.. I went to kinokuniya at ngee ann city there to see.. At the entrance there, there was like a small box shelf with a few of the new harry potter 7 left.. and only 1 of them was the adult version =X i was still thinking to myself.. sian.. only 1 book left.. dunno good condition or not when suddenly 1 of the staff there walked over with a couple more books to put on the paper shelf.. then i was like YAY.. can pick liao haha..

but when i looked over to where the direction which the staff came from, i realized there was like huge stacks of the book rofl... so i went there to pick 1 book.. when i was satisfied with the condition of the book i went to the nearest cashier to pay up and realized that the queue was simply crazy.. spanning like 20 meters -.-" darn.. it's saturday today... so i decided to go to another cashier lah.. hoping that the queues will be shorter.. as i delved deeper into kino.. it was then i realized that the whole store is stocked full of harry potter 7... every corner, cust serv counter, special promotion sections, well simply just everywhere is stocked full of the book.. it feels like kino is selling 50% HP7 and 50% of any other books rofl.. and yeah.. every cashier had long queues T_T so bo bian i queued to pay up for the book lor..

finally when i reached the cashier where i was next in line, i saw this poster displayed there.... HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS will be officially released on 21 July at 7.01am... and i was like.. OMG!! THAT'S TODAY!!! hahaha... damn.. now i look like a crazy harry potter fan.. buying the book on the very day that it's released lol... but it's a good thing.. cos they having a promotion.. they giving 10% off on the book, a free $10 gift voucher and a contest ticket for a trip for 2 to britain..

and now for the real reason for blogging this post.... i love the 1st 2 promotions.. but for the contest ticket......... it most prob is a hoax... actually i'm pretty certain it is... the contest form only states the closing date which is 20th Aug, there is no mention of when the draw date will be, or where it will be held.. winners will be notified by post.. ie.. the results will not be published anywhere.. only the winners will know they won the trip.. and last but not least, all contestants will be automatically subscribed to the agency sponsoring this trip.. and they gave the website http://www.visitbritain.sg/ well... there is not a single mention of the draw or anything to do with harry potter on the webbie.. looks just like any typical travel agency web portal.. using common sense.. if this was real, the marketing people would most likely want to reap the full advertising opportunity to market their agency, to make it a public event for people to know their company.. but they are not.. just asking people to sign up for this "contest" and get everyone onto their database as a member so that they can spam us with advertisements.. it's all too easy to spot a hoax lol.. i'm never trusting VisitBritain agency.. If i ever were to go to britain, they would not even be on the last of my list ^_^

sorry.. i simply hate all this kinda companies who just like to LIE so blatantly.. to me they are just stupid people..

ANYWAY... guess my brother is happy with the present! His birthday is on 26th July, but i gave him the present in advance to satisfy his hunger and let him be 1 of the first on Earth to read the book.. afterall the book is officially released WORLDWIDE today which means that everyone will only get to read it today! (other than some cheaters who may have gotten to read it 1st b4 it's released) XD

As for me.. I'm happy with the $10 voucher haha.. will go buy some magazines to read next month =p

Bon Voyage my dear friend! ^_^

2007-07-17T01:42:00.000+08:00

I'm so happy for my buddy GuiYing, her company, Rockwell, is sending her to the states for training for 6 months!! She will be staying in some condo like house with her colleague in Ohio, Colorado! She say got all the in-house swimming pool, gym etc etc.. and the apartment is very pretty! So cool lah hehe.. lucky girl =p oh well, when you have straight As all the way from secondary school until grad from uni with a 1st class honours.. getting such a good job shouldn't be hard hahaha.. she only applied for 2 jobs, and it was a pretty hasty application.. and she got offers from both companies lol...

anw my dear buddy will be flying off on the 29th of July.. so my friends organized a farewell party for her tonight.. we had BBQ at Fushan garden, which is opp our secondary school. Brings back quite a lot of good old memories we had together.. even more good memories when we chatted and brought up even more funny events in the past haha.. as usual, the girls will be chit chatting while the guys would be chatting in another group.. if Ms Mala (our sec school form teacher) saw us, she would definitely scream for us to mix up n not clique together with the same sex haha... we leopards never change our spots =p so we girls just keep chit chatting while the guys made the fire and cooked all the food for us haha.. thanks a lot guys, really appreciate it hehe.. ^_^

Guiying, XinTong, Me and Shereen.. Best Buddies 4eva ^_^

Girls group shot

Me and guiying

The whole gang of us. Great pals~ 10 year long friendship =)

Friends of a lifetime =D

My Darling's Commencement from NUS! YAY~

2007-07-11T00:59:00.000+08:00

FINALLY~ my bf is officially graduated from NUS~ yayayayayayayay~~ so happy for him~ muacks! XD

darn.. i wanna grad too!! *steals my darling's hat XD

hehe yup!! i permed my hair.. not too used to managing perms though.. quite mafan lol.. actually only wanted to cut short my hair, but the hairdresser keep psycho-ing me until i relented n decided to give perm a try haha.. damn.. my hair costs $255.. =X

anyway my bf only had 2 invitations to the commencement ceremony, so only his parents could go in.. lucky i didnt go.. heard it was very boring =X

i went to the lab to look for my prof instead.. which.. didnt turn out too well T_T with my results finally in hand, i was hoping to get his approval to move on to the next step.. but after serious discussion with him, we realized that the results proved to be very dumbfounding.. we couldn't understand why the results showed that immune response was decreased (decrease in the cytokine IL-8) when challenged with the pathogenic E.coli O157:H7 strain.. it just seems.. impossible.. so in the end.. he decided that we should scrap this whole experiment and now he wants me to work on another bateria type.. Salmonella.. T_T all my 7 months of hard work has just officially went down the drain too.. now i have to start everything again!! can u believe it? now i will be slower than my juniors who had already started on their FYP too... all i wanna say is that.. GOD GIVE ME POWER TO CONTINUE LIVING FOR 6 MORE MONTHS!! LOL.. that's the way of life of a researcher.. something not right? scrap.. do something else with results that u can explain haha.. that's how research can go on for decades n decades with just minimal discovery haha.. i hate research....... tomorrow i gonna go to school and ask my JUNIOR.. to teach me how to culture the salmonella strain T_T

Updatesssssssss

2007-07-09T14:43:00.000+08:00

So sad.. the online that i was playing, PH ROSE online evolution, is closed.. Most prob got hacked again lol.. But these managing ppl were pretty irresponsible.. didnt even care about informing us customers what happened.. Lucky we couldnt buy item mall stuff (they only allow ph ppl to buy) or else i'd be crying over the $$ i spent on the game and losing everything when these incompetent ppl couldnt handle the hackers.. my poor lvl164 cleric T_T 2months of hard work lol..

the best movie i've watched this year would be TRANSFORMERS!! watched it like the day it was open haha.. benefit of not having a job n can watch at non-peak hours XD at first i thought that the show would be so kiddy.. afterall it is like a child's play in my elder brother's era rofl.. but the show was really really super exciting, kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the show! it was a full 2hr+ of excitement haha.. the only problem was that there was this super tall guy who was sitting in front of us n he was sitting up so straight!! blocked my poor darling from seeing quite a bit of the show :(
gonna watch harry potter 5 this thu too when it opens.. already booked the tickets XDXD gonna watch at cathay orchard, the digital version at 1pm =p this time i gonna bring a giant hammer to the movie.. if anyone dares to sit so straight i gonna hammer his head down wahahahaha XD

sian.. i wonder if i should start applying for jobs now.. is it too early? after all i'm only gonna grad like end of this year.. so envious of everyone who has grad liao.. was talking to weijia and shinla the other day, which happened to be the day b4 their commencement.. so happy for them *sniff~ i wanna be an air stewardess~~ muahaha.. kinda like a childhood dream lol.. i wanna apply for the position of Cadet Cabin Crew Executive.. Hope they want me rofl..

Oh ya, PACEY!! if u're reading this.. TEACH ME FRENCH!! when u're free =p (but not in exchange for my bf rofl.. treat u a meal can negotiate lol)

Online Gaming

2007-06-14T19:28:00.000+08:00

LOL i've been MIA for ages hahaha.. addicted to MMORPG game RoseOnline.. It just went free to play in april.. but only the phillppine version is free.. i'd rather play NARose though.. At least they speak english and.. more.. Pinoys are... a very big culture shock to me.. very proud to be a chinese now haha.. the game is pretty frustrating sometimes, but i just wonder why i'm so addicted to it.. mebbe cos i'm reaching lvl160 soon and can wear my PINK armor lol.. my fyp is a mess lol... i hope i wont fail this last sem =X but seriously.. i cant wait to go out to work.. or get married wahahahahaha... ok, wait long long.. that's 2 more years T_T

Life at home

2007-05-11T12:31:00.000+08:00

life at home seems to be good.. i don't have to cook, do laundry etc etc.. and now i'm back to being addicted to online gaming again lol..sometimes i just wish playing games can be a job.. all the money i earn in game can be converted to real money! hahahaha.. ok, wishful thinking..

FYP lab work is really bad right now.. because i'm staying at home and that i need to change my cell culture media every 2 days, i need to travel to and fro sch for 3hrs just to do lab work for 20mins -.-""" ultimate sianzness... worst of all is that i cannot start working on my cell cultures till i've grown them for 14 days to differentiate!! that means lotsa time wasted =X think my cells are also a bit contaminated.. they don't seem to be growing well T_T i dowan to repeat experiments all the time!! my ELISA results are hedious... no IL-12 detected at all... no IL-8 too... wasted 2 whole days just to do that... =/

sometimes i really wonder why people like research... it's really so boring and unfulfilling!! i'm so glad i'm not interested in research and do not intend to become a researcher XD

got some notes from weijia the other day, 1 of them was french.. i wonder if i can make it.. just flipping through the book made my head swoon lol.. there's not a single translation!! just pure french.. how am i supposed to know what they mean if no english description is available? >.< unless i check every single word in the dictionary? hmm.. and i dunno how to pronounce the words also =X oh well.. we'll see how when term starts ^_^

i wonder when the timetable for next sem's mods will be out.. need to see what mods might clash >.< because my NOC credits were transferred late, my prof couldn't register the FYP for me this sem.. so next sem then can register.. and that means all my 16MC for FYP will go towards 1 sem!! zzz... liddat i no need take other mods le.. i'll be like completing 36 MCs in 1 semester if i take another 5 mods on top of FYP wahahahahaha...

Mum's 60th Birthday =D

2007-05-07T13:40:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my mum's 60th birthday!! Bro brought us out to Mandarin hotel to enjoy a nice dinner.. Chicken rice at Chatterbox haha!! The chicken rice was very nice.. but it's still chicken rice haha.. but i love chicken rice! =p ok, i'm complicated lol...

Bought mum a present, a nice fossil watch ^_^ got my favourite diamond studded blink blinks around the watch haha..

Glad she likes it very much! =p

A family pic! ^_^
i must think of a way to use the net at home.. using pay-as-you-use broadband lol.. so hardly come online till i buy the cable haha.. just found out i got an urgent email.. which was sent like 3 days ago =X guess i shouldn't be so miser hor.. perhaps it's time i bought monthly unlimited plans =)

staying at home sux... i miss my bf~

Exams over~!

2007-05-03T14:38:00.000+08:00

Exams are finally over! Actually it was over like a couple of days ago haha... Been watching so many movies everyday my eyes poping out already haa.. 200 pounds beauty was one very good show.. (romantic comedy mah =p) but her singing is really very good!! especially Ave Maria and Beautiful Girl.. ^_^ Watched Spiderman 3 on tuesday too!! First day open watch already haha.. we had to buy the tickets like 2 days in advance and most of the seats were already gone! this episode was pretty complicated though.. so many villians haa.. shan't do spoilers here in case many of you haven't watched =X also watched Open Season and DeathNote 1 and 2 at my bf's house.. whee.. free shows! ^_^ watching so many movies in the cinema is taking a toll on our pockets =X

Mum's birthday is coming.. Dunno what to buy her.. she wants a watch.. mebbe i'll go look around see if there's anything nice :) Double with a nice treat to dinner for mother's day? =p

Moving outta PGP today.. think I really gonna miss the life here... no more hall life next sem T_T will be staying at home.. mum's been grumbling that she hardly sees me =/ so travel 3hrs to and from sch everyday from tmr onwards =0

next sem's gonna be so weird.. other than my NOC pals, everyone else from my batch will be gone... all grad liao *sniff~ at least still got my sec sch guy friends who are still stuck in year 2 right now hehe..

Wrong way!

2007-04-23T13:12:00.000+08:00

Everything seems to go against me this semester.. kinda sucky.. found out that pacey is going vietnam with some friends.. darn.. i wanna go too.. but no 1 else i know is going.. =/

i started the term with an aim to do well this semester and try to pull up my CAP. I am officially giving up on this idea already..

I took this USP module, Evolution, thinking that it's gonna be easy. Well, it wasn't a hard module, but it didn't give me any upper hand to others since basic bio is rusty for me and i have no specialization in biology (i'm biomedical science major). in addition, there are many year 1 life science students who just took their Biodiversity module and so everything is fresh on their minds.. zzz... ok nvm.. I worked hard for my presentation and i got an average grade.. mebbe i'm just not smart.. then my CA was also affected because I missed a class due to a stupid error by the module coordinator.. there was an error in the schedule and the profs didn't bother to change.. he mentioned that there was no class on one of the weeks and i jotted it down. but i blur blur went to check that stupid schedule and thought that I heard the lecturer wrongly!! so in the end i didn't turn up for the class and even missed a quiz..... T_T i wasn't aware that there was a quiz but i did realize i missed the class and even emailed the prof to apologize due to my blurness.. he didn't bother to reply me or lest tell me that there was a quiz and that i might wanna retake... i mean... i didn't skip the class on purpose!! bah...

with a B for my CA, there's no need for me to pia anymore.. it won't make a difference in the degree that i will be getting.. just a few hundred bucks less per month.. what's the big deal?

got this email for application of the minor in management (business).. they made new amendments that included a couple of NOC mods.. so now i can complete the minor by taking 3 more mods.. what a great deal! 3 more mods and another minor for me! it was sent like a few weeks ago.. i immediately checked the timetable, but it wasn't out yet.. and i checked the special term too! i can take one of the mods during the special term but i missed the application deadline which was in March T_T so i tried appealing.. and they told me that the special term mod is only open to BBA students... such unfeeling people.. =/

next sem if i take 5 mods plus FYP.. i'll be super Adrian.. or worse lol.. and if the mods have timetable clash.. ah damn.. forget about the minor then..

i think i'll just fulfill my lifetime dream of becoming an air stewardess haha... coffee, tea (or me)? XD last one for my bf only~ hee..

Darling's 25th Birthday~~ ^_^

2007-04-22T00:36:00.000+08:00

Went to eat crystal jade at taka for lunch on thu with my dear.. He wanted it to be a day where he didn't need to think, so I decided on all the dishes haha.. All our favourite dishes of cos! hehe.. The auntie who served us was very motherly.. made my dear feel like grandma sayang him liddat lol.. After finishing our food, I got him a small cheesecake and even lit a candle and sang him a birthday song =p the cheesecake was superb.. lucky it was small since we both were stuffed with the sumptuous meal.. I think there was even a customer who was jealous of us being so lovey dovey haha.. kept looking at us..

After that, we went to watch the movie "Fracture" which just opened that day. My bf loves watching psychoanalytical shows.. (and he said he didn't want to think ahahahahaha..) Anthony Hopkins still look cannibalistic although he wasn't one in the show.. He's good... =X

And after that.. i went to his house to watch DVD.. hahaha.. finally got to watch "The Island" starring Ewan Megreggor and Scarlet Johansson.. I almost forgot all about that show! Wanted to watch it last time but didn't have the chance.. I didn't know the storyline so I was pretty much unaware of what was really going on (no spoilers hee..).. The show was really really cool and i'd recommend everyone to watch it man..

