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BLOG CLOSED

2011-06-09T21:09:00.002+08:00

Blog moved to

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Over and done with.

2010-03-11T19:52:00.002+08:00

Alright.
It's the end.
End of another chapter, start of another.
I will be fine.

There's nothing else i can do.
All the best.

URGH

2010-03-05T09:08:00.001+08:00

Memories are sweet.....but painful.

I want to lose my memories. I need to...

Miserable.

2010-03-05T08:54:00.001+08:00

I thought I was fine already.

I can't stomach anything; can't rest properly; can't XXXXXXXXXX.

Help!

Leona Lewis - I Will Be

2010-03-04T15:47:00.001+08:00

There's nothing I could say to you
Nothing I could ever do to make you see
What you mean to me

All the pain, the tears I cried
Still you never said goodbye and now I know
How far you'd go

I know I let you down
But it's not like that now
This time I'll never let you go

I will be, all that you want
And gather myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

I thought that I had everything
I didn't know what life could bring
But now I see, honestly

You're the one thing I got right
The only one I let inside
Now I can breathe, cause you're here with me

And if I let you down
I'll turn it all around
Cause I would never let you go

I will be, all that you want
And gather myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life, I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

Cause without you I can't breathe
I'm not gonna ever, ever let you leave
You're all I've got, you're all I want
Yeah

And without you I don't know what I'd do
I can never, ever live a day without you
Here with me, do you see,
You're all I need

And I will be, all that you want
And gather myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

All my life (my life), I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

I will be (I'll be), all that you want
And gather myself together
Cause you keep me from falling apart

And all my life, you know I'll be with you forever
To get you through the day
And make everything okay

Depart?

2010-03-04T15:39:00.002+08:00

& then you realise there are people who still care for you.

But is everything too late?

I am sorry.

Getting over.

2010-03-04T11:36:00.002+08:00

All of a sudden, the love of my life is gone.
I kept telling myself I lost him in a car crash - without warning, no signs of him leaving and he left just like that. Perhaps, that's a good excuse to deal with this. I wouldn't be able to talk to a 'dead' person anymore right? & perhaps then, i could move on.

But i need a closure.

I had to meet him. I need to talk to him. I needed to know why everything happened so suddenly. Why did he want to leave me? Why, a clean break? Why? Why? Why? I could never see that coming. We were still happily in love when he just suddenly felt he couldn't face me anymore - coz i very much reminded him of his ex.

So, all of a sudden, in a state of shock, absorbing every single message he corresponded. Where did it go wrong? Where's the man whom I fell in love with? Most importantly, Where's the man who convinced me that he was ready to move on and have a serious relationship? Where is he? The man whom i knew, is even doubting his love for me.

OMG. Have i missed out on the warning signs? Could it have been prevented? Must it be this hurtful?

Just when I am in my worst situation of my whole life, I had to lose him.

& then when i saw him, the pain that he is going thru, how hurt he was, how regretful he was...
Why do i keep holding on then? While there are many obvious reasons, but if you really love someone, shouldn't you want the best for him? Yes, No?

And so he said, he needs to be alone for now. He needs to take a break, to think thru everything. Initially, I couldn't accept the fact that I am losing someone so important to me, someone so intertwined with my life, someone whom i fell so deeply in love with. How could I adapt at all?

'COZ YOU HAVE TO!' :( How could I do this all by myself? HOW HOW HOW?

& then thinking thru whatever he has said thus far.. I am only forcing myself on him since he has always insisted that we should be good friends for now. Wasn't that obvious enough? Wasn't he making everything clear that he's giving up on me already?

But sth was holding me back, instinctively..............................
It shouldnt be the end yet. Such things can be overcome. RIGHT?

I can't be on my own. Not right now. :'(

Trouble

2009-06-06T13:41:00.002+08:00

Ok. Basically, this blog is probably officially dead.
I have nothing to say.
Nothing to blog.
Nothing that will be of interest to you anw.
Wait till i get started in school.
Maybe that will be better.

COCA COLA CONTOUR GLASSES

2009-05-12T23:04:00.003+08:00

YES I WANT THEM ALL, perhaps except for the charcoal colour.

Bro & me went to buy the Lime Green glass for last week. Waiting for this week's addition to come out. YAY. I love the colours.

CocaCola has even dedicated a website just for this special round of promotion.
Visit here to find out which cup suits you BEST. (:

I got Lime Green thou, but it's okay. My perfect matches are Pink and Purple! :D All the lovely colours. Go try it, the quiz is interesting and they have a very nicely done-up flash website worth visiting. (:

Lemme know your results!

CHECKING OF UNI POSTINGS

2009-05-10T01:47:00.003+08:00

Just in case your mails got stuck along the way from the school's administration office to ur house's mailbox, you might want to check out here for an update of your Uni posting results.

Till today, i haven't got my NUS letter yet coz my letterbox was coverted to the newer ones and my mum has forgotten about collecting the key. Glad that there's still something call The Internet.

(: The Wonders of Technology.

Went JB today with my family and got myself coloured contact lens!

HOORAY.

Hope it looks good on me.

It was a lazy day, a real holiday for me. Like totally NO work, NO exercise and NO communications.

Was shopping as usual and bought alot of sports drinks back home. I even got a set of baby matteress complete with a mini pillow n bolster. They look so cute that i culdn't resist buying them home. Mum says i m crazy. I agree.

The ONE THING tht caught my eye was NOKIA E63!

DAMN. The most gorgeous phone on earth.

Apple Iphone, please step aside.

It was selling for RM 1088. As usual, things that i have an eye for are always the expensive range. Hmm...

But of coz, one thing to never buy in msia esp when u're a singaporean are phones. Singapore sells them cheaper. That was just a gauge. Well, i will look forward to getting one when my phone plan ends sometime around june/july. I hinted mom already. ^^

E63 in ruby red. Doesn't she look gorgeous?

LOST

2009-05-07T23:24:00.002+08:00

GOD PLEASE SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
TELL ME THAT I M CAPABLE OF SOLVING HI-LEVEL MATHS EQNS, & I WILL ACCEPT SMU ECONS.
OTHERWISE, NTU BIZ.
NUS ACCEPTED ME FOR BIZ AD TOO.

I dun pray often, i admit, but i really need help this time.

ARMAGEDDON?

2009-04-28T20:17:00.005+08:00

picture credits to NASA

ARMAGEDDON - The END of world?

Climate change, terrorism, epidemics, poverty, economic crisis, war and etc. Yeah, you get what i am trying to drive at?

It's hard not to ponder about what lies ahead for the human race when news of these events are splashed all over the pages of both local and international newspapers.

The above-mentioned were the usual news that make up of our newspapers, but what finally struck me was the report on a possible SOLAR STORM in 2012. That threw me off guard. This is something that we, humans, have no clear control on such catastrophe. Solar storm occurs when the Sun unleashes powerful magnetic storms that can disable satellites, threaten astronauts' safety and disrupt communication systems on Earth. The first one ever recorded was in year 1989 and the most recent one was in 2003.

So what's the big deal?

Yes, we survived thru the 1989 and the 2003 episodes, so why am i worrying about this 'catastrophe'?

It's simple - Technology, in this case, would be a bane. It will be to human race's disadvantage with the ever-increasing reliance on technology. We are using modern electrical grids and satellites and these are vital technological infrastructures that ensure power reach each and every household and communication viable. It is estimated that 130 million people or more in just United States alone will be affected. The widespread power outage is expected to have a domino effect on our lives. With power down, essential things for human survival will be affected. This includes water distribution, disruption in transportation of food and essentially leading to food spoilage, telecommunications, heating/air-conditioning utilities will be down. Can u imagine if that happens when it's Winter or Summer that it occurs? In another words, it will be disastrous if what they predict happens. Not only our lives are in peril, the economy of various countries would come to a halt. Even the government will be at a loss, with the most essential thing - electricity be taken away. It's essentially a dark dark world and back to the medieval period.

Say 'HELLO' to lighted firetorches and hunting period. MAYBE? HAHA.

Yes, everything will be thrown off track. Governments losing their control over the people, a cease in trading between countries - no income. So anyway, it will be really drastic.

The thing is, such a catastrophe is almost unavoidable. It's unlike climate change, whereby people can organise marches to educate others to protect the environment or getting the government to support 'green' movements and projects. No. It's not gonna work in this case. That's why this is scary.

Check this out on the FIVE ways how the world can end.

Then, there is the much-mentioned SWINE FLU virus that has been making its rounds in Mexico, Canada, Vietnam and more countries to be added on (definitely :( ) Seriously, you can see that IT'S WHAT U CAN'T SEE THAT KILLS U.

If you have been keeping up with the updates on the current epidemic, it's a much more deadly virus as compared to SARS virus which threatened the health of people in year 2004. Similarly, no available vaccine available to keep this highly dangerous virus at bay.

While i am thankful that Singapore is still safe from this threatening epidemic which is expected to affect a few hundred thousand people over the world, I was thinking how we are just as vulnerable as any countries. Thus, we shouldn't let our guards down. It takes just ONE CLOWN to enter Singapore with that virus and BOOM. Before you know it, one becomes 2 and 2 become 4, so on and so forth. While we can only pray that the customs do not screw this up, we can be more pro-active in taking charge of our personal hygiene.

1) Wash your hands thouroughly with anti-bacterial soap.
2) Cover your mouth when sneezing or coughing
3) Do not leave used tissues lying around and throw them into the bin
4) Develop the habit of using hand sanitizer. This is handy when there's no water available in the nearby vicinity.
5) Should you develop flu-like symptoms, visit the doctor ASAP and wear a mask on the trip to clinic. Inform the staff on duty that you are down with flu.
6) Don't turn up for school if you are sick. (tht's good news right?)
.
.
.

Yeah, the lists goes on and basically, these are all common sense. We tend to commit these small mistakes coz we tend to overlook on the seriousness of the issue at hand. So i guess, all we have to do is to pay more attention to our well-being now especially with such a critical situation at hand now.

Enough of the serious matters, just to make you feel a lil better. It's JOKE-OF-THE-DAY time. (:

Person A: My advice to you - never marry a tennis player.
Person B: Why?

Person A: 'Cos love means nothing to them.

CHEERS to having a good day today and for many better days ahead. :D

MUAY THAI FTW!

2009-04-22T22:36:00.002+08:00

HELLO WORLD!

BEEN VERY BUSY LATELY.

Will blog soon, have loads of things i want to blog about.

In short, i just can't take my hands off the punching bag.

MUAY THAI FTW!

PAINTBALL

2009-04-09T00:29:00.003+08:00

PAINTBALL DAY (5/4)

This is the cool-looking wooden chopper. A 'hostage' will be in thr during the mission game.

PAINTBALL is fun as what i expected. We played at Focus Adventure, Sembawang site. Those who are interested can visit their website at www.weplaypaintball.com . Pretty much worth our time there and God was kind enuff to not rain while we were playing. It rained very heavily after we reach the bus-stop.

Prices is quite steep thou, considering that u're playing for sth for about or less than an hr for $25.90. HMMMM..we should try the Godfather package @ $35.90 for 150 paintballs instead. But it was really fun. We took turns to be terrorists or counter-terrorists. It's sth like CS just tht, u're playing it in the real-world setting with flying bullets and of coz, REAL BRUISES. Yeah, u dun get killed but u get shot still. N HELL, it's really painful. Had two bruises. One on my right glute and the other on my right shoulder. T.T Surprisingly, it was quite tolerable and it just made the game all the more exciting for me. BACK WITH A REVENGEFUL SPIRIT!

& we made each other luff with our silly strategies which failed drastically. Like my team, we got shot one after the other becos of our weird theory tht we were blocked by a big tree. Which is SO WRONG. *BAM* *BAM* *BAM*. 3 down! LOL. We had to run back to our base to restart. Then, on 2vs2. Vincent who was with me, planted the bomb in A VERY CALM N RELAXING MANNER. He's not even in a rush or wat-so-ever. The ideal scenario was the 2 counter-terrorists have to guard us from planting the bomb n so = firing paintballs at us whenever they can. So i dun quite understand how he culd bravely walk out like tht. BUT ANW, he still did it. LOL. Everyone watching the game was awe-struck by his nonchalant attitude towards the enemy. PERHAPS THEY WERE NOT INTIMIDATING ENUFF. =P.

Andrian was another funny guy, he shot his own guy one our first round of the game. WE had to hold fire within half a min into the game!!! ROFL. Apparently, he was so confused with our grouping n his role then. Haha, anw..it was a GOOD LAUGH and GREAT WORKOUT. We were all sweating after the whole activity. I WANT TO PLAY PAINTBALL AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should be organising another one. Interested please let me know! Need a min of 6 ppl! (:

SMU INTERVIEW - 3 interview questions + an essay qns that makes me feel like leaving the room straight away. COME'ON, SMU U NOE I CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. I dun predict if Mas Selamat is still in Singapore!!!! =(

my life is better than yours, bitch!

2009-04-03T00:07:00.002+08:00

Better than never before.

It was a busy but fun-filled day! Had relief and the students are actually feeding me bits n pieces of info about the school and my brother! HOHOHO. My bro gonna treat me damn nice if he dun want me to spill the beans on him. =P

After relief, went to help out their school sports carnival! AND CHECK IT OUT YO! I was the teacher-in-charge of my dear Sports Leaders since Mr Goh wasn't around. So for my main duty of the day, I am the Chief Timekeeper. Taking down timings and using the long-time-no-see walkie talkie! It's been so long since i have been part of an event organising team. Nvr forgot all the nonsense that used to transit through our walkie-talkie sets when we were using them. =P

Oh btw, Sports Leaders have got a change of teacher i/c and I din't know till today! Mr Ang will not be in-charged anymore and Mr Goh is now in-charged of them. WELL, hope all the best for them.

AND, returning to my alma mater is really nolstagic. I miss that CLASS OF 4M1'06, the delectable western food, the happenings in Sports Leaders events, my time in Chinese Orchestra and etc. Way too many to be mentioned here. And, what's really interesting about m stint was that, I SEE the junior faces of my schoolmates!

U get wat i mean?

Like younger bros n sis of my schoolmates! & everyday was almost a constant revelation of O-M-G-so-u're-HIS/HER-bro/sis?...Sometimes, i could recognise them from their faces and names when i see them, sometimes, they come up to me n ask if i knew their bro/sis. Today was the best of all time, i sort of have an instinct that this student of mine has a dog and the breed is a Jack Russell Terrier. LOL. N i really got it right! WOW.

& not only i knew their bro/sis...THEY always think i look like sumone in school. FUNNY but true. I dun think tht happens to Mr Huang or Ms Lim I believe... Thing is, i dun owaes get the same guess everytime. I get a whole lot of diff guess from diff classes. Same goes for my bro, they culd give me 10 guesses of who my bro is and they are almost always different. Unless they were basketball mates with my bro then they culd prolly guess it when they have sorta see me ard popping by after gym when their swimming lessons ended.

SO YUP, I MET GILBERT KOH TODAY! Holy shit! Amy Koh(my pri sch + lower sec best friend)'s brother! I found him uncannily familiar but just couldn't place his face anywhr among my friends. N he has grown so tall now and his elder bro is a senior executive rite now @ age 25! T.T tht's really ASPIRING!! Nothing's gonna stop me from achieving my goal now.

Gilbert use to be so cute n chubby that i would always pinch his cheeks when i pop by their house. OH MAN! Those were the times, but yeah. maybe i should do more catching up with good o' frends. :D

Anyway, after sports day, i rushed back home n headed for tuition. Ended my day at 9pm. It's long but this is what i need to feel at the end of every day of my life - sense of satisfaction and a control on my life.

i m starting to like life as a teacher already!

NEXT UP - BIKRAM YOGA w/ Pure Yoga tomorrow and PAINTBALL FIGHT this sunday. EH, I REALLY CANNOT WAIT FOR IT! ^^

No kissing sign? ROFL

2009-03-31T16:19:00.003+08:00

Surely people are entitled to their farewells. Yes? No?

Check this out:

Train passengers in Cheshire, England, can run afoul of local authorities if they linger over long, romantic farewells. Officials at Warrington Railway Station posted a "No Kissing" sign to stop smooching couples from holding up other commuters. However, if you need to say a longer goodbye, you still can … in the newly designated "Kissing Zone."

You can read the article over here.

Life goes on.

2009-03-30T23:24:00.003+08:00

Honestly, I saw it coming yet self-denial still tells me that we've got some time left.
Ha! That's what i call wishful thinking.

Bought a copy of Psychology Today. Among the many interesting articles, one article was particularly interesting. Titled 'The End Is Near', it was a report on a research conducted by psychologists on the issue if people would enjoy their time spent if they knew that they had little time left vs. how much time they still have.

Usually, most people's replies would be, ' don't remind me of how much time i m left with, i just want to enjoy as much as i can..' when people try to tell them that the end is coming. Right?

Well, truth is - You tend to savour and cherish the GOOD TIMES even more if you knew that it's ending soon.

It seems that mindset is the major factor in this whole experiment. The group of test subjects are divided into two groups. The group of them who had the mentality that the period of 6 weeks in their college will be gone in the blink of an eye reported that they were happier. This was attributed to the fact that they were more keen on making full-use of their time such as utilising whatever school facilities they have and joining more social activities. With more social interaction, comes greater happiness. This is as opposed to the other group of test subjects, who were just not as motivated as their counterparts and hence, reported lesser satisfaction from the 6weeks of time in the college.

Well, from my point of view, I honestly think that this could be seriously true too. If you knew u have 24 hours left on this surface of the Earth, would u tell me that you will choose to be a potato couch and catch your 'favourite' tv-shows {as if THIS IS THE ONLY THING IN MIND if you knew u will be gone in a matter of time}? Definitely A BIG NO right? You would probably be hanging out with YOUR best of friends or loved ones, doing crazy things, doing things that u would miss the most once u're gone.

This is the exaggerated version. So if u relate this matter to your daily life, you would have the same enlightenment i got from the article. Well, as long as you live your life as if it's your last day. I m definitely sure that sooner or later, you will start appreciating the finer things in life - the sun, cloudscapes, stars and etc. Things, in that busy life of yours, tend to be missed. You should start appreciating them now. First step, slow down n look at this beautiful world. {ok, if u're not feeling so strongly for the Earth. then your surroundings would work just fine} Second step, list out things that have always been on your mind and yet, you din't get the chance to do it. Third step, out of the 100+ to-do items, pick one for each day. You will thank me for that.

Don't chide your friends when they try to scare you that it's 'ONE-DAY left to the end of sth'. They are being nice and angelic to remind you TO ENJOY THE MAXIMUM OUT OF IT.

[if i knew, i would have love you 100% and not 80%.
but at least, 20% saved me from more misery.
Yet, this 20% robbed me off from the happiness that I could have.]
-Unknown

update!

2009-03-22T23:10:00.009+08:00

JONG WON'S FAREWELL

check out joan's pinky with mine! OWN-ED

Tried indian cuisine for the first time. We went to Little India first, then Haji lane. Let pics do the talking.

Track practice

was on our way back from BEDOK(faraway) after we trained with the juniors for their nationals.

ENG NGEE! SURPRISE! BOO BOO BOO! (:

This was taken on JJ SPORTS MEET 2009. Aaron, Eng Ngee, Yi Min and me form a team for the alumni race and we came in 2nd! YAY! Thanks to all the fast runners in my grp! AND AND, BANNI is cool. They used blue balloons for their decore! After the event, they were releasing blue balloons in the air..it was gorgeous but of coz having one balloon with me will be even better! So managed to get it from one of the junior and tied a string around the blue balloon. TADAH. BALLOONS MAKE ME HAPPY! ^.^ I was so blue that day.

YAY! GLAD I WENT BACK TO JJ AGAIN.

It just feels awesome to wear school shirts again. MISSING SCH. =(

What's your personality love style?

2009-03-16T23:33:00.002+08:00

What's your personality love style?

You desire a love that will last forever. You are quite serious about finding this type of love, and that's why you think carefully about the men that you meet before deciding whether you could really love them. You don't just develop a crush on someone overnight: you look at a person's personality and other aspects of their life before deciding to form an attachment. If a guy doesn't meet your expectations, you would rather be alone. Your love has to be perfect. Be careful though, you could be missing out on some worthy relationships because your standards are so high.

quiz

2009-03-16T23:31:00.002+08:00

You've got great self-confidence and you're full of charm. Most guys who get to know you will be attracted to you. You are far from sweet and proper; your intriguing personality fascinates them. Most guys find it easy to fall for a girl like you.
You don't really care about other people's feelings. You do things the way you want and usually think only about yourself. You are easy-going and love to have fun, but you can be irresponsible as well. You are not keen on serious discussions because they can make you remember that life isn't always about parties.
You are a bright, cheerful and bubbly person. You are thoughtful and considerate, and like to have fun. Everybody feels comfortable around you because of your pleasant nature. When you walk into a room, people's eyes are likely to be drawn to you because of your charm.
Your peers think of you as a fun person, but sometimes you can be a little irresponsible. You can be somewhat childish, and can try to ignore the fact that you will one day need to really grow up and be a mature adult! Perhaps you could start reading good books; they might help you look at the world in a different light. You do want to be taken seriously, right?
Your boyfriend thinks that you are a real doll but this is not a totally positive thing. Sometimes you can be a bit too sweet, and come across as being helpless. If you're like this too frequently, your boyfriend and other people are likely to get tired of you having to rely on them all the time.

Personality quiz

2009-03-16T22:57:00.001+08:00

Personality Quiz

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

Someone's thinking of you

2009-03-10T00:03:00.001+08:00

12 Ways To Know That You Love Someone
TWELVE:
You talk with him/her late at night and when you go to bed you still think of him/her.
ELEVEN:
You walk really slowly when you are with him/her.
TEN:
You don’t feel Ok when he/she is far away.
NINE:
You smile when you hear his/her voice.
EIGHT:
When you look at him/her,you do not see other people around you.You see only him/her.
SIX:
He/She is everything you want to think.
FIVE:
You realise that you smile every time you look at him/her.
FOUR:
You would do anything to see him/her.
THREE:
While you have been reading this, there was a person in your mind all the time.
TWO:
You’ve been so busy thinking of that person that you didn’t notice that number SEVEN is missing.
ONE:
You are going to check above if that’s true and now you are silently laughing to yourself.
NOW MAKE A WISH! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT THE MOST…….

OUTING WITH JANE

2009-03-05T14:06:00.004+08:00

MEET-UP WITH JANE SIS! (:

1st STOP: went vivo!
Had lunch at MUSSELMAN!
We had Grilled Salmon Served with Fragrance Rice set meal + BELGIUM MUSSELS!
WOOHOOO.
Mussels are the highlight of the day. Juicy and tender. But it's more on the bland side. I think baked mussels might be nicer + topped with cheese....HEAVENLY. LOL.

