Post-Taipei withdrawal has started to kick in, and I wish, right here, right now, I'd be able to fly back there again. I appreciate the times spent there, and I'm even surprised at how much I take to and adore that place.
So much memories of Taipei I would like to pen down, but I have not the slightest idea of where to start. And since they say that a picture speaks a thousand words,

Day 2: Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall












Taipei City's bus which costs only NT15 irregardless of destination





Shinkong Mitsukoshi, I particularly like this place haha cos of the red pillars and I'm sure they know why!




Raohe Night Market where we tried alot of stuff, smelly tofu being the worst

Back from Taipei less than 24 hrs ago, and I'm already missing it so much. No more good bubble tea (their pearls are really tasty and chewy, those sold in Singapore are nowhere near), no more shopping till late at night, no more yummylicious Taiwanese delicacies, no more ice desserts, no more cool night markets. Now its back to boring Singapore.

Hey, at least the roads here are much easier to cross.=)

Oh, most Taiwanese guys are really good-looking, they are found everywhere along the streets. Like seriouslyyyyy. Not that 'Tai' like what most people would expect. A large majority of the girls there are pretty and extremely THIN as well. The people there really dress and carry themselves very well.

I'm sure Kelly will agree with me hahahah.
I cant help but feel like a troll or a cow next to them.

All in all, it was an enjoyable trip tho I regretted not spending more time at Danshui and it was really a pity we had to give several places a miss due to time and stamina constraints hahaha. But there's always the next time!

For now, I miss Taiwan =(

Some pictures and memories of Taiwan, since I'm to lazy to blog about the trip.

Day 1: Before boarding our plane




Day 1: Taoyuan Int Airport



Day 1: Streets of Taipei


Day 1: The shop which sells fantastic bubble tea


Day 1: Taiwanese version of yong tau foo


Day 1: Street dancers performing at Ximending


Day 1: Mister Donut





Day1: Ximen Station


Day 1: MTR


Day 1: Old-sch public phone booth


Day 1: Shida Night Market


Day 1: Ice desserts which Taiwan is known for






More to come later!

I'm not exactly done with my packing, but almost. Yay. Then it'd be hello Taiwan!
I'll update when I'm back! =)))))

Time for my weekly dose of whywhylove :))

Elaine REALLY thinks Mike is ugly.
But seriously?
I think he's cute. and VERY hawtttt. Totally.

We might bump into him next wk? hahahaha. Kelly thinks I shld wake up the idea hahahahh.



And hey, my cravings finally satisfied.
I didnt actualy intend to queue for those.
I happened to bump into Seow Yong and friends at City Hall at 2pm and they very kindly let us join them in the queue hahah. So we managed to get our donuts at 430pm. Turned out that they had actually started queuing at 11am, an hr and a half before they actually open. HELLO. Tts very crazy, its almost insane! hahah. I've nv queued for so long (okay 2.5 hrs isnt tt long compared to the 5.5 hrs they had to bear) for something before!

And so far I've already had one whole double chocolate donut to myself, but my sis had to say (I mean, remind me) that its supper sinful, it freaked me out qt abit, so yes, no more donuts for supper tonight. hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


Oops, I really think Mike is so charming haha!

Sunday saw 04S61 (it really was just about half the class hahah) coming together again for dinner at Brekos@Holland Village, a dinner coupled with small talks and laughter. Lovely, if I may say. After which, games at Settlers. Haha class bonding session perhaps.

It was a pleasant reunion.

I dislike controversy. I repeat, I dislike controversy.
I'm not all too sure if I should remain skeptical abt it, but after countless debates, I really doubt the promised destination of this crazy aimless bandwagon ride.

Its depressing, disheartening, dejecting, and very upsetting to realise all would probably have been for nothing.

Wrong choices just follow after one another, do u not agree?

And so, I've decided to be more initiative. Or so I hope. In a desperate attempt to turn things right.

We didnt have big dreams right from the start. Sigh. If only we had.

A random one here though: I hope Ally gets her hall. Like seriouslyyyyyy. I've half a mind to throw in my slpng bag my toiletries and everything in her hall if she gets in and we can gossip/talk/supper/study/sleep/sch/gossip/talk/supper/study/sleep/sch/gossip/talk/supper/study/sleep/sch. hahahh.

I forgive you if u think I'm a parasite. Cos I think so too. I probably am. hahahh

Yr 2 Sem 2 okayyyy????!!!!
ANTM beckons for now.

Dinner at New York New York with the LSM peeps Jason Norman (two of whom I really havent seen since the traumatising Genetics paper) Sam and Elaine, where Elaine and I had some really loser-ish food. haha.

Then it was a meet-up with Tecko Yingshi Jimmy Shu and Vic, where they bade farewell to Tecko with some drinks. Tekong awaits him. haha. NS really makes pple/Tecko depressed.

Oh and I bumped into my sis at Minds Cafe. haha. Ok so random, but worth mentioning.

And so season 2 of prison break ended. JUST LIKE THAT.

Haha. May I quickly get Season 3 pls!

Meanwhile, there's House to follow. Haha yes I know I am slow to watch that only now. Then again, its only now that I can have all the time to myself.

I did my own stir-fry today! Brocolli and pods. It was pretty good I must say. HAHA. The last time I cooked was when I prepared minestrone soup last Christmas!