We had a movie marathon and still watched another show hahaha.. "The Unseeable", a Thai horror movie.. I guess nobody thought that the show was scary.. was even boring at some point.. but.... I was still scared haha, keep grabbing and squeezing my bf's arm at all the sudden horror scenes.. sometimes watching scary movies with me is good.. i make even the blandest horror show horrific =p although i have to say that i do tend to get violent when my bf bullies me and scares me when i'm transfixed to the screen in the middle of the show.. making me scream and hit him >.<

Went to AMK hub with Alvin and his family the next day to have lunch to celebrate his belated birthday.. Went to this stall that sold crab bee hoon.. super duper nice!! ^_^ Alvin's parents were very generous and bought a huge crab for us.. yum~~ but one thing that was funny was that the meat at the teeth of the pincer was extremely tiny although the teeth shell was extremely large haha.. wonder how the crab moved his pincers lol.. but there was so much meat at other areas nonetheless, and extremely juicy!! =p *salivates*

I had such a great time! Wish it's darling's birthday everyday hahaha *grins*

AMK hub has changed sooooo much!! AMK used to be my playground haha.. grew up there.. But now it's a great place for shopping!! Must find time to go walk walk there =p

Wow

2007-04-18T15:43:00.000+08:00

wow.. new blogger with google haha..

anyway i'm kinda fed up with msn nowadays... i wonder if anyone else is facing the same problem as me.. even when i'm sitting beside my bf and msn-ing him (yah, i know, very wu2 liao2 right? haha), he still only receives the msg like at least 10 seconds later after i hit enter... sometimes it takes even longer for my msg to be sent across.. hmmmm.. seriously wonder if it's just my msn or everyone in NUS..

study week is soooooooo arduous.. facing the imminent exams.. yet not having the adrenaline rush needed to study for my exams >.< i feel like i can study so slow that i only finish like 1 lecture note a day =X dun ask me how i did it.. i did this for these few days ahahahahaha... ok, mebbe i need a break... go celebrate darling's birthday tmr ^_^ (excuses again!! haha)

Recent Activities

2007-04-10T22:05:00.000+08:00

as i've not been updating my blog, this post shall serve as a summary =p

some pics i took during dance uncensored the other day ^_^
finally got to dress up!

a little dark, but my dear just look so cute~ XD

Mr Bean holiday movie:
went to watch Mr bean holiday movie recently with my darling.. was kinda expecting quite a lot from him haha.. he is just so funny.. but the movie was a little disappointing though.. not too much ups and downs as i hoped and the ending kinda sucked.. cos everyone just started singing together like an opera.. i'm totally against shows that don't portray a full story and instead start talking or singing to the audience.. it's just not a story anymore.. i would have preferred mr bean to have ended it by relaxing in the beach and then perhaps show how some fortuitous incidences could help him recover his losses during the show and go back home safely.. a sweet ending.. then i would go "awwwww.." and smile =p

Latest fashion?
wad's with the youngsters nowadays? i keep seeing these young punks in black skinny jeans everywhere.. the most common being the jeans with funky belt, converse shoes, and funky hair lol... should i go get a pair of black skinny jeans too? hehe..

Avocado milkshake
i've been totally addicted to avocado milkshake recently.. it is just soooo delicious!! yum yumm~~~ i've been buying it from either the engine or science canteen.. sometimes i can drink up to 3 large cups a day.. more if my bf doesn't stop me wahahaha.. i think i gonna look like an avocado soon.. =X

On TV!!

2007-04-10T21:21:00.000+08:00

these couple of weeks i've been so caught up with my lab stuff.. growing cells is not a joke.. it's like having ur own kids.. you need commitment in order to let them grow up healthily.. if not just make sure they dun die haha.. anyway.. i'm so frustrated with lab!! argh.. my project requires me to culture my cells for 14 days before i can start working on them.. and during this 14days, i need to come back every alternate day to bathe them and feed them.. it's really tedious.. my cells are supposed to stick to the flask that i grow them in.. but i think there's some mental problem with these cells of mine.. they just dun hang on and stick properly to the wall of the container!! in the end, everytime i wash them, i tend not only to wash the gunk off them, but flush them off as well!!! zzz... it's like instead of washing dirt off you when you bathe, you yourself gets flushed down the drain lol.. so end up i keep getting less and less cell samples that i can use for my experiment! and now i need to waste another 2 weeks to get another batch so that i can start on my experiment proper.. it's soooo time consuming and tedious!! urgh..

anyway, just yesterday i was working in lab in the morning when some reporters came in to interview my prof.. it was 11am and i was rushing my experiment like mad cos i had a class at 12 noon.. in the middle of my experiment, after they finished interviewing my prof, my prof came to me and asked me for help.. he wanted me to take a scene with him supervising me on my research.. as i was spinning down my cell culture in the centrifuge, i had nothing else to do except perhaps wait for it to be done b4 i can continue on my work.. so i decided to do some bacteria sub-culturing instead for the scene. i went to the fridge to get some E. coli plates and they filmed me plating the E. coli onto new plates which were also fresh out from the fridge. usually i would need to warm and dry the plates in the warm room b4 i do streaking of bacteria, but i streaked them on the new plates just for TV sake haha..

as it was 11.30am and i had a whole lot more to do, my mind was pretty distracted that i was gonna be real late for class and that i couldn't leave the experiment halfway and come back to work on them later.. as a result, while they were filming me i think i was pretty much frowning and stoned at the same time ahahahahaha... on top of that, because i was so distracted, i didn't realise that they were filming me in different takes, so i just continued streaking although they weren't filming.. by the time they started filming again, i had already finished streaking and was labeling the petri dishes.. and because the petri dishes were cold from the fridge, there was so much condensation that i couldn't label the plates properly and they filmed me trying desperately to wipe off the water from the plate and label.. i bet they are gonna cut off that part =X

In the end.. i couldn't finish my experiment on time and i was so late for class i decided to skip it so as not to alert my prof that i was late and get marked down for participating lol.. USP classes are seminar style so if someone suddenly appears, the lecturer would surely notice me haha.. AND.. mind you.. this is the FIRST TIME that i skipped class k? and i kinda feel uneasy cos this was the last class for the semester and it was kinda a pretty important class as they most prob would round up the whole module and perhaps even give tips on the final exam >.< sianz...

Nonetheless.. I'm gonna be on TV!! wohoo!! it will be the chinese documentary "qian2 xian4 zui1 zhong1" this friday 8.30pm on channel 8! ^_^ my scene is already so short.. i think even if i appear will also be less than a minute lol.. oh well..

Dance Uncensored!

2007-03-27T00:46:00.000+08:00

Went to watch dance uncensored yesterday together with my dear and pacey who joined us. had been a great excuse for me to dress up, although i knew that people would just be wearing drag there to watch lol.. haha, singapore not much chance for me to dress up, not like in the states where they are more particular about dressing and image hee~ now that i've got so many dresses, don't wear now where got chance?

anyway, we got ourselves the very last row of the seat at level 1, so i guess the view wasn't too bad. worst seats are upper level seats and side seats. the dances were ok... too many hip hop item.. especially a dance by this hall where they were talking about this couple which dragged on for 20mins i think.. way too long, way too boring.. KE was good in that they had the variety/diversity in the areas of dance, from korean to wushu to shanghai mamasans haha.. but the best dance was from Eusoff hall with the dance with fans.. it was really good! could tell that they really knew how to dance from their footwork. reminds me so much of the time when i used to dance..

i quit dance when i entered uni.. and sometimes i wonder if i made the right choice.. i love dance, but i had been dancing my whole life, i wanted to do something else for a change.. i guess trade offs had to be made. i'm pretty happy with the path i chosen. dance can still come in when i have the time to spare ^_^ need to get pics from pacey and get back my camera cable so that i can upload my own pics as well >.<

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finally!! finished my immuno presentation today.. i had never been nervous when i dance on stage, yet i'm all jittery and sorts when i give a speech or presentation.. zzz.. oh well, it went well =p 1 last presentation to go!!

Note!

2007-03-19T23:12:00.000+08:00

NUS students beware! nowadays there has been frequent bazaars in school and there's this auntie (quite short n plump) who sells burgers and sausages is not very trustworthy.. she's often at science bazaar outside LT27 or occasionally at central bazaar.. the first time i bought stuff from her, a few items cost me almost $10 and one of them, a yam pudding, was spoilt.. it had already turned sour.. and when i paid for her expensive stuff, she also overcharged me by giving me less change.. but i didn't realize until i counted my money and the cost of the foodstuffs i bought >.< by that time, i was already on the bus on the way back to pgp.. T_T

today i bought from her for the second time, (reluctantly cos i really wanted to eat the taiwan sausage lol), she again overcharged me.. but this time knowing her dishonesty, i counted my money before i left.. i almost wanted to give her a good scolding but refrained.. only growling at her when i told her she shortchanged me..

the first time i had been nice and gave her the benefit of the doubt that she really counted wrongly or perhaps was super poor so needed to cheat little kids like us 10-20 cents extra whenever she has the chance.. but... she has a maid whom she brings along to help her.. geez.. can afford to hire maid still wan cheat people of their money.. tsk tsk.. unforgiveable... plus her food are all badly cooked.. even the taiwan sausage also very hard.. zzz... i'm never gonna buy anything from her again..

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had a nice gathering with gean and the rest of my NCBV batch 7 ppl at cafe le claire at Arab street last thu.. and i totally forgot about it lol... i was still bz having dinner with my bf when adrian and the rest were anxiously calling me =X i was away from my bag n didn't hear the phone ring.. only when i finished my dinner and went to collect my bag did i receive another call from adrian.. the moment he asked me where i was, it suddenly stuck me that i had the gathering lol... luckily pacey wanted to get his cam so shamir drove by the pgp terminal to pick me up haha..

it was good to have the gathering.. don't get to see all my friends whom i've spent the last year with that often nowadays.. and i really miss my time in philly.. >.< still, the good memories will always stay with me ^_^

me, gean and alicia~

ok! bzbz.. need to get my 12hr beauty sleep XD

zzzzzzzz...

MSN sucks!! >.<

2007-03-17T01:13:00.000+08:00

haiz.. I think I gonna stop using MSN soon.. It is frustrating me to the max!! the msn has been giving me so much problems these 2 years!! if it wasn't for the cute emos i could use when chatting, i wouldn't want to use a program that has tonnes of bugs that never seem to get fixed.. msn crashing all the time, hanging in the middle of a conversation; messages that never ever get sent across to the other party, constant laggings that cause "no chats" for as long as 20mins and suddenly a long pile of messages that appear from the same person in a split second as the "instant" message finally gets sent across.. >.< and not to forget, occasional "impossibility to sign in at all".. i can try signing in for a few hours while i check my gmail or surf the net but my msn never signs in.. troubleshoot never works, it just keep saying that there may be no internet connection.. bah... yah, i can download youtube clips to watch without using the net huh?

don't say that my comp is slow or that the internet is slow.. firstly, i had this problem in my old comp, and now in my new comp, and... my JUST REFORMATTED comp.. internet problem? perhaps... blame the school.. lol.. but then again, i can still surf the net while my msn crashes.. soo... something is wrong with MSN!! RAWR..

friends.. start using google talk... that's so much more reliable..

Weirdos run amok!

2007-03-09T09:09:00.000+08:00

Yesterday me and alvin went to watch the movie 300. It is one of the best movies i've seen so far.. the cinematography is simply amazing, all the fights were simply superb.. but my blog post isn't about the movie.. it was the experience we had when we went to cathay cineplex..

we reached cineleisure about 11.30 and we went to grab some brunch at BK, me and my bf's favourite fast food chain.. Mushroom swiss!! mmmmm... it was really crazy actually because the whole cineplex was filled with students.. they look like year 1 RJC students having their orientation because they were all wearing orientation tees with shorts from different high schools.. and a huge bunch of them were queuing at BK.. i was pretty paranoid at that time because our show was starting at noon and we only had half an hour to buy and eat! i was jittery because i was already half expecting them to gang up together to bully me by asking their friends to help them buy, so i'll forever end up as the last person in queue.. but the next thing that happened really impressed me.. one guy came up to the guy in front of him and took his money from the guy queuing and said that he didn't want him to help him buy!! then he went behind me to queue!!! WHOAA... i was simply speechless.. i really wanted to praise him lah, but a little paiseh so i kept quiet.. but seriously, i kinda proud of that guy ^_^

HAHA, ok, so i tricked you.. i wasn't trying to say that these students were weirdos! the real weirdo came into the pic a moment later...

the moment we settled down with the food to eat, this young guy in a white striped shirt and jeans came over (walking like ah beng, with super big hand swings) and sat down at the table beside ours.. we didn't think much of it and just continued munching our brunch and watching movie trailers on the TV in front of us.. but then i started feeling the creeps and when i looked over, i realized that that guy just kept staring at me!! >.< i told my bf about it and he turned to look at that guy, and that guy saw and turned away.. but a while later when my bf wasn't looking, he continued to stare at me again... T_T eww... we quickly finished our meal and left, walking towards the lift up to the cinema... we pressed the lift button to go up and waited for one to be available.. the moment the lift door opened, that young guy suddenly appeared behind us and entered the lift together with us!!! AHHHH... the 3 of us inside the lift.... =X lucky i was with alvin, made me feel so much safer.. lucky he went to a different level from us.. we quickly rushed to the theatre to watch our movie 300, at the same time discussing about the crazy guy haha..

after watching the movie, me and alvin had to rush back to sch because we still had lessons in the afternoon.. we walked to the busstop opp cineleisure to go back.. while waiting for the bus to come, THE GUY POPPED OUT OF NOWHERE AGAIN!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! OMG... this time i was really paranoid... where in the world did this guy come from???!!! is he following us???

he sat down further down the busstop than us, so by right we could actually observe him while looking out for our bus.... but that guy was really really weird... he kept turning around to look at our side.. like the bus gonna come in the opposite direction by reversing or something.. BUT... THAT'S NOT THE CREEPIEST THING!!! when that guy turned his head, he did it so quickly like his head was gonna snap... he was actually trying to catch us looking at him.. so he kept "snapping" his head over every 1 or 2 seconds to look in our direction that it made him look like he was having a spasm... -.-""

me and alvin had a strategy.. that was when our bus came, we would pretend that we didn't want to take the bus until the last minute.. so that if we went to take the bus and then he tries to take it too, it would be an obvious sign that he was trying to follow us.. and so we tried it.. when the bus came.. other people flagged down the bus, we continued sitting there.. until the door opened liao then we quickly walked over to board the bus.. and.. the guy didn't follow suit!! YAY!!!

on the way back to school on the bus, me and alvin had a great time laughing about it and imitating the way he kept turning back to "catch" us haha.. okok.. we're evil too =p

Disappointed.. Sianz..

2007-03-07T09:51:00.000+08:00

Haiz.. After watching the last episode of hana kimi on monday morning.. i felt sooooo disappointed.. The ending sucked sooooooooooooo bad.. They even stopped acting in the last episode.. talking to the audience watching them.. They think what? Variety show ar? >.< They have just officially lost a Fan.. I am NOT going to buy the DVDs for keepsake anymore.. why waste $$? each volume costs $17.90 and there are 3.. so $53.70 in total lor.. pls.. not worth it at all!!

I am starting to fret... it's already march and i... haven't started on my FYP!!! lol.. wad a slacker.. feeling guilty.. but i also feel a little helpless lar.. was supposed to follow up the work of this girl, but that girl who was supposed to pass me her thesis never did so.. and when i bugged her for it, she told me that her comp crashed and will not be able to give it to me anymore.. what a coincidence... zzz... so now.. i have to settle on someone else's work instead.. and.. i'm not too sure what i'm supposed to do already =/

There's the issue of filing tax.. US tax for my job i had in philly.. hmm... i dun understand how i should do it!! argh.. seems so easy to fill in the form, yet i dunno what to write!! LOL.. i need help! HELPPP~~~~~!!

Feb events!!

2007-03-01T16:10:00.000+08:00

My 23rd Birthday Celebration:

went to bottle tree park for lunch with my family :)
ate lobster yee mee, fish, beef, veg =p

Bottle Tree Park at Kranji

yummy dishes, esp the lobster! XD

other than celebrating with my family, i also celebrated with my darling~ (DUH.. hehe)

as usual, he brought me out to eat!! went to crystal jade for dim sum lunch and then to the famous fried fish bee hoon stall in bugis for dinner ^_^ the kewl thing about both meals were that we met celebrities!! met Chen Han Wei at crystal jade with his family (aiyo.. V-day no gf ar? =p) then met the beijing 101 girl at the bugis stall.. forgot her name though haha.. but at least i spent my birthday meals with celebs! haha..

my casanovic darling~ =p

crystal jade roast suckling pig!! yum yum! ^_^

yummy dim sum dishes =)

my pretty pink pencil case birthday present from dear XD

Chingay 2007 LIVE!:

thanks to my bro who works as a news broadcast journalist on Power 98 (he reports news on the radio on many days of the week! tune in to listen!! ^_^), he got 2 VIP tickets to go watch chingay live!! even better seats than people who pay $45 for each ticket to watch!! haha.. perks for working in the media industry huh? =p me and my mum went and we sat at the prime spot opposite SM LKY, President SR Nathan and other pominent figures!! hee~ just sitting at the prime spot allowed us to watch the prime action! fireworks, fire crackers, celeb appearance and performances etc that other sections (non-VIP seats) down the road couldn't see..

Michelle Chia and Brian Wong as MC (check out his AA red shoes lol)

spot the ministers of parliment!

Gurmit Singh dancing with the performers

me and mummy enjoying the parade ^_^

hee~ i think Feb is soooo exciting for me haa...

吳尊

2007-02-22T21:28:00.000+08:00

i just found out that 吳尊 is actually the same age as my brother lol.. n on top of that... he graduated in the same university as my bro lah!! RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia!!! OMG!!! God knows if i saw him during my brother's graduation =X he graduated with a BA in Business.. ooo... he was talent scouted during a travel trip to taiwan haha.. he joined the boyband Fahrenheit. he still doesn't look like the boy band sort to me lah.. but haha.. none of my business..

