gonna shift my blog to another location.. heh still in e midst of construction, think it'll take quite awhile before its done.. right now, brain on strike. refusing to continue on thesis. so i've been indulging in dramas - korean, hk, taiwan, and of cuz, late night suppers and movies. whats wrong w me?!
15th mar
got tix to watch "olivia and friends meet bossa nova" on wed at ucc.. it was super impromptu cuz i knew abt the tix only on tues.. haha n of cuz i called my fav kaki down to watch.. since she's jus round the corner only!! yups. dinner was at dover, kinda rushed but we still manged to reach there at about 730.
the songs olivia sang were mainly from her 2nd album.. i prefered her 1st album though.. but nonetheless, the whole concert was pretty good. i really like her voice, n i wish i had time to embed songs here. but now, no time to play around. yes. after thesis, after exams, i will play.
i need sleep. =( once again, im forgoing a trip up to malacca this wkend bcuz submission date is approx 2 wks away.. damnit.
8th mar
hana kimi is super funny! i was going on and on abt how nice it is, and my bro was saying "jie.. ni hai 16, 17 ah. childish le.." think he jus cant stand me ha hua chi over the handsome guys from feilunhai. muahaha.
had my weekly keyboard lesson with my student yest.. her progress is fast, given that she jus started grade 2 only. =) really enjoyed teaching her. currently coaching her to play "canon in D" i guess she can master it in another 2 lessons. yayy.
its jus another 1 more month til thesis submission. in this coming month, there are a number of stuff to complete...
here's wishing a happy lunar new year to all! =) i know im haven't been updating ever since.... i cant remember when! one more day before my mid sem break ends, and thats when i'll be swarmed with work again. i think its OKAY to slack now, though i know most students would have used this week to do (or finish up!) their thesis. yes ok, i must not use them (smartass pple) as my benchmark. the pressure is just too much. so, unlike them, i shall just try to focus things one at a time. do my stuff, dont screw up, dont miss any deadline, and complete this sem smoothly. that IS my goal.
for obvious reasons, vday this year was a quiet affair. no decisions of where to go, no need to think about how he will surprise me this year. cuz we've talked about this before.. i rather receive flowers from him personally, than from the delivery person. that's why, i was super surprised when i got this sms.
"Hi, your flowers are with your neighbours now. Thx."
me: "someone sent me flowers eh? they're with my neighbour now le. too early la, still in lect"
boo:"what!!! why so early! i told them 8-9pm!!"
and i couldnt stop grinning in class.
jus the other day, aunt asked if i was interested in following her up to switzerland for 10 days.. im so tempted!!! but that means missing school n lab. mom was actually asking if i want to skip school.. muahahaha. her priorities have changed! think i'll miss this one, and wait for the next trip.. cuz she goes overseas very often.
sigh. another 2 months til the end of fyp. this is going fast.
its already past 9pm, and im still in lab - all because of (1) one long column that is stuck with proteins, and (2) one short column that is basically jus s.l.o.w. i've been passing stuff thru' these columns since 10am. aarrgghh. as i dont wanna risk the proteins denaturing if i jus leave them dripping over the wkend, thats y im still here. kill me please. pretty much the last person left here. luckily, there's another phd girl working next next door.. else its gonna be jus me alone.
a hot cuppa mocha is a great source of comfort esp when its freaking cold in the lab. brrrr. i shall go back into the cold room to be a "manual pump" to fix the column.
bahhh!
30th jan
i jus had a crazy realization. i think.. i kinda, start to like lab work now. omg. i hope im not serious. =p cuz half the time im still feeling quite sian. BUT! the high comes when i see the pretty results. however that occurs only like once in a blue moon. oh. and there's still this little report called 'thesis'.. blah forget what i've just said. i hate lab now. =(
4th year
i don't rem going to school 5 days a week ever since yr 1. nor did i reach school by 10 and stay til 6pm each time as well. fyp sucks. i want to bittttch. there is no proper lunch break, water break or toilet break, cuz it all depends on my experiments. though my lab is near the canteen, i still find it a hassle to go for food or drinks. PLUS. i hav no chair. its standing while doing my stuff. sob. i want to cry. BUT i hav to go on la. else write wad thesis. fuck. so wkends are my recuperating/sleeping/tv/resting/studying period. what fun.
a new year..
it didnt seem any different to me. it was raining as usual. the weather was jus as unpredictable. the people still as occupied with what they were doing. the crossing to a new year was like any other day. no, i didnt spend it alone, but i was jus feeling down. the e1 people came over to my place for a nye countdown. yes no more orchard/marina for me. it.is.too.crowded! so now we have an excuse to gather for games like xbox, mahjong, taboo and heart attacks (are we too old for this now? haha i still dont think so) at first it was nus vs ntu. then when more pple arrived, it became Team Losers vs. Team Soon-To-Be-Losers. haha. it was all good fun. and no pictures! damn damn damn cuz arjun n i totally forgot about taking pics. sigh.