The whisper of the cool breeze, the light falling raindrops, a good book, a nice show, complete with a french vanilla is the perfect combination for a lazy afternoon. And I'm relishing every single moment of it. =)))

Thats how it is post-exams. hehss.

A really lovely song.
http://www.adsense-links.com/would_you_be_there.mp3

There're so many things to blog abt but I'm so lazy I just want my donuts!=p

Hello! I'm craving for the assorted donuts from the Donut Factory! But sadly, I havent had a chance to taste them cos the freaking queue is always freaking longgggg! !#@&*@#%. And I'm not someone with alot of patience.

But I really want the donuts so bad! hahaaa. Maybe, MAYBE, when I really have the time I shall just force myself to join in the queue. =p

Haha work is sucha dragggg. Like seriously. Elaine totally agrees with me. I think our msn convo tt night was hilarious shitttt. My stupid plan and all that.

And Pet wants me to get her clothes from Zara while she's studying away in Perth for her exams! She's so funny she calls this her brilliant idea! Petrina, if u are reading this, it isnt really v brilliant and yes, like all ur friends, I think u're nuts haha u are SO SKINNY how to find clothes for u la girl?!

But she's returning in June so yay to that!

Sweets, u better arrange for another meet-up. And dont pangseh THIS TIME!

I like hanging out with Vic and Ally they're like so so so hilarious all the time and I'm always very amazed at how we can be so open abt everything under the sun, we wont feel shy or anything. hahahh.

So sweets ps-ed us today. sigh!

Oh and Elaine just called me and told me that the job isn't all that bad, but still, I think I might just screw up and make blunders.

More dinners with the girls YAY!

YAY. It turned out I didnt stone at home this afternoon! Met up with Elaine and Kelly and I bought a really silly pair of green ching chong shoes HAHAHAHAH. It isnt too bad la, its rather quirky actually, and its FUSS-FREE! Which means I can wear it to work. Then again, I specially bought it for work. Can't risk my trusted shoes getting stained or whatever since I think I'm a pretty careless person.

Really, I think, the ching chong green shoes isn't too ugly la. hahahah

Then it was dinner at Newton with Tecko, his gf, Jimmy and Shu. OMGGGGG. I felt so out of place like some silly light bulb hahahhhh. And I got cheated by the fishball noodle auntie her noodles are like over priced (yah I noe, tts Newton for u mannnnn!) and she charged me for extra ingredients which I didnt ask to be added, so she just added them without me knowing and charged me for it. WTH. and touting really sucks la it stresses me out big time. It makes me feel damn pressurized man I dont know why.

After the unsatisfying dinner I went over to my mum's office and bummed ard.

I AM JUST TOO FREE.

Wait till I start work. hahah.

Just when I've mentally prepared myself to go for tuition today (sigh tuition is so bleah), anqi postponed the lesson at the very last minute. So now, I'm left doing nothing at home.
Quoting Elaine yesterday, " eh what do u all do at home ah? I seriously have nothing to do AT ALL". Ah wells, sth along the line. And yes, I dont know as well. Its so boring cos when I wanna go out, my friends all gotta work and when they wanna meet up, I've tuition.

Tell me whats there to do. (besides drooling at wentworth miller!)

So boring, I'm gg back to drool at him.

I am so upset over my fringe. But I hate the guy who screwed it up more. I hope he gets sacked cos he seriously can't cut hair for nuts. That nincompoop!

And, here's overdue pics.



Sighhhh. My fringe.

The horrible guy messed up my fringe cut. Now it looks like a total disaster. Sighhhh.

A trip to Sentosa with Kelly before heading to Sakae where Elaine joined us for the sushi buffet. We totally stuffed ourselves silly. No more sushi for the whole month, thank you. And chawanmushi too. I had wayyyyy too much of that.

I'm so so so full now and I cant seem to stop my hiccups.

fashion faux pas. period.

Stole this from kh hahah.
Fond memories for those who born in the 70s and 80s.

-You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk andMickey Mouse. Not to forget, Ninja turtles, MyLittle Pony and Smurfs too.
-You grew up brushing your teeth with a mugin Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you, and brush your teeth with a coloured mug.

The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.

-You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class
-SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed. There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket

-Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant everyChildren's Day.

-You've probably read Young Generation magazine.You know who'sVinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
-Gals are fascinated by Strawberry ShortCake and Barbie Dolls.13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street.
-Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Three Investigators, Famous Five and Secret Seven are probably the thickest story books you ever thought you have read. Even Sweet Valley High and Malory Towers.

-You brought every single book to school, even though there was one thing called the timetable.

-The most vulgar thing you said was asshole and idiot and THE MOST EXTREME WAS 'super white'... you just couldn't bring yourself to say the hokkien relative.
-Catching was the IN thing and twist as the magic word.

-Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow

Waterbottles were slinged around your neckand a must everywhere you go.
-Boys loved to play soccer with small plasticballs in the basketball court.
-Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentambola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
-Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the mostimportant plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
-Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks. Even Mr Wally & Mr.Yakki. What abt Miss Lala??? And Zaki and Tini in Malay Textbooks

-We carry out experiments of our own to get yourself badges forbeing a Young Zoologist/Botanist/Chemist/Physict/Meteorologist etc.

-Every Children's day and National dayyou either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumbfiles with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
-In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
-Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.

-The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.

-School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
-There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
-You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl
-Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.

-Autograph books were loaded with "BestWishes", "Forget Me Not", and smallpoems like "Bird fly high, hard to catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".

-Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
-There were at least 40 people in one class.
-Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.



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Finally, I get to meet Eileen Tay tmr! =).

Hey y'all. I'm jobless and slacking and spending but enjoying every minute of freedom. hhaha I really wouldn't mind a job! Then again, the thought of working kinda sucks owells.

Oh and I sent in a joke to reader's digest. Hey its USD100 for me if it gets selected! hurhurhur.


Tanning tmr! yays!
Off to my book for now!

And so in the morning it was off to Orchard Library for some books before heading towards Chinatown where the very starved Kelly was waiting. =/

Then traditional dessert at the very nice little dessert house. Whats a trip to Chinatown without a visit to that dessert place hahaha.

Citylink with Ally! and then island creamary at 930PM. SO SINFUL PLEASE.

And I'm done with the exams. Time to read all thats accumulated over the past weeks. =)

Interview yesterday was disastrous. It was traumatising cos the interviewers kept shooting me with qs even before I was done with what I had to say. They rebutted and could find fault with almost everything I said as well. It was nerve-wrecking, totally.
Oh one of them was like " u dont have to be a dentist to work with patients. By doing Biology in Life Science u get to work with animals too and they are your patients."
And they suggested I be a nurse!
I thought that was quite strange though.
It was quite screwed up so I'm likely to not make it past the interview. Like what sweets said, whatever will be, will be, and we'll leave it all in Gods's hands. He decides where he wants us to be.
But it was an experience tho hahahah. So yeah, back to the embrace of LSM I guess.

Hello to all you who are gg to mambo or wherever tonight, u're so not gonna have fun cos its gonna be so so so packed and like Elaine said, 'not even able to bend your knees'.

OKAY. Yes I am jealous cos the entire NTU and half, no, 3 quarts of the NUS population has already ended their examinations.

The library has become significantly emptier, quieter and colder. You can even count with your fingers the number of students left in there. Poor miserable students like us, who have to battle the urge to join in the fun with the rest of the student population. Its hard to even keep ur eyes on the stack of notes waiting to be read.

Anw, I'm not that mean. haha. so yes, to all who have ended their examinations, go have your well-deserved fun. Even if it means not being able to bend your knees move and inch on the dance floor. It'd still be v much enjoyable anyway, cos no more exams no more notes no more mugging for all of you! =)

And PETRINA! did u have to tell the whole world that? hahaha its so embarrassing. But yes, the yong tau foo anutie should just give me loyalty points or membership card or something. Since I still eat from her stall so very often. Quite cool, 20cents off for every piece of yong tau foo I pick. hahahh.

Okay Friday will come soon, wont it? And I hope tmr goes fine, I dont wanna screw up like how I did last Thursday.

I've been getting strange dreams of late. Even during my afternoon nap yesterday. A really wierd combination of people from different aspects of my life, it just seems so queer. And at some points, seemingly real. Issues that I've been weighed down by at the back of my mind. And other extremely random stuff. All bits and pieces here and there thrust into this mosaic of a dream.

Ah, mugging-induced trauma probably.

It'd be back to Crescent for Sec sch comfort food this Fri (read: last paper!) with the girls, and I'm quite looking forward. Finally, finally.

I can't help but keep thinking of the plaster, and how I should have handed in the second one which I had carved instead of the first one which measured 2cm instead of the required 2.3cm. And how my wires were not flat but uneven and didn't follow the required shapes exactly. It didnt help that the guy opposite me was damn pro in twisting and bending the wires and kept looking over at me. SIGH. I feel so terrible. The only thing I felt ok abt was the plasticine mould of the acrylic tooth, which ironically, was what had worried me the most initially.

There goes my opportunity. And it really upsets me.

It isnt only the dex test, but other stuff as well. Everything. The 1101 paper which didnt go well, the amount to study for the remaining two papers, and last few lectures from 1102 which I prob wouldnt undertand even after reading the notes. Everything's just building up and make me feel terrible. I've probably nv felt more miserable.

#%*$%@!

And so what I studied didnt come out. Stuff that I chose to skip cos they werent of any importance (or so we thought. then again, maybe its only me) were tested.

#$%$@!

This feeling is uttterly disgusting, and I dun feel good about this paper. Totally. I feel so cheated having spent qt a bit of time on this module, I havent even touched on my other modules yet.

I realised after every paper, well at least so far, we'd head to subway (conveniently located opp the exam halls) to eat. Talk about comfort food.
Today after my paper it was subway, with an old chang kee curry puff, sardine puff, 1 sotong ball, 1 crab wrap stick, 1 chicken wrap stick, and a a box of tantalising beard papa cream puff awaits me in the fridge.

Soon I'd be this ball of adipose. Comfort food indeed.

Which reminds me of the Beta-oxidation pathway which would then take place.

Fatty acids (contributed by the old chang kee and cream puffs) + Conenzyme A to give Acyl-CoA which is converted to Enoyl-CoA by Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, after which Enoyl-CoA would be converted to L,Beta-Hydroxylacyl-CoA by Enoyl-CoA hydrase. L,Beta-Hydroxylacy-CoA would then be changed to alpha-ketoacyl-CoA with the aid of L,Beta-Hydoxylacyl Dehydrogenase. Finally, alpha-ketoacyl-CoA is converted to acetyl-CoA and acyl-CoA by thiolase.

