WoNdErFuL ChRiStMaS DiNnEr

On christmas eve, i had to teach 5 classes as usual... though it was a bit sianz cuz i have really no mood to teach, i was very happy cuz i know when i finish the 5th class, i would have one week break from teaching... it keeps me energetic throughout the whole day... haha even mutsumi also feels so... =p

after the class, i rushed to suntec city to meet my frens for christmas eve dinner... guess where? its @ rice table!!! hahaha been wanting to go there n try the food cuz many ppl said its very nice... hm... okay lar... i think its not super duper nice like wat i imagine it to be... hahaha maybe too high expectation... after dinner, went to yj's hse to play mahjong till 6??? actually i only played till 3 plus and i was slping on yj's sofa when the gals continued playing mahjong... heavy rain in the morning so we delayed going home... took a cab home cuz me n fish were too lazy and tired to take a bus...

came home to slp till eleven plus... den i prepared myself to go out again... yaya, to meet him for christmas... hahaha our christmas dinner is on christmas day wan... =p when i reached there, it was already afternoon... we lazed around and playing with the new hp he got me... transferring data from my old hp to this new hp... wah, i was very impressed!! din know we can transfer all the messages to pc... and can view everything in the hp from pc with bluetooth? okay okay, i am very ulu i know... hahaha so i was resting while he configures the stuffs... after tat, we had late lunch at macdonalds eating rice burger... its really nice~ =) den proceed to cold storage and ntuc to get cooking stuffs... hm... din intend to cook so much but he keep wanting me to cook this n that... hahaha i am a very poor cook... -_-" den both of us had stomachache... went back to his house before coming out to get some more foodstuffs... haiz... it was very late when we started cooking... due to limited pots n pans, we cooked a dish n finish it before cooking next dish... so wat did we cook?

1. spaghetti... the simple n easiest dish... just dump the meat, crabsticks and sauce to cook... cook spaghetti separately and add the sauce when you are done... haha but the sauce we chosen was not very nice...

2. japanese curry udon... i like i like!!! its very nice k? hahaha just prepare potatoes n carrots n chicken to stir fry... den add water n concentrated sauce cubes... cook udon separately and add the curry on top when the udon is done... =) *best*

3. teriyaki salmon... *yucks* :s i dunno wat happened... marinated it with the sauce... den wanna have it dry... he said add water... den add too much... add sauce... after adding water n sauce repeatedly, the sauce becomes pale... the salmon is too thick so i tried to cut it into smaller pieces... haiz... in the end, becomes salmon flakes swimming in a pool of oil which dunno appear from where wan... :s nvr mind, i will try again next time!

4. bengawan solo log cake!!! no need to cook wan... just buy!!! its very nice though too much for both of us... it is still lying in the refrigerator at his house...

i was super duper full after the christmas dinner... and very tired from washing up... i am a lazy girl!!!!

Merry Christmas to All~

hm... i am very happy that the term is finally coming to an end... after this saturday, it would be another nice little break for me... though there's still tons n tons of work to do and stressed out over the materials, at least there wun be any teaching done... lucky me finished all the make up classes during the term already... =p

r u feeling the festive mood already? for me i feel very sianz... especially when the people in shopping centres are FOREVER so crowded buying presents and queueing for wrapping services... hm... maybe i am just jealous lar... cuz i am always trying to suppress my urge to buy stuffs... its really like cold turkey treatment... *hen xin ku* mei ban fa who ask me to be so poor? hahaha everytime i buy things its like i have to make sure i still have money left lor... i was nvr like this before though... maybe i am more dong shi now... or maybe i am overly brainwashed by some thrifty guy... * u know who* but still i still think i have alot of things to buy... haha always lar... girls ALWAYS have the need to buy something... really... it just makes us feel better... * the XYs dun get it*

btw, my bro got into pasir ris crest secondary school... at first i was quite happy till i realised that there is no direct bus to the school... it was stated that 81 goes there but after checking online, i think have to walk damn long to reach the school... sianz... dunno whether my mum gonna complain me n my sis cuz of this anot... i heard tt this sch is good... the principal walks without sound and is quite strict with students... i think my bro needs to go to a school with strict discipline... hope he will do good 4 years there... my greatest wish is to see him jump from NA to express... we shall see k? =)

my sis is enjoying herself in hk... tink i gonna slp already... very slpy n tired... last nite i din slp well again... my back was hurting and i went toa payoh HH to pack boxes... those heavy boxes hurt my back more only... i was rushing out my stuffs when i went back to SP... i promised to meet him 7.15 but i was sitting all alone on the floor trying to sort out the jan materials... a bit pek chek cuz some of stuffs are quite uglily damaged... i plan to repair them tmr... gotta put them aside den need to reuse some of them... somemore sandra send me two big bags, plus one big box tt i packed in HH earlier this morning... things are in a big mess like my thoughts... only working two days next wk but i gotta finish all the materials and pack boxes... its really difficult... i was trying to rush le but i totally forgotten abt the date... he was angry and screamed at me cuz i left my hp in the classroom and he could not reach me... and becuz i made him waited 15 mins for me... it triggered alot of thoughts in me though... i do get angry sometimes when he made me wait 30 mins or unknowingly walking around in shopping centres... so he has the right too i guess?

