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2 weeks in Turkey, 1 month and 1 week away from home

2009-10-08T02:24:00.002+08:00

Wow.. it should be the longest time i've ever been away from home. One month and one week thus far. Travelling has been great but I'd say I've been very distracted and as usual.. quarrels with Tey. What's new? Nothing's new, even the issues we quarrelled about. I don't want to go into that because it's just annoying, and frustrating.

I must say that my travel plans over the first 3 weeks has been very very very very relaxed. in fact, too relaxed! should've seen more, really. Nevertheless, let me summarize it here.

5th - 6th september - Latvia, Riga
This is our first country - a transit to Paris actually. But we spent a night over at Riga at the old town which is really charming! I kind of like the place as it's very slow paced but yet not affecting me. Architecture is beautiful, night life with live jazz bands as well as musicians busking along the streets.

6th - 8th september - France, Paris
We met Siyun, Zhenchang and Huiwen in Paris - and leeched their accom of course :D but they are really kind in providing us a roof in Paris as it really costs a bomb just to stay in Paris. We stayed in their hostel, which is Zone 5 (the outest zone of Paris) and transport to central paris is expensive - 5.80 euros.

Over the three days, we spent our time on Notre Dame, the Louve, the arc, and the eiffle tower. We did alot of people-watching too. The louve is really awesome, i'd love to go again! as i've only covered maybe one quarter of the museum only. yes it is THAT huge.

Some disappointments in Paris were like.. I did not manage to taste the macarons, and other pastries that france is famous for.

8th-12th september - France, Nice
Nice is probably the nicest city in France where I've visited. I simply love the hostel that we were staying in - saint villa expuery. We met lovely people from Finland, Italy and Swizz!

We did day trips from Nice to Monaco, eze village and some other small places. And one thing which we are quite amazed with - sandless beach. It's really quite painful to lie on those pebbles! We swam too! but was really cold. and Tey got picked up by some Romanians on the beach ha!

On our last night in Nice, we went to a jazz pub and had dinner. Our only wine in France - Rose wine from Provence which is a famous product in France. I must say that French are really romantic people.. but sometimes too passionate. Maybe it's just the guy we met haaa..

12th september - France, Marseille
This city is a really old town, more rugged than Nice. Not many tourists, but the city is pretty pleasant but we felt that it's not a very safe city to be in as tourists, especially at night. but the good thing is that since it is not very touristy, we can view the real side of people in these small towns in southern france.

12th - 15th september - Spain, Barcelona
When we reached barcelona, we were half dead. That's because we took a night bus which took 10 hours to reach barce. Nevertheless, Barcelona is one of my favourite cities! Simply because I was finally having some "city life". I can't do sight seeing for a long period of time - I get bored ya know. We met up with SMU people again, and of course.. leech the accom! Thanks to Tey. We bunked in with Brandon, Jit and his friend. We cleaned up their house and tidied up their place haaa!

They were an awesome bunch of people who showed us around barcelona, brought us for lunch and went to some places together too. In barce we went to the famous Sagrada Familia, park gruell, shopping, and flamingo dance performance. Really wanted to catch an opera or concert there but too bad we did not. Weather wasn't too good when we were in barce - rained for two days! but we still managed to go to the city beach and had a half nude tanning session. We too went to visit the night life in Barce which was awesome. Mojito in barce - thumbs up!

15th - 17th september - Spain, Ibiza
We met up with Alan in barce and flew to ibiza together. Jiali should've been with us!

Ibiza the party island i'm sure most of you know about it. It wasn't as fantastic as i would have imagined. Kind of wasted money there. On our first night we decided to pre-drink so we dont spend much in the club. But we drank way too much and the night wasn't pleasant.

The second day we went for some sight seeing, went to the old town of Ibiza. The view was fantastic and yeah, pretty beautiful place :) For the night, we decided we should not drink too much.. so we had too few drinks and we had to spend some cash in the club. It was 15 euros per drink *ahem* and the entrace to the famous club - Pacha Ibiza was 40 euros!!! We bought the tickets from the black market, else it'll be 60 euros. that's madness!! Actually clubbing in SG is so much cheaper.

17th - 18th september - UK, London
Finally having some freedom to do what i want. I'm not saying company is not good, but sometimes you just need to do what you want :) It's my first time travellign alone as well! Was really excited about it.

Once I reached London, settled in my hostel, I proceeded to buy my tickets for Wicked the musical. I do not need to say much about it as people who watched it will definitely watch again if possible. :) That was for my first night, and the next day i went for the london royal day tour. Was pretty good, went to the beckingham palace, and some other palaces in London. In the afternoon, I went to the Borough market which was highly recommended by timothy. Bought the famous brownie which wasn't THAT fantastic. but was good still :)

Then...... I rushed back to my hostel, grab my bag and took the tube to Victoria station. I ran like a mad woman as i nearly miss my bus to manchester!! Gosh that was awful. I sweat in London.. wearing a sleeveless top. I was in drips of sweat and that's crazy. Managed to catch my bus in the end. and that was the beginning of a 5 hour bus ride to Manchester. Having kinda mixed feelings about going Manchester but boy, I enjoyed my stay there.

18th - 22nd September - UK, Manchester
Five boys picked me up at the coach station - Thank you! :) Being the only girl is such an advantage. I got my own room, with a big bed. But the poor guy gotta squeeze on the couch for four nights. With the fur throw on the bed, it gave me lotsa warmth. I'm so gonna buy it back to SG :D lovin it. It is the best accom i had so far, and for the rest of my exchange.

Home cooked meal in Manchester as well. Shopping's great, and soccer match at the pub was awesome. Was my first time watching soccer match! (yes, i've NEVER watched it with Thomas before if you are wondering). I went to the old trafford as well. The guys are such nice people. Rio accompanied me for shopping on my 2nd day there. and poor him! gotta wait for me while I tried on tons of clothes. 50 pounds damange on shopping. and jon accompanied me to old trafford even though he had been to the tour before :)

Did not do much in Manchester, but I really enjoyed my stay there :)

alright.. gotta go to the gym now, will post up pics maybe next week :)

And so.. time flies

2009-07-11T05:17:00.002+08:00

One more week to the end of my 2-month internship. I'm happy that I've regained freedom, but yet.. hope to have extended to another month.

I miss school. I really do. :(

Just one more semester (hopefully) to end my years of slogging in SMU. Time flies. I'm moving to year 4 already!! Last night was the grad dinner, and later will be the commencement.

Somehow it got me thinking.. how will my commencement will be next year? My resutls are not good, and definitely I dont think I will feel as happy as when I grad for poly. Im not here to brag about that poly i did fantastic. I did not expected it to be, with the amt of effort I've put in as compared to in SMU.

I'll be leaving for exchange in less than 2 months. I bet.. in 3 days I will be homesick. Im usually not a homely person, but I will miss my loved ones, my friends, my room :(

alright.. sleep. gnight

Turkey, here I come

2009-06-30T21:37:00.002+08:00

While I am feeling frustrated over restoring my iPhone, and waiting for it to be done so I can go for my swim, I shall do some updates.

Turkey flight tickets have been purchased :)

Flight No. : SQ490
Aircraft : B777-300
From : Singapore(SIN - Changi Intl Terminal 2)
To : Dubai(DXB - Dubai Intl)
Date : 03 September 2009
Departure : 23:40

Flight No. : SQ490
From : Dubai(DXB - Dubai Intl Terminal 2)
To : Istanbul(IST - Ataturk Intl)
Date : 04 September 2009
Departure : 04:10

Will be departing on 3rd of September and be back on the 10th of Feburary (yes I need to be back for CNY).

My Turkey student visa should be done by this friday or latest next monday (yahoo! one more down).

Yup.. so now.. I have to arrange my transport to KOC university over at Turkey. 2 more months to go, but I'm feeling nervous, yet excited. To be in a foreign land ALONE has never been my choice; but yes, we are all choosing to fly alone.

Daddy "forced" me to chose an aisle seat, which I dont really fancy. but yeah.. flying alone can be "troublesome" as the one sitting beside you is not your friend, and so you can't "I WANNA PEE PEE, EXCUSE ME!"

Okay, anyways.. I'm finally done with my iPhone update, and now I can go for my swim. :)

It's summer again

2009-06-02T23:15:00.003+08:00

It has been more than a month since my last exam. It's summer again! So much happened last summer and I am definitely happier this summer than last summer hurray :)

School is finally over, but yet, I have started missing school. Towards SMU life is a love-hate relationship. I really love the busy lives where you work so bloody hard just to complete the project or even study for tests and exams. At the same time, I really had so much fun staying over during exam period, study and snacking with a bunch of my girlfriends, sneaking out for an hour or two during busy days for wine and cheese, sitting down having tea and listening to jazz in cafes and pubs. My favourite hangout place is still wine connection at robertson quay. and now i have a new favourite! P.S. Cafe @ Dempsey. love it.

SMU life in singapore is over, and I'll be heading to Istanbul, Turkey for my exchange next semester. Going through so much to try to get to Vienna was to no avail. Yes, I AM disappointed and down when I knew I still couldn't get the school I wanted after risking. But oh well.. Turkey is rich in culture and I am definitely looking forward to it :)

Over the past 1 month of summer, I've been busy working in the first week, and I was off to Jordan and Israel for my second Business Study Mission; as a teaching assistant this time though. Beautiful place, wonderful people, and great company during the trip. Although we did not talk much, most of the time we were sleeping on the bus, the company was enough, even in silence. Jerusalem is definitely the most beautiful part of Israel, and Tel Aviv is the most relaxing place with the nicest cafes and streets in Israel. Also, not forgetting the mediterranean sea! Staying in Le Meridian hotel was a splendid experience. Waking up with the mediterranean sea in front of you, out of the window/balcony, listening to the waves breaking at the shore. Camel, horse and donkey rides during the trip as well. Walking through deserts, and the most memorable part? I feel it's the journey to Jerusalem. It was already dark, playing "The Holy Land" in the coach, overseeing the vast desert with spots of lights scattered around, and lying down on a "cushion" and I fell asleep.

After the trip, just recently we had a BBQ gathering, and i guess when all of us have more energy, we interact more. Thank God for the trip to be safe and smooth transition from Jordan to Israel too :)

Yup, so after my trip, had a week of rest before the start of my internship :) I love it, i like the place, the happy people and the colourful environment :)

Alright, will update again. soon i hope. gnight.

Ironic

2009-02-27T00:16:00.002+08:00

Hmm.. I realised.. when one feels lonely, he/she usually can't find someone for company at that moment. Yet when he/she is not, there'll be so much social gatherings to deal with. Ironic huh.