and so, theres only pics of e1 xmas dinner at breeks. food served was okay, but service sucked.
its been raining cats, dogs, men these xmas season. its perfect cuz its makes sleeping a great activity. its not perfect, cuz i dont feel like going lab. my fren said im the slackest fyp student he's ever seen. dammnit. heh but i dont deny. got another 2 new cushions for my bed. one from the xmas "xchange" with yan, ch, des they all, and the other from my idiot bro. i dont know why he thinks i like doremon.
and finally, i got to meet up with ahmuli on thurs. it was a belated-bday-pre-xmas-all-in-one gathering for us. as we have a few months worth of gossips and updates to catch up with one another, there was countless stuff to talk about. kinda reminded me of our sec sch days when there's always things to talk about even when we see each other everyday. i dont deny that we are not as close as we once were, given that we went to different schs after sec 4. i guess it takes really alot of effort to maintain friendships. but im still glad we still meet up once in a while. i guess friends who you grow up with are always the closest to you.
p.s. got the main collage from ur blog. heh haven receive the pics to make my own.. so i use yours and edit first k? =p
17th dec
met yan on fri for some xmas shopping for our gathering on mon. damnit no time for shopping for ourselves!! caught a midnight screening of "the holiday" at lido. a very sweet, heartwarming show. fits well into the xmas-y, holiday mood. while watching the show, got news that exam results had leaked out, and we can check it already. super unexpected. i was expecting to be at the bottom of the bell curve cuz everyone around me mugs like mad la. but thankfully, it turned out ok. anw! time to wrap up the presents! hopefully we'll take lots of pics tmr and hav great fun, before yan leaves for maldives.
my 2 cousins came over for mahjong last night. or rather, they were learning to play the game. their endurance level is good sia, can tahan til 6am. 4 of us, including their bro, were cozying up in my room. girl bonding night. and parents decided to spend xmas in malacca/genting. 2 families going up together, so we'll hav more girls night.
p.s. too tired to properly photoshop anything. here's a plain old black one.
11th dec
been properly resting since exams ended last week. and sadly, i still sleep at 6am everyday bcuz i just cant adjust back!! so wad do i do during these hours when everyone's sleeping? i rearrange the furnitures in my room.. not a "im bored thats y im doing this", but rather, a "its time for a change" move. im only halfway finished, there's more to be done.. but first, i have to write letters to write!! til later.
4th dec
had my first paper this morn. the night before, was super stressed discussing online with cher abt risk assmt. thankfully, nothing came up for that topic. out of 3 exams, 2 are at 9am - super unearthly hour! good thing that the exam venue was near uni hall, which means, i can pop by spinelli's for a quick caffeine fix before heading over for the paper. 2 papers tmr, and its holiday after that. though i still hav to go lab, but beats having exams la. the whole world has finished theirs already, except for a small group of us.
i feel so tired. =(
1st dec
its an open book for marine bio.. spent the whole night tagging the txbk. muahah. hopefully i can rem where to find the relevant material... tadah.
love the morning sky, esp just before the sun comes out. i was lying on my bed when i took these pics from my hp. jus hope my neighbour didnt see me do that, else he might think im stalking him. muahah.
27th nov
good music + good weather hopefully = good conditions for studying.
i've got a headache. arghhhhh.
23rd nov
"when the going gets tough, the tough get going"
i must drill that into my head. wake up now!! or rather.. stay awake!!
the crazy things i do these days..
my morn starts at 2-3pm. then study abit, break, study abit more, break, study to 6am, sleep. that is all i do. exams are memory work. no matter how u wanna do away with it and call it "application questions", you still have to memorize before u apply. im jus getting sore from the fact that at year 4, we still get questions like "short notes of toxic effects of ozone". wth? which part of it is application? that was a past yr question, but i expect similar ones like that stunner to come out again this year. prove me wrong!!!!
i just wanna rant.
happier events would happen only next year. such as taking a flight up to see him, spending 2 months there, and hopefully can tour the nearby countries there.. we were thinking of making pitstops at france, uk, denmark.. nothing's planned as yet, have to see if he can get away from his work too. even if we cant get to travel, i dont really mind either, cuz the trip up is really to jus visit him.
hmm, jus made toast bread. so hopefully this sugar high can last me to 6am. wake up wake up!
21st nov
i hate study week. boring. im bored. but i only see lecture notes. i destress by cooking. yeah baby. im bored enough to enjoy doing that now. plus i think i drink too much liquid. borrrrred. and im watching too much shows. cable tv channel 55. watching shows - korean drama, tv shows - grey anatomy and heroes, movies. im so gonna regret...
all the more to JIAYOU!!!!!!!! for my booboo - i will be strong!