Hana Kimi

2007-02-22T18:01:00.000+08:00

okok, i've been MIA for quite some time haha.. had been a real hana-kimi (花样少年少女) addict these few days!! argh!! haven't done any work die!! lol.. hadn't had this kinda addiction for quite some time. i still remember that last time i was crazy over winter sonata.. watched it like 20x and still cried every single time i watched it.. people say it's draggy lah, but i still like it! so romantic!! hehe.. my bf calls me a crazy fan like his sister lol.. but i feel that this time is very different!! in the past when i was addicted to winter sonata, i always felt that bae yong jun was very ugly, only growing to like him because the show was so touching.. so was meterior garden.. the F4 really damn ugly and cannot act lah.. so fake.. but i still liked the show haha... but this time is different... this time for once, the guy lead is damn CUTE lah!! wah... *gleams* check out this pic:

吴尊

cute right? got this pic off the net haha.. have been watching the whole series on you tube.. but up till now only can watch until episode 13, the speed at which taiwan is showing. in fact i finished the whole 13 episodes in 1 breath.. i could never control waiting haha each episode was 70mins, so i tonned the whole night to watch and finished it at 7plus am in the morning lol.. the show very touching lah, reminds me of how cute my bf is too! hehe..

the story is about this girl, Ruixi, who saw this high jump guy, Quan, on tv and got inspired to slim down. after she slimmed down, she decided to go find him and see him jump for real.. she flew from America all the way to taiwan.. and disguised herself as a guy and studied in yingkai, a boys school where Quan was studying in. but her disguise got seen through by Quan almost at the start. unsure why she disguised herself, he decided not to expose her and find out. but very soon he started developing feelings for her as he had this urge to always protect her from harm. when Ruixi came, he had actually stopped high jump.. but he didn't realise how Ruixi had such a big impact on him, how she had inspired him to climb out of his own fears and start high jump again..

because i couldn't finish watching the whole series, i tried to go buy the VCDs.. unfortunately they haven't released the whole show!! T_T now only has part 1 and 2 that consist of episodes 1 to 10 lah.. even slower than what i can watch on you tube haha.. but i'll still buy the whole set once they are out.. ^_^

Tank - 专属天使 MV (Hana Kimi 花样少年少女 OST)

there's many things i need to blog about, but mebbe another time cos i forgot to bring my camera home!! all my pics still inside lol.. will blog about them when i get back in hall.

oh no!! this sat i going for chingay!! no camera T_T got VIP tickets from my bro hee.. he works for Power 98 as a news broadcaster.. so can hear him report news almost everyday at every hour ^_^ he got the tics from 1 of his clients =p

ok, i gonna go watch the show again lol.. watch 20x can still get touched and cry de.. wahahaha... *zooms off~*

Happy Valentine's Day to all and Happy birthday to me!! ^_^

2007-02-14T09:09:00.000+08:00

ok, it's gonna be my birthday in just a couple of minutes!! yay!! although people always say i sway to have my birthday on v dae cos bf can take advantage and just gimme 1 present.. UNFORTUNATELY for my bf, not so easy hahahaha... no lah just kidding.. of cos wan 2 presents, but the price doesn't matter u see.. so long as the gift is sincere i'd be more than happy, or even touched, dependent on how the gift was obtained.. for my first v dae with my darling, he gave me a huge bottle of saga seeds (aka love seeds), nicely picked up and cleaned by him.. i can swoon over that hahaha..

people ask us how come we've been together for so long le yet we're still like new couples, super lovy dovy and mushy ahahahaha.. well, i guess it's just a great match. both of us are just so attention seekers and demand lotsa love and time from each other.. so we just end up being together all the time and yet not feel that there's a need for "space". we're just too in love with each other.. crazily madly in love~ XD

oh no.. got distracted n now's my birthday already wahahaha.. gonna go out! =p update on the date later.. OR NOT! hee.. (privacy lah..)

Class gathering

2007-02-09T15:08:00.000+08:00

just had a class gathering with my sec sch buddies yesterday at JP.. so biased! most of them in NTU so make me go down haha.. but i dun mind lah, JP big shopping center to shop!! hahahahahaha...

at first i thought that it was a feb babies birthday celebration, in the end, kiat hoe asked the feb babies to treat the rest -.-" lol... but he joking lah =p

me and my sec sch buddies~ ^_^

we ended up having our dinner at KFC.. (not i pick 1 k? hehe) cos cheap and good hahaha.. we had a great time chit chatting.. we girls just talk about finding jobs while the guys talk about how they are overloading modules lol... can't blame since we're different years in uni haha..

very good to see new faces this time for gathering.. first time gim onn join us haha.. he's always working when we have gatherings!! we also saw a very new face, mingen's gf!! wohoo!! someone attached! =p congrats!! ^_^ so happy to see u 2 so loving, reminds me of me n my bf ahahahahahaha...

but then clement also very funny, keep bugging the both of them cos he trying to woo a girl.. need to learn some courting skills hehe.. clement jia you!! hope u have a great date on my birthday! =p

too bad we didn't have a whole group shot =X nvm, we're gonna have another real feb birthday celebration in 2 weeks time hor? ^_^ cya guys again soon! =)

summary haha..

2007-02-07T21:49:00.000+08:00

today i've finally bought a new printer.. phew... have been crazy trying to print my notes these couple of weeks without one in my room.. haiz.. spent another $85 bucks just like that.. and i need to find more ink cartridge for this already cos they only provide half a cartridge of ink T_T if only i can use the ink cartridges of my old printers =/

PGP now damn noisy... they having party or something.. bollywood music blasting at the podium and everyone is screaming -.-" now i feel like i'm back in hall again.. -.-""

right now i really can't wait for my NOC biz case presentation to be over... i'm so damn stressed becos i know so well i gonna do badly... i've got no data from my company and zero knowledge of finance.. how can i compete with everyone else who:
1. are good at writing
2. have their bosses who provide them with everything while i have absolutely nothing
3. have zero finance background and in no way be able to compete with finance students who douglas loves...

T_T

oh well.. if he marks with bell curve i'm damn sure i gonna secure the bottom.. bah... *dreams shattered...* why should i even bother studying now?? no point since i obviously won't make a difference in my degree when i grad.. no way i can push up my CAP..

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Mon 5th Feb
met up with alicia on mon.. i finally got my pretty birkenstock sandals!!! YAY!!! so happy!! they are shoooo pwetty~ =D *blink blink* diamond studded buckle sandals ^_^

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Sunday 4th Feb
met up with the chestnutties pacey, weijia and adrian for dim sum buffet at dragon gate restaurant at harbourfront center to celebrate the feb babies birthday.. ME!!!! and pacey and tim (although tim didn't turn up).. super ulu place lah haha.. beside the carpark away from the shopping mall de... lucky got adrian to bring us there =p thanks bro! unfortunately.. pacey haven't passed us the photos yet so i can't upload it!! >.< PACEY~~ send us the pics!! =p

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Fri 2nd Feb
finally got to meet up with ulric! one of my best pals in JC ^_^
felt really good to see him after all these years.. he's still the same.. mean as ever hahahahahaha... but i'm quite proud of him lah.. always though that he was a slacker and wouldnt study hard if he goes to Australia.. but he proved me wrong!! he did pretty well there haha ^_^ he's doing double major in University of Queensland i think.. LAW and ACCOUNTING!! and he has ambitions that will bring him far, good for him! =)

see how self-centered he is lol.. lucky my small face can squeeze in at the side hahahaha...

later that day, me and my darling went for a romantic night out... to school to watch KE7 hall play hahahahaha.. it's called letters from the frontline, a theatrical play, but not a musical. but it was pretty good, very funny haha.. had quite a good laugh. good job! ^_^ much better than last year's.. =X but i guess the best was still Romeo Loves Juliet which Pacey had directed.. Pacey really did a fantastic job training the cast to sing.. musicals are really difficult! not only do u need to act, you need to sing and remember every single lyric of all the songs!! good job pacey!!!! =D

me and my darling at UCC~ muacks!! ^_^

Musings

2007-02-02T00:37:00.000+08:00

Valentine's day is coming.. yes, it's my birthday!! my 23rd birthday!! T_T i wonder if i should be happy or sad... i still feel like imma baby.. yet i'm already getting old! T_T i still remember last time how i yearned to be 21.. always had loads of fantasy of getting a car key for my 21st birthday haha.. then i'd feel like an adult! hahaha.. oh well.. but i did get a key though, it was a gold key pendant from my mum. that was real sweet of her... and now time flies so quickly and i gonna be 23.... boo hoo hoo~~

last time when i was in sec sch, i used to organise my own birthday parties and invite the whole class, but nowadays not really possible to get people on such a special occasion huh? hehe.. but really need to thank weijia for organising a feb babies celebration, really love gatherings.. can tok cock and laugh once in a while.. see how everyone is doing etc.. but i wonder how many are willing to turn up :/ well, at the very least, i know that there will always be me, pacey, weijia and adrian who will definitely turn up hor? ^_^

hmmm... i'm salivating already.. been discussing about where to eat during the gathering and all the places they mentioned sounds so appetizing hahahaha...

received a call from an old pal.. it was a pleasant surprise.. talked to her for 2hrs on the phone haha.. last time in jc she used to be called "gou gou" cos she loves dogs while i was called "meow meow" cos i love cats and of cos bcos i am cat! hahaha.. missed all the old times together... hope we can meet up soon! together with gar gar another close pal hehe..

Kawaii~~~ XD

2007-01-30T19:06:00.000+08:00

imma cat..

and cats are cute wahahaha..

but i wun post this other cute clip though.... cos.... not good reputation for me =X
(*ahem.. i dun waste water like that XD)

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2007-01-27T23:54:00.000+08:00

i don't really want to say this.. but singaporeans and whoever's living in singapore are getting really really terrible... sometimes i wonder if i should even pity the government.. they try so hard to tell people to be considerate.. but all of their efforts just prove that we cannot be taught when it involves "thinking for others". these couple of weeks that i've been back, i've been facing quite a lot of extremely rude behaviors..

on the mrt, although there are signs, announcements and even floor drawings to plead for people to let passengers alight first, NO ONE LISTENS!!! the floor drawings even HELPED these people choose their spot to stand: right in the center where the door opens. -.-" if you are first to stand at the side where you should, don't think that you can get in first too.. when the train approaches, these people push and squeeze and then push you behind and they stand IN FRONT OF YOU, letting you smell their smelly hair!!! i can't believe the extent of rudeness that these people can get man.. i'm so ashamed of being part of this country..

perhaps some would say that this is the ugly sight of the older generation, because majority of these rude people are the elderly; aunties and uncles.. sad to say, these people don't care about earning respect, they just don't behave well and still demand respect from others.. however, that's not my real point.. what i want to say is.. MY GENERATION IS NO BETTER!!! T_T

in NUS... (YES!!! UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, EDUCATED PEOPLE, SUCH A DISGRACE!!) undergrads are horrible too... whenever i take the internal shuttle buses, i feel so trapped and feel like my life's hanging on a thread whenever my destination stop is approaching.. the MOB OF STUDENTS SHOW NO MERCY... they don't let you off at the front, which i understand by right i shouldn't (but even if the bus is super crowded and it'll be almost impossible to squeeze to the back to alight).. AND... they don't even LET YOU DOWN AT THE BACK!!!! they just keep squeezing up and refuse to pause and let people who want to alight get down!!! geez... somebody teach these incorrigible brats some courtesy!!

Noooooo~~

2007-01-22T23:58:00.000+08:00

Haiz.. After being so proud shopping in the states, coming back to singapore's shopping had a totally new meaning for me: why in the world do you buy REAL branded goods? >.< everywhere i go, everyone is carrying either COACH or GUCCI bags... even aunties going to the market use gucci or prada bags!!! NOOOOO!!!! this is so wrong!!!! LOL... i was so shocked at first when i first saw a few people on the mrt carrying coach and gucci items, i was thinking to myself how come singaporeans became so willing to spend on such expensive stuffs.. (cos the people who were holding it were nicely dressed young women..) and i was fooled.. cos i just kept seeing more n more people carrying them!!! so i started staring closer... and i realised that they were fake!!!!! argh.. lol..

went to a few pasar malams to shop shop.. went specifically to those bags stores to check out the imitation products.. they were everywhere!!! the imitation actually were quite good.. you had to go up close to see that the metal and leather were of poor qualities! haha.. had a urge to grab a gucci pouch myself ahahahaha..

NAH... i'm carrying authentic stuffs now.. dun wanna spoil that =p and anyway, everyone carrying those imitations were using the bags of the same fabric.. my coach bag is a pure white leather bag... so mine's definitely easily seens as real mah!! cos no imitation products carry my style!! hehe~ yay!!! so not too bad still XD
but still.. quite hesistant to bring it out.. cos it has been raining so often nowadays!! cannot afford to get my precious bag wet!! oh well.. i'll bring it out shopping one day.. make sure i'm nicely under the shelter of my shopping paradise haa..

these few days i have been very very bad... i haven't touched a single bit of work!!! got addicted to a new serial.. INVASION.. my bf's sis had the whole series collection so me and him watched it for 3 days full!! haha.. couldn't tear my eyes off the tv!! i just finished the serial like an hour ago... but i HATE it!!!! i have come to a conclusion.. never watch an american serial again... cos it

NEVER ENDS...

yeah.. after watching the whole series... it just ended in the middle of nowhere.. next season............... duh.. -.-" spent so much time on it and i couldn't satisfy my hunger for the whole story >.< argh.. oh well...

now it's time to die.. i haven't even started on my biz case analysis for my NOC.. and i haven't even thought of what to write.. haha.. i gonna "bao" the F grade for the bell curve grading manz hahaha.. >.<

ok.. now to start work....

hey, it's late.. time to get my 12 hr beauty sleep first... =X

NUS life~

2007-01-17T23:20:00.000+08:00

just to start.. PGP SUCKS! argh.. there was a blackout yesterday night, TWICE... my laptop and all were just on ac power, no battery inside so shutted down during the blackout, and so did my printer.. lucky my IBM laptop power, didn't die.. but i think it suffered some damages, going a little crazy.. the moment the power came back after the first blackout, i switched on my laptop and about 10secs later, boom! 2nd blackout!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... zzz...

my poor poor printer.. he died.. boo hoo hoo!!! i wan PGP to compensate my losses!!! i just bought $100 worth of printer cartridges!! now how???? >.< had my bf to help me print with his laser printer.. but i wan my lecture notes in COLOUR~~~ haha...

last night we also went to wayne's "apt" to celebrate his "25th" birthday hahaha.. was kinda a surprise for him =p had such a great time toking cock with the rest of the people.. especially jeffrey with his endless true stories hahaha.. we talked until 2plus am lah.. went back hall at 3am lor! haha.. lucky today classes started at 2pm! =p

now that i'm back in NUS, things are a little different for me.. now i try to cook my own dinner hahaha... yesterday i tried cooking bak kut teh.. feels so different cooking for 1!!! i'm so used to using the whole large family pack of pork ribs and beef!!! ahahahaha... oh well..

today was even better~! my sweet darling cooked cold soba for me!!! yum yum yum~!
cold soba with seaweed~ yum yum~~

soup!! ^_^

the cute chef~

yum yum~ had a great dinner! ^_^

Back to my tiny world~

2007-01-11T20:22:00.000+08:00

At the beginning of the year 2007, I organised a gathering with my chestnutties housemates to celebrate our 1 year anniversary: 6th Jan, the day we arrived in Philadelphia, USA and embarked on a 1 year journey together just last year for NOC. The people who turned up were the usual gang of close chestnutties pals: Weijia, Adrian, Pacey and Law. My darling Alvin went with me too! ^_^ It was a new kind of roadtrip: a SG food hunt! =p Our anniversary also turned up to be Law's birthday, so weijia bought a cake to celebrate with him as well hehe..

Our first stop was at Bukit Timah Market
singing bdae song to lawly pop

I wonder wad law is wishing for his bdae lol..

Buying carrot cake from the famous store!! ^_^

After our brunch, we headed to Venezia at 6th Ave for some fat-free gelato! Our famous hangouts!! (for those from HCJC and NJC! =p) We enjoyed the yummy ice-cream and spent some great time talking cock haha..

Next stop at Venezia, 6th Ave.