All these, I memorised for nothing, not forgetting the other even more complex cycles. How I wished they'd test me on the pathways. Wasted. Study for nothing.

@#!*@#

The dexterity test is next week, the interview the week after next, both in the midst of the final examinations.

And I know the odds of getting through is gonna be so damn tough, but I dun wanna screw it up.

My first paper starts tomorrow.
And yes, its a boring entry.
Cos there really isnt anything exciting.
I'm just updating cos upon CHIANKAIHONG'S request.






I'll just go for it and see how things go. At least its an experience.

I finally met up with Pet Lai yesterday, tho it was for a pathetic 15 mins hahaha. Yes Pet, come June/July I'll be seeing u again for dinner, with Amanda!

My life has been, well, pretty unexciting lately, not as if it has always been very interesting or exciting, but now that it only revolves round books and lecture notes, I can't see how enthralling it is. Its b-o-r-i-n-g.

Its insipid, its monotonous, its dull. Ah, exams.

Lets wait till the exams are over.

To peek beyond those reflective windows
Those of your soul, the doors to your mind
Strangely real, so unbelievably close
For once no longer a solitary rose

Yes, that familiarity, that intimacy
Yet distant all this while, what an irony
Oh try as you may, Oh try as you might
Only the night is real, gone with the first light

But you know its not just that rose
The champagne shall show

Happy Easter to all out there! In advance.
It was church yesterday for Good Friday mass where we got, sigh, a parking fine.

Ally! You should be glad ur fine is a good 6 times less so cheer up babe!

After church it was off to ShengShiong to get oyster since my Dad had the sudden urge to do oyster omlette otherwise known as orjian, for the clueless. Which turned out, unfortunately, wierd. Newton orjian anytime please! But hey my Dad does deserve some credit doesnt he? Now u shld noe why a packet of freah raw oysters cost only $4.50, while a packet of Newton orjian costs $5.

And I've discovered a new place to get those semi-sweet chocolates at a damn cheap price!

I miss those babes so much. LETS HANG OUT SOON!

Hello World!!
I've tests coming up yet I've been youtubing too much.
I'm sucha sucker for oldies and all 70s/80s/90s music/love songs (dont laugh pls!)
Here's one from way back in 1977, awesome, may I say.
Baby come back.

Sigh, dun ask me why I cut my fringer. Despite many comments that it doesnt look much different, I still kinda miss having my fringe longer. sigh sigh sigh. Anyway, Pics from last Fri (the day Chian made me wait for a million years haha).

And just before u can exclaim ' eureka', two more tests await us next week. I mean this coming week. Well, we all deserve breaks, so after school today it was off to meet Ally and Vic for dinner at CityLink.

Horror stories of Ally driving home from NTU and getting lost in some ulu CCK campite with a depleting supply of petrol. haha.
Then off to the pub outside DXO to look for Tecko. Waited qt a while for Shoe and Mark before they came, but Chian the birthday boy took forever to come and I had to rush home so I didnt get a chance to wish him in person ohwells. Another day okay!?

AHA!

Tuition was exhausting.

I almost got lost and couldnt find the place. It was sucha long walk from the train station to my student's house.

HELLO? Its like walking from Crescent to Botanical Gardens can!? I was sweating like a pig when I finally got to her place.

I hope she needs more help in Bio hahaha. My Chem is like....well, I've nv liked Chem all that much since way back in Sec sch.

Somehow I feel that there are so many tests this sem as compared to last sem. There's almost one everyweek sighhhh.

There's so much to do I have no idea where to start. Its horrible.

And I just took up a tuition assignment for a sec 4 girl haha wish me luck I think I've forgotten almost everything already, if not all.

ALICIAKHONG was 2-friggin-hrs late yesterday! She's always late, has always been late. But 2 hrs?! She's incorrigible, and whats worse, she thinks its becoming an addiction. An addiction to be late. I'm so worried for this dear bimbo.

And she thinks I'm damn funny hahahaha HELLO?! I think its the other way round. I nv fail to laugh at her drama-mama and bimbo antics and her reason to wanna gt into Blk A is just so........so....blond.hahahhhh still, she's good company.

I'm so sure Vic and Shoe they'd agree. hah.

Lunch at biz canteen today with Bao and Pon, eagerly introduced them to the Vietnamese Pho (pronounced FUR, acc. to Pon) and the veryshiokchilli. HAR HAR.

I had ytf though. hahs. I've been eating it wayyyyy too much.

Me: aye lets go to lemongrass one day
Bao: ehh I heard Jerk Thai is not bad!

I laughed my head off.
It was hilarious shit. Like seriously.
For the clueless, its Lerk Thai, not Jerk Thai.

TQ affter that and then it was off to BTC followed by Island Cremary where I over-ate. AGAIN.

The overdose of excitement and highness. I should have taken a pic so that u all could see the resemblance hahahaha. HAHAH. And for once, Elaine trusted me. And hey, even Pon thought so.

We could just sit there the entire day and point out familiar faces from all the photos plastered on the walls.

OKAY bye. Off to meet Ally Vic and Shoe!

O. M. G.

I'm so high so excited so everything I cant stop giggling to myself. I just cant believe this please!

Now, I cant concentrate on anything else lar.

I've half a mind to rewatch everything, and the first few eps which I stupidly missed, but but but, there's TERM PAPER DUE SOON!

Friend (s), lets sigh in unison.