Good thing about dining at vivo. The ambience is really superb.
&&& it was a SUNNY SUNNY SATURDAY! So the sea was really sparkling under the sun rays and the slight breeze of salty sea. (:

I take with the cruise and sis took with green giraffes. XD

YAY. SIS FOREVER (:
3rd STOP: MARINA SQ

Sis is a PUMA ~~freak~~ fan i mean...so we popped by PUMA shop @ Marina Square after we went tanjong katong. Look at this piece of fine clothing. It's so nice can. But too bad we live in this sunny side of the world where there is any snow at all (if any). & it costs 129 bucks i think..more ex than the adidas one-piece sports wear dress by 5o bucks. Gosh. But this is knitted, so it's different from the Dri-fit material. Oh well, i will get this if i ever migrate. LOL {tht's >5years down the road}.

2nd STOP: TJ KATONG

YUP YUP YUP!

Went TJ KATONG to sign up for muay thai with JANE! (YEAH, LIKE FINALLY!!!! (:)

Apparently, we alighted a stop earlier and ended up walking in the rain. It's all my fault. SORRY. HAHA..and along the way, we saw this pet shop that sell birds as well. AND this specie of bird caught out eyes. They have a slight hint of pink hues on their forehead and in fact, the colour of their feathers are unique oredi! So we took a pic despite the rain. ROFL.

On the way to TJ KATONG.........

& i bought my ITOUCH. It's 16 GB in the end. SO that day, i spent a whopping SGD800+. Now that's what i call stimulating the economy. =.= Haha.

Jane: I need to get a present for XX.

me: orh ok.

me: Oh btw, tht's the nail buffer thing that i was talking to you about.

Jane: Oh YA. Buffer{pronounced as Buffle}. I nid to get him that!

Me: U WANT TO GET A NAIL BUFFER FOR HIM?!?!!?

Jane: YAAAA???

Me: Huh? Do guys use that?

Jane: WHY NOT?

Me: Y would guys do such a gay thing?

Jane: *confused* Braun Buffle wat...GAY MEH?

Me: OH OH! U meant...BUFFLE.....=.=

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Ok..Point is..we got mixed up and werent on the same frequency. So i happened to mention BUFFER which jolted her memory that she needs to get a Braun Buffle gift for XX. So she said BUFFLE, which confuses me. & after a whole lot of empty conversation, we finally realised we werent toking about the same thing at all. JANE: U noob la, it's BRAUN BUFFLE. NOT BUFFLE(only!). Haha.

Alrite, tht's all for updates! (:

release of results

2009-02-27T22:03:00.002+08:00

MARCH THE SIXTH, COMES THE DAY
DECIDING YOUR FATE.
WHETHER YOU DO OR DIE
DEPENDS ON THIS CERT.

and for now, i just wanna play like thr's no tomorrow until 6thMARCH before i start brooding about what my future lies ahead of me.

OMG. Many more sleepless nites before D-DAY comes.

please please please, i really need the grades. =(

relief teaching @ MSL

2009-02-27T01:02:00.002+08:00

i am MISS JUSTMINE.
relief teaching is AWESOME!
I just made some buddies with the students,
and get real enthusiastic greetings from them in class.
It's heartening.
But i think such lovely scenarios happen ONLY because i wasn't teaching.
Haha.
Life's so practical and realistic.
You can be at the peak, the highest point in ur life, and the next min, u fell rock-bottom.
All things may seem perfect but pessimists always prefer to look as if the roof over them is gonna collapse anytime soon.
Perceptions/Views/Opinions are all generated by our lovely grey matter, controlled by it and thou THE BRAIN belongs to our body yet, we don't get to control the way they think. IRONICAL.
And the more u try to stop it, the more it infests in your mind. Rendering you unable to carry daily routines. Tht's because it also leads to sleepless nights. Nights when u just had to toss around several times, and you just couldnt find that perfect and comfortable position to fall asleep in.
It's all about expectations, they say. If you started off with no expectations, you probably end up contented with just what you got. But humans were never contented, they are greedy beings, and they ended up craving for more, expecting more out of everything. Even it was ridiculously impossible, they would still have expectations for them and hence, causing even greater disappointment for themselves. Far more from what they could handle.
Over a period of time, depression could set in. Becos, these people dun see anything in life worth living for anymore.
Suicidal thoughts.
Hopelessness.
Helpless.
and if they do not seek help from professionals, they would probably await the meeting with the King of Death.

RAINBOW MAKES ME SMILE!

2009-02-25T22:19:00.002+08:00

HATE RAINY DAYS?
USED TO
But not anymore after seeing rainbow this late afternoon. :D

I had driving lessons today and was kinda worrying about driving on wet, slippery roads but fortunately, everything went smoothly and i even got to learn parallel parking on a rainy day! Haha. My instructor was damn hilarious - washing car in the rain. ROFL.

Had my 1.5hrs of lesson and i guess it's around 6.15pm, i was driving along the 'expressway'{?? Omg, i still dunno the road name}, but anyway, those who learnt driving in the gombak-cck area wuld noe where i was referring to. THE RAINBOW WAS RIGHT SMACK INFRONT OF MY WINDSCREEN. SO HUGE, SO BRILLIANT AND SO AWESOME! I was going OMG-ing in the car and my instructor actually chided on me for saying that so many times...aiya, i was just too caught up in the beauty of it! :D

So, YEA. In fact, what u see in the pic is just like...one-sixth of it? I was kinda disappointed when i saw the huge rainbow when i m driving, culdnt capture that moment. But, FORTUNATELY, i saw it again while i was travelling on the train! So there you go! :D

It's been years since i last saw a rainbow!

QIAN HU FISH FARM

2009-02-23T20:02:00.004+08:00

FISH SPA @ QIAN HU FISH FARM

TICKLISH TICKLISH TICKLISH!
There were two kinds of fishes(or rather sizes). The first one that we tried was the small authentic Garra Rufa and the second one was the bigger kind of fish which we had no idea wat's their name but I suppose the one with all the reputably healing effects are the small fishes. Haha.

But apparently, we were greedy. So we still went ahead to try the big fish. ZOMG. Fishes swarm around our legs like hungry piranhas. Charging straight towards our bare skin and biting away at our dead skin. OK, so what's the diff between big n small fishes rite?

for me, PERSONALLY, i was giggling away as soon as my legs were in the pool filled with the big fishes and on the other hand, the extent of ticklish-ness with the Garra Rufas were a mere grabbing of the sides of the ledge. Haha. So we obviously dint felt as shiok as we did with the big fish.

I think i dint stop giggling after 5 mins. LOL.
Anw, they have their own therapeutic effect - LAUGHTER. It gives u a real huge dose of laughter.

So FYI:
$10 for 30 mins and $0.10 for every extra minute thereafter.

PHUTURE

2009-02-20T15:10:00.006+08:00

FIRST TRIP TO PHUTURE

w/ xinyi, yanling, sarah, evan and pearlyn.

WE ARE CRAZY PEOPLE.

First impression: FREEZING COLD

- & that was because we are one of the few people who enter the club first.

We ordered two jugs of VODKA RIBENA & it's on Pearlyn(coz she was damn late for it)! Haha. We took some photos{still w/ evan, will post up shortly} and just chill around till there was a bit more crowd.

Second impression: SORRY TO SAY BUT THE MUSIC SUCKS(big time!)

Not the usual R&B kind and i dunno what song is that. It's just blasting loud and creating abit of din. We culdn't feel the hype, yet. Time: 11pm+

After a trip to the toilet and back, it was like BOOOM! Suddenly a large influx of people and was all 'squeezed' to the dancefloor already..and dancing. Hmmm...*rubs chin*

Third impression: GAWD, it's FRIGGIN' CROWDED

Good, i felt the warmth. But not the kind of pushy-pushy way i felt. There was this couple who were dancing sizzling hot...but all of a sudden, she gets all EMO and started crying! We were pretty pissed off coz she was not only crying, but hugging and forcing herself onto her guy. And each time, he gets more to our side. *rolls eyes* Really crappy, and we decided to excuse ourselves out first.

Oh yea, and there was a point in time when we were like dancing around Pearlyn's heels. ROFL. It just looks cute. HAHA

Fourth impression: GUYS GUYS GUYS

HAHA. OKAY. OF coz it's normal to see them. HAHA. But i m not talking about their presence, but rather how they carry themselves off. Some childish ones, have absolutely NO GUTS and culd only play the 'pushing-game' so that they can get close to girls. Come on, have some brain can. U will pissed us off TOTALLY. & FAT-ASSES. I really have no prejudice against them....BUT THEN, i was being stepped on TWO FAT-ASSES that night. HOLY SHIT! It was damn bloody painful. THEIR SHOES on MY BARE FOOT. To tell you the truth, YEAH I STARED BACK. ROFL.

FIFTH IMPRESSION: BOY, U LOOK IRRESISTIBLY HOT.

Mainstream music came on around 2am. So it was much much better.

You were there.

Dance was hot-hot-hot.

& then it's butt-kissing low during Flo Rida's Low.

WOOOHOOOOO!

MUSIC WAS ROCKING LOUD EVER SINCE PINK-SO WHAT CAME ON.

Couldnt 'hear' a single thing altho music was blasting to the max. That's the ironical part, i can't rmb any single song titles ever since then. Haha.

SIXTH IMPRESSION: MAMBO IS CUTE!

LOL. T brought me to Zouk and showed me how a typical Mambo Night looks like. HEHE. They look damn cute doing those actions that are in sync with the lyric's meaning. Wasnt there for long but could rmb how their dance for Umbrella looks damn comical. Mambo No.5 was played too. The few other songs was more towards the RETRO genre..and T said that usually, such songs are played thr..So..I guess..JJ's MASS DANCE WOULD ROCK BETTER. HAHA.

SEVENTH IMPRESSION: TOILETS.

Phuture has only 2 miserable cubicles while Zouk has 5 or 6!! And it was so much more convenient to go to their toilets there. Imagine( i said IMAGINE) if i had to puke, i would feel more comfortable to drink to my heart's content at Zouk instead of Phuture. But so far, i have been drinking within my limits so puking is not a problem, bladder is! Haha. & yea, speaking about puke. I feel sorry for those who puked at Phuture, i think it's damn embarassing. I saw a girl puking right at the stairs in front of a group of guys before she could reach the toilet....X.X & i think i felt the puke. @!%#@$ Just a little.

BTW, do you know that alcohol cause dehydration?

Alcohol is diuretic. This means it encourages the body to lose more water than it takes on by halting the production of the body's anti-diuretic hormone, resulting in you needing to go to the toilet excessively and so speeding up the loss of fluid from your body, leading to dehydration.

Alcohol also attacks our stores of vitamins and minerals, which need to be in the correct balance for the body to function normally. Dehydration caused by drinking can affect the balance by draining potassium from the body, resulting in thirst, muscle cramps, dizziness and faintness.

OK. So moral of the story is, rmb to replenish your body fluids regularly esp when u're drinking alcohol & pop a multivitamin pill the nxt morning. ((((:

I think BUTTER FACT suits me better, can't wait for it to RE-OPEN @ it's new venue : One Fullerton. Dun disappoint me. :D

XOXO

2009-02-17T18:10:00.002+08:00

SWEETHEART:

If the sun shuts down and decided not to shine no more
I would still have you, baby
If we see the last day and they say we gotta go to war
I'll be fighting with you, baby
Cuz I know if I'm falling, you won't let me hit the ground
If the boat is sinking, I know you won't let me drown

No matter what anyone could say
This is the only place for me
And no one could ever take that away
Nothing could come between us

Now if I'm lost at sea 7 days I'm not alone
If I'm holding you, you, you, you, you
And if it all end's; everybody in the world is gone
I'll be standing with you, baby

And if it's the last breath I take
I'll leave my kiss with you
If there's a wall between us, baby
I know I'll break through

Nothing's stronger now than you and I
Cuz your love is all I got
And this ain't never gon' stop
No, whoa
There's no distance here when we're apart
Come on in from the cold
Lay your head on my shoulder
Ride like a soldier
I'ma stay right here

Christian Milan - Us Against The World

=)

2009-02-17T00:58:00.002+08:00

I WOULD BE KIDDING IF I M TOTALLY OK WITH THIS
BUT
HEART TELLS ME IT'S THE WAY TO GO.

dare.to.love

DRIVING

2009-02-15T21:30:00.003+08:00

TURN YOUR HEAD
LOOK LEFT AND RIGHT
DON'T SO SI WEN
XIAOMEI BU YAO XIAO

DON'T THROW THE GOD-DAMN CLUTCH
{am especially clumsy for the past two days}
T.T

I HATE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS MAN.
THE AMBER LIGHT MADE ME EMERGENCY BRAKE.
WTF.

i wanna get back that passion that i used to have for driving,
死去哪里了?!

HAPPY V.DAY

2009-02-15T20:24:00.002+08:00

TYVM FOR MAKING ME A HAPPY GIRL.
(:(:(:

PINK ROSACEA

lovely brilliant pink!

ZOMG. I really dint noe that Singapore actually sells the set tht i saw in the U.S website. I just couldnt link it with the packaging coz it was kinda different. But the good thing is..the US website does not offer the PINK CLUTCH that comes along with the set that's sold in Singapore. So yippee, it's a PINK V.DAY for me. (:

nightridesleftmewantingformore.

bought the mini mini sean john!

2009-02-14T00:23:00.002+08:00

FRAGRANCE CRAZE

DKNY GREEN APPLE MINI MINI MINIATURE!

Quite nice too, but it's another different type of fragrance as compared to my favveee!

Sean John MINI MINI MINIATURE!

hearts hearts!

It's ultra unique coz unlike the usual miniatures that are available, this comes in an atomizer form! I just knew i have got to get it. =P

XOXO bestie!

night cycling

2009-02-12T22:21:00.003+08:00

RAY: You just got grinded!
Me: YEA right, by the rock-hard..........CEMENT!

Haha. Tht's just one of the many lame-jokes that surfaced during night cycling yesterday. We cycled from Woodlands till Khatib and stop-over at Mac for supper. Everything was quite smooth until when we were on the way back.

We decided to try an unknown park connector. Unknown because the map was kinda unclear with unknown road names n unknown destination. The only thing that (we thot) we knew was tht we shld be ending up near Woodlands judging by the position of the exit near the end of the Northen Part of Singapore. So we were feeling adventurous and went ahead into the unlit pathway of the park connector. Fortunately, Ray has got his lights with him so it was kinda dimly-lit(better than nth). Haha. The length of tht park connector is probably...1600m? So when we finally reached the end of it.........we ended up at BOTTLE TREE VILLAGE! Omg. Yes yes, it was nice n all but it was already 1am...so it was kinda secluded except for the fact that we found the nice by-the-sea scenary and discovered another place for PRAWNING! Haha. But it's still kinda expensive, $14 per hour. I think it still couldnt compare to the PRAWNING place in Jurong near Fairway Country Club.

So anw, back to it. After Bottle Tree Village, we cycled out onto winding ULU ROADS! Omg. It's really ULU with trees and street lamps only. N when we approached at the fork of a road...we had trouble deciding which way to go! Omg. N we tried looking for the street name and guess wat? The street sign with the name on it was covered with a layer of algae making it highly incomprehensible for us to make out the name. X.X Sigh, so we still had no idea whr to proceed while me n ray had different opinion as to which direction we shld proceed. Haha. And lucky thrs this seafood restaurant's banner facing towards one of the road..and yea, trust an woman's instinct! I decided tht that should be the road to exit since the banner was facing that road...it has gotta be the reason y they place it thr - to attract oncoming vehicles into their restaurants.

Fortunately, we made it out...n Ray even stopped one of the car to double-confirm our way of direction. Omg...i only know tht it's seriously ULU coz we ended up at private housing and finally Sembawang Park. ROFL. We culdnt imagine the horror that after so much cycling, we still end up at Sembawang?! ( btw, we entered the park connector at Yishun) So yup, we tried searching for our way out onto the main road and HELL, u culdn't imagine how pleased we were when we saw the MRT track once again. LOL..it's like spotting an oasis amidst the desert. HOORAY.

After finding our way back to the MRT TRACK, we decided to just stick to it and cycle straight home. LOL. On the way..ray tries to be funny again n went to try another pathway..which led him to a small residential park with a few playgrounds and he had to go round n round before getting to the exit. HEHE. SERVES YOU RIGHT! ROFL

All in all........night cycling is still very fun. This is the second time i went night cycling and how could night breeze ever be compared to breeze under the scorching hot sun? Haha. Moreover, good thing bout night cycling is thr are lesser cars on the road...u culd ride ur bike as if YOUR GRANDFATHER OWNS THE ROAD. HAHAHA. YUP, i just like tht carefree feeling..;)

SHOPPING, COUSINS, FIREWORKS, CNY

2009-02-10T21:44:00.006+08:00

SHOPPING WITH BESTIE @ FAREAST & BUGIS

WOOTS! It's definitely nice to hang out once again!!!!!
Was glad tht i dint lose contact with sec sch frends...so yea, me n sy is just waiting for pk to go out tgt once again. (:

& i finally bought a decent bag. It's in a unique green shade and i just lovvveee it. Haha.

Dinner was @ Hip Diner, Bugis
& we saw HaoFeng, WeiHan and Ronson
(:

Mocktails!

CNY visiting!(but actually, the focus was on checking out my cousins)

with lingling

my sweethearts (danial above, amy below)!!

Getting so engrossed with computer games! NEW-AGE.

XOXOXO!

She's a mixed(but adopted), i m not sure about her heritage but she's said to be a mix of vietnam and malay. LOOK AT HER GLASSY HUGE EYES!!!! ENVY SIAA~

& i get to eat my fav roast pork and roast pig. We BBQ them ourselves with dried coconut husks. HOW COOL IS THT?

Playing with fire sparklers that shoots out balls of flame!

THE WINNER - 138 fireworks that costs a freaking RM400(equiv. of ~< SGD200)

But they are so nice, just like those that we see at Marina Bay. Super-awesome but i am only able to capture the reds. There were purple and golden ones. Tht's like mania when we started lighting up. Everyone from the kampung rushed out to watch it..& HELL, i havent seen fireworks just right above my head. & it's really wrong to be standing under it coz not long after, i culd feel small debris raining down. Haha. So yup, thrs a reason y it's the usual case of watching fireworks from afar. Haha.

AIYOOO~ I NEED A JOB!

SEAN JOHN - Unforgivable

2009-02-09T00:07:00.003+08:00

UNFORGIVABLE WOMAN FRAGRANCE BY SEANJOHN

Can't stop raving about this fragrance. I am deeply hooked on this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ scent!
Sengyie(bestie) went shopping with me in town and showed her this awesome scent and she can't agree more. Both of us kept sniffing at the scent on my hand while we r on the way home, it's like we r some drug addicts. And hell yea, i think WE ARE!

Just a little about this scent:
The top notes consist of Bergamot, Neroli, Grapefruit, Apple and Cucumber. These then blend into the middle notes of Jasmine, Violet, Freesia and Cyclamen. The fragrance culminates in a warm, spicy base of Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Amber and Iris.

VIOLA! MY FAVOURITE SCENT IS CREATED. SEAN JOHN, YOU'RE THE GENIUS MAN!!!!

& i just popped by to SEAN JOHN's website and saw this. ZOMG!!!!!!!! I wanted it so much la, and i tried ordering BUT I CULDNT. COZ it doesnt ship to SINGAPORE. And nowhere else except for the US. SIGH. This is bad, real bad. =(

OK..i've never rave about a perfume like that before & this smell just lingers(in my head even). I could lose the power to continue with wat i m doing after smelling this. Tht's how great it is....now come to think of it...i think im a drug addict. =P

SAVING JANE - IMPERFECTION

2009-02-07T17:22:00.001+08:00

SAVING JANE - IMPERFECTION

My hairs a wreck mascara runs
My feet get dirty and my skin burns in the sun
My lips they bleed but I still sing my songs
Takes me a minute to admit it when I’m wrong
Pretty is as pretty does but pretty is not my thing

This is what you get this is who I am
Take me now or leave me anyway you can
Sometimes I trip and fall but I know where I stand
And if you’re thinking about changing my direction
Don’t mess with imperfection

My back is weak but my will is true
Got good intentions but I never follow through
I say too much don’t know when to leave
Incase you’re looking that’s my heart there on my sleeve
Ego trips and stupid slip ups I’m a mess but

This is what you get this is who I am
Take me now or leave me anyway you can
Sometimes I trip and fall but I know where I stand
And if you’re thinking about changing my direction
Don’t mess with imperfection

Scratched and bruised a little used but baby I work fine
You might call me damaged goods but I’m one of a kind
My hairs a wreck
No I’m not perfect but I’m not the only one

This is what you get this is who I am
Take me now or leave me anyway you can
Sometimes I trip and fall but I know where I stand
And if you’re thinking about changing my direction
Don’t mess with imperfection
This is who I am
If you’re thinking about changing my direction
Don’t mess with imperfection

YEAH I TOTALLY MEAN IT. THIS IS ME.

PHELPS SMOKES

2009-02-04T12:30:00.003+08:00

PHELPS SMOKES FROM A BONG

OMG. So it's true after all that sports atheletes have their fair share of scandals.

It was first reported on 01/02/09 that Micheal Phelps was caught smoking cannabis in the photo. This wonderman who shocked the world with 14 olympic gold medal pulled off this unexpected act that left many of his fans speechless. Seriously, why would he do such a thing that would harm his body and keep him from maintaining his tip-top condition?

And apparently, we MIGHT NOT be able to see him in LONDON 2012 according to NewsOfTheWorld as the olympic sporting chiefs announced a 4-YEAR ban on sportsman who are found to take drugs. SO YUP, it culd probably bring a halt to Phelps' career for the time being. =(

Come to think of it, Phelps probably dint expect this from happening especially since it happened in November when it's least likely to be tested for drugs. He sort of THOUGHT it was safe, but apparently some IDIOT who was at the party as well had decided to screw up his career by snapping a photo of it and put it on the net(or sell it to newspaper publishers, etc.). Sigh, tht's the cons of being a famous star, every single action and every part of your life is scrutinized thoroughly.

Phelps' agents even try to stop NOTW from publishing the photos with 'a raft of extraordinary incentives'..but maybe Phelps agents worried too much coz he hasn't lost any of his sponsors. Visa, Speedo, Omega and Human Performance Labs have all decided to continue supporting him. Lucky Phelps. ;)

Has this change your impression of him or do u still think he's a marvelous wonder in the sporting arena?

DANG!

2009-02-03T22:56:00.001+08:00

NOW EVERYONE IS BUSY WHEN I AM SUPER FREE!

=.=

The fall of Starbucks?

2009-02-01T22:09:00.005+08:00

THE FALL OF STARBUCKS?