Still later, we went to Adrian's house to play bridge as well as "deal or no deal" haha.. had some fun poking fun of each other lol... Dinner we had some delicious claypot rice and otah, yummy!! ^_^

sexiest man alive with top model hehe~

dear u eating otah or me? o.O

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Back to school, back to my old life, but with a new twist! :D I have been seeing so many familiar faces since I came back, so many "I haven't seen you for so long!!" exclaimation from all my friends haha.. but there are also so many missing faces too! only about 40% of my cohort went on to honours year, quite a large group, but nevertheless, much less people around nowadays.. Met a few in school only to find out that they had already graduated >.<

But i guess the most interesting thing that happened these few days were the number of coincidences that i've gotten!! first of all, i had only planned to take my remaining modules with weijia, but due to NUS's inefficiency, weijia couldn't get the modules that we had originally discussed to take together T_T but instead, i ended up taking the same modules as Phebe and Shamir!! haha.. now we're taking all our classes together!! :D

while i was talking to weijia during the gathering, i found out that my honour's professor is actually weijia's family friend!! ooooo.. her dad and my prof were JC friends! hahaha.. small world.. and when i went to lab, i found out that Ziliang (the guy who passed weijia his phone for her to use when he left) was working in the same lab as me under the same prof!!! wahahahahahaha.... i can't believe it!! =p

but i guess the most unbelievably amazing thing was when i bumped into peiling 1 day... at PGP... Peiling is my NOC senior buddy, and now.. she is my NEIGHBOUR! hehehe~~ PGP so big got so many blocks, but not only were we on the same block, we're also staying on the same level a couple of doors away!!! haha.. now i got someone to go ba1 gua4 with when i'm bored hehe XD

Now that school has started, it has really been a crazily busy time for me.. FYP is really crazy, I've been running to and fro the lab everyday! >.< spending so much traveling time when all i'm doing is circling this tiny NUS haha.. but the interesting part about dinner is that everyday when i enter the canteen, the juniors would walk up to me and say: "can join pageant please? you're very pretty!!" ROFL!!! mebbe it was the great weather in Philly plus my happiness as I'm blessed to spend my time with my chestnutties last year, and now to be back by my darling's side ^_^

2007 New Year Celebration

2007-01-01T16:42:00.000+08:00

Spent my new year eve with my darling hee~ he planned the day according to his good old days with his buddies, but kept it a surprise for me.. and i overdressed for the occasion so had to make changes >.<

had chicken rice at far east plaza.. yum! :D
supposed to go play pool but wrong dressing so went to watch movie instead haha.. watched blood diamond, pretty good show.. but made my bf rethink about the diamond he's supposed to buy me for our wedding T_T
went shopping around, bought a cute tank top and tried on expensive accessories at Gucci in DFS bldg.

Gucci sandals, so pretty!! (S$850, on sale)

Gucci sunglasses, Chic! (S$620)

Coach bag in SG: S$1k+
Look on my face: Priceless.. XD

my darling spent a day in my perspective..

my tiny eyes..

I'll join you!! XD *squint*

Hey wait.. I can't see a thing.. =X

-.-" oh well..

so where did we go next? i dunno!! >.< darling kidnapping me!! dowan tell me! >.<

and my bf yails: wo3 shi4 qing1 bai2 de!!

green sugar cane (qing), white barley drink (bai)

and so he pleas for innocence :p
off to dinner at Bedok Food center! :D

Hor fun!!! mmmmm..

Fried carrot cake!! yum yum!

Sambal Stingray! muahahaha~

Super fantastic dinner.. Thanks dear! Muacks!! ^_^ *gives you your innocence back =p*

was then supposed to go east coast for romantic countdown haha.. but wrong dressing T_T

*swept off to Vivo city for countdown instead haha.. and i met a couple of friends and darling too met his jc classmates hee~ :)

An awesome finale to end my beautiful year in 2006 and welcome the new year in 2007 ^_^

Back to good old days~

2007-01-01T14:27:00.000+08:00

I'm back in Singapore.. It feels weird.. Everything seems so perfectly same and familiar yet it all seems so new to me at the same time. I feel like I had never left Singapore.. The aunties chit chattering on the streets, the young punks talking singlish on the mrt (and nowadays with very hip clothings n hairstyles tsk tsk..). And the year in America seems just like a beautiful dream.. But all in all, it feels great to be home again. I didn't think that i would be one who would be homesick, but i am.. i miss everyone.. family, boyfriend, friends, relatives, singapore..

hmm.. so sentimental lol.. okok.. i miss FOOD!! haha.. i've been eyeing all the local delights for so long! and i'm blessed to have my boyfriend who had brought me around this tiny city state these couple of days to eat all the incredible food, and shoppings in between hee~ everyone thinks i'm weird.. singaporean taking pictures of normal dishes.. haha.. can't help it.. i miss all the yummy delicious food haa~

ok, let's start with food delights with my family ^_^

DURIAN~ mmmmmmmmm....

my bro brought me and my mum to jalan kayu to eat their famous roti prata and soup kumbeng (mutton soup) immediately after alighting the flight for supper. my beloved mum then brought me to crystal jade to eat the same day for lunch.. had dim sum and other nice roast pork etc dishes! then for dinner, we went to chua chu kang to eat the famous five spice bee hoon (wu3 xiang1 mee2 fen3) yum yum!! then my mum so wanted to buy me durain to eat (she knows it's my favourite fruit haha), and she saw it! a durian store just beside the kopitiam where we were eating the bee hoon haha.. my mum's experience with dealing with the seller got us the best durians he had! yay yay!! =D

home cooked fried bee hoon~

my mum's fried bee hoon is so good it makes me wanna cry.. it's really the best bee hoon u can get in the world.. seriously..

home cooked fried beancurd~

nothing really special, but i love it hee~ it's only home that i can get all the soy milk, yoghurt drinks, yakult, xiao mai cao drinks and wide variety of fruit juices i love.. only drank orange juice in the states haha..

ok, moving on to the great food i had with my darling =p

steamboat bak chor mee!! wohoo~~

kinda kewl.. a delicious bak chor mee with steamboat.. yum yum!! had laksa and char kway tiao with dear too hee~

hot plate beancurd~

black pepper crab! ooooooo~

the crab is simply so delicious! it was extremely fresh. we could choose the crab we wanted and the meat was just so succulent~ mmmmmmm... pic not clear cos tok with hp cam haha..

i had a fantastic time back home these couple of days. thanks everyone =)

Christmas gathering with my sec school buddies! ^_^

2006-12-27T22:06:00.000+08:00

It has been more than 5 years since i graduated from secondary school, but me and my buddies have never once failed our tradition of getting together for christmas every year! I'm really happy that I've gotten to know this bunch of friends! They are friends of a lifetime ^_^

it started off with me inviting all my friends over to my house for xmas, then came kiat hoe who took over me haha..

this year we held it at melvin's house instead; somewhere new for a change... but they still needed the xmas tree from me hahahaha..

my xmas tree hee~

this year, instead of the turkey and candlelight dinner which i usually hold at my house, we had potluck instead haha... each of us brought some food over. i dun mind, really!! LOCAL FOOD for me!! wahahahahaha... yum yum! ^_^

look who turned up for the gathering with me! =p

my RSS gal pals!

me and sim thong

me and gui ying

me and hui yeng

me and shereen

me and kiat hoe! ^_^

me and dear~

me and my xmas tree LOL

this year's xmas celebration was very special.. we had our own live band and karaOK! hahaha..

my multi-talented friends! :D

the whole gang of us ^_^

merry christmas 2006! :D

no words can describe how happy i am to be able to celebrate xmas with them every year :)

Happy 2 year Anniversary darling~ ^_^

2006-12-26T13:45:00.000+08:00

How time flies!! Me and darling Alvin have been together for 2 years!! I flew back all the way from the states to celebrate this important event of the year! 22nd December ^_^ Hee.. But I had him to plan the whole day's activities! hahaha..

where r u bringing me?? >.<

First up was lunch! He brought me to this super great place to eat JAPENESE FOOD!!! MUAHAHAHA... i so miss jap food man!! the jap food in the states is SO EX! >.<

California roll dear? :)

Unagi with fried beancurd!! yum!!!!

this dish is simply so delicious.. so yummy that no words can describe T_T

soft shell crab~~ *salivates~

another one of my favourites! ^_^ the crab is nicely fried, and the crust is loose yet crispy~ (song1 cui4) mmmmmmm..

another soft shell crab dish! :D

this dish is called spider monkey or something haha.. the soft shell crab rolled into sushi with fish roe on top!! yum yum!! =p

highlight of the meal! LOBSTER!!

muahahahahahaha... MUAHAHAHAHA... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

and guess who i met at this ulu place??

Timothy and his gf!!! whoaaaaaaaa!!! super small world!! i just saw him the day before lor lol.. i just couldn't believe my eyes man!! that jap restaurant is really super ulu!! at ulu pandan rd! lol.. no lar.. it's at lock road, near depot road =p but the place is all the way hidden in the jungle 1 de wahahahaha...

that was a great jap lunch! and double date haha...

next up was to VIVO CITY!! the newly opened shopping mall muahahahaha~~

my bf sure knows how to make my day!! shopping!! hehe~ and we also went to buy tickets to watch the movie "curse of the golden flower" starring JAY CHOU!! wohoo!! i've been wanting to watch that show for eons!! XD cinematic effect was sooo good.. although the story line really quite crappy.. not much depth..

went around taking xmas pics hehe~

next up was.... DINNER!! wahahahaha...

actually he wanted to bring me to this place to sit some balloon haha.. but it was closed! >.< and we decided to go look for black pepper crab to eat.. and... we bumped into this store by chance!!

famous fried fish bee hoon!!!

this store apparantly is very famous.. got loads of newspaper cuttings and pics with celebrities haha.. wun tell u guys where.. whoever wants to eat must ask me along!! then i'll show u where hehehehehe~~

n not to forget.. this bee hoon was HEAVEN~ soup was so tasty!! fish so yummy!! yum yum yum!!! :D

and it comes with HOT HOT chilli padi!! wohoo!!!

sambal kangkong!! super delicious too!! ^_^

super sweet coconut juice! super tender sweet meat too! :D

after that we went to bugis to shop some more lol... oops! exposed lol.. but u still can't find the store without me! hehe~

pretty diamond xmas tree by sookee! *blink blink!!*

pretty ladybug!

there.. i knew it! he really loves me hahaha XD

Happy 2 year Anniversary dear~
MUACKS! ^_^

Graduation Pics!

2006-12-23T10:19:00.000+08:00

Finally I've uploaded all my graduation pics! took me so long! hahaha..

And we're on the papers in SingTao Chinese Papers in Philadelphia!! ^_^

Click on the picture to enlarge and read about it :)

My boss, David Anderson and supervisor, Godfrey Nazareth from my company, Gentis

The ONLY girls in my batch and Gean! T_T

So sad right? only 3 of us in my batch!! So lesbian deprived! =X I mean girl deprived haha..

Me and my roomie, Charmaine ^_^

Me and Alicia in the toilet haha..

My group leader, Andy! ^_^

TEAM BIOMONY~

The most professional group!! got overall first in class for the business plan!! yeah! haha.. Credits to TIMOTHY, Andy and Wanye! (ok Tim, I didn't forget ur name this time hee~)

Pacey and his gay moments with Wayne haha..

AFTER GRADUATION CHILLOUT @ CONTINENTIAL

housemate guys

me and charmaine sharing a plate of crab pad thai~

Weijie and Shamir caught in the act! lol..

Pacey and Law!

Tsk tsk!! Pacey you got so many gay partners still wan steal my bf! >.<

Me and Gean

me and alicia and an intruder haha..

intruder trying to jump into the pic haa..

haha.. i had so much fun ^_^
Will miss everyone of you!!!

NCBV Batch 7 Graduation

2006-12-13T09:58:00.000+08:00

Finally, I've graduated from NOC. I was still thinking to myself that batch 6 was so lucky to have Pacey who helped them make their graduation video.. I was feeling a little upset during graduation that we won't have a video when Pacey suddenly poped up to the stage and announced that there WAS a video.. I know that Pacey had dreaded so much to make this video because he didn't want to leave; he didn't want to make his own video that reminded him so much of this one year journey that he's gonna miss so badly.. The moment he said that he made a video for us, my tears just came rolling down. i was so touched.

Presenting to you a work by PacEvolution,

My very own version of a farytale~

Chapter 1: A day of an NOC student
(A dramatization of a series of actual events that really happened)

6:30: Wake up (that's Adrian btw lol..)
6:45: Wake up... late
6:50: Someone is in the toilet
6:50: Someone is in the ONLY toilet
7:15: The fridge is.. empty
7:45: SEPTA train "Doors are closing"
8:00: Catch the bus
8:01: Miss the bus
2:00: At work
3:00: Where is my bus pass?
3:00: Where is my $70 bus pass?
4:15: Late for class
4:20: Quiz results
4:20: "Check minus" quiz results
6:30: Grocery Shopping
7:00: Cook dinner
7:10: Burn dinner
9:00: Do dishes
9:30: Wash clothes
9:35: Wash stained clothes
11:30: Call girlfriend in Singapore
(wait a minute! I don't have one..)
2:00am: the guy next door SINGS!!!

7/4/2006: Holiday in Miami
7/4/2006: Car crash in Miami
but with friends around, the storm subsided and taken over by a beautiful rainbow. :)

Chapter 2: F.R.I.E.N.D.S
(The most wonderful segment. Can you tell?)

Part 2 of the video~

it is just amazing how pacey managed to capture all the elements of our typical day and just basically our whole 1 year's experience here so poignantly. i told myself that i wouldn't cry during graduation cuz i'm so sure that the guys have already betted that I'll cry.

When i gave my graduation speech, I had already stopped myself from crying.. cuz I had too much eye makeup and looking like a Diva.. too much at stake.. cannot lose my sophisticated image haha.. but when the video came, nothing could stop the flood of tears that came out of nowhere.. This video was pretty much Chestnutties biased haha.. but that then reminds me more of the life I've had here.

it has been a great 1 year doing crazy and stupid things together, and even greater that we've captured so much of our lives in video and pictures.. How the 6 of us had managed to hunt down our this tiny apartment, squeezed inside and shared ONE toilet haha.. All the small little things that we do all the time, I never once knew how much they meant to me..

-waking up late for work (yeah, i know.. go work so late still can be late ahaha..)
-hogging on to the toilet.. the ONLY toilet.. all the time.. (oops!! haha.. =X)
-eating breakfast cereal without milk (cos i'm the last person to wake up so usually all the milk would have been gone by the time i have breakfast >.<)
-dozing off at work after lunch.. (can't help it! >.<)
-rushing for class (running desperately behind -the guys who walk damn fast lol..) and then
-getting "check MINUS" all the time for my assignments as well XD
-trying to cook a nice dinner all the time (pretending to be the best chef lol..) -washing dishes.. bleah.. haha..
-listening to pacey singing everday hee~
-getting loads of speeding tickets
-nagging at everyone!! :p

this is really my life here.. my 1 year's simple yet incredible 1 year.. even small little things that can make a big impact. when will i get to nag so much again after i leave? T_T

actually i just gonna so miss the stupid and crappy things we do together.. :) family outings every weekend!!

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GROCERY SHOPPING!! :D

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hehe..
sorry.. shopping indulgence for me XD

gonna update on this post another day together with all the pics i took for graduation, need to study for exam tmr!! ^_^

Happy Anniversary!!

2006-12-07T04:20:00.000+08:00

Dearest Chestnutties,

Happy 11 mth anniversary!! wohoo!! we've come so far together!! love u all! ^_^ let's strive the last few weeks together! :D

Meow~

last mile last mile!!! :D

2006-12-07T02:55:00.000+08:00

yay!! finally it's the last mile to go!! 2 more weeks i'll be on the plane home!! wohoo~~ back for my anniversary surprise with lotsa great food and also lotsa xmas parties~ ooooooooooo XD

right now it's winter, my last chance to wear all my jackets n coats haha.. must wear everything i cannot wear in sg!! lol.. hope i can get to see some snow for the last time before i leave home ^_^

this 1 year had been really fulfilling! i had loads of fun and laughter, esp with my chestnutties! :D there are definitely loads of things i gonna miss here, but there are also loads of things that i'm looking forward to!

some things i gonna miss in the states:

- fat free milk
when is singapore gonna have those nice healthy milk??

- my CEO chair~~
darn.. i need a teleporter to bring my kewl chair home haha..

- chewing gum
not exactly what i'll miss badly, but at least i know i get to eat this here n not in sg haha..

- courteous friendly americans!! ^_^
that's definitely 1 thing that i'm really gonna miss.. people here are so nice! they'd greet you whenever they see you, even on the streets! and they always hold the door for you if you are entering or leaving a place :)

- poppy seed cake!!
argh!! poppy seeds are banned in SG! T_T simply love the cake manz.. *salivates~
adrian.. can smuggle some back for me? :(

- 4 seasons
ok, this is something that i'll never get in SG haha.. just so cool to see the trees transforming all the time.. botak when i came, grew hair in summer.. then hair turn grey n drop off then become botak again ahahaha...
love the great weather in spring n autumn too!! air con outside!! wohoo~~ SG u just sweat lol..

cool weather also allows me to layer my clothes, lemme experiment with all kinds of clothes combi.. but in sg.. the less u wear the better lol.. tees n shorts haha..