19th nov
can't wait for xmas to be here. miss my childhood days when xmas means setting up of the xmas tree, putting up the decorations, buying presents, hanging socks on the tree (cuz no chimmy la), finding $$ inside socks the next day (muahha) and having a xmas party at home with relatives and parents' friends. those days were fun. then came teenage years when xmas means hanging out with friends, instead of parents. and in recent years, i've spent xmas with my boo, though we tried to make it to each other's family gatherings as well. since im more "free" this year, we might be having a xmas party (finally!). i jus love xmas..
study week has officially started. super bored. cuz its really time to be studying BUT you know la. i need someone to push me, nag me, bribe me, scold me, coax me, motivate me, and yell at me. my nanny has gone to sweden and im a slacker now *help*
16th nov
yest's pres went rather well i think. our appointed speakers were pretty smooth talkers. had a great time working along with 10 other peeps. its also nice when everybody did their allocated work and there wasnt any "surprises" at the end of it. there's also a number of scholars in my grp *stress* very hardworking, very smart.
most of the other presentations by other grps, except a few, were rather boring. the slides were wordy and the speaker would drone on for about 45mins. n people always fall aslp in between. so we (my grp) decided to make our pres an interesting, informative, entertaining one. less words, more diagrams & pictures, and more concise. it's easy to jus churn out the slides, but not so, if u wana keep it short, sweet and easy to understand. n im proud to say, we managed to do it. *yay*
i learnt quite alot working together for this mod. if everyone play their part, listen, are open to suggestions, and willing to make changes, more things can actually be done. wonderful! and here's a pic of our group on pres day.
15th nov
finally changed the tagboard. the one i used to hav dont do tags well. sorry ah arjun, i didnt delete ur posts ok! =) this new one seems to have some prob too - sometimes i see the tagboard but sometimes i see a white box. i dont have much time to play ard with it yet. SO bear with it. gonna be having both a test and a presentation tmr. thank goodness im not presenting, else i'll be talking to myself again tonight. dad jus came back frm beijing (i think..) and brought back loads of stuff for us. im rambling rambling rambling. feeling so tired from the lack of sleep, and also from the stress --> pimple outbreak as well. the 1gb m2 card came in handy for my hp.. after transferring most of the korean, eng songs into it, i still hav spare for photos. its one good source of entertainment you know, taking video of my brother sleeping. cuz finally i hav proof that he snores. sem 1 is ending soon. its freaking fast, scarily fast. my room has reverted to its pig sty kinda condition. that sucks, when all i want is an empty spot for me to lie down n sleep. well, i jus hope the prof is happy/okay/fine/amazed?/impressed? by our group tmr. cuz his remark for the previous group was, "the presentation is a complete disaster." definitely not a grerat way to end the sem n module with....
9th nov
most korean drama have pretty nice ost. the songs from "goong" are no exception, and in particular, this one. enjoy!
yul is so handsome!!!!!
1st nov
the new hp finally arrived today.. after a long long long wait. YAY BABY! trying to get used to it first la huh... feels abit foreign in my hands. bAH. =)
had pharmaco meeting today (again). haha pretty good la, we trashed out the doubts n all those, and hopefully, it'll lead to us having a better structure/outline for our presentation. heh some of my grp mates are super crappy & super studious.. n this means.. super farnie. i shall try to finish up the slides tonight, so i can move on to do other stuff tmr. then when to play w hp huh... dammnit.
30th oct
i got an essay to hand up on wed, and i decided to change my topic on sat. when i first started writing on a blank page with only the title staring at me.. i seriously doubted if i had enough time to finish it.. at this point now, i've just finished my first draft.. but i doubt its a work that would score an A. bah.. my eyes are so tired reading journals frm the screen. AHHHHH. it was nice of cher to send me her essay.. but we're doing on diff topic, so cant really ref much.. but still, its the thought that counts la huh. heh this is wad i call "peer support system"
due to daylight saving (am i right?), boo and i are now 7 hours apart, instead of 6. gets abit weird. cuz u see, when i sleep, its about his evening only. n when i wake to go school at 7, its his midnight. when im slping, he's awake. when i'm awake, he's either slping or working. so timing gets pretty screwed up. haha gotta slowly getting used to it.. thats y i really treasure us talking on the phone during wkends. =p
oops. time's up. gotta go meeting now... *drags feet*
finally, we're at the end of the 4 day feast. met up with yan, des n ch, and dinner was at taka's coca steamboat. ordered the usual fare - dumplings, balls, meat fillets.. and the soup base tasted better (sweeter and saltier) towards the end.. its nice eating steamboat in an aircon environment, but des was sweating cuz the air was blowing steam in his direction. poor thing. and as CH was still hungry after steamboat, we adjourned to swensen's for part 2. DONT go swensen when its ur bday.. unless u want strangers singing you bday song, giving you a balloon and ice cream. thanks ah!! HAHA but still, it was super funny. =) and here, i must thank you guys for ur present as well. love it, cuz i chose one wad. muahah.