Recently, Starbucks just announced that they are eliminating 6,700 employees worldwide. This is after following a series of closures of their shops. I just read the article from msn.com that Starbucks had a 97% fall in profit in the forth quarter of the year 2008 and their shares prices have dipped from mid-$30s to mid-$20s in the previous year n even down further to a little over $10 per share. This was an unprecedented phenomenon. With the on-coming of several rivals such as Dunkin' Donuts and McCafe, just in the U.S only, they have managed to squash Starbucks market share from 58% to 42%. Starbucks, in U.S, has been a massive conglomerate and was even worshipped by the Americans who depended on Starbucks for their caffeine fixes.

Just a few weeks ago, i actually read STARBUCKED by Taylor Clark and found out the interesting history of how Mr Howard Schultz founded Starbucks. It seems that coffee werent ever popular with people until he capitalised on the idea of brewing good coffee. In the past, coffee was sold but it was diluted or lack the quality, nobody ever appreciated and some would even get disgusted at the sight of those bland coffee. But, there's another guy name Peet who actually imported Arabica beans of good quality and perfected the recipe of brewing coffee(the temperature of water, etc...) Peet, sold bags of Arabica beans to people and even taught them how to make the perfect cuppa. But they have to be really strict and adhere to his method or else, he would refuse to sell them the beans. He was known for his temper but it was for the good of those who really appreciate good coffee. And Howard Schultz, together with 2 other good friends started off this cafe business. It's a really interesting book but i din't manage to finish reading it coz i had other books to read as well. Those who r fans fo Starbucks should read it.

And did you know that Starbucks was first opened in Seattle? The first year it opened, it was failing and recurring loss but they had this really crazy idea and went ahead with opening another on the opposite road of the shop itself. It soon created a buzz(a huge one, actually) and actually, generating free publicity for themselves inadvertently. But they aren't exactly mad. The two shops, thou holds the same brand name. They had different interior designs..the first shop catered to more of the general public and on the other hand, the second shop catered to the busy business people who are on their way to offices on out for a quick caffeine fix from their offices tht are nearby. Thus, VIOLA, Starbucks was on it's way to success and creating a new wave of madness. It has created a culture by itself, just like Macdonalds. It's freaking awesome to read their road to success. It's all about hits and misses. You may fail in the things you do, but that does not mean that it will not succeed either. I thought that was quite true, provided you have given a careful thought about the problem. So yup, i shan't tell everything here on the blog. The author's gonna kill me.

But back to the point, now that Starbucks seems to be on the down-slide due to the serious recession that the world is facing right now. I seriously think that they were way too impatient with the expansion plans. Yes, they did replace COKES with COFFEES but still...there are alot of people who could live w/o both and on WATER only. I could only hope for the best for Starbucks. I like it's concept and drinking coffee from Dunkin' Donuts just doesn't taste the same as that of Starbucks.

So if you ask me if Starbucks is gonna fail, i would bet a NO. It's afterall, a trend that was started by they, themselves. It's just like they are the creation of good coffee..Creators do not die. They thrive on customer loyalty and because they are the ones who knows coffee best. They knew to target the psychological aspect of consumers and people all over the world are hooked to their coffee. Yes, recession is here but for these coffee-addicts, it's a neccessity to them already. From an amateur economist point of view, coffee is an price inelastic good since it's 1) habitually consumed good 2) the proportion of income spent on good is small and to coffee addicts, starbucks aint a luxury good to them anymore. It's a neccessity. What's spending ~4 bucks to get their quick caffeine fix than drinking 5 cups of XX 3-in-1 brand of coffee powder?

So yea, Starbucks, in my opinion is here to stay but i hope they pull through this tough period of recession.

Starbucks is LOVED!!!!

xoxo

it's like a cult

WHAT HAVE I BECOME OF...

2009-01-31T11:51:00.002+08:00

YEA. PHONE IS FINALLY FIXED!

MY thumbs were still aching as i typed msges on my beloved phone. Even a spare phone wasnt even as useful as my original phone which malfunctioned. Both keypads have problems...and tht's the issue. I cant reply msges. Just in case you dint see my msn nick, i m saying again...i am so unfortunate to have a useless spare phone which culd onli accept msges n make calls. Haha..and tht was the vry super duper old nokia 6610. LMAO..

BUT IT'S FIXED NOW. PEACE!

AND YUPS. I love driving now. I really do. I love it when i start the car's engine, moving the car from stationary position(except when the car jerks forward) , cruising on the road(& hoping thrs no traffic lights), changing gears like a pro(except when i SOMETIMES accidentally switch the gear from 2 immediately to 5 instead of 3)...YAY! Nxt lesson is on wednesday, 6PM. I cant wait for it to come...tht will be my fourth lesson. YIPEEEE!

CLARKE QUAY is a nice place to chill out at night, seriously. I really love it with the night breeze.

with all the problems going on right now, it's best to be emotionally-DEtached.
i really DON'T feel anything.
DON'T ASK.
& i dun wanna spend anymore of my time to sort out YOUR problem.
coz it's yours and not mine.

leaving work

2009-01-23T23:07:00.002+08:00

That nostalgia,
leaving people are always heart wrenching.
Things do not always go your way( that i know),
but I do believe that we do not have to subject ourself to such ridicule unnecessarily.
There goes forsaking happy moments with my colleagues.
The secret jokes, those crappy names tailor-made for crappy people, times spent pondering what's for lunch/dinner and those walks to SEAH-IM...
YEA, i wun forget any of them.

Thrs always a reason why i meet every single one of YOU...thanks for making a difference in my life and leaving an imprint on the footsteps of my LIFE. Look forward to working with you guys again..:D

heart matters

2009-01-22T23:18:00.004+08:00

NEYO - MAD

woah x4

mmm, she's staring at me i'm sitting wondering what she's thinking,
mmm, nobody's talking, cause talking just turns into screaming,
ohh, and now im yellin' over her, she's yellin' over me,
all that that means, is neither of us are listening,
and what's even worse is that we don't even remember why we're fighting.

so both of us are mad for, nothing
fighting for, nothing
crying for, nothing (woah)
but we wont let it go for, nothing
no not for, nothing
there should be, nothing
to a love like what we got, oh baby

i know sometimes its gonna rain,
but baby can we make up now cause i can't sleep through the pain.
girl i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me
no i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh no, no, no).

and it gets me upset girl when you're constantly accusing,
asking questions like you already know
we're fighting this war, baby both of us are losing
this ain't the way that love is supposed to go
what happened to workin' it out?
we get fall into this place where
you ain't backin' down
and i ain't backin' down
so what the hell do we do now?

it's all for, nothing
fighting for, nothing
crying for, nothing (woah)
but we wont let it go for, nothing
no not for, nothing
there should be, nothing
to a love like what we got, oh baby

i know sometimes its gonna rain,
but baby can we make up now cause i can't sleep through the pain.
girl i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me
no i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh no, no, no).

oh baby, this love ain't gon' be perfect
and just how good its gonna be
we can fuss and we can fight
long as everything's all right between us
before we go to sleep
baby we're gonna be...

ohhhhh

i know sometimes its gonna rain,
but baby can we make up now cause i can't sleep through the pain.
girl i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me
no i don't wanna go to bed, mad at you
and i don't want you to go to bed, mad at me (oh no, no, no).

FREAKING HELL OF A LIFE.

The new year has just started and it's oredi filled with probs...

Recurring probs tht could have been averted?

I think i m the root cause of this problem.

I should learn more from CRISTINA YANG - 'Heart is (only but) an organ that pumps and circulates blood'

& i m probably out of the picture..

PHOTOBLOG OF PENANG

2009-01-18T22:11:00.004+08:00

PHOTOBLOG OF PENANG TRIP

LAST NITE BE4 WE FLEW:

It's cam-whoring time!

WE TRIED BAKING TRADITIONAL KUIH BANKIT:

& visit KE LOK SI(a temple)

& i saw this pretty..ULTRA PRETTY PUMA GOLFBAG!

OH MAN....it made my heart skipped a beat. It's approx. RM 360.

It's in a brilliant hue of hot pink with silver linings.

MY HEART IS FLUTTERRRRINNGGG~~~

& while we r on air!

SO YUP.

PENANG WILL BE RMB-ED FOR IT'S SUPER DELICIOUS FOOD. OH GOSSSH.

& we tried nyonya dishes too! SUPER DELICIOUS. THEIR LEMAK LAKSA, KAPITAN CHICKEN AND JIAN BAH(pan-fried caramelised pork(wu hua rou) in dark soya sauce) &..i even saw BRAISED PORK LEG RICE. MY favourite..n it seems to be rare in penang coz it's actually a delicacy from bangkok??!(idk)...BUT ANYWAY..every meal was super appetizing. EVEN BREAKFAST @ HOME. & KUDOS to shijie's jikor(1staunt) for her great hospitality. I rmb-ed eating healthy oats at home and also trying AH PONG(a pancake thts made from flour n is sweet), PUTU MAYAM n IKO Biscuits(multigrain biscuits). HEALTHY LIVING! In conclusion, staying thr is a sanctuary. With pool below of the condo but just short of a gym. Haha..

SHOPPING @ PENANG...was rather disturbing............

we went to a few malls including Queensbay, Prangin Mall and Gurney Plaza.

Thrs this dress which both me n shijie bought..n each of us bought 2 each for RM25ea at Prangin Mall. Then we decided to pop by night market n check out how penang's night market wuld look n feel like..

TO OUR HORROR...we saw identical dresses being sold for RM18. ZOMG.

We abit perturbed by the prices they set...SIGH!

NVM, we thot tht wuld be the end of our nightmare....& hell, dint we expect tht the second nightmarket tht we went to few days later was SO SO SO CHEAP! It's RM12! Thts a Rm13 of difference! We culd have bought 4 dresses of RM12 each n still keep Rm2 as change with our RM50 spent on 2 RM25 dresses. T.T

Totally unbelievable.

SO in conclusion, we decided not to buy any tops from malls then on...XD

& PENANG'S HOKKIEN IS really diff from Sg's hokkien. SO even with my lingual ability to converse in hokkien, some of their hokkien are beyond comprehension!

For the number 2 in penang's hokkien is DI3. N for dollars, it's PUAT. LOL & singapore in their hokkien is SING KAH POH! LOL...fancy seeing singapore-named eateries & clinics n specialist centres in a far-away place like PENANG. LOL..

& we saw a thai working in a shop, who doesnt noe mandarin nor berhasa melayu. SO ZzzzZzzz...how the hell can he converse with the shop's customers? & basically, our queries were leftr unanswered. LMAO. I guess the boss was smart...tht's no diff like hiring a mute staff in the shop.

OK..so tht's bout it. NICE TRIP WITH THE POWERPUFF GIRLS.

Nxt one wuld probably be aiming for TAIWAN!!!!!

TOUR TOUR TOUR

2009-01-05T17:35:00.003+08:00

I AM GOING PENANG WITH BUBBLES AND BUTTERCUP!!!!

SO i wun be back till 13thJAN09.

GDBYE,WORLD.
XOXO

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-01-01T23:12:00.003+08:00

hey ppl pls visit here to pledge your support!

more info available there and please do so especially if u're free on 10th JAN 09!!!

THANKS & HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Dinner with MSCHOW

2008-12-29T21:09:00.004+08:00

HAPPY OFF DAY!

2008-12-28T08:40:00.002+08:00

IT'S MY OFF DAY TODAY!
That means i get to do what i want to do!

TO-DO LIST:

Exercise!
Start Watching Greys Anatomy
One more movie online

& tht's about it be4 i m meeting DEAR MS CHOW{:D} & some of ex-sportsleaders for dinner! YAY. LONG TIME NO SEE, PEOPLE! ^^

More photos will be up, if possible. =P

HAPPY XMAS

2008-12-25T18:09:00.003+08:00

MERRY MERRY MERRY XMAS!

AFTERALL, i've still got plans during XMAS. Will be popping by BUTTERCOOKIEFACTORY later..muahahaha..It's time to parttyyyy!

Thrs still work tmr, gosh..i haven't forget that. =P

dreams are, after all, dreams
ideals are, after all, ideals
they are both perfect
but nth is perfect
& we'll just make do with what we have for now.

thanks santa for the present. (:

4M1 CLASS OUTING

2008-12-24T02:18:00.005+08:00

AIIGHTS.

MY LONG-AWAITED CLASS OUTING IS FINALLY HERE!

10 lovely people turned up for it.

We had dinner at Seoul Garden, CWP.

Out tables were reserved under MR LIM(a.k.a MELVINLIM)

It was a nice gathering but it wuld be better with more ppl turning up. =\ Nvrtheless, i'm thankful to everyone who turns up for this outing.

I felt so bloated from stuffing myself with all types of balls. LOL. It's funny cos i'ld always end up eating alot of these when i m having buffet. That's y ppl always say that buffet's boss will like me coz i help them save cost. LMAO.

Anyway..i really enjoy the evening. THANKS FORR THIS!

AND HOLY GOOD NEWS. I M NOT WORKING EVEN ON XMAS. MY BOSS IS KIND ENUFF TO LET US ON A HOLIDAY. YIPEEEEE. But tht means i wuld be freaking free at home. WTF. I wuld rather work lah...=(

OFF DAYS AHEAD

2008-12-21T21:38:00.002+08:00

YAY.
Work was much better for today.
Maybe all i needed was a break(from them).
(:
Nvrtheless, all's well. So i m adapting to my work.

Anyway, caucasian's english are so cool. I like speaking to them and listening to their accents. So nice..but then.....NOT WHEN I HEARD THEM WRONGLY.

XD

So thr's this customer who bought a few apparels that totalled up to quite a huge sum of money. My colleague was helping her to bring the stuffs to the counter.

Me: Hi, Good Afternoon! (:
Her: Oh HI! Do you have any ( )?
Me: Pardon?
Her: ( )
Me: Oh, *stuns*...yea we do have paper bags. *takes out the paper bags* Is that ok?
Her: *confused* No..i MEANT MASS REBATES!
ME: OMGGG..Sorry..*face flushed like mad*...X.X NO mam, we do not have any rebates. Sorry.
.
.
.
& i quickly proceeded to help her check out her stuffs while my colleague standing beside her was like...*smacks forehead* & going OMG...LMAO

SUPER PAI SEH CAN?!?!? I seriously dint heard tht she said mass rebates. I thot she meant papers bags. THEN I WAS ALREADY thinking tht it was kinda weird to request it when we r in fact gonna give them anyway. LOL.

BUT STILL, MASS REBATES is seldom used here. Can't she just mention discounts? LOL. Or like cheaper? Haha..tht was the first time i heard of this term but nvm, I KNOW NOW. :D

So anyway, it's just some of the dumb moments i had in my job which really made me luff like mad. I cant believe it i acted so dumb infront of customer. LOL.

But tht doesnt mean i was always so blur la...XP

work @ NGRO

2008-12-19T09:21:00.002+08:00

YES.
I am working.

Yes.
I am happy with my job{except for ytd}

& i hate workpolitics.

& i hate the fact that i can't go back to msia anymore during xmas coz i m nided for work.
SAY BYE BYE TO DRIVING CAR @ MSIA. =(

No lasik for me.

2008-12-14T04:57:00.000+08:00

UPDATES!

I am not proceeding on with lasik for the time-being.
It's mainly due to my age. Althou the recommended age was 18 and above, many of my wonderful frends{:D} felt tht it's too early and not vry suitable since my degree have not stabilise yet. So in another words..i get to change my specs. I gonna throw away this god-damn specs when i get my new one. It's super ugly in my opinion but i dunno y i chose it in the first place. FREAK. I shld go specs-hunting soon. Maybe today..i overheard mum toking to dad about going into msia! YAY. I can go do that and eat the famous bah kut teh. :D

& i m blogging like at 4.30am i the morning. Really felt so crazy after waking up at 3.30am and falling asleep at 7.30pm. I dun think i culd ever sleep like a pig anymore again. LOOK WHAT JC HAS DONE TO ME. :(

OH YA! If anyone one of you are going to lasik, please please please dun believe every single thing of the DOCTOR's words. Coz i did n i almost wanted to book an op's date oredi...until..this qns tht i asked him.

Qns: What about if i change my specs like every half year?
He answered: Oh that depends up to u lurrr..{wtf, i thot docs are supposedly the ones to ADVISED? Not ask u to think for urself?}
Further probed: But that does not mean my myopia will worsen after the op?
He answered: UHH...thr's a chance but the RISK IS VERY SMALL...u can always go for enhancement op which is free for students.

& upon saying this he oredi had the intention to move on to his next appointment...he seems like in a rush and i was totally disturbed by his words. I wuld seriously rather not do the op. SERIOUSLY, lasik in Singapore is really really vry competitive. Everyone wants a share of the big pie since so many ppl are myopic, presbyopic, astigmatic and etc. But i believe that doc's ethics should not be devoured by greed and money. That's a sad phenomenon. Even opticians wuld advise their customers to wait till 21. I dun c y DOCS dun advise this to patients. Sth is vry wrong. X(

moral principles / money?????

NO CHILLIS

2008-12-08T17:31:00.005+08:00

YES YES YES!

Completed Standard Chartered 10km run.

It was damn fun i wuld think. Running with a huge, and i mean really huge group of ppl, together. N it's only girls with a lil guys(& i dunno y they r thr)...haha. It was really cool & hell yea, m i gonna participate again nxt year. I gonna run 21k nxt yr. YIPEEEE.

Hours of training, one moment of glory!

10km: 1:01:36 ; rank 267/7727

(:(:(:(:

In between, i learnt a big lesson. Nvr to eat chili!!!!!!

Oh man, thr was a day when i ate korean cuisine for lunch and thai cuisine for dinner. The nxt day, i ended up running with great difficulties and panting like mad. So, runners out there...i think it's better to believe than to shun what people are advising - that chillies will kill stamina. X.X

Our victory smiles :D

It was freezing cold at AUSTWINE!!

But the ambience thr was definitely one of the best that i have ever dined in. (:

Thanks SJ for bringing us there but we ended up kinda stranded at that place becos it was too late. HAHA. In the end, guess what we did?

WE HITCHED A RIDE!

LOL. & this guy happen to stay in woodlands. So i got a direct lift from him instead. LOL...it's kinda funny to seat in a stranger's car but then again, we wuldnt want to take the shuttle bus which was taking far too long to start his trip. & the driver is kinda mad..he keeps throwing sticks at doggies and walk like a BUAY SONG face. Haha..we r the only 3 girls waiting. So it's wiser to hitch a ride.{ I think} ...XD

The food there was absolutely tasty. I had Emmental Cheese Sausages. They taste heavenly, especially for a cheese-lover like me..heh...:D..Cheryl ordered Baked Sausage Cheese Rice in Tomato sauce and Shijie ordered Bockwurst Sausage..both were absolutely yummy! ((:

But if u guys ever were there, try the honey pork ribs. Sj said they taste awesome. haha..but it's kind of pricey for those on budget like us...XD...It's $30..

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS.........thrs no service charge & no GST! COOL?

So yea, try it if u guys are looking for a place to hang out. (:

PROM DAY

2008-12-02T21:10:00.007+08:00

It's our very own JJ's PROMNITE 2008 @ Shangri-La Hotel.
It's gonna be memorable for a long long time to come.
Took like a thousand plus photos so i shant(& cant possibly) upload everything onto the blog. It's gonna take a freaking long time be4 i can finish this post.

Sj and cheryl came to my hse and we doll up ourselves at a salon nearby.
be4 that, i was almost stuck at home due to that stoopid zip of my dress. Hated the fact tht the zip keeps getting stuck....almost had to cab down to far east n ask the sales assistant for help if not for my mum. LOL. Sj & cheryl were helping me to zip as well. X.X Lucky the zip went up, & we were delayed for quite some time.

We cabbed down to orchard parade hotel to put our stuffs be4 making our way to shangri-la hotel. (: WOOHOO..everyone was dressed smartly and so pretty!!! LOL. So many tube dresses that flaunt their sexy shoulders...;)

The prom was great.
Nice ambience - classy and perfect for the wonderful evening.
Food was superb - delicious and worth the money.
Company was definitely great of coz, just tht, if only the WHOLE cohort was thr, what's a seniors prom if not all the seniors are there? Haha. & the sad thing is i dint get to take photos with the ppl i wanted to(or rather i 4got). Haha.

Prom queen and king goes to Shatricia and Wei Lun.
LOL. They got their rightful crowns and i believe ppl in the room agree with the results. (:

Lucky DRAW!
DAMN, this part i've really gotta mention.
THT MR CUTE AKA YONGHONG really had lady luck by his side man.
HE WON THT IPOD TOUCH WHICH I WANTED VRY MUCH.
:(
DAANGG!
But still. congratulations! At least our table won sth...LOL

Alrite, PICTURES TIME!
It's in reverse chronological order. I try to upload as much as i can, but PHOTOS ARE AVAIL AT FACEBOOK. Pls get it if u have an acc thr. (:

After prom, me, xy, tl, yl, bq, ivan and chinhong went to the clinic pub at clarke quay. ^^

It's kinda dead on a monday, not much happenings except for a few JCs who had prom on the same day as us. LOL. We wanted to go the arena but we dint go in the end. LOL. OUR PLAN: Find one day & club-hop. WOOHOO. That will be better. ;)

Me & weiling tried singapore sling, taste cherry-y. Not vry nice, dun suit my taste. I dun even eat those sweetened cherry. Haha. I prefer fresh cherries.

Then we took a walk in clarke quay be4 settling down in Mama's (something) pub...everyone was exhuasted already. LOL. we ordered drinks and chill on the comfy sofas. LOL.

I ordered chocolate martini, not bad, it taste chocolatey but then, i wuld prefer chocolate milk if given the choice, seriously! LOL.

CHEERS!

Alrite, tht's the update for now. (:

I m glad i m in this wonderful cohort. Thanks for the memories.

XOXO

DAY OUT to JB

2008-11-29T23:47:00.003+08:00

YIPEE.
Went out with my beloved sec schmates - SengYie, Yue Ying and Wei Ken.
GAWD, i havent seen them for quite some time oredi.

So, we went Johor to shopping. Ken was nice enuff to be our chauffeur for the day and bring us to shopping places in JB. & damn, BMW is so nice. I must own one be4 i turn old. HAHA.

So yea, finally finally completed my prom shopping. (:

We had lunch at some jap restaurant and dinner at Kim Gary Restaurant. Haha. All super delicious and thanks for the treat from Ken&YY for lunch. AI SI NI MEN LE.

Jokes & laughter flooded his whole car. It's a merry merry ride. XD

Shopping was great becos i have two great fashion advisers with me. SY was on the look-out for some earrings tht culd suit me and yy actually helped call up her frends n check with how i shld wear my look. Made me so touch..thanks to the both of you!!!! (:

Dinner @ KIM GARY:

In his RED BMW, it's cam-whoring time:

Lunch @ one of the jap restaurants in Aeon Tebrau Jusco

& ME&YH @ SITEX SHOW 2008

LOL. I finally bought my dream camera: It's sony T-700 & the above pics are all taken by my camera. YIPEEEE. It's so cool man...i can sleep with it. LOL.

trying the SMILE-DETECTION function(& it really works)

ANDDD BEST OF ALL,

I passed my basic theory test!