End of week 7

2009-02-21T02:00:00.002+08:00

It's the mid term break again. Again, parties and gatherings lining up and I'm so gonna play L4D, bowling and i hope I can blade, swim and gym next week as well. Lots to do, but lots of enjoyment. Of course, all the fun comes with hardwork! Gotta finish up my case summaries for my SP mod, work hard on strat, read up on my PMC textbook, and catch up on my Business Ethics readings. *smiles*

This whole week was just crazy! Till I couldn't even do admin work for my trip. Really blessed that I have a partner to help me with it :)

After my fitness exam on wed night, DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY AM I !!!! Okay anyway the next day I had warehousing test, and I was so tired that I could not absorb already! Cheatsheet was done on the day itself, and I did not even finish it. I think I'm realllllly blessed. Coincidentally, Teck Yew had an extra copy of his cheatsheet so he loaned it to me :D:D:D:D:D:D:D The disadvantage is that it was not done by me so it will slow me down. Yup, but was fine. :)

Today I had my last item of the week - Business Ethics presentation. I did prepare my script, but did not have the time to rehearse myself at home (cos I'm DEAD already). Rushed to school today, and just had a last minute review of what I am going to say for the presentation. Gladly, it turned out well :)

I'm SO HAPPYYYYYY!! I've never been so busy before. All just came together this time. Glad I made it through without tea :))))

3 down, 1 more to go

2009-02-19T01:38:00.002+08:00

This week is CRAZY!

I can't remember sleeping this week mann.

Monday: Had a group assignment to hand up for Strategy Module.
Tuesday: Service Processes Module presentation
Wednesday: Fitness Instructor Theory Exam
Thursday: High Performance Warehousing and Fulfillment Module mid-term test
Friday: Business Ethics Module presentation

*dead*

It's the year of the OX!

2009-01-27T00:27:00.002+08:00

It's CNY again! The same routine all over again, but was nice seeing relatives that you see them once a year ya? heh..

Somehow I didnt really prepare any clothings for CNY this year cos I had some dresses which I haven worn since I bought them. I've only got a few tops and a zara jeans (which I love very much) for this new year.

As pathetic as before, I'm doing my strat assignment this time, and I'll be having a project meeting tomorrow morning. Nevertheless, I'm blessed enough for both classes on mon and tues not to have any make up classes :)

Anyway.. I've been looking at these 2 dresses from LD:

<3 both as much! but ahh.. I dont think im getting both, so i'm only choosing one. HOW!! so pretty :))))))

imboredimboredimboredimboredimbored.

Third week of school

2009-01-21T03:57:00.003+08:00

Time passes too fast!! IT'S THE THIRD WEEK OF SCHOOL ALREADY OMG. This semester has been especially busy for me. Look at the time now! it's 4am (last week was 3am) and I've just finished my Strategy assignment for tomorrow. Okay I know I procrastinated till today, but still !!! It's week 3 and I'm up at this time already. And I'll be having my first weekend meeting this week (on a week 3 which has never happened before).

Down with flu, I'm pathetic-ly sharing table with my wantons.

And this is probably only half of the amount (the other half in the bin).

Good night peeps!

UPDATES #8 - Standard Chartered Marathon 2008

2008-12-09T19:59:00.002+08:00

Cecilia completed her first half marathon at 2 hrs 59 mins 15 s :)))))))

Even though I walked quite a bit, I'm still satisfied and happy that I've completed ^^ Runners from Symphonia - Winnie, Meishan, ME! Some of them went for 10km, and Andy went for the full. As for the gym team, too bad I did not get to meet them before and after their race. They four guys ran for the full marathon.

Meishan was late so Winnie and I went on first. Taken before the race at 630am

=)))

Shag. and the singlet is SHORT can!!

smiles

sorry that it looked gross, but that is the blister on my left tiny toe.

Happy and satisfied!!

UPDATES #7 - Arts Bash

2008-12-09T19:49:00.002+08:00

Honestly, I was disappointed with the arts bash. I was actually expecting more events and rara-ness during the bash. But only 1 caderas (latin dance) was performed, and nothing else. It just felt like another event by gourmet club or even a self-organised event. Probably the best part was just the limited free-flow champagne at the start of the party at 8pm?! and yes, luckily we reached at 830 and there's still some left :) It was exhausted by 9pm or 845pm. It certainly "covered" our sunk cost that we paid for the tickets. So i'd say it's only worth going it because of that and not because of the bash. Furthermore, as the event is at velvet, the music wasn't that good that day (im not sure is it because its at velvet or only that day); and eventually most people floated to zouk as our entry entitle us to go there too.

Nonetheless, as i've said, the fun element is always there :) It's the company that counts right!

Benjamin, Denise, Me, Karen with our champagne

Met the dragonboaters there and that's weiling :) Met Francis and jiamin too!

Forgot to mention, the "star" was Andy that night. You can't believe how his puke squirt through his fingers while covering his mouth and having Edwin, Fadz and Tim taking care of him the whole night. why would anyone drink till like that huh! control can!! super unglam. And if you wanna puke, you should know, and go to the toilet, lock yourself in the cubicle (or sink if there's none available) while you can clean yourself (or can ask a friend with you) before facing the "public" outside the toilet.

But it was hilarious ^^

UPDATES #6 - Mugging

2008-12-09T19:25:00.003+08:00

Exam period is the final stage of the stress period. The rule of thumb is: go early, chope seats and stay whole day. As usual, I appeared at my favourite studying area in the library :)

Stayed overnight during week 14, tuesday.

prepared for the "war" to be fought overnight. Hell lots of snacks and basically emptying whatever that's in our bags, onto the table. And yup, the picture doesn't do justice to the ACTUAL number of snacks brought in ^^

less than 1/2 of the snacks displayed

Tey and Denise at 1am

At 4am

Us at 6am

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Week 15, I brought Shawn into SMU.

and he brought 2 bottles of beer in

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Yayness, it's all over =) It's HOLIDAYS!!

UPDATES #5 - Ben's 21st Bday

2008-12-09T19:15:00.002+08:00

A delicious spread of delicacies laid out in Swiss Cafe. The cheese and the best red wine was served, asparagus soup, barley soup, sushi and sashimi, a wide variety of pastries and ice cream. Yums.

The Symphonia pretty ladies with the birthday boy

Us with timothy

Us with Chris, an exchange student from HK

The year 3s in symphonia - and we're all in white! =)

The beauties with birthday boy HAHA (pardon my sleepy eyes)

i miss denise!!

After the party a group of 6 girls went to berlini grand. and oh-my-gosh, berlini grand is NICE!!!!!!!! i really love the ambience and deco in berlini grand. It's really a unique jazz bar, love it. Somehow it gives me the very shanghai/victorian era, a high end place during that period of time. Very grand, yet very "old". i like it!! :))))

UPDATES #4 - Beautiful Sunday

2008-12-09T19:07:00.002+08:00

Symphonia performed at the Esplanade for the Beautiful Sunday series in October. Wouldn't say its a good concert, but certainly the fun element is still inside. In fact, I think all of us were tired on that day; energy level reduced alot during playing.

Clarinet section

Camwhoring in the changing room

UPDATES #3 - First ever fun-loving helloween party

2008-12-09T00:17:00.003+08:00

Woohoo!! This was my first helloween party, and i really love it!! Due to some privacy issue, I shall not post group photos, but I will still show the characters who were there =) The gym team!

ME!! The wonderwoman =)

Wonderwoman meets chicken little (Tey)

She meets The Hulk (Jackson)

Hardgay (jerry) gets the limelight that night! =)

Two-face (francis) and wonderwoman

Chicken little meets popeye (clara)

Superman (junxian) overpowering HG

Sailormoon (weiling), chunli (sophie). hardgay, wonderwoman and an un-dressed-up gym trainer

a clearer view of chunli and sailormoon

HG still happy with the fierce hulk

hmm u can see HG going around disturbing others huh

But two-face seems to be enjoying HG's company

lastly we have sun wukong!

There are some other characters as well =)

Had a really really fun and happening helloween party with the gym team. It's the best party!

Alright, I'll update the rest another day, its sleeping time!

UPDATES #2 - Holiday at Ben's house + failed mission 1

2008-12-09T00:04:00.003+08:00

Attendance: Denise, Benjamin, Me

Denise and I brought our running gear, shower stuff and necessary stuff. We were about to go for great eastern run the next day. Did we make it? no. We slept till 12pm.

We went out at night, hoping to accomplish our mission. It was supposed to be a two-person affair, but we brought Ben out since we're staying at his place and it'll be fun to have him in our mission. Nevertheless, Edwin msg me about going out the night next day, so we asked him along. WHO KNOWS!! he already asked fadz when we told him he's exclusive to be able to be part of the mission. HAHA. Okay, so we had some exclusive JW red label at ben's place and chips, with denise biting off her glass; and i dont know how she did it. it was amazing cos the glass was quite thick!!

Anyway, we made our way to cafe Iguana at Clarke Quay. Then since so many people are there and its highly unlikely that we can accomplish our mission, I texted aaron. So he came with an exchange student (as usual) and just talked. So yup, nothing happened!! Mission 1 Failed.

had some hagen daz before cafe iguana :p

blissful ben

Fadz's expression is just so priceless

with aaron, and his cute zebra tee

with edwin and fadz

tried fake kissing on camera. conclusion? too fake with the overly pouty lips

seems more real with my hair covering the overly pouty lips

still happy with a failed mission

Even though we did not make it to the run, we ran around the neighbourhood!

shag

=))

UPDATES #1 - First party with Symphonians

2008-12-08T23:46:00.003+08:00

You know I really dont like mambo music, but that day I had fun, because of the company :) No, I dont usually club, less than 5 times!! countable with ONE hand can. haha, yup just hanging out with the Symphonians =)

My girl!

BSM peeps =)

Clarinetists!!

Lover and me, with random people behind *looks at melvin*

met some other people there.

I seriously forgotten which date did this event happen, but was during school term definitely. And I remember I took the bus with Andy, which totally hollanded us!! Stopped at ulu pandan and flagged a cab there. How nice. Even with people I can holland. That's so my lifestyle. haha. alright, I'll continue with my updates!

I need time

2008-11-17T12:56:00.001+08:00

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I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep I need sleep

I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!! I need cookies!!

Time to buy some motivation off the shelves at Marks & Spencer ^^

Unethical?

2008-11-08T13:56:00.002+08:00

Truly, playing with emotions can bring you up to wherever you want, and it can break the other party down to nothing. It is such a powerful tool that people abuse this wonderful feeling. Whatever you do, never play with emotions, because it'll make you worth zero.

Totally Random

2008-11-06T21:28:00.002+08:00

Just something random, kinda like what I wore today HAHAHAHA okay i forgot to button back when i took this photo x.x

and... got this chocolate biscuit from the bazaar in school the other day. Watched crayon shinchan? you'll know what i'm talking about. It's kind of expensive - $3.60. But Im just so curious to see why he love it so much and is able to swallow it in one shot hahaha it sounds silly, but it's REALLY delicious ^^

and.... Had some wine and cheese at wine connection last Friday with Symphonians. Don't drool over your keyboard ya ;)

This is like half eaten already *slurps*

5 mins off studying time

2008-11-03T20:16:00.002+08:00

Let me just steal 5 mins of my studying time.

Now its really the crunch time! Considering I've only 4 mods this term, with 2 slack mods, and I'm damn busy, I'm not sure how am I going to survive with 5 relatively heavy mods next sem. x.x

Let me just update what happened last weekend.
My legs are gone! i worked out on fri, sat and sun omg. Went running with Melvin on fri night before band. Intensity is quite high due to the large areas of slopes. Ended up with relatively aching quads. On sat morning, Tim gave me a circuit program which included dumbell lunges, back extension, lateral raise and crunches with 3kg ball. My glutes and quads ache kinda badly after that x.x On Sunday, went running at east coast with tim, jackson and prof saw. omg. Even though I was jogging at a low speed and walked quite a bit within the 2 hours 10 mins duration, my quads and hams ached more. So imagine...the lower half of my body just.... painful x.x

I'd say the workout during that weekend is really satisfying but I had problems getting up from my chair and had reluctance to go down to my living room or kitchen. Even when I sleep, I did not really move my legs cos they are too painful. Even bending down.. my glutes hurt too x.x Not to mention, sitting on the toilet bowl is torturous x.x

Anyway, I should be back to my books. Update again when im free with pictures =)

Women are dumb species

2008-11-02T00:10:00.002+08:00

Why?