anyway, merry christmas to all! hope u all have enjoy your festive holiday!!! =)

R.U.O.K?!

by a stroke of luck, i managed to get Aikawa Nanase's latest Mini Cd "RUOK?!" in HMV... haha i was on the verge of getting my fren Mutsumi to buy it from japan if i cant get it in singapore... that was wat happened to the previous cd, "the first quarter"... cant find it in singapore at all... :( luckily all my frens happened to go japan that time... so i sabo one fren to get it back for me... heehee happy though my pocket is burnt yet again... :s

the first time i listened to RUOK, my first impression is "wah, nanase sounds different again!"... a different kind of feel from her previous albums... especially if you compared to "7"... but its not surprising at all... she has been trying to give her fans a new nanase each time she releases an album... in this album, the lyrics are written by her... =) i like the way she writes! always very inspiring and encouraging...

my favourite song is red wheel... its very very nice! especially the chorus, its very catchy... unfortunately, the chorus was printed in KATAKANA... oh terrible, terrible... my katakana sucks... initially i could not understand the lyrics at all and had to read real slow to catch the sentences... :s i think i better rewrite a hiragana version which is more friendly... favourite phrase in the song: if fate is decided by someone, who is the one who decides it?

other than red wheel, RUOK is also very cute! its the anime kind of tune... very catchy and nice to sing along... haha... its like even when i walk home, i can recall the tune and nanase's voice in my head... =p

snowfall is more of the ballad song in this album... the lyrics are ok-ok... but i like it too cuz the chorus is very special... =)

everyone goes is very inspiring and reminds me of "sekai wa kono te no naka ni" (world's in my hand)... "everyone has the strength to stand up no matter how insecure we feel" "it is not possible to be living under other people's influences" "nothing will start if you are passive"... (pardon my poor translation) in other words, it is very NICE!

Fly to rainbow ray is another inspiring song... a bird who lives in cage can only dream of flying to the sky with rainbow... actually its not just the birds rite? we too, have to learn how to spread our wings and fly high!

after x times of listening to the cd, i started to like Rock star's steady... :) it has a story which talks about the girl despising the guy who is a rock star... who writes the girl in his songs but dates many other girls... she said in the song that their relationship is just a fling and ask him to continue to flirt with his fans... somewhat special cuz nanase nvr write such theme before...

foolish555 is the least liked by me... ahaha dunno why lar... maybe i need to listen to it more...

in conclusion, this album is still very nice!!!!!!!

fix the tap, pls?

these few days i cried alot... dunno why i get so angry easily... there's just some things i cannot tolerate... u can call me petty ghost... i am really really very petty and particular about certain stuffs... tts why i tell him i am da xiao qi gui... a BIG petty ghost...

please dun tell me to stop crying... if i can do that, i would have done that long ago... the more i try to suppress, the worst it becomes when i let go of my tears... some people think that tears are very precious and try to swallow into their stomach (in chinese literally, 眼泪往肚子里吞）but that is so hard for me... i rather i cry out all my sadness and angryness... my feelings can flow away with my tears... better rite? than to suppress it and feeling the sadness and angryness in you over and over again...

of cuz i wld be happy (or rather he would be happy) if someone could really fix this lousy tap of mine, and impart me with higher level of EQ so that i learn how to manage my emotions without dropping a single tear! =)

~blooming beautifully~

there has been quite alot of changes made to my neighbourhood... new basketball court, new street soccer area, new playground, new walkway with many sweet smelling flowers being planted... the best part about it is the flower plot behind the bus stop that i usually pass by... =)

at first when i noticed it, it was a plot full of white flowers... as the white flowers wilt, pink flowers bloomed unexpectedly... today when i walked by, i saw a combination of white and pink flowers... *pretty* it really brightened up my nights as i pass by the place... here's a picture (though not nicely taken), i assure u its much prettier in reality... ^^

幸せを感じた

昨夜、彼の家で寝ているうちに、喉が渇くなった。呼びかけると、すぐ彼が起きた。台所へ水を持ってくれた。あのときに、本当に幸せを感じた。

ありがとう。you pampered me.

Wait till you are older~

hm... this movie was some time ago... recommended by fish cuz she said its very nice and touching... indeed, another movie to make me tear... and 1d refused to gimme tissues... he said if he gimme tissues, i sure cry more and he wants me to stop... :s

in the story, this boy hated his father and stepmom for causing his mum's death... so he wanted to grow up and be an adult... he accidentally touch the magic potion of a mystery old man den he started to age very fast... as he grew up, he realised tt it is not that great to be an adult... and he eventually found out the truth his mum was a third party and forgiven his father and stepmom...

for me, i nvr like the idea of growing up... always being said "stop being childish" by 1d, and many other people... i just wanna say i am who i am... haha its difficult to be an adult... to be responsible for monthly expenditures and saving up to pay debts... to learn how to interpret hidden meanings behind everyone's actions and avoid being stabbed in the back by other people... to be able to act serious and get on with the mundane working life... besides, its a life of debts to be living in this place... just imagine if you own a flat and car based on a normal working person's pay, how much do you need to return in order to own such things?

