sanrio fanatic

of mcspicy and travelling

2009-12-14T19:14:00.006+08:00

i swear McDonald's McSpicy contains laxatives. i never fail to have tummy problems after eating it. once again i have succumbed to the tantalising picture of the damned burger to cause myself much undeserved agony. argh.

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i really, really love travelling =)

i'm so blessed this year because i've managed to travel to quite a few places. there has been a good mix of shopping and nature-seeking too =) first was a spiritually enriching church event to Malacca with my BB boys in June, then to shopping paradise Hong Kong with my parents, to food haven Taiwan in Nov as part of the school's internationalisation programme, and finally to beautiful New Zealand with my colleagues.

Malacca was good, i survived sleeping and bathing alone in a hotel room! back during nus days i always slept in my hall room with lights and music on, though i did sleep with the lights and tv on in my hotel room =P i also got to bond with my BB boys, which was a really fruitful experience as i sought out the responsible leaders as well as those who needed more guidance. i felt God prompting me renew my faith in Him, and i thank God for the many doors He has opened for me since.

Hong Kong will always be my favourite shopping paradise. daddy did enjoy the trip alot, even enquiring if i would bring them to Taiwan next year or something. he has always felt bad for not being able to bring the family on vacations while we listened to both 叔叔s regale us with pictures and stories of their overseas holidays. so i'm just glad i've fulfilled part of my daughter duties by bringing daddy and mummy there =) one thing i must remember is that i should either go on a packaged tour or at least have my own transport because mummy cannot walk long distances.

Taiwan with Jacinta and the boys was certainly entertaining but waist-threatening. Jacinta really knows the place well and can rattle off the good eats at any location. i think i put on at least 3kg after feasting on 炸鸡扒, 蚝面线, 蛋饼, 苦瓜汁, 珍珠奶茶, 小笼包, 芋头丸, 铁蛋 etc =/ but at least i'm now all prepared to bring my parents for a visit =) my favourite parts of the trip would be the visits to observe the natural rock formations caused by wind and water action at 野柳, as well as the scenic 阳明山 with fumaroles and hot springs.

my geog boys posing in front of the fumaroles at 小油坑

and of course i fell in love with 100% pure kiwiland =D how can any self-respecting geography teacher not love New Zealand? =P NZ is definitely not 100% pure, but it is sure close. we saw more cows, sheep and horses then we saw people, a respectable town had a population as big as my school's! and there was just glorious tracts of land coloured like patchwork quilts everywhere. as we drove from destination to destination, all we saw were winding roads with hairpin loops on undulating terrain, breathtaking snow-capped mountains, narrow roads built next to gushing streams in gorges, calm lakes reflecting the craggy mountains that flank them, broad and flat valleys with braided streams, and the list just goes on forever. basically what i studied in geography textbooks went 3D right in front of me. i think i really died and went to heaven, hehe... what to do, i'm really a sucker for scenic trips.

at Queenstown we were spoilt for choice at the amount of activities we could participate in. i didn't bring much money so in the end we only went jetboating on the Shotover River and the luge, which was way better than what Sentosa had to offer. on my next NZ trip, i must try horse riding at Glenorchy to see the LOTR sites, either hot-air ballooning or para-gliding, and attempt the glacier climb again, maybe this time round the Fran Josef glacier. i will never dare to sky-dive or do the bridge bungy jump though =P

now i can understand why ww said he wanted to migrate to NZ. jessica too. i was thinking that i would want to retire in NZ too, but yann and kbc said i'll probably die from the lack of human interaction, us being urban creatures and all. i'll probably whine at the amount of insects that would share my house with me and pine for good old char kway tiao and hokkien mee, but it was just so nice sitting at the bench outside Te Anau and reading with the ducks quacking in the lake and seagulls coming to disturb me for food crumbs...

Lake Tekapo is just absolutely stunning, but very, very cold. it was my first time experiencing temperatures around 5 degrees, even though it was supposed to be summer ~_~

i've decided to cut down on my sashimi treats to fund for a nice yearly holiday starting 2010 =). my mother, relatives and older colleagues keep telling me to travel while i still can because once i have a family with kids or grow old and suffer from all kinds of ailments, i won't be able to enjoy my travels as much as i can now. one of my wishes in life is to be able to travel to at least 100 places in the world; i just don't want to regret... just hope the economy gets better so that my bonus will be back to normal >_<

bread monster is domokun

2009-11-01T21:13:00.002+08:00

i found out the bread monster's name at the toys shop in illuma. its do-mo-kun if my japanese can be trusted :)

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i'm a childish person, i thought you knew. i adore kuromi, hello kitty, and anything cute and pink. i love fantasy because dreams do come true and they always have happily-ever-after endings. i'm never sophisticated or a couture-chasing chick.

so i'm childish in thought as well. i will miss, love and need you more if i don't see you. i thought if you don't see me, you will come to miss, love and need me more. how very silly.

i don't think you're ever going to accept me for being a christian. i love god and that's not going to change because i've seen the goodness of god and i feel happy knowing him. it's a spiritual need, though i've already become as un-christian-like as i thought you would want me to be. but you even take offence at me saying that i live a blessed life. you're so anti-christ and i wonder who made you hate god so much that you even reject prayers for you.

aley cat gets eaten

2009-10-29T12:05:00.002+08:00

i have time to go for breakfasts almost every morning this week. shiok ah! :D

tomorrow's end of term service! :D:D:D byebye boys! i'm certainly breathing a huge sigh of relief, though i still have sec3 extended curriculum the whole of next week and the taiwan trip next friday.

one of my dearest friend, alethiea gets eaten up by my bread cushion. anyone know its name?

puffy

2009-10-26T15:03:00.005+08:00

everybody commented on my eyes today. sighs.

promotion was done in a jiffy, the sec 2s and 3s did pretty well this year. but im sad that nic teo had to be laterally transferred to NA. he's a very bright boy, just very lazy. being 5n1's form teacher of 2 years, i know nic will slack again next year, and only pick up in sec 5, like the rest of my formerly express boys. he's just wasting one year. at least mervyn got advanced.

frankly speaking i'm very sad to give up my sec 3s next year. these are genuinely nice kids with the right attitude in life, a vastly different cohort from my 4Ns. i know i will get weird classes next year because i'm neither here nor there. i just pray that i will get 3n pure geog, 4n pure geog, 1 lower sec geog class and maybe 2 english classes, hopefully not nt. i have had 2 years of nt already, i need a break!

must keep busy so that i don't start crying. the demotion case has finally been settled, thank God for robin who helped me draft the letter. i'm just going to send the official letters to the boys' parents today.

on a side note, congrats to myself =) i'm an BB officer with effect from today. soldier of God.

and oh ya, i'm planning to buy a hamster (or 2!) this week. keep myself happy =)

sobs

2009-10-24T23:39:00.003+08:00

cry cry cry.
did stupid things today.
got time for everyone else. arm wrestling too.
freaking painful.

i must trust and obey.

tumblr

2009-10-24T00:25:00.002+08:00

a very tiring day, had to pia my results analysis and do sai-gang for the overseas immersion programme. but i'm looking forward to taiwan =) hope i'll be free from everything that gets me upset. also happy that bin choo seemed okay with me arranging for a sabah trip next year. sabah leh! can do rainforest management and rivers!

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it took me 8 sms drafts and half an hour to decide whether to sms him that i was eventually dragged out by angel because i was crying non-stop after his phonecall in school just now. wait he say i lie again zzz. but if i sms him that i wasn't ok then he would want to pick a fight with me again, that i was hinting whatsoever like just now. i'm really very down.. i really need him to be like who he used to be and pamper, dote etc on me so that i know he is still the person i fell in love with. i just want my old darling back, the one who called me his princess and bb.

i didn't want to go out seriously but i think the drinks were good, at least i know i'll definitely pass out tonight with no bad dreams and be oblivious to everything. thank god she had to stay because of cockpit admin work.

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microblogging is very useful for working professionals. where got time to think essay!

i'm going to use tumblr as a form of communications with my kids next year too. see whether to make it an extension of my wikispaces project or to discard that completely.

i just kena f-ed for not doing my job for bb. i honestly don't care when i'm emotionally too distressed to function properly. i'm leaving next year anyway.

2009-10-23T13:11:00.002+08:00

i think this is the depression thing again.

i actually ignored angel and daniel's calls just now.

i can't eat, i can't stop crying, i don't feel anything, i cant do anything, i don't want to see anybody but him, i'm just so very needy now. i need, i need, i really do need.

but i'm just going to be last in his priorities.

this is very familiar and i really cant help it. i can so hear u say you can but you don't want to do anything about it. u didn't either when they got sick.

4 years and 10 days

2009-10-21T00:46:00.002+08:00

so it seems we have come to an end.

i'm made enough sacrifices. the worst part about the whole shit-ass situation is realising that you don't think i've sacrificed. have i been upset when you go to the temple? do i give you the queer look and say the very pointed "OK..." when i told you that i went to church?

i'm not going to listen to your rationalisations. why does everything need to be so clearly spelt out? a relationship is about love and acceptance. i was encouraged by friends in such situations who have loved ones who were able to accept each others' differences. they didn't have to list down what they could do and what they could not do.

i'm very hurt. very deeply hurt. when i say you have to "win" me back i mean that you should think about whether you can accept these differences. stop lying to me already. i have my flaws but you promised. you minded. you changed.

confused

2009-07-23T18:56:00.001+08:00

i've applied to leave.

but how can i bear to leave them?

birthday surprise part 1

2008-06-09T02:28:00.002+08:00

my 24th birthday was a very sweet day indeed =)))

i had remedial for 4N1 and 4N2 on that day which was a rather depressing thing, i mean, who wants to work on their birthdays? ~_~ however, my form class boys and darling made the day very sweet for me =)

i may whine alot about the boys in my school, but i know that many of them are really good boys deep down inside, just lazy and rude at times. the guys in my my form class are especially nice, angel and jason will not hesitate to agree with me on that.

so my chairman planned a surprise for me on my birthday, which involved him getting a cake from rive (located at plaza singapura, their chocolate cakes are quite heavenly) and another boy writing a card for me.

the wordings on the cake made it exceptionally sweet =)

some of my form class boys. technically speaking, i cant allow them to enter my classroom if they're not properly dressed in school shirts and pants, but it means that i'll have to kick half of them out. sighs. last day of remedial, close one eye >.<

close-up of my birthday card

this is one of the many little gestures that keep teachers going. a boy coming up to me and apologising for his wrong-doings, another who thanks me for helping him solve a particular nasty problem, or even one who tries his best do well in a test.. i appreciate my boys alot, and hope that some will apreciate me too.

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next up, darling's birthday surprise for me =)

kershin's wedding

2008-05-28T11:47:00.002+08:00

2nd friend's wedding of the year.. and this time it's kershin's turn. shin's husband looks young, though he's supposed to be way older than shin. lucky chap to marry such a pretty wife hehe. they are both pe teachers, so i guess there were quite a few teacher guests in the crowd. me including! :P

i had fun catching up with my primary school friends, and some of them were people whom i haven't seen in like 12 years. liqin is now ray, though he still behaves in the old cheekyliqin manner, sheena is happening sheena now, grace is still the same classy grace from primary school, though slimmer and more graceful now.

the wedding dinner venue was meritus mandarin grand ballroom and shin had many many tables. i wouldn't be able to afford so many! >.<

on one side of the table - lloyd, kokwai, gerard, liqin, xiwen, sheena; all grown-up now!

the other side of the table - cindy, me, grace and pohchoonhow whom i honestly have no recollections of >.<

with the pretty bride =)

my solo tower

2008-05-12T08:19:00.003+08:00

my school boasts of spacious working cubicles which include U-shaped desks so there's lots of room. a pretty waste of space actually, because many teachers are holed up in their homerooms most of the time.

my pile of marking. 5 classes of geog and 3 classes of el compo. disgusting.

little love nest

2008-05-01T23:01:00.003+08:00

i've managed to tie my darling down.. (at least i think so!)

our little love nest =)))

after darling's mummy helped us with the fengshui of the available flats, we realised that we could only choose like 1/5 of the units. my mum classfied some of the not suitable units as "凶兆" units too. apparently a unit won't be good if it faces a sharp corner. so in the end we took this fifth floor unit. it'll take about 3 plus years for damai grove to be built, then i'll be neighbours with angeline, who has applied for punggol spring which is located just next to damai grove. happy happy =)))

practicum is almost over, hope darling gets a little bit of rest before the mad term 3 rush. love you, darling!