Random!

2008-10-15T17:45:00.002+08:00

Firstly, I got my new baby! *hugs*

Though its very similar to the Asus one that I was previously using temporary, it's still pretty to me and I so gonna get a sexy sweet lil casing for it ^^

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Last saturday, I sneaked Claurene to SMU to study with me at the School of Economics ^^ First time studying tog and I'd say its fun lo! She was doing some management report, and just happen that I was studying my HR mod - Organizational change & design. she did get some help from the book and while asking me some questions, I revised my work too ^^

our tired faces

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Drove to school today, and got some stuff from PS. Got some shampoo, some stuff from Daiso and also...... favourite cookies from marks & spencer :D

love the Blueberry & Oat :D have yet to try the hazelnut & orange

IMMA COOKIE MONSTER!

okay study :D

Feverish day

2008-10-14T22:20:00.002+08:00

Gosh, fever again after a week and a half. This is really bad. Having 2 midterms today, logistics and organizational change and design. Wasn't very on form today, guess will not do very well for today's papers.

Anyway, hopefully will feel much better tomorrow, lots to catch up!!

Gd nite.

When shit happens....

2008-10-13T01:42:00.001+08:00

one will feel bad, really really bad. Last job of the term, yet it screwed up :(

Bangkok trip 2008

2008-10-11T02:45:00.005+08:00

Participants: Jackson, Jerry, Sophie, ME

It was really an impromptu trip I'd say. I was having my tests till thursday night at 645pm and the next day is the trip at 1130 am flight. Gosh, everything was so rushed that night even though we booked it 2 months ago.

Everybody travelled light, including me. My small luggage was only half filled, and that is so unlike me! Anyway, I went breakie with Daddy before sending me to the budget terminal. Oh well, I spilled coffee all over me as i was trying to reach for his tissue. My jeans from top to knee was with coffee stain, and my top got some as well. brillannnttttttt. Luckily it was still quite early so I went home to change (was at Eunos then).

Daddy fetched me to the airport, and only Jerry was there. So we talked while waiting for the other two. Upon arrival, we checked in and went in for a walk. hur.

On the flight, Jackson did his assignment x.x and I was reading a book to prepare for my meeting the next day after arriving in Singapore. How muggish can we get!! haaa. anyway, once we touched down at bangkok, we checked in WendyHouse - a guest house with a damn good location, clean rooms and TOILETS and good service, with not bad breakie.

Oh btw, the best thing is, nobody brought camera, cos all of us think alike ^^"I didnt bring my HP charger as well, so only took a few pics throughout the trip.

The first day we went MBK to walk around, had sashimi lunch/dinner!

sophie's favourite gyoza

Unagi sushi

Later in the day we had a full body massage at Healthland. Its kind of atas as its a standalone building and more expensive than all those around in Bangkok. Nevertheless its still relatively cheap to us - about 18 bucks for 2 hours Thai massage.

After that we had seafood dinner at Chinatown. Had this big head prawns, chilli crab, curry crab meat, dou miao, orange juice. Yummssssss. And after that we went clubbing at RCA. Didnt have much fun there cos it was too squeezy and people keep walking pass and you can imagine how many times we have to stop dancing cos of the need to make way =.= But was quite interesting looking at the sights over at RCA cos I went last year with my BSM group to slim. Had much more fun then. Probably its cos we went on a Fri this time and thai songs was playing in Slim.

Yups, went back to rest after that =]

Day 2
Woke up at about 930am thai time. Took our own sweet time, had breakfast at the lobby, then headed out to Chatukchak. Jerry met a misfortune there oh mann. As it rained before that, the shelters had slacks on their sheets, and one of was slanted for a bit as the auntie tried adjusting, and Jerry got all the water on his body. Guess what, he's probably just 15 cm in front of me.

Strangely, we had trouble finding pattai for lunch. So we settled for fried noodles x.x Bought some grapes back as well, and Jackson got some rambuttan.

Didn't buy alot, but was tiring! Humid weather. After that we went back WendyHouse for a shower and head out for dinner. We wanted to check out the other club that day as recommended by jackson's sis. But after going to and fro that street, a Thai told us that it was closed down long ago =.= but im glad we were there as the whole street is just so beautiful! never expected bangkok to have such places. I really love the cafe - iberry! I didnt go in tho, but me loves the deco =]

Settled for Jap food for dinner again, at ZEN. nice food, but kinda more pricey than what we had the previous day.

And guess woot, the Thai told us that the next day will be voting day, so no alcohol should be sold by any retailers on that day and the next day. So we abandoned the club idea eventually. Even supermarkets cant sell. So!! we bought ice cream, chips, cookies for that night and played cards.

Before lazing in our rooms we went for foot massage ^^ and Sophie had her mani and pedicure.

I took this 2 interesting pics:
Before:

The hardworking Jackson

^^"

Masked that night too, we bought the cucumber hydrating masks from boots.

Jackson masked the previous night, and the last night that's why he wasn't with us. haaaaaa

Sophie's and my loots combined

Day 3
That day was a platinum-shopping-day! I can still recall vividly what aaron bryan and tim did to denise and I when we were inside last year! They announced us to go to the counter cos they couldnt find us :x

Okay anyway, yup, at first the guys were with us while we shop, but i guess they realise that its not very efficient and they are getting bored (obviously) so we agreed to meet an hour later - to clear 2 levels. But Sophie and I only cleared 3/4 of 1 level! haaa.. requested for more time and managed to finish more or less =)

The guys managed to get shirts for our night activity that night. Sophie and I got our dresses. She got a black and gray butterfly dress, and I got a black dress with a dark brown wasit belt. =]

We had A&W for lunch for the day =]

We head back to WendyHouse, showered and changed. Went for full body massage at Healthland again ^^
And our next stop was...... Sirocco at the state building.

The view is just... breath-taking. its really really really beautiful!! While walking down the flight of stairs, the barriers are so low that you felt like you're standing on top of a cliff but still feeling very secure!

Live jazz band at the "balcony"

Ordered some cakes

I really really really <3 this place. Because its open air, the view is so so so gorgeous, can win tokyo tower!

This is the best i can do to the photo. From left: Jerry, Sophie, me, Jackson
iphone's camera sucks when its low light haa

Day 4
Went Siam square today. Didnt get anything though, we had japanese steamboat buffet.

Tried mango sticky rice

Heading back to SG!
on the cab

trying to cut the string on his shirt when sophie suggested that he can use his teeth

On our flight home, our tired faces.

Conclusion:
I love this trip because.. it had a very different agenda as compared to all of my trips. This trip is purely random, random and random. Very free and very easy, visited places i've never visited even tho i've been there for the 4th time!

The Winner Takes it All

2008-09-28T22:18:00.004+08:00

You know, I've been playing the song "Abba Gold" since I was in primary school? I knew it was from a musical, but I've never seen it before. I watched the movie yesterday, and the story is just so nice. Symphonia will be playing this again next sunday in Esplanade for Beautiful Sunday, and I guess the song will take on more meaning as I play it again.

"The Winner Takes it All" is so meaningful can! and I guess I felt alot for this song :)

I don’t wanna talk
About the things we’ve gone through
Though it’s hurting me
Now it’s history
I’ve played all my cards
And that’s what you’ve done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I’d be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
It’s simple and it’s plain
Why should I complain.

But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide
The likes of me abide
Spectators of the show
Always staying low
The game is on again
A lover or a friend
A big thing or a small
The winner takes it all

I don’t wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You’ve come to shake my hand
I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see
The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all......

okay, continue mugging. Supply chain management is strangling me x.x

The Story of Ferrero Rocher

2008-09-28T19:55:00.003+08:00

Yesterday I was in the gym. Tim was talking about his irresistible temptation - Ferrero Rocher. Jackson added on that topic too. At that time i was thinking............ How nice is it to have rochers at that time.. but ... my cough stopped me from tempting myself cos im going on hols soon.

Hmmmm...who knows........... today when I came back home, my sis put these on my table:

zomg.

Guess woot. I ATE THEMMMMMMMMMM. i know its not surprising -_- but oh well.. time to take medicine.

Mug mug mug!!

sweeetnesssss

2008-09-25T00:43:00.001+08:00

=] A simple msg make me smile my way home hur. Albeit its just sweet talkings (probably). =]

Gym Team

2008-09-18T23:38:00.001+08:00

A polaroid picture taken today during shift :)

Mini updates

2008-09-15T21:31:00.002+08:00

Wine Connection
Went for a drink with Bryan and Aaron after UBS talk last few weeks. Went back to Wine Connection! Wanted to have Riesling, but tried another sweet wine instead. But glad the guys liked it because it's kind of too sweet for wine, yet not ice wine. Probably only having a glass should be okay.. Two glasses and above dont feel as nice already, still missing the Riesling I had at Rochester Park!

Botak Jones
Went botak jones with Ariel on last saturday. We were so crazy over the fish and chips and the spicy fries! Although my other friends mentioned that the portion shrunk alot, we still couldnt finish our share can. It's really nice with grilled shitake mushrooms on top of the fish and cheese + sauce on the cajun chicken! *slurps*

New room layout
I've always wanted to use this layout for my room so I have more space for study/ MJ. But due to the poor construction of my windows, the sun is too hot for my room during the day and I can actually feel the heat on my bed during the day. But now when the house beside is built, although there is not much breeze already, my room is cooler during the day :)

:)))))

Nike Run 2008

2008-09-15T21:09:00.002+08:00

Updates on nike run! Met lotsa SMU people at the run ^^ Sweat like a tap, and had Carl's junior for dinner.

I was searching for the loo badly during the run and i had to stop a few times just because i need to peeeeeeee. and the urshers dont know anything about any loos along the race -_- pissed. There are also quite a few bottle necks during the race, causing everybody to stop running and walk through the small spaces. These are probably the frustrating issues for the rest. Nonetheless, running through this race was kinda fun. It's really amazing when as you run, you meet your long lost friends, or even saw some of your friends along the route! :)

Before the race

After the race

The next one will be Great Eastern Run!

The familiar surrounding

2008-09-13T22:42:00.004+08:00

As I enter the house, it looked so familiar, yet so distant.

As I enter the room, everything is still the same. The degree of messiness, the arrangement of stuff which I can remember most of it at the tip of my fingers. The comfortable and familiar environment suddenly became so forbidden. As I left the room, there is this subtle unwillingness to walk out. Somehow the bed looked so inviting, I feel like just let myself fall on the bed, snuggling with the mess diagonally. But, I had to leave.

This strange feeling is still lingering in me, which I cannot describe.

Who gets frustrated

2008-09-06T02:07:00.001+08:00

Was having supper with the Symphonia Exco after meeting at HK cafe, Stuart pointed something out which is very true!
Here goes:

- Guys get irritated more easily when he is hungry
- Girls get irritated more easily when she does not have enough sleep

I agreeeeeee!! like totally!!