And I keep wondering why Bao gets the VERY meaty and fat-less meat TA ROU BAO all the time. Whenever I buy that, it just gets me all disappointed cos mine's always lard and fat-laden. I can barely taste real meaty meat. Only blobs of fats.

It was so surreal.

Elaine cant stop giggling whenever we talk about that. She gets er, pretty hysterical, stopping halfway, laughing to herself. And then we all start re-enacting those funny scenes like 'jiao yong li!' (if u noe what is it hah). hahahahaha. Its like almost everyday, we come to that topic.


Vietnamese food at the terrace again today, the chilli is so shiok we contemplated stealing the whole container of it hahaha. Boarded the wrong bus at biz and we were brought all the way to pgp and hence late for tut at engin. Its been almost a yr, but we (I) still can't get the bus routes right.

Who ever could look that good in specs.

I'm so.. so disturbed by the ending. *&%#@!

SIGH.

I don't quite like it when I approach last episodes. If only some shows can go on forever. Or at least, as long as possible. har har har. I'm so obssessed like Elaine.

But 15 episodes is really freaking little pls?!

oh hurrah. We've survived 4 consecutive tests, boy it was certainly an exhausting week was it not?!

Town after sch and the rain spoilt my shopping trip so after just 3 hrs in town I'm back home now and I'm so gonna crunchy-roll now and the whole of tonight (hopefully crunchy roll works this time round!)

I wiki-ed the most useless stuff ever.

My pin dropped into the toilet bowl just now. My sis insisted that it'd choke up the toilet bowl and so much as I would not like to, I had to put in my hand to retrive that little pin of mine. Not without gloves of cos. But still... it was gross. I keep dropping things into the toilet bowl, the other time it was a toothbrush I think ha ha ha.

And we all caught the laughing powder this morning, I'm pretty sure I havent laughed so much, laughed that hard, in the longest time. hahah.
My poor friend Elaine was so traumatised, but it was so hilarious for us! Entertainment for us at the expense of our friend. WE ARE LIKE HOW MEAN PLS!. But still, just for laughs la hor? hahahah.

songs that make u so emo.

I'm so screwed I'm copying everything down blindly. howhowhow.

it is but the tip of the iceberg.

mydearfriend, youmakemewantitsomuch.

Just for doing simple Mathematics, I won $47. hahahahah!
Okay, it isnt alot considering Pamela the cousin won a freakin $270, but still, I've feeling quite satisfied. hurhurhurrrrrrr.

Overdose of blackjack!

Happy Chinese New Year folks!

Cheers to more bakwas cookies kueh lapis and angpaos.

I received a CNY greeting card from an ex-JC mate of mine yest, and it made me smile. Few pple send greeting cards these days, its always greetings via smses. Even e-cards are uncommon now.

Oh and Petrina emailed!=) .

It suddenly struck me that my fellow Sec sch mate, my fellow president guide, Yi Huey, would be flying off to the Land of Aussie as well. Another friend robbed.

The weekend came and went, Sun was spent doing more CNY shopping. The cheery festive mood overwhelms whatever little motivation there is to start studying for the CAs which conveniently (not) fall on 3 consecutive days I kid you not, straight after CNY-cum-reading week.
It feels I havent slept in a hundred years, slept the weekend away as well. Happiness I tell you, shiokness.

Was alarmed this morn at the horrid consequence of the past few days and it isnt even CNY yet. It was just sigh sigh sigh the entire morning and complaining, I secretly hope the weighing machine is screwed up. But I'm sure it isnt.


It was just one night, as quickly as it came.

Anw, a collage (is tt how u spell it? I would nv win the Spelling Bee Championship hahah). Of us. My tall friends Petrina, Amanda, and I.



We had wanted to go blading after As, but we nv got down to it. Its been forever since I last put on those blades. Ah, pathetic isnt it. And now Pet's leaving, we'd have till wait forever again hahah.

Taka this afternoon with my Mum and sis, and I sampled qt a bit of CNY cookies I got so full just tasting bits and pieces of buttery, milky, coconutty pastries from random booths. I was so bloated I refused to try more and pleaded with my sis to just get the cookies from one booth. Its quite a torture, actually, to have to try from so many booths, and decide which tastes the best hehs. And hey, this is really coming from a glutton.

And I'm so glad Petrina liked the present from Amanda and I =)

Uncle Johnny's place for buffet reunion dinner this evening, ate like a cow ( consoled myself tt its ok since I'd be running with Bao hahah I THINK), and again like the previous yr, scenario games with my cousins. Cat fur all over my shorts now, which I believe came from Tasha, the more playful of the two.

Finally, finally, it was dinner with PetLAI and ALOO. Dinner was alright, good talk and loads of catching up done, coupled with much laughter over tuition kids (do u call them tutees anw?). Horror stories of the Bishan dentist from the funny friend ALOO.
The giggly waiter who couldnt stop laughing was hilarious shit we just laughed along for I-dun-know-what-reason.

Somehow, I like the fact tt the place was pretty empty. It made talking among the three of us so much nicer!

And Petrina if u are reading this, here's a correction: it was me who mentioned abt the Thursday thing la not Amanda u're bad memory! hahahhh.


Its well, kinda sad tt my tallandverythinyethotandsexy babe of a friend would be jetting off to Perth next wk. She'd be back for Easter which isnt a very long way more to, but Amanda and I would be having exams sighhhhhhhhhh.