everything is calculated upon money... money money money... do you, for once, look up to the sky to enjoy the ever-changing scenery up there? we missed the days where the clouds are beautiful and grand... we missed the days where we can see the full moon smiling at us... its my own habit of looking at the sky whenever i am off to work and back home... makes me feel happy and for the moment, i forgot the sianness of going to work or the tireness from teaching lessons... we shld find something comforting to keep life going... =)

i just want to be a happy girl... *difficult* i am afraid tt people misinterpret my words and actions... i am afraid tt i would take donkey years to return my loan... i am afraid tt life becomes too boring to carry on... i am afraid tt i wun be able to do the things i wanna do before i die... i am afraid of living on like this till i die... maybe i shld try to be more brave to face these things... even if the sky collapse, i would take it as my blanket... being brave does not mean i cant cry k?

eXpressing~ Myself

i remembered once daniel ever sent me sth very chim over sms... cant exactly recall how it is phrased but it is something like this... thru words is one way that we can communicate our feelings... however, words cannot describe our feelings completely... haha dunno why i was thinking over this sms these days... maybe i am not talking much to other ppl which led to me thinking abt stuffs again... my mouth can stop my brain from working... =p

this is really quite true... if u said the sentence "i am happy", it is difficult for the other party to understand this sentence... there are different types of happy and different degrees of happy... but the more u describe ur happiness, the more complex it gets... how can the other party comprehend ur feeling of being happy? he/she is not the one in ur shoes... at most they could try to imagine how they wld feel if they were in ur shoes... there's always some loss in communicating with one another?

haha i have no idea wat i am writing now...

p/s: hoshi just sent me a clip of song samples from nanase's new album, RUOK? =) its really nice... anyone going japan? ahhh...... YES! mutsumi is going back... heehee~ so happy! dont think it would appear in HMV sg... rem last time i also gotta get sylvia to buy from japan too... :s

wat is the last thing u wld do b4 u die?

that day i happened to be walking aimlessly around kinokuniya just to kill time while waiting for someone... there was a row of books that caught my interest... with the title [1000 places to see before you die]... well, it was really a thick book with fabulous places inside there... whether those that are famous places of different countries and those that were even unheard of to me... describing how beautiful and wonderful it is to be there... i pondered over the title... hm... 1000 places to see... issit really possible to go to these 1000 places before you die? first of all, you gotta make sure you have plenty of money to go there rite? second, you gotta have the time to spend holidaying instead of slogging at work in singapore? seemed rather impossible for most of the ppl...

anyway, issit really important to have visit these places before you die? hm... for me, i guess the most important thing is that i would die HAPPILY... know the difference between children and adults? MoMents are important to children for they do not see the past nor look into the future... they are only concerned about the present... am i FULL now? can i play with my favourite TOY? do my parents LOVE me? once they are satisfied with the moment, they forget that they were once unhappy... like cute little kiren? he was crying terribly when i told him not to hit his mummy... but when i give him a sticker, he came happily to HUG me and SMILE... adults are so troubled because they think alot... they are affected by the past and they are curious about the future... something tt u have done might still be affecting your thinking now, and you might be wondering wat you gonna do tmr and coming months and years... just hope that i would be able to leave this world without worrying about my loved ones and not having any regrets... =) tats why sometimes when i cant think things through or when i am angry, i try to let it go... afterall, who knows when's gonna be your last moment? shld try to stay happy no matter wat rite?

Send a postcard to ur grandparents~

last night, i saw a postcard on the table... it is an empty postcard, encouraging people to send postcards to their grandparents... it has a cute picture drawn by a child saying "i love grandma"... how nice it would be if the grandchildren nowadays will send such things to their grandparents... my paternal grandparents and maternal grandpa are no longer with us already... it reminded me that time when i attended my 7th uncle's wedding... my grandparents are no longer around then to preside over his wedding... he said during his speech, i will email ah ma (my grandmother) to tell her about tonight's wedding... everyone laughed but it seemed kinda sad to me hearing this...

if i have the chance to write a postcard to my paternal grandpa, i wanna tell him many things... first of all, i wanna tell him happily that i no longer quarrel and fight that much with my sis anymore... when we were young, we practically fight over EVERYTHING and my grandpa often had to pacify us... i remember when he passed away that night, i dreamt that he told us not to fight and quarrel... i wanna tell him i passed my PSLE, O level, A level and graduated from U already... i wanna tell him i am now a big girl already... i wanna tell him everytime i see people selling roasted chestnuts on the street, i always remember that he removed the shells for me even though he barely had any teeth left... everytime i see people peeling skin of the buns, i remembered he did the same thing too... everytime i see the knife scar on my finger, i remembered that i cut myself while trying to cut an apple for him... even though he left very early, i held memories of him still...

if i have the chance to write a postcard to my paternal grandma, i wanna tell her many things... i wanna tell her 7th uncle already married and has a daughter... i wanna tell her i already graduated from U and my sis is studying in U too... i wanna tell her that daddy is still smoking... i wished that she could stop him... i wanna tell her that chinese new year does not feel like chinese new year without her... everyone is not as close as before... they sold the old house and i really missed going there sometimes... 6th uncle already moved to china with his wife and i nvr see his daughter before... everything has changed...