* emily dedicated a post for me on her blog.. so sweeet can. muahaha. we muz meet up after your revision... ok!! *
15th oct - bday 3
it was a very simple dinner affair with my family.. short and sweet. haha and i got to choose where to go for makan. after 2 days of heavy eating, i decided that day 3 has to be a non-buffet meal. went for steaks instead, and thats not exactly a "light" meal too. HAHA. my poor dad jus re-did his teeth filling, and he can only chew using his left side. awww. poor thing. but at at least i think he enjoyed his food as much as i did. =) yay. no pictures - cuz my mom made some really farnie faces. not for public viewing! heh
14th oct - bday 2
on the 14th, it is round 2 for bday makan with lucy and jack. we met up at vivo city at 4pm. FREAKIN many pple. the furthest i ventured to was jus the entrance to vivo city, and we decided to go paragon instead. muahah. quite farnie, cuz i took 963 all the way there, to head off to orchard instead. dinner was at soup restaurant. my first visit there, and certainly it would be my last. there are so many items that sounded so nice!! but since they are only 3 of us, we definitely wouldnt be able to finish eh. their shop specialty was the ginger chicken dish. if u go there, u must try it. deelicious!
it was fun meeting up, catching up with gossips and updates. (right right?) after makan, we went over to tcc for desserts. 3 drinks + 4 slices of cakes. it was a very sinful night. and lastly, i wanna say a very big thank you for the bday card and the nike bag.
13th oct - bday 1
birthdays are always a good excuse to meet up with frens and feast. i've been feasting the past 2 days so far. =) really nice of u guys to make time out for me, accompanying me cross the dreadful 22nd line. i still feel like a kid - an 18 yr old one to be exact. muahah. living in denial i know.
on friday the 13th, i had my first bday celebration with yan, zd, jj and ch at suntec's korean restaurant.. thanks for the beautiful collage - digitally made by yan, and zd, jj, ch - who brought it to the shop for printing and framing. the food was yummilicious, that is if u like spicy and sour food. love the ikan bilis and kimchi! we ordered chicken, pork and beef, which the waitress bbq them in front of us. we ordered 1 pot of seafood noodle soup, also prepared in front of us. and lastly, yan and i shared a bowl of kimchi rice fried with oyster. (ironically... both of us don't eat oyster.. =p) but im telling you.. the food is GOOD. haha and that explains y i had only 1 food picture..
luckily zd and yan made reservations yest, cuz the place was quite filled up. we had our private room too cuz the outside sitting arrangements could not accomodate 5 pax. good thing too, more privacy.
friggggin finished my presentation today. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW SCARY THAT WAS!! but it was fine la, thankfully.. bcuz i friggin stayed up til 5am to rehearse my part, and subsequently woke up 2 hrs later to go to sch. i seriously cant rem when my last presentation was.. hmm. i was yr 1 i think? goodness. so imagine me with 1) thumping heart + 2) uncontrollable mouth sprouting away + 3)anxiety.. and halfway thru my speech, i stopped, turned around (back facing the class), breathe 3 big gulps of air, turned back, and continued. HAHA. super paiseh. but lucky they found it funny too la, so it was all ok.. i think. =p
ANW, i finally parted with my long hair. to those who hav not seen me in awhile, my hair was til this long...
n this is my new hair length now..
short short.. but i like! its easier to maintain la..
somehow this pic reminds me of my dad... damnnit. i look like a XY now. damnit.
6th oct
4th year is a mad rush of projects n lab. esp after the mid term break, deadlines are looming ahead. emphasis is no longer CAs. its all mini projs now. but kinda cool cuz like, for every pbl we have, we have about 4 lessons of self-study = no school. there's alot more journals to read too. sobs.
then its exams already. dammnit. one sem seem to pass by damn fast once again. =p but still im glad that despite having so much to do, i was able to meet up with friends i've always wanted to see *slacker me* heh the last time i saw zd, was to celebrate yan's bday in may. damn long OK. but meeting once in awhile is better than none at all. zd said he will buy me a toaster if i dont him my bday wish list soon. hahah goodness. of all things, a toaster? hee
met up with eli also. i've not seen her since... i dunnoe when! plus we've been talking about meeting up since awhile back but things always crop up last min for the both of us. im happie to jus be able to meet up and talk.. updating how life is for the both of us. i still care alot for this dear old fren back from dunearn (and emily too! haha)
planning a makan with jack n lucy soon. quite hard to co-ordinate a makan session with them ah, since all of us busy with lab n work, esp jack, who is also busy with important stuff hor. ganbatte! we are behind you. heh
gonna be back to books after this long post. argh. they suck.
24th sept
time to change my msn and its skin.. so here it is, my new layout.
23rd sept
finally! i feel relieved.. cuz the 4212 test was over today. had really bad cramps this morning, n i almost almost almost didnt make it down. the usual 10x5 T/F qns. i dunnoe wad to make of it, cuz never ever under-estimate negative marking. haha. SO, that aside, i feel like a free bird! this month's 23rd marks the first one he's spending it there. only 11 more (or less) to go! =) for our anniv, i made him a photo collage, and we both use it as our wallpaper now. n im jus glad he likes it..
