To Dream and Desire

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

Family lecture today was ‘out-of-the-world’ hilarious. Figure that this semester will be having eccentric lectures and tutorials. Workload, on the other hand, is also high up there in the list.

Was talking with YL on the way home and found that 3 out of my modules are linked together, which may or may not be a good thing. Good because I can lap over the information and knowledge enquired from the modules. Bad because when exams come I think I will be so messed up about which author is for which reading in the different module. But right now I think I will focus on the positive.

Sat through about 3 hours of boredom, staring into the mirror with blurred vision (no spectacles on) and finally got my first perm =) Happy with the result of the perm but my pocket is suffering. Total damage done = $120 + $16 = $136. Should be well worth the money since I don’t think I will be trimming my hair anymore (unless in dire condition). Won't be highlighting or dying either as I like black better because once the hair grows there’ll be the differentiated section of coloured and natural hair which means more touch ups and more money spent.

Yeah… now I can step out of the house without spending much time on pulling my hair back and trying the get the ‘fly-aways’ to stay down.

2008-01-14T21:31:00.000+08:00

First day of school and my clock is all messed up -.- woke up at 8am today and rushed out the house thinking that I was uber late, only to realize that I am not late, instead I was almost one-hour earlier. I knew that lecture was supposed to be at 10am but when I woke up that time I was still in a daze. Such be my school jitters starting all over again hahaha...

Today's lecture about gender was thought-provoking enough and enjoyable. Hope it continues to be so for the rest.

Went shopping and got some great buys from the 'pasar malam' in woodlands. Haha the sweater/jacket was only for $10!! (Originally was $12 but my mom bargained for a lower price.) And I am sure that it will keep me warm as it’s quite thick… got another shirt for just $6 but the quality is normal but it doesn’t matter much as it’ll be for school anyways.. Should have gotten more from there but there were so many that doesn’t fit me *sob* What should I eat to get fat in the right places??? (And no, I don’t want them accumulating at the tummy, waist, thighs or butt area)

On the way back home, passed by the hair salon and asked about the perm. The hairdresser said standard price was $120. There goes my money again. Think should be getting it on Wednesday since she said she’ll be working on that day. She also told me, one week after the perm I should go back and get highlights but I don’t really want to dye my hair hahaha... Shall see how the perm goes first~

2008-01-02T15:41:00.000+08:00

2008 is here!!! Time flies, a year had just seemed to whizzed by and thinking back it was like a blur as to what had happened for the past year. What was the most memorable in 2007:

(1)Get to meet up with some MIA friends over gatherings
(2)My own 21st
(3)Attending all the 21st birthday parties although it left me with a very empty piggy-bank
(4)Got to visit the zoo!
(5)Worked with some of the nicest people during summer break
(6)Finished painting my room, but not yet finish arranging everything
(7)Watching all the fabulous dramas and movies haha..

Hope that this year would be much better than the last cuz 2008 meant a lot of new beginnings.

(1)Officially an adult (21 yrs-old) in the year
(2)My cousin going to get married!!!!
(3)Going to graduate (Summer time)
(3)Planning to travel!!!!
(4)Stepping into the workforce (kinda scary yet exciting? But I have no idea as to what I want to do =x)

Happy New Year to all!!!

2007-12-21T19:36:00.000+08:00

Been clearing out my whole room this week and found loads of stuff which are not supposedly mine. Stacks of old Newsweek magazines and other books are all put in boxes and plastic bags and chucked away in my room for all these years.

Above, on top of my closet there’re so many stuff: Box of used new Tupperware, Box full of new and old soft-toys, cooler, new electrical jucier. Think I can open a stall selling those and earn quite a few bucks~ Cleaning up felt like I was cleaning out the storage room. Right now my stuff are all piled up in one corner of the living room and outside my room =x there’s still my closet and bed frame which I have no idea where to move them to.

Praying that tomorrow’s weather is sunny too so that I can start painting *sob* I hear thunder rumbling in a far distant~

2007-12-10T16:28:00.000+08:00

ehh.. yea.. not been updating for a longgggg time~~ will be doing so in a few days time... just let me finish organising my photos and room haha xD

When That Day Comes W/ ENGLISH SUBS

2007-10-20T15:45:00.001+08:00

All Star Korea - When That Day Comes

Various famous Korean singers got together and sang about the re-unification of Korea.