2nd week of school!

2008-08-29T00:19:00.002+08:00

School's been okay, loving the times I have for myself and the times with the gym whores.
Morning shift tomorrow, hope I wont be late!

Good night.

Random

2008-08-27T01:44:00.002+08:00

I'm still awake, shall post something random.

Met the BSM peeps last friday. Mann, simply love their company. :))) The clique is still as close, and its funny how we always end up talking about the same thing everytime we meet, and how we miss each other so much :) We are such sweet people!! haa..

Anyway, after dinner at raffles hotel at Empire Cafe, with Aaron who had laksa, Bryan ... ok i forgot what bryan had, and me, ba kut teh. You guys must be thinking that we're CRAZY, going raffles hotel for such food?? Okay, we just wanna try alright. haha.. anw it was not bad.. the teh is nice can.. :) yup and thanks to Bryan who treated us with his 2nd pay.

Met up with Keith, Daniel and QX after that for a drink at the german bar and restaurant at raffles city. Had a nice talk and had our fair share of laughter there.

We went my place for mahjong after that. The usual us - Bryan, QX, Aaron and Tey after that. Anw that day was Tey's birthday but she came drunk, so .. she slept on my bed =.=

Aaron decided to leave his mark..

Bryan as accomplice (just kidding, Bryan was just KPO-ing)

Aaron's beautiful flower ^^ and much more elsewhere of course.

I hope we can meet up soon again, love it.

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School's been okay, catching up my readings. Great to have most of my majors mods this semester, and happy to be with the people im with this semester. love it. :)

Okay, I'm tired already, good night people, tomorrow will be a better day and pls, some kind soul pls return my matric card to me :( I dont wanna lose the minnie mouse strap.

What a day.

2008-08-27T00:04:00.003+08:00

Today was bad. Start of the day, I was kinda down already because of some issue. Then I went workout (okay this part was good. love it). Realised I'm not coming school tomorrow, so I have to bring back my 2 textbooks plus workout clothes - heavy. Then.. I lost my matric card. :( Then.. I got my FIC results today, failed theory (ok expected and im ok with it..but still part of the bad news of the day).

Anyway.. wanna say a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dearest DADDY! now its past mid night, 27 august 2008 :) His sweetest daughters got him a Walnut carrot cake from Cedele, specially for diabetic people :) *hugs*

:)

2008-08-26T23:44:00.002+08:00

Do whatever you think its worthwhile, even if it doesnt work out, or if you do not succeed, you've tried your best. This is all you need, to put in effort for anything that's worthy of it. :)

I love my life now, because I've tried what I need and want to. No effort is wasted, and they are all worthwhile. Friendship is the last thing I wanna lose, please always be there for people you care for, because it is never worth it to lose a friend because of another person (at least to me). Please.. don't make me let go of any friendship for I've just forsaken one, and the only one. It's too painful to do that. Not that I'm that noble or a saint, its the friendships that I always treasure between people.

Love u all, friends :)

Convocation 2008 & Vivace 2008

2008-08-25T23:59:00.002+08:00

It's the start of the academic year again, here comes convocation and vivace for the freshmen. I wasn't involved last year, but this year I'm all in for Symphonia. Logistics for these 2 events are a breeze, because their committees will settle and I will only oversee it ^^ Haven't been so shiok before. BUT!! sometimes inefficiency frustrates me.

Here are some pics of convoc rehearsal & the actual event:

Vivace:

<3 my section :)

Now another challenge - how to borrow so many instruments within this short span of time? :s

Untitled

2008-08-24T02:21:00.002+08:00

Actually have you ever wonder.. how would u feel when you lose importance in someone else's heart? Disappointed? Unworthy of your attention? Wasting your time? Abandoned?

I cannot comprehend, because if the person is worth it, he/she will always be of that importance as before.

Sweet :)

2008-08-20T00:17:00.001+08:00

Had a long tight warm hug from a friend today who came back from exchange! Really sweet friend :)

The SPA Retreat

2008-08-14T21:38:00.002+08:00

As the President of The SPA Retreat, I conclude that this holiday a successful one! LOVE IT :)))

Day 1 - Rainy day
Met up with the people, Tey, Jackson, Jonathan and Rio at Habourfront centre for breakie. Up the ferry and off to Batam!

When we reached Harris hotel, they served us delicious cookies.. So the cookie monsters (all of us) just kept gobbling the cookies.
However, the weather wasn't good as it started to rain heavily. We slacked in our room for abit and we went for our free bowling. Mann.. I was bad .. hahahha.. oh well.. they are the sports people k!! But was fun was fun! Went back to slack in our room for a bit more and we went for Go Kart nearly our hotel.

Go Kart was.. FUN. really fun. Wet ground, drizzling, and speed. woohoo.. I collided into jackson's kart and we both turned 360 degrees. And i screamed. was scary can!! but I continued to drift at the corners after that.. ha!!

We went for lunch after that. This is interesting, after lunch, we spotted them serving breadsticks to other customers. We wanted to buy them, we I asked the waiter how much does it cost. But the waiter mentioned that only with pizza then customers get it free flow, they dont sell them. I look at him and asked again if we can buy and with the i-really-want-them-look. He finally said "okay, I'll get a few pieces for u all" *wide grin* on all our faces. hehhhhhhhhh..

We went back to our rooms to slack again. hahahah.. then Tey and I decided to go for a swim. Swam abit and we start just soaking ourselves in water. :)) The guys went for basketball instead cos weather was too cold for them. Low body fats percentage. tsk tsk.

Dinner was good, went for seafood dinner nearby and we walked back to the hotel after that. We had chilli crabs, cashew nut prawns, kang kong, hotplate toufu, and steam seabass. Yums!

Supper was even better.. 3 pizzas with a box of breadsticks and bread. woohoo!! and of course the dark choco digestive biscuits that i brought. Full like hell can.. and slept after that :x

Day 2
Day 2 was much better, good sun, good weather. We went for a swim in the morning again :))) all of us this time. Then we went back for shower and settled everything before going for breakie. Breakie was bad though; they closed at 10 and we only had 15 mins to eat the leftovers. We were told that the breakfast closes at 11 :( Anyway, we rushed for our 3-hour spa after that. We were late, but was still good. Had body scrub, hotstone massage/ aroma massage and Jacuzzi bath.

Tey and I were in the same room, was quite awkward at times. Cos we have to bathe together and Jacuzzi together. Nevertheless, it was a nice experience and was a good trip overall :))))

The nervous Tey

Cam whored before we strip

hot stones

Our Jacuzzi bath

On the ferry back home

Will update with photos when I get them :)

How to tell if you are real?

2008-08-11T01:12:00.002+08:00

I've always been wondering bout this question. How to tell if somebody is being REAL or not.. or does it really matter?

I once thought.. everybody will have a mask when they meet people, even when you're very close to someone, there is still a thin layer of mask..

Then there's once i thought.. if the other person is real, you can definitely feel it..
but why.. when you trust him/ her so much, everything falls?
So then is your feeling real?

Then I thought.. through analysis.. you are able to tell from different signs from the other party to see if he/she is REAL.. but analysis can fool you! Brain vs Heart.. Brain can almost always be deceiving ..

But how much can you trust your heart?

k, sleep.

Catch up!

2008-08-09T00:35:00.002+08:00

Met Ariel today!! Happy :)))))) Haven't seen her for SIX months can!! Miss her lotssssssss :)))
Time passes so fast that I can still vividly remember the last time i see her.. was at the airport.. midnight. Remembering Tey and I rushing for the last bus back.

She's really sweet! heh.. Walk walk for a bit, then we settled down at HK cafe near Suntec. Love this catchup session and there's more to come when school starts, can't wait! :)))))

The Cripple of Inishmaan

2008-08-05T22:20:00.004+08:00

Caught this play with Jackson. Was really good, love it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cripple_of_Inishmaan

The studio theater was crowded with secondary school kids, as part of their lit lesson. Was kinda noisy and irritating at times as we were trying to catch the Irish accent and what they were saying. The play was well scripted and everything went smoothly. I love the way how the acts were being transited. I too liked how the main actor portray his emotions as a crippled man, his agony of being crippled and the feeling of being looked down.

Great play. More plays to come I hope!! Haven't been engaging with such stuff for some time.

Got a sushi lunch-dinner at esplanade. A good meal, I ate more than him can!! I finished many sushi with the rice.

Went shopping with him after that, was hoping to get shoes, but :( usually what i wanna get i cant get for the day.. shrugs. Maybe the wrong outfit to fit shoes today. Nothing seems to work. Fitting of the shoes was bad too.. maybe its just the brand?? x.x

Went to look for cosmetics too.. too bad doesnt have ettusias there, if not i wanna get my cleanser..

But anyway, i got 2x singlets from topshop.. love it!! fitting is really good, body hugging and doesnt show fats cos of the material HAHAHA.. and got a box of Strawberry & Almond Crunch cereal from marks and spencer. We walked Candy Empire, Market Place, and all the candy and snack places.. gosh.. U can't believe how much he can snack. As much as me, or more.

<3<3<3

A great play, great company, great shopping, great browsing for snacks, great day. Love it!! :)

A new monday

2008-08-04T12:44:00.003+08:00

I slept alot!! Had a mini party at my place on sat with the gym team.. was fun :)

It's a new week.. I can't wait for school to start 2 weeks later!! love my friends :)

This summer break has been a tough one.. a really tough one..let me see what i've done this hols..
I've..... wasted 2 months being emo, took fitness instructor course and done the exam even tho i will fail the theory paper, met up with lotsa friends, got closer to the gym team and symphonia, went for national band competition and got the honour of a top gold band, shopped alot, watched a few movies, been happy for the other 2 months. :)

the guys woke up from their drunk sleep. except for jackson of course.. he started sleeping since... 3 or 2 am..

Met up with auntie callie on sunday.. was great!! <3

Alright, gotta shower and get some errands done.

Added in:
Cooked pasta on Monday to entertain myself while getting to enjoy my favourite ingredients for pasta :D

Boiled my linguine, threw in garlic, mushroom

added in asparagus and rocket

tah dah!!

Ingredients: Shitake mushroom, rocket, asparagus *slurps*

Satisfying Friday

2008-08-02T00:19:00.002+08:00

Did lotsa things today!!
Woke up at 9am today, lay on the bed till 930, finally willing to bathe and dress up. Fit into my new levis signature short skirt today with a pink tank and black patent tote :D

Went to PS, and got some groceries for salad making tomorrow.

Bought my favourite rocket vege, asparagus, mix salad vege, fav jap italian dressing, bacon beads. lemons, shitake mushrooommssss and shortbread :D love it.

After that I had gym shift from 1145 to 345 and did running for 1 hour before going down to koven to book my trip to Batam, and then came back school for band practice.

Brother will be coming back tomorrow again, 2nd book out.

on the way he went in

First book out :)

And.. ytd was my last day of work at Wearnes. I miss Margaret :( If not for her, i dont know how to survive at work! :)
went for hanabi dinner last night, was really really good. as in REALLY good. LOVE IT.

Didnt manage to take a photo of the sashimi platter, but this is one serving of salmon sashimi for 4.

yums?? YUMMIES. :)

Good day tomorrow peeps.