I m moving on to taking my advance theory test and got my PDL(provisional driving license).

HEHEHE. At first i was freaking out with all those qns..it's 50 in total n i thot i was oredi failing la...those qns were tricky. So i was so glad tht i made it thru. Lucky it's only tht one time tht i have to go thru tht test. Or else, i culd faint man. X.X

& seeing how convenient it is to move around in car after today's trip in ken's car. I M MORE THEN EVER MOTIVATED TO GET MY LICENSE ASAP. MUAHAHAHA. I shall get it as fast as i can..;)

OH YES!

2008-11-26T22:31:00.002+08:00

HOORAY!

It's like a new lease of life now, worries can wait till when the results are coming out.=P

Events coming up next:

PROM 2008. {OMG}

Standard Chartered Race {my 1st ever marathon :D}

WORK WORK WORK. {too bad money is an essential to life}

DRIVING TEST {please let me pass}

PROM:

I nid a clutch and havent got a pair of earrings. DAMMIT.

But i hope this 'once-in-a-lifetime' prom gonna be a hell load of fun (:

Race:

It's almost training everyday but we havent yet run a 10km to test it out. HAHA.

PRAY PRAY PRAY that we can finish the race with good timings!

A fun fact: Do u noe that female runners paint their toes so as to prevent a condition known as runner's toes(i.e the blackening of toes)? BET U DINT NOE!

WORK:

Helping out with my dad's business doing bookkeeping & probably planning to be a tuition teacher.

DRIVING TEST:

This is kinda mad althou i've heard ppl saying that basic theory test is easy-peasy. But i dun usually sit for tests which i dint undergo any formal lessons at all. So tht gives me the creeps. My book is like my 'one-&-only'. LOL. Friday here i come! (:

The COE for cars just made me even happier to learn driving. It's $2 now, hooray! :D

Prom shopping with JANE in town. :DDDD

Haha. Theres a really nice thai restaurant which we nvr failed to eat when we shop at far east. Haha. It serves up really nice dishes and a nice ambience which we dun mind paying a little more to enjoy the comfort after walking the whole day! (: Visit SAKURA @ level 5 if u r shopping at far east. :D

BTW, i learnt my lesson to never do shopping in heels. I thot it dint matter and my feet ache like mad after shopping for like 8hrs? In the end, i missed a training. LOL Tht's how painful it is. :(

When we were shopping, thr was a shop assistant who actually ask if we r sisters! HAHA. & OF COZ WE SAID YES. Haha. DON'T WE LOOK ALIKE? {hell yeah} (: & she actually believed and she even 'correctly' pointed out tht i m the elder sis. LOL. (JANE, how many elder sis do u want to have?)

GYM @ Jurong West Stadium

Haha, gym was fun with shijie(a.k.a bubbles). Met alot of jjcians at the gym. LOL. Maybe we can form a gym club thr. Haha..kidding. But it's just so popular with jjcians. Haha. I just like the place, well-equipped and a rightly-demarcated ladies corner for those who prefer more privacy as they gym. Haha. It's huge with ample spaces to move around. Haha..who nids a Fitness First? LOL.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cheryl, Shijie & I will no longer be known as the three musketeers but rather THE PPG(powerpuff girls). HAHA. It's not childish & it suits our character amazingly well! :D

Blossom: ME

- leader of the pack
- red(or pinkish)
- level-headed
- analytical
- overbearing

Bubbles: Shijie

- the cutie
- soft-hearted
- naive
- submissive
- gentle
-playful
- the one who gets bullied {XD}

Buttercup : Cheryl

- fights back HARDDD
- strong-willed
-courageous
- AYE-ARRGGHH {fight the evil!}

Haha. Kudos to Cheryl for thinking of this. Haha. Or else we will be stuck to the CRC's three musketeer which is so tak glam. HAHA.

YIPEEEE!

MY FIRST POST AFTER A LEVELS. :D TATA!

Gender Discrimination

2008-09-04T01:30:00.002+08:00

Enjoy this piece of humour i got from my mail ;)

How the company views its employees. (HE VS SHE)

1. The family picture is on HIS desk.
Ah, a solid, responsible family man.

The family picture is on HER desk.
Umm, her family will come before her career.

2. HIS desk is cluttered.
He's obviously a hard worker and a busy man.

HER desk is cluttered.
She's obviously a disorganised scatterbrain

3. HE is talking with his co-workers.
He must be discussing the latest deal

SHE is talking with her co-workers.
She must be gossiping.

4. HE's not at his desk.
He must be at a meeting.

SHE's not at her desk.
She must be in the ladies' room.

5. HE's not in the office.
He's meeting with customers.

SHE's not in the office.
She must be out shopping.

6. HE's having lunch with the boss.
He's on his way up.

SHE's having lunch with the boss.
They must be having an affair.

7. The boss criticised HIM.
He'll prove his performance.

The boss criticized HER.
She'll be very upset.

8. HE got an unfair deal.
Did he get angry?

SHE got an unfair deal.
Did she cry?

9. HE's getting married.
He'll get more settled.

SHE's getting married.
She'll get pregnant and leave.

10. HE's having a baby.
He'll need a raise.

SHE's having a baby.
She'll cost the company money in maternity benefits.

11. HE's going on a business trip.
It's good for his career.

SHE's going on a business trip.
What does her husband say?

12. HE's leaving for a better job.
He knows how to recognise a good opportunity.

SHE's leaving for a better job.
Women are not dependable.

So, now you know why women work so hard and strive not to be in those above mentioned situation, including having babies and taking maternity leave. XD

Good night (:

ICE-SKATING

2008-09-01T23:47:00.003+08:00

Hooray! Went ice-skating with the other two musketeers.
We were all cautiously holding on to the support surrounding the rink before we slowly grew more adventurous and skate while holding each other's hands before we were off to skating by our own. Hehe. It's that kind of progress that makes u beam the whole day. =D

& of coz, taking photos is a must!
But a pity, the photos we took with the fuji ice palace signboard turns out to be blurry. Can't put up. X.X

p/s Sj: i realised that my eyes are half-closed in the photo tht i took with u T.T

Btw, Fuji Ice Palace gonna renovate at the end of the year to expand it into an Olympic-size ice rink so go ice-skating before it's too late and u'll have to travel to Kallang. haha.

We ate at Long John Silver after that. Omg. Pls dun try the new Chicken Rice. It's not worth the money at all. The rice was hard and the portion so small. OMG. I think settling for a foodcourt's chicken rice will taste even nicer. XD Cheryl was asking me how come i ate the rice with fork. & that's because the rice was in chunks! Can u imagine that?

We parted and i left for home. Nap all the way till 6pm and i started playing Viwawa using my bro's account. OMG. Haha. Viwawa is damn addictive..goodness, i gotta stop be4 i get withdrawal symptoms. haha.

& i cleaned my room.

Tht's a miracle.

Suddenly felt like doing so..guess it was therapeutic. I felt so much better now that the clutter is gone. hooray.

Ok. it's a good day today. I have started studying.

Tht's it.

Good nite. =)

UPDATES!

2008-08-30T23:34:00.005+08:00

AHOY!

Updates after the 'much-appreciated' prelims are over.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YONG HONG(10/8), EDWARD(25/8), SERENE(27/8), FENG YI(29/8).

CLASS OUTING(is this the first one of the year?)

We went celebrating for the august and 1st week of september babies and Teachers' Day with Mr Azmi @ Westmall Swensens!

There was an Earthquake for the the bdae people and gawd..the earthquake is delicious. (:

We chatted and left Swensens for CSC @ Bukitbatok.

We played pool followed by bowling.

@ pool, it was a pleasant place filled with infused curry fragrance from next door. O.O

Can you imagine that? XD

JiaJun, Jiro & me vs. YongHong, Ed and Cheryl for the first & second round before histroy repeats & yonghong cried foul.XD The black ball was accidentally hit in time n time again. LOL.

So a changed of team:

Jiajun, Cheryl & me vs. Yonghong, Ed, Jiro

They won for the last match. XD Congrats! Ed scored!

We had to rushed to the bowling alley coz of the booking we made. & damn, we were quite appalled by the SELF-SERVICE at the shoe counter. Shldn't there be someone there to man the booth? & we were all joking that we shld dump the shoes away since no one is there. TRUE.

Star player of the day was Jaime, keep scoring strikes. U go girl! Haha

Then we went to Koufu to have dinner & chatted. It was a truly nice evening. (:

We snap a few shots on the way down the escalator and look at some sale at the atrium before parting at the MRT station. Haha.

SAF OPENHOUSE

Went with Aaron to the openhouse. It was quite a crowded day and we were queing up for the bag checks under the hot sweltering heat. Finally, we entered the open house. It was okay i guess. I wun go again unless there are better attractions there. Haha. One of the best attractions is the airplane rides but we dint have much luck there. So yea, probably wait till some rich guy can bring me on a plane ride. Haha. Otherwise, i'm not in a rush. XD Queueing up and waiting for the lucky draw can be almost too excrucitating. We have better things to do.

Nonetheless, it was still an eyeopener with some of their technologies and their jets. Aaron was like a tourguide, keeping me informed bout the things that the airforce does. Thanks!

Oh btw, bout the sale that's happening at westmall. Haircare products and some other wellness products are going on sale cheap cheap cheap @ up to 70% off. It's till tmr, so i hope this piece of news is not too late. XD

i am not anybody..RESPECT ME

BOOO! It's the prelims.

2008-08-11T23:12:00.002+08:00

BYE!

PRELIMS ARE HOURS AWAY!

GOOD LUCK!

I'LL BE ON A HIATUS TILL THE END OF PRELIMS!

BYEBYE!

ITS WEEKEND WIND DOWN!

2008-08-02T20:13:00.004+08:00

SO THANK GOD ITS WEEKEND!
& for jjcians(& yjcians), ITS study BREAK as well!

So HOW ARE YOU GONNA SPEND UR WEEKEND?

I SPENT MY SATURDAY MORNING AT A DAMN COOL PARK.

LO & BEHOLD..

It's ADMIRALTY PARK which is located just beside REPUBLIC POLY!

OMG. I was so stunned when mum brought me there to cycle. THE PARK had a brilliant yet natural landscape! I was so close MOTHER NATURE! & becos it was an early morning, the air was so fresh, cooling and clean. I think i m starting to love Nature.

& i dint really quite believe that we could still find places that resemble so closely to Nature in our urbanised country & so close to my house, until i went to this place. I think the landscape designers have done a great job. You guys should go there if u have time. U'll feel fresh after cycling or running at that park. (:

TAKECARE!

A (STUDY) BREAK AT LAST!

2008-08-01T22:44:00.006+08:00

It's been hell of a week!

I had 4tests this week. It's like study, studying and still studying every other day.

So...............

IT WAS DAMN AWESOME WHEN I GOT TO RUN WITH WEILING & PLAY IN THE INTERHOUSE NETBALL!

MUAHAHAHAHA.

Me and weiling were finally able to meet up and run together for TEN rounds. It was so so de-stressing and running therapy works for me. ;) Thanks weiling! =)

INTERHOUSE NETBALL

The match started from 4.30pm all the way till 7 plus. It was kinda tiring but the adrenaline rush is so satisfying. & I M PROUD N HONOURED TO ANNOUNCE THAT BANNISTER HAS COME IN FIRST in this interhouse netball tournament. YAY.

I was simply elated that we manage to get pass so many strong teams when emerged as champion! Winning is second, it's the fun, the rush, the sun, the sweat, that team-spirit and the adrenaline pumping that makes it all exciting and worthwhile to play netball.

I AM JUST SO HAPPY and it's such a nice way to end school term. KUDOS to the J1 netball team who organised and planned this tournament. =)

So, these are my team pictures.

& you may be surprised that there are guys in the team becos this is a mixed gender netball match..so a max of 2 guys can play in the game each tim and they are only allowed to play the positions of WA and WD.Nvrtheless, everyone has done a great job! YIPEE!

P.S: & to that cocky guy who HOPE & CURSE that we lose that match to fight for 1st and 2nd placing. WE HAVE gladly accepted your KIND-COMMENTS AND PREDICTIONS ON OUR RESULT OF THE MATCH..but we HAVE ALSO PROVED U WRONG, YOU IDIOT!

IF U'RE EVER THAT GREAT, y didnt we see ur team in the 1st-2nd placing game INSTEAD?

GO REFLECT!

Cheryl's bdae was on 29th JULY and so is SONGXI'S. HAPPY BDAE!

We took abit of pictures coz we were in the mood..XD

YEA YEA..FRIENDS FOREVER. (:

& we had a mandatory photo-taking session!

07S28 rocks my sock! (:

SAW CHENYAAN FLYING? SHE'S SO COOL IN THE PHOTOS LA. =)

By the way..i just realised i had scratches and injuries on my hand!! OMG. I dint even felt the pain until now...haha..

Anyway, i think i m going for the Standard Chartered run this DECEMBER...haha...those who r going as well..let me noe! =)

If wounds and injuries could heal to form scars, what makes you think so that scars wouldn't hurt anymore? & it only came to my realisation today. THIS SUCKS.

No time

2008-07-13T21:53:00.002+08:00

A brief entry:

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People changes so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you learn to appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

- Marilyn Monroe

Getting results back can sometimes be so demoralising. Just a few more months and that BIGGIE 'A' MONSTER is approaching very soon.

Times are stressful and it's been difficult to have good time management.

So, i felt really great after reading this quote from Marilyn Monroe. Hope you guys feel that way too! Everyone, let's buck up! =]

BYE WISDOM!

2008-06-28T20:32:00.004+08:00

UPDATES!

BYE BYE WISDOMTEETH!

I had managed to get an earlier day for the op and it was changed to last wednesday.

& SINCE THEN, life was terrible for me, really. Swollen cheeks that had really made me look horrible, on soft diet eversince, bleeding surgical wounds 24/7 until a week after, terrible pronounciation of words, sleepless nights and missing of maths block test. GOSH. I suppose it can be even worse if i did the surgery two days ago(thursday), which was the original op date. But, i guess my first op was generally OKAY. The anaesthesiologists were very humourous people and they know how to make patients feel at ease. In fact, all the staff there were all very friendly. Haha.

So, i was abit thrilled plus scared bout my first surgery ever. Going into the op theatre was daunting. It was a big room with a bed at the centre. I was told to lie down n place my head on the 'brown doughnut'. Then, the medical staffs starting checking my vital stats and placed detectors on my chest. A senior anesthesiologist appeared tgt with the earlier younger anaesthesiologist, n they started putting me to sleep. One was injecting some stuff into me and the other was behind me holding a gas mask. & blah blah blah..we were talking and suddenly i felt sth travelling up my hands..it was "euuu....arrggghhh"...& then the senior anaesthesiologist quipped, ' Why, what's up? Want more soya bean? ' I was like ' HUH?' and i thoought, ' Was it the concoction of chemicals thats making me hearing things or did he really asked SOYABEAN?' AND he whipped out the big syringe that he's been using it to inject it into me and i went, " OMG! DONT SHOW ME!!!!!!", turning my head away and closing my eyes. AND THEN....IT WAS BLACKOUT ALREADY w/o myself realising!!!!!

unconcious during the op

It was really amazing that the anaethesia works wonder. & the surgery was like the fastest they had ever done. They said my surgery took 15 mins onli. O.O WOW. That's amazing. Not tht it matter since i wasn't awake during the tormenting procedure but at least, it was a fast one. I guess i woke up after 2 hours or so, & to my horror(or surprise) i started talking to the nurse manager who's attending to me!! I thot i wuld be groggy or sth like what the shows always show. But, it wasnt really true. I was quite awake and started to talk and crap. So, after a few more rounds of measuring my vital stats, she've decided that i m well to be wheeled out to the holding area. So, i thot i was all well to resume normal activity since i dont feel anything. I took out my maths notes n started to revise....with two cotton gauze in my mouth & blood-stained. After approx 15 mins...I started to feel heaviness in my head and laid down. & THEN my mother came, & she look at me with such eyes like she was hurting & then FOR DUNNO WAT REASON, i started crying like nobody's business. She was so taken aback and was like asking why m i crying..n i could barely managed a "I DUNNO WHY I M CRYING!!!!!" Anyway, it was really terrible and then a nurse came by and explained that my body probably was under too much stress from the doses of drugs that were injected into my body.

So YUP. That was the ordeal that i had in my one-day hospital stay. After that was pain, pain and pain. Nth else, couldnt study...too pain to study...too pain to sleep(even with the painkillers)...& culdnt even sleep my usual position. GOODNESS....so i m glad that i dun have to go thru it anymore.

But, i really think i lost my wisdom. I've become so dumb after that. Chem paper was a disappointment, Maths was even worse. Sigghh. I need my WISDOM back...FAST!

BTW, i would like to THANK MS SUSAN LIM AND J1 CSLS for organising farewell party for us!! I had a great time there & we played really dumb but entertaining games. Never had such good laugh before. I m thankful for that and managed to catch up with other fellow J2 CSLS. =] So these are the photos i took...=]

& on tuesday, while getting so stressed out over bio paper. Edward and yong hong started to make fun of my blu-black on my cheeks. & i kept asking him to shuddup..then it evolved into me becoming the SILENCER. Then Cheryl says " u two keep quiet coz i m the REPRESSOR!!!" or sth along tht line.. Then yong hong became the activator COZ he's the one who initiated n an accomplice in calling me blu-black. & Edward become a Taq polymerase who's inactivated coz his optimum temperature is 72deg celcius...in other words, he's inactivated at the current usual temperature of ard 31 deg celcius. So...u guys CANT SPEAK! LOL...

Ok..this is what happens when studying has gotten into us...XD

& HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO SHIJIE AND BINBIN!!!! OUR JUN BABIES. =] & JAIME too whose bdae was in the earlier part of JUNE. =]
Best wishes to all of u. =)))))

VESTIGE(S)!

2008-06-06T22:55:00.002+08:00

UPDATES ON MY TRIP TO THE DENTIST.

Totally bad news. I was told i have 4 wisdom teeth after taking my X-RAY.

FOUR!

& it wuldnt hurt that much if i have 4 but the doctor advised me to EXTRACT all of it out!!! OMG.

My mum wanted me to go under local anaesthetics since it has lower risks..but the doctor advised against it and asked me to go under general anaesthetic instead. His reason was one of my wisdom teeth located at the bottom jaw may be a bit difficult to extract. X.X I dun think i have any preference, not becos i m totally brave but both are just as scary as it is.

Local anaesthetics will mean that i will be awake thruout the whole op. So i can hear the surgical tools do their job.

General anaesthetics will involve the doctor injecting some medicine into my vein and me breathing in some kind of air. The problem with this is..it's kind of scary. Like...once u sleep and u will nvr wake up if the effect doesn't wear off? XD The doc has told me that the worst case scenario is death. Haha, but he said that's true for any surgical procedures and that the risks are vry minimal. Haha. Okok..i shall have faith in the very advanced medical sciences and technology. XD

But i realise one thing. Being asleep thruout the whole op means that the doc can anyhow poke my gums and i cant even make a single noise rite? & when i wake up i dun even noe if thrs any injuries on my gum rite? Haha. My gums were poked accidentally when the doctor was doing a check-up on my teeth. RAAAAH.

& yesterday, i had a conversation with louis:
louis: it doesn't matter if all your other teeth are extracted
me: y?
louis: becos chip only needs the two front teeth!
me: =.=

& with jeanle:
jeanle: i was thinking that you should ask if the doc can return you your teeth
jeanle: and he will ask y...
jeanle: and you will reply: "coz i want my wisdom back!"

as for tht, i DID ask the doctor about it. Haha. and he said he's only possible to return me wisdom teeth from the upper jaw but not the bottom jaw. This is due to the different kind of extraction method. The op on the upper jaw is relatively easy...the doc will just pluck out. For the op on the lower jaw, it involves smashing / breaking/ sawing the wisdom teeth into small pieces be4 extracting out. OMG.

So do you think i should be worried?

i am damn worried.

What's even worse is i cant even schedule the op in the school holidays becos it's too full already. & i had an unpleasant encounter with the surgical coordinator staff thr. I cant voice out my questions becos everytime i ask, she will shut me up and say, 'i will touch on this later. LET ME DO MY JOB' WTS. Who's having the op? It's me rite? I can't even ask. Nvm. Then i asked (i had to!) if she could try to push the op date into the school holidays period. Then she replied nonchantly, ' I cant do anything much. WHO ASK YOU SO LATE THEN COME FOR CHECK-UP?' (MAN, THIS IS THE REASON Y I NVR REALLY LIKE NURSES IN GOVT-HOSPITALS) They(most that i've encountered) are so grumpy bout work and hardly ever smile. WHRS THE SERVICE ATTITUDE? Anyway, back to the topic. SO i retorted, 'it's not that i waited so long to check it out. IT recently just got worst. IS THAT MY FAULT? It's not what i want either right?' Then she orh orh orh...patronising me. Even my mother helped my speak up. We were very calm and peace-loving until kenna this stoopid surgical coordinator. MAN.

Then she say, ' i will just list it as urgent and once thrs any earlier available date, i will schedule u in.' Tht's so music to my ears. That, is if anyone cancel their op and she assured me that, there WILL be people who do that. OK & i agreed.

So, tenatively, my op date will be on 26th JUNE. 1st week of hectic school life in term 3. OH MAN. PLS PLS, sumone pls cancel your op.

Alrite, that's my visit to the dentist. It was generally a pleasant trip, short waiting times, friendly dentist, alert nurses and nice X-RAY staff. Even the staff at the counter provided good services. THE SURGICAL COORDINATOR JUST HAVE TO SPOIL MY DAY. (it was the final stop, btw) ARGGGH

Enough of the rantings. That's all. =)

MAN, I HATE YOU.XD

2008-06-04T19:24:00.002+08:00

WISDOM TOOTH SUCKS

& WISDOM TEETH SUCKS EVEN MORE!

Here's the story:
A couple of days ago, i went to have my wisdom tooth checked. It was quite painful as it was sticking into the gums that r opposite of it. So fine, i finally had time to check it out.

TO MY HORROR,
the dentist announced to me that "(congratulations,) you have wisdom TEETH!"

I was completely stunned.

One wisdom tooth is enuff and thrs like a SECOND ONE?!?!?!

Couldnt imagine any worse, but the doc said that since the second one wasnt causing much disturbances except tht it keeps trapping food, i just have to have proper oral hygiene.

FINE.

That said, i still have the annoying tooth stuck thr. & the doc gave me a refferal letter for me to bring to Singapore Dental Center for a consultation. My appointment will be tomorrow.