Fumbled with my bag and dropped my phone from a flight of 5 stairs. Ouch. It missed the drain by like 1 mm I'm serious. Thank goodness it still worked unlike tt time it died on me straightway cutting off all contact from the world outside sch. I really should learn to be less of a klutz.

Too much 'poison' coupled with an overdose of caffeine (highly needed to keep us awake during lects) causes bloating and ugh flatulence.

untold.

"I wish, sometimes, just sometimes, pple wont judge me by the way I look. the way I behave. the way I talk. or even the way I do my things. "


Scarred.More blisters.

oh, the lamborghini.

Geoff's place for tennis in the morn haha I JUST LOVE HIS HOME. Damn friggin beautiful. And big. heh.
I wanna make Shangri La my home too. Free hotel buffet breakfast every morn would be so nice. I love hotel breakfasts.

I ate up the huge bar of kitkat after tt.
We were supposed to head town to grab some lunch after tt, but Alicia had her tuition dragged and it was quite late alrdy Geoff had to rush for his match so met my Mum and sis for lunch instead.

Home after lunch, and then town again with Spencer ( who says tt I hardly meet up with him haha which I secretely think is true). Hereen Spinelli, studied abit, before Vic and Shu came, Jimmy and Tecko as well. Studied for a while more then dinner at DTF, which was Spencer's and Tecko's treat yay. But the noodles I had seriously wasnt good cos there was peanut in there.

Spencer left aft tt and we continued doing some work before heading home.

Not meeting ALoo ltr already cos she has stuff on last min. Ah, I'm tired.

Today, on locker 405:


HAH.

I thought it was quite funny of them to do that. Anyway, thanks Kelly, and Elaine, for the kitkat. They're sweet, really. They got me dark chocs yest, and kitkat today.

Funny little things we all like to do, funny stuff we like to say, just for laughs. Sch life's good with such interesting friends.

Anw, I realised that I reach sch at 730 almost every day, even though my lects start at 10. Its funny how we kept complaining about 8 am lectures last sem, cos we'd have to wake up really early. This sem, there's only one 8 am lect, yet I'm still waking up DAMN early every day.

Today Kelly mentioned abt hula hoops. And I thought of those two hoops lying at the corner, all forlorn.

I suddenly miss my hula hoops. And how we were ever so inseparable.

Anw, tt aside, Hurrah! I'm (We're) finally gonna get my (our) ass (es) off the couch/bed/seat and sit exercising proper. Well, at least for now. Geoff's so v glad for me, and he's gonna coach me periodically, hopefully. I'm sure I'd pick up something, albeit the basics, from the ex rj vice-cap/cap huh. Tt motivates me qt abit actually hah.

Proper excercise starts next Tues for us. Elaine Kelly me. HAH.

Somehow, like what Elaine said, its almost impossible to breathe during Genetics lecture.
You know the lecture is too long, with an overload of information, when students actually CLAP and cheer when lecture is over. I heave a sigh of relief when lecture ends.
You know the lecture is too long, when u start to get hungry and resort to sharing a piece of banana cake with 2 other friends.
You know the lecture is depressing, when you have to resort to eating sugar-free sweets non-stop in an attempt to be cheered up. At least, eating/popping random sweets adds tt bit of excitement into the otherwise monotonous lecture.
You know that the lecture is too fast paced, when you scribble little notes here and there, trying really heard to catch what the lecturer is saying, even though they make not much sense to you. And, your circular plasmids no longer look circular. Talk abt taking down notes blindly.

But despite all tt, I think my lecturer is quite funny and grandfatherly.

Finally Macs. After I-dunno-how-many months.

Cold (morning) winds, I adore.

I noticed specks of green-grey dotted all over my papillio yesterday. And on closer look, realised tt those were mould. Both sides somemore. Heartpain okay. Luckily, my mum wiped them off for me. I was so worried they wouldn't go off, and $126 would go down the drain.

Had a hair-raising experience on my way to sch this morning. This horrible road-hazardous m-cyclist suddenly, and I mean really SUDDENLY, out of the blue, cut into my lane and was so close to the car. Fortunately, my Dad was alert and fast enough to steer away for me. I would have braked, but I had trouble stepping on the brake. No more wedges for me when I drive, at least not till I'm more experienced. Those wedges really impaired my ability to feel for the pedals fast enough.


This girl came in late for the 8 am lect this morning, and the moment she sat herself down, the lecturer ended the lesson.

'FUCK LA, CB!'.We all turned ard.

Me: wah who's tt guy!? so loud!

Elaine (or Shuat): what guy!? its that girl la!
She then proceeded to storm (yes I'm not exaggarating) out of the LT. Her face was so red, it could have exploded. Boy, she was loud. Almost everyone turned back when she swore (to the world). Hey, we're not 1 mile away.

Haha. That funny sight aside, I concluded that the only reason she should be that pissed and agitated would be because that was her only lecture (8-10) for the day, and realising that she would be late, cabbed all the way down from home which prob cost her alot. Then again, if I were her and know that I'd only reach at 920, then I would just give the lecture a miss. Well, isnt tt what most pple would do anyway?

On a side note, I (we) have a love-hate relationship with school. Hey, we are not even into our 4th week of sch and there's CA for Genetics next week already!