Fitness Instructor Course

2008-07-26T14:35:00.002+08:00

Whee!! Done with my practical this morning.. should_be fine!! Will surely fail theory though.. but at least its done for now! *breathes in* finally time to relax and stay away from books for 2 weeks before school starts. :)

Some photos on our last day of FIC:

Did some dynamic stretching but cos I was in dress so didnt get to do it..

My class! :)))

Gonna get some rest now!

lil' updates on Cecilia

2008-07-22T19:44:00.006+08:00

Have been really busy with internship and symphonia and my instructor course for this summer and I'm glad I still have some time for my friends. Have been hanging out with the Gym Team lately and drew closer to Symphonia as well. Logisitics stuff in Symphonia nearly drove me crazy! More events have yet to come :)

Fell ill last week with fever and stomach flu. But I'm fine now, but still having stomach problems still. Internship's gonna end next week and school's gonna start in 3 weeks from now! Looking forward to school term when SMU gonna be crowded again :)

Symphonia awarded the TOP BAND in NBC08
It was a magnificent moment at VCH. I guess that was the happiest moment I had in this summer so far. We literally jumped up and hugged each other when the announcement was made. El Camino Real by Alfred Reed and Symphonic Marches by John WIlliams. <3

Gathering at VCH before the competition

Having our MARS bars before the competition - a "ritual" set by Glosz

I'm still so amazed by this family member - Contrabass clarinet

My fellow 2nd clarinetists for the competition

The females in our section

My lover!!

^^

SPband + Logistics senior

My beloved Logistics committee!

Waiting for results

Victory!

I AM SO HAPPY! :)))))

Fitness Instructor Course
Painfully went through the 1 month of lesson in May considering I was emo then, busy with Symphonia, kinda low satisfaction in work and with all weekends blocked with lessons. Now it's time for the exams and I kinda feel like I'm choking with information. Must really pray hard for the exams x.x

Wish my luck! :)

Skepticism

2008-07-20T10:02:00.002+08:00

I think I've come to a point.. where I can no longer tell who/what is real and who/what is not. Because whatever that seems real (or whatever that I thought it was real), they are ultimately not so.

Summer holidays

2008-06-22T08:35:00.002+08:00

Honestly it has been bad till yesterday.. i've been so tired keeping myself busy when there is no worth in making myself so drained.. Summer hols should be more fun than it was for the past 2 months!!

Confused.

2008-06-14T09:48:00.001+08:00

A swim, finally.

2008-06-12T00:36:00.002+08:00

Swam today.. felt good.. haven't done any exercise this week..
Really love the silence and peacefulness in the water..

Anyway, I dont know why.. I'm becoming more and more afraid of the corporate world.. Do I belong there?
Why can't people treat each other nicely? with sincerity and genuinely? Even within a dept, there are so many daggers flying around.. And you never know when its your turn.. What the eyes see, the ears hear.. the mind believes..

Don't misunderstand, I'm doing fine so far.. because I'm not involved..

It's too scary isn't it.. I wonder if i'm able to cope with it in future.. or even now..

Pondering

2008-06-08T00:32:00.003+08:00

Actually.. have you all ever wonder.. does retail therapy really help?

Binge shopping.

Birthday updates

2008-06-07T00:17:00.002+08:00

I think i'll just post photos..emotional rollercoaster during this period.. i guess.. this birthday.. is too much to handle.. especially what happened after my birthday..

Celebration with Leonard

Celebration with Tom

WIth family

With Kyle

With Acelyn

With Jean and Fion

With Tey

Lovelies from Jul and Claurene

Thank you.

The cold cold corner in the office

2008-05-13T19:09:00.002+08:00

wow.. i've been trying means and ways to keep myself warm in the office.. i even used my water bottle filled with hot water to transfer heat to me.. gosh..that position is really really cold! brrrrrrrr..and my neighbour sitting behind me is so warm that she brought a small table fan to keep herself cool x.x

Work has been on OTOT pace as im working on a orientation program, so naturally my mind will sort of drift to other places.. Time is passing so slowly that i keep looking and looking and LOOKING at the clock..

anyway.. working in here is so different from ape.. to think of it..ape really really has alot of freedom.. we can go for snack time anytime and lunch for long hours..of course.. that's the difference between a small and big company..and also between a design and manufacturing company.. Things are dealt with more seriously here and everything goes by the procedure.. not bad i'd say.. and of course.. in a design company.. time stretches like nobody's business.. we're ALWAYS busy.. as for my current internship company, more or less we can go back around the time we're suppose to finish work.. yup.. cos right now still small fry.. haha.. well.. in ape.. even if we're the SMALLEST fry.. we work till midnight?? bring home work to do and what not..

yups.. i hope time will pass faster soon.. while its not because of my job scope, days are still torturous.. very torturous..

1 week of work

2008-05-08T20:40:00.003+08:00

To date, I've been working for a week already.. tomorrow will be the 2nd friday.

Been a week

2008-05-01T13:27:00.002+08:00

It has been a week since it all ended.. Been going out and slacking and MJ.

Met up with a few old friends, and going for band practices at night as usual, slacked during the day and basically bumped around. Did abit of work on the gym newsletter which is a new "job" I'm taking under my gym job. MJ 2 nights, friday and wednesday with two new groups of people. Kinda interesting to realise how one change his/her style while playing with different groups. Oh, yup, have been going for gym shifts too, and tomorrow I'll be starting my internship at Wearnes. Excited yet afraid of the job cos afterall compensation and benefits is the least wanted area for me to go in to. Nevertheless, it's worth trying because i can foresee many things to be learnt! who knows I may end up liking it?? :) It's so much like how i entered ape the previous time with web design being the least wanted aspect .. haha.. end up I'm doing freelance web design.. how ironic..

Will update on my birthday celebrations soon :)

It's real, this time.

2008-04-23T16:32:00.000+08:00

It's time to move on..But never did I expect it to be on my 23rd Birthday. Thank you friends for all the wishes and thank you for You.

It has been a long way before we reached here. It was wonderful, it was beautiful, and meaningful..

I'm glad it ended with a nice sounding note. I thank God for you, for everything. I wouldn't be who I am today without you.

I was happy. Bff ya?

BSM outing @ Riverside & Barfly

2008-04-23T16:25:00.006+08:00

Had a BSM outing again. Met up for dinner at Riverside restaurant, serving Indonesian food.

We found out.. that Qilin and Keith are too loving..

Qilin serving rice for us

Went barfly after that. They all had beer cos its on promotion at 20 bottles @ 98+. I had cocktail..

They couldn't finish so..

each of them brought back some..

Group photos - left the few of us at barfly

the ladies

erm.......

Tey and I

all of us!

Ay Caramba post concert celebration @ fruij

2008-04-23T16:21:00.004+08:00

Had fun there, nothing much, so just pictures for this post.

i look like im taking out denise's clothes??? x.x

with clarinet's associate members and siyun

Tey came over and 3 of us were from the trip. After that Tey, Aaron, Bryan, Qiuxin and I went to my place for MJ

Vday 2008

2008-04-23T16:16:00.003+08:00

Vday this year was special because we cooked minestrone! We haven't been spending Vday outside cos it's so meaningless and expensive and crowded. haa.. Went for grocery shopping before that at Jurong's Giant whereby there are no english vegetables. x.x

Before adding in the sauces, only the ingredients..

After..

Gosh it looks nice isnt it?

Spagetti with asparagus and bacon beads. somehow it looked like chinese fried noodles..

Tom's pizza - ROUND

mine - OUT OF SHAPE

our full meal.

sweet lil thing Tom did

camwhores

Ay Carumba

2008-04-23T16:05:00.004+08:00

Next up.. SMU Symphonia concert - Ay Carumba!

Before the concert, brought my "men" to VCH. Thank you all so much for volunteering to help out for logs!

During rehearsal

Section photo

Before the concert..

The concert went well but the energy is still not there. It's kinda different from SPband last time where there are lots of energy that we all need to tone down (well partly cos there are more people then). Preparing for the concert was kinda torturing especially because I;m the logs head and that there are many things to handle and to be pushed for. Operations were kinda messy and Im really glad to have my loggies especially Andy and Clarensia to help me out. I almost died!!

And also, thank you for those who came to support..

and of course, there are people whom I did not take photos with.. like Tey and Andrew from Bondue camp!
Tom and WK came too, the photos are still with WK tho.

After the concert, it was even worse for logs - to move everything back to school. In need of helpers. Thank you everybody.

While waiting for the bus and truck to come.. CAMWHORE again.

my loggies!

Shaun - clarinet principal player and winnie - PDP appearing between us

Best loggie - Andy

Everything went smoothly, the concert was great. :)

CNY 2008

2008-04-23T15:54:00.003+08:00

The first day of CNY my family went to my aunt's place then my grandmother's place. That is the standard procedure we do every year. Then we will be lingering around there and my dad's side's relatives will come over to my place to gamble while we (siblings and I) will go for a nap first. This year, before this, we went to another relative's place to look at their house. Being the typical camwhore, must take photos.

Bro and I

Elder sis and I

Younger sis and I

Before steamboat, Mandy(younger sis) dressed pocky and brownie up in Kimonos.

If only muffin is still around, i'll dress her up! :)

Steamboat started.. table no. 1

table no. 2

The 2nd day of CNY, Tom came to my place for lunch together with my mom's side's relatives. After lunch, everyone had fun playing..

After that went tom's relatives place and then tom's place and then tom's grandma's place.

and i get to drive his uncle's car - Harrier. stress.

Late at night we went over to Changi airport to see Aaron off and met up with Tey too.

Bored at the cafe.

Tey and I

The rest of the photos are still with Aaron.

Yups, the 2 days of new year was filled with fun and laughter :)

Christmas 2007

2008-04-23T15:41:00.004+08:00

It's time I should start updating what's history. Tho its over, i'd like to have them in my memories :)

After Michele's dinner after exams last semester, came christmas :) As usual, I spent the night at Tom's aunt's place. The first time we're celebrating christmas in that big new house, somehow it's not as warm as in the condo..but still, everyone enjoyed themselves. This time the celebration had a special "event"; that is to write down how God has helped us. It was really heartwarming when Jean read out everyone's note. Sang some hymns and had good food, and at the end, we opened up our presents and that is when all the kids were so excited about. 2007 christmas was meaningful to me because i finally understood the true meaning of it. :)

Some pics to share:

With Tom and his family

The ladies

I like this!

and the men.

jean and i

with tom's mom and auntie callie

Tom and i

:)

Exams over

2008-04-19T01:18:00.001+08:00

It's summer hols again.. WIll be proceeding to my 3rd year of studies in SMU. Time flies!! Alright, will update all my stuff for the past 4 months soon :)

The Leap Years

2008-03-02T18:50:00.002+08:00

Great movie :)

"It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all."

Dinner @ Buddy's place

2008-01-27T11:23:00.000+08:00

Just before my international buddy, Michele, left for Manila and then Bangkok then back to his home in Milan, Tom and I were invited to try his cooking at his place :) Really love Italian food, and tried their desserts too :) Michele and his friend, Daniele prepared the food while we mingled with his room mates from Turkey, Vienna etc.