可怕的一班

2008-04-25T13:06:00.003+08:00

这张 blogpost 要用华文来写，因为我校的男生是华文白痴。

今天，我负责监考一个很可怕的班。监考时，当我看着那班的学生，我不禁联想起一些不友善的形容词。身为教师的我是不应因该用有色的目光来对待学生们，但是如果你在街上看到这几名学生，我相信你也一定会有同感。

社会的人渣，社会的败类。我真的是这样觉得。

我还算是蛮幸运的，我只负责教这班上的两名<>好学生。

他们更本不应该在读普通学术课程，他们其实应该到能够让他们学习一门技术的学院求学。他们对学术的科目根本没有兴趣，所以讨厌上学，并在课堂上捣乱，让教课的教师真拿他们没办法。

我国的教育制度真的是有问题啦。要不然问题学生就不会越来越多。

我当教师当得非常难过。

insanity

2008-04-15T11:44:00.002+08:00

i will go insane one day and i can feel it nearing.

already i'm so haggard from the late nights i've put in trying to prepare better lessons. i even go back to school on saturdays to work. have i not tried hard enough?

my lessons are super boring now. can't think of creative ways to teach when half of the time i'm trying to get the class to just sit down quietly to listen. they seriously have very short attention spans. i'm really very tired shouting at them.

i have ideas to engage, but after all the fun, my students are too weak to know what are the points needed for examinations. drilling is still necessary. the students cannot just read notes and textbooks, they don't understand at all. if they say students are becoming smarter nowadays, i don't see it.

i will have to find a way to make the next chapter more interesting. luckily its rivers and coast, my favourite. God, please give the strength and the ability to endure what comes to me. i still want to become the good teacher that i thought i was in bowen and hope i will be in this new environment.

2008-03-20T11:06:00.002+08:00

it's been so depressing at work.

but thank God i've made new friends in school =)
plus there isn't really anybody who breathes down my neck or arrows me to do things.
very blessed already!

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angel's gotten married! =)

when will it be my turn? *wistful

crying for help

2008-01-30T14:57:00.000+08:00

a plaque sits on my table, remnant of the previous teacher who used to occupy my seat. it is an inspiring one, being a teacher's day present from the yesteryears.

it reads, "Teachers, Live Forever in the Hearts they Touch."

i don't think i have touched any hearts here yet.

the amount of effort put in to simplify what is in the textbook, to make information concise yet substantial, to illustrate using images and videos for deeper understanding, everything becomes nothing.

i despair.

teachers' investiture ceremony

2008-01-19T23:13:00.000+08:00

a happy day with nie friends..

teachers' investiture ceremony was held at the nanyang auditorium..

pretty geographers =)))

missing nie!

bumping into dr ivy tan at nie

at hsse with miss lian and dr chang

durian time

we are teachers: me, minghui, caroline, derek, josh, yijun, georgie, yinjern, xiaohui

trained and certified

2008-01-16T22:18:00.000+08:00

i've officially graduated from nie!
but i do wish i was back in school, boohoo >.<

unhappy

2008-01-14T15:35:00.000+08:00

it's the beginning of week 3, my 10th day of teaching, and i'm very very unhappy with my current situation. i don't know what else i can do, or how i can make things change for the better. it's not fun to sit at my desk in the staff room and shed tears everyday. i'm already counting down to the holidays, and more importantly, counting down the days of my bond. i'm that depressed.

first post of year 2008

2008-01-01T00:09:00.000+08:00

i haven't been in the mood to update lately but here's the first post of year 2008! =)

2007 was an eventful year, with good and bad times.

it had been a turbulent year for my darling and i. still, i have to thank darling for trying his best to keep us going. i just hope for year 2008 to be a better one.

i'll never forget the memorable time spent with my nie besties! we spent stressful afternoons together trying to complete our group assignments, survived the dreadful practicum, had lots of fun in our chalets and enjoyed various birthday celebrations together! =) muacks accident-prone minghui, ppt princess jolin, pretty aiai georgina, shopping queen yijun, soon-to-be-bride angeline, pretty yinjern, diva DJ Hong xiaohui and pretty mummy grace! i love my fellow lady geographers!

i've also accepted (though there was no choice haha!) the fact that i would be leaving bowen and i'm looking forward to teaching noisy, active, cheeky boys in sas. whether i'll remain in the teaching profession depends on whether i'm able to survive my bond years in sas, i certainly hope i'll have a good time there!

friends-wise i'm happy that the 28/01 spirit is still very much alive! though the ktv sessions have dwindled because we are all rather busy with work or school, we still find time to catch up over dinners etc. anyhow, both kenneth and yuyuan have finished their overseas stints, so gatherings are easier now. however, gatherings with the secondary school gang are almost non-existent, the guys are too busy to meet me with the exception of derek, who bothers to inform me whenever he returns to singapore for summer break.

i will be trying to go back to church this year and i have to thank jensie for being a wonderful supporter. i'm blessed to be in an environment close to god, i feel more at peace with myself recently because i know i can always turn to god who is a faithful god =) 2008's prayers from sas chaplaincy and trinity have been rather apt for me, i pray that god will guide me in achieving a higher capacity to hold more of things and situations and also that i'll stay faithful to and lean onto him. hope jensie and bf enjoyed themselves at the watchnight service!

happy new year! happy 2008!

baby pooh to chase away the blues

2007-12-06T13:05:00.001+08:00

i told darling i was lonely, so he bought me a pooh entourage to accompany me ^^

thankyou darling =)

dar's lame joke:

"why is tigger so dirty?"
"because he plays with poo"
-___-"

appreciation

2007-12-02T12:20:00.000+08:00

my saturday was the happiest day of the week, because darling brought me out for lunch at pasta de waraku and to watch enchanted. the food was really good but my company was terrific.

thankyou darling =) you don't know how much i appreciated the date.

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happy 23rd birthday, qiyan =)

qiyan gets dunked and drags poor kenneth along with him.

i went to qiyan's birthday party later in the evening and met up with some of my jc mates. i do think june has never changed and will never change, she was as funny as ever and entertained us with her law stories, discussed cars, make-up and bags, while proclaiming that she hated public transport because people can be really smelly. the rest of us brushed her off as being atas and she candidly professed to lack empathy. there is no malice about her so you can't really blame her, for she comes from a very well-to-do family and probably never had to worry about serious financial problems.

i'm not well-read on the issue of meritocracy and social mobility, but i think everybody will agree that having money opens up far more opportunities. there are possible ways in which we can tap on the system for aid, but it really depends on your own motivation level and how conducive your environment is. the system can tell you that if you work hard, you will reap your rewards, but when a student is worrying about being kicked out by hdb because his parents have defaulted in their payment of their housing loan, the last thing that he wants to do is to complete your homework and prepare for your test. when he fails your test again and again because he's more concerned about earning money and you show your displeasure by rebuking him, he gives up and falls deeper and deeper into the vicious cycle of failure. here you can't blame the teacher entirely because his/her performance grade affects how well his/her students perform. i lament that a student is short-sighted because instead of keeping his salary for a rainy day, he spends it on the latest handphone model, but i fail to recognise that perhaps after facing so many disappointments at home and in school, the only thing that raises his self-worth is that he is able to buy his own handphone and feel proud about it.

i wonder how many students i can help on top of all my other commitments, and i think its good to go back to the old man and starfish story - every starfish picked up and thrown back into the sea is a starfish saved.

christmas lights

2007-11-29T22:32:00.000+08:00

my favourite holiday of the year is christmas, because that's when you see many pretty lights, magnificent christmas trees, melodious carolling, jolly santas, and much more. i enjoy going around singapore to look at the christmas decorations in the different shopping malls, it is a really jolly season full of cheer =)

jolin and i were feeling kind of down so we went to have dinner at nydc orchard and camera-whored with some christmas decorations after dinner. it was fun, and jolin smiled =)

my girlfriends rock!

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my mp3 player went flat yesterday while i was on my way home from nie, so i "observed" people in the mrt carriage in order to pass time. this guy was sweet, he held his wife/girlfriend's hand and did not once let go while his wife/gf was trying to sleep.

it made me think of how ping would hold xiaopei's while he drove her around in her car (an automatic, so no need to use clutch often). i would be sitting at the rear seats, gushing and going awww. he was really the positive epitome of love for my cousins and i then. i think he can't hold gillian's hand while he's driving now because my uncle's car is a manual, lol.

now that i don't get my hands held often, i'm a green-eyed monster when i see such displays of affection. i'm such a sucker, lol.

悲

2007-11-27T22:44:00.001+08:00

how do you feel when you're feeling really down?

do you get this sour feeling in your body, or is it a chill which passes through your body?

it's just not a very nice feeling =(

and i seriously do think emotional pain is far worse than physical pain even till now. that's why i do all the things i do and i'm not proud of it.

***

when i was young and had the emotional range of a teaspoon, i always wondered why actors often cry out "my heart is dead" when their screen boyfriends dump them, or books narrate sadness with phrases like "heavy heart" or "tingle of sorrow". these were supposedly good phrases which i had to memorise to use in my compositions though i never fully understood what they were supposed to describe.

when i got dumped myself, i finally understood what "my heart is dead" meant. the heart really goes very, very cold. other sad experiences correlates with the "heavy heart" and "tingle of sorrow". so you really need to have experienced these emotions to know why people describe them as such.

so you see my students, when i tell you to "show me how you feel, not tell" during composition writing, i should ask myself whether you have felt such emotions before. otherwise there is no enduring understanding >.<

this is so random.

nie graduation celebration

2007-11-19T23:32:00.000+08:00

the geography girls celebrated the end of nie training at one of the aloha changi bungalows and it was a simple but fun affair =)

the theme was royalty, so all of us had to wear something royal hehe. i chose a tiara, together with most of the girls, and we were the princesses of the night =) georgie aiai was empress dowager because she wore a bling hairpin, xiaohui was our beloved king, complete with a paper crown and moustache. i think yijun was either king number 2 or the crown prince :P then diana, wana and hani came with pink sashes sewn with black fur, they really put in a lot of effort to make them!

i koped the pictures from minghui's facebook, so the quality is not very clear. must remember to get from her next time!

the girls preparing the bbq food. i wasn't around because i was at ttsh with my mum.

royalty :D check out the tiaras, crowns and the pink sashes!

glorious food =D

i love my geog besties! <3<3<3

i look absolutely fat here, i need to shed some pounds.

of women and strength

2007-11-18T01:28:00.000+08:00

今晚我不能再哭！
但我好心疼他哦。

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i've been quite free lately and since im not in the mood to game, i've taken to blog surfing. its quite amazing, you just need to google something random and tonnes of blogs will just surface. some are crap, some are irritating, and some are actually quite intriging. i was in need of blessing and inner peace and i was really glad to stumble on this "owlet" blogger.

i'll share my favourite story from her blog:

By the time the Lord made woman, He was into his sixth day of working overtime.

An angel appeared and said, "Why are you spending so much time on this one?"

And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not plastic, have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable and able to run on diet coke and leftovers, have a lap that can hold four children at one time, have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart - and she will do everything with only two hands."

The angel was astounded at the requirements.

"Only two hands!? No way! And that's just on the standard model? That's too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish."

"But I won't," the Lord protested. "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself when she is sick AND can work 18 hours a day."

The angel moved closer and touched the woman.

"But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?" asked the angel.

The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason and negotiate."

The angel then noticed something, and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.

"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model. I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."

"That's not a leak," the Lord corrected, "that's a tear!"

"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love, her loneliness, her grief and her pride."

The angel was impressed.

"You are a genius, Lord. You thought of everything! Woman is truly amazing."

And she is!

And said the Lord, "My ideal women have strengths that amaze all. They bear hardships and they carry burdens, but they hold happiness, love, and joy. They smile when they want to scream. They sing when they want to cry. They cry when they are happy and laugh when they are nervous. They fight for what they believe in. They stand up to injustice. They don't take "no" for an answer when they believe there is a better solution. They go without so their family can have. They go to the doctor with a frightened friend. They love unconditionally. They cry when their children excel and cheer when their friends get awards. They are happy when they hear about a birth or a wedding. Their hearts break when a friend dies. They grieve at the loss of a family member, yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left. They know that a hug and a kiss can heal a broken heart. Women come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. They'll drive, fly, walk, run, or e-mail loved ones to show their moral support. The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning. They bring joy, hope and love. They have compassion and ideals. Women have vital things to say and everything to give."