I owe some random girl 60 cents. I believe she's from Science, cos she boarded the 95 from the bus stop at SOC. I didn't realise that my ezlink card had no more value left, and was left with notes only. It was so embarrassing when I tapped my card, only to have the sensor give out the continuous beeping sound with the red light flashing. Dug into my wallet and realised I've only notes left. Spent all my coins on a can of coffee just before I left school.

Much as I would not like to, I was forced by circumstances to approach the girl and ask for change for $10. She didnt have enough change, but she offered me 60cents which we thought would be sufficient for the trip to BV. HHAHA. Turned out tt the fare is 70 cents la, but the kind bus uncle wasnice enough to waive off that 10cents.

Me (to the girl): erm, so how would I return u the money?
Girl: oh haha its ok la.
Me: hmm really? thanks.


I must have seemed really pathetic and desperate. Haha. But ah well, she's nice enough to spare me 60cents.

It was a hectic evening yest. Rushing to and fro, it didnt help thatIdidnt have my brolly with me, and despite the rain, I was sticky and sweaty. And wet. From the rain.
ok dun get me started on it.

Rushed to meet Shoe and Vic at Vivo. I was in a mess, really. Yoshi for dinner before heading to St James. Met up with Edwin and Kelvin. And later on, Jimmy and Tecko. The whole world was there haha. Saw Joon and Edwin my other lab friend haha. Initially it was pretty alright, but later on they started to play a weird mix of mostly house and occasionally rnb here and there, it was just strange. Company was nice tho, not surprising. Vic was....as usual too. hahah.
Anw, Jimmy won a pair of DnG shades from the lucky draw yest and I'm to collect it for him from YIH.

Ok. The Dance Floor now.

There's Genetics lab tmr, haha will we be poking at E.Coli?

Genetics lecture today was pretty horrid. I/we were quite clueless at some pt of the lect. HAHA. Maybe we'll have free consultation cum lunch with Justin on Fri. I bet he'll be so pissed off la.

Anyway, Stanley msn-ed me tt day and asked if I've been hanging out with Justin often lately, and hence, the obsession with kitkats. Apparently Justin likes kitkats?
Heh. Anyway, the kitkat thing is an internal joke la.
The K words and The Biscuit.

Speaking of which, Stanley said he has only 2 core modules this Sem. One of which is open bk. Like. How. Shiok. Please?
Cameron Highlands to catch spiders for FYP as well.

Year 4 so slack. haha. U have no idea how envious I am PLEASE?


The daily dose of K.

And so, this is gonna be a boring entry. I'm blogging, cos there really isnt much to do. Besides 1 tutorial.

Blogging for the sake of, well, blogging.

Anyway, I made it home in one piece. Despite lugging two thick and heavy textbooks, plus a file. It nearly killed me, My arms ached like mad. Seriously. But like what Elaine said, 'bring them home once and for all'.

No one on the train offered their seats to me. Thats Singaporeans for you.

Spencer was bored and called me to head town. Obviously I didnt. I might have, though, if not for the 3kg load (ha ha).

Somehow, I think my arms got thicker/more muscular. And they're still aching I'm not kidding.

Back. From lunch at Soup Restuarant, with mum, sis and Donald. We ordered quite alot, and didnt manage to finish everything. And u now, how I really hate to waste food, but still, we were too full to force anymore down.

The pt is, I ate ALOT (again!).

Collected my dress alrdy, now just waiting for the right occassion to wear it haha! Hopefully it'd still fit by then.

Anw, I got Vic to find out from Ryan what music it'd be next Sat. If its not rnb, I wouldn't wanna go I think, cos it'd be quite a waste of moolah.

Man, when sch starts, I (we) feel depressed. Girls, lets just hope it wouldnt be like last sem! We'll try to make sch life nicer, and happier!

Pulau NTU today. THAT FAR. Not what I had expected it to be at all, but wells, it was alright la, with the right company.

Vic's damn slack during lecs. She does all sorts of funny stuff (ie, visiting her FAV website, thanks/no thanks to me. My current fav website which I KINDLY introduced to her.

Vic: eh I saved tt website under favourites!

Talk abt POSITIVE (or issit negative) influence hehs.

Hall 9 after tt, overdose of Winnie The Pooh bed spreads and soft toys hahahahahah. And her hall is seriously filled with all sorts of tidbits and snacks.

Headed to town for dinner with Jimmy and Mr Moon and Yingshi his gf, Spinelli after tt, talked abt lotsa stuff, philosophical quotes from Jimmy ( whats new) and all that.

Anw, Jimmy still owes me and Vic a nice treat.

Everyone's so bored. And when they're bored, they play pranks on me (us).

Just the other day, Spencer Neo Karmeng msn-ed me to tell me he's getting married cos he made a girl pregnant. Hello, no way. I wouldn't belive him for nuts, but he kept insisting tt its the truth. He was like ' divorce her next time lor '. Even Gerlynn got punk'd as well haha we were discussing if we shld attend his paid-for-by-parents dinner at Hilton on the 24th Feb. I was secretly excited haha cos wedding dinners mean sharks fin hehs.

Damn SPENCER NEO.
Spencer: ' k la I cannot tahan already, I keep laughing in front of my com'

GO EAT SOME SHIT PLEASE.
haha. I told him he's gonna get it from me when I see him.


And yest it was Mr Moon Tecko's turn to play a prank on me.
Posed as a certain Marcus.
Too bad I'm smart I could tell it was Tecko the Moon from his voice.
He kept insisting he's not Tecko, but Marcus. Marcus Lim somemore. haha.
TECKO I AM NOT STUPID OKAYYYY?