if i have the chance to write a postcard to my maternal grandpa, i wanna tell him many things... i wanna tell him that actually we were preparing for a feast on your birthday... 2nd uncle already wanted to come down from KL to JB... 5th and 6th auntie planning to cook a whole lot of nice dishes... mummy asked me to draw a nice birthday card for you... but you left before your birthday... it was just too sudden for all of us... i sprained my leg during that period... i could not follow the group to the burial ceremony... but i wanna tell you grandma was very heartbroken... she could not eat well and cried alot... it was then i kinda understood that its emotionally less painful to die but you left your loved ones heartbroken... but now everyone is getting on well... hope you would bless grandma's health...

suddenly remembered this korean movie whereby there is a very naughty child from city whose grandma living in rurals cared alot about him... he stayed with her for a period and bullied her all the way... but eventually he was touched by his grandma's love and became more obedient... when he left his grandma's house, he prepared postcards of different messages "i am sick" "i miss you" (his grandma is illiterate) so that his grandma can send him messages when he goes back to city... a nice and touching movie...

Special Teacher's Day

This year's teacher's day is somewhat special... the first time i spent it with a bunch of very very young children... the first present was a card from rhea... haha i think her mummy asked her to make and she stick a dozen of barbie stickers on the card... from this, i know that rhea loves barbie very much... den ryan gave me a present as well... it was a pair of doraemon and dorami... (in case u dunno, dorami is doraemon's sister...) *hen cute* so i stick it on top of my white board... and also a potpurri which i still have no idea where to put it... there was a small card and guess wat? ryan said to his mummy that he wanna write japanese for me? to other ppl, it might be just some lil boy's scribblings but i am very touched by his sincerity... yashu also gave me a lovely card with swans on it... and hwee en gave me a soft clay aeroplane... haha she insisted to her mummy tt her sister makes one for me... *thanks, hwee en* =) she is very cute and clever... quite mischievous though... she likes to swim on the table... heehee~ and one more present is probably from dear kieren... he is only one year old... tt day he grabbed my spectacles and it broke... his mum probably paiseh to see wat happened to my spectacles and bought chocolate for me... since its near teacher's day, can consider as teacher's day present ba... kieren is very good at associating things... when his mummy shows him a picture of medicine, he wld pretend to cough cuz he knew when he coughs, he needs to take medicine... when my spectacles fell onto the floor, his mummy and victoria's daddy were helping me to search for the screw... he also helped to search u know... just tt he has no idea wat we searching for... and he gave me a strand of white thread which happened to be on the floor... dunno whether to cry or laugh hoh? :s the following week, he remembered tt last wk he broke my spectacles... he pointed to my new spectacles and give me a questioning look? i smiled and said, "its fixed already... kieren dun worry k?" den he turned around to play again... super cute ritE? not forgetting iman... he wished me thrice i think... heehee this lil boy is so happy to wish me teacher's day... how unforgettable~ hope i get to spend the next teacher's day with them... =)

Confirmed! My first job...

So as usual, i decided to give one year and three months of my life to this job following my intuition and bravely signed the contract... =p everything was getting fine i guess... i enjoyed the job thoroughly with all my cute children and nice colleagues... though it can get very stressed and tiring sometimes, especially during weekends... but my mum was not very happy with this job lor... from time to time, whenever she talks to me, she would suggest changing to a higher pay and normal working time job... dunno lar... i just wanna walk one step, look one step... =)

~ultimate blur queen~

last night, i spent more den one hour trying to recall the username of my blog... its very frustrating cuz the more i tried to think about it, the more i could not remember... i tried every possible username that i ever used... haiz... but still cant log in... but i remember the password though... which is kinda stupid... at this point of time, i realised it is not enuff to just remember passwords... -_-" so i tried to enter the email address, hoping to recover my username... alas, i dont remember wat is the email address i entered for it... so i tried again, every possible email address... only to find out that i used a super ulu email address... and the server was down last night... =( luckily i managed to log in to my email account just now and finally retrieved my username... if not, you would not have seen this entry le... why am i so blur? :s

My First Job @ Shichida

I have been wanting to talk abt my first job @ shichida... hahaha but it actually took me 3 months to start writing about it... my probation is going to be over soon... unless susie decides to fail me for the appraisal... hahaha i also dunno where to start saying? yaya should be the origin of the job?

as you all know, i am not a very active person... ever since the attachment, i have not been eagerly looking for a job... but for biyin ar, she even more ganchiong spider den me wan... den she saw this job ad which she thinks will suit me... so she emailed me about it... i read abt it and i feel tt its not bad... so i applied for it... i still rem tt time my manager and colleague in givaudan helped me alot with it... thanks again for the valuable advice and tips... my manager even offered to be my reference...

from the job ad, it looks quite ok... the job scope is definitely fun and the pay is really not bad... well, i have learnt tat you should not judge things from the surface... nevertheless, i guess there are always positive and negative aspeccts of every job... depending on wat you value...