14th sept
time flies. its already 2 weeks since boo flew off to the land of yummy meatballs. =p hmm, strange. as i vaguely rem mentioning the "ohh its 1 week already" to him not-that-long-ago. for a change, as opposed to when he's still around, i've been faithfully attending classes n going lab. heyhey. not that im glad he's away now (and hence cant distract me), but rather, things hav started to settle down and im finally back to studying.
nowadays, he would call me EITHER ard 2pm (spore time) jus before he goes off to work/sch, OR 3/4am after he returns back to his room. super farnie timings. im glad we can rely on a range of communication methods, rather than jus the net. but still.. nothing beats seeing and hearing him real life.
went for the briefing for the summer prog @ uni of new south wales. a 5 wk stay would cost around 4.3k. (not including shopping!) so imagine the damage?! it would have been a good experience i guess, an aust wildlife bio module being the main attraction.. but since i've been on a similar fieldtrip to perth before, and it covered the flora and fauna of aust as well... think its not worth the 4.3+k. i rather save up the monnies for sweden. =)
n i shall piah my hyp in dec! that aside, im so stuck onto cable these days. my fav channel being 55! my night routine is to watch 4hrs of show before i feel satisfied. but satisfied = sleepy = no chance to do my work = start of a new day = the whole point of this entry = time flies.
7th sept
among my 3 level 4 core modules that im taking this sem, i think i enjoy the marine bio class the most. the class is small, the prof is funny and that makes the class more fun. but it sure is long - 4 hours once a wk. but i have a feeling.. not easy to score. sobsob. there are all kinds of people in there (not a bad thing. but not entirely good either) SO, i shall jus concentrate on what i need to do, and not how well other people are doing.
its times like this, that i wish boo is here to hear me rant. and at the end of it all, tell me, "you can do it too." these words give me the confidence and strength to tackle my problems head on.
i finally saw my boo on skype! haha quite hard catching him online ah.. he looked quite settled in already.. saw his new room and i think it looks good.. right now he's still shopping at ikea for the basic essentials like bloster, pillow, blanket and all that. have fun zhu!
i want to say a big thank you to my 2 goodass buddies - yan and ch, for being there for me at the airport after boo left. you guys did a good job keeping me distracted. yan> thanks for preparing tissue, and ch> thanks for your lame jokes.
31st aug
so this is it. boo's flight to sweden would be at 840pm tonight. he's gonna transit at bangkok for abt 3 hours before boarding the 10-hr plane ride to stockholm. guess all these hasnt really settled in me yet. the last few days leading up til tonight had been a mad rush of packing, last min purchasing and more packing. the ridiculous limit of 30kg for luggage check-in was making it tough for him to finish packing.
and it would be 1 year before i see him again. i dont know how things would be like. i know i'll miss him like mad. i dont want to start thinking about it, cuz i would get teary all over again. its quite hard to be/or feel positive now, when all i can think of right now is.. its our last night together already..
since spore would be 6 hours ahead of sweden, we'll gonna have a little trouble co-ordinating our meetings online. we'll try all sorts of communication methods - skype/msn for video talk, internet sms (for him to contact me if im not online), email and also phone calls (esp on wkends). sounds like its back to army days, when he can meet/call on wkends only.
i just hope i dont start crying tmr at the departure hall. not too nice, cuz his aunts, cousins and other friends are going to be there as well. i hope to fly up to sweden after my exams in may next year, spend 2 months holidaying with him, then come back home together just before my commencement. that ,however, is just the 'ideal' scenario.
so everybody, let's hope everything progress smoothly, and count down together with me.
8 more months til may '07.
26th aug
food porn up ahead. if you dont like to see pictures of food, then go read someone else's blog
it was our last dinner as a group together. hence we have to wait til next year when all five are finally reunited. and hopfully, by then, there would be six. since they are going to places where local chinese food are harder to find, we decided to go somewhere that serves lots n lots of chinese herbal stuff. the result was: very chinese, not very herbal. the makan was good, n once again, company was great.
21st aug
noticed anything different on the left side bar?
i'm finally updating some parts of this blog layout. maybe i should have a new theme every now n then. but seeing that i know nuts about css and designing... think i'll jus stick with simpler modifications. =p
19th aug
i've not switched on my comp for 3 days so far. cuz these days, i often reach home heading straight for the bed. =( school is packed with the new batch of freshies. give them 1 wk, n hopefully they start ponning lessons, so there will be less pple to jostle with in the walkway. been in lab most of this week. 3 out of 4 days in fact. on free days, we had to go shopping for boo's digi cam, hp, sport shoes and new specs. have to get all these essential items ready before he leave.. so quite abit of time is spent shopping and choosing. xy and chai left on thurs morn, and we sent them off at the airport - hope u guys have safely reached ur destinations - we had to go back to school after sending them off. looong day.
anw, no pics til later. its sleep time now. n i love my boo!