I really wanted to get rid of that tooth but then, on second thoughts, i was afraid of the side-effects? It was real scary coz my mum said the doc wil have to inject you with local anaesthetics and then OPERATE on me. What's even worse is that my face will swell for the next couple of days after extraction. MAN. This is totally disturbing!!! ARRGH.

So, i still have no idea coz i have two choices - leave it or remove it. Anyway, tmr is the consultation so i'll check it out, & hope that the dentist there will be kind n sweet enuff to reassure me if thrs really a need to extract out my tooth.

HEY. If anyone has ever extracted wisdom teeth be4, LET ME NOE!!! Tell me how u felt during n after the operation.

BYE BYE!

TOP HITS!

2008-06-03T00:02:00.004+08:00

Utmost in your mind is success. You are constantly seeking stimulation and a life full of experience. You are trying to 'grow' and above all you need to develop freely and to shake off the shackles of self-doubt. You are an enthusiastic individual, full of life with the desire to live intensely. You like contact with others and are enthusiastic by nature. You are receptive to anything new, modern or intriguing. Your interests are many and you are likely to expand your fields of activities. You are optimistic about the future and you deserve every success because deep down you are a 'winner'.

You are very self-sufficient and methodical. You presume to know where you are going but need to find a person who will recognise the way you are, not be too demanding and who is, as they say in Italy, 'Simpatico'.

Being a very proud individual, you tend to hold yourself aloof pretending that you are stoical - indifferent to pain and pleasure. This is not so, for in truth you are an extremely emotional individual, one that may make a hasty decision and perhaps regret it at leisure. It is time now to break the bond of detachment and be the 'you' that you would like to be - give vent to your emotions and enjoy yourself. (alrite, this just proves that i am not as proud as how ppl perceived =.=)

You are being unduly influenced by the situation that is all around you. You do not like the feeling of loneliness and whatever it is that seems to separate you from others. You know that life can be wonderful and you are anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to live it to the full. You therefore resent any restriction or limitations that are being imposed on you and you insist on going it alone.

You don't like authority and you rebel against all forms of limitation. You are your own person and you intend to stay that way and to get on in the world simply by your hard work and determination.

Try this at http://www.paulgoldinresearch.com/cg/ (saw this at jean le's blog(:)

This is so so true. Just by clicking the colours according to how you feel can churn out an analysis of you. Amazing.

So, YUP. I m back from ECLUB CAMP. It was awesome. More details bout it wil be blogged in the future until kannan sends me the photos. Haha.

Anyways, i've got a couple of songs to recommend. MAN, i can't get enuff of them!!!!
Good music is always appreciated.(:

1. Take a bow by Rihanna
2. Leavin' by Jesse McCartney
3. Elevator by Flo Rida

WOOHOOO. They rawk my playlist. Notice that i didnt have 4minutes as one of my favourite song coz i got sick of it just after a few plays of it. & perhaps becos MTV keeps playing the front part of the music for various ads (e.g featured artist of the month, the MV and Malaysia MTV Awards).. i got so disgusted. Too bad. LOL. & still, i dun understand y it had managed to get into the top few for 987FM. =\ Oh well. BUT ANYWAY, I REALLY REALLY like Rihanna's new song.

Here's the lyrics:

Oh
How 'bout a round of applause?
Yeah
Standin ovation
Ohwoah Yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You look so dumb right now
Standin' outside my house
Tryin' to apologize
You're so ugly when you cry
Please
Just cut it out

Don't tell me you're sorry,
Cause you're not,
And baby when I know,
You're only sorry you got caught

But you put on quite a show.
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go,
Curtain's finally closin'.
That was quite a show.
Very entertainin'.
But it's over now.
Go on and take a bow.

Grab your clothes and get gone.
You better hurry up,
Before the sprinklers come on.
Talkin 'bout,
'Girl I love you, you're the one.'
This just looks like a rerun.
Please.
What else is on?

And don't tell me you're sorry,
Cause you're not.
Baby when I know,
You're only sorry you got caught.

But you put on quite a show.
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go,
Curtain's finally closin'.
That was quite a show.
Very entertainin'.
But it's over now.
Go on and take a bow.

And the award for the best lie goes to you!
For makin' me believe
That you could be faithful to me.
Let's hear your speech.

How 'bout a round of applause?
Standin' ovation

But you put on quite a show.
Really had me goin'
But now it's time to go,
Curtain's finally closin'.
That was quite a show.
Very entertainin'.
But it's over now.
Go on and take a bow.
But it's over now.

& you have gotta watch Jesse McCartney's Leavin' MV. I m so jealous with his flawless complexion! Tht's just too good for a guy..don't you think so. XD

75 things that a MAN should know

2008-05-28T23:13:00.001+08:00

A Man Should Be Able To:

1. Give advice that matters in one sentence. I got run out of a job I liked once, and while it was happening, a guy stopped me in the hall. Smart guy, but prone to saying too much. I braced myself. I didn't want to hear it. I needed a white knight, and I knew it wasn't him. He just sighed and said: When nobody has your back, you gotta move your back. Then he walked away. Best advice I ever got. One sentence.

2. Tell if someone is lying. Everyone has his theory. Pick one, test it. Choose the tells that work for you. I like these: Liars change the subject quickly. Liars look up and to their right when they speak. Liars use fewer contractions. Liars will sometimes stare straight at you and employ a dead face. Liars never touch their chest or heart except self-consciously. Liars place objects between themselves and you during a conversation.

3. Take a photo. Fill the frame.

4. Score a baseball game. Scoring a game is an exercise in ciphering, creating a shorthand of your very own. In this way, it's a private language as much as a record of the game. The only given is the numbering of the positions and the use of the diamond to express each batter's progress around the bases. I black out the diamond when a run scores. I mark an RBI with a tally mark in the upper-right-hand corner. Each time you score a game, you pick up on new elements to track: pitch count, balls and strikes, foul balls. It doesn't matter that this information is available on the Internet in real time. Scoring a game is about bearing witness, expanding your own ability to observe.

5. Name a book that matters. The Catcher in the Rye does not matter. Not really. You gotta read.

6. Know at least one musical group as well as is possible. One guy at your table knows where Cobain was born and who his high school English teacher was. Another guy can argue the elegant extended trope of Liquid Swords with GZA himself. This is how it should be. Music does not demand agreement. Rilo Kiley. Nina Simone. Whitesnake. Fugazi. Otis Redding. Whatever. Choose. Nobody likes a know-it-all, because 1) you can't know it all and 2) music offers distinct and private lessons. So pick one. Except Rilo Kiley. I heard they broke up.

7. Cook meat somewhere other than the grill. Buy The Way to Cook, by Julia Child. Try roasting. Braising. Broiling. Slow-cooking. Pan searing. Think ragouts, fricassees, stews. All of this will force you to understand the functionality of different cuts. In the end, grilling will be a choice rather than a chore, and your Weber will become a tool rather than a piece of weekend entertainment.

8. Not monopolize the conversation.

9. Write a letter. So easy. So easily forgotten. A five-paragraph structure works pretty well: Tell why you're writing. Offer details. Ask questions. Give news. Add a specific memory or two. If your handwriting is terrible, type. Always close formally.

10. Buy a suit. Avoid bargains. Know your likes, your dislikes, and what you need it for (work, funerals, court). Squeeze the fabric — if it bounces back with little or no sign of wrinkling, that means it's good, sturdy material. And tug the buttons gently. If they feel loose or wobbly, that means they're probably coming off sooner rather than later. The jacket's shoulder pads are supposed to square with your shoulders; if they droop off or leave dents in the cloth, the jacket's too big. The jacket sleeves should never meet the wrist any lower than the base of the thumb — if they do, ask to go down a size. Always get fitted.

11. Swim three different strokes. Doggie paddle doesn't count.

12. Show respect without being a suck-up. Respect the following, in this order: age, experience, record, reputation. Don't mention any of it.

13. Throw a punch. Close enough, but not too close. Swing with your shoulders, not your arm. Long punches rarely land squarely. So forget the roundhouse. You don't have a haymaker. Follow through; don't pop and pull back. The length you give the punch should come in the form of extension after the point of contact. Just remember, the bones in your hand are small and easy to break. You're better off striking hard with the heel of your palm. Or you could buy the guy a beer and talk it out.

14. Chop down a tree. Know your escape path. When the tree starts to fall, use it.

15. Calculate square footage. Width times length.

16. Tie a bow tie.

17. Make one drink, in large batches, very well. When I interviewed for my first job, one of the senior guys had me to his house for a reception. He offered me a cigarette and pointed me to a bowl of whiskey sours, like I was Darrin Stephens and he was Larry Tate. I can still remember that first tight little swallow and my gratitude that I could go back for a refill without looking like a drunk. I came to admire the host over the next decade, but he never gave me the recipe. So I use this:
• For every 750-ml bottle of whiskey (use a decent bourbon or rye), add:
• 6 oz fresh-squeezed, strained lemon juice
• 6 oz simple syrup(mix superfine sugar and water in equal quantities)

To serve: Shake 3 oz per person with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glasses. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice or, if you're really slick, a float of red wine. (Pour about ½ oz slowly into each glass over the back of a spoon; this is called a New York sour, and it's great.)

18. Speak a foreign language. Pas beaucoup. Mais faites un effort.

19. Approach a woman out of his league. Ever have a shoeshine from a guy you really admire? He works hard enough that he doesn't have to tell stupid jokes; he doesn't stare at your legs; he knows things you don't, but he doesn't talk about them every minute; he doesn't scrape or apologize for his status or his job or the way he is dressed; he does his job confidently and with a quiet relish. That stuff is wildly inviting. Act like that guy.

20. Sew a button.

21. Argue with a European without getting xenophobic or insulting soccer. Once, in our lifetime, much of Europe was approaching cultural and political irrelevance. Then they made like us and banded together into a union of confederated states. So you can always assume that they were simply copying the United States as they now push us to the verge of cultural and political irrelevance.

22. Give a woman an orgasm so that he doesn't have to ask after it. Otherwise, ask after it.

23. Be loyal. You will fail at it. You have already. A man who does not know loyalty, from both ends, does not know men. Loyalty is not a matter of give-and-take: He did me a favor, therefore I owe him one. No. No. No. It is the recognition of a bond, the honoring of a shared history, the reemergence of the vows we make in the tight times. It doesn't mean complete agreement or invisible blood ties. It is a currency of selflessness, given without expectation and capable of the most stellar return.

24. Know his poison, without standing there, pondering like a dope. Brand, amount, style, fast, like so: Booker's, double, neat.

25. Drive an eightpenny nail into a treated two-by-four without thinking about it. Use a contractor's hammer. Swing hard and loose, like a tennis serve.

26. Cast a fishing rod without shrieking or sighing or otherwise admitting defeat.

27. Play gin with an old guy. Old men will try to crush you. They'll drown you in meaningless chatter, tell stories about when they were kids this or in Korea that. Or they'll retreat into a taciturn posture designed to get you to do the talking. They'll note your strategies without mentioning them, keep the stakes at a level they can control, and change up their pace of play just to get you stumbling. You have to do this — play their game, be it dominoes or cribbage or chess. They may have been playing for decades. You take a beating as a means of absorbing the lessons they've learned without taking a lesson. But don't be afraid to take them down. They can handle it.

28. Play go fish with a kid. You don't crush kids. You talk their ear off, make an event out of it, tell them stories about when you were a kid this or in Vegas that. You have to play their game, too, even though they may have been playing only for weeks. Observe. Teach them without once offering a lesson. And don't be afraid to win. They can handle it.

29. Understand quantum physics well enough that he can accept that a quarter might, at some point, pass straight through the table when dropped. Sometimes the laws of physics aren't laws at all. Read The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone, by Kenneth W. Ford.

30. Feign interest. Good place to start: quantum physics.

31. Make a bed.

32. Describe a glass of wine in one sentence without using the terms nutty, fruity, oaky, finish, or kick. I once stood in a wine store in West Hollywood where the owner described a pinot noir he favored as "a night walk through a wet garden." I bought it. I went to my hotel and drank it by myself, looking at the flickering city with my feet on the windowsill. I don't know which was more right, the wine or the vision that he placed in my head. Point is, it was right.

33. Hit a jump shot in pool. It's not something you use a lot, but when you hit a jump shot, it marks you as a player and briefly impresses women. Make the angle of your cue steeper, aim for the bottommost fraction of the ball, and drive the cue smoothly six inches past the contact point, making steady, downward contact with the felt.

34. Dress a wound. First, stop the bleeding. Apply pressure using a gauze pad. Stay with the pressure. If you can't stop the bleeding, forget the next step, just get to a hospital. Once the bleeding stops, clean the wound. Use water or saline solution; a little soap is good, too. If you can't get the wound clean, then forget the next step, just get to a hospital. Finally, dress the wound. For a laceration, push the edges together and apply a butterfly bandage. For avulsions, where the skin is punctured and pulled back like a trapdoor, push the skin back and use a butterfly. Slather the area in antibacterial ointment. Cover the wound with a gauze pad taped into place. Change that dressing every 12 hours, checking carefully for signs of infection. Better yet, get to a hospital.

35. Jump-start a car (without any drama). Change a flat tire (safely). Change the oil (once).

36. Make three different bets at a craps table. Play the smallest and most poorly labeled areas, the bets where it's visually evident the casino doesn't want you to go. Simply play the pass line; once the point is set, play full odds (this is the only really good bet on the table); and when you want a little more action, tell the crew you want to lay the 4 and the 10 for the minimum bet.

37. Shuffle a deck of cards. I play cards with guys who can't shuffle, and they lose. Always.

38. Tell a joke. Here's one:

Two guys are walking down a dark alley when a mugger approaches them and demands their money. They both grudgingly pull out their wallets and begin taking out their cash. Just then, one guy turns to the other, hands him a bill, and says, "Hey, here's that $20 I owe you."

39. Know when to split his cards in blackjack. Aces. Eights. Always.

40. Speak to an eight-year-old so he will hear. Use his first name. Don't use baby talk. Don't crank up your energy to match his. Ask questions and wait for answers. Follow up. Don't pretend to be interested in Webkinz or Power Rangers or whatever. He's as bored with that sh** as you are. Concentrate instead on seeing the child as a person of his own.

41. Speak to a waiter so he will hear. You don't own the restaurant, so don't act like it. You own the transaction. So don't speak into the menu. Lift your chin. Make eye contact. All restaurants have secrets — let it be known that you expect to see some of them.

42. Talk to a dog so it will hear. Go ahead, use baby talk.

43. Install: a disposal, an electronic thermostat, or a lighting fixture without asking for help. Just turn off the damned main.

44. Ask for help. Guys who refuse to ask for help are the most cursed men of all. The stubborn, the self-possessed, and the distant. The hell with them.

45. Break another man's grip on his wrist. Rotate your arm rapidly in the grip, toward the other guy's thumb.

46. Tell a woman's dress size.

47. Recite one poem from memory. Here you go:

WHEN YOU ARE OLD

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

—William Butler Yeats

48. Remove a stain. Blot. Always blot.

49. Say no.

50. Fry an egg sunny-side up. Cook until the white appears solid . . . and no longer.

51. Build a campfire.
There are three components:

The tinder — bone-dry, snappable twigs, about as long as your hand. You need two complete handfuls. Try birch bark; it burns long and hot.
The kindling — thick as your thumb, long as your forearm, breakable with two hands. You need two armfuls.
Fuel wood — anything thick and long enough that it can't be broken by hand. It's okay if it's slightly damp. You need a knee-high stack.

Step 1:Light the tinder, turning the pile gently to get air underneath it.

Step 2: Feed the kindling into the emergent fire with some pace.

Step 3: Lay on the fuel wood. Pyramid, the log cabin, what-ever — the idea is to create some kind of structure so that plenty of air gets to the fire.

52. Step into a job no one wants to do. When I was 13, my dad called me into his office at the large urban mall he ran. He was on the phone. What followed was a fairly banal 15-minute conversation, which involved the collection of rent from a store. On and on, droning about store hours and lighting problems. I kept raising my eyebrows, pretending to stand up, and my dad kept waving me down. I could hear only his end, garrulous and unrelenting. He rolled his eyes as the excuses kept coming. His assertions were simple and to the point, like a drumbeat. He wanted the rent. He wanted the store to stay open when the mall was open. Then suddenly, having given the job the time it deserved, he put it to an end. "So if I see your gate down next Sunday afternoon, I'm going to get a drill and stick a goddamn bolt in it and lock you down for the next week, right?" When he hung up, rent collected, he took a deep breath. "I've been dreading that call," he said. "Once a week you gotta try something you never would do if you had the choice. Otherwise, why are you here?" So he gave me that. And this . . .

53. Sometimes, kick some ass.

54. Break up a fight. Work in pairs if possible. Don't get between people initially. Use the back of the collar, pull and urge the person downward. If you can't get him down, work for distance.

55. Point to the north at any time. If you have a watch, you can point the hour hand at the sun. Then find the point directly between the hour hand and the 12. That's south. The opposite direction is, of course, north.

56. Create a play-list in which ten seemingly random songs provide a secret message to one person.

57. Explain what a light-year is. It's the measure of the distance that light travels over 365.25 days.

58. Avoid boredom. You have enough to eat. You can move. This must be acknowledged as a kind of freedom. You don't always have to buy things, put things in your mouth, or be delighted.

59. Write a thank-you note. Make a habit of it. Follow a simple formula like this one: First line is a thesis statement. The second line is evidentiary. The third is a kind of assertion. Close on an uptick.

Thanks for having me over to watch game six. Even though they won, it's clear the Red Sox are a soulless, overmarketed contrivance of Fox TV. Still, I'm awfully happy you have that huge high-def television. Next time, I really will bring beer. Yours,

60. Be brand loyal to at least one product. It tells a lot about who you are and where you came from. Me? I like Hellman's mayonnaise and Genesee beer, which makes me the fleshy, stubbornly upstate ne'er-do-well that I will always be.

61. Cook bacon. Lay out the bacon on a rack on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

62. Hold a baby. Newborns should be wrapped tightly and held against the chest. They like tight spaces (consider their previous circumstances) and rhythmic movements, so hold them snug, tuck them in the crook of your elbow or against the skin of your neck. Rock your hips like you're bored, barely listening to the music at the edge of a wedding reception. No one has to notice except the baby. Don't breathe all over them.

63. Deliver a eulogy. Take the job seriously. It matters. Speak first to the family, then to the outside world. Write it down. Avoid similes. Don't read poetry. Be funny.

64. Know that Christopher Columbus was a son of a bitch. When I was a kid, because I'm Italian and because the Irish guys in my neighborhood were relentless with the beatings on St. Patrick's Day, I loved the very idea of Christopher Columbus. I loved the fact that Irish kids worshipped some gnome who drove all the rats out of Ireland or whatever, whereas my hero was an explorer. Man, I drank the Kool-Aid on that guy. Of course, I later learned that he was a hand-chopping, land-stealing egotist who sold out an entire hemisphere to European avarice. So I left Columbus behind. Your understanding of your heroes must evolve. See Roger Clemens. See Bill Belichick.

65-67. Throw a baseball over-hand with some snap. Throw a football with a tight spiral. Shoot a 12-foot jump shot reliably. If you can't, play more ball.

68. Find his way out of the woods if lost. Note your landmarks — mountains, power lines, the sound of a highway. Look for the sun: It sits in the south; it moves west. Gauge your direction every few minutes. If you're completely stuck, look for a small creek and follow it downstream. Water flows toward larger bodies of water, where people live.

69. Tie a knot. Square knot: left rope over right rope, turn under. Then right rope over left rope. Tuck under. Pull. Or as my pack leader, Dave Kenyon, told me in a Boy Scouts meeting: "Left over right, right over left. What's so f***ing hard about that?"

70. Shake hands. Steady, firm, pump, let go. Use the time to make eye contact, since that's where the social contract begins.

71. Iron a shirt. My uncle Tony the tailor once told me of ironing: Start rough, end gently.

72. Stock an emergency bag for the car. Blanket. Heavy flashlight. Hand warmers. Six bottles of water. Six packs of beef jerky. Atlas. Reflectors. Gloves. Socks. Bandages. Neosporin. Inhaler. Benadryl. Motrin. Hard candy. Telescoping magnet. Screwdriver. Channel-locks. Crescent wrench. Ski hat. Bandanna.

73. Caress a woman's neck. Back of your fingers, in a slow fan.

74. Know some birds. If you can't pay attention to a bird, then you can't learn from detail, you aren't likely to appreciate the beauty of evolution, and you don't have a clue how birdlike your own habits may be. You've been looking at them blindly for years now. Get a guide.

75. Negotiate a better price. Be informed. Know the price of competitors. In a big store, look for a manager. Don't be an a-hole. Use one phrase as your mantra, like "I need a little help with this one." Repeat it, as an invitation to him. Don't beg. Ever. Offer something: your loyalty, your next purchase, even your friendship, and, with the deal done, your gratitude.

interesting one taken from msn.com

TAGGED BY ADELINE

2008-05-28T22:22:00.002+08:00

01. What disappoints you the most?
when i do not have enuff time!

02. Where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket?
JAPAN!!!

03. What’s your favorite thing to do?
Running!

04. Do you think money can buy happiness?
to a certain extent, i cant really deny this

05. If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be?
superb grades for A's and get into SMU

06. Do you prefer a kiss or a hug?
hug

07. What are you afraid to lose the most?
people who are close to me and my loved ones

08. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
Go for lasik, learn wakeboarding, kickboxing, and travel around the world

09. What do you dream of doing in the future?
HOTEL MANAGER!!! =P

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you?
MY lovely and fun-loving camper who treats me the BEST during the camp & eversince! (psst istil keep your letter with me! =))

11. What makes you happy?
the sight of eyecandy!

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
TCHERS who noe nth bout camps.(for now)

13. Where do you see yourself 10 years down the road?
working in a hotel, interacting with tourists! YAY

14. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
FLY! I think running is not fast enuff for my pace of life. =] even better..can i request for teleport?

15. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
my family and friends

16. Any childhood memories you’ll like to re-live?
when i m still on talking terms with my dad

17. If you have a chance to change your life now, what would you want to change?
shldnt have initiated that break-up yrs ago

18. Which cartoon character you like most?
doraemon!

19. Are you courageous enough to go and tell the person that you like he/she?
no.

20.Do you think you're pretty/handsome?
errrrr...i wuld rate myself average looking =]

Instructions: Remove 1 question from above, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.

1. Cheryl
2. Yong Hong
3. Yi Qing
4. Feng Yi
5. Jaime
6. Bin Bin
7. Sheldon
8. Ray

THE MUCH AWAITED JUNE HOLS ARE HERE!!

2008-05-23T23:22:00.009+08:00

I AM SO RELIEVED THAT JUNE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE!!!!!!!!

You don't know how much i needed this.