- disposable toilet seat covers
oooo.. 1 of my personal favourites ahahaha... american toilets are CLEAN! cos ppl use disposable toilet seat covers.. in SG? pee all on seat cover.. ewwww... i can never understand this.. if you wanna pee n dirty everywhere becos you refuse to sit on the seat, then don't be so inconsiderate n pee on the seat cover!!! RAWR!!!

and most importantly...
- SHOPPING~
where else in this world can you get great shopping like in the US?? here the branded goods are so much cheaper!! i can buy branded stuffs here for same price as no brand stuffs in SG man!! lol..
and.. ONLINE SHOPPING!! haha.. my indulgence~ no need go out, just surf the net n i still get my retail therapy ahaha... where to shop eBay in SG man.. the online shopping in SG still pretty small.. not attractive enough yet.. i'd rather go orchard rd lol..

and last but not least..
- CHESTNUTTIES!!
had so much fun with this bunch of crazy ppl haha.. it's a great experience to learn how to live outside of the comforts of my home and go rent an apt (yes!! my name's on the lease!! it's my house!! :D), buy all the furniture and cook and clean the whole house by ourselves!!

=> traveling around the states with them!
there's just so much to do in the states.. so many things to explore.. so many entertainment outlets!! singapore is just too small.. no Disneyland, no theme parks with extreme rollercoasters, no pearly island beaches to suntan n see topless pretty girls tanning haha.. and the real point is.. you don't see singaporeans like the americans doing wild n crazy things!! singapore is just too boring.. too small! and history is just zzzz haha.. US there's salem!! witchcraft!! hauntings!! woooo.... there's also prestigious schools like Harvard, MIT, Princeton and of course Wharton at Penn! ^_^ n where else to see the nature's wonders?? mountains, waterfalls (ooo Niagara Falls~) snowstorms.. =X haha.. and also not to forget all the weird festivals that people celebrate here!! halloween, thanksgiving, st. patrick's day.. haha.. more excuses to have fun hehe..

but i had my fun, i had my fill.. n there's so many things that i'm looking forward to too!! ^_^

i think needless to say.. i'm looking forward to...

- FOOD!!! *salivates~
mmmmmmmmm... singapore is really a food paradise.. there's no doubt to that.. let's see...

bak chor mee
black pepper crab
beef hor fun
crystal jade dim sum~ --> har kao, chee cheong fun, spring roll, xiao long bao, nuo mai kai.. mmmmmm XD
nasi lemak
kway chap
curry!! --> mutton curry, chicken curry
sambal stingray!!
sambal kang kong!!
hainanese chicken rice
roast duck rice
roti prata
japanese food! (jap food here is soooo ex!!) --> sashimi~ unagi~ tempura~ oooo~~ *slurp!
fried hokkien mee
steam boat
fried carrot cake
ooo n my mummy's home cooked food!! ^_^

haha.. ok, let's continue..
- my mummy n bro~
haven't seen them for so long!!! at last can see my mum.. n see how blur she is like me haha.. no lar kiddin =p

- chinese shows! movies and serial dramas!! haha
there's really a dearth of chinese shows here.. hmm.. there IS no chinese shows here lol... i miss all the shows!! oooooo gonna stick my eyes to the TV liao haha.. n i wanna watch the Jay Chou chinese movie that's coming out!! "Curse Of The Golden Flower" oooooo.. *gleams~

- washing machine!
time to get lazzzyyyy hahahahahaha...

- sunny weather~
sure get back my tan in no time lol... die >.<

- clean city!!
ooo.. no more spit on the floor.. or less haha.. here everywhere i walk, i see spit on the floor and i see ppl spitting.. ewwww.... not exactly something i can tolerate haha..

- NUS boring lectures!
OMG.. did i just say that?? lol.. yar.. i'm crazy.. kinda miss the old feeling of sitting in a giant lecture theatre with loads of other muggers while i zzzzz ahahahaha..

- weijia!!
don't forget that i'm coming back to go eat with you!! hehe..

AND...
- my 2 year anniversary with my darling!! ^_^
yup yup!! this is my biggest event that i'm looking forward to! ooooooo got surprise for me!!! hehe.. got surprise for him too =p ok, no disclosure here haha..

- x'mas parties~
tradition with my sec sch friends!! yay!! can't wait to see them again!! always love to party with them haaa!! they are the greatest bunch of friends i love to hang out with hehe.. see you guys soon!!! :D

and there are other xmas parties like with my relatives and other friends!! wheee~~ ^_^

hee.. actually i bought so much xmas gifts!! wooo.. i'm sooooo broke lol..

happy girl~

am i sick?

2006-11-30T00:12:00.000+08:00

die.. weijia just sent me this article.. people who shop too much.. may be sick!! ahhhh... the article can be found here.

here's the excerpt:

Can't stop shopping? You might have a disorder
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The Straits Times

Compulsive buying is just as common in men as in women, a nationwide telephone survey has found, and in its extreme forms, may be a psychiatric illness

(hmmm....)
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Dr Lorrin Koran, the study's lead author and emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, said compulsive buyers commonly suffer from other psychiatric disorders.

(oh ohh..)
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'Compulsive buying, like pathological gambling, may lead to bankruptcy, divorce, loss of employment and even suicide attempts,' Dr Koran said.

(shit.. =X )

bla bla bla.. (article goes on..)

seems like i'm in a pretty bad shape.. i shop non-stop!! lol.. never go shopping center also can shop online at home! hahaha...

okok... i'm just joking.. if you read the full article, they said that these people just dun care what they buy.. they just spend money for the sake of it.. I'm different. I sniff out good deals before I buy muahahahahaha..

so... I'm not sick!! (I hope... ok.. let's just not go any deeper >.<)

Thanksgiving at Angela's Place!

2006-11-28T10:19:00.000+08:00

YES!! I celebrated thanksgiving twice!! this time at Angela's house. We got to know her through the Monte Jade Seminar. She works for J&J, executive marketing officer I think, not too sure ^_^ She's a Singaporean just like us! hehe.. So we could really get along well :) Angela is such a nice person, invited us to her house to EAT ALL WE WANT hehe..

outside Angela's house

me, niki and gean in her pretty house! :)

me and niki ^_^

Pacey trying to play the chinese "gu zhen" haha

mouth watering appetizers!!! :D

that's Angela! (with our turkey~ XD)

our turkey~ YUM! ^_^

stupid lawrence~ guess u wanted me to eat the whole turkey by myself haha :p

me and andy with our beloved turkey~ awww.. (shh.. u get 1 drumstick, i get the other~)

lol.. me and law checking out the turkey as andy removes the stuffing (waiting to prance n eat the turkey already haha)

our thanksgiving dinner!!! muahahahahaha~~

Pacey cutting the turkey while Andy steals the drumstick haha..

and andy succeeds lol..

andy and gean with the turkey's wish bone (with law being so extra haha)

it is said that the person who holds the wish bone of the turkey can get his or her wish come true haha.. since the turkey only has 1 wish bone, gean and andy had to fight for it lol.. andy want a gf lar, and gean confirm wan her bf to propose asap hehe.. in the end, when the wish bone broke, andy got the main piece, which meant that his wish will come true! poor gean lol.. gean dun worry lar.. ur bf preparing ler!! XD

our remnants haha..

the turkey was SOOOO delicious!! yum yum~~ (but char and adrian, yours still the best though! ^_^) we simply stuffed ourselves with food haha..

ate the whole night..

we had to!

cos we were preparing for a marathon..

the one and only:

BLACK FRIDAY MIDNIGHT MADNESS SALE AT WOODBURRY!! WOHOO!!!~ :D

black friday is the day after thanksgiving, it is a tradition where all the shops have amazing sales, but starting at the stroke of midnight after thanksgiving hehe~ me, law and pacey had been planning for this shopping trip for months!!! this is one of our last crazy shopping trips at woodbury (i hope =X lol..)

but before i start on our race, we helped angela to wash up and pick out the rest of the meat from the turkey, cos angela was gonna prepare for us her real famous dish.. turkey porridge!! i've heard so much about it from adrian.. last time when he visited her, she also cooked turkey for them and turkey porridge in the morning.. now it's our turn to try it!!

all of us picking on the juicy succulent meat~

helping to clean up

that's angela's bf Eric btw, he's a very nice guy ^_^

okok... midnight madness sale!! here we come!!! :D

traffic jam

it was a horrendous traffic jam to woodbury, everyone were on their way there too haha.. (if not then just their luck to be stuck there :p) and then the UFO came down (as seen in the pic) and offered to teleport us to woodbury immediately if we would help them get good deals.. so we declined.. this is not the time for mercy!! good deals for us!! lol..

nah, i'm just kidding haha..

anyway, when we finally reached woodbury after getting stuck in the jam for 2 hrs, we still had a hard time finding a parking lot.. when we did find a parking space, some korean guys tried to fight with us for that space.. rude horrible people.. they even spat on geans car after we let them take the slot.. but nvm.. it's shopping!! muahaha..

we started shopping at 2am.. the crowd was simply crazy!! queues were everywhere, all the popular stores had long queues to enter.. we ended up spending most of our time queueing to go into the shops lol.. but actually the stuff there were really quite crappy lar, that's why they were cheap.. good stuffs were still original price sadly lol.. in the end, i only bought 4 items for myself.. totaling of $270!! this is because, i spent on the biggest buy for the first time in my life...

super duper long queue outside COACH..

AND.. i was one of them ahahaha...

my new COACH bag~

this is the most expensive item that i own in my entire life.. paid $172 for it!! >.<

actually the situation which i bought it was quite screwed up.. me and gean spent more than an hour queueing up to get into the store and when we finally got in, we checked out all the stuffs and sales there.. gean took 2 items while i got this bag. i was thinking to myself that the bag was so pretty but yet so ex.. people are paying so much just for the brand! then gean came up to me and said: ok, let's go pay up! i was like O_O"!!!

i said: "but.. but.. i'm still thinking!!" (refresh: thinking about why people pay so much for brand)

so gean said: dun need think lah, next time go work sure will use 1.. good investment..

lol.. and we both went to the cashier to pay up while i was still pretty stunned ROFL... oh well, doesn't matter, i really love my new bag, so chic!! falling deeper and deeper in love with it! ^_^ (yes, i still love u more dear hehe~)

other stuffs i bought:

Calvin Klein bag to dump all my books ^_^

Ralph Lauren Classic Polo Tee~

costs a BOMB in Singapore btw hehe~

my French Connection United Kingdom (FCUK) jacket! :D

also a sudden buy bcos of gean lol.. but i shall not expose how i decided to buy it here ahahaha...

then i helped my friend, Annan to help him buy 2 watches. here they are! :)

Fossil watch

Michael Kors (refurbished)

although the MK watch is refurbished, it is nonetheless a great steal!!!!!! $30 (before tax) only!!! wohoo!!

Annan: please tell me you don't like the MK watch.. i'd gladly take it! hahaha..

then i also bought some other gifts, including Alicia's advanced bdae pressie ^_^ wanted to help char grab the stuff she wanted, but unfortunately, the stuff she wanted ( 2 tees) were too crappy, so decided not to buy.

anyway, we literally shopped till we dropped.. me and gean shopped till 2pm the next day lol... we were simply so exhausted!! law, pacey, shamir, niki and grace (angela's daughter who joined us) couldn't take it and went to the car to sleep much earlier while waiting for us haha.. andy and rex came back slightly later than us ahaha..

after the long marathon, it was time to get back to angela's house.. to our long awaited.. TURKEY PORRIDGE! ^_^

yummiest porridge i've eaten in my life.. and i really mean it!!!

the porridge was simply so good.. i've never tasted anything that nice before!! it made me and gean touched to the verge of tears haha.. angela even prepared lotsa dumplings and meatballs for us! and she had a bottle of chilli sause!! woots!! so good!!! i couldn't stop eating haha... simply amazing food~ mmmmmm~ ^_^

then we had dessert!!

yummy~~ :D

all of us with Angela, Eric (her bf), Grace and JJ (her kids)

we had a great time together, chit chatting about all the stuffs in singapore (local jokes haha) and with andy and pacey keep making lotsa sexist jokes haha.. oh well..

what a great thanksgiving. ^_^ a real memorable event in my life :)

Chestnut Thanksgiving Dinner ^_^

2006-11-23T13:19:00.000+08:00

Somewhere in Oct, me and char were looking through some magazines when she spotted this article with the recipe on how to make roast turkey.. so we decided that we should make our own turkey to celebrate thanksgiving!! :D

fresh grocers, the supermarket near our house had a special offer whereby you can get a free frozen turkey for every $100 that we spend. so we went crazy and just keep grabbing stuffs to put into our shopping cart to make up $100 worth of goods ahaha... deliang just kept throwing candy bars beside the cashier to top up to $100... lol..

the frozen turkey supposedly needed 2 days to thaw completely, but we weren't sure how to, so in the end we just took it out of the freezer 2 days before and thawed it on our kitchen table.. however, at the end of 1.5 days, we woke up to a stinking turkey lol... ok.. so that showed that it was the wrong way to thaw the turkey haha.. and charmaine had to go down to frogo to buy another turkey.. sian.. so much for trying to get a free turkey haha...

our initial idea was for me and char to roast the turkey while adrian baked all the yummy desserts that normally comes along during thanksgiving (or so adrian's boss said hehe~) unfortunately, i was too caught up with work and had so many long project meetings that i hadn't had the time to help out. in the end, it was just charmaine and adrian who made the humongous feast! we had the feast 1 week early on 18 Nov.

pretending that i helped lol..

adrian and charmaine stayed up almost the whole night to prepare all the food. adrian stayed up for the first part of the night.. he just keep bathing the new turkey in water to thaw it while baking a lot of mouth watering cakes!! then charmaine took over in the morning to help make the turkey. all in all.. i think they spent like 24hrs to make ALL the food.. let me show u..

craneberry walnut bread

apple cake, yum yum~~ ^_^

sugar coated cinnamon pecans!!! YUMMY~ :D

left: poppy seed cake (in rectangular pans); right: pumpkin pie~ (in round pans)

ok, let me highlight something.. POPPY SEEDS ARE BANNED IN SINGAPORE!!! muahahaha... so none of u in SG can get to eat this!!!

next thing to highlight..
THIS IS THE BEST CAKE I'VE EATEN IN MY LIFE!!!!
and i seriously mean that.. i really dun like to eat cakes, but this is 1 cake that i simply cannot resist!! dunno how to describe it.. but it's really super duper yummily delicious!!!

ok, let's just pray that i wun get addicted to opium..

ok i admit.. I'M ADDICTED TO THIS POPPY SEED CAKE!!! AHHHHH...

the best turkey i've had~ muahahahaha...

really really the yummiest turkey i've eaten.. the meat is moist, tender and juicy~ and the stuffing is sooooooo delicious~ *salivates~ but then again.. i've only had those i got from cold storage in singapore, so that's really no competition haha..

our dinner feast!! no 1 really seems interested in taking pic lol.. all of us were eyeing to get started with the long awaited meal ahahaha..

let me introduce all the dishes on the table, starting with the 1 deliang is eyeing haha.. that's just all the extra turkey stuffings. we are supposed to make extra stuffings as those that do get in the turkey is too little for all of us. going clockwise, next up is of course the turkey!! ^_^ and the pot of brown stuff is actually the turkey sause, super duper yummy man!! haha.. ok, i'm out of vocab with so many yummy food =X.. next up at the far right is the cranberry sause for the turkey as well haha.. below the sause is the apple cake, then the green pot is spinach salad, then cranberry walnut bread and lastly, the mashed potatoes ^_^

ok fine fine.. proper family thanksgiving pic! :p

all credits to char n adrian ^_^

seriously, if not for charmaine n adrian, the dinner would not have been possible. thank you sooooo much!!! ^_^ of course not to forget, thank you so much to pacey, alicia and kai an for cleaning up the huge mess in the kitchen after the dinner. really appreciate it! :) and thank you law and adrian for scrubbing the black stove haha.. and charmaine for cheering them to scrub it cleaner wahaha..

okiee... now to give thanks.. :)

MUM and bro: thanks for all the love and care that you've showered upon me, giving me all the best that you could, and even trying to give everything else up just to provide the best for me. thank you so much and love you all dearly ^_^

darling alvin: thank you dear for sacrificing so much for me and loving me with all your heart. (gotta stop here or i'll never stop lol..) i love u!! :)

weijia: thanks for sharing 5 great months with us. you really brightened up our house. ^_^

deliang: thanks for organizing all the roadtrips, made all our journeys a memorable experience.

lawrence: thanks for being the great CEO of our house, i'll hire u next time haha.. but thanks for the great advices that you've given me. really appreciate it :)

pacey: although you always like to bully me, i know that it's precisely because you treat me as a real friend that you do that hehe.. n of course, you were always there for me when i needed help. you and adrian are the nicest guys around. when everyone else left me in the lurch, you 2 were always the ones who stayed behind. thank you from the deepest of my heart. and thanks for being always sincere and true, not just to others, but to yourself. they are traits of great people in our society :)

adrian: thank you adrian for always letting me bully u haha.. u're seriously the nicest guy around. thanks for always giving me loads of information in every single conversation we have lol.. u are a true walking wikipedia plus excel spreadsheet lol.. will approach u more for help XD but seriously, thanks for being such a great friend, for always being there for me just like pacey. i'm very proud to have you as my friend ^_^

charmaine: thanks for being my best roommate! you've given me the best taste of what it's like to have someone to shop like crazy with haha.. =X no lar.. thanks for being a great companion, for sharing with me all ur pretty clothes, for standing by my side when the guys bully me.. and actually just simply for treating me as a real friend and trusting to confide in me when you needed help. :)

alicia, estee: thank you for all your great company and great advices!! let's hang out more together! :D

andy, tim and wayne: thank you guys for working so hard for 446. especially andy for treating me so well and always caring so much for ur totally clueless project mate =X hee..