"Praise God, for I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. -- Psalm 139:14"

灰色的大星

2007-11-16T23:32:00.000+08:00

灰色的大星提不起笑容是暗淡无光的

粉红色的小星看见大星不开心开始也变灰色了

要怎么样才能使大星再度发光呢？

小星好没用哦。。

the last assignment

2007-11-13T21:44:00.000+08:00

i'm trying to cultivate the good habit of blogging again. the brain deteriorates if it is stimulated by only games or shopping. let's see how long this lasts *winks!

***

my last nie assignment is due 16th november haha. 要加油！

i attended the cme workshop today and it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. i actually learnt something, lol. let's just hope the 2nd session fares better =) next session i'll receive the certificate of participation which qualifies me to teach cme, hehe!

i'm so glad jolin has been posted back to tkss! other updates on the girls: xiaohui's going to millenia institute, grace to anderson jc, yinjern to northbrooks sec and angeline to punggol sec. in total, 4 from the class of 15 have been posted to jcs. now all we need is for miss lian and dr ivy tan to sayang us one last time before we leave nie!

i called st andrew's today to confirm my posting, and they called me back almost immediately to chat about my deployment - many geog classes and few english classes >.< i suspect that i'll be getting sec3s so i better start brushing up on physical geog!

***

random pictures:

guides rules!

the sec2 boys whom i taught last year are slightly grown up now =)

some of my teacher's day presents! =D

postings are out

2007-11-11T01:27:00.000+08:00

the postings are out and i've been posted to st andrew's sec. =/

yes, an all boy's school.

i'm really worried, i don't think i can handle boys very well. when boys are grouped together they can be quite bad. and i miss bowen so much. i miss my students, and i really miss my wonderful colleagues/mentors who have been so nice to me in everyway. i was so set on going back to bowen, i already know my possible deployment and where i would be sitting at.

but now there's a total change of environment.

i don't get it. why st andrew's when bowen itself is short of geography teachers? i taught there for both contract and practicum, i applied through principal and principal requested for me too. dorothy and terence got back bowen, but not shuhui (who's going srjc) and i. even zhonghua is short, and i have to be posted to a school that's quite some distance from my place. i know st andrew's is only 1 stop away from serangoon mrt or a half-hour bus journey by 147, but bowen is a 10 min journey and zhonghua is within walking distance from my home. i detest the posting by equal misery concept, grr.

there's a critical shortage of geography and social studies teachers nationwide, so the posting has been really weird. so far i know minghui's posted back to kranji (lucky her), georgina's posted changkat changi (poor aiai) and yijun's posted to zhenghua sec (which is really far for her). im crossing my fingers for jolin to return to tanjong katong sec, and all the rest to schools that they'll be comfortable with.

i shouldn't be upset, it's all in god's plans, he knows what's best for me.

but i can't help feeling sad because this is really too sudden.

i better start preparing my lesson slides during the holidays. heard that there's only 1 geography teacher there, how sad >.<

facebook

2007-10-09T23:49:00.000+08:00

oh my god, facebook is so fun! :D i can keep a pet, send ice cream and chocolates, decorate my room and draw graffiti on my friends' walls!

i received a facebook invitation long ago from somebody and i was like, not another one ~_~ i mean, so many virtual communities sprung up after friendster got famous and they were rather repetitive in nature, so i had simply chucked the invitation into the trash bin. it was not only darling told me about the cool stuff you could do in facebook that i accepted minghui's invitation.

now the gang of lady geographers are addicted to facebook, horhor minghui!

***

practicum was okay except for the presence of G and T. sighs i miss the students so much. i especially miss my 3E1 very much! and the lovely girls from 2E5! and 2E2! hope MOE sends me back >.<

i made 3E1 take a picture with me during the last week of practicum, this was the class i spent most time with, they are really a bunch of lovely students though they are quite dead in class ~_~

primary school gathering

2007-08-02T23:42:00.001+08:00

a special event occurred last saturday night =)

my primary school class, 6A'1996 of zhonghua primary school, had this sudden urge to meet up after like 11 years after graduation. i missed the first gathering which took place in june because i was in hong kong, so i really wanted to attend the second one to see how we had changed over the years.

it was pretty amazing to meet up again. 18 of us turned up at fionafoo's place at sengkang and i must say that her apartment is damn chio can. it's like one of those designer houses that you see on tv, she and her husband must have spent a fortune dolling up their home-sweet-home. i was inspired to get married to darrell straight away so that i could also doll up my own place, but we money no enough to do so leh, sobs.

i digress.

the education system in singapore is such that we all go through it in a mad rush, so i guess we were all too busy with school to find time to meet. it is often only upon graduation from school life that you start reminiscing about the days you spent as students and that's when there is the desire to meet to see how everyone else is doing.

i guess many people who are already in adulthood would have vague memories of their primary school life and would probably not remember the funny things that we had done as children. i've always thought that i was the weird one who could remember the names of all my primary school classmates and even who were best friends with whom.

so i was pleasantly surprised when we started reminiscing about our childhood days. most of them could remember certain significant events, like who liked who and who sat next to who. the guys started complaining about how the girls used to pinch and bully them, hehe, those were the days of boys vs girls rivalry.

to summarise a little: leeteng is now an up-and-coming tv host; bennylee is our rich towkaylee complete with a knn chio SLK, vertu cellphone and montblant pen; fiona and kershin are getting married next may; fiona, kaiwei, jiamei, liping, june, angelinechen and yanting are working in the private sector; helin and feiee are still job-hunting; kershin and i are teachers; aidi, kiankiat, kokwai, xiwen and lloyd are still studying.

we got so carried away that some of us who are still studying are planning to make and present a teachers' day card to mrs foo, our teacher who saw us through since primary 4 on teachers' day. we're calling for old photographs and signatures to be included in the card, let's hope that most of us will make the effort to jpeg some over to aidi and lloyd =) we're so sweet eh? =)

lovely kiddos

2007-07-23T22:39:00.000+08:00

muacks, enen and minmin.

back in bowen

2007-07-09T00:43:00.000+08:00

miss huang was posted back to bowen sec for her practicum and she is really happy because she has got nice CTs and okay classes. she is still getting used to 2e2 and 2e5, and it really requires alot out of miss huang to match names to faces in both of the classes. miss huang is oh so blur and forgetful thus she often only remembers half the class. luckily she has 3e1 for english and she still remembers those who were in her geography class last year. miss huang needs to use less singlish during english class and must strive to motivate this class of intelligent boys and girls.

miss huang is more confident in teaching now, and tries her best to create interesting powerpoints and lesson activities. she is not very good with grasping the time needed for covering content yet so she has tried to be less ambitious and is improving as the lessons go by. she is mindful that she needs to constantly check for student understanding so she's always racking her brain for simple class tasks to guage the degree of learning that has taken place. she hopes her students appreciate her efforts and hopes that her practicum will be a happy experience for her.

miss huang conducts a class profiling activity with all her classes to find out about the interests and learning styles of her students so that she can try to cater to their needs. her students have reflected that they want to know about miss huang too and they have requested for her blog address. miss huang is now in a dilemma because her blog contains really personal stuff which she is not comfortable with sharing. plus miss huang is also a lazy blogger who updates once in a blue moon. aiyo, miss huang head big big >.<

hong kong trip '07 day 1

2007-06-10T01:41:00.000+08:00

i've just returned from a 5-day trip to hongkong which includes a day at disneyland :D

i'm a very happy girl because i bought tons of cheap accessories, clothes and bags plus 1 pair of shoes xD

i'm a very very happy girl because i got to photo-whore with minnie, pooh, chip & dale, alice in wonderland, goofy & pluto xDD

i'm a very very very happy girl because i had breakfast with mickey, minnie, goofy and pluto xDDD

so you can see that i totally enjoyed hongkong :DD

plus staying 24h with darling for 4-and-a-half days was really a lovely affair :DDD

darling's parents were kind enough to sponsor the trip and daddy gave me money to spend in hong kong because he won money from 4-d with my birthdate. so my trip was practically free hehe! i'm so blessed! :DDDD

and what's a holiday trip without photo-whoring hehe:

day 1

darling and i whoring at changi airport.. both of us woke around 4am and it's amazing that we don't look half dead heh

view from my window seat: the plane's wing, the hdb flats after the plane took off and the lovely fluffy clouds!

whoring again on the plane! darling is my lovely precious!

we arrived at the hong kong international airport after a smooth 3+ hours flight on board cathay pacific..

picturesque mountains at lantau island and the stunning bridge linking lantau island to the kowloon area..

we stayed at the royal plaza hotel which i thought had really good service and whose location was terrific: fa yuen kai street market, nathan road and ladies market etc are within walkable distance from the hotel. royal plaza hotel also houses the grand century shopping mall so it's really convenient if you need food or toiletries urgently. there is a cinema, food court, various boutiques and even a popular in the shopping mall :D

our first stop: the street market of fa yuen kai, a good place for bargain hunts! the stall-owners don't overprice their goods here unlike the stalls over at ladies market. however, the variety of stuff sold here cannot be compared to ladies market

darling devouring curry fish balls :D at ladies market

i love the colourful signboards of hongkong nights

grace's wedding

2007-05-09T12:48:00.000+08:00

attending my first ever good friend's wedding!
i guess there'll be many more to come, and angeline has offered to be my wedding's host, hehe =)

grace's church wedding at renewal centre was lovely and sweet, all who attended could really feel the special love that they shared. i have always liked church weddings, they become very special, sacred and meaningful to be blessed by God in holy matrimony. both benny and grace were moved to tears when they exchanged their wedding vows, how touching =)

nie trainees and dr ivy tan

the cute litte ring bearer and flower girl! i was just thinking that my nieces enen and minmin will the just the right age for this when i get married. now i need little ring bearers. anyone willing to loan their nephews? haha!

the pretty princess and her proud papa. i love her wedding gown!

the pastor blessing the lovely couple.

the blessed couple signing the rom papers and thanking the crowd.

xiaohui wants to be the next bride!

the geography girls!

2007-05-05T21:41:00.001+08:00

practicum matters

2007-05-05T03:29:00.000+08:00

practicum posting will be out 14th may. i'm crossing my fingers and toes for my posting back to b0wen!

in light of b0wen, here are some pictures i dug out from msn's received files folder:

then-hod michael presenting me farewell flowers.. he's the guy on tv who jumped in the air when he won the macdonald's 24/7 delivery lucky draw! $10 000 leh!

the humanities department having lunch at siam kitchen on the day of our year-end department meeting.. courtesy of dear hod matthias!

my bobo! this huge tortoise was a farewell gift from the geography department =))) <3 <3 <3 to jessica, sandra, monica and ida!

valentines' day collage for dar

2007-03-14T00:35:00.000+08:00

dar treated me to a cable-car dining experience for 2007's pre-valentine's day celebration. the food was lovely, the experience was interesting, and my company was terrific :D highly recommended if you think that paktor in singapore is boring.

thankyou darling!

sorry darling, for the major disagreement that we had some weeks ago. you know that i really love you!