Life in J2, as expected, is really damn stressful. The constant reminders from teachers to perform well and the never-ending tests. MAN. I hope i will be able to get thru what's yet to come. We were warned that TERM3 will be even more hectic and, i could even barely breathe for the past few weeks! & well, yes i m elated that the holidays are here. LET'S BE HONEST. THIS IS NOT A HOLIDAY, it's like a STUDY MONTH FOR US. 2nd week and 2days in 3rd week are already devoted to extra lessons and lectures. 1st week, well, ECLUB CAMP and that's my final project in ECLUB. I hope i have enuff time for all the studying and work that has to be done.

Sigh.

So, i guess happiness is always shortlived(it seems).

Anw, just brief updates on the past few days.

Pics @ Talentime

I SO LOVE OUR CLASS JERSEY!!! MUACKS!

we're i/c of refreshments for the day. Only a couple of us here (:

PICS@ Councillors Investiture - VALEO

Definition of

blush (blus̸h)
intransitive verb
to become red in the face from shame, embarrassment, or shyness
to be ashamed or embarrassed: usually with at or for
to be or become rosy

& OMG, i can't believe that it happened unknowingly.

DAMN EMBARASSING.

I still feel so for you.

WHY!!!

Cheryl snapped a shot when i was trying to CONTROL..XD

melancholic memories of us as a 27th JJ LEADER

PICS @ SPORTS DAY 2008

BANNI WAS CROWNED BEST CHEERING HOUSE ONCE AGAIN!

YAY!

Thou, we're 3rd this year. Down one rank from 2nd(2007).

Disappointing but, participation rates just ain high enuff.

Nevertheless, I AM HAPPY WITH MY RESULTS this year.

3000m - CHAMPION!

1500m - CHAMPION!

800m - SILVER!

I AM SO GLAD. Kept my winning title for 1500m and clinched gold for 3000m. Last year, i came in 2nd for 3000m and this year, I HAD MY P.B(personal bests) for all my races. THAT WAS AWESOME! I was damn worried that i couldnt performed, and besides, i was in my best form then. It was also the 1st and WILL BE the last time i run 800m. I think i m cut out strictly, i repeat, strictly for long dist only. HAHA. It also marks the end of (my very short) running career. SAD but SWEET. KNEW A COUPLE OF GREAT FRIENDS IN T&F whom i wun forget. (:

with our winning glories!

a shot with fast fast sprinter, jianhe!(:

& with JEREMY CHIIIIIIOOOOOOOOONG ahhhh XD

THT'S Y IT WAS SUCH A BLAST THAT WEEK. HAD ALL THE RACES CRAMPED IN A WEEK. Thanks for everyone who gave ur encouraging words to me and the ever-supportive BANNI EXCO. MANY thanks to EVAN, RAY, PAMELA and many others. & the very prettay banners. (:

12thMAY2008

the day when i lost my very good friend.

It seems that no matter how i deal with it, i still end up losing you?

It was definitely a loss to me and yet, i m helpless at the same time. I dun think i have the means to save this friendship but i thot, i would have treasured this very friendship for a considerable amount of time if it had lasted.

You probably had your own rightful thinking which i wouldnt blame you. If i were in your shoes, i would probably have done the same way too. But still, does it have to end like that. LIKE THAT?

SO ABRUPTLY?

Pissed you may be...but, i really had not much of a choice.

Sincere apologies to you but that's all i can say.

I will miss you, my dear friend.

****

Alright, that's all for the updates.

& i still nid to wake up at 5.30am just so i can reach BUGIS MRT @ 7am. The time now is 12:29AM. YAY. i m so so DEADDDDDDDD.

TAKE CARE ALL

&HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

FREERICE.ORG

2008-05-03T21:41:00.003+08:00

THIS TIME, i tell myself i have to BLOG!

Amidst talks of food shortage and how so many more people are suffering in the poorer countries, i feel that we should do our part and help these people out.

So, peel ur eyes wide open as i introduce you to try THIS out!

This is a by far damn amazing website i have ever seen in order to help these poor people. U get to improve ur vocabulary and help them at the same time. Here's how it goes:
For every answer u answered correctly, u have helped donated 20 rice!
How cool is that?
& it's easy-peasy ENGLISH VOCAB and i'm sure many of us can easily advance thru the first few levels.
So, i strongly urge you to visit freerice.org to do your part and u're on you way to help fill a person's stomach!
i'm sure u guys can do it!
So visit : http://www.freerice.org

Freerice.org is a sister site of World Poverty site, Poverty and part of United Nations World Food Programme in bid to help the poorer countries who are greatly affected by droughts and rising global food prices. Visit these sites for more information also.

I've tried it and man, i m so addicted to it becos i care bout them. =)

EVENTS OF THE WEEK

2008-04-25T20:52:00.003+08:00

JIAJUN'S BDAE!
HAPPY B'DAE!

D-DAY: NATIONAL CROSSCOUNTRY 2008

So, it was the race. OMGGG.
Tried and gave my best, but thats all i could do.
But, it was definitely a good race. I ran with one of the IJC girls tgt at the last stretch and man, she was cheering me on. & of coz, we cheered each other all the way till the end. Dunno her name thou, but thanks alot! =)
After the race, at the bus-stop.
& we really went to ISLAND CREAMERY after our nationals! Hooray. & we pasted our photo thr. Yay!!!
& guess y she's looking out of the window?? WE girls are going ga-ga over one of the PC teacher! XD He just happen to walk by and she quickly ran to seat by the window. LOL.

& today is my first-ever emceeing for a formal occassion!! It was a dialogue session with MS KOH LIN-NET. She's quite different from the usual speakers and she definitely noe how to click well with the youngsters. Haha. & of coz, i had absolute fun working with siewping...we talk crap thruout the dialogue(of coz only when we r free) & we almost got into trouble when it's the Q&A session. She started the Q&A session by herself when we r suppose to invite her to the table. OMGGG..so everyone was all fumbling and mad about trying to get her to sit down at the table. In the end, we managed to get her to take a seat after the 3rd qns was posted. We almost got blasted by the teachers!! Haha...but overall, there was smooth transition. SO that's very fortunate!! YAY

THIS WEEK IS A BLASSSSST! (=

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRACK TCHERS!

2008-04-17T22:55:00.005+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR ANG AND MR POH!
(yea they share the same birthdays! WOOHOOO)

the little messages that we wrote to them!

hur hur hur...all smiling gleefully

The day when we had chem spa trial and lovely marianne decides to pop by and visit us! (:

cheers!
can't take my eyes off you...
& we played fishing game! XD

YEA! N i trashed ED in fishing! see he onli has 4 little fishes

Surprise, Surprise! Mr Sia joined us for a short game..XD

Haha. I think my blog is evolving to a photo-blog. Bleah!

Anyway, more photos will be posted up soon when i haveeee the time. (:

NATIONALS COMING & I SERIOUSLY SERIOUSLY...have no confidence. =(

SATURDAY

2008-04-13T14:41:00.002+08:00

SAA CROSSCOUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

it was drizzling when we start the race.
hate the path coz it was filled with puddle of mud everywhr.
High humidity
Conditions were quite bad & i thot i will perform badly for this race.
But, turns out that i still did my personal best.
& my shoe became muddy brown after my race.
But, i guess, at least, our jerseys didnt get ruined after running the race.
The guys not onli completed the race, they even completed an artwork on their jerseys!
The back of their jerseys were all filled with yellow n brown spots of all hues.
NICE artwork i must say! =P

Then, we went to BOTAK JONES @ CLEMENTI'S BRANCH to celebrate JEREMY'S BDAE! LOL. We wrote him a card and a slice of oreo cheesecake for him. XD
His face was the sian-diao look when they waiter called his name thrice eversince we ordered our food. The previous two times were all due to some payment problems n confusion, so he thot that thr was another payment prob for the third time. In the end, when he looked up, he got a shock. XD. Shld have captured down tht moment. SUPER hilarious. LOL..but anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY! U're seventeen this yr. =)

Cajun Chicken for me, hmm..a huge disappointment thou. The meat is too dry.

the trio!

the card n cake that i mentioned. (:
the four-some XD(jk)

YEAH! it's a nice n happy track outing celebrating jeremy's bdae! ^^

OHYEA, am i happy!

2008-04-12T11:11:00.003+08:00

threeMUSKETEERS/ PW MATES/ FRENDS FOR l.i.f.e!

Congrats to everyone who've gotten back their PW results.

Thanks Cheryl, Shijie & ChenYaan for putting in their utmost effort into making our project a successful one. It's really alot of hardships that we have went thru and hope that each and everyone of us have learnt sth from it. Although conflicts are bound to occur, what matters the most is not the prevailing possible unhappiness but the solutions that we came up to overcome all these problems. After all, we are still good friends and still happily getting along. Anw, real glad that PW is over, it was one of the worst projects that i ever handled( & it's not even the real one that's being carried out!). Still still, i'am happy with the grade that i got and am proud to say that our class did well with 5 As, 10Bs and 2 Cs. WOOHOOOO!

MIA MUSICA 2008

Band
Modern Dance
Chinese Orchestra

tgt with bestie, SENGYIE! (:
With the two emcess of the day! They are going retro...n psssst( they are teachers..XD)
Sy with the emcess. X)

Haha. aiights, that's all. Having a race later on..

*screaammmss*

UPDATES!

2008-04-05T21:08:00.003+08:00

COUNTING DOWN TO NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY.
18 more days to THE DAY!
& 18 - 1 days to train.
feeling that stress already.
Today at CCAB, CJ was there and their runners clock good timings..OMG.
& recently, i am bugged by side stiches for the past few days when i ran.
OH MAN.
I was so frustrated! X.X
BUT BUT, things are gonna get better. (:

& track outing today was so so fun. Alot of funny things happen and we guys went down to SUNTEC after training for ASICS SALE. LOL. Was damn cramp with loads of people in the small event room. ASICS goods are going at A REALLY LOW LOW LOW prices, "UP TO 70% off!" It's at SUNTEC RM 202. Tmr is the last day so go if u can. Haha. 4 of them bought full red asics shoes tgt la...RED IS THE NICEST COLOUR ON EARTH (after pink :)) haha. SO cool n BRIGHT, hot FIERY! WOOHOO. But, i didnt buy since it's in a guy's cutting. Sigh. Bought a dri-fit shirt instead. Love the words TRACK N FIELD loaddss. HEEX.

After that, we went back to marina square n did some window shopping. JianHe wants to buy his spikes n we are looking for backpacks. Haha...we kept walking in circles shopping in ripcurl, quiksilver and sports shops. LOL. ARRGGH. But sad, jian he didnt manage to buy his spikes and we didnt find any nice backpacks. OH MAN. Whr has all the nice backpacks gone too?!? ROXY, Billabong, Addidas, Nike, Quiksilver an ripcurl all dun have nice designs and i really culdnt believe it that none of them carry a nice design. Sigh. Oh well...guess i still have to keep on hunting. haha.

After that, the guys finally culdnt take the shopping because of their slope trainings and jianhe wants to have some ice cream, so we stopped by BEN'S AND JERRY and have ice cream! haha. & we went home shortly after that. I slept all the way back & continue to nap at home. SO, in short, i havent done any productive work at all. & next week thrs three tests again. & two weeks from now, CSL CAMP 2008! HOHOHO. more work and then 4 more days, NATIONALS. WAH SEEH. DEAR BODY, please be strong enough for yours truly. (: HAHA.

Alrite alrite. That's all. Got alot of preparation stuffs to do.

the threesome sharing ice-cream! XD
with QiXuan! & no, we are not endorsing NewBalance. XD

Take care all.

& GOOD LUCK TO TEAM JJ for their nationals. GO GO GO!

signing off.

=)

2008-03-28T20:22:00.002+08:00

UPCOMING EVENTS:
29th MARCH: MIA MUSICA 2008
12th APRIL: RACE @ dunno-whr

Super excited that for the FIRST TIME in my life, i gonna attend MIA MUSICA as an audience. FYI: MIA MUSICA is MARSILING SECONDARY SCHOOL's, my alma mater, concert which showcases our many talents including CHINESE ORCHESTRA, CONCERT BAND and CHOIR. I can't wait to see how my juniors will perform. Hope tomorrow will be a nice concert for me and sengyie. HAHA.

I still rmb how we had numerous practices just to perfect our parts, train till our muscles are sore and rehearse and rehearse just for that ~45 mins of fame. The joy, laughter and tears. Now, it's finally our turn to enjoy the show! YAY. So, will be posting more happenings about it after tmr. =)

Training at CCAB tmr. It's like FINALLY!!!! & today AARON told me that red-brick (up)slope is taken out. THAT'S A BAD NEWS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG. But i dun really noe the exact details of the new route but i suppose it would be a relatively easier route then. Sigh. & u guys must be thinking that i m crazy for feeling disappointed but seriously, if the route is easy. Everyone's effort needed to conquer the race will be easier so, chances of winning is lower. It's just like exams, if the paper is easy, everyone scores well. ARRGGH..nvrtheless i will still train of course. Haha.

Anyway, just found out that JJC in on STOMP again. Sigh. Havent seen the article but it's on our water-wasting camps again. Oh well, dun really noe how to comment on this but i m feeling very irritated by how, when in public, ur every action is under those STOMPers' scrutiny and wat's even worse is that STOMPers are everywhr.

Issue on wasting water aside, but my general feeling with this STOMP idea is a really very powerful media. U can really see that there is participation from the public. BIG NEWS and small news get posted up and man, CAN THESE PPL REALLY RESPOND! I dun mind news that are worth of a concern to be posted up but seriously, little little news also get posted up. Such as " my bike is infested with red ants!" Like what for tell people?!?!!? I dun get it. The idea of STOMP is good becos it trains the public to be aware of their surroundings n be the first to capture down the news. But, i dun think that it is really appropriate to take pictures of ppl ,posting it up on the net and criticising their actions which u feel that it may be wrong. Just put urself into the person being photographed. WOULD U HAVE LIKE THE FEELING OF BEING 'FEATURED' on the net? WOULD U LIKE TO SEE THOSE COMMENTS(sometimes really nonsensical n doesnt make sense) ON UR ACTIONS? WORSE STILL, sometimes, it becomes a personal attack. Thr's just no more privacy in this society anymore unless u COOP urself at home...but then, WATS THE POINT OF LIVING THEN?

So ya, kind of irritated by some of these news. Wish they culd just be mature enuff and really post matters that really concern the nation, security or welfare of people. But of coz, readers have to be discerning themselves and be wise in choosing what to read and what not to read(& care). Haha.

& DISCLAIMER: The above are just my opinions with no harm intended for anyone. & i didnt comment just becos JJC was in the news. My comments are as simple as it is so DO NOT try to infer here n thr coz thrs nth for u to infer.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN??!?!

2008-03-21T23:12:00.003+08:00

Check this out!!!

damn amazing!

CHANGE IN TIMETABLE

2008-03-16T20:27:00.003+08:00

ATTN 07S28:

There is a slight(i assure u it's only teeny-weeny bit of change & it doesnt really have much difference anyway...u'll know y) change in our class timetable.

GOOD NEWS N BAD NEWS

GOOD NEWS FIRST
*drumrolls*
YAY, our school days got even shorter cos practical has been reduced by half an hour. HOORAY. That means, tuesday ends earlier at 1.30pm.

BAD NEWS?

The horror is.....MR AZMI ASSURES US THAT LESSONS WILL STILL BE EXTENDED ANYWAY.

So yea, like i said, this slight change is almost insignificant. XD

Alrite. HAPPY SCH-REOPEN! (:

PHOTO-BLOGGING

2008-03-11T23:20:00.009+08:00

MY COUSIN'S WEDDING! (:

COOL CHEMISTRY!
beautiful! (:
with my TANG YI

with my uncle and his wife(just got pregnant!(:)
with my dear granny (:
with my tang yi(another one)
cutting cake

SHOPPING WITH SIS

snap a shot while on travelling up the escalator

yay! SISTERS FOREVER! (:

saw TAMIYA(bigger version) competition @ FAREAST
they look like eager little boys XD

Character and Citizenship Education Conference

'Citizns of Character'

ushering @ RP

DO-RE-MI: Weiling, me, Marcus
Yeele & me

2nd time doing ushering together (:

weiling and me!
show me ur teeth
XD

@RP toilet

WAHA!

Just one last thing before i end off, HEELS ARE THE WORST INVENTION IN THE HISTORY!

It makes my leg ache like nobody business thou i dun wobble or fall but my soles are hurting from wearing heels for two consecutive days. MAN. How am i gonna work next time?

AHHH.

i know!

I should invest in a pair of CROCS for work! =P

*i'amJUSTKIDDING of coz. ;)

tht's so kuku can?

AM I GLAD IT'S HOLIDAYS!

2008-03-09T20:52:00.003+08:00

1WEEK BREAK IS SAYING HELLO TO ME!!!!

JASMINE: O-HAIYOOOOO! HAHA

Finally holidays are here and i can grab more sleep while i can. OMG. I cant imagine years w/o holidays, i will be a zombie by march?? HAHA. Why do i say so?

Because my sleeping timings went haywire since last week!! OMG. I think i could almost leave my paper blank for chemistry test if not for the 2hours that MSWUN graciously let us study for chem during her period. I seriously hate myself for always feeling tired at the wrong timing n falling asleep when i shldnt have! The night before chem test, i was sitting infront of my desk and trying to conc, but to my horror. I find my eyelids weighing a thousand tonnes too heavy to open..in the end, i went to take a nap at 9.30. Wanted to wake up at 11 n in the end i only managed to drag myself out at 11.30. I studied awhile say until 12 plus plus? I slept again....til i 2.30 woke up n tried to study. I went to sleep at 4 and all the way till 6.15am. HOW GREAT WAS THAT??? I felt so damn guilty for the whole morning n tried to study as much as i can. N last friday was also the first time i stepped into library to study. XD

But, good thing is i find the chem paper manageable. My brain didnt give up on me when i was studying or doing my test paper. Ok, for once i love my brain. haha

Fast-forward to Saturday. OMG. The seminar deprived me from sleep again. We reached NTU an hr before the seminar. It's an econs seminar on government policies. Haha. Quite interesting and insightful for some parts. Nice food during every 1.5 break. XD. I guess the most fruitful thing that i gained from my trip to NTU was the openhse. I found out one of the new couses offered in the School Of Arts and Social Science called Linguistic and Multilingual Studies(i think)...it's like the study of the use and languages. Sounds interesting and might be useful for my future..but hmm....seriously, after speaking to the professor i/c about this, her theories are so weird. I asked her bout the future prospects...n he initial answer was " Well, in fact, how many people are doing jobs that are related to what they studied?" In my mind, i was like " DDDUUH, must also study sth of USEEEE...."

I mean, my concerns are not unfound. How do u apply for jobs and say, " Well, u shld employ me coz i have done research on languages be4 and studied the use and ways of communication." Hmmmm...is it of specific use??? I dunno but i still think, getting a business degree would be a more practical.

Oh and did i mention that ytd was the most unfortunate day of the year? I got poked by needles and staples within a span of an hour. First, i got poked by a needle at the buffet table when i leaned onto the buffet table to get a plate. Second, i got scratched by a staple on my thumb when i was putting my notes into a paper bag. Third, i got shocked from the pain and withdraw my hand, n i got scratched by that vry staple again. GDI. But watever it is, that's not the point. It's not bout the pain but after i got thru this whole incident, this very thot of getting HIV virus came to my mind.

Seriously, what if that needle was contaminated? It may give me an infection since it poked right into my thigh...and even worse, what if some HIV virus is on the needle when it pierced into my skin? I just find that each and everyone of us is just as vulnerable to such dangers. Just imagine if some crazy guy come rushing to u and pierce a HIV-contaminated needle into ur skin? Would u be able to still live life as normal and accomplish things on ur to-do list? Can you even blame that crazy guy since what's done has been done. Futhermore, it's an irreversible action. CAN U IMAGINE THAT?!?!! If i were the victim, the only thing i could see is my future tumbling and shattering into pieces. Hopeless is the word. Death is the only and nearest exit. The thot of it is enuff to send shivers down my spine. SO SUPER UBER SCARY. URRGH.

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THANKS NUFFNANG FOR PUTTING ADVETISEMENT ON MY BLOG AGAIN! YIPEEE! & OF COZ THANKS FOR ALL MY READERS SUPPORT EVEN WHEN I M NOT BLOGGING MUCH!!! Please continue to check back every now n then ok? I will try to blog when i have the time. Haha. This time it's on NOKIA N82. CHECK IT OUT OK??? =]]]]] *CLICKS CLICKS*

signing off,
i'amJASMINE

Preview: Next entry will be on my cousin's wedding dinner n outing w/ janney sis! haha ;)

P/S: WINGS X-COUNTRY IS ON WEDNESDAY! MY FIRST RACE OF THE YEAR! GIVE ME n JJ TRACKERS UR BLESSINGS OK? =]

RAINY SATURDAY

2008-03-02T00:14:00.004+08:00

OMG!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe i received an email from DEAR NUFFNANG on my incoming advertisement!!! YAY! Hard to believe since i havent been blogging as much as i did during the holidays. It's on RSAF Recruitment. So DO watch out for that advertisement! It will be up on 2nd March till 8thMarch. haha.

TODAY IS A RAINY DAY! So hate it. I was late for training becos somewhr somehow 170 got jammed up and refused to arrive. Then i had to take to CCK MRT and change to bus 67. It was oredi 8.05 when i boarded the train. DAMMIT. As it was stil raining when i finally reached my stop, i had to run all the way to CCAB's grandstand( which was quite a distance). So, when i reach thr, my hair is drenched again!!!!! I just bathe and got another free treat from dear sky. OH WEELL.. it's just my luck.

PLUS i m such a big blur sotong to forget my shoe bags in school so i had to run in another old pair of shoes. Toes are screaming in pain. In the end, i didnt do much during training. Didnt dare to run in the rain. ARGGH.

After training, we chiong for MAC so that we get to eat their delicious breakfast. Haha.

Once we r done eating, we left. & i went to town. I had a hard time searching for tht 174 so in the end i decided to be(& am glad that i) look at the board with those bus no.s to see if any other bus will go town. & indeed, 171 saved my legs from walking. Yippeeee. Ok, so waited for the bus & boarded.

This make me wanna talk bout the bus drivers today. it's so weird. Wat's happening to the drivers that i met today. Rmb i took 67 to CCAB? That driver was so ignorant to the bell and decided not to open the doors despite stopping at the bus-stop. Even with the passengers calling for him to open the door went ignored. In the end, that bunch of guys has to alight at the next stop. The driver simply drove off from their bus-stop. This is WTH NO.1. HAHA. WTH NO.2 happened to a lady passenger. She wanted to alight at her stop and she DID press the bell. But the driver just zoom off ignoring the bell again. In the end, she alighted at the bus-stop. TEERRRIBLE! ok nvm, WTH NO. 3 happens on bus 171. This particular driver likes to speed esp when approaching the bus-stop. OBVIOUSLY that thr's a high possibility that the bus might nid to stop at the bus-stop and yet, he still sped. I almost missed this bus just like the others who were also waiting for it, it stopped like 2m AWAY from the bus-stop. SERIOUSLY WAT'S HE'S PROBLEM. M i not wet enuff or do i look dry enuff to be drenched even further?