to all my other friends: thank you all for making my life such a great one with your presence ^_^

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Deal or no deal

2006-11-22T10:08:00.000+08:00

Me, law and adrian were the only people having dinner at home today.. the rest were out. Great time for me to cook spicy food! muahahaha.. yum yum~ ^_^

during dinner, we were watching the game show, DEAL OR NO DEAL on NBC. this game is about 26 boxes, each with an amount ranging from $0.01 to $1,000,000. at the beginning of the game, you'll choose 1 box to keep. this is the box which you think most likely has $1,000,000, but you do not open it so you don't know the value. then throughout the rest of the game, you just have to keep opening up the rest of the boxes and eliminating the values. and while you try to eliminate the boxes, there will be a banker who will calculate the chances of the box that you have contains $1,000,000, or any high value if $1M has already been eliminated. so whenever you eliminate a box with a big value, such as $500,000, then the banker's offer for the box you chose goes down, since the probability of your box containing a high value is lowered.

there was this girl who was crazy.. she played till there were only 3 boxes left and the values were $10, $750,000 and $1,000,000, 2 boxes to eliminate and 1 box that she was holding. the bank offered her $502,000 to buy her box and she actually had NO DEAL! there was so much to lose.. if she eliminates a box containing 1 of the big values, the offer from the bank will drop drastically.. and there was also a 1/3 chance that her own box contained only $10! but she was super super lucky.. the next box she chose to eliminate was $10!!!!!! this was a history record in the show as this was the first time that a player can go home with NO LESS than $750k!! only 1 box left to eliminate and her own box that she was holding, the banker offered her $880,000 to buy her box. but i guess she had nothing to lose.. even if the box she was holding was $750k and she eliminates the last box which was $1M, she could still keep that box with $750k. in the end, she did not take the deal of $880k from the banker. she went all out for the $1M. unfortunately, the last box that she eliminated was $1M, so her box was $750k. she was still very happy with that amount. ^_^

trying our luck, we tried playing the game online. you can play it here. i started playing the game first. i chose box number 21 and started eliminating the rest of the boxes. i had some big values left, including $1M, and a few small values. the bank offered me $300k or something, so i took the deal, not wanting to risk having the bank offering a lower price if i eliminate big value boxes or that the box i was holding was one of the small values which i hadn't eliminated.. in the end, it turned out that the box that i was holding did contain $1,000,000!!! the highest amount in the game!! muahahahaha.. i'm such a pro.. too bad lol..

anyway, lawrence played next.. boring.. he took the banker's deal and sold his box at $400k, and his box turned out to be some small value, so good deal lar. XD

then came adrian.. which is the only interesting part of this post actually hehe..
i've never seen someone with such bad luck as him.. even players in the real game show had never displayed such uber luck lol.. he chose a box and during elimination, all he did was eliminate the biggest valued boxes, so the offer that the bank gave him just kept decreasing wahaha... until the last 2 boxes.. 1 to eliminate and 1 he kept.. the 2 values left unopened were....

$1 and $50!!!

ahahahahahahahaha ROFL!!!!! and the banker offered him $28 to buy his box lol.. in the end, his box was $50 XD

he was upset, so he tried to play the game again! this time was slightly better.. after he eliminated all the high valued boxes (yes!! again!!! :p), he was left with..

$50 and $100..

ROLL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING UNTIL BACKSIDE PAIN.. HAHA..

and it turns out that his box was $50 again XD

adrian.. just resign to fate lar.. hehe :p

!!!

2006-11-22T06:35:00.000+08:00

why didn't you tell us?? if others didn't tell me i wouldn't have known!! why u so stupid??? do u know what i have been through and how miserable it is to be in that position?? argh... you dunno what u're putting urself through.. well, guess you'll find out soon how it feels to be in that shit...

Response

2006-11-21T02:10:00.000+08:00

In response to Pacey's post:

i agree with you. you are more than right... many nice guys out there are being taken for granted.. and there are many jerks and sluts out there who likes to make use of them. all so true! however, not everyone is a jerk or slut out there, and it is not just nice guys who are bullied. nice girls are bullied too!

ok, let's start with why nice guys are losers and boring. it's weird why you put it that way actually. because you can be nice n yet not be losers and boring. but it just so happens that many nice guys are losers and boring lol.. but not all! my bf is a nice guy, but he definitely is not a loser and not boring!

the reason why many nice guys are losers and boring is because many of them do not have the attributes that make them winners and entertaining. those who DO have them are loved by all.. most other nice guys just lack the art of human interaction, interactions that will engage the attention and interest of another.. some nice guys may be hurt too many times and become too jaded and pessimistic and make conversations with others even more unbearable.. so no one likes to talk to them.. vicious cycle.. i'll elaborate further later..

next, we'll go on to.. why do nice guys get the girl last. ok.. so why is it that if a guy is nice to a girl, the girl must give herself to the guy?? is that what a guy demands of a girl if he is nice to her? this is 1 thing which i don't like about some people.. they just put 2 disparate things together like that's the way to go. and if the girl doesn't fall in love with the guy because he was nice to her, then he would need some rethinking. most guys in this situation will get jaded and cynical, thinking to themselves: "why did the girl not like me?? i was so nice to her!! next time i should be a jerk like her crush so that she'll like me.."

you see.. courting a girl and getting her to fall in love with you is not solely through niceness. u want her heart to beat for you you need so much more than that. u want to catch her attention and charm her, being nice is not the way, at least not in most cases. i agree that there are many people out there who like to exploit people's kindness, making them do this and that for them and never feel a tinge of gratitude or appreciation. but i still wanna say that not everyone out there are like that. me for example, am a helpless girl.. often needing help from others. i am indebted to many people, these people who had helped me, but i've not repayed them, in monetary means or my physical being (which i strongly oppose to of course), but they get my gratitude and appreciation, even though i do not say it out..

everyone is selfish. even when a nice guy does something nice, although they would say that they want nothing in return, just for her to be happy, they are sad, because they did not get the girl's love in return.. i dun think there's anything wrong with that, it's just human nature. but i don't think it's right to say that one is altruistical on one hand but yet bitch about how their altruism is not repaid on the other. that's just oxymoronic..

take me for example.. what will catch my heart first is not niceness, but intelligence. i want the sparkle in the eye.. i wan the witty (BUT NOT CRUDE) remarks , and of course humour to entertain me. these are my personal 2 criteria that will make me fall in love! if you make me frown with ur attempted joke, u're a goner hehe..

ok, using my criteria as an ANALAGY (MY HEART IS SEALED..), one may be the nicest guy in the world, but if you fail to charm me with wit and humour, you will never get my heart, well, not totally.. a jerk comes along and charm me? well, he may catch my heart, but his "jerkass" is not why i like him, but his wit! and i definitely won't appreciate his meaness to me.

my bf is the nicest guy in the world, AND.. he's witty and funny! ^_^ AND... i really appreciate his niceness. his niceness comes in handy to maintain a great relationship. there's no crying like most couples over "CAN'T YOU SPARE SOME THOUGHT FOR ME AND CARE A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME??".. lotsa trouble in most r/s where a girl gets together with a jerk.. and they break up..

moral of the story: girls want to be treated nicely!! just that nice guys must learn to charm the girl!! hee~
nice guys please buck up on social skills and save these damsels in distress lol..

Disclaimer: this is my personal opinion, and i still do believe that there are lotsa jerks out there who like to bully nice people, taking them for granted.. i'm just talking about some other issues that should not be neglected on certain rare situations. ^_^

Funny

2006-11-16T05:29:00.000+08:00

some ppl are just so free at work.. can surf for crappy stuff on the net all the time hehe.. but at least he's a maven n shares all the good stuff lah.. i shan't mention who :p

so... true! LOL..

thinking of going to a beauty salon for a slimming session? think again.

just some cute sheep video.. =X

Kiss

2006-11-13T12:57:00.000+08:00

just read an email which gean sent us.. made me remember an mtv which i used to watch all the time.. n cry.. super touching.. went to look for it n watched it again.. n i cried again lol.. can never not cry when i watch that man.. imma cry baby~~ >.<

My wishful list~ haha..

2006-11-12T12:47:00.000+08:00

No. 1

Alicia~~~ I want this pair of sandals!!

Birkenstock Papillio Madrid New Collection 2007 in Silk Flowers Pink!!

the moment i set my eyes on it, i know i want it.. it's just simply so pretty~~~ i love the crystals on the buckle! and the fabric is very unique also lah!! but they don't have my size (size 37)!! argh.. i'm so upset T_T

anyone can help me check out wheelock place in Orchard road n see if they have this design in my size? haha.. got must tell me! i wanna buy!! ^_^

No. 2

Abercrombie & Fitch - Erin Low Rise Skinny (Dark wash) in size 0S

I want this pair of jeans!! haha.. but too ex lar.. this 1 i'm waiting for it to be on sale before i buy.. BUT I DUNNO WHEN IT WILL BE ON SALE!! *WAILS~

sian.. shopping addict ahaha..

HAPPY 10 MONTHS ANNIVASARY!!! ^_^

2006-11-08T00:36:00.000+08:00

Dear Chestnutties,

A very happy 10 months annivasary to all of you!! thanks for all the great fun n laughter that you guys shared with me ^_^ it was a full 10 months that we're here in America, enjoying a Singaporean American lifestyle haha.. And I'm truly glad that i stayed with you guys :)

GGMax for the rest of our time here in Philly! :D

Halloween party~~~~!

2006-11-07T01:36:00.000+08:00

ok, this blog is kinda late haha... we had the halloween party like last last saturday lol... anyway... AT LAST I HAVE MY FIRST EVER HALLOWEEN PARTY~ YAY!!! ^_^

pretty girls dolling up for the party~

really love the girl company man! we can do our make up together, discuss on what to wear and everything!! ultimate girl coolness! ^_^ wish we can doll up together everyday hahahaha...

me, char n the ninja turtle lol..

poor gim huat.. always bullied by his housemates.. they went to buy the turtle suit for him haa.. but he look cute in it lah lol..

adrian's first costume theme.. MONSTER~

adrian started out with wearing the monster costume.. but he couldn't see anything because he doesn't have contacts, so he still had to wear specs below the mask, n thus he couldn't really see anything because the alignment of the mask cannot be put properly haa...

weijie as the hippy man hahaha...

weijie was definitely the hippiest in the group haahahaha..

ok, this 1 more interesting.. captain jack sparrow? lol...

i just feel that i look damn cute in this pic.. right angle, right lighting to show my pretty face wahahahahahahaha.... XD

and soon after.. we realised how many ghosts we have lol..

when everyone was there, we realised that there was about 3 ppl with identical costumes hahaha.. n many of them were similar XD that's what happens when we all go to the same place to get our costume =p

and that most girls were in black haha

what can i say? we look so good in black! ^_^

join the dark side~~

angel versus devil~ who's hotter? (i know it's me! XD)

sorry about the platter of food haha.. i was hungry >.<

stupid gorrila.. lol...

ronald is just... funny haha.. love his costume ^_^

eeks! monster u're supposed to be on the dark side with me! haa..

rawr!! monster wanna fight with Ms pretty Devil? bwahahaha.. see my warth! >:)

haha.. time for some cute costumes.. kinky wabbit n Mr nerdo ahaha.. =p

among all the scary costumes, there were some costume that would just make everyone say: KAWAII!!! hahahaha... deliang and char were a few of those with cute costumes ^_^

so my costume evolved haa..

as time went on, we went crazy, borrowing costumes to take pics hahaha... got this hat from alicia~ so now imma witch! (a very pretty one indeed wahahahahaha...)

but i guess adrian's evolution got more attention......

damn... so he got more attention than me T_T i guess deliang really loved it hahaha.. his hair got sharper immediately upon seeing adrian flashing hahaha...

and others just wondered what's there to see.... XD

but others were just not impressed with what adrian had to offer with that flash haaa... i like Kelly's vampire costume btw.. he really looked like the vampire from wo3 he2 jiang1 shi1 you3 ge4 yue1 hui4.. uber cool if you see his full costume with that pot of ashes ^_^

the whole lot of us ^_^

the chestnuts! although tim technically is not a chestnuttie hehe..

Authentic Chestnutties!! hehe~

ooooo... n i have afro hair now wahahahaha..

ok, i pronounce Vincent as the scariest looking.. >.<

just wanna say that.. he really looks VERY scary haha..

anyway, after the Ludlow party at the junior's house, many of us decided to go to the Halloween party organized by Club Singapore, where students studying in Penn come together.. I don't know most of them but since most of our people plus Gean was going, i decided to go down to take a look as well :)

Club SG underground party!!! :D

crazy partying haha.. tim is having fun =p

the place was super crowded.. and these singaporean students are... tsk tsk.. so wild!! haha..

me and gean ^_^

didn't want to get drunk or anything n didnt drink much, so i guess i wasn't high enough, n i spent most of my time taking pics lol..

don't ask me!! i dunno!!! >.<>

after the party, time to go home n bathe! haha..

i had loads of fun.. ^_^ HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

New stuffs here!! XD

2006-11-05T02:43:00.000+08:00

ok, a new parcel just came in the post! lol..

my navy stripe A&F polo tee! ^_^

got this top from A&F.. original price is $39.50, got it from ebay at $18.95 =p

ok, got char to take a pic of me wearing them haha..

decided not to put my face since i didnt comb my hair or doll up ahahahaha...

I LOVE MY NEW ITEMS!!! ^_^

Online shopping!!

2006-11-05T00:04:00.000+08:00

me and charmaine went crazy about online shopping.. ok yes yes.. it was actually me who went crazy first =X actually i've been wanting to buy a few items.. but i just didn't want to waste the money. but i guess i suppressed my hunger for pretty clothes for too long that i went to buy everything i wanted at 1 shot.. >.< these are some items i've got.. i've actually bought more items but they're not here yet T_T

recently i've just found the beauty of ebaying.. the stuffs that i can get from there is SO MUCH CHEAPER than what is sold in the real store!! and some items are completely sold out in stores so i can't even buy them if i wanted to!

i've just officially went gaga over Abercrombie and Fitch.. I've bought tons of items from A&F.. both on ebay and from the online store.. some of them are still on its way here.. me and charmaine are jumping around waiting for the mail to come everyday hahahahaha...

anyway, the first A&F item i bought from ebay is this! i bought this A&F bag for just $9.90!!!! soooooooo cheap!!! i bet it must have cost like at least $89 if it were sold in the store or something haha.. but anw, after adding shipping costs, it was $22, still good!! ^_^ (it was shipped from HK so a bit more steep shipping)

my new abercrombie bag!!! so pretty right? ^_^

all the buttons are imprinted with A&F logo :p

charmaine saw the bag was so pretty that she went to bid for one too! hahaha... but she won the bid for about $30 lah, but better than nothing hee~ right now me n char got a tonne of clothes n stuffs that r identical.. me n her have amazing similar tastes.. we could just be surfing on ebay looking at a million items and come up with the same watch list!! ahahaha... n the best part is that both of us r the same size.. so we even buy items of the same size! IDENTICAL items! lol...

my new A&F pants! looks SUPER CUTE on me! hahaha..

LOOK at the MOOSE~ Authentic A&F!!! muahahaha..

i bought this from the real A&F website.. as well as the tights below.. i simply am SO IN LOVE with this pair of pants!!! i love the color n especially the fit!! GEEZ, i need to show you how good i look when i wear them!! hahahahahahahaha..

my A&F tights!

A&F tights! nice heather brown tights to wear together with my mini American eagle denim skirt! now i dun hafta worry that my legs will become numb in the cold and dun hafta worry about perverts who try to look up my skirt haha..

American Eagle denim skirt~ shupa cute~ XD

my A&F cami, bought for $2.99!! ^_^

bought this cami for just $2.99!! it's a plain cami that i can use to wear inside whenever i wear any low cut tops. i simply love the A&F strap! and it's soooo cheap!!! muahahhaa.. good deal!! ^_^

pretty A&F straps~

my Hollister skirt! :D

this hollister skirt retails at $39.50!! n i bought it for 12 bucks on ebay muahahahahahahaa... the white skirt is soooooooo cute~ must show you the pic of me wearing it the next time XD

my American Eagle jacket!!

took me a long time to decide whether to buy it or not... in the end... i bought it hahahaha.... it's just soooooooo cute! hahahaha... more items to come! going back to ebaying~~~

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshere!! =)

2006-10-30T00:35:00.000+08:00

One of the coolest roadtrips I've been to, and this time is with the WHOLE chestnutties family!~ ^_^ all six of us rented a nice SUV n drove 10hrs to Maine! haha.. I'm so glad i went! was almost deciding not to go due to budget constraints =X *in bliss for making the right choice!*

Tha fall season is seriously one of the most beautiful time of the year! The scenery is simply breathtaking! i've never laid eyes on anything more beautiful than this, makes me wanna sigh happily and hug my bf (oops.. hehe~ but sad he not with me T_T)

One of the places we visited during the trip was the famous Ben & Jerry's Factory! B&J originated from Vermont, started up by 2 school dropouts or something haha.. Really love their ice cream, one of the yummiest ice cream i've tasted haha..