***

i have no artistic talent -.-

i cannot draw for peanuts, cashew nuts pistacho nuts and walnuts.

i really want to take a scrapbooking course. anybody wants to accompany me?

reason for: busy busy busy

2007-03-13T22:53:00.000+08:00

i have been so totally swamped with lesson plans, lesson plans, and more lesson plans.. perpetually busy all the time T_T

one may look at our nie timetables and say that we have it easy. i currently have 23 hours of lessons per week but that is not an actual definition of the time i spend "studying" in nie! there are readings to be done, individual assignments to be completed, group projects to be discussed, microteaching lessons to be conducted, as well as service learning activities to be carried out.

whoever said nie was easy-peasy! *growls

the english module is all about microteaching and how to enrich/enhance language ability rather than testing. That means lesser compre/compo drills but more focus on meaningful lessons for richer learning.

the geography module backs the unit-by-design model of teaching which is all about big ideas, enduring understandings, essential questions and performance-based assessments. That means helping students to understand what they are learning rather than giving facts and more facts.

then there is the educational psychology component where are countless instructional strategies for effective learning in students.

in a nutshell, my first semester of nie means being introduced to all the idealistic notions of education which promotes student-centred learning and critical thinking.

the whole paradigm of education has shifted and i really think kids nowadays learn more meaningfully in schools compared to during my time. teachers are no more authoritative figures to be revered and feared, they are now educators who cater to the needs of their pupils and engage their pupils in meaningful lessons which promote higher level thinking and scaffold metacognitive development.

i love the analogy by byrnes, where a student's knowledge is like a brick wall and each brick is a piece of information that is interconnected to other pieces of information. i think teaching used to be of teachers building up a wall in students' minds, while teaching now is more of providing the bricks to students who try to lay the wall themselves.

however, i mentioned earlier that these notions of education are quite idealistic. the current education system is still very exam-focused and it is a very tricky issue to try to revamp the system because it is very difficult to set a standard for formative assessment. it is also hard to translate the "teach less learn more" model in lessons when you have students whose parents were educated in the traditional way where more notes and more homework means that you are a good teacher.

yijun's msn nick reads, "only the brave should teach". what do you think?

microteaching

2007-02-27T23:56:00.000+08:00

quote, discipline master of the school where i had microteaching for english:

our sec 1 kids are actually primary school children disguised in secondary school uniform.

how true! a really rambunctious class of monkeys! >.<

***

and a small trivia:

do you know that the whiteboards in singapore schools are actually tilted slightly at about 85 degrees? it is to prevent reflection of the ceiling lights and minimise glaring.

how smart! :D

the funny things people say

2007-02-04T01:44:00.000+08:00

i met dear joanna and nitz yesterday night at holland village for dinner at thai express. the fried-glass-noodles-with-chicken thing that jo ate was really good! then we popped over to essential brews to chill out and have dessert.

i tell you, i'll never visit that place again.

nitz's vodka lime had almost no vodka at all. okay, maybe the restaurant was stingy with their alcohol. i had ordered a cookie mookie shake, some oreo ice-blend shake thing that you can find in most restaurants. i also had confidently announced to jo and nitz that nothing could really go wrong with my drink. jo took the first sip and kept quiet, nitz took the next and said that something could really go wrong indeed. it was the worst oreo shake ever, being extremely diluted and all. so much for my $6.25.

anyways, nitz shared about the langauge boo boos made by her micro-teaching classmates, like:

teacher: "okay class, we have a small little problem ..."
so the use of synonyms was for emphasis...? hehe

teacher: "students, please raise up your hands if you know the answers"
lol. *pictures kids raising up their hands muahahah*

geddit?

blog revamp version 5

2007-02-02T03:01:00.000+08:00

so i have finally injected some form of life back into my blog.

the banner is not ready yet, im too tired to continue anymore for the night because ict class is at 8.30am tomorrow morning.

this is revamp version 5, a very simple layout in basic colours of pink and white. the original designer had released it for wordpress, but i've altered the codes slightly to suit blogspot. the theme for version 5 shall be cute-ness so as to reflect the cosy room in hall 15 which xiaoyun and i share =)

hope i have time to update more regularly. micro-teaching will start next week and the individual assignments for ict and ed pysch 1 are due soon =( plus it doesn't help that certain individuals in nie are in muggeration mode.

i think we all prefer teaching than studying :P

leaving bowen

2006-12-13T18:25:00.000+08:00

i was sad on the day i got my posting to bowen.

but God knew what was best for me =)

sec 3 express geography fieldtrip to surang buaya. this is class 3E4 which consists of a very pleasant bunch of kids, playful and cheeky, but helpful and nice.

fat me, my mentor jessica, and fellow geography colleague ida. we are surrounded by dragonfruits grown in the organic way =)

so i spent 4 happy months teaching in bowen. though i must admit that the first few weeks were spent crying miserably at night while my first taste of examination marking was a really bitter experience. i was looking forward to another half a year of teaching sec 1 e/n(a) geography and, gulp, sec 4 n(a) english, when my nie letter come unexpectedly.

its funny how these highly important letters are, however, prone to arrive at the very last minute. i think my other contract teaching colleague, sean, has gotten his too, only kodi hasn't received hers. ironically, kodi was the earliest to have been posted to bowen amongst us three. i guess it's got something to do with the subjects that we're doing for the january intake. oh well.

nie means it's back to studying again. i like. =D

nie also means ulu boon lay hill, which is a good 2.5 to 3 hour journey from my place during morning rush hour traffic. yikes. i've applied for hall instead, and should be sharing a room with xiaoyun. i think i forsee us playing games into the wee hours of the nights though hehe.

plus i'll strive to lose weight in nie! =D

i will miss bowen.

colleagues sandra, suping, andrea and me posing for the camera during the staff dinner. singapore is indeed small, sandra was 3 years my senior in zhonghua, suping lived down my corridor in temasek hall, and andrea's dad and my uncle are colleagues in yckss. sean, the "hen-shuai-de-li-lao-shi" lurks behind, hehe.

happy one year

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

happy one year darling!

darling, you have been a terrific dar this one year, always putting up with my nonsense in the best way that you can. i really cherish your little acts of tender loving care; like stocking up my snack cupboard both at home and in school, carrying my huge bag and laptop, cheering me up when i'm down, helping me mark my students' assignments, surprising me with the little twin stars and precious moment accessories..... being the loveliest boyfriend that i can ever have. i love you a whole lot, stay with me til i'm toothless and wrinkly =)

we'll miss you, yuyuan!

2006-10-06T23:52:00.000+08:00

i'm still waiting for the vp to finish the vetting my end-of-year paper before i can start printing, so i'm rather free now and hence this post. jess said that my paper was well set and very original, i'm elated xD

i've officially stopped maple now that i'm working, so in my free time i do stuff like this:

we met up at citylink's new york new york to celebrate jacq's birthday, and loved the cosy atmosphere, however, the queue was petrifying.

***

so yuyuan, the hello kitty fanatic, has finally left for japan, after waiting an eternity for her scholarship for the overseas exchange to be approved.

the aj gang sent her off on monday and i think she's now safely accomodated and well in japan, though her msn nick still reads "heart in singapore still". this woman lost her heart to japan during her summer term in japan last semester, and almost didn't want to return back to singapore, so i'm not sure how long her current nick will last :P

we gave her a very sweet scrapbook containing photos and messages etc to remember us by, kudos to jacq for crafting the lovely design =)

convocation

2006-08-21T21:51:00.000+08:00

my blog is almost dead.

i'm too busy with work to update regularly and i don't want the kids to accidentally stumble across my blog and read my musings.

i want to keep the url though, so this almost-dead blog page will continue to float around in cyberspace =)

working is not-so-fun indeed.

i'm teaching geography and english at b0wen secondary now, and i must say that it has really been a blessing to have a very supportive mentor as well as other helpful colleagues. the kids are naughty, but i guess they are generally an appreciative lot who are motivated enough to study for examinations. i've heard various traumatic experiences of fellow contract teachers during the teacher preparatory training programme and i thank God that mine weren't half as bad. my timetable is pretty slack, compared to friends like xiaoyun. i get a nice personal desk, unlike the nie trainees who have to share desks in the i-room. i get to share teaching resources with other teachers in my department so i don't really have to come up with my own sios or ppt slides. i even get the chance to set internal examination papers to gain more exposure. i'm a lucky girl =)

i'm just going to put up my convocation photos and go to bed =)
(boy, teachers do have to wake up bloody early)

proud papa, mama and me =)

darling, it'll be your turn next year, i love you!

i hate pictures with jacq, she makes me look really short. dearest buddy, we've been doing geography together since jc year 1, congrats on merit in your BA =) all the best, i think hdb is a really nice place to work at!

belated birthday post

2006-07-12T23:56:00.000+08:00

dar threw a really nice 22nd birthday party for me =)

it was meant to be a surprise from dar to make up for my 21st, but i spoilt it >.< nevertheless, it was a really sweet weekend and i enjoyed myself very much.

i know its terribly late, but thankyou all who came and made my day =)

bigger thankyous for danial, ee-laine, ben, mark, xiaoyun, cat, jenn, jacq and joanna for helping in one way or another.

muack to qi <3

big fat muacks to dar <3<3<3

arts graduate

2006-05-25T15:27:00.000+08:00

YAY~

thankyou Lord!

though it's only a bachelor of arts pass degree (i had aimed for at least a credit pass only to see my cap fall steadily through the semesters -___-)

oh well. this ends the studying stage, period :D

tagged

2006-05-22T23:53:00.000+08:00

br1ghtst4r is 20% away from level 64 :D
win both mr and mrs moons' clerics already!

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derek told me this: Once you are tagged you MUST write a blog about your 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next six people to be tagged and list their names..

1. i need to wash my feet everytime i go near the vicinity of the toilet at home. i suffer from sweaty feet and palms, so it is absolutely necessary to get rid of the icky sweaty feeling.

2. i bite the loose skin in the mouth area. i do it so often that it's become a sub-conscious act and give people the impression that i'm always pouting. i don't really know how to rectify this habit, lol.

3. i shake my leg or wriggle my toes really alot.

4. i stroke and play with my hair really alot too.

5. i sleep with my feet facing the bed's headboard. it's really weird i know.

6. i eat the best part of the meal last. haha, okay, this is quite common but i don't know what other weird habits i have anymore :P

***

hmz, evil me shall now tag dar, enviro, jensie, joanna, darkie kor and qiqi!

ramblings

2006-05-17T00:37:00.000+08:00

i'm still chiong-ing maple, chimpB is in retirement while br1ghtst4r is nearly 60. school holidays are coming soon and the kids will be flooding maple, so i'm in a hurry to reach as high a level as possible.

i haven't been able to lose much weight.

i'm worried sick over the release of my final semester's results.

i'm in the midst of planning a trip to hongkong with jacq and shuyun, the taiwan one was cancelled due to financial constrains. i'm looking forward to hongkong disneyland though :D

i don't know how i'll spend my time til july 24th -_- xiaoyun.. how >.<

hiatus

2006-05-08T22:50:00.000+08:00

i think i might not be able to graduate from nus, lol.

taking a hiatus from blogging for some time, i'm chiong-ing maple xD

***

happy 7th month darling =)

d-day

2006-04-25T20:24:00.000+08:00

dar's and my papers start tomorrow. d-day T_T

i'm officially screwed, i spend more time marking tuition assignments and watching tv than mugging.

but anyways, dar and i had a pre-examination munchie splurge today. sakae sushi tea-time buffet and free ben&jerry's at suntec. yum.

dollies

2006-04-14T19:57:00.000+08:00

when i'm sick and tired of mugging, this is what i do :P

dar says this looks like a kinky OL >.<

this one is dar's creation :P

crimson balrog

2006-04-12T23:39:00.000+08:00

i finally hit lv 40 on maple, so i decided to bring br1ghtst4r back to victoria island to train on wraiths and zombie lupins. dar and i met 2 crimson balrogs on the ship back, and i was killed taking this screenshot.

sighs >.<

6th months with sweet dar

2006-04-09T10:04:00.000+08:00

keke.

dar and i = 6 months yesterday!

and silly dar gave me a precious moment musical jewellery box! i like i like! =D i'm mad over such trinklet boxes, i'll drool if they tinkle music! the pooh one from jen from the secondary school days still sits proudly on my desk, the new one shall join it =D

*happy!

runaway lala

2006-04-06T15:06:00.000+08:00

lazy lazy.

tuition takes away lots of time =( br1ghtst4r has been stuck at 36 and chimpB at 37 for a longish time, and juan claims that i have a permanent zombified look which renders me desperately in need of sleep.

after philo essay deadline on friday, i have to start mugging le. i met yuyuan and jacq at the coffee express outlet in arts yesterday and they expressed genuine concern when i told them about my cap score. sighs. i stupid.

***

anyways, my lala is a naughty hamster.

lala's hamster cage is the plastic space capsule type to which u can attach extra compartments for the hamster to roam about in. what happened was that one of the covers got loosened and she managed to sneak out from her cage after some effort at pushing against that particular cover. then she went for a happy little crawl-about around the apartment, finally landing up in the master bedroom toilet. my mom woke up to visit the toilet and found lala busily licking the water pipe -___-" that led to daddy nagging "ni-men-mei-you-gei-ta-he-shui!" aiyoh >.<

but the baffling thing was how she managed to even crawl to the master bedroom toilet. it's been so sweltering hot recently so in order to save money yet enjoy air-con, my sister and i sleep on mattresses in our parents' room. there is no way lala can crawl to the master bedroom toilet without first crawling over our mattresses. i wonder if she crawled over the sleeping me lol. silly lala :P

lala~

couple ring

2006-03-26T22:56:00.000+08:00

dar..

the couple rings will expire tomorrow.

but not us =)

idoloveyou!

***

i complained about daddy's decision at granny's house today, in a bid to arouse qiqi's fighting spirit a little.

isn't it the same? that pekpek and gugu sacrifised their studies so that shushus can go uni. so let me try to put my sister through uni. please.

i'm glad dar can understand how i feel towards my sister. i don't need her to repay me in any form, all i want is for her to be happy. then i'll be happy.

***

i sigh a little when my friends complain about their parents not buying them their own cars etc. i had to beg for a chance to enter nus. otherwise, i would have been in nie now.

***

but...

i have this naggy feeling that i'll somehow fail this semester and then moe will withdraw my teaching contract.