OK, usually the buses dun irritate me that much. Today was so unusual. Sigh. But, after reaching FAR EAST. Day starts to turn for the better. I was lucky enuff to get a yellow button from the shop for my hoodie coz thr was short of one button on it when i bought. I didnt check properly but it was fortunate to get one spare button from the. Haha, then i met Cheryl at TANG PLAZA to acc me to make my pendant. Yikes...TANG plaza is big enuff for us to play hide-and-seek. XD At first, it was me who crossed the overhead bridge from far east when i actually dun have to. So in the end, i had to walk the underpass and we agree to meet at the exit of underpass. The problem is when i came up. There are like THREE underpasses in total, including the one tht i exited from. SO I DUNNO WHR SHE IS. I just guessed that she will be at that underpass, and in the end i was wrong. XD She called again and said she 'is' at the exit of the underpass. Is so ddduhh lah, in the end we changed our meeting venue to mariott hotel's entrance. Haha. Like finally. XD

Went to Lucky Plaza, searched for the shop and made it. DAMMIT. Hate that the gold prices had to rise. EEVERYTHING is rising their prices. SIAN. If only i dint lose it, but that's if only. & how i hope i will sumhow like found it some day under the sofa or even better, a postage send to my home with some kind-hearted soul delivering it back to me. haiz..ok nvm.

After that, had sort of a makan-spree with cheryl after she bought her towels. Ate while we shopped at taka. Haha...then we left coz i had to attend my counsin's wedding at Grace Methodist Church. I onli managed to get a shot with her and then it's buffet time oredi. XD i didnt even see the whole process..awwwww... Nvm..but what's even more upsetting is my mother and brother actually got angpows from helping at the wedding ceremony. Walau, n even those kids that went to my 2nd-aunt's house all got 10bucksangpow, helpers or not. OH MYYY. RAAAAHHHHHHH. DAMMIT. Had some good chat with my mother's cousin..she 's married to a caucasian. How cool is that. Lecturer sommore...& she's chio and skinny and tall with two mixed-blood adorable kids. WOOOW. They stay in clementi, haha..i shld drop by sumtime. =D

& GOOD NEWS for me coz i changed phone! YIPEEEE. No more stoopid 'SIM CARD REGISTRATION FAIL', no more sudden disconnection of calls and MORE YAKKITY-YAK TIME for me. WOOOHOOOO. I bought XpressMusic 5610. WAAHAHAHA. 3.2 MEGAPIXELS. GALS, it's time to CAM-WHORE..muahahahaa. YIPEEE. Ok, so lesser trouble to worry now. YAY.

& i ate rojak just now. MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITE. YEE-HAAAAA~~ OK. On sugar-high...YAY, nice way to end my day. OHOH...MY MUM ALLOWED OUR FAMILY TO SUBSCRIBE TO CABLE. ANOTHER CAUSE for happiness coz i get to watch I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. Seems interesting on the synopsis. AIYA, but it's kinda pity that U.S will be showing Aftermath: Population Zero. DAMN INTERESTING LA. I feel like flying to U.S to catch tht doc coz it's so intriguing!!! Ever wonder what happens to the world when humans vanished from the surface of the Earth? Haha. Bet u nvr wondered bout this coz u thot Humans wun be extinct. Hah, just u wait. I think the world will be even scarrier after we left coz of our 'evil-doings' to Mother Nature.

Anyway, to learn more visit here. (:

So that's it. =D TATA!

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2008-02-29T22:27:00.005+08:00

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Had three tests this week and another FOUR MORE coming up nxt week.

It's really time for some SERIOUS MUGGING.

1. Mon - Econs Lect Test (TOPIC 2)

2. Tues - Bio Test ( Gene Mutation and Prokaryotes blah blah)

3. Wed - GP Content Test

4. Friday - Chem Lect Test (Carbonyl, Nitrogen Cmps, Carboxylic Acid and Gaseous State)

I nid an extra memory card for my brain. ANYONE? (:

ANYWAYS, just had out class dinner at PIZZA HUT & i finally saw MARIANNE! Miss her like hell, class wil never be the same w/o her. Sigh. But anyway, it was fun and we ate Italian Fiesta Meal after wating for seats for AN HOUR. WTH. But, it was worth it to finally seat tgt as a class and eat. Haha.

Dun have much to say:

Pictures will do the talking. Sorry. Give me time to recover.

Training tmr @ CCAB. Nidda go down to town to replace my pendant, sigh.

The smile that used to be there is robbed off by the series of events happening this week. TELL ME 2008 will be a better year, please.

WATEVA!

2008-02-25T22:30:00.002+08:00

NO MOOD!!!!!!!

LIFE IS LIKE WTH NOW.

DAMMIT

HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everything i do seems to be a mistake. EVERY FREAKING THING.

DAY@ CCAB

2008-02-16T23:02:00.002+08:00

WOAH! Today's AWESOME. Went to CCAB for training. At first, i thot i've nvr been thr before but in actual fact, i did went to CCAB before. That was when i was in MSL and went down to support the BADMINTONBOYS.

Netball girls were there too for a game with ACJC. They didnt win thou, but they DID THEIR BEST. =] Saw a few of them but didnt see shijie dear. Msg-ed her but she replied late probably becos she's still playing in the match bahx. Haha.

Anw, went to CCAB becos the x-country route is at that area(Bukit Timah) and CCAB's the starting point. Haha. The route is relatively ok except they have a few KILLER slopes enuff to drain u off from ur energy. OH gawd. Seriously, i think i still need more trainings. ARGGHH.

Btw, i finally watch P.S I Love You. Just after 3days of screening, the no. of people who went to watch in the same theatre as us is less than 15 people!! OMG. I can't believe is that bad. & really, i think it's bad. Cecelia Ahern(the author of P.S I Love You) must have hated the producer of this movie. It wasnt as touching as the novel and doesnt encourage those who have watched the movie to buy the novel. Sadly, it could have been better. & their conversations in the movie really sometimes leave u baffled and confused, really no link. :( One thing, i guess, is that the feelings werent realy expressed out like how cecelia ahern was able to bring across in her novel. I m damn disappointed. So much for my desperate wait for it to be shown in cinemas. It didnt move me to tears at all. If it did, it was becos i felt sad for the novel version. XD

Alright. thats all for the update. TATA.

45 things a girl wants but won't ask for

2008-02-15T21:45:00.003+08:00

READ THIS COZ I THINK IT'S FREAKING TRUE!
-sometimes guys just gotta read such stuff to refresh their memory.

1. Touch her waist.
2. Actually talk to her.
3. Share secrets with her.
4. Give her your jacket.
5. Kiss her slowly.

Are you remembering this?

6. Hug her.
7. Hold her.
8. Laugh with her.
9. Invite her somewhere.
10. Hangout with her and your friends
together.

KEEP READING

11. Smile with her.
12. Take pictures with her.
13. Pull her onto your lap.
14. When she says she loves you more,
deny it. Fight back.
15. When her friends say i love her
morethan you, deny it. Fight back
and hug her tight so she can't
get to her friends, it makes her
feel loved.

Are you thinking of someone?

16. Always hug her and say I love you
whenever you see her.
17. Kiss her unexpectedly.
18. Hug her from behind around the
waist.
19. Tell her she's beautiful.
20. Tell her the way you feel about
her.

One last thing you need to do to show
her you actually do mean it.

21. Open doors for her, walk her to her
car- it makes her feel protected,
plus it never hurts to act like a
gentleman.
2 2. Tell her she's your everything -
only if you mean it.
23. If it seems like there is something
wrong, ask her- if she denies
something being wrong, it means
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT-
so just hug her
24. Make her feel loved.
25. Kiss her in front of OTHER girls
you know !!

WE MIGHT DENY IT BUT WE ACTUALLY LIKE
AND KINDA WANT YOU TO TICKLE US

26. Don't lie to HER.
27. DON'T cheat on her.
28. Take her ANYWHERE she wants
29. Text messege or call her in the
morning and tell her have a good
day at work {or school}, and how
much you MISS her.
30. Be there for her when ever she
needs you, & even when she doesn't
need you, just be there so she'll
know that she can ALWAYS count on
you.

AR E YOU STILL READING THIS? YOU BETTER
BECAUSE, IT'S IMPORTANT !!

31. Hold her close when she's cold so
she can hold YOU too.
32. When you are ALONE hold her close
and kiss her.
33. Kiss her on the CHEEK (it will
give her the hint that you want to
kiss her).
34. While in the movies, put your arm
around her and then she will
automaticall y put her head on
your shoulder, then lean in and
tilt her chin up and kiss her
LIGHTLY.
3 5. Dont EVER tell her to leave even
jokingly or act like you're mad. If
shes upset, comfort her.

REMEMBER ALL THESE THINGS WHEN YOU ARE
WITH HER NEXT

36. When people DISS her, stand up for
her.
37. Look deep into her EYES and tell
her you love her.
38. Lay down under the STARS and put
her head on your chest so she can
listen to the steady beat of your
heart. Link your fingers together
while you whisper to her as she
rests her eyes and listens to you.
39. When walking next to each other
grab her HAND.
40. When you hug her HOLD her in your
arms as long as possible.

MAK E SURE SHE KNOWS SHES LOVED

41. Call or text her at night to wish
her SWEET DREAMS.
42. COMFORT her when she cries and wipe
away her tears.
43. Take her for LONG walks at night.
44. ALWAYS Remind her how much you love
her.
45. Sit on top of her and tell her how
much u love her and then bend
down to her face and kiss her
while sitting on her.

You'll never know when she needs
just a little bit more love

P.S anyway, i saw it at friendster bullentin posted by QiQi. The person who cr8ed this must be a girl who really understands us LADIES. KUDOS! HAHA

GONG XI FA CAI!

2008-02-15T20:26:00.007+08:00

This post is long overdued but anyway, A VERY HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!

Didnt had the time to post up these photos when i just came back from malacca. But since FRIDAY is here, that means i m free enuff to PHOTO-FLOOD my blog. LOL.

ENJOY! (:

@JJC, WEDNESDAY

Sadly, these are only the few pictures i have wif me. Didnt take much. & i shld have takent a shot when we LOHEI! LOL

Anw, it was a refreshing idea for this yr's NEW YEAR CELEBRATION to have LOHEI, WUSHU & LIONDANCE performance. It's different from last yr & OF COZ, thr's a reason y it's so. COZ BANNISTER is the house organising this yr's event! BANNISTER ROCK ON! HAHA

@ MALACCA

Went thr for bout 5 days. Wasnt vry exciting. Just happy that i can see my cousins. LOVELY AMY, CUTIE DANIEL and ADORABLE LING LING.

AMY!

playing fireworks!
FIREWORKS: the only pretty shot i manage to get
It's another type of fireworks, spewing balls of flame.

ARENT THEY SWEET???
Hey,y did u block my face?!
CHEESE!
cam-whoring in progress!

i look cute, aint i?

see how Amy pinned up her hair. XD

OMG. MISS U LOADSSSS!

A SAD SAD POST

2008-02-12T21:22:00.000+08:00

OMG!

MY CONTACT LENS BROKE for the first time and SHORTLY AFTER CNY.
not a good sign at all.
& wat's even worse it broke just before ECONS TEST.
Didnt complete my test as a result from the delay.
SIGHHH.
Totally depressing.
Had to walk around HALF-BLIND for the whole morning till my mother came and passed me my contact lens.
Lesson of the day: BRING SPECS ALONG W/ ME EVERYDAY, OR EVEN BETTER, DUN RUB MY EYES!!!! ARGGGGH

& MY NOSE is still vry painful. Doc says it's a result from block nose and me, over-breathing from my nostrils.
WHY?
Becos of strenuous activities, i over-strained my poor nose.
Sad.
But was better after the nose drop.
BUT THEN, i have phobia of nose drops.....it's scary! LOL
The feeling of that droplet trickling down ur nasal cavity, down ur throat..& sumtimes even tasting it...URGGGHHH.

SO, HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. It's a bad start of A NEW LUNAR YEAR. Some fengshui master can enlighten me anot? LOL

On the other hand, it wasnt entirely bad coz i got a higher yield of crystals in OR3;2ndATTEMPT. Haha. An increase of 24% to 39%. YAY. SPA COMINGG IN TWO WEEEKS TIMEEEE. LOL.

OK. Let's be excited about it, VERY. =)

MY NAME!

2008-02-02T23:44:00.000+08:00

What Jasmine Means

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.
You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.
You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.
You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.
You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way!

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

LOL. Seven letters, 7 paragraphs of description. I can't imagine if i have ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ as my name! Then i wuld be the most FULLY-DESCRIBED person on earth. Ok. Who m i kidding? No one has such a name...=.= Haha. Anyway, i just hate a teeny weeny lil part of the description bout the 'prone to a lil paranoia and jealousy' part becos it's just so damn true. LOL. & according to logical thinking. The suspect is letter 'N'. Haha. Nxt time i wun want to name my children with letter N in their name. HAHA, but tht is if i decided to love the idea of child-bearing. MUAHAHAHA.

ALRITES. Track was ok today. Haha. Ran a new route today but is almost the same that i ran during netball camp. Haha. Was quite alrite except that it was slippery. = ZZzzzz. & after i finished ~6.4km, i saw the J1s having GAMES TRIAL!!! SO FUNNN~~ =( i wish i will nvr grow up la. SIAN.

WOOTS. & i watch 27dresses today. Katherine Heigl is the main actress. OH GAWDDDD.. one of my fav actors from Greys Anatomy la. GEEZzz. There were so many funny funny parts la.luff like mad but then, towards the ending. It kinda died down, so the movie was so-so except that... It was sooooo nice to watch wif him. HAHA. & OMG. The movie tickets nowadays are so so expensive. It's 10 bucks to watch at Cathay la. O.O But i wuld still prefer cathay much better, so much more comfortable. Haha.

& P.S I love you is finally coming to theatres on 14thFEBRUARY. OMG, i cant emphasise enuff how much i want to see it on screens. I cried when i read the novel so the actors in thr better be good enuff to make me cry even more. If not, it will be a total failure le!!! Heexxx. ANYWAY. I M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. Any takers? (:

Haha. That's all for today! BYE PPL! Tmr have to go GAIGAI for CNY CLOTHES LE. I havent got any at the moment. GG LIAO.

ADIOOS! (:

today is a nice date!

TGIF

2008-02-01T23:04:00.000+08:00

WOOOHOOOO!

TGIF

WKENDS is just an hour away! I can't believe i m actually looking forward to wkends so much...I JUST NID A BREAK!!

THREE TESTS this week & i m almost half-dead.

1) GP PAPER 2

2) Maths P&C, BINOM&POISSON

3) Biology

GOODNESS. I m studying everyday for some tests la...& they just keep coming and coming! raaaah.

But the good thing is. THEY are over! WOOOTS. The onli comforting thing is that i get to do things that i enjoy after school and tht's RUNNING. YAY!! I nid endorphins everyday!!! (:

Haha. But, classes arent that boring till that extent la. During Civics on Tuesday, we were supposed to do up class decore for our classroom. So we were designing our own name using markers and stuffs. After we finished, we put them up on the board. Then...i guess i was too tired/ brain simply died on me...i was talking to jonathan while standing at some distance away. & i think jon trying to dee-siao me..& i started to 'whine' but not really whining...i wanted to call JONATHAAAN....& in the end i called YOONGGHHOONG instead. YH was so damn shock coz he thot he did sth wrongly wif the CNY decoration and he turned around..looking shock. THAT WAS SO ULTRA EMBARASSING! Coz, he was standing at the back of the classroom and me standing infront of the classroom. EVERYONE knew i called wrongly & i didnt even realise it coz for a spilt-sec i even thot i had been toking to YH! OMGGGGG. Do u think i m getting older? SIGGHH

Oh yea, one more funny incident. EDWARD should be officially crowned the BLUR KING. He actually made the whole class luff like some looneys all becos of the PEN+CAP story. I thot such a marker(refer to pic) is a common sight in school & he didnt noe that it has TWO CAPS instead of the usual one. So, the story goes like this. I happen to see that marker on his table wif onli one side capped. So i was curious and asked him whrs the other cap? & he joyfully answered me by plucking the cap off from one side and capping it on the other side. 'Dehh...got cap le lor..' ZZZZOMG. We were like SO PENGGG~~~ i can't believe that's edward. OMG. At least i didnt expect it to be SO BADDD. LOL

HAHA. CAN SEE MY NAME? Done by JinYi. Obviously we were vry distracted after the lect test oredi. Initally, i was chatting w/ SJ on G.C. & JinYi said that communicating on G.C is so slowpoke-y(on the G.C). So i replied on MINE..n he confiscated mine. RAAAH. IN the end, me n shi jie communicated using her G.C. So damn fun la. Haha. & JinYi made our names on the G.C. LoL. Vry creative coz it's UPSIDE-DOWN. Haha. Like below...LOL

There are actually loads of way to play wif the G.C. I just realise it a week ago when Aaron showed me. We can actually draw on the G.C. manually & make words with 0s and 1s. Too bad i didnt manage to get photos of it coz some ITCHY HAND go n CLEAR the whole screen. =P Haha.

& my leisure activity of the week is watching movie! Watched THE HOUSE. My verdict. DUN WATCH it unless u r just being stubborn and wishes to go against my warnings. Haha. If u like to get tricked, go ahead. LOL. But then, the shocks u get from the scary part are definitely ENJOYABLE!! =)))) Haha. We wanted to watch Sweeny Todd la...but a pity JP's staff wouldnt allow us in since they verify our age by YR+MTH+DAY. =( Sad. But, it wasnt exactly wasted. Enjoy the evening loads with u guys! =)

Alright. That's all...it's getting late. Bad news is, i have less than 8 hours to slp. GOOD NEWS is...THR'S TRACK TMR~! YIPPEEEEE.

ADIOS!

RECORD-BREAKING!!!!

2008-01-26T19:30:00.000+08:00

OH MY GAWDD.

TODAY IS AWESOME!!!! Woots.

I BROKE MY PERSONAL RECORD DISTANCE OF ~12KM!! Ohmy! Nvr in my life have i tried this & I DID IT!!!! HOORRAAYYY. It wasn't intended thou, coz i was suppose to run the girl's route but unfortunately(OR FORTUNATELY :) ), i ran a tad too fast and ended up running ahead with aaron. & he does not noe the girl's route, so i followed the guys instead and ran their route. O.O IT is FARRRRRRRRR FARRRR AWAY..& mentally draining..X.X but i managed to survive, so i guess i've grown a lil mentally stronger now? YAY. AIYA, in conclusion. It's such a satisfaction for me!!! YIPEEEEEE.

&& so many things happen after that that..till now, i couldnt believe it has happened! XD I M SO HAPPYYYY SHA LA LA!!

P.S do you believe what the uncle on the train said?

haha. Ok. signing off now. Nid to go and rest le! =)

SUMMARY of past TWOweeks.

2008-01-25T23:47:00.000+08:00

YOOHOOO!!

OK, the power of accumulation! For days, 10 to be exact, i havent been able to blog coz it's just too busy busy busy!!! X.X

Let's see...

OH YA

1. TRACK&FIELD

Love track&field loads, got along well wif them and trainings are quite okay for me. Life is much much better now wif a regular sport... :) and everyday is as exciting as ever.

Some of the funny happenings.. for the second time.i ran outside of sch compound from JJ to NTU. The first time was during netball training. Haha. Anw, it was quite nice to run outside and very enjoyable, except tht i fell! OMGGGG~~ I didnt noe even running would result in a fall. But, it wasn't exactly me that made myself fall. It happened at a dunno-whr wif alot of heavy industrial vehicles travelling. So we were crossing this small junction and the road was stained wif black oil slick. Many of us didnt notice including me...& eng ngee+me actually stepped on it..I almost lost balance but didnt fell......but he lost it..& his legs crossed mine and we both fell. >.<>

Another interesting thing that happened was on thurs. We were suppose to run 8 rounds in total, with 1:50 pace for alt rounds and slow jog in between the alt rounds... Jennifer, Shi Sang and I ran..but when we finished..MRang said we all ran wrongly!! OMGGG. Haha. Jennifer and Shi Sang ran on alt rounds but walk+slow jog abit in between the alt rounds..I ran almost constantly wif occassional sprinting for rounds..IN THE END. it turns out tht the slow jog he said was meant to be " a fast jog" like those tht a runner would run in competitions at his/her slowest. ZZZzzzzZZzzz..so it kind of defeat the purpose of thurs's training.. X.X Sadd.. haha...oh well. :) we shall do a better set next time.

We went to watch drama fest together too! Not too bad, love ABBIE's, Natalie's and QiXuan's acting. ABBIE was damn comical with his wig on & nearing the end of the drama, his wig fell onto the floor! OMGGG. Haha. Everyone laugh their heads off. Halfway thru the performances, we all got hungry.. & guess what happen?!!? I was eating my breakfast cereal and Jennifer was eating her apple. She took a bite at a wrong time when it was suddenly silent..*CRUNCH*...SUPER loud la! & we all burst into laughter coz it's freaking obvious that someone is eating an apple. LOL. & CONGRATULATIONS to ABBIE for being crowned the DRAMA KING and QiXuan for being crowned the DRAMA QUEEN & of coz not to forget VICTORIA and her classmates for winning the BEST DRAMA 2008!!! CHEERS!

WEILING & ME! We wore OWENS & use PINKTOWELS w/o even synchronising! =)))

P.S Y do we even bother to smile behind the friggin towels??? HAHA

TRACK girls!! (Jennifer, WeiLing, ShiSang, Me!)

They wore bikila! =)
MY NEW SHOES!! XOXO Adizero CS

Speaking bout my new shoes. THANKS A MILLION to AARON!! HAHA. He accompanied me not once but twice(consecutively somemore!) to QUEENSWAY to buy a new pair of running shoes. Thanks for the advices eh..LOL. Anw, so yea..i finally made my choice to buy the above blue shoes(like AGAIN!!) instead of the orange one..Kind of sick of blue.but the pink ones arent so nice. So i had to make do wif this, but it's super comfy and good air ventilation. My feets can feel the air when running...that's super COOL! Haha.