(In order)
Park Sang Min, Hyori, Ock Joo Hyun, Kim Jong Gook, Kim Bum Soo, Se7en, Wheesung, Shinhwa, Gummy, Lee Jung Hyun, Wax, Park Hwa Yo Bi, Lee Seung Chul, Kim Gun Mo

(Choi) Jung Chul - 사랑은 왜 해 MV

2007-10-20T15:23:00.001+08:00

(Choi) Jung Chul - 사랑은 왜 해 MV

2007-10-16T21:24:00.001+08:00

The fuse has been lighted... Menopause has set in tonight... My dad is rattling away... On and on about stuffs which are minor… gosh… Plugging in to my mp3 now...

One day... One day... I will try moving out of the house and live alone. Only then will I really know what independence is. That one day may come when I start working.

Yeah.. Feeling upset, hurt, misunderstood and emo~ Thanks to the words spoken, the comparisons made...

Drown me in music to make me feel better.

I will be a vegan for one week due to the documentary shown in today's lecture...

Perhaps, just perhaps... I should just turn into a vegetarian like what the feng-shui shifu said...

2007-10-14T16:20:00.000+08:00

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.

Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.

Extraversion results were medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.

trait snapshot:

clean, organized, dislikes chaos, semi neat freak, perfectionist, traditional, realist, fits in most places, enjoys managing others, risk averse, good at saving money, prudent, respects authority, high self control, hard working, does not like to stand out, follows the rules, finisher, resilient, takes precautions, cautious, honest, unfamiliar with the dark side of life, practical, dutiful

Did the test from http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html

2007-10-09T20:56:00.000+08:00

went out to PS again for group meeting, after that went to shop around. Found this Chomel shop, the jewellery inside are so nicee!!! but expensive also but i believe it's value for money haha, wait till i got more money then i shall go there to buy myself a semi-precious stone jewellery piece.

after that went to AMK Hub, first time there.. yea i know i am very very sua-ku hahha.. but i still went in the end =p.. had dinner at dian xiao er (店小二） after much deliberation between the soup restaurant and the dian xiao er. Ordered the 泡参烧鸭, one fried tofu and one more brocoli with mushrooms... the roast duck had this wild ginseng sauce which is very sweet, dunno if it's because of the herbs or the sugar content. The vege and tofu are quite normal, nothing really special... Don't think i will be stepping into one of the branches any time soon cuz it's kinda expensive and the food is quite mediocre...

randomised~~
roar roar... Give me any day, i need to catch up on my sleep...

Adulthood

2007-09-30T00:41:00.001+08:00

Yoho Yoho~ Officially an adult, the start of a 'new' beginning (not really new as I have already been here for 21 years =x) ~ Feelings? Eh.. Mixed? With age comes responsibility. Although it sounds cliche but it's reality. Can't really imagine what it'll really be like after the graduation next year. Until now I am still searching for a career that I am really interested in.

Watched Chuck & Larry and found this stuck in my head: "...No one should dictate how other people live their lives..." Totally agree. But then again, people around us or even people whom we do not even know can influence greatly the way we carry ourselves in life.

Anyway, I wanna make a BIG thank-you to those who took the time to attend the lunch 'party'. Thanks so much for all the hand-made cards. I absolutely love them to bits, they will be kept forever so when I grow old and reminisce about them, I can still feel the warmth and love that were given in the making of the cards. To those who were feeling unwell, I hope you have a speedy recovery and do drink more water and rest well.

2007-09-25T00:14:00.000+08:00

First time playing boardgames in a Cafe with friends. Was suppose to go to Settler's Cafe for the games but the organiser forgot that it closes on Monday. So in the end, took a cab down to Prinsept street's Mind Cafe for the games.

So many students in uniform were there. The atmosphere? loud and louder. Burst of screams, laughter, clink-clang can be heard. But it was really enjoyable. Heard from my friends that Settler's Cafe is the much better place although it is more expensive than Mind Cafe cuz the service there is better. But at Settler's they do not have any discounts for NUS students, Mind has got 10% off the total bill for NUS students or some card holder. Will frequent these places more in the future as it's fun and affordable.