*shudders*

it cannot happen, it must not happen. not when i need to put my sister through uni.

(f4)

random

2006-03-24T01:33:00.000+08:00

was already not in the best of mood, so when my sister told me that daddy specifically wanted her to work first, i flipped.

so i ranted and hollered and went into the room and refused to talk to anyone else.

now the old ones are muttering outside.

i don't care.

i don't see why qiqi should be denied her chance at a bachelor's degree. mahmah gave me quite some money to help tie over my course fees. i know part of the money can go into her education, mahmah gave the money to me, i think i have the choice on what to do with the money. i'll take on more tuition if you don't want to spare the money, i won't ask for it.

i'm flipping mad. livid.

friendships

2006-03-23T22:18:00.000+08:00

why are friendships so fragile?

interpersonal relationships are too difficult for me. i try to be nice to everybody, yet sometimes i get into trouble for a minor something.

to quote a close friend, sometimes i just wish to stay at home and play game and hide away from the rest of the world.

i wish i really could.

a post to remind myself

2006-03-20T01:24:00.000+08:00

my buddy nitz writes beautifully.

she doesn't blog often, but her entries are always so heartstring-tugging. so much so that i got conned into believing it was her personal experience lol (remember the holland road burger king where the truth leaked :P)

anyways, to copy dearie joanna, i quote nitz too :P

***

Dear Boy,

What will it take for you to see how much you mean to her? Have you noticed the tears in her eyes, the tears she hides with her smile? She'd give the world for you, boy, but you choose only to see the mistakes she makes, the wrong things she might say, the flaws on her face. Why do all these things mean so much more to you, than the wonderful selfless things she's done for you? You've forgotten, boy, you've forgotten to be thankful, grateful and appreciative.

Look, boy, she isn't gonna be here forever cuz forever doesn't exist, though you seem to believe it does. What she feels for you now, now, that is real. But tomorrow, someone who appreciates her will come along and take her hand in his. Then, it'd be too late. So, think of all the things, big or small, she's done for you. And then think to see if you have done anything nice for her lately, anything at all. If it suddenly hits you, that what you've done for her is nothing compared to what she's done for you, the reason is really simple: she cares for you, maybe too much, it doesn't matter to her, but you, you just don't care at all, or at least not nearly enough.

If you're paying any attention, boy, I hope you know what you should do next: Grab her, i say, hold her, and tell her just how much you appreciate everything she's done for you. Better yet, Show her - show her you love her for the person she is, for caring so much, for her selfless acts of love and kindness; show her you care enough to do nice things for her too; just show her that she matters to you, though she may not mean to you as much as you mean to her.

You know, boy, it is not every day in our lives on this earth, that we come across special people: people who love us more than we can possibly love them, people who love us more than we love ourselves. These are the people who love us for who we are; they look past our mistakes and flaws, they forgive us so easily, it seems as though they've forgotten that we keep making the same mistakes again and again. They are the ones, boy, who always have a ready smile, hugs and kisses to lift us up when we're down. They are always so happy to see us, we can't help feeling good about ourselves too. Boy, you're so lucky, because she is all these and more. She's more than special and I don't know if you'll ever meet someone like her again. So, treasure what you have boy, and what you have, is a really special person whom you'll regret not caring for, if one day, she turns her back on you and leaves.

You know what the saddest thing is? Right now, no matter whether you love her in return, or show her any appreciation, she'll still be by your side. Her ever-ready smile and sweet words will always be there, for you. But, even she doesn't know that one day, when someone who loves her more than she loves you, comes along, she will go, leave you, for him. And you know, that she does deserve that happiness. Because for how long can she love and serve you silently, without receiving reciprocation of any sort? For how long, boy, for how long?

Boy, it is really not too late. Her heart is still in your hands, and will be, for some time. Act while you can, trust me. She needs no fancy gifts or expensive dinners and you know that. All that you have to do, is be nice, be appreciative: words of thanks and bright, sincere smiles when you see her - those are more than enough. Those will keep her happy for a long long time, believe me.

If you can appreciate her love for you, someday soon, please learn to love her in return, for there's no greater joy in the world than being loved more than you love. That's a sacrifice she's willing to make, because she knows, she knows she loves and will always love you far more than you can ever love her. That's what makes her so special, so beautiful, don't you think? It's all up to you, boy. You decide, but remember, time is not necessarily on your side, or hers.

God bless!

Regards,
Someone who cares. About you.

***

sweet eh?

i know it's addressing a guy, but i'll switch the gender around in my case.

this lovely entry reminds me to keep myself in check. to cherish what i have now.

dar is such a great boyfriend, i'll be hanged if i don't treasure him properly. i'm sorry for all the nonsense so far, i know i haven't been exactly a good girlfriend.

you just want me by your side. always.

i'll try my best, dar.

raidond and br1ghtst4r

2006-03-19T22:19:00.000+08:00

assignment deadlines are suffocating me =(

examinations are nearly a month away.

i'm fat. i'm developing a double chin. argh.

i haven't planned my graduation trip properly yet. shuyun, jacq and i have tentative plans for taiwan this july.

i'm tired and sleepy.

where're my cheesecake and caramel ice-blended?!

***

i love my brown kitty. [star meooow!]
and my diamond tiara.
and my brown rose haircut.
and my lollipop
and my pico hammer.
and my sky blue umbrella.
and my black tube. [though it's lvl50 -_-"]

chimpB and br1ghtst4r are extremely happy =D

magical characters are just so me.

i've always used magical characters in the mmorpgs that i play, so i thought i would try out a bowman instead in maple, but i guess i really like playing cleric much much more. <3<3<3 heal!

sorry i didn't blog-wish you happy 5th month, i was without internet access, then didn't want to blog on your laptop >_<" don't grouchy le, muacks!

bb loves dar so =)

truth tags

2006-02-27T10:33:00.000+08:00

tomorow's deadline for the first philo essay and i'm still clueless to what i'm supposed to write. i haven't attended a single philo lecture since the first one, neither have i watched the webcasts. why did i take philo in the first place and not some other faculty gem/ss that i can s/u? =(

i woke up early this morning, 8am, to re-read meno and start on my essay.

but ended up doing things like:
- check mail
- drank meiji coffee milk, courtesy of dar
- check friendster, where i peeked at leeteng's (yes, that yes 933 dj + project superhost contestant) profile :P this guy is my primary school classmate, he still has that "hehhehheh, i'm a horny se-peh-peh" leering look wahahaha! =D so did he win last night?

something tells me that i will have to stay up the whole night for the philo essay >.<" *** copied this from a friend.

Rules: Bold (okay, i coloured them instead :P) the following that are true about you, italicize things you wish were true, add one true thing about you, and then tag five more people.

I miss somebody right now.
I don't watch much TV these days.
I love olives.
I own lots of books.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I'm TOTALLY smart.
I've broken someone's bones.
I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
I hate the rain.
I'm paranoid at times.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I love sushi.
I talk really, really fast.
I have fresh breath in the morning.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
I like the way that I look.
I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I think prostitution should be legalized.
I think Britney Spears is pretty.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
I have a lot of friends.
I am currently single.
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
I enjoy window shopping.
I would rather shop than eat.
I would classify myself as ghetto.
I'm bourgie and have worn a sweater tied around my shoulders.
I'm obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal WordPress blog.
I don't hate anyone.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in (a) God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I currently like someone.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
I have at least 5 away messages saved.
I have tried alcohol before.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal.
When I was a kid I played "the birds and the bees" with a neighbour or chum.
I enjoy some country music.
I would die for my best friends.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I watch soap operas whenever I can.
I'm obsessive, and often a perfectionist.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
I have dated a close friend's ex.
I like surveys/memes.
I am happy at this moment.
Democrat.
Conservative Republican.
I am punk rockish.
I am preppy.
I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
I study for tests most of the time.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
I believe in prophetic dreams.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient on a musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules.
I went to college out of state.
I am adopted.
I like sausage.
I love the Red Sox.
I have thrown up from crying too much.
I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colors.
I love Dear Abby.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I think school is awesome.
I think pigtails serve a purpose.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing. (it is way too long.. -.-")
I don't like multi-textured ice cream.
I think John Cusack is adorable.
I watch Food Network way too much.
I love coaching youth sports.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I would not be friends if they weren't family.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I know who Santos L. Halper is.
I read trashy romance novels and I am ashamed.
I love wrestling.
I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
I'm an artist.
I have a goal to collect every Johnny Depp movie ever made.
I have an unhealthy Taco Bell obsession.
I have had a crush on a cartoon character when I was a kid.
I have spent more on anime and manga than many spend on computers or other high end products.
I only clean my room when neccesary.
Weight is my enemy!
I own soft toys.

happy valentine's day

2006-02-14T21:55:00.000+08:00

happy valentine's day!

i got my present on the saturday before vday =D dar collaborated with my sister to give me a surprise after i returned home from tuition. thankyou dar! *silly grins*

ah-gong and the flowers

dar and i spent our first valentine's day quietly, but sweetly together =) it was dinner at fish and co's, then the parading of my flowers and his ah-toot around plaza sing, and finally home sweet home.

belated cny post

2006-02-09T00:27:00.000+08:00

i owe juan and ling this one. its damn late though i know :P

2006's chinese new year felt funny. i'm still not used to the changes.

mahmah did away with the reunion dinner on chinese new year's eve as well as the steamboat affair on chu-er. these two events have been the major cny highlights of the family for as long as i can remember, so it was a pretty traumatic experience to all i guess. the chu-er steamboat affair was replaced by a 11-course dinner at the mouth restaurant, which served pretty good food, but i had much fonder memories of our traditional steamboat dinners >.<"

***

* da-nian-chu-yi!

it was just juan, qi and i at mahmah's house. later, we were sleeping on mahmah's bed when lao-er's family came to bai-nian. then lao-er came into the room, demanding to join in our girls' talk. sheesh!

* da-nian-chu-er!

.
presenting cutie-pie enen! she's only barely 14 months old and she's able to waddle around like she owns the house :D we love her to bits!

qi, juan, ling and i were enjoying the air-con and nua-ing on mahmah's bed as usual ;p we're a pretty nice combination hee; 19, 17, 15 and 21 respectively =D

pretty smiles at the restaurant =D the irritating cheena waiters at the restaurant kept pouring chinese tea into our ice lemon teas -___-" chinese tea got leaves one, sotong!

***

cousin dearies, we have all grown up =)

remember the good old days when we were still little kids playing play dough at mahmah's house? bad ping tryannised us all, silly ling was just a baby then, and ben joined us in all our girl-games.

.
little kids, we were =D

parting shot:

i love my babes <3<3<3

happy 4th month

2006-02-08T23:21:00.000+08:00

happy 4th month, darling!

i'm not a sweet gf, but i really do cherish you! *_*

***

JENNIFER TAN XIUMIN:

wei! u play in aquila? what nick? and don't sell the bowman stuff, i want! haha :P i'm chimpB, add as buddy!

lang and internet

2006-01-26T15:03:00.000+08:00

el3216 lang and internet is fun :D

we get to go on the course's chat-site to talk cock and i can even blog in class.

***

from pearlene:

You scored as Journalism. You are an aspiring journalist, and you should major in journalism! Like me, you are passionate about writing and expressing yourself, and you want the world to understand your beliefs through writing.

English

100%

Journalism

100%

Dance

75%

Sociology

75%

Linguistics

75%

Theater

75%

Anthropology

75%

Art

67%

Engineering

50%

Philosophy

50%

Psychology

33%

Mathematics

17%

Biology

Chemistry

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
created with QuizFarm.com

hehe. i majored in the correct field! :D

of dysphoria and maplesea

2006-01-24T22:35:00.000+08:00

this particular sms made me very, very sad.

i don't know, it's been 5 semesters.

i was feeling pretty miserable from my flu already, then the sms kinda triggered off the overcharged hormones and i started weeping.

very silly of me. bah.

it's retribution i say, for pangseh-ing joanna for tuesday's language and internet. *i can foresee jo's head nodding vehemently in agreement. sorry la babe, dar didn't have enough points to bid for tuesday's slot =(

***

oh well.

i've been busy with maple, tuition and school lately, so i haven't gotten much time left to blog.

go on, laugh at me. i know i told my gaming friends that i wouldn't touch maple for peanuts, but then again my sister downloaded the game and started whacking snails and shrooms right under my nose. so naturally, i couldn't resist the temptation and started my own account. i even got dar hooked on maple, muahahaha :P

but my preferences are:
1. pristontale
2. roseonline
3. ragnarok
4. maplesea

can you just imagine a gamer teacher? lol :P

i'm considered a mild gamer, i think mrs moon chiong game alot more than i do. on the bright side, we have something in common with our monkeys. therefore, it is absolutely necessary to chiong more levels and become pro so that we can *pwned* the monkeys.

me and my twisted theories. muahaha :P

*flu, flu, go away. can you cut off my nose?

henceforth i have to graduate

2006-01-18T23:21:00.000+08:00

weeeee*

just completed GAPS classification..