:) Pasta + red wine

Dessert + white wine (Chardonnay ^^)

BSM trip

2008-01-26T18:59:00.000+08:00

Finally had some time to update lil on my BSM trip last 3 - 11 December :)

At Changi Airport before we left:

Started cam whoring alr

Thanks Jackson for seeing us off!

and the Symphonians :)))

Reached BKK - our transit to Cambodia

We were so happy to reach BKK can.. first half of the flight to Phnom Penh done.

Symphonians!

We with our tour guide ^^ arrived at Cambodia.. finally .. after about 8 hours? phew.

Day 1 - Phnom Penh

Dinner at a restaurant. and we just had dinner on the plane x.x Had 5 meals in 8 hours x.x I was so full that I dont remember being hungry for the next 7 days for the whole trip.

We spent our first night at a pub along Mekong River.

Tried the Angkor beer which I regretted cos it wasnt nice. haha.. Should've asked for my Chardonay instead tsk. Anyway, we couldn't finish the beer so we played some games to finish it up. While playing, Denise accidentally swept her right arm across the table, and there goes 3 mugs. and our jeans. I got the most beer on me can. x.x My rubber slippers (still ok), jeans knee down (x.x) and my bag got them! and omg.. it's only the FIRST DAY, and i only have ONE PAIR of jeans. That's really bad. Aaron got it on his absorbable-sole-slippers and lil part of his jeans, and tbq got it on her jeans as well. The smell was horrible, till my whole hotel room smelt of that..

camwhored in the hotel

Day 2 - Phnom Penh
Had our first jump in Cambodia and for the trip :)

Woke up that morning, smelt my jeans.. ewwww. I decided to wear it still as we have to wear longs that day. i couldn't stand teh smell x.x took it off, and my thighs smelt of beer. Went to washup again, and tbq asked me to wear her 3/4 pants instead. i was like o_O but I tried on anyway. too ugly, not fitting enough, so i decided to wear my formal pants instead, with my heels x.x luckily it looked quite o-k.

We had some touring around the palaces and museums. Pretty interesting to know some history of Cambodia through the ornaments and places we visited.

During the night, we had drinking games. Keith got alcohol from the airport.

Qiu xin and Megha and me

Tey fell asleep that night tho.. haha.. Was really fun and i guess it opened us up, brought us closer to each other too :)
Bryan got really drunk, and he was so hilarious the whole night! Before he left the room, he kept throwing things at us, and went back to his room accompanied by his 2 room mates. Big Daddy described to us what he did that night the next day. haha.. Bryan vomited like 3x in the room, ruined Big Daddy's blanket and the space between him and aaron.. x.x Then he stood up, pick up an empty box, threw towards the window; sat down on the chair and puked again. - The highlight of Phnom Penh.

Day 3 - Phnom Penh
Had our first company visit today - a Singaporean owned service apartment. Very nice interior, and also met a Singaporean Chef in the restaurant. ^^

Had another company visit - Barry Garments. Owned by a Singaporean, and it was an eye opener for us to view their factory. It's really not the typical stuffy and congested factory that we've always thought. The whole factory is very spacious and very well ventilated.

Went for dinner with prof and we decided to try the ice cream in coconut, and after that we had chinese food. :) was good!

Had massage after that after showering - full body massage. Was quite o-k, but wasn't good enough i would say. Nevertheless, had some relief. It was kind of strange being in a male dorm -_- me and Kirsty were placed there cos there wasn't enough spaces in the female dorm. luckily there was an empty space between me and the next guy with dim lights and few layers of translucent curtains in between.

We went to an internet cafe to make calls and use the internet. :))) Then on our way back, we bought their bagette.

Didnt like their luncheon meat tho.. taste weird.

Slept after tu-ing.

Day 4 - Phnom Penh
Had 3 company visits today - Haagar soya, Eurotech, and Cam-paint. Seen alot and heard alot from the bosses. It's really interesting to learn about why and how they started their businesses, the problems they met and how are their businesses carried out :)

at cam-paint

at Haagar soya

Did some of our project research today.

Waiting for tutuk

Had some time to roam around in Phnom Penh, slept for a while first before going to their central market. Had dinner at their BB burger.

had ice cream that night again ^^

Slept quite late that night to take care of 2 drunk ladies who were staying opposite us in the hotel. Will not go into that.

Day 5 - Phnom Penh/ Siam Reap
Woke up super early to prepare for our domestic flight at 6am to Siam Reap today.

Our faces super shag. haha..

that's our propeller plane. look scary can..

Reached Siam Reap and we love that hotel!! The only hotel with swimming pool wheeeee! :))) Tbq and I unpacked our stuff, and the rest of them went for a swim while we slept till noon. wahhaha.. for 4 hours. felt good.

Sent our clothes for laundry before going out with tbq and Mas to walk around Siam Reap that day, shopped around the pubs area, went to old market too. Had dinner at this indian restaurant and it's gooooooood! :) love it.

Went back, relax, and we went swimming ^^

Had Chardonay beside the pool. But guess that bottle of wine was opened for too long alr.. not niceee.. but we had a great time chatting by the pool :)

Changed up after that, and followed prof, and some other pple for massage ^^ It was better this time but i was too scared that they'll break my bones!! very ticklish too.. hmm.. yeah but i enjoyed it.. heh .. had a good night sleep that day.

Day 6 - Siam Reap
Woke up damn early today!! Had our tutuk to fetch us to Angkor Wat for sunrise :)

our sleepy faces

Back to our hotel after that, rested for a while before leaving for Angkor Wat for the tour. The whole place is just so awesome and magnificent. The stories behind the carvings are so beautiful. Though most of the time we're cam whoring, we still catch a lil of the history here and there.

Were dead tired after the whole day trip. Some of them went for sunrise. Denise and I joined the guys for a swim instead ^^ Changd up after that and went for dinner :) I went to collect the laundry before leaving for dinner too.. and guess woot. While running to the hotel's reception area (cos the bus leaving already), I didnt know there's a hole in the plastic bag! and all of tbq's clothes dropped across the hall area x.x so embarassing.. I quickly picked them up and pass it to them.

After dinner, we wanted to go FCC for wine, but who knows!! They were having a private event and we cant get in :( went to the night market instead, bought 2 bags from there ^^ one for my elder sis and one for myself woohoo! We went to a pub with live singing after that. nice ^^ Had my Chardonnay again.

Day 7 - Siam Reap/ Bangkok
last breakie at combodia

Flew to BKK today.

Did not like the hotel, really lok kok..

Went to Chatukchak to walk around first with our own group. Met Jeremy - my BGS TA there! haha.. first SMU-ian met @ BKK. Shopped till evening, and tbq and i went to the tourism police station to report for her lost wallet. Couldn't find it anywhere, could have dropped it while keeping it as she realised it's lost once we reached the hotel.

on our way to chatukhak

Had dinner nearby, and bought Denise her share as she wasn't feeling well. Was quite a drama cos we didnt know the food they tar bao wasn't cooked. We went to the restaurant at the hotel lobby to borrow bowl and utencils, thinking that if we pour the soup onto the raw materials we can get it cooked. but it was not the case. x.x we brought it back to the hawker and they cooked it for us, then brought it back again. haha.. yup.. smells good lo.. :)

Day 8 - Bangkok
Slacked for the day..shop again ^^ at MBK for the whole day..

But before that, we moved our stuff to another hotel for our extended trip in BKK for 2 more days. The whole class extended! :)))

Went to their red light district at night with my group. interesting.. quite different from SG's tho.. Had dinner at chinatown - at a seafood restaurant with all the seafood sold out -_-

Bryan and Big Daddy

the other side of the table

Had 2 company visits today, was really tiring and everybody was falling asleep already..

went to the printing city, and visited one of the companies there - owned by a Singaporean. Their printouts for their slides are coloured can.. and they gave us 4 bottls of Charodnnay (omgomg). yup. I brought back 1 bottle :D

We went platinum mall, shopped quite alot, and went to club at RCC that night - brought to us by the boss of the printing company.

Denise lao sai for the whole night can x.x that's not drugs.. Denise's lao sai pills.

BSM officially ended today.

Day 9 - Bangkok
Last full day in BKK - we went Platinum mall and suan lom night market.

on our way to night market

Went to the same place to club again. Met Jiali there ^^

white rose from tbq

End of our trip :)

Day 10 - BKK/ SG
Managed to catch Shyhjie during breakfast as he just arrived at BKK the day before, and happens to stay in the same hotel! :)

our last jump :)

We still miss BSM :)

School life

2008-01-09T10:07:00.000+08:00

The vicious cycle has started. It's time to work hard! :)

ME BACK!!

2007-12-17T12:03:00.000+08:00

Missed me?? heh.. I'm back from my BSM trip last thursday. :) It was a great trip, totally enjoyed myself. And now.. must do report alr.. Will be meeting the peeps this thursday! so happy.. for work with my grp mates, then gathering at night :D

Will update on my trip soon! 10 days worth of drama! :)

End of exams

2007-12-02T11:20:00.001+08:00

I ended my last paper on the last day of SMU's exam period. And tomorrow I'll be leaving for Cambodia then Thailand for my business study mission trip. I was excited at first, but now, I didn't feel like going. I just want to stay at home and nua. Exam period was hectic. People I gonna miss here in Singapore. Will be away for 10 days, and I'm quite reluctant to go now.

Anyway, last night Tom and I went to Michele's place for an italian dinner. He's my international SMU buddy. Dinner was really good, pasta was good, with red and white wine. Had a good chat with his friends as well, with 1 girl from Turkey! Really interesting to learn about their culture and all. Learnt some pasta-cooking-techniques from Michele and friend. Today they'll be leaving for Thailand, then the Philippines. Will be meeting up with them again when they come back and before they leave for Italy. :)

Muffin's story

2007-12-02T10:03:00.000+08:00

It has been a week, and her food bowl remained untouched, potty remained clean. Nothing moved.

Muffin came during my 21st birthday celebration - April 22. She was in a medium sized pink cage, with a red bowl, lots of cat litter and hay in the cage, and a metal mat to cool her.

Junhui & Eekoon (owner) brought her here. I was so excited when she came! At that time I thought.. wow.. she's huge! And everybody's reaction was "where's her eyes??" :))) at that time she was already so loved by everyone. Her looks made her so lovable, so hugable. My cousin took her out and she would hop back immediately. This bunny was so shy at that time.

Muffin was such a nice companion. She would accompany me when I'm lonely at home. She'd be so excited every morning as I approach to feed her. She would try to hop out of the cage everytime and roam around the house. She's so sweet that you can't imagine! She would come to me, make herself comfortable at my feet and just stood there, with her body touching mine, just to be by my side. When she yearn for a pat, she would force her head below my arms or even my feet when im sitting on a chair. And when I stroke her, she would adjust herself to a comfortable position, with the eyes half closed, and ultimately lying down flat on the floor. She would cling on to me whenever she's afraid. The first time I brought her for grooming, she didn't want to stay at that unfamiliar place. She turned and clinged on to me, trying to climb onto my body. The first time I brought her to the vet, she did that too. She's just so sweet. :)

Muffin has her favourite habits. She would have both her hands on her food bowl, sometimes inside the food bowl to have her meals. She grooms herself everyday, and whenever she touches something she dont like - water. She's such a vain lil girl, but that's what I so love about her. :) Love to see her groom herself, and love to see her irritated when I disturb her while grooming. :) She will have her afternoon nap everyday, hiding in one corner in her cage or living room and rest. She does bunny hops whenever she's happy.