they were quick to reply (compared to food companies) so i went for two interviews consecutively... each time i was made to wait for very long... its kinda sianz and made me felt tt the company has poor organisation skills... but i managed to pass everything and i was asked to decide whether to sign a contract with them... (to be continued)

Day two in HongKong

Heehee din expect tt i will start to write blogs again? yaya... i am a lazy person... someone actually reminded me tt i only wrote till day one in hongkong... haha in fact, the trip was made in may... now its coming to september already... =p lemme transfer wat i have written on paper...

we woke up very early at 7.15 am and ate HK-style breakfast... because we have no idea where is nice, we just anyhow find a nearby 'restaurant' to eat... it was then i realised wat it meant to be said "eat like a king"... the breakfast was very filling... lemme recall... a breakfast set actually consist of a drink (tea, coffee, milk or hot lemon tea) with toasted bread (super thick slices) plus ham and scrambled egg or sunny side up, and a plate of macaroni... its ALOT for gals u know... four of us shared two breakfast sets and still feel FULL... after tat, we set off to the OCEAN PARK at 8... wat a kiasu bunch... =p geez, we reached the Queen's pier (where the bus stop is) earlier than expected... bus 629 only departs at 9.35 am... so we went "bura bura" (walking around aimlessly) instead... took a few pictures at the pier... haha reminded me of those HK drama... whenever the female lead is feeling sad... she would go there for a walk... just nice the male lead always appear at the same place... but they always nvr see each other because a stupid pillar or a wall blocking them... hehe~ we saw the Du Ling (some sort of olden chinese boat) tt we wanted to take but could not cuz of the lack of time... i guess its good tt we din... cuz Panda might vomit mar... :s Fish also lor... at the pier, we saw an uncle fishing with just some worms and a fishing line... kinda disgusting to see him cut up the long slimy worm into many pieces... haha but he looks quite pro... there were few fishes flipping and suffocating on the ground... after tt, we went back to the bus stop and it started drizzling i think... finally after a long journey, we reached the lowland entrance of Ocean Park... =)

we were very happy to reach Ocean Park and the weather still seemed rather ok... went to look at birds first i think... saw the flamingoes in the river and then walked down to a garden with swans and yuenyangs (chinese lovebirds)... den into a big big cage with the nice and cute lil birds... kinda resembles a mini Jurong Bird Park... subsequently, we went to the exciting rides le... four of us went to the water ride... erm supposedly very scary... and i tink its rather scary lar... cuz can only hold onto metal rod... plus plus i am very timid wan... hahaha but its small case for fish, panda and milk... a photo was snapped by the camera lar... but then everyone din look at the camera... all looked messy messy wan... haha after tt, milk even went to take another ride alone which looked damn giddy wan lor... the seat itself turns and the big wheel turns... actually i wanted to be a brave gal but in the end i backed out... haha

den there are lotsa outdoor escalators which are damn long... we took a photo on the escalator but its rather scary... cant imagine falling down lor... *heng i din* cant rem exactly wats next? i guess we went to the top of Ocean Park and at this time, the rain has become heavier... we managed to walk to the seal area to look at the seals... and took pics in front of the mascot... =) the seals all look lazy lazy and relax relax... at the souvenir shop, i bought a tshirt for my bro... actually i am very greedy wan... wanted to buy lotsa things... in the end dun wanna buy... cuz day two only mar... =p in the rainy weather, we continued to walk forward... there was a short toliet break at some eatery rite? den we headed for the ride which carried us to the tower top and it can turn to view the scenario of Ocean Park... (just like wat singapore has in sentosa!) i kinda like tt ride... simple and peaceful, especially well appreciated in rainy weather at tt time... den after tt, we went to some shark museum? to look at the sharks with some other tour group? if i nvr rem wrongly, they were wearing some yellow windbreaker or cap ar... so distinct from us... we din meant to go there wan... anyhow walked into it... -_-"

disaster befallen upon us after tt... the rain got heavier and heavier... guess wat? the eateries in Ocean Park are not FULLY sheltered... only a pathetic tent-like cover... poor tourists like us were stuck in the shelter... everyone had their umbrellas to shield from rain... it was painful at that moment to recall how lazy i was to bring umbrella and brought only my jacket... four of us standing close together, hoping to shield off the rain... how lucky in sg we nvr get such irritating rain? it nvr seemed to stop... luckily the rain gets lighter... den we took cable car down to lowland... it was very scary and steep... however, after reaching the lowland, the rain stopped?? wat the... we went to visit the boring GoldFish museum and look at the PANDAs @_@ in Ocean Park... but they slping ler... panda very lazy wan hoh? =p when we decided to go up to highland, it started drizzling again... we managed to try a few more rides... me n milk tried the multi turning wan... dizzy but not too scary... haha den viking is like sitting on swings... damn funny... the worst was i was coerced into trying the roller coaster... scared the hell outta me... yaya... yj asked me to close my eyes... so i did... which in fact even worse... cuz i din know when its gonna fall... i screamed till out of breathe and no sound came out... it was crazy and they wanna try again... lucky the queue was long... tts all for Ocean Park... i will update when i am more hardworking again... hahaha =p