And I thought his friend was Ghim Kui. I insisted he was. Big time. Until Tecko got so fed up cos he couldnt manage to convince me tt his friend with him isnt Ghim Kui. So he ended up calling Ghim Kui for a phone conference and hell yeah, Ghim Kui was really on 24/7 duty la

Ghim Kui: eh why u all call me, I'm busy now la'
Me: u dun bluff la, u're next to Tecko now right'
Ghim Kui: HUH, no la!

Well, his friend really DID sound like Ghim Kui la. Somemore with Ghim's trademark ' wassup'.

Oh wells. NO MORE PRANKS OKAY? NOT FUNNYYYYYYYY

Ok, NTU NBS this Tues yay I'm gg turn Vic's hall upside down heh heh heh

Sch's starting tmr. Lecture from 10-12. After tt, maybe Haji Lane or Island Creamary?
Elaine: Spontaneous!

so YAY. No tuts and lab this week yet.

Bumped into Vic at Citylink just now with a whole grp of NBS pple. Nth much today, besides the getting of the dress which took me to all Zara outlets except the one at GWC ( I'm too lazy to type out the full story here haha u can ask me when u see me).

Qiji popiah just now, I cant ever get enough of popiah.

Maybe I'll have popiah again for dinner yay.

I certainly didnt have a good night's sleep. I was drifting in and out of my sleep. Its the dress's fault, I kept thinking abt it last night. And still thinkin now.

I. am. like. how. pathetic.please.

Anw it was good talk with Tecko last night , Funny piece of shit. Extra advice wont harm.

Ok.

Marina here I come.

Oh wait, what time does Zara open?


PS: Si I linked you already!

Orchard Lib, Cafe Galilee, Tuna Sandwich, Newspapers, before meeting up with Vic. Shoe was sick, so she didnt meet us after all.

Shopped shopped shopped. Headed to Marina, which was a wise decision. Thank goodness I didnt buy the Miss Selfridge tube 2 wks earlier, cos its discounted now (hey, no joke, from $44 to $29). A pity its a little too long. Too longish, gathery, if u noe what I mean. haha. So Vic managed to convince me not to get it despite the 34% discount. Ah, what a shame, cos I really liked the top part of it ha ha ha!

We saw another nice tube elsewhere, but it came with a really hefty price of $59. o.m.g. $59 for a tube is just crazyyy. Another shame!

And I totally regret not getting the dress I saw earlier. Think East meets West. hah. So I'm gonna run (I'm just kidding) there tmr, and get the dress early in the morning. Hope no one gets it cos there's only one piece in my size left. I keep thinking abt it (yes laugh at me, Vic), and I think I'm not gonna sleep well tonight. I hope morning comes soon I want that dress so bad.

Shared a grilled chicken salad with Vic (low carb low fat rightttttttt, Vic?), we probably looked pathetic haha. But it was good. Good talk with my v gd friend of 6 yrs (and counting!)over a healthy dinner. HAH.

Town this afternoon. Needed to get more _____.
Then again I'm so unexciting, no prizes for guessing what I got. Even my sis was like ' sigh, you're so boring'.
And hey, in case u're wondering, no, its not the same thing in yet another colour haha. But well, sth similar I guess.
The whole afternoon in town I only got that la. Thats how pathetic Singapore is. Nth nice. But at least there was the Taka popiah.

Oh and I bumped into Ally!
And omg I saw LingLee that hot model and low and behold she noes G**** K** and friend. Or so it seemed. Cos they were like talking for while before they parted ways. And I could recognise her red crumpler bagpack. ha ha ha. Anw she's so lanky la she's hot haha.

After which, I bumped into Mr Samat (that well-known PE tchr from Crescent). I was qt shocked he could recognise me.
Mr Samat: All Crescent girls have that chop on their forehead(ha!ha!) that identifies them.

He's as funny as ever la, telling me to exercise (SWIM), and abt how he's no longer in chrage of track, but canoe now.

Ah, good ole Mr Samat.

Steamboat at my place on NYE was pretty alright I guess. Too much food though.

Elaine and Baoting: No problem at all. Glad u guys enjoyed it!=))

Been doing sudoku puzzles yet again, too bored, too stoned for anything else.

Oh. Those. Horrible. Moodswings.

screwwww 'em.

I'm bored shit. Stoned the whole afternoon.
Oh, at least there was the Annual American Music Awards, to keep me entertained for a while.

There's so much food my Mum bought, I doubt we would be able to finish' em!

I hope Vic and Shu can pop by tonight!=))

Mum: ' I've been telling you to clean up your room, but u nv listen. And now that ur friends are coming over, u are so automatic'.

haha.
She's been telling me to clean up since...I dont know when.

I can't believe I've cleaned up my table and pigeon holes after an eternity. I've always thought I wouldnt get down to it. Last sem's notes are finally put away ( in a carton, tucked away in the corner of my grandma's room HAHA). I'm so kiasu, I still have my A level notes and also some O level stuff kept. Next sem I reckon there'd be no more room for my notes already.

Quoting Elaine: ' we promise we won't laugh at you', when I mentioned to her that my room is in a mess.

Ok, there's so much work to do. Preparing stuff and all that. Hope tmr's NYE steamboat would be a blast with the peeps.

Oh did I mention I need more clothes for next sem?