10th aug
we gave up our national day tickets for these..
and yes, no regrets. =)
ecp changed alot. couldnt even remember when was the last time i went there. anyway, national day was spent at boo's aunt's place, which was just across ecp. we managed to catch the fighter jets, apache heli and fireworks from where we were also.
enjoy the pretty lights and minus the crowd. loved the orange sunset sky as well. marks an end to the beautiful day.
had quite a few 'group of 5' meetings these days as out of the 5, 3 are going for overseas exchange. xy and chai to canada, while boo's going to sweden.. been taking more pics these days, so hopefully, they can add on to 'my memories'. the steamboat over at hy's house was yummy. haha. can beat those steamboat eateries hands down. i was full mainly from the soup intake ah. 3 met for lunch, 4 went to bowl, and 5 had dinner at little india. recommended by arjun previously. loved the dehli butter chicken.
as boo would hav to learn how to prepare his own meals soon, we did a little trial-run at his place.
the learning objectives.
1) cooking rice without the rice cooker.
2) rice must be edible. haha
3) prepare ingredients.
4) mix them all up, and it becomes 'fried rice'
i must say, his 1st attempt was rather good. =) think i would have fared alot worse. cuz up til now, i only know how to cook spaghetti. =D he was the main chef that day, while i was the photographer/video-grapher. muahah. hilarious.
and finally, an overnight mahjong session with them at boo's place. now we've learnt - in order to last the night, we must not mix vodka & mahjong together. after which, boo-bird drove the rest of us hungry birds to west coast mac for breakfast. by then, i was already stoning.
7th aug - indefinitely. away.
other than iT, everything else jus seems so superficial.
tonning, little india, LAB, overnight mahjong, loving, 6am westcoast mac breakfast, pic frames, sleeping, alive..
sometimes i jus wish for time to stop.
21st july -
my room wall had been bare for a few weeks already, cuz i stripped off all the photos on it. wanted to finish "constructing a new look" by the time sch starts, but progress has been slow la. so far, only the photo collage of boo and i was finished. and that was only with his help.
my collage leaning against the wall.
heh. i finally moved my "notice board" up to a higher position, so it won't be hidden by my clutter. next up would be to arrange new photos on the wall.
when will it finally be done?
13th july - pirates
pirates of the caribbean 2 was good. enjoyed the ost as well - lots of pipe organ parts. and there's gonna be a pirates 3 also. it was a good break la, after going to lab for 2 continuous days. learnt how to use the many centrifuge machines and waiting for my samples to stop spinning.. made solutions from scratch - cuz we were so used to having them ready made! going inside the cold room ~4 degrees to drip solutions down a column... and there is still so much more to learn and do cos our 3 year course barely taught as the basics only. it would have been useful if i had taken urops in year 3, then i could take that as the learning year.. BUT! its okay.. i WILL survive through this. =)
9th july - arjun's bday
a group of us went over to jun's place to celebrate his bday and watch WC Finals together.. more people more fun u see, and jun's TV could certainly accomodate the whole lot of us. so basically the guys were watching la, while the ladies (yee, kailing and i) + ruihang were playing mahjong.
stayed til 5+ in e morn before all left his place. my first drive out in the pouring rain. moved off to yewtee to drop off my frens before heading back to wdls. sorry for the jerky ride back guys. hurhur. all i can say is, i normally drive safer when alone. =p
8th july -
after briefing near Cityhall, boo and i went to coffee club for lunch. i had "baked chicken macaroni", he had "pastrami & cheddar sandwich", and we both shared the "fresh fruit fondue". it was a yummy lunch, esp the fondue.
while waiting for WC to start later at 230am, i started packing thru the many birthday cards, letters, postcards, notes collected over the years. think i kept every single one. read thru some of them, reminded me of happy times, sad times too. felt like im reading me at the various stages of my life. in particular, a birthday card by this one person. reading it and thinking of the person made me feel pretty down now.
29th jun - the one about balls.
watching soccer matches every night til late is bad. cause my day would in turn start at ~2pm when i wake up. but haha quite exciting actually.. guy watching, oh, i mean, soccer watching. =) girls, you know what i mean.
been spending more time with boo during this hols. (including watching soccer tog) or at least i try to. does it work this way? that meeting him more often now would make the -separation- later less painful? or. gradually lessen our meetings, so i would eventually get used to him not being there when he's gone. i don't know if im over-reacting, feeling sad whenever i think about it. i have faith in us, in this relationship. but im going to really miss him. miss being with him, around him and having him.
another pms-y entry.
met up with prof to discuss project today. will start prep work on fri. my life as an honours student should and would start soon. goodbye holidays. =(
24th jun - drama time
caught the taiwanese drama "devil beside you" last sun on tv. my initial impression of it was "blah. another idol drama.." BUT. i was kinda stuck on it after the first few mins. muaha. cuz the male lead -he jun xiang- was damn shuai in the bad boy way, and yang cheng ling was acting cute all the way. haha. so shuai. so shuai. wo zai fa hua chi. ignore me.