She was very picky with food. I tried to change food for her, and she didn't eat them as fast. She only eats her favourite biscuit. and it must be the same brand same type. She was a very pampered bunny and Tom always said I shouldn't pamper her so much because Muffin always thinks she's a big shot at home. haha. She only eat vegetables like carrot, xiao bai cai, kai lan and baby cai xim.

Sometimes she would rest on the cushion chair

Sometimes she'll just stone

Grooming herself

She loves to jump on my sofa when my mom is not around.

After a bunny hop - Messy mane

Muffin had been grooming every month since about 2 weeks after I got her. :)
The first time I brought her to trim her teeth.

The first time I brought her to bathe.

The first time she meet another bunny her that bunny's territory.

But you know what this dominant Muffin did? She was so frustrated that she stomped her foot, and tried to attack the other bunny. hahaa.. omg.. I was shock. But it's really interesting to see how she react in all situations. It's always out of expectation! :)

Hmm.. Throughout her life..I've always tried to bring her where ever i go. She has attended Chingling's 21st birthday party and at that time, I know she likes guys can! She was beside me, and she saw a guy.. and hop towards him. haha! Hmm, she has been to SMU, into the gym, and SR. She was the model for my LTB project, and a kid actually requested to have her photo (photos of bunnies were part of the "gifts" for them).

She had her glory during SMU Animal Day - The best groomed bunny. There was only 2 bunnies that took part, but still.. she won! :) Claurene came with me and I took hours to tie Muffin's hair.

Tom loved Muffin too!

This was a gift from Tom to Muffin - a 2 storey big cage. She was so happy! Even though she did not go up to the second level because of the wired steps, she was always curious about what's up there. And also her first yellow potty. She stayed with Tom the first time and subsequently every time when I go overseas.

And she got her new potty few months later cos we reckoned that the yellow one was too small for her butt.

Tom always said she loves the air con in his room, but his family were afraid that she'll be too cold in the air con room. We took a tennis small towel and put it over her. haha.

His sweet moments with Muffin.

We put her on his bed to play.

Muffin's nightmare started when the dogs came. It's not the dogs' fault, cos they're just playful and wants to play with her. And Muffin got scared initially, but after that, she would go to the dogs herself. :)

Pocky and her

However, it became problemetic when the ticks jump onto Muffin and caused bleedings on her head and neck. But it wasn't major. :)

Muffin fell ill this year. I brought her to the vet 3 times and 1 last time when she stopped breathing. She had dental problems due to an accident by the groomer, who accidentally cut her inner teeth. Muffin was in pain, but she couldn't express herself. Nevertheless, she remained bubbly. At night, she would pull off her her on her left arm until it's bare. It was so heartaching to see her like that. She scratched herself till it bled on the skin. Dr Blum managed to give her some medicine and she was cured. Her beautiful fur grew back.

The second time was also because of her teeth. And the third time too. The third time was serious. She had an infection till she had a lump below her chin. She went for a major op and I had to jab her every 2 days. My bro would help me hold her, and I'd jab her from her back on her loose skin. It was scary. I had to clean her wound everyday and wipe away the pus. And I had to cut her food everyday so that she can bite.

Thank God, slowly, the wound closed, and her pink skin grew back, ready for fur growing already. I was so happy at that time.

Who knows, last sunday, as I tried to arrange her cage nicely for her, I realised she couldn't move properly. Her right leg seemed to have some defects. I was desperate for help. I msged Junhui to ask if he can bring Muffin to the vet the next day as I know clinics dont open on Sunday. But Junhui managed to find a clinic on sunday. Came to pick her up and off to the clinic. I was so stressed up preparing for my Finance exam the next day. Gosh. It was really a traumatic day. 2 hours later, Junhui called. I was like "oh so how? Her leg ok?" He remained silent. Then he said, Muffin stopped breathing when he reached the counter. I was dumbfounded. Tears began to flow without me noticing.

I msged Tom. I was already tearing like nobody's business. I can't believe it. It was so sudden. She stopped breathing?? How can it be? I thought I see her recovering, I thought I see her so bubbly even after her op. I thought I see her behaving so sweetly the night before, hopping and bumping around my room. I thought I saw her peeing and pooing normally. I thought she was fine!

It totally affected me that day. I need company so that I won't be alone. But it was sunday. Monday was as bad. As I took the bus to the MRT, I thought of Muffin, and tears just flowed! omg. So embarrassing. After my finance exam, I got company till evening. But when I was alone back, she came on my mind again. :/

Love her lots.

Thank you to those who loved her. Thank you Tom, Junhui, Eekoon, Mandy and mommy who took care of her. Thank you to my bro and cousins who played with her when she's bored at home.

Muffin stopped breathing

2007-11-27T19:39:00.000+08:00

Junhui says: (6:48:30 PM)
she was super grumpy lo

Cecilia says: (6:48:35 PM)
=(((

Junhui says: (6:48:42 PM)
den suddenly when i took the lift down to e clinic

Junhui says: (6:48:45 PM)
she was quiet

Junhui says: (6:48:47 PM)
den i fill in e form

Junhui says: (6:48:54 PM)
den e counter wan to take photo

Junhui says: (6:49:03 PM)
den i open up e whole cage ma

Cecilia says: (6:49:06 PM)
then then

Junhui says: (6:49:09 PM)
den i see~ .. hur .. slpp le ...

Junhui says: (6:49:11 PM)
den i feel

Cecilia says: (6:49:12 PM)
..

Junhui says: (6:49:14 PM)
den i ask e counter feel also

Junhui says: (6:49:20 PM)
den she tell me no heartbeat le

Junhui says: (6:49:23 PM)
den she faster take in

Junhui says: (6:49:29 PM)
den doc say no heartbeat liaoz

The Empty Cage

2007-11-25T19:28:00.000+08:00

It was cleaned yesterday.

I still can recall the feeling when she licks my toes. That was only yesterday.
I can imagine her hoping around my room. That was only yesterday.
I can see her poo and pee in my room. That was only yesterday.
I can see her craving and happily gobbling up her favourite biscuit. That was only yesterday.

It was so wonderful to have her. <3

But not anymore.

Exam period

2007-11-21T23:22:00.000+08:00

It's here AGAIN! hope it'll be over soon. Mug mug mug mug mug.

End of Lessons

2007-11-16T23:33:00.000+08:00

Handed up 2 reports today - MPW and FIN.

MPW's report was draggy. Cos it's damn hard to read a 38 paged report with 25 pages full of text with the rest, appendices in a 10.4" VAIO. I can't remember how many times i lost track of where i stop and where i've scrolled. Anyway, it's done.

And soon, we'll have to do evaluation on our group members for some mods. Actually how do you define a good group member? A person who is very task-oriented, and produces good quality work but not very good in terms of working relationship with the group, OR someone who is more towards relationship-oriented person, produces a not-very-good quality of work, but tries hard to contribute?

I would choose the latter one anytime. I don't believe in people producing results but cannot gel well with the group. To me, it'll definitely bring down the dynamics of the group. Is it only the results that you want to see? I really enjoy my HR group, cos we can all work together, happily. Even when there's problems, we're solving them with joy! It's so nice to know that there are people out there for each other when crisis strikes.

If we gonna evaluate people only through results, then people can never succeed because their quality of work will never be on par with the high quality work people. Then we're all like our professors, only judge us through results. If so, then what is peer evaluation???

ok. shower.

HCM Presentation

2007-11-09T10:59:00.000+08:00

Had our HCM presentation on tuesday, and glad it turned out well. The moment we step into the SR, we were told that we will be presenting first. Not very prepared, a lil nervous, but thank God we kept within our time frame and the presentation went on smoothly. This is probably the best group that I've worked with, other than LTB. <3

This is the most efficient group I've ever worked with! So efficient that I feel so inefficient. haha. Will be taking another HR mod - Training & Development with some of them.. whee!! :)))

Alright. Back to my books.

Updates and updates

2007-11-02T20:04:00.000+08:00

wow..haven't been blogging for such a long time mann..

Hmm..

Week 8 of school
That week of term break was really packed for me. Had band practice, project meetings, symphonia exco retreat on 10th and 11th. But I really enjoyed myself. It was a painful long meeting. The meeting lasted from 9am in school.. had lunch and bbq breaks in between.. till 3am. wow. But it was productive i'd say. Had alot of fun during BBQ :))) Will post up the photos soon.

Week 9 of school
Had my finance mid-term paper on the saturday. Didn't do well.

Week 10 of school
It's symphonia's "Now Showing!" mini concert at the ACC in school. It was successful and I truly enjoyed myself even though the quality isn't that good. But well, we didn't have that much practice either. Thank you TBQ, Leonard, Yan Ting, Joseph and Ace for supporting! :))) and also Yan Ting and Joseph for the flower :D It was really really nice. Tom was working that night, and anyway it's just a small concert, more for school people.

I was really behind schedule for my studies that week. Very busy preparing for the mini concert and that's my first logistics job in symphonia. I was not very prepared i'd say, will do better next time :)

Week 11 of school
This week I had my first proper presentation for this sem. very late huh? haha. I thought it was quite bad cos our time management was not good due to overwhelming questions during the presentation. But the feedback from our prof was good, yay!

Wednesday.. Went to the dentist to remove my right upper wisdom tooth and the extra tooth. WHO KNOWS!! My dentist said he saw one more extra tooth and said that he can remove it for me w/o charge. I was shock can. THREE in a row within the same area somemore. But of course, there was anesthetics injected. I had three rounds of that before any tooth is extracted. It is quite a big area, so will need more. Yup. so I skipped band prac today cos my gums are still kind of sore.

yup yup.. and today is friday!!!
I'm suppose to be happy eh.. but somehow.. I just feel sian today. well... I shall do some work for my meetings this weekend.

Muffin in good hands

2007-10-29T23:46:00.000+08:00

Just brought muffin to the clinic just now with tom. :) Glad she's slightly more hyper than last week already, been eating better this week too.

Will be going through an operation to clear up the lump below her chin - due to dental problems. Hope she'll be fine.

Gym's Lost & Found

2007-10-25T08:40:00.000+08:00

It's really interesting to see what people leave behind in the gym at the end of the day. It's.. amazing.

1. Shoes
2. Underwears
3. Shampoo
4. Towels
5. Bras
6. Matric card

How to leave shoes behind? and it's not only one or two people leaving shoes behind.. it's very common actually. Underwear?? Bras?? HOW?! x.x

Maybe I will not understand till it really happen to me. hmmmmm...

Listen to the sound of your footsteps

2007-10-22T23:33:00.000+08:00

It's a rainy monday again. I can't remember how many times I carried an umbrella to MPW class.

Stayed in school to mug till about 10+ today, and it rained again. But it's the kind of rain that I like; very .. just-nice. With my pretty brolly, as I walk down the street leading to my house, I began to listen to my footsteps. And I do that everytime it's raining. :)

The shoe exerting some pressure ont he sandy road, creating a "crick-crick" sound. The environment was so quiet that I can hear my footsteps so clearly. Ipod playing tunes from "1 litre of tears". Icy breeze swept through me. Somehow, I yearned for a hug. :)

Women are the future

2007-10-17T20:20:00.000+08:00

Koped from naima's blog :)

Random

2007-10-15T19:57:00.000+08:00

Finally bought my Bondue sweater ^^

Ordered during the camp, and I finally collected from them! haha.. nice :)

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Went seletar reservoir with tom.