Btw, usually...nobody in the right mind would travel down to QW 2 days in a row & obviously aaron&i are vry normal and abled-mind ppl BUT this stoopid sales assistant that served me caused us to make double trip back to QW, back to his 'lovely' shop for an EXCHANGE OF SHOES!!!! &#^!%$ He actually gave me a size 38 & 39!!!! WTH. How to wear??! I was so freaking pissed when i tried to take a photo of my shoes at home. No matter how i placed it..the shoes just look imbah & when i look at the size labels, i finally understood y one seems smaller than the other. FREAAAK! & it's not really my mistake tht i took home a size 38 &39. I did try the shoes..but i asked the person to get a new pair becos it's dirty on one of the shoes. In the end..he actually schemingly(but dunno y he did tht) changed my size away! RAAAH. So, we had to go back the next day to change it..& Aaron was kind enuff to acc me back again, forgoing some time tht he could have spend it wif his OG at Sentosa. THANKSSS A MILLION! Haha.

So yea. This brings me to the next topic. SENTOSA O1 outing!!

Supposedly, the whole J1 cohort shld be thr but apparently, 3's a crowd. In the end, only FAM1,2 and 4 were thr bahx. I think. IT'S FREAKING FUN! We played the clinging game, cheered under the sun( to 'intimidate' ACJC who was oso thr), chit-chatted by the sea and some went to play in the water. WOOHOOOO~ Well, i was injured so i couldnt get into the water..but tht doesnt exclude me from being dragged into the sea. They have conveniently forgotten tht i was injured & by the time they rmb-ed, i was halfway & almost reaching the sea. & GUESS WAT HAPPEN. They let me go n i fell flat on the slope down to the sea. WTTTHHHH. wat is wrong wif them man...it was so bloody painful and totally unglam!! Argghh..

& TO DEAREST JANE!

I m so glad to have met and know you better in O1!!!! OMG. We are about the same height, share the same food preferences, think the same way and hate the same things!!!! & we r road-idiots as well!! Haha. OMG...cant believe it man...SISTER FOREVER!! MUACKSS!

After sentosa, we went back to VIVO and had dinner at the rooftop. Dinner was BK for jane & i. We almost got bored to death until we played some games. THEEENN came the CLIMAX. To our vry vry big surprise, ACJC, NJC & TP was thr at the rooftop oso! OMG. we were having a friendly cheering session la...SUPER HIGHHHHHHHH~~~~ till i screamed and tasted BLOOD. X_X It's scary!! I could feel that it's slightly bleeding..& immediately gulped down mouthfuls of water. ARGGGHHH. Bt anw, CHEERIN WAS FUN! we even went to the temp STAGE(not meant for us actually) to performed QUAKE song for them. OMGG..super fun but too bad we couldnt MASS DANCE coz we didnt bring along SOUNDSYSTEMS thr. BENJA and some of the seniors were thr too...led us in cheers and i think BENJA came prepared with his WHISTLE!!! WOOOTS. VERY COMMANDING and so damn zai.

The cheering competition oso made us have an insight to how the other jc cheers were like. I like TP's & AC's cheers the most. TP is super innovative wif a super ultra long cheer that has got some chinese poetry inside. AC was those vry intense qns-reply kind of cheers. Vry warrior-like..super cool oso. Just tht, we couldnt hear them clearly. =\ Oh well. But it was really fun. Nvr would have forgotten that night! =) We were kind of worried that the VIVOcity guards might come and chase us away. But first, they might nid to get backups thou. HEEX.

PART 2

2008-01-25T01:00:00.000+08:00

AT SENTOSA! OG9 &10 OGLS =)
OG 10, we WILL STAY tgt no matter what
FAMILYtwo!before the start of revelation!

Alright. that brings me to the final thing on the list! We had REVELATION for our DEAREST CAMPERS. As much as it is hard for us to say goodbye to them..it's hard for us to put up wif the fact that we no longer are OGLS coz REVELATION marks the end of our LEADER's career in JJ. OH MY. The feeling sucks. We walked in wif a candle on our palms and after some talk by MRCHUA, we had to put it out. That was the most awful feeling of the year. I had to calm down & nearly wanted to defy the order that was passed down. but i blew it anyway...ARGGGHHH....it's heartwrenching & heartbreaking!!!!! ='( Nvrtheless, revelation is finally over...campers got to see the orientation video & our our OGLs' videos for them. Hope they like it alot. haha. & we had dinner NOT AT JP but beside JP, near the flats. LOL. Coz we were too late and it was dinner time, full of diners around. Argggh, so we settled for takeaways and had it over at a open-air badminton court. SOME STOOPID IDIOT was like dee-siaoing us wif crushed magazines. Throwing it down from his ninth storey. FREAKING ATTN-SEEKING GUY. If not for the time-constraint, i wuld have went up to throw ur inconsiderate rubbish on ur FACE!!

Oh yea, it was fun playing the hitting hands game TON. But, let me train my reflex first..if not i will end up wif bruises! =)

& to my dear campers:

No matter what grades u have scored, it's okay. Do not look back...just make do wif what u are given and look at the available choices. The crucial part of ur life is to make that IMPORTANT choice. Spend more time considering ur options and dun even bother to cry over spilt milk. It will be better to just focus on that bright future that holds for u. ALL THE BEST in making ur decision! Be it JJC or other jcs or polys, we will still love you and still that OG 10 O1'2008! =)

LOVE,
i'amJASMINE

OOHHLALA

2008-01-15T22:15:00.000+08:00

HELLLLLOOOOOO!!!

:)

Sorry for the long long delay but you guys have to wait till after friday when ORGANIC CHEM TEST is finally over. Nidda seriously 'mug' & dream about it every single moment and second before i disappoint MrAskMe again. LOL.

So, readers please understand!!! =)

AND AND, i promised to reveal sth right?
Alright, i join TRACK&FIELD. :)

Will update on it on Friday night...BUT SERIOUSLY, if only the weather could be nicer to me, then i would have more things to say on friday. SO, stay tune! :)

WOOTS! PC tmr, another chance to runnnnn!!!

GTG, i nid my very much deprived slp. TAKE CARE ALL!!!

*jasmone is the active ingredient of jasmine
- so whr's jasmone?

XD

ABOUT the earth

2008-01-11T20:47:00.000+08:00

I'AM SLEEPY but HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'll know y if u carry on reading.

Ok. It's been days since O1 passed and OG10 has been very well bonded till the extent that, we all penned down our blessings for Maverick & Guang on their bdae cards(done by our DEAR WANKEE), we gonna celebrate their & WANKEE's bdaes tgt at VIVO tmr, Linette quitted her one week job in advance just becos she MISSES US!!!!!!!! OH MY GAWDDD. i'm just so touched by their lil thots and actions. :)

Next..........errr..sumhow, i dun think i can say it now. Wait till everything is confirmed then i shall announced. Haha. But, it has nth to do wif BGR i swear. LOL

& i got HEROES after much enticement from XL. (>.<) But, i shall not watch it until...............i get ultra bored wif my LIFE which is hardly possible. Not becos my life is VERY FUN & interesting, it's just so that i absolutely dun have the time. XD LMAO. Or i could just wait for all the seasons to come out up till A lvls, so that after tht. I can chiong & finish all at one shot. HEEX

Oh, & i KINDA like MS HUANG!!! She's as fun as Ms Shirely Chan & i learn a new thing today.

All human beings are suicidal.

Want to know why?

It's because each and every action we do hurts the Earth one way or another, even thou we clearly know that it will harm our environment and Mother Nature.

It's possible that YOU are not suicidal, but that is if you shift house and move into the mountains, not generating any pollution. :)

SO yea, we are all murderers of our human kind. Although the numbers are not significant, but it does not mean i m crapping. It just so happens to be a slow, long and tormenting process.

Thus, please think twice when you don't follow the 3Rs. Each small little action we do in bid to help save the environment goes a long way. It may seem a futile effort individually, but a combined effort of Human kind would definitely make a significant impact on our Environment, the Earth - the place where we call HOME. SO treat it like as if it's really urs. =)))

Kies, GP are always so enlightening. The cup of MOCHA that i rushed down to buy is so unnessecary. XD

ORIENTATION ONE 2008

2008-01-09T21:06:00.000+08:00

ORIENTATION 1 2008

AH HA! Met my OG10 campers on ADMIN DAY. They are so quiet until it's deafening! But, read on. :)

Tried to make them cheer, requires alot of effort thou..and everone's so shy. But, i didnt mind alot since, the interaction will come much only on CAMP DAY 1. SO well, i waited.

CAMP DAY 1

They are back wif their BARANGS BARANGS!! Subject registration was ok, except two of my campers havent got their result slips from their alma mater and it wasnt any of their fault. It was the ******* teachers fault. OMG. Wat were they thinking!?! They vry well know that the students would nid result slips for registration rite? DDDUH? & wat for keep their result slips for them, they WUN BE COMING BACK ALREADY!

Initially, MsELVINA told them to leave camp to collect result slips..but in the end, she said leave it in her pigeon hole on TUES..which. Has passed, & i have yet do that coz THEY HAVENT COLLECT!!! Lol. I pray hard that i wun get to c her, if not she's gonna kill me. =P

So, it was ICEBREAKERS. I missed it coz i had to practice mass dance in council room.

& Speaking bout MASSDANCE.
Thanks YONGHONG for being my dance partner, subjecting to the torments and abuses i inflicted. MUAHAHAHAHA. I didnt mean it, but i guess i think i did it on purpose. WAHAHAHAHAHA. Who ask u so suay. =P But seriously, thanks loads.

P.S rmb to catch the girl partner's hands back OK!! XD

SO yea, most of the time.. My camp revolve alot around MASSDANCE. 6 hours of pure massdancing on DAY 1. I rmb during O2'07 when i was teaching mass dance, oso not that long man. But, of coz it was FUN ok. Sweat like hell and dance so damn high. WEEEEE~

& i so love geeks get the girls. MUAHAHAHA. SO many fun things to do when posing. LOL.
Danced w/ yh, sheldon and juen keat. All three are good partners. SHELD is the high high one..JUENKEAT is the COOOL poses. I've never been so dao/cool when dancing la. LOL.
During JJNITE, we paired up and dance wearing a JJ cap. So funny la..coz we act 'emo' + 'cool' + 'mysterious' ppl on stage. LOL. But tht's a refreshing experience. CHORI CHORI is the most CRAZY dance of all. Crazy becos it's vry nice to dance and u keep jumping around..but crazy oso becos i m standing infront, 2 rows away from Benja. Terrible terrible sight coz most of the time i had to turn my head 90deg to look for the change in dance steps. TERRIBLE HORRIBLE VEGETABLE!! XD

OK, back to day 1. We had song singing at nite. THE SUPER DUPER HIGH STARTING with songs like Don't Cha & YMCA. It's just like clubbing as wat Mr Leow termed ' JJ ZOUK OUT'. WOoooooOOoo. J1 girls and boys are ever so shy can....during the emo parts..they just wun put their hand over each other shoulders. So i had to stand in between them to cover the gap. BLEAAHH. &..Mr leow started talking to us. Scolded the ogls as weren't performing up to standard, didnt make the campers enjoy their stay in JJ and etc. I was so hurt becos TRUTH HURTS. I broke down n cried...like broken taps ok. FREAAAK. I think everyone got a shock man...*giggles*

But but, it's kinda a blessing in disguise coz they got damn high when we were playing night games. Those quiet ones started leading cheers and participating enthusiastically. Especially the game called LONGEST LINE. The game goes like this, participants are to use anything on their body/ with them to line it up & the goal is from Fireflys to Guard House. It seemed impossible at first la..coz it's quite faraway and obviously a few pens, notebooks and 24 pairs of shoes wun help. So they almost voluntarily took out their shoelaces and the GUYS took off their tops. That's what i call the POSITIVE ATTITUDE!! WOOTS.

& of coz, i can't repeat enuff what Khanh( pronounced as Kai) told me.
>thot u wuld never cheer
>>If i don't cheer, u will cry again!!!

It touched right thru my heart okays. =]

Somehow, i thot we didnt get a good bunch of campers. but i realise, they sometimes can be sweet, caring and appreciative. & they rawk now.

Becos of the SECOND NIGHT!!!! It was after JJ nite..& we werent getting emo a single bit. LOL. Then we were having supper first before showering. SO during supper time..everyone was just eating and chit-chatting among themselves. Wif two exceptions. Two groups of campers were talking wif some ogls about ghost stories. Ok, a great big step from being quiet and oblivious to us. Haha. Then then...XINGLU came to save the day( i mean night). He started playing games. First one was BLACKMAGIC. Now i noe how to play liao!! YAY. It kept us guessing and so amazed whenever the person guesses correctly the secret item. Then, we played a series of other such games. It made the whole OG so bonded!! Oh AM I SO GLAD OKAYS. Coz basically, the second night oredi marks the end of the camp. Third day got nth much except for some area cleaning and E-WEB to do. That's all. SO, YAY. HAPPY HAPPY.

During E-WEB, no one cried. Haha. Surprisingly, but yea...we as OGLS are kinda glad that they felt for us and could see the effort we put in to make them enjoy the camp. They also thanked their og mates so i suppose they could see those lil things that they did for them. GOOD!

Then. Break camp & had lunch with OG10 at JP, KFC. OH IT'S SO FUN. Much as i feel like sleeping but the things we do just make me feel that i could still stay up late just to spend time with them. & guess what we did for 2hours after eating...we played those silly games again. XINGLU la...his mind all full of those games.

HOW MANY MEH MEH JUMP OVER THE WALL?
IF this fly jump from here, to here, to here and here. Whr will it jump to next???
& etc. etc. LONG LONG LIST, 2hours of SHEER JOY.
HEAVENLY.

Then ON SUNDAY was XingLu's Rugby Homecoming Match, we went down to support thou i missed it coz i overslept. I still went to join them for lunch, then we went to town, shop at Heeren, Cine and Wheelock. RAYMOND was such a good good OGL he treated us to crepes and drinks. SO generous!!! =D

Dinner @ FOODREPUPLIC was the main highlight man. We spoke alot alot alot..gossips and HEEX. So fun. LOL. That's when we sat the longest and chat like old frends that has nvr spoke for years. We are being baddies la...slowly finish our food, so that we can have the seats to chat. LOL. XL is the mastermind behind this...LOL. & the cleaners are bad enuff to attempt to steal my bowl of unfinished noodles away. I was so shocked and high becos of the convo we were having that i say "Nonono" like crazy girl. Haha..then the cleaner oso kenna shock..then leave him vry paiseh. XDXDXD. Well, i m sorry but urs truly didnt did it on purpose. =P. BLEAHHHH. LOL. SO yea...we parted at around 10.20pm. >.< MORE THAN 12 hours ok. Wheew.

& the next few school days are quite alrite. Keep seeing my dear og campers in the canteen coz they are damn free wif ultra unbelievable long breaks. LOL. Talk to them and found out that they are vry bored by the lectures. XD Just like us when we were J1s back then. Haha.

& i finally got to write OGL recommendation for CAMPERS. Recalling those ARROGANT OGLS who wrote recommendations for me sucks big time. I dun understand y they have to put on airs when we ask them to write recommendations for us. They like ai-mai ai-mai. Feel like smacking them and sometimes we got back a one line recommendation. it's like WTF so i knew the feeling n of coz..i gonna treat my campers rite. I wrote recommendations tht filled up the whole box. YAY. So, im total i wrote for 2, not alot but it's comforting that at least they want to be an OGL after seeing the things we do for campers. HAHA.

& yea, VERBAL NUGGETS started wif a bang. That's a good news. HAPPY to see alot of people listening but..oh well, just hope it lasts. Haha.

& TODAY is a scary day. I had numerous incidents wif my ankle...it almost got twisted!!! ARGGGHH. SO scary. Firstly, the most embarassing thing and chocking moment ever in 2008, i fell when i was walking down the stairs in LT5. OMGG. I nvr lost balance like tht & nvr knew y my ankle gave way when i walked down. It was so painful that i sat thr, couldnt move for a min. But, had to quickly get back to sit coz lecture is starting. Then, during PC. We were doing some trio exercises, then had to do side gallops. I got kicked by a girl from another class accidentally coz i was a tad too fast, too close to her and she was a tad too slow, too close to me. & i almost fell again. WTH. So this weird feeling in ankle is bugging me. Then, came MASS DANCE during VN. ARGGGH. Almost sprained again becos of the jumping. OH MY!!!!!! I dun wanna sprain my ankle, if not...it will easily get sprained in the future. =(

SO yea, this is the compressed(but not vry compressed) version of my camp and the few days after it. =D So far so good, i just nid more sleep. HEEEEE

GOOD NITEE!!!

After E-WEB
Open-cross, Open Cross?
Khanh!

AUTHENTIC NEZHA!!!

& OG 10, I LOVE U SUPER DUPER LOADS coz u dedicated song to us. OH MY GOD. Thanks people, LOVE YA!!!!!!! MUACKS ;)

Campers working tgt to clear up!

OUR OG GIFTS TO OG10
Oh, what can we say. We r twits. Come'on, tht's our only source of entertainment!! XD
Our Web
TA DAH!!!

OG 10! U rawkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!

Oprah's view on man

2008-01-01T13:12:00.000+08:00

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.

Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.

Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.

Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that's not meant to be.

Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.

If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve then heck no, you
can't "be friends". A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.

Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.

Don't stay because you think "it will get better." You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.

The only person you can control in a relationship is you.

Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.
He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treat you any differently?

Always have your own set of friends separate from his.

Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you, speak up.

Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.

You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within.

Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are... even if he has more education or in a better job.

Do not make him into a quasi-god. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.

Never let a man define who you are.

Never borrow someone else's man. If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.

A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.

All men are NOT dogs.

You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is two way street.

You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.

You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you... a relationship consists of two WHOLE individuals. Look for someone complimentary, not supplementary.

Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right.

Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and you're always readily available to him - he takes it for granted.

Never move into his mother's house. Never co-sign for a man.

Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.

Keep him in your radar but get to know others.

Share this with other women and men (just so they know)... You'll make someone smile, another rethink her choices, and another woman prepared

Haha, saw this at some stranger's blog & thot it was intersting. BUT NO OFFENCE OK. This is just for 100% entertainment! =)

& i will be off to stay in sch overnite to WELCOME THOSE NEW J1s!!!
OH M I SO EXCITED!!! WOOTS!!

ADIOS! =)

TWO thousand&seven!

2007-12-31T21:12:00.000+08:00

HELLO 2008 and GOODBYE TO GODDAMN 2007.

OPPS.

Let's start with the good things!

Reminisicing, i had great fun being a shadow during O2 and of coz had loads of fun with SCDC people, & of coz my dancers too! ;) Life would be totally boring w/o them during the first three months.

Then , i came to knew my ultra-fun 07S28!!! We shared much laughter, joy, sweat and of course tears. & we are totally glad to have all the better teachers with us, & WE PRAY WE STILL GET BACK THE SAME TEACHERS IN 2008! HEEX.

P.S thou we are reduced to EIGHTEEN people, MARIANNE you will not be forgotten! Hope you enjoy studying in poly. =)))

OH & of coz, how could i forget my two other musketeers?

CHERYL & SHIJIE. SWEETS, i m thankful of the friendship that we have forged at the start of this year and hope that our friendship last forever ok? Rmb our pact after A lvls. =D

PLUS all the new people that i met since i come to JJC! HAHAHAHA. Too many to be named, & if i name i would be bias enuff. SO, yea..those who noe me r counted. =) GLAD to know you guys, as one way or another, u guys would have left some footprints on my life.

Then the BAD...

Cant really rmb much, & i deny myself from thinking but one of the thing that i could rmb cleary was ACES DAY!!! I know it was a total flop, it was disastrous, & i wasted 25 mins of everyone's time. It couldn't have been worse but oh well, my apologies people. =\

& then there were those who.........~~really suck~~ OH well, those that had effects on me the wrong way.. i'll still be THANKFUL to have ever known you people so NOW, i get to know what's a baddie like and what's a good guy like. THANK YOU. Now that i have seen much, i do not wish to see anymore of it, so JUST GET OUT OF MY GODDAMN life, or even better, dun even enter if u havent.

Now, for my resolutions for 2008. Havent really draw out a list of them yet(not that i do it every year anw) but i know one thing for sure:

I AM NOT GONNA SHOW MY WEAKNESSES ANYMORE, i repeat. NO MORE! SO if you do seeing me doing that, please COME RIGHT UP TO ME AND JUST GIVE ME A TIGHT SLAP and tell me to stop being like a 'PITIFUL BITCH', becos i am NOT(of coz! :)) SO yea, do me this little flavour and of coz i will exercise self-control and NOT BE SO FREAKING BITCHY ANYMORE.

Bless me.

i'amJASMINE wishing you a very very very HAPPY 2008.
LOVES LOVES!!!

THIS X'MAS

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BACK TO BLOGGING!

MY TRIP TO MALACCA WAS - disastrous. I had good food over thr, BUT i ended up vomitting everything out. Freak, & the whole nite i didnt even slp a wink. >.<>

BUT

I had great fun wif my sweeties!!! YAY.

Celebrated X'mas at the portugese village. & FOR THE FIRST TIME, i HATE SNOW SPRAY! I guess the ventilation was SERIOUSLY BAD, my nose was so irritated tht i kept sneezing and could hardly breathe. But, the people there are rich! They kept lighting fireworks!! It's so pretty but too bad, couldnt show u guys coz i havent got a good camera by my side. Haha. But, it was nice..esp watching wif my sweeties! Haha.

On X'mas, we went to my aunt's friend's house, who's also my sweeties godmother and godfather. Had lunch there, and saw this little cutie with huge eyes. So princess-like of her....and she's tall too. Tht's the advantage of being a eurasian!!!! RRAAAHH...i wanna have mixed-blood too. XD.

Tht's me and DANIEL!

AMY and LINGLING

AMY smiling so ever-sweetly!

DANIEL and the cutie!

C how tall is she..when she's just two yrs old and Daniel's 4yrs old!

DANIEL showing off his hairstyle!

She's so darn sweeeeeeeeeet!

i think he's future ambition is hair-stylist!

Guess what r they doing?

NAIL-PAINTING!!! & DANIEL bugged my (another) aunt to paint for him. NAUGHTY!!

Random Photo: My mama cracked an egg that has two yolks. C the two small yolks thr? HAHA. The yolks are snaller compared to the normal egg with only one yolk. Hee.

& my sweets created a bunch of jokes that made us luff like mad.

>amy, what must you say when you want sth?

>>??

>say what?

>>what~?

haha. Geddit? she thot i asked her to say "WHAT". =.=

ok, then i asked DANIEL to say 'You got a message! You got a message!' Coz he has got tht slang which is so freaking cute! SO this is how one of the recording goes..

Me: Daniel, say You Got A Msg two times ok?

Daniel: Ok ^^

Recording in process:

You got a message! ....*PAUSE*...(& i quickly signalled him wif two fingers, hinting tht he has to say two times).......TWO TIMES!! *guffaws of laughters from my mum&i* ......WHAT?...

U guys understand? Haha..that means he literally thot i wanted him to say YOU GOT A MESSAGE TWO TIMES! WHA PIANG..kids these days.....*shakes head*

But i'll still love them. :)