Day one in HongKong

Day one

It was drizzling and foggy… so much that we cannot see DisneyLand (under construction) from the HsingMa Bridge… there are so many tall buildings and signs… made me dizzy… :s after crossing all the windy roads, we finally arrived at shamrock hotel… *hurray* at the reception, milk spotted a cute guy… hahaha in fact, the guys in shamrock are quite cute… ^^ we went up to our rooms after settling the check-in… remembering the genting trip… me n fish shared one room while milk n panda (tts yingjing’s new nick) shared the other room… alamak, my room is quite smoky ler… despite that it is the non-smoking level… we quickly got out of hotel after dumping the luggages in our rooms… now its time for action… FREE n EASY (i doubt so) in Hongkong… =)

First, we stopped in front of the control office at Jordan MTR… deciding whether to get the octopus tix… must calculate to see if its worthwhile to get the tix… after deciding, we tried to tell the officer wat we wan… haha luckily he could still understand us, so we got our octopus tix and took MTR to Hongkong Island… day one is supposedly planned by me to tour around the central and western district… heehee~ found some information on the internet n four brave girls are going to walk around… at first we are confused cuz there are so many trams stops… where to take the tram to western market? As we walked, we saw the big big LV poster which Brenda wans panda to take a pic of… *great* panda took a snap and we moved on… finally spotted a tram moving… wondering if we shld get on it... I dun wanna end up at Kennedy town which is super far from our destination… :s after being directed by a kind lady, we successfully board the correct tram to western market… but there is not much to see actually… quite different from wat I tot… there is an interesting shop selling bus models… and milk bought a doraemon bus model… after western market, we walked down to the shops as directed on the map… actually I wanted to see the Snake King shop which make snake soup wan… unfortunately many shops are closed on Sunday… managed to walk till Central-Midland Escalator though… Had wanton noodles there…. *special & nice* instead of minced meat, the wantons are huge and filled with prawns…. (this is probably why milk fell sick in the later days) =p and tried the beancurd which is very very SMOOTH n DELICIOUS… follow up, we saw a bookstore and went to explore… but nothing much lar… haha since we got plenty of time, we took a bus 6x to go Stanley Market… wah, it went uphill and circling the hill… *damn scary* K the buildings are super tall lor… cant imagine such tall buildings on hilly area? *bus sick le* :s but thanks to the winding and never ending bus ride, we got the chance to see repulse bay and the sea from the hill? The scenery was very nice… when we reached Stanley Market, we did quick shopping cuz the market is closing soon… after that, clever us took the express bus back… the express bus goes by tunnels so its faster and less windy… (and of cuz more ex?) after getting back to the harbour, we took Star Ferry back to Kowloon… slow and nice… we only took it once… then… watch the SyMpHoNy of LiGhT!!! Its very spectacular because there is fireworks… =) very beautiful… but its kinda hazy and I dunno how to take pic wan… so end up the pics not tat nice… after that, we walked the Xing Guang Da Dao which is really nothing much… den walked from there all the way till temple street… did a bit of shopping here and there… Along the way, we tried Cross-Bridge Noodles… its quite delicious! =p shopping is very tiring… *finally* we reached our hotel and had a good night rest…

Discover Hongkong~~~~*

This is the night before we are going to FLY to hongkong... of cuz, we dun have wings? we are taking a plane there... hahaha *stop lameness* at some point in time, i nearly thought the plan would be aborted due to two major incidents... once, milk decide to fly us kite and not go? yeah, i was damn pissed but lucky she decided to go again! twice, my mum objected due to some family problem... but in the end i was allowed to go anyway!

am i feeling excited? not quite... WHY? cuz i was dragged to bedok reservoir yesterday morning to jog for 5 km... and now my legs are aching like siaoz... hope tmr will get better lar... if not, how to walk walk in hongkong? i guess my excitement level will start to rise as i get to the airport tmr...

geez, my mum just called back to remind me to CALL HOME no matter wat... yaya, it was due to some incident donkey years ago....................... a little girl went to MELAKA trip when she was in primary FIVE... she was very excited and enjoyed herself thoroughly... the only thing is, this blur little girl never called back home... so she was kinda MISSING for three days before she went home and got scolded by her mum... *end of story*

i wonder how is my first day gonna be? hahahahaha me badly wanna take the mid level central escalator... it reminded me of the chungking express, where the shuai shuai Liang Chao Wei and Faye Wong took... (i think so, if i never remember wrongly) =) yeah, and i wanna take nice nice pics... hahaha just figured out how to use rvn's camera... nice as in got a feel when u see the pics... of cuz i wun have photographer standard lar... but just wanna take pics tt i like... ^^ and i promised mummy to climb the 150 steps to take pic of the BIG BIG buddha statue... haha she seemed quite happy with tt!! *my mother's day's gift* =p

now its 9.33 pm... i think i better go shower and get ready the luggage... wats the most important thing i must do? put the PASSPORT in... last time i went johor n batam, i FORGOT my passport lor... :s *blur blur de wo* i am kinda panic freak, if u know wat i mean... i am really scared of forgetting things... so i must double CHECK, triple CHECK to make sure everything is brought... =)

argh, i must STOP chatting if not i would not be able to escape offline... Help!! hElp!! heLp!! helP!!