16th jun - halfway thru gss
been meeting ms tay rather often these days. haha i like! =) cuz whenever we go town for lunch/dinner, we always end up shopping. gss is one evil scam. most of the stuff i bought were either "fixed price"" or "not on promo". hence its not that much of a sales anyway la. but maybe its the atmosphere that gss creates... so IM in the mood for shoppping.
its bad that gss is right after the exams & the results. cuz thats when all your pent up stress ( and happiness ) and your-lack-of-shopping would cause a big fat hole in your bank account.
going to desaru with family over this wkend. hope the sun is better there than back in spore.
11th jun - music
love this song. slightly different from the one i usually listen to. but what the heck. seldom see 2 piano players using 2 pianos to play a song together yeah? power.
went shopping with yan. fwah. i lost track of what i bought. =p went out with 1 small black adidas pouch, came home with 1 new bag + many other barang barang. very happy, very broke. retail therapy feels good.
ms tay and i started our taitai outing with dim sum at crystal jade. think we ordered too much ah. how to try clothings when u're feeling this full? 1st stop after makan was far east - a spagh top, a crop jacket and a bag. 2nd stop was tang's - new sandals! 3rd stop was back at taka - skirt from zara. 4th and final stop at paragon - where both of us bought clinique products and dinner at nooch. total damage for the short short day - $375.
sigh sigh sigh. broke, but happy.
drove the new car today again, 2nd time so far. muaha the overall feel was pretty smooth. driving it was shiok. think i adapted more easily to this new one than the other old one. gonna go shopping with parents tmr - electronic appliances and probably new hps for dad and my idiot brother. perhaps i can "qiao" a new laptop in the process (if i am lucky) --> macbook!
just finished a 3 hr long badminton session in school. we played almost non-stop. and now, im feeling the aftereffects - sore muscles. yesterday was rather a hectic day. met up with lucy in sch to search for profs for our HYP. was pretty lucky to find a proj thats interesting (to me la) and the prof also seems helpful. lucy, jiayou in your search today and tmr! so, a big burden settled. i have a project now! =)
went for the nokia training thing yest also. will be involved in the it show coming up this thurs - sun selling N series phones at the nokia booth. as sales promoters, we get to bring them home to familarize ourselves with thri functions. boo got the n80, while i got the n71. (muahah. but i changed with him.. =p).
boo and i gonna meet chai later for supper at bt timah to pass him some stuff. another long day/night.
26th may - closure?
damn. i miss my shopping khaki - ms tay! this lucky ass is currently in aust with her bf and another good fren for a good hol. yan, ch and i were talking abt having a hols together this coming july. haven decided on the location yet, but very likely, the trip will materialize =) yay.
results were released yesterday. after much consideration, i think i will continue to go for honours. haha i am so happy to delay 1 more year so i wont start work so soon! and thankfully, both jack and lucy are taking honours as well! so i am not alone! =p
tonning at yan's place was damn fun la. i helped her dye her hair back to black, n i spent a whole 2.5 hrs on that. i am meticulous ok =) no la. actually, its cuz her hair is damn thick la!
24th may - update
trip to jb with lucy n jack was not too bad. haha although parents dont approve (hmm.. so?) but cant do anything. ha.ha. cuz i keep my own passport ok. and i stay in wdls. which is pretty near the causeway la. we went to the ktv there and they gave us a huge room. it was big enough for 10 pple, plus 3 wired & 2 wireless mic. next up, seafood dinner at da ma. we ordered pretty alot for jus 3 pple. next up, dessert back at secret recipe, where we had our lunch earlier tat day. cheesecake was yummmmy.
and here, i wanna wish my dear old buddy a "happy 22nd birthday!".
we met up with zd and jj on fri, and ch on sat. both days, the food was great. with zd and jj, we ate at a korean restaurant (inspired by da chang jin). haha the bbq chicken and pork was very good. must hav been the marinating sauce. more pics up later. then on sat, ate with ch at crystal jade la mian xiao long bao branch. good food, good company. =) love celebrating bdays. esp my best buddy's birthday.
sad.sad.sad.sad.sad.sad.sad.
i want to bake 365 cookies for someone. 1 cookie a day, and by the time you reach the last cookie, you know you'll be home soon.
i love you.
on the early morning of 23rd (happy 41th month!), boo and i were rearranging the photo collage he made for me on my bday last year. current arrangement allows me to plastic wrap the board so the pics wont be dirty. right now, its on top of my wall shelf. been moving stuff around room these few days. once im done, i'll put up pics. im proud of my messy room, cuz im the boss here. muaha.