Registration for Graduation Completed. Thank you!

The Faculty has noted your intention to graduate this semester.

i don't wana start working!

verdict

2006-01-14T23:00:00.000+08:00

moe is freaking mean.

the interview letter stated that i would receive the interview outcome results in 15 working days, and truly enough, they made me wait 15 full days before my appointment letter finally came. *slaps head*

***

so the verdict's out, and i've been selected for appointment as a GEO 1.2 (untrained) on a 1 - 1.5 year contract. which basically means contract teaching for geography and/or english. i'll only be posted to nie after the contract, subject to work performance.

this also means that i'll be officially employed by moe come 19th jan.

gee. i'm soon-to-be employed. i have a job.

***

but..

i can't say i'm particularly happy with this appointment, i've been wanting so hard to go into nie with nitz and share a room together.

and starting as an untrained teacher kinda scares me. there are 12 maximum students in each of my tuition classes, now i have to face 40. then i haven't really taught geography on a classroom scale too.. *shudders*

on the brighter side, there will be a possibility that i may enter nie in the same batch as dar =D meanwhile, i shall just cross my fingers and pray hehe.

i don't know.

i feel funny. working life, starting so soon.

what is in store for me in the next chapter of my life?

happy 3rd month

2006-01-08T02:07:00.000+08:00

happy 3rd month, darling =)

thankyou for putting up with my mood swings, for constantly bearing sweet surprises, for loving me so tenderly in your big hearted way, for being such a good bf. we're still going strong, and i'm so in love with u =)

year 3 semester 2

2006-01-07T01:27:00.001+08:00

i'm back from dar's chalet! =D

had fun drinking with the guys, it was quite funny seeing dar, danial and ravin conspiring to get mark and ben drunk. we had export strength vodka, black cat bourbon, sprite/coke mixers and carlsbergs, which was quite an amount of booze for our small party. then for entertainment, there were cards, uno, danial's ps2 and not forgetting paulie's muscle show, teehee. poor ee-laine was teased mercilessly, and poor mark got the worst of the lot, i think he puked til he had no guts left, lol ;p

bad dar drank a lot and concussed pretty soon after the party ended so i was left stuck with the still sober ravin and non-drinker danial. don't know why but the two of them kept giggling behind me >.< i retired to bed after watching the re-run of desperate housewives. next morning, they were still giggling behind me. argh >.<~

***

anyways, school is so starting. this will be my final semester in nus, and i'm a weeny bit sad already >_<

so cors round 2C bidding has ended and my modules for the coming semester are quite confirmed already =)

. EL3216 Language and the Internet

. GE3206 Space, Gender and Place

. PH1101E Reason and Persuasion

. CS1105 Computing and Society

last semester already, wish me all the best! =)

2006

2006-01-05T11:29:00.000+08:00

phew. games are so damned addictive.

i caught up on jensie's blog finally and noted her 2006 post, so i copied her post since i'm too lazy to think of things to write ;p

***

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?

/ taught class tuition.
/ having a room to myself by getting a room in TH and EH.
/ getting drunk. [bad kors >.<]
/ went on fieldtrip study cum student exchange to malaysia.
/ ate dunking donuts. [yum!]
/ highlighted my hair.
/ pampered myself with manicure and pedicure sessions.
/ accepted Christ.
/ bought stuff from guess and fcuk.
/ slimmed down to a perfect 48kg, only to put on everything back again -___-"
/ ate the seafood platter at fish and co's [yum!]
/ ate beard papa's cream puff. [yum!]
/ owned a diamond ring [love dar!]
/ bought a panasonic mobile phone. [i once swore i only use samsung]
/ getting attached to a fellow module and project mate, lol. [don't know why but most friends think its quite amazing, haha ;p]

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

didn't exactly make any since i don't usually keep them ;p

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

guess it would be my cousin sandy. i'm cheating a little because enen was born dec 2004, but it's still pretty near to 2005, hah!

4. Did anyone close to you die?

not really.

5. What countries did you visit?

malaysia >_<"

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?

uhm, a happy-all-round year?

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

/ 26th august. ww, whom i never thought would, left.
/ 8th october. dar made everything alright again =)

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

gotten a A- finally, sighs!

9. What was your biggest failure?

/ losing ww.
/ getting a digusting D+ in japanese -___-"

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

depression.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

dar's ring :D

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

dar! :D

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

nevermind.

14. Where did most of your money go?

hall fees, ouch.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

getting a room in hall and going for fieldtrip studies.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?

/ the potter's hand.
/ the heart of worship.
/ jay chou's dao dai.
/ liang jing ru's ke xi bu shi ni.
/ howdie day's collide.
/ mcfly's all about you.
/ trance tracks from maximum tune 1/2.
/ all the songs from the sound of music.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?

each was special in its own way.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

/ maintained my 48kg -___-"
/ studied more =(

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

getting moody and cranky every pms.

20. How did you spend Christmas?

lol, played 50+ rounds of daidee at dar's place.

21. Did you fall in love in 2005?

yes, happily. =)

22. What was your favorite TV program?

can't decide between lost or desperate housewives.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

i don't really know how to hate people.

24. What was the best book you read?

i read them long ago as a child, but does rereading count? the chronicles of narnia win hands down.

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?

agree with jensie: jj lin jun jie.

26. What did you want and got finally?

/ giraffe softies.
/ nodding smiley toy.
/ harry potter and the half-blood prince.
/ chronicles of narnia.
/ cross pendent.
/ pink and white adidas jacket.
/ white adidas watch.
/ a chimpanzee-loving gorilla ;p

27. What did you want and not get?

a 3rd year anniversary.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

/ willy wonka and the chocolate factory.
/ crash.
/ star wars III.
/ hauru no ugoku shiro. [studio ghibli's howl's moving castle]
/ the incredibles.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

unhappily stuck in college 7, university of malaya on my 21st birthday.

but my fieldstudies mates made it very memorable for me. ahseng papa, jacq, zhiliang, elaine, jolin, esther, jiajie, gabriel, hongyi and kenny surprised me and bee sikh at the candle-filled basketball court where they held a surprise party for us =) also got ww's surprise which was secretly and gratefully bornt by jacq, it was tender moment, though never to have again. then in the afternoon, after lecture, my m'sian group-mates surprised me with another cake. i got a birthday hug from my favourite lecturer prof peggy teo =)

30.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

being a better daughter to my parents.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?

juan says i seem to only have skirts in my wardrobe >.<

32. Who did you miss?

/ elvin.
/ ww.

33. Who was the best new person you met?

dar =)

34.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:

if you really love then learn to let go.

2006 beckons

2006-01-01T13:24:00.000+08:00

heh. wat do i say?

happy new year everyone =)

happy 23rd birthday dar

2005-12-20T01:11:00.000+08:00

HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY, DAR!!!

darrell quek lye mong! happy birthday, haha! now dar is a wiser gorilla le, must feed chimpanzee bb more bananas so that she will not be so pea-brain too! =P chimp-b wishes her gorilla all the best in his coming year, and chimp-b wants to cut birthday cake with gorilla every year! =D

sorry bb can't plan anything big for dar because bb has to go for her moe interview in the afternoon >_<" but bb's glad dar's by her side for this big occasion in her life, bb really wants to get into nie and be a good teacher in the future! the best part is that bb gets to be in the same profession as dar! =D

2nd month at the zoo

2005-12-16T01:45:00.000+08:00

teeheehee.

dar's 2nd month surprise was bringing me to the zoo! i'm such a zoo person, i turn into a kid again and start prancing around at the sight of the animals. very very fun!

as a kid, daddy used to bring my family for our yearly pilgrimage to the zoo every chinese new year. seriously, it was a really yearly event, i have dated photographs of us at the zoo as evidence! hehe!

dar, acted blur about our surprise destination and kept me guessing until we boarded bus 138 from ang mo kio. giveaway number 1! then he tried to throw me off the scent by deluding me that we were going on a food hunt (bus 138 passes by the famous casurina road roti prata and curry fish head). but the bus zoomed past and i knew we were en route to the zoo, lol, wasn't i excited! =D

singapore zoological gardens! world famous one! this is the newly upgraded entrance, anybody can recollect the older versions?

at cheers, we chanced upon rows after rows of ... giraffe soft toys! ahhh! my lovelies!

and the journey began thus ...

one of the first animals we saw, this is a siamang. i swear this monkey has muscles bigger than that of dar's. haha! =P

the information board tells us that this species is known the mugger crocodile. these crocodiles are very studious oke, don't play play!

pretty star tortoises! =D they are illegal as pets, but my cousin and cousin-in-law used to have a pair! i never knew how they got around to obtaining the tortoises, but i remember that ww and i fed them cabbages when we visited zhen during her confinement. then en grew older and the tortoises had to go >_<"

aren't these absolutely adorable? there are 4 of them eating nuts in the same posture in this picture!

posing amongst pretty flowers!

we thought that this was a charming little water fountain ...

... and made our wish together at this wishing well! hope our wish gets granted! =)

me with mah bestie buddies, the chimpanzees! hurray!

we went into the open-air jungle trail and i freaked out again as birds and butterflies fluttered about freely around me. but dearie dar was always there to shield me =D later, while we neared the exit, we got chased by monkeys >_<" i hid behind the exit doors while this monkey clung on and banged the door on the other side. poor dar stayed in the trail area to take this photograph and got chased again a little. very scary!

hunkster dar with my beloved giraffes =D

the not so majestic singapore-versioned simba

we took loads of random photos as we waited for the animial show to begin :P

foot-in-foot, in our happy little journey together =D will dar walk with me til we're both old and toothless?

dar's attempt at scenic shots..

beautiful white tigers! though they are lazy tigers haha.

parting shot at the zoo entrance =)

thankyou darling, i loved your surprise! =) *silly grin*

swirly sevens

2005-12-11T10:54:00.000+08:00

pearlene wanted me to do this =)

***

7 things that scare me:

1. cockroaches! [flying ones are the worst of the lot]
2. thoughts of bad things happening to mah family
3. thoughts of dar leaving me
4. the dark [i sleep with lights on]
5. mah grades [will i be ever able to graduate with merit =(]
6. submerging mahself into water
7. not being able to enter nie next june

7 random songs at the moment:

1. Collide - Howie Day
2. The Potter's Hand
3. Tong Hua - Guang Liang
4. Dao Dai - Jay Chou
5. Wake Me Up when September Ends - Green Day
6. Untitled - Simple Plan
7. Matchbox Romance - Promise

7 things that I like most:

1. dar :D
2. mah family
3. mah hamus
4. raffy and luffy! [plus all giraffes in general!]
5. little twin stars
6. ice cream!
7. singing [i badly want to join a choir of some sorts >_<"]

7 names i go by:

1. huang peishi
2. patsy
3. bb
4. starstar
5. sherry [few friends will know this :P]
6. shishi
7. miss ng [how my students address me]

7 important things in my room:

1. raffy and luffy
2. lappy
3. smelly bolster
4. photo albums
5. books [~haha]
6. digicam
7. makeup [no concealer i die]

7 random facts about me:

1. i have brown eyes.
2. i must drink milk and coffee everyday.
3. i'm horizontally advantaged and vertically challenged.
4. i do funny stuff when depressed.
5. my nails are so soft, they can be peeled off easily anytime.
6. i don't eat pork.
7. i get carsick all the time.

7 things I plan to do before I die:

1. learn to play both the piano and guitar.
2. be a good wife and mama.
3. adopt kids.
4. collect as many precious moments figurines as possible.
5. see snow. and ox-bow lakes, spits, tombolas, bays, wave-cut platforms, cliffs, plateus, tors, towercrasts, meanders, rapids, waterfalls, gorges...
6. speak japanese fluently.
7. go on overseas aid missions.

7 things I can do:

1. love mah dar, family and friends =)
2. sleep through 3 alarm clocks.
3. be perpetually late for school and appointments.
4. finish a container of cheese balls in a day.
5. get drunk easily. [3 tequila shots and i'm dead]
6. daydream.
7. new year shopping. stationery shopping. holiday shopping. girls' day out shopping. theraputic shopping. christmas shopping. you get the idea.