Look into the mirror before u say anything!

Last night, biyin sent me a link to some blog written by a NUS life science guy... i shall not disclose the link cuz i really dun wish to publicise his blog... the latest blog entry was complaining about how ugly girls from NUS science are... All i can conclude is that, this guy is really boliao n ungentleman... if he has such unusual high expectation, he might as well remain single cuz the pretty gals are not going to fall for such a jerk... he really criticise science gals till very bad... yaya, why i am so angry? cuz i am from science!!! who says there are no meinus in science? he really nvr been to S3 Level 6 right? (if you dunno where that is, it is the department of Food Science and Technology) and wats wrong with wearing tshirts n jeans to school? if he really wanna bio2 gals in spags, please take bus A1 to arts faculty then... and issit really necessary to dress up so much to go sch ler? *use ur brains* SCIENCE faculty ler... other than lectures, where do we go? LAB! wear till so nice den wear lab coat? wat for? somemore gonna stuck in lab for hours... as if there is any cute guys ard to see liddat... That stupid jerk better go look into the mirror before he start complaining abt science girls! *aggitated*

Yet another psychology test

You are friendly and easygoing. People feel comfortable around you so it is not a surprise that many friends surround you. You have high self-esteem and will not let anyone get you down.

You're very careful and circumspect in all matters but you won't face any problems until they actually happen. Also you're a kind and sensitive person.

You think positively about the people around you and are never prejudiced. This means others see you as a kind and gentle person. They enjoy listening to what you have to say because they respect you.

You are logical, smart and inventive. Sometimes you are too cold and selfish.

--> is that true of me? hahahaha *taken from some ice cream survey from biyin* =p

to the extreme

sometimes when i am too happy, i feel sad... just like today...

The Super IQ Test

Cogn, your Super IQ score is 120

Your overall intelligence quotient is the result of a scientifically-tested formula based on how many questions you answered correctly. But it's only part of what we learned about you from your answers on the test. We also determined the way you process information.

The way you think about things makes you a Creative Theorist. This means you are a highly intelligent, complex person. You are able to process information of nearly every kind with ease, using both creativity and analysis to make sense of the world. Compared to others you also have a very rich imagination.

How did we determine that your thinking style is that of a Creative Theorist? When we examined your test results further, we analyzed how you scored on 8 dimensions of intelligence: spatial, organizational, abstract reasoning, logical, mechanical, verbal, visual and numerical. The 3 dimensions you scored highest on combine to make you a Creative Theorist. Only 6 out of 1,000 people have this rare combination of abilities.

"moon on the water"

kenneth just sent me the song... its my favourite song from the anime "beck"... come to think of it, its quite funny... maybe i shld just watch one more time...

moon on the water... reminds me of a chinese phrase "tai bai lao yue"... maybe describes me the best... always trying to lao yue, knowing tt the yue will nvr get caught in my net...

while washing the mountain of beakers, pots, bowls, chopsticks, spoons, i realised tt there is one character in "desparate housewifes" resembles part of me alot... i shall not reveal who she is... just keep on watching and if u know me very well, u'll realised tt "hey, xj is really liddat sometimes hoh..." =)

got to end here le... there is chicken evaluation at 2 and beef evaluation at 4... better drink lotsa water before i get high blood pressure, osteoporosis and watever...

cooking session (alone)

my parents and lil bro went msia to visit my grandma... geez, left only me n my sis... and i guess she is probably eating out... so i actually wanna plan a cooking session... but anyway, its only me who is cooking, eating and washing dishes... *kinda wuliao* :(

in silence

i jus realised something... when i laugh, i always laugh very loudly... but when i cry, i always cry in silence... there is actually very few times when i actually cried out loud... probably the time when my grandma passed away... other than tt, i dun quite rem... oh yeah, there's also once when i quarrelled with someone... dun really cry out loud cuz it dun sound nice... really... it feels weird...

when laughing out loud, the sound of happiness can spread to others... it feels good... but when crying out loud, seemed like spreading the sadness around... i still prefer to cry in silence... and my favourite place is my bed... always facing the wall, closing my eyes and allowing my sadness to flow away with the tears... unfortunately, i would wet my pillow, blanket and bedsheet... so ppl, u know where not to touch when u come to my room? hahaha and also ONE of my soft toys... the most famous "yuanyuan"... :) yuanyuan is my support...

*why am i toking abt this? hahaha just feel like writing it down... =)

ice cream

i walked on the street, i saw all the children happily eating ice cream...

i am the only one without ice cream...

i could not do anything but hide under my bedsheets and cry... :'(

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last nite i was very tired... bcuz i went out walking for almost 2 hours before meeting his fren to get his stuffs... its was very fun though... i din know tampines is so that near to pasir ris... i mean, walkable distance from my hse... the canal at pasir ris does resemble tt of a river... provided u dun see the murkiness and rubbish in it... as the lights fall onto the surface and reflecting into our eyes, the wind slowly blows in the direction from pasir ris to tampines... its actually quite nice... even a fallen leaf on the water looks like a struggling turtle by the side of a canal... a beautiful or otherwise dumb misunderstanding... haha a coconut was found to be able to float in the canal... i hope it grows into a tree...

when i came home to realise that my laptop was in distress again... i was very sian, mostly cuz of my tiredness... when i called for the help, i was nearly falling aslp... of cuz it din help much with me in the daze state... watever, maybe i shld jus leave everything alone.