B&J factory tour! ^_^

Lelong lelong!! Cutie up for grabs!! (Adrian pls pay me advertising fee yar? =p)

beautiful snow covered white mountain!

When we saw the white mountain, we were all so excited. At first Pacey thought that it's called white mountains because the mountain is filled with trees that have white barks, which we saw a lot along our way.. But no!! it was white because of the SNOW! :D

Although it is only Fall now, Maine and Vermont is already snowing!! It's mainly because Maine/Vermont are further up north of US. While we were driving up to Vermont from Maine, it started snowing and covered the ground with pretty white snow ^_^ but the drawback was that it was soooo cold!! >.<

Adrian taking a pic of law's butt?

hmmm... wadcha doin? =X

Law becoming immortal? o.O

haha.. along the way we took too many stupid photos.. but i guess it's nice to see them n laugh, all the memorable roadtrips the chesnutties had together :)

me and Pacey

scrambling to take family pic in the ice cold snowing weather haha

me and roomie charmaine~ ^_^

and of course, we took lotsa pretty pictures too! see how chio me n char look? =p
a winning picture definitely haa.. thanks for the great photography pacey!

MY LOBSTER~~~ *slurp~*

the famous dishes in Maine!! LOBSTERS!!! i had lobsters for 2 meals consecutively!!! muahahahaha... thx guys for letting the chiobus take the lobsters at Jordon Pond House :) other famous dishes were blueberries and popovers. Popovers are actually these puffs that are made from dough expanding at sudden extreme high heat. they are crispy on the outside and fluffy n soft on the inside.. they are extremely delicious with raspberry jam, butter or clam chowder ^_^ *yummy~~*

Many other place we visited were the Acadia National Parks, the Cadellac Mountains where the most breathtaking scenic pictures were taken, Santa's Village, and the Cider factory (where apples are made into cider lol.. free cider juices were given in the factory. the cider juice was sooooo tasty~~ mmmm..) oh, i actually also wanna mention about the wind at the Cadellac mountains.. it was sooo big that I could have been blown off the cliff!! lol..

Create Your Own!

菊花台

2006-10-21T03:01:00.000+08:00

I didn't know Jay Chou was in this kind of kungfu movie!! lol.. he looks SO KEWL~
I always love kungfu movies, the heros are so SHUAI4!!! =p

你的泪光柔弱中带伤惨白的月弯弯勾住过往
夜太漫长凝结成了霜是谁在阁楼上冰冷的绝望
雨轻轻弹朱红色的窗我一生在纸上被风吹乱
梦在远方化成一缕香随风飘散你的模样

菊花残满地伤你的笑容已泛黄花落人断肠我心事静静淌
北风乱夜未央你的影子剪不断徒留我孤单在湖面成双

花已向晚飘落了灿烂凋谢的世道上命运不堪
愁莫渡江秋心拆两半怕你上不了岸一辈子摇晃
谁的江山马蹄声狂乱我一身的戎装呼啸沧桑
天微微亮你轻声地叹一夜惆怅如此委婉

菊花残满地伤你的笑容已泛黄花落人断肠我心事静静淌
北风乱夜未央你的影子剪不断徒留我孤单在湖面成双

so romantic~ *gleams*

Reflections

2006-10-19T03:32:00.000+08:00

I've been listening to loads of Jay Chou songs recently.. i really love his songs. i was never a music person, not that i don't like music, but because i can never multi-task haha.. so i can't do anything else if i'm listening to music =p
come to think of it, i didn't even know who jay chou was when i first entered uni..

looking back, i think i've grown so much since i stepped into NUS. my life had been turned upside down so many times; in a short span of 1 year after entering uni, i have made many life changing decisions, so major that if i had just made a slightly different decision, i would not be where i am now. i believe that all the mistakes i made were critical in bringing me to where i am now, and i'm happy with where i am now.

and somehow jay chou became interwined in our lives.. always seemed so apt.. so capable of eliciting emotions.. tsk tsk.. just this 1 stupid song had caused so much.. haiz.. i think no 1 else can ever understand huh? (for once i feel i can be more cheem (deep) than others >.< but it makes us so much stronger.. i hope =X)

*no regrets! ^_^*

yes dear, jay chou will always be part of our lives yar? (both our bfs? hehe..) decided not to put up the remix u sent me though.. =X lol.. love u dear..

Dilemma~

2006-10-16T23:55:00.000+08:00

what do you do when u're trapped in a moral dilemma?

haiz.. as a friend, i shall close my eyes..

chicago~

2006-10-12T22:44:00.000+08:00

just came back from a weekend trip to Chicago.. no, it's not the musical.. i went to CHICAGO!! XD

hmmm.. anyone see the resemblance? hehe =p

i had much fun, maximising the full weekend for this trip.. took leave on friday, left on thu night and came back on monday morning.. and it's straight back to work and school!! lol..

> did i just witness a murder?? O_O

At the House of Blues~ time for JAZZ! ^_^

Evidence of a GREAT kisser~

or NOT! haha..

at the King Tut egyptian museum

Michael Jordon -- Chicago Bulls

adrenaline rush~

2006-10-05T23:08:00.000+08:00

Yay~~ I'm going to chicago tonight!! whoa! actually i shouldn't blog now, so much work to do!!! but i'm excited for yet another roadtrip! hmmm.. air trip since we're flying there haha..

these few days had been really stressful.. my boss kept pressing me for my report, but my supervisor keep pushing the lab work to me to do so i haven't got time to do my report AND presentation for my boss at work.. my supervisor super shiok lah.. hardly ever see him do work.. come work later than me, go home earlier than me.. (haha, cannot believe it right?? and EVERYONE thought that i must be the luckiest employee ahahaha...) my supervisor spends his day checking his email, surfing CNN, wikipedia, reading those funny emails that his friend sends him, play online games and talks to his wife and friends on yahoo chat everyday?? oh, did i mention that he can disappear from work after lunch sometimes and never come back?? haha.. i oso wan his job.. higher pay than me somemore lol.. but my supervisor is a really nice guy lar.. n he got disability also, quite pitiful..

well anw.. CHICAGO!! wohoo!! gonna go visit the magnificent mile, beer fest, lake michigan, watch second city comedy night, visit a jazz club and other stuffs like chicago filmfest and what not.. ^_^ ooohh.. and we'll be shopping!!! hahahaha...

i've got a long shopping list!! many of them to help my friends grab stuffs haha.. i dun mind helping them buy lar, got excuse for me to shop! wahahahaha..

sheesh.. i haven't packed my bag! i shall bring an empty one there and come back with a full one.. lol..
*daydreamz*

It's FALL!!

2006-10-01T12:18:00.000+08:00

wow... i can't believe that i've been so bogged down with work that it's already fall!! can't even remember when was the last time i blogged haha.. the weather is getting cooler each day, and i'm just getting more anxious to layer all my nice clothes hehe.. the guys in our house are rolling their eyes each time me and char talks about clothes haha.. we're such shoppaholics!! die!! soo bad influence.. everytime either one of us sees something cute online, we'll tell each other and we'll end up looking at more n more stuffs online hahahaha!!! we just bought like $150 worth of clothes from VS online yesterday, can't wait for our stuff to arrive!! XD

okok... mebbe i'm shopping too much! but i can't help it, stress mah.. this whole week was a killer deadlines week!! i had so many major assignments to submit... my internship report, my market analysis for my boss, my bio test, and my business case (which is like 2 modules worth of grades; 8MCs)!! and now my boss also wants me to give a presentation to him and the other boss!! so i gotta prepare a presentation for them on monday!! ahhhhh... so nerve wrecking!! >.< (see.. can't blame me for being so stressed right? :p)

my wharton sweatshirt!!

yup.. i just bought this sweatshirt from Penn bookstore haha.. it was on sale!!! $14.99 only!! hehe.. original price was like $35 =p but very very sadly for my roomie, she was extremely unlucky.. she bought it the week before for $27, a subsale >.<

my locket~~

at last i managed to find a picture to squeeze into my locket! actually i cut it out from the index print lol.. that's why got the number there hehe.. better than nothing! ^_^ now i can wear my locket out!! yay~~

hmm.. miss my darling

ok.. i should either go look at more stuffs online or read the book which i just bought online from amazon.. no.. i did not spend THAT much online.. =X

shopping shopping shopping!!

2006-09-22T03:57:00.000+08:00

ok, this is a little late haha.. have been too busy to blog recently..

anyway i went shopping with Charmaine at King of Prussia mall 2 weeks ago n then with my housemates and Gean to Woodburry a few days ago hehe.. here are some items i got.

Hollister top!! American style~ ^_^

i love the hollister top. although it looks just like a simple spec strap, i think it is really American style. and of course.. it's HOLLISTER!! just like Abercrombie and Fitch.. true American brands n u cannot get it in SG!! XD
PS: i look really good in it lol..

A/X top!! super duper nice lah!! i love it man!! :D

Got this A/X top for just $14.99!!! kewl~ a real steal from Woodburry haha.. and i think it is very pretty lor.. like the design/cutting, the material and the brand!! hahahaha.. PS: i look really good in this too!! XD

DKNY watch!! very pretty too!! :P

this is my favourite.. I simply love watches that are square and have gems in them lah.. this watch is sooooooo classy!!! and i got it for just USD$29.90!! and kaian bought the exact same one in SG for SGD$250!!!! haha.. i feel even better about this watch already. Gean got the same one as me too! We've got good taste right Gean? ^_^

I bought some other stuffs as well lah, feel free to go to my online album to check out the rest of my steals.. spent only $100 for so many branded goods!! :P *grins*

home sweet home

2006-09-21T00:28:00.000+08:00

i was so upset yesterday, after finding out that i was the only 1 kicked out of my house's group for my EAS 446. the rest of my house will be doing the project together. i got into my 2nd choice group though, with kaian.. but the prob is alicia did not get into the group with him!! i was so upset lah.. cried to my bf for a while.. lucky charmaine was there.. she distracted me by online shopping!! haha.. had a great time shopping online for the rest of the night.. so kewl to have charmaine around. we wear the same size clothes n all so we can always share our clothes! and the best thing of all is that we have the same taste!! i can't even keep track of the number of items that we have IDENTICAL!! lol.. we just keep choosing the same kind of clothes haha..

anyway today seems better.. i just received an email from my boss.. he approved me to stop work on Dec 15 already!! yay!! ^_^ i'm so looking forward to going home now! and my buddies in SG suddenly had a conference with me too, they r planning this year's xmas party~ me and my sec school friends have a tradition of celebrating xmas together every year. this year we may be planning an overseas 1 hee~ mebbe KL or something.. kewl!! but of course.. my main priority is to get back to celebrate my annivasary with my bf. i miss him so dearly!!

haha.. so many things to look forward to!! see all my friends, family n bf~ n not to forget, SG food!! hahaha..

Frat Party~

2006-09-16T14:17:00.000+08:00

I can't believe that i actually went for a Frat Party!! Actually i wasn't the least bit interested at first, but deliang all super hyped up about it.. saying that this is once in a lifetime thing.. may never get to experience this once you get outta school haha.. actually i didn't even know what a frat party was until they told me. it's like a party organized by youngsters and held in their houses. super American culture!! seems really interesting lah... but.. i was still pretty reluctant to go haha.. got too much work to do! >.< n i wasn't really keen on the smoke n alcohol haha.. i also wasn't sure how wild it would get! but in the end, everyone in the house decided to go, n charmaine pleaded me to go with her also.. so i gave in in the end haha.. oh well, once in a lifetime mah hee~

the party was just a street and a half away from my house, beside estee's house actually haha.. we went too early lah! there were just the organizers and us lol.. but the crowd grew pretty quickly and the whole place became super crowded! the bash/disco was held in the basement of the house. they had put up the disco lights n music there. at first we thought that the party was pretty boring.. just like a normal clubbing session but worse.. pathetic basement hahaha!! n the basement was so small lah! the ceiling was so low i could touch it lor lol.. but later on we just enjoyed ourselves dancing. i was dancing with charmaine most of the time while the guys surrounded us to protect us hehe~ there was once when i wasn't at the center dancing and there was this irritating guy who tried to get fresh with me by dancing very near me n used his butt to hit mine!!!! ROAR!!! i immediately told adrian and swapped place with him.. in the end that guy was bouncing his butt on adrians LOL.. n when he turned around n realised that it wasn't me but adrian i think he kinda freaked out n quickly squeezed through the crowd away ROFL!! thanks a million adrian :D

the party was ok lah, but there was a few couples who were really sleezy.. hugging n touching while dancing. there was even a couple who stripped. the guy took off the girl's shirt and she took off his.. LOL.. AMERICAN CULTURE.. but i was so blur.. even after pacey told me i only saw that the guy was topless.. i didn't realise that the girl had her top off too haha..

even later on during the party.. the irritating guy came back n tried again.. but he knew that i wasn't interested so he went for charmaine instead. the basement was really crowded and charmaine had no where to run n he just forced danced with her.. poor charmaine! >.< i was leaving that time with pacey but i asked adrian to help get that guy off charmaine. and adrian did save charmaine! ^_^

anyway, it's good that i left early.. really hate the smoke n crowdedness haha.. n i got to use the toilet first hehe.. but now i got a new pile of smoke infested clothes to wash!! boohoohoo~ T_T

Log Cabin Video

2006-09-08T22:31:00.000+08:00

adrian just did a great job sticking the numerous video clips into 1 nice long video. here it is! ^_^

imma dork!!

2006-09-08T10:36:00.000+08:00

humpf.. i look like a dork..

but i still think adrian is stupid LOL..

Smoky Mountains II

2006-09-07T23:41:00.000+08:00

Yay~~ got all the pics from the rest at last! ^_^

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Smoky Mountains!!

2006-09-07T01:48:00.000+08:00

Hi Y'all!

Say Smokie~~

I'm back from the Great Smoky Mountains!! I had so much fun i really didn't want to come back haha.. 5 of us went for the tour. Me, Deliang, Estee, Adrian and Shamir. Our flight there was sooo cool, the plane that we took was so tiny lor, only got 3 seats per row haha.. last time the smallest plane i took at least had 3 seats on each side or 6 seats per row hee~ People here in South America really have the Southern accent, cowboys and cowgirls everywhere haha.. Sometimes we really can't understand what they are saying man lol.. but it was really interesting to meet these ppl hehe..

our mini jet plane :D

We rented a very pretty log cabin in Tennessee, TN. It was really so exciting lah!! Log cabin leh!! the log cabin got 3 levels somemore.. inside got hot tub, jacuzzi, pool table, soccer table, 2 living rooms, 3 TVs (one of which was a large flat screen TV! :p), an extremely well furnished kitchen with all the Hi-tech appliances and utensils you need!! wohoo!! i took a video of the whole cabin, but they are split up into many clips. i'll just put up 1 here, view the rest via the links ^_^

our pretty log cabin! :D

1st clip of log cabin

Log Cabin Movie
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looking toot while playing pool >.<

the cabin was damn shiok lah, we can actually have loads of fun just staying in the cabin lor, so many things we can do!! there were even DVDs there. We watched the movie 8 seconds on our last day of our tour :)

Smoky Mountains!! ^_^

Right now is summer, which is actually the off peak season. The peak season is in Fall because that's when the mountain is really smoky haha.. I think we were super lucky. The weather was very cool and cloudy with occasional rain (but it always only rained when we were either indoors or in the car :p ). As a result, we really got to experience the smokiness of smoky mountains without the hassle of peak periods! ^_^

the mountain was really smoky. during our drive up, the place was so smoky we had to really drive slowly as we could not see what was in front of us hehe.. the shots we took were those that we could see the mountains, cos some places all we can see is only the cloudy smoke, and if we took pics all you can see is smoke behind us hahahaha...