7 things I can't do:

1. stop loving dar, family and friends.
2. not drink milk and coffee daily.
3. eat pork liver, pork blood, ginger, holland beans, chicken feet etc.
4. use eyeliner or draw my eyebrows.
5. leave the house without mah concealer.
6. standing broad jump. mah huge butt weighs me down.
7. a.math, c.math and physics.

7 things I say the most:

1. heh?
2. hee!
3. oke!
4. you mad ah!
5. how now brown cow?
6. duno..
7. muahahaha

7 qualities I want in a potential boyfriend/ girlfriend:

1. loves me wholeheartedly.
2. shower tender loving care on me.
3. dote on the wannabe-princess-me.
4. be nice to my family and friends.
5. be always there for me.
6. love me for who i am.
7. never to leave me.

7 Celebrity Crushes:

1. selina, hebe and ella! :D
2. stefanie!
3. brad pitt!
4. takeshi kaneshiro!
5. jay chou!
6. david beckham!
7. charlene of twins!

7 people I want to do this too:

1. dar
2. derek
3. jensie
4. juan
5. joanna
6. nitz
7. mrs moon

***

phew, sure took me a while!

happy 2nd month

2005-12-08T01:49:00.000+08:00

mah darling:

HAPPY 2ND MONTH!

BIG [HEART]!

i do adore and cherish you! you've been so charming and dedicated, words can't describe the joy that i have of having you by my side. i just feel so protected when you're around, though sometimes i'm really afraid that you would get into trouble because of me >_<" promise never to go oke? *_*

i don't know what you have in store for me tomorrow but i know i shall have fun =D mah filthy biggie gorilla!

***

oh right. i am so facing a major DILEMMA.

i have christmas carolling at four season's hotel this coming saturday, and the next too.

but there are going to be madness sales happening at marina square, citylink mall and suntec city on theses saturdays too! i've already missed the shishedo and elizabeth arden sales last weeks, i don't want to miss out on these as well!

but i don't really have much moolah left =( stopped tuition during the months of october and november because the kids were done with their examinations. sighs!

so go carolling or borrow moolah from sister to go shop? tough decision leh! >_<"

happy 1st birthday

2005-12-08T01:10:00.000+08:00

to my adorable niece liu en:

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!!

zhen jie held en's birthday party last sunday, complete with yummilicious mee siam and poh piah buffet. it is pretty interesting to attend a baby's party, most of the guests are either more babies or toddlers with parents in tow! there'll be lots of baby garble, screaming and even crying! hehe!

there was this pretty little girl with big sparkling eyes who behaved so sweetly that all those who were present were so captivated by her demureness! both ah-di-shu-shu and er-gu-gu agreed in unison that i was like her when i was a kiddo. very very guai and sweet. but very hiao :P mummy also claims that i was the type of kid who would sit quietly on the chair and not move til i was given permission to do so. so guai right! haha!

me on my 4th birthday

i think i was pretty cute then, haha! though i don't know what happened along the way >_<"

then i also couldn't take my eyes off this little cute boy who was waddling around the dining area, digging his chubby hands into the waste bin and pulling out various used plates and cups, ie creating a mess in his own pleasure. haha! kids are just so adorable eh? =D

i love little kiddos! teehee! and i'm glad dar love kids as well! i didn't know that dar adored kids too until i saw him play with little tes(s?)a from wernie's. the little chimpy was crawling all over dar, giggling for her uncle darrell to play with her =D

enen clapped enthusiatiscally as we sang her birthday song.

i thought this was a charming little happy family photo =D the cake was to-die-for, though it cost nearly $100! *gasp!

mummy helps enen to blow out the candles!

enen looks exactly like zhen jie when she was a kiddo, like mummy, like daughter =D shall post about the resemblance some other day hee. i think baby girls should always take after their mummies. or else turn out funny, like me (i take after my papa) >_<"

happy shu-shu (oops, grand-jiu-jiu for en ;p) with happy enen :P

and enen unwraps her birthday presents! so many so many! there was nearly enough to open a mini fisherprice outlet as well as an elmo exhibition!

eusoff

2005-12-06T23:18:00.000+08:00

EDIT: post for 4th Dec

***

i moved out of pearlene's room with help from my uncle, sister and cousin. mean sister and cousin extorted a ben and jerry's treat from me as reward for their effort >_<"

mah room *_*

***

a lil' nostalgic already >_<"

will miss dar popping up every now and then with breakfast surprises, the b2 shortwingers: lisze, my zhss junior who was always there for me when i needed a comfy hug and a sympathetic ear, cheryl, who's pretty and awfully sweet with her bf and bubbly sharon, who snatches jay chou away frm me al the time ;p, the convenience to fong seng and kent ridge terminal, tuesday mosquito fogging and even complain-alot cleaning aunty.

will i be able to get a hall next semester? =(

balloons and flowers

2005-12-06T02:29:00.000+08:00

EDIT: and this post is for 1st dec..

***

dar doesn't look like a person who will do mushy stuff for his girlfriend, but he is really terribly sweet.

my papers were 9am to 11am and 1pm to 3pm, so i was quite happy that dar came to school to accompany me for lunch. lunch was at the yih canteen with dar, danial, isabel, ee-laine and their friends. i like the fish and chips as well as the nasi briyani sold at the yih western food stall =D i think i was pretty mean, isa was trying to make small talk but i was so preoccupied with my last-minute memorising of japanese phrases that i didn't respond much.

anyways, dar and i left the gang early to get to lt11 for my paper and dar took my transponder so that he could rest in my room while i had my paper.

little did i know that he had a end-of-examinations surprise for me too >_<"

dar filled my room with balloons, and made me go on my treasure hunt, teehee, i couldn't stop smiling that day =)

my silly boy blew them all by himself >_<"

dar stuck clues like that for me to decipher ;p

and this is my treasure! pink roses! first flowers from dar =D

caramel frappa

2005-12-06T01:52:00.000+08:00

EDIT:

WHY BLOGGER CANNOT EDIT DATE ANYMORE? T_T I ALWAYS DO POST-DATED ENTRIES ONE WOH T_T

this post was meant to be for 30th nov..

***

i made strawberry and almond flavoured konnyaku jellies specially for dar and nithiya as a end-of-examinations treat =D ben had some too =) joanna couldn't make it though, sobs!

nithiya said that the jellies were nice! <3 babe!

***

i am a coffee addict.

an extremely lousy coffee addict though. i only take milk coffees ;p

in a spur of madness whilst studying for the examinations, i stuck this note outside my door:

yes i know i spelt frappaccino wrongly >_<"

hehehe =)

***

so i was feeling like shit when dar finished his literary stylistics paper just now. i think it is really a sucky feeling to have late papers when most of your friends have already finished theirs. sighs. so i was oh-so grouchy as i revised japanese.

but my ever-sweet dar tried to cheer me up in his special way again =) he told a white lie and ran off to get caramel frappaccino so that i would mug for my last papers. there was also a special cheesecake too =D

darling darling *melts

christmas colours

2005-11-29T00:08:00.000+08:00

random post with pictures of dar and me monkey-ing around at my place again =D we are dressed in christmas colours! teehee!

i do love the christmas season, i'm going carolling with the ajc choir =)

i'm in the top dar tried to surprise me with when we just got together xD

tongues again

yours truly from your little cheeky chimpanzee *me does the chimpy grin =D

happy 21st birthday jane

2005-11-28T13:17:00.000+08:00

i've finished most of my papers, with only japanese language and general biology left. i've s/u-ed general biology, and japanese language is not really a paper that i can mug for, so i'm already on holiday mood =D

so i went for jane's birthday chalet on sunday night.

happy 21st birthday, jane foo

i've known jane since ajc first three months, she was the only person to remain in 28/01 with me =) jane's a terrific friend to have, she's superb at bargaining, is extremely aunty-ish, good at cheering people up, has great faith in Him, and not to mention, ultra blur like me hehe.

so special people must have special birthday presents, so i messed around at dar's and came up with a 21st birthday poster for dear jane. it was a pretty awkward situation at dar's place, dar's papa sent me to the chalet while dar's mama flipped through the thick yellow pages to help me find a world of sports outlet in the east area. the whole house was in a flurry, and dar called it a priority one situation hee :P

jane and i with the poster =)

the 28/01-ers at the party =) and we've tentatively scheduled our annual christmas party at jenn's place, on the 23rd of december! it'll either be potluck or catering for food, and potluck for christmas presents =D fun fun!

happy 21st birthday, jane! =) the cake was sho sweet!

and presenting vincent's 21st birthday present.. ipod nano! so chio right! the lucky guy has his own powerbook as well, nice combi >_<"

of food and jacket

2005-11-21T23:04:00.000+08:00

i'm too lazy to blog still, but,

THANK YOU DARLING!

i have caramel frappaccino to keep me awake, oreo cheesecake to chase my moodiness away, as well as meiji poifull gummies and hello kitty strawberry marshmallows to munch on while doing my papers. not to mention a new jacket! tee hee!

a blissful girlfriend, i am! =D love u many many, hunkster!

the beginning

2005-11-20T21:45:00.000+08:00

i will so screw social variations in english tomorrow!

dar the chef

2005-11-11T03:35:00.000+08:00

dar and i almost died when we reached my house for huo-guo. my daddy was home too! *faints! i haven't really been on talking terms with my daddy after he beat me up, so it was really quite awkward. but daddy smiled at dar when he greeted daddy, so i guess it's a pretty good start =) my mummy is easy to win over, its my daddy who is the harder nut to crack, though everyone in the family tells me that i take after my daddy's character real lots. i inherited his huge and ugly nose as well -___-"

mah silly dearie cutting up fruits. mad hunkster bought $10+ worth of fruits for my parents. siao! who the hell will buy so many fruits!? he would have bought yan-wo too, if i haven't stopped him -_-"

dar's masterpiece! nice right! =D

harry potter

2005-11-09T21:15:00.000+08:00

i booked tickets for harry potter's too! :D

16th nov 2005 . 7pm . marina square gv

am dragging dar to watch it with me, though he once swore that he would never ever watch any harry potter movie ;p it'll be our first movie date, i'm totally excited! *skips around!

jensie and i booked the same movie on the same day and at the same time, but at different locations. she's watching it in bishan because kj and her will be working early the next morning. sianz! hehehe. we should have made arrangements for a double date! ;p but i've booked her for a pedicure session as well as a hair session together after my exams. and we are going christmas shopping too! can't wait! :D

***

i swear i will finish cramming changing landscapes and social variations by this weekend. grr.

1st month

2005-11-08T23:59:00.000+08:00

mah darling hunkster and godsent:

HAPPY 1ST MONTH!

i posted this again because it is one of our first photographs together =)

it's been a such short time that we've been together, but i can really feel there's a forever! xD you're a great boyfriend, you are so so so good to me, i really love and adore you! i hope that you are xin-fu being with me, i'm not on the rebound anymore really, i love you for who you are and i really treasure this godsent!

***

oh and i'm quite happy because my group got the best project for changing landscapes and we got to present during lecture today. A+ hip hip hurray! credits to LEEDS UNITED! i love doing projects with my malaysia fieldtrip kakis! :D

be happy

2005-11-05T23:30:00.000+08:00

went for church service and hugged sister maymay and shereen mummy! i haven't attended cell for some time because i was sick and busy with school work, was sho happy to see them! =)

pastor melvyn was telling us not to worry and be happy. book of philippians 4:4-7. rejoice in the lord always! he sure seems to like apostle paul alot, he always shares the book of philippians with us hehe. i like it too, it's such a happy book about rejoicing in the lord. we often do bible studies on the book of philippians in hall cell too! then pastor melvyn was also sharing his favourite songs of praise and i thought it was very nice of him to sing for us then and there hee =)

***

i thought about derek when pastor melvyn mentioned book of philippians 4:6-7.

do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

pastor melvyn was sharing that if you talk to God about even about the most minute thing in your life, obviously you are walking very close to God. something that i'm very guilty of, i don't even do quiet time daily, and i sometimes even forget to say grace before meals, terrible daughter You have here, tsk tsk. so i was thinking of derek because he sure seems to be walking very closely with God just by reading his blog. and by doing so he will find peace in Him, i'm really happy for him! :)

meet the parents

2005-11-04T01:20:00.000+08:00

it was meet dar's parents day on thursday..