誰か

誰かのお姫さまになりたかった

誰かに守ってくれるが欲しかった

いつか悲しいことがなくなっていくだろう

いつか昔々の幸せが感じられるだろう

教えてくれないの？

managing emotional pains

sometimes, we do feel like we are at the bottom of the valley... we will have difficulty having to crawl out of it... even the most optimisitc person needs to find a way in order to wriggle out of the unhappiness... so wat u do?

most imptly, is to find a way to vent out the frustration... this is very impt... cuz we are just like a plastic bag... unhappiness is like water... if we try to fill ourselves up, one day, we might find ourselves bursting and exploding like water bombs...

some ppl like to vent it out on eating... but binge eating is definitely not the way out... so bad for health... so bad for size... later when become very very fat le den regret... jiu lai bu ji le... some ppl like to vent it out by going shopping... but end up buying so much unnecessary things... wasting money... even though it wld boost the economy... or you can try my method? hahaha i like to cry alot... but but... better make sure tt u can feel better after crying... make sure tt u can smile and laugh happier after crying... if not, this crying wld not be effective and u wld only waste ur tears... like me?

now ar... i washed out the med with my tears... my left eye is much redder and swollen and my right eye is as red and as swollen as my left eye... balance liaoz lor... hahaha

i need better ventilation

over the past two months, my skin has become more oily and dirty than it used to be... i believed its becuz of the poor ventilation at my workplace... which my colleagues also agreed... just imagine if i use a slightly stronger flavour, and my lab gotta smell of chicken for days... yeah, you dun have to walk into the lab to know wat i am doing? just stand at the doorway... the worst experience is, you stand at the corridor of the application labs and you realised tat the beef flavour is so strong tat you cant smell the sweet smelling "sweet goods lab"... ppl tell me my lab is smelly but i dont think so? cuz i am so so used to tat smell... its nth to me, seriously... i have been trained to smell very disgusting smell le... but there's some i cant really stand... like "beef rare", "boiled chicken", "beef livery"... and anything tat u smell n would suggest something bloody...

but i am digressing again??? yaya, abt my poor skin... occassional minor breakouts are happening to my face... :| so i gotta be a more hardworking person to wash my face in the morning and at night... no choice? i dun wan soya sauce powder or ground black pepper to stick on my face and irritate my skin... so bad... :( my skin really dun feel nice le... oh, and guess wat happened to my arms? i am having rashes on my arms... dunno whether issit taking in too much msg or wat? i wun be able to find out wat is causing the skin irritation cuz i am doing so many flavour blends everyday...

btw, i went hospital today and found that those growing on my right foot are not becuz of viral infection... its just corns... -_-" must be becuz of my shoes... haiz... and the rashes on my back... keratosis pilaris... tats wat i have... not easy to heal plus i am so lazy... suan le? i can live with it... at least its nth harmful to health... :) ok, gotta end here...

= tired =

i feel very tired these days... energyless... last nite i slpt quite early... and woke up rather late today... but i slpt the whole afternoon after breakfast... still having slight headache and dizziness... forced by my mum to drink some american ginseng powder... *yucks* i accidentally got a scratch on my arm... bumped my toes into the table leg... and i dunno wat happened to my left hand... the vein is swollen and feels painful... wat a silly girl? oh, and i got bitten by some unknown insect... very itchy and becoming more n more swollen... >_<

hm... its been 190 days le... feels so long... as though it is going to go on just like this... kinda reminded me of "hoshi no koe"...

disappointed

tired n weary.

sad.

kokorobosoi.

Communication breakdown

This sem, all of us started attachment but it dun seemed to be going well for all of us... the worst news came from alvin a few days ago... he enquired at the Swiss Embassy in sg whether he needs a work permit and they replied no need... however, he was asked to leave switzerland immediately (i.e. asap) cuz he does not have a work permit... nestle switzerland cant do anything and he booked a tic to be coming back soon... wat a disruption... if i were alvin, i wld be damn sian to work in nestle sg le... haiz, if the swiss nestle is interested in taking in an attachment student, shldnt they check carefully and inform the student beforehand? a supposedly fruitful and enjoyable trip turned out to be liddat... i jus think tat the sch and company are not really working hand in hand to help the students... *communication breakdown* yuxiang is packing beancurd in unicurd... cuz they are shorthanded... i really wonder wat he can write in his attachment report... indeed, we are there to work... but knowing tat we are there for attachment, they should at least make sure we are learning something? if we are doing mundane job, how to write report? at least i am better lar... just tat the pay for dec came so damn late...

:: dunno-how-to-describe mood::

geez, these few days my mood is like roller coaster again... suddenly very happy then suddenly very sad... haiz... especially after talking to sugi the whole day, seeing sugi so happily going btm to meet rain... *envious* i can only hug yuanyuan tightly at night and tell yuanyuan my feelings... :(