8th may - bummer
was supposed to go jb with lucy and jack today. but started feeling feverish and sneezy yesterday. so had to postpone it to next mon instead. sorry guys. =p as such, i spent the whole of yest in bed, wishing for the fever to go away, and my nose to unblock itself. how to sleep with a blocked nose?!! hence i couldnt go to simlims to buy my hard disc yest also. -_- plans all screwed up.
parents decided to go to malacca this thurs. i'll be back on sun i think. then following mon morn, i will be off to city square with them. yay. right now, my job is to recover as fast and as much, so as to enjoy myself to the max in malacca.
hols is good. =)
5th may - long day.
been 3 days since exams ended. slacking has never felt this good. okay. SO for now, please dont talk about "hav you found a job yet?".. to people with questions like this in mind, shoosh off. its irritating. hav watched 2 shows since my hols officially started on tues. 1) Take the Lead and 2) MI:3.
"Take the Lead" was good. the dance moves and the music. ballroom + hiphop. you go figure. i've always wanted to learn ballroom, and boo too. hopefully, this movie inspired us ENOUGH to start learning it. the dancers were so graceful (ballroom style). "MI:3" too action packed.. guys will like it la hur. considering i watched it with 8 other guys and 1 other girl. was quite a "traumatizing" night. haha boo will know why..
re-reading "Half Blood Prince" and "Da Vinci Code" now.. preparing for the upcoming movie, and also to re-relieve harry potter once again. And guess wad, I'm voting tmr! pretty lucky since I jus turned 21 "not too long ago". Check out the election's map. the whole (or most?) of West side is uncontested. i was reminded of my SS's TA, who's already 30+, and still haven gotten a chance to vote. poor thing.
1st may - i smell freedom!
muahahah. exams over! finally... =) in boo's room now helping him to clear out.. that place holds many memories for us. the rumblings of buses early in the morning, the mosquitoes (!!), 2 of us sharing the bed, slacking after a long day.. the decision to stay in hostel had been a good one. spending both quality and quantity time together. haha feels as though its like our first "house", a place that belongs to us both only.
im gonna miss this place.
or rather, im gonna miss us having such a place - our world.
whatever i had intended to write, somebody's not gonna like it.
as i said before, only the hee-hee-haa-haa stuff are written here. beyond that, either i bitch to boo, i bitch to bro or i bitch to frens. mayb i shd setup another blog to release all the negative feelings there.
28th apr - the one about.. cars!
dad's new love arrived yesterday. gave us all an excuse to go dinner and try out the new car. muahahah. it IS nice. shall hijack car once exams are over.
going to nap now. sO tired.
24th apr - the one about.. random posts.
headaches happen when u try to cram too much into ur head.
damn. i seem to be popping by here everyday now ah. jus watched dae jang geum. still engrossed in the plot. n the guy is so shuai! =p need my daily fix of korean drama.
23rd apr - the one about... love.
jus finished another study session today in sch. it was a good one. tough my progress was damn slow la. but anyway. its our 40th month today. =) haha i love you honey!! its okay even though we didnt celebrate and have dinner today. at least we managed to study together. yup? dad was nice to drive me all the way this morn, and also purposely drove down to pick me up at night. muacks.
how would i do without these 2 guys in my life?
and yay. gonna watch "Mission Impossible :3" with boo, jh and "someone else". lets see who jh gonna bring on 3rd may.. and in the meantime, study more!
afternote. a bintan trip maybe coming up with the 4e1 guys, another trip with yan and maybe ch?, and another one with my boo. destinations all not confirmed yet. relax, lets deal with things one at a time. n we shall start it off with the exams first.
damn.
22th apr - the one about exams
haven really properly blogged these few days.. the point is. who has that kind of time now? yeah la, unless you are a superhero, who started studying since day 1. then you would be laughing at all the doodoos who sleep at 5am and wake up at 9am to start another session of mugging.
met yan, yan and yan for the last 3 sats.
haha it was all impromptu meetings, but all fun. =p 1st sat was with zengdi also. then we went cck to eat at the malay store. bam. standard dropped alr. their fried rice was.. wet? after which went to yan's house to watch vcd the whole night. it was a pornified night. i have to seriously think twice when my bro says "must watch!".
on the 2nd sat, it was with CH at bugis. blogged abt ti earlier alr.
then on the 3rd consecutive sat, yan n i arranged to dye and cut hair together. i spent $150 and she spent $1230. muahaha. the cashier overcharged her, by 1 zero behind. and we called CH out on the very last min for dinner at bt. timah. steamboat and chill out. it was another outing well spent.
this sem, boo and i are staying in another location. no more studying room yih. the environment there is too tense, and ur belongings are never safe. always need to have someone at the table, else there'll people confiscating our stuff. this time round, boo got a room in soc1 - the blue comp building beside the field. so basically, we could study, talk, sleep, watch tv, blast the stereo. no one cares and no one bothers.
feeling bit stressed up about having so much stuff to read, and so little time to do it. yearning for exams to be over soon, and yet. wishing for more time to prepare for it. finished my 1st paper yest. it was OK i think. could definitely be better. anyway! to relieve the much pent-up stress, im going out movies and dinner with yan, des, CH on tues after my 2nd paper. i neeeed a break.