.. then meet my mama's day on friday.

we both scared can! hehe..

i think my mama adores dar! *skips around! stop worrying oke, silly! she asked you to come over for huo-guo next thursday!

hope dar's mama sees as me oke too >_<"~ we're both quite worried because she is quite anti-christ but i'm a christian.. this is probably our greatest hurdle. and i can only pray about it. sighs.

mah diamond ring

2005-11-02T02:14:00.000+08:00

i know its a terrible sin to be out gai-gai-ing on deepavali when the final term examinations are like only 2 freaking weeks away, but dar and i are re-lian-zhong-de-xiao-qing-lu so i think we can excuse ourselves right ;p

so i dragged dar to town for seoul's garden, which we had to abandon for suki sushi instead, because the 1-for-1 promotion was over. but the sashimi was good and i believe we ate our $40 worth, i think we consumed around 25 plates, though dar still thinks he should have downed another plate of sashimi and gyoza ;p dar was sho cute, there was this fat woman at the next table who was chionging plate after plate of gyoza, so i was gaping at her ability, while my silly dar wanted to pia with her. teeheehee ;p

this is fun, lets do this again oke dar? yum yum sashimi! *_*

dar also gave me a the surprise of my life. he told me he had to shit urgently (haha ;p) and since my caffeine addiction was kicking up, i was supposed to wait for him at centrepoint's coffee bean.

i waited.

and waited.

damnit this dar shit very long.

den my dar popped up suddenly with this for me:

mah bEEaUUtiful diamond ring! :D very proud of it! :D my photographic skills are bad so i went to photoshop it so that the diamond sparkles! ;p but lee got cut off when i took it >_<" i love you hunkster! :D

PEARLENE!!! my dar really got me a ring! sho happy! *skips around! :D

i know dar spent quite a lot on this, it being from leehwa and so.. sighs, i don't know what i have done to deserve this darling *_* i don't mean to be materialistic or anything, dar could have just gotten me any normal ring and i would have being just as happy. i said that i would go through thick and thin with dar, and he told me that i was going through the thick with him. faints lor ~_~

dar says in whatever he does, he tries to do it in the best of his capacity. in short, he wants the best for me in everything. i know dar will starve just to get me stuff or bring me out for fun.

i love you so much, mah hunkster and darling godsent *_*

***

we were in our matching pink shirts so we were monkey-ing around with my camera again. meant to put up pictures of dar devouring his gyozas at suki sushi, but i forgot to bring my camera back to hall, so he's spared of the embarrassment lah ;p

i look very sleepy because i had just taken my medicine and was feeling quite conked out..

dar says this is his favourite photo. we look real sweet but i digress on that because the background is not nice lar. my messy bed can! i live in pigsty one can! hehe ;p

kimmy's 21st

2005-10-31T00:58:00.000+08:00

photos from kimmy's 21st birthday!

the 7th cycle smp people of the party! kim's cake is yummilicious! and allan is a sweetie because he drove me to the busstop after the party =)

pretty kim and me!

i was looking at kim's party photos with dar and we found out by chance that kim's dear is a senior of dar's! from tj track one! the world very small! =)

fever-ed

2005-10-29T20:10:00.000+08:00

*_*

dar is sho sweet to me.

i had planned for a squash session at the src on friday morning, but i was feeling so horrid from my fever that i couldn't even drag myself out of my bed. my fever soared to a scary point of 39.2 degrees at around 6am on friday morning and i slept fitfully previously throughout the night.

upon realising my pathetic state of health, dar skipped his comp health lecture to bring me to the yih school clinic. actually he had wanted to rush down in the middle of the night to take care of me, but i forbade him to do that so he was guai for the night. mah dearie =)

so at the clinic, the nurse noted my too-high temperature and gave me a mask to wear. a freaking mask! so malu-ating can! hehe. i was also poked mercilessly for my blood test. i thank God that dar was there for me throughout the whole doctor-seeking process, i think i was almost half delirious, totally incapable of making my way around the clinic for my blood test and lab analysis etc. *bao!

dar wanted me to stay over at his place so that he could take better care of me so i did. the poor boy had to sleep on the floor x.x sorry dar! i must say dar did a wonderful job, i only had to toss around in his bed or sound uncomfortable and he would spring up by my side and enquire about my condition. i was quite sure that he didn't sleep throughout the night, sighs, what a silly and endearing boy...

around nus

2005-10-27T23:11:00.000+08:00

went for a damn good run with lisze, her bf and her friend just now before dinner.

i run around in school quite frequently, there's nothing much to do in hall at night actually, heh. i'll start from eusoff carpark, via central library, all the way til science and u-turn back to eusoff again.

my usual route

my usual route is only good at night, in the evening there would be too many people at the busstops. so we tried to take the a1/2 bus route, but we took a wrong turn after pgp and ended up cutting through king edward's to central library instead. major boo boo >_<" but it was a really good jog, having friends to jog with really helped in pushing myself. besides, i was wearing dar's shirt during the jog, so cannot let dar down, must pia! hehe ;p lisze's stamina was real good, but i'm proud to say that i didn't stop for any rests throughout the run too. we rock! =D

our boo boo route

***

sighs. i felt really terrible after the run, i was feeling cold and aching everywhere so i went to measure my temperature, and got a mini shock.

38.3º! fever!

i just hope it's not a case of dengue. so far, my block has 3 reported cases of dengue! now they fog the hall every morning, but i still get mosquito bites -_-"

***

Eusoff Hall
National University of Singapore

N O T I C E

19 October 2005

Important - Dengue Alert

We are currently having a dengue situation in Eusoff Hall. Residents are advised to:
1) seek medical attention immediately if you have high fever or aches. Please do not wait.
2) take the necessary precaution against mosquito bites.

We appreciate your immediate attention in this matter.

EUSOFF HALL GENERAL OFFICE

argh

2005-10-27T01:04:00.000+08:00

argh. japanese tutorials are shiet.

in lieu of 1st nov's deepavali and 3rd nov's hari raya puasa, most lectures and tutorials have been either cancelled or postponed for make-ups, which means that i have no social v and gen bio lectures on wednesday. but i still have to attend japanese TB from 4pm-6pm! arghz! no consecutive 3-day holiday for me!

i have a 5-day week schedule, i haven't gotten any decent no-school holiday (okie, except for the self-declared ones) for a looong time! *bawls!

the term exams are in a month's time, i need to chew my gen bio and landscapes readings really soon. after which i'll wash them down with social v and sem&prag. plus a jap lv2 dessert.

bah i'm getting lame -_-"

***

so i haven't had a decent day of shopping for ages. even when i attend the birthday parties of my friends, it seems like it's like just go-give-present-say-happy-birthday-eat-abit-sing-birthday-song-eat-cake-byebye-hope-you-have-fun kind. where's the joy? ~_~

looking like a girl now

2005-10-24T01:58:00.000+08:00

enen likes my raffy, she crawled to my bag to steal raffy =D and she is looking more like a girl now!

my adorable 10 month-old niece!

*

i promised kim that i would turn up for her 21st birthday party on saturday night, so i did, though i arrived pretty late because i had to attend church service. it was a nice party, then i realised that kim and i had quite some common friends hehe. the cake was ultra yummilicious, i wonder where she bought it! i think she's rather angry with the rest of the smp gang because only i turned up, i pray that all disputes will be resolved soon, sighs. the smp bond is just too precious to lose!

*

dearie dar, no more forwarding of pay to get me presents ok? i'm more than willing to go through thick and thin with you, i'll be very very happy to have with you beside me as we work hard together for our future =)

kfc dare

2005-10-22T01:39:00.000+08:00

i must be mad.

dar and i were bumming around in plaza singapura just now, faced with the tricky task of deciding where to eat. i suspect it was the situation where i wanted to eat what he liked and he wanted to eat what i liked, so we couldn't really come to a conclusion. tee hee hee ;p

i originally wanted fish n co, but the glass house queue was too much for two hungry souls, so we had to look for alternatives. we had almost decided on long john's silvers before dar came up with his kfc dare.

"BB, want to share a kfc family feast?"

fyi, a kfc family is a big deal. 8 pieces of chicken, 8 pieces of spicy drumlets, 1 med coleslaw, 1 med whipped potato and 4 fountain drinks.

i agreed, for the fun of it. apparently dar and ben does this sometimes too hehe.

wah rau eh! i'm a charboh, how to eat so much! ;p

hehe but it was really fun, though i don't want to know what the people at the other tables were thinking of us. dar picked the less-meaty parts for me, ie the wing and drum, so it wasn't all too bad. i actually finished a sizeable 4 less-meaty parts and 2 drumlets.

now i am really in serious danger of getting fat lah! T_T

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happy birthday shereen! my dearie spiritual mama!

fright

2005-10-21T02:48:00.000+08:00

almost died of fright yesterday.

this week has been horrid, with me being swamped by my social v project paper, sem&prag project presentation, jap lang skit and landscape project paper, while dar was barely surviving his own share of projects. and this dar of mine is so silly, he did my share of our sem&prag presentation so that i could have a bit more sleep.

i asked God for somebody who could help me with my studies, not do for me lah -___-"

but dar is really very sweet to me *_*

so i guess we were both really quite tired. at least i have the luxury of staying in hall, so i don't have to beat the morning rush-hour traffic, poor dar has been reaching school at 8am in the morning daily for his project meetings etc. i could see that dar was really quite conked out after our sem&prag discussion today. *xin-teng*

i had to extend tracy's tuition because she was having difficulties with some of her problem sums, so i was prepared to cab down to hougang so that i could be in time for my primary three science class. what i didn't expect was for dar to be actually waiting for me to pass me dinner (my favourite ebi rice burger too T_T).

but stupid me had already hopped onto a cab and was on my way to hougang when i realised that dar was waiting for me.

and the worse thing was my pea-brain did not register that i could have actually asked the taxi-uncle to turn back to eastpoint green and get my dinner from dar. all i thought of was to ask the uncle to wait at the next bus-stop while dar walked over or something, but there was an impending bus so the uncle had to drive off. i seriously didn't think of turning back, still can't believe that i can actually be that blur -_-" i think i must have disappointed dar real bad, and he didn't reply my sms.

wah rau i almost died of fright. i've never seen dar angry before!

so it turned out later that dar wasn't angry with me, said he wasn't supposed to be there in the first place and that he didn't know why he got irritated with me. but it was obviously my fault, i should have called him right after tuition, i was supposed to in the first place.

this kind of boyfriend where to find? *_*

darrell quek! do you know how much you mean to me? =D

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anyways i sped down bugis to meet the smp gang for joanna's 21st birthday dinner. had lots of fun catching up with the the mad bunch, yat and ding were as entertaining as ever, hee.

we got her a levi's voucher for her present, hope she'll have fun choosing her first pair of levi's. which in turn brings me to whine that i still haven't gotten my first pair of levi's yet, and it's been 4 months since my 21st birthday! so my dearie joanna, you are effectively "luckier" than me! ;p

mac hotcakes and meiji milk

2005-10-19T00:01:00.000+08:00

dar is mah godsent!!! =D

i was really sad from last night's happenings, and he gave me such a nice morning surprise today. i woke up around 7+am (i always wake up around such timings but will continue to nua until my alarm beeps ;p) and at around 8am, i heard the rustling of plastic bags outside my door. i was thinking to myself that the cleaning aunty should be washing the level one toilets at this timing, then thoughts of dar suddenly popped into my brain so i jumped out of bed and ran to peep through the peep-hole. lo and behold it was really dar lah! my heart skipped many beats and i was frantically trying to unlock and unlatch the damned door at the same time.

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mac hotcakes and meiji milk!

plus a sweaty morning dar-hug!

i'm so happy, i can't help prancing around!~ *skips

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i do so adore mac hotcakes! xD~ and meiji milk! *_* heavenly bliss!!!

dar wanted the milk to be cold for me, so he filled his gigantic protein powder bottle with icy water and stuffed the milk inside. ingenious lah! *bao! though he must really have looked silly on the train and bus ride from bedok. from BEDOK leh!!! i live on campus in CLEMENTI lah!!!

what more can this little girl ask for? i'm easily contented, buy me ice-cream and i'll fly to the moon le, but dar makes me dance around the galaxy! =D

i'm silently cursing myself as i type this because i didn't bring my konica-minolta to hall -___-" i want to capture this sweetness eternally so that i can remember every gesture from mah godsent. i didn't grow up in a happy family, i want to let my children know how fantastic their daddy was to their mummy and give them all i can so that they'll never ever have to suffer what i did.

i'm so so so blessed. i don't know what i have done to deserve such a dedicated baby. mah dearie godsent. BIG HEART!!! God must really love me awfully alot, praise the Lord!

*scuttling off to donate my pint of blood at the src. i hope i don't faint again like the previous time hehehe. got extra sweet hotcakes and great love, won't faint one right? ;p