During one of our hikes, we were also very lucky to catch a sight of a black bear!! it was a baby bear i think cos it's about my size only. we were driving on a 1 lane road that time but hearing about the black bear sighting, we immediately went out of the car to go look for it! the bear was quite scared with the big crowd of us and kept running away.. thus the bear pics we took can only see a bit of it as it was pretty far away. there was a car in front of us who went to the forest to look for it as well and they just parked the car there, jamming the whole road! luckily deliang stayed in the car so the people behind were just upset with the car in front of us who jammed the road hehe~

waterfall in cades' cove

black bears saying HI! (outside flap jacks)

Our cabin was very near Gatlinburg, a small town. There were many shops and attractions, especially Ripley's.. there were the Ripley's Aquarium, the Ripley's Museum etc etc. haha.. so many diff Ripley's everywhere.. Gatlinburg is also very famous for pancakes.. everyone seems to just eat pancakes.. pancake stores were everywhere. There was a famous pancake store called Pancake Pantry which we wanted to go, but it was always super crowded, so the 2nd day we decided to try at Flap Jacks pancakes.. it turned out to be a real flop ahahaha.. they made people wait outside to create a crowd when it was totally empty at the 2nd level hahaha.. and the service was extremely slow too!! but luckily on the 3rd day, we decided to queue for the famous pancake and it turned out fantastic!! yum yum~ ^_^

adrian's exploding sex drive

caught destroying the machine with my overpowering sexiness haha..

awww.. isn't he cute? *gleams*

peabody ducks tour

On our 7.5 hours drive to Memphis, TN to visit Elvis Presley's home, Graceland, we dropped by at this place which was super famous for the duck tour. actually they just made a big hoohaa about it lah.. at first we thought that it was really a lot of ducks marching doing their daily march to the river along the crowded streets, but it turned out that it was just 5 ducks reared by this hotel that march down to the hotel pond everyday LOL.. The funniest thing was that because TN had 2 timezones, EST at the east and CEN at the west of TN, we didn't know that the time was changed while we were driving west hahaha.. In the end we were all wondering why the shops were not open and why the duck tour was taking so long to start after we crossed the border ROFL.. But we had a good laugh over it haha..

deliang after 13hrs drive..

On our way back from Memphis, we also dropped by at Nashville!! kewl~ now i can tell everyone i've been there! ^_^ there was also the famous White Castle (fast food restaurant) there!! finally got to try it!! the burger was so cute lah, so tiny, the size of my palm only haha.. will upload the pic soon when i get it from deliang :)

the trip really super shiok la, get to play lots of pool and travel to so many places, even passing by the Missisippi river and crossing the TN state to North Carolina (another state) to see the Cherokees (native Americans aka red indians)! ^_^

Cherokee-ing

I LOVE THIS TRIP! :D

My PacLoot!

2006-08-30T07:22:00.000+08:00

yay!! at last the stuffs i bought online are here!!!

my steals from Pacific Sunwear aka PacSun ^_^

believe it or not, i got all these for a mere $50!!! PacSun stuffs are not cheap, but i had my ways of getting my deal! Shan't disclose how i got it, dun want incriminating evidences to be shown in public wahahaha... but i told estee how i got it and she was sooooo jealous!! she went to PacSun's website to see, but she couldn't get the deal i got haha.. guess i was just lucky~ :p

I'm soooo happy right now, the jeans and bikinis fit!! and the bikinis are so pretty!! can't wait to wear them out! :D

now.. all i need is a pair of new shoes wahahaha.. =X

my room ceiling is leaking!!!

2006-08-28T14:51:00.000+08:00

ahhhhhhh.. it's like 3am in the morning and it's raining heavily outside.. and all of a sudden i felt water dripping on my arm.. luckily i'm awake!! and lucky i changed the position of my bed.. or else i'd be drinking rain water while i sleep lol... as my table is now at this leaking spot, i could get high enough to touch the ceiling and paste newpapers on the ceiling to curb the dripping for a while..

and then after that i tried calling the maintenance.. i got a answering machine which asked me wait until the customer service officer is available.. and then they played a very very nice cute song... at first i didn't register what song was that, so i just hummed the tune while talking to my bf on msn.. and my bf told me this: what an appropriate song! and both charmaine and my bf told me at the same time what song was that..

RAINDROPS ARE FALLING ON MY HEAD

O______O

-_________________-"

sianz..
i hope the maintenance man comes soon! >.<

Fatou and Fama African restaurant

2006-08-28T12:48:00.000+08:00

Today me, charmaine and adrian went swimming together at Pottruck. I was the only one who did not really have access to the gym, but i managed to get in!! all of us were running through how we should scam our way through the security guard on our way there, discussing how we should tell him that my card may be faulty or something and we always go to the gym together hahaha.. i've only been into the gym once, and that was with weijia when she was stil around. that time we went was also a sunday where security was supposedly more slack. i didn't even let the guard scan my card the other time and he didn't really care =p

i was a little jittery before i went in and wasn't really sure if i should really let him scan my card, but both adrian and charmaine gave him the card to scan so i oso stayed back to let him scan.. when he took my card to scan, my heart was thumping like mad lol.. but after he scanned my card, he didn't say anything and passed me back my card!! wahahaha... mebbe my card was made with access to the gym!! i shall try my luck again next time hehe~

i had a nice leisurly swim at the pool, swimming only a few laps in total haha.. but i had fun soaking in the water, but was telling the rest that perhaps i may have lost like 10kg swimming LOL.. and later after that, adrian brought us around to see the rest of the gym. there was even a golf course at the 3rd level haha.. but i didn't go up to see. then i remembered that i wanted to weigh myself at the weighing machine, so we went back down to the basement swimming pool changing room to weigh.. and i found out that i lost weight!!!! yay~~~ *jumps up and down with joy~* :D i lost 700 grams ROFL.. shan't disclose my weight here ;p

after that, we went back home to shower and dress up for dinner. me and charmaine decided that we should wear the A&F top together today haha, then we'll look like twins ^_^ i also asked adrian and pacey to wear the same tee, they bought the same A/X tee the last time at woodburry. but in the end, only adrian wore that tee, pacey refused to wear it haha.. he wanna be a unique individual ;p he wore his nice guess shirt ^_^

dressed in A&F top together~

after we were done dressing up, we went to Fatou and Fama, the African restaurant opposite our house to have our dinner. It's another celebration to welcome charmaine haha.. All of us ordered Ala carte food, some of which me and my bf tried before last time. The buffet didn't seem too appetizing haha..

all of us savouring the yummy African food~ ^_^

me and twin charmaine :P

after the great dinner, we were off to frogo to have our weekly grocery shopping. and this time we have a new member, charmaine!! so this is the first time she gets to see what we buy every sunday, although we really didn't buy much cos the fridge still has lotsa food left over lol..

me and charmaine sister going frogo shopping!!

see all my pics here.

Cherry Hill Mall!!!

2006-08-27T11:29:00.000+08:00

OK.. so 2 shopping queens went shopping together just now.. me and charmaine were dying for this day.. to go shopping!! wahaha.. the both of us are absolute bad influence on each other, we just keep telling each other how nice the clothes are and that we should buy.. so end up we literally just bought everything we saw!! LOL.. i think cherry hill mall is much better than woodburry.. perhaps because i've been to woodburry so many times, i'm kinda bored of them already hehe.. cherry hill mall had a couple of better stores to offer.. they had

Victoria Secrets
Abercrombie and Fitch
American Eagles
Aeropostale
Bath & Body Works
Forever 21
H&M
JC Penney
Macy's
MAC Cosmetics
New York & Company
Sephora

and many more stores, some similar to woodburry ^_^ check out my full shopping escapade here.

A&F babydoll top~

i bought this babydoll top A&F, damn cute right? =p it took me damn long to decide which 1 to buy lar!! this top was $29.50, which is about $30, i had like 5 items in my hand from A&F that i like lor, all around this price.. but.. so ex!!! >.< in the end i only allowed myself to get 1, and this was the last item standing after rounds of elimination wahahahaha... should take a pic of me wearing this tmr hehe~ XD

the next stop was Aeropostale, which was having a sale!!! all tops 50% off!! whee~~
Aeropostale steals~ love the cute kitty tee and some neat items for Fall~

Forever 21
there is a branch in wisma in singapore, but i never liked their clothes last time.. and i always thought that their clothes are so ex!! but while shopping there today, i went crazy.. all the clothes are sooo pretty and cheap!!! i took sooo many clothes to go try that i was literally holding a pile of clothes to the fitting room.. all the hangers and clothes were falling off my hands cos there were sooo many! charmaine almost wanted to salute me and give me the shopping queen crown haha..

A Chic retro dress from Forever 21

Another cute dress

both of these 2 dresses are damn cheap, $20+ only.. but i bought the chic retro dress in the end, cos it looks more formal and easier to wear it out on any occasions ^_^ there was another black dress which i liked a lot, can check it out at my photo album =p

locket from NYC

at first i thought that this was just a nice nacklace, until i fiddled with it and realised that it was actually a locket!! oooo so nice!! ^_^ and it was 50% off!!! sooo happy.. now can put pics of me n my darling bf~ =p
charmaine also bought a bracelet and a bag. the bag was $3 after discount cos i gave her a $10 voucher to use (cos i couldn't use it on jewelleries =p ) (i very generous hor? hehe~)

i think me and charmaine really have very good taste ROFL.. we like all the same clothes! by the end of the shopping trip, we actually bought 3 items exactly the same hahaha.. we can be twins liao :D

Chestnutties Episode 2!!

2006-08-24T02:41:00.000+08:00

yay!! Charmaine is coming today!! At last I won't be the only girl around the house!! At last I have a roomie again! ^_^ I'm so excited right now, can't wait to see her!!

Right now the whole house is in a chaos, not the physical apartment that we stay in (cos we had cleaned up the house nicely just for her, especially someone who scrubbed down the stove and all the gunk in the kitchen ;p ), but the chesnutties themselves!! haha.. the whole day is almost gone and i had done absolutely NOTHING productive haha.. And i think so are the rest of the chesnutties ;p All of us are just so excited to have a new housemate, to start a new episode with 6 chesnutties again :D Once again the house will be filled with lots of chatter and laughter and LOTS and LOTS of FUN together!! ^_^

wohoo!! WELCOME to your new Chestnut family Charmaine!! Join in the fun! (And i hope you like to watch TV hee~) :D

Personalized Google homepage

2006-08-23T04:05:00.000+08:00

ok.. so i'm bored.. whenever you go on google's homepage, you will see this tab personalized home at the top right hand corner of the webpage. you can click on it to go to the personalized home.. there you can click on the Add Content tab at the top left hand corner of the page to personalize your homepage, and that is exactly what i did.

the result is a reflection of my boredom.. i have Pacman, Sudoku, daily Dilbert comic strip, funny quote of the day, movie listing (around my area), my gmail, weather (for my area), news and free text messages!! hahaha.. i have yet to try out that last feature though.. mebbe i'll use it on those who forget to turn off the TV or lights or fans at home when they go out hahaha.. good painful reminder for them.. ;p

i also added a timer to count down the time till i knock off from work (omg.. i'm literally staring at the timer XD) and a counter to countdown the time to me and my bf's annivasary ^_^

it's so fun to see so many things available for my homepage.. if you do a search on the homepage directory, you can find so many interesting stuffs!! i searched for a calculator and the results gave me calculators to calculate BMI, Javascript, Bra size (O_O), Sun/moon position, cooking measurements, and even DNA sequences!! sooo cooool!! ^_^

whee~ i love my homepage :D

A special day~

2006-08-23T02:55:00.000+08:00

Just had lunch today with Alicia.. we bought a pack of hot & spicy beef noodles from KoJa foodtruck to share. it reminded me of the times i used to share lunch with my bf when he was here *sniff~ American's food portion is seriously so huge!! No wonder the country's facing serious obesity problems lol.. me and alicia had fun talking.. talks about cooking and the interesting things that happen around the house ;p

actually i had a long day today.. had meeting at 8.30am in the morning so i had to wake up at 7.30am.. deliang and pacey were so shocked to see me in the morning haha.. cos i usually wake up at 9am, when they are already working their ass off in the office ROFL.. deliang was like.. "omg.. did i oversleep again?!" cos he overslept the day before and was late for work.. he even went back his room just to check the time!! hahaha..

For once I think I'm working like a real employee.. normal office hour and having my lunch ahahaha.. My special day is everyone's normal day! wahahaha.. but jialat.. work is piling like crazy.. so much work i'm doing work at home too!! (okok, it's because i'm working so slow >.< )

*zooms back to online shopping~

Girl deprived..

2006-08-21T01:53:00.000+08:00

actually i wanted to write about this a long time ago, but i never really got to jot this down.. living with 4 guys and working in an all men's company is difficult for me.. there's only testosterone and zero estrogen around... i miss girl companionship soooo badly!! even with my ex-roomie around, i also didn't get to have much girl companionship much, thanks to one of my housemates hehe~ ;p

when lawrence's gf came over, i was sooo super excited.. there was one occasion when jac, me and estee were at home and we were talking soooo happily!! n.. n.. i ignored my darling bf for a while >.< but.. i was so in bliss to get some girl talk! ^_^

yesterday was one of the happiest days i've gotten for a long time!! even my housemate deliang could see how happy i was haha.. yesterday was the batch 8 juniors' orientation, so all the NOC ppl gathered for a day together to have some fun.. as for me, i was so happy to see "so many" girls haha.. girls in NOC are still pretty outnumbered by guys, but it's better than just me alone! ^_^

me, alicia and niki~

for the whole day, i was always with the girls *happiness~* talking and chatting with alicia and niki and the juniors was so cool!! and also with estee later in the day :D

dinner last night

me and my housemates~

right now i'm just so excited... Charmaine is coming!! ^_^
Dear housemate, sorry but i gonna put up a fight for her attention!! ;p (good things are hard to get k? hee~)

look good with no $$!!

2006-08-17T03:41:00.000+08:00

while waiting for my flight back home during my honeymoon trip to florida and bahamas, i shopped around the airport (obvious thing to do ;p). i went into this $10 store, everything was going for just $10!! many items caught my eye, but i settled on this bag in the end. i loved it~

so far, 2 people actually made an effort just to tell me that they like my bag!!! wahaha.. so happy! $10 can exchange for such praises ^_^ doesn't this show that i've got an eye to look out for good and cheap stuffs? hee~ :p

*brands myself "authentic shopping queen~" and pat myself on the back* XD

my new bag~

anyway, while doing my research at work, plowing through medical journals and websites, i came accross this website talking about how infections during surgeries are transmitted..

wohoo!! i'm hardworking!!
*another pat on my back..* *SMUG*

they say that in most cases, infections are caused by the bacteria present on the surgeons and patients themselves. these bacteria are mainly on our skin, especially at the armpits and loins...... ...... so somehow, these bacteria from the armpits and loins will fly to the wound of the patient where the surgeons cut them and cause infections.. eww...

but ironically, the surgeon's clothings will accumulate all these bacteria and cause even more contamination, and studies have shown that the infection rates are higher if the surgeons are adorned than when they are not.. then the best part came.. the author of the article made a suggestion:

we should have naked surgeons running around to reduce infection rates..

O_____O"

O____o hmmmm...

>:)

haha...

Penn Diary

2006-08-16T00:50:00.000+08:00

Feeling a little extravagant today... I went to buy a University of Pennsylvania Academic Planner.. wait a minute.. did i just say BUY??!! YES! OMG... i paid for a school diary!!! the price of the diary is US$7.. and after sales tax, it's a whooping US$7.50!!!! ahhhhhhhhhh

*POW!
*BASH!
*BANG!
*POOF!

ROAR!!! now i feel touched that we could get free NUSSU diary from NUS *sniff~
but.... anything for a Penn diary hehe~ ^_^

my new diary~

Another sad case..
I was dabbling on online shopping on the last day my bf was here.. there was a promotional sale on PacSun.. $40+ roxy bikinis per piece were going for $25 each if u buy 2 (2 for $50) so i bought.. (1st time shopping online!! and i only have 1 set of bikini which i've been wearing for many years).. just now when i checked the website again, it has a new sale!!! now they are going for $19.99 a piece T_T

ok.. lemme wallow in my own tears... *boohoohoo~ my $$ flying away with wings~

Indolent creature

2006-08-13T11:52:00.000+08:00

let's start with some complaints about myself..

I realise that i'm actually very very lazy.. wherever i have work to do (work as in real work, homework etc.), i'll just tell myself that i have other work to do and i'll do just about everything else but work itself haha.. i'll wash my clothes, i'll think about what to cook for dinner, i'll write my blog, AND read everyone's blogs (oops! >.<), i'll check my emails (over and over again, just in case i get new mails) and i'll catch up on my beauty sleep (which i convince myself that i need that whenever i have work to do).. and my work always end up being done the last, and at at the eleventh hour just before submission T_T when that happens, i get stressed out and i'll walk around with a blank head O_O so.. my work is almost always hastily done -.-"

sometimes i try to force myself to do my work, and i do really do that.. but after like 2 minutes, my mind would start to wander..
*thinks about what i should buy if i get to go shopping again~
and work gets done... in an extremely slow pace.. zzz..

jeanie's blog

everytime i read my bf's elder sis's blog, i can't help but laugh.. her humour is unbelieveable ;p

now that my bf is back home, she had put up a lot of pics of him!!! *gleams* (although i haven't forgiven him for licking fiona xie's boobs!! grrrrr... or jeanie for licking fiona's armpits.. -.-" )

his whole family has gone crazy over handphones.. they decided to sell off all their "old" handphones for the new ones with 3.2MP cameras haha.. they forced my bf to sell off his old hp as well, but he got his lil sis's old hp instead.. (*pouts) they are snapping pics like crazy (good for me XD) and they sure don't need a real camera like mine (although mine's still the best with 5.0 MP wahahahaha!!)

but now they make my hp suck big time -.-"

my handphone

christmas ROSE!

cool syncro dances ^_^

this is a much better clip than the 1st =p