Hungry

2007-10-06T19:23:00.000+08:00

It's 7.24pm, just finished my meowmeow exam, waiting for tom for dinner.

I think my A is gone!! well, at least I'm meeting tom later, will be happier :)

School's been okay

2007-10-04T22:43:00.000+08:00

Wow.. I think today is the busiest day for this week.

Had gym duty this morning 7am-1145am, Finance lesson, 12-315, MPW meeting with Prof 330-4, had my first logistics work - help xue jiao borrow snare drum 4-430, dinner 430-530, HCM meeting 530-9pm, help xue jiao return the snare drum. Home.

Shag. BUT!! I'm happy with my schedule today!! So productive :) During gym duty, finish going through my CAT, MPW proj going on well enough, helped xue jiao, completed my first logistics job (tho its really simple), HCM meeting was fun and managed to finish what we wanted by today.

yup yup.. and had chocolate cake when i got home. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AH BOY!! my lil bro :)

k his real self:

Our table's spread

mommy daddy and sis on the other table

tom and me

i think i grew fat alr!! x.x

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During our MPW class this week, we had a session of discussion called "open systems" ..

alright.. got to bathe!

Symphonia's 4th Exco

2007-10-01T21:56:00.000+08:00

Logistics! ^^

Running with Tom

2007-09-24T00:05:00.001+08:00

Had a great saturday as usual :) Ytd we went for a run around his area, from his place till lakeside and back ^^

Cooling down alr..

Run for Hope - 15 Sept 07

2007-09-23T23:37:00.000+08:00

Went for my first run last sunday, Run for Hope. 8km, with the symphonia people.

But apparently, quite a few didnt go, end up with edwin and me reaching at about the same time, so we ran first, then came chongming.

So happy to have completed, but stopped 2 times! which is not what i usually do on the threadmill for 8km. Nevertheless, felt good!

drenched.

Oh, and met MIk and Sheryl there, such a coincidence :)

Plaits ^^

2007-09-23T21:48:00.000+08:00

14 Sept 07

Tom stayed over the previous night, and while preparing to go out, he did plaits on me :D

him in action

side hair too short

tah dah! its done! lurve it ^^

:D

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Had bbq at home that night..

omg look so delicious can! btw the charcoal suppose to be reddish.. no idea why the picture appear bluish..

bro

sistie

Nat sis!! look! they purposely hold up the bbq stuff to show u can!

my aunt..

mom

fun ^^

Fishing trip - Kelong Sibu

2007-09-23T18:01:00.000+08:00

It's break time! ought to do some updates for my stagnant blog.. haha

Fishing trip to Kelong Sibu on the 13 and 14 August.

Met the serangoon + tpy people at TPY early in the morning at about 6 i think.. Was the last one to reach x.x couldn't get any cab..

Yup, and all of us met up at the breakfast place, and then at the jetty, ready to take the boat to the kelong.

havent change into my waikiki singlet yet

start fishing alr!

i dont know what tbq is doing

puffer fish

chips + coke = best combi

Cam whoring...

our lunch.. its good can!

ariel's big fish!

the only fish from that rod..

At night after dinner and shower..

continue to cam whore...

Later in the night we played MJ! fun fun fun.. and Juls learned it on the spot.. and hu-ed quite a few times can.. haha.. and the starry sky at night was really really nice.. Ariel was so excited ! Pulled me along.. then we went round the kelong to find the best spot just to see stars.. how nice if tom was around lo!

Day 2

Cant believe it.. we're like cam whoring the whole trip..

eeyer.. tbq's chou chou..

its yan yan time~

After showering..

i look damn unnatural

going home alr..

Lurve this one. But I was damn scared when I was up there!!

Few moments off the busy bee's schedule

2007-09-12T00:01:00.000+08:00

Alright, first I'll really love to update on my chocolate buffet at the Fullerton ! :))) A surprise from Tom for our anniversary :) Tho he told me few days before that we'll be going for the chocolate buffet, it's still a surprise!! Tom doesn't really eat chocs.. except for white chocs - which they don't really have them there..

Some of the delicacies that we had ^^

Really really love the atmosphere there.. with a live jazz band!! Tom requested for "fly me to the moon".. It's really really nice :)

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School! Projects start flooding in already.. And .. I'm confirmed in joining Symphonia!! SMUband.. haha! I seriously can't believe that I'm back in band again? I was trying to get out of my comfort zone, but I guess so far only band gave me the satisfaction that i need and want.. haha.. yup, I'm feeling real comfortable there and I'm running for the 4th exco under logistics :)

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Met up with Claurene ytd! I'm so happy to see her speedy recovery! Brought her for chicken wings and had a real good chat with her.. Haven't met her for damn long alr.. Nice! :)

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I just signed up for the Run for Hope Singapore, for cancer research ^^ It'll be my first run! I thought it'll be the Great Eastern women 10k tho.. but this will help me prepare for Women 10k.. Will be going for the 8km run for the Hope run this coming run with the Symphonia! :)

yup, gonna do work alr.. will update again.

3rd week of school

2007-09-07T08:42:00.000+08:00

Phew, reached the end of 3rd week since sch started. Things are going well, hmm within control i'd say .. haha.. so far so gd.. well I remember last semester, week 3 and I'm dying already.. x.x

Yup, this semester seems better, and I've just gone back to band. Feeling empty already, after all the adhoc stuffs in yr 1. Need to settle down. :)

Decided to go for Business Study Mission (BSM) in Cambodia and Thailand this December, so will be having one more extra module to do this sem. Pretty fine and happy with my timetable, nicely structured and planned ^^

Haven't been working much these days, but hope to work more next month though..

Hmm.. and I've been working out regularly for a month already.. happy!! I feel so much healthier now.. Hopefully I can sustain this for long.. Previously is always on and off..

Alright, got to do work already! :)

Bondue Camp 2007 Run 2 - Day 3

2007-08-30T22:06:00.000+08:00

DAY 3

Woke up even later today, took our time to wash up and pack our bags..

While we were up at the command center, they were self entertaining themselves ..

Grp 3's chubby bunny - spongebob squarepants

gross huh.. haha

Closing speech

Had lunch after the camp

Random photo:
I thought this was damn funny.. I still dont know who's under that grey thingy. hahaha..
That's vicky with Mr Grey

I lurve grp 3!

Bondue Camp 2007 Run 2 - Day 2

2007-08-30T21:44:00.000+08:00

DAY 2

Woke up, washed up, breakfast-ed.

Gathered at the T junction for amazing race briefing

Firstly they had a poison ball game against the other grp, to see which grp move on first..
we won.. yay

Start of the amazing race

The freshies have to kiap the banana with the neck, knee, or armpit

yes, we, facis, gotta eat them after they finish to earn extra points x.x

hoola hoop going through everybody

picking up coco crunch from a pile of flour

The extra points section?
To dust the facis with flour

Photo taking station
Photo 1

Photo 2 - act cute

Photo 3 - to use camo and paint the girls' faces. Female faci - extra points

The girls!

Vanity .. I'm busy cleaning of the camo on my face.. haha

Crossing the river:

The guys

us!

We have a soccer game too.. with the legs tied with a string

Helping the ice cream uncle to sell ice cream - briefing

met NUS students, the arts faculty. Their cheer is really good!

Another game.. Josiah in action

The very last one.. eating the apple from the tree without using your hand to support

xiao mei mei and the apple

Mission fail. Huang jing's turn

with Aslam's head supporting

=)

Ran all the way back to school.. and we were the first to reach. Thought we could win tho.. we were all disappointed, but well, we did our best .. and had fun during the race ^^

Had the buffet dinner, a tradition of bondue camps.

Stage games after that

xmm and anthony on stage

will skip the stage games part..

After that the people had some night life

club 2.1

of course, my grp are all guai people.. we had our own drinking game - avalanche. Gilbert and I went 711 to top up snacks, alcohol and mixers.

During the game

after the game

=) only xue jiao is abit gone..but she's still quite sober la.. our alcohol content is very low, so we're all fine! :)

Everybody loves spongy! :)))

Bondue Camp 2007 Run2 - Day 1

2007-08-30T21:13:00.000+08:00

Alright, got most of the photos already, shall not procrastinate. :)

Bondue Camp 2007 was a blast! Really enjoyed myself during the camp, especially when all of us are comfortable with each other, and group 3 is just so united ^^

DAY 1

Reached school early, and carried the goody bags to SOA's conference hall

Opening speech

Had our ice-breaking games

It was kinda awkward actually.. but well, that's the purpose of ice breaking games right? to remove the awkward-ness in the group. Had a few games, and we almost ran out of games to play can! x.x

Had our First activity:

To go onto the muddy ground, put on the cothes, roll/leopard crawl etc to and fro.

First group photo.

Had the rest of our games for the day.. very SDU tho.. haha

rolling an egg from one end of the pants to the other

The passionate guys in grp 3

These 4 guys will be on this bench, and the girls will inflate balloons (with the help from the rest of the guys) and the girls will have to sit on the guys' laps to burst the balloons

Next game..

Passing of the tiny grape..

Leonard is really good at mouth-catching the grapes

Then they had the "dirty treasure" game
They have to dunk their heads into the smelly pail of mixture (left over food, toilet paper, leaves, everything) and to find the marbles inside with their hands. That's Anthony's hand "pulling" gilbert's head out.. wahah

During lunch, had a game with Zhilin's grp

At night we had the fright night at OCH. We were lucky to go in and experience the stations that the org comm planned. Thanks to Jolyn! If not for her, we will not be able to go in cos after that, police came and chase them away..

Had bbq at changi beach after the fright night

Grp3 entertaining themselves while we (the nice facis WAHAHA) bbq for them

there aren't much food prepared, and i think our grp got the most .. with everybody eyeing on our food while bbqing

Back to school, bathed (yes, finally), and we're off for supper at kopitiam :)

The Cheesecake Story

2007-08-26T15:47:00.000+08:00

Baked a classic cheesecake for tom's bday, and this day also marked our 4th year together :)))

Went to buy the core ingredients on 22 Aug afternoon, went home, and prepared the cake

Set the position of the mould, prepared the crust, poured the mixture onto it

1st attempt. Wrong temperature = chao ta

My bro was so impressed with my cheesecake that he said "woah, you still put a layer of chocolate above it, nice!"

I was speechless. hahahahahah but then again, thanks for that compliment.
I tried it, it was o-k just that it's too hard and it has this chao-ta smell together with it.

Yup, anyway, I tried the second time.

At first I thought it's not cooked yet, so I baked it longer than what it suppose to. So a lil chao-ta on the bulging bubbles. This is tom's cake. ^^

I poured the left over mixture into a folded aluminium "tray", and that was the best cake out of the three. ^^ Even my MJ kahkis who came on friday appreciate it! hee hee..

Decorated with strawberries.

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Celebrated at tom's uncle's place before my gift was presented to him.

i lurve his bday cake!!

:) love ya.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2007-08-26T15:17:00.000+08:00

To my sis in Sydney :))) 24 Aug.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2007-08-23T01:27:00.001+08:00

To my dearest ;) *HUGGIES!*

23rd August.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2007-08-23T01:25:00.000+08:00

to TBQ! :)))

22nd Aug.