Had dinner at The Glass House Fish & Co..
This is what happens when you have 2 hungry girls who didn't take lunch and went to exert energy on games. Before these 2 platter arrive, there's 2 starters - calamari and mussels. Ok lah, it is also shared with by 1 guy and 2 more girls.

2007-09-20T23:35:00.000+08:00

I wish I could sink into oblivion during the mid-term 'break'.

But I know it is the impossible.

*Frantically return to my essay writing after this intermission of mine*

2007-09-20T02:41:00.000+08:00

YAY!!! Just finished comparing all the numbers for development report. I hope I won't be doing it any time soon...

By the end of this week, I would have turned into a panda...

~*~*~*~*~*~

Came across this song from Fergie, didn't know she sang this type of song before

The lyrics and melody of this song is beautiful...

~*~*~*~*~*~

Fergie - Finally

MMMMMMMMMM

Ever since I was a baby girl I had a dream
Cinderella theme
Crazy as it seems
Always knew that deep inside that there would come that day
But I would have to wait
make so many mistakes
I couldn't comprehend as I watched it unfold
This classic story told I left it in the cold
Walking through unopen doors that led me back to you
Each one unlocking more of the truth
I finally stopped tripping on my youth
I finally got lost inside of you
I finally know I needed to grow
And finally my mate has met my soul

[Chorus]
Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something strange and new is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Give my love to him finally

MMMMMMMM

I remember the beginning you already knew I acted like a fool
Just trying to be cool
Fronting like it didn't matter
I just ran away
Put on another face
Was lost in my own space

Found what its like to hurt selfishly
I was scared to give up me
Afraid to just believe
I was in a jealous, insecure, pathetic place
Stumbled through the mess that I have made

I finally got out of my own way
I finally started living for today
I finally know I needed to grow
And finally my mate has met my soul

[Chorus]
Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something strange and new is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Give my love to him finally

MMMMMMMM

Finally, Finally yea...

Finally
Now my destiny can begin
Though we will have our differences
Something beautiful is happening, is happening
Finally
Now my life doesn't seem so bad
It's the best that I've ever had
Give my love to him finally

Ohhhhhhhh!!

Finally, Finally... Finally....

2007-09-13T22:15:00.000+08:00

Felt the tremors this morning at 8am. Was woken by the shaking of my bed. Thought my mom was doing the shaking to wake me up but realized that it was the aftershocks. My mom was sitting on the La•z•boy and initially thought it was some unclean entity shaking the chair... -_-''

~~

Mom gave me a surprise today by getting me my first 3 diamonds. The designs were careful chosen by them, though small but I am nonetheless touched. Didn't expect my parents to spend a bomb on such. First gift received that was so expensive. Kinda feel awkward about it because initially I just wanted a simple affair. I made my mind that my first whole official paycheck would go to them.

~~

Ever since school had started, everything things seems to move on 'fast forward' mode... 不知不觉, 5 weeks just whizzes past. I really wonder what I had learnt after attending all the lectures and the tutorials. Nothing seems to be staying in, suddenly it's like all interest is lost. Other than the lost of interest, it seems like it's draining my life away too... After each day at school I reach home dead tired even though when it's only a 2-hour lecture or tutorial. I wonder if this is what happens when you reach a certain stage where you just want to drop everything else and indulge in the things you like like nobody’s business.

This semester's workload unexpectedly turned out to be more than what I had expected.

1 debate – 45 minutes 4th October
2 essays – 21st September: haven't start writing / 2nd October: haven't go to the fieldtrip

2 project proposals – 20th September / 1st October
3 tests – mid-term: 18th September / CA1: 9th October / CA2: 9th November
4 group projects – GE2221 / GE2227 / GE3235 / GEK1507
5 IVLE postings – there's deadline as to the postings are to be made for different topics
Presentations – show and tell / unknown presentations during lecture
Tutorials - GE3235 tutorial / carto map work
Readings and MORE readings!!

ROAR~~~
I should use the time taken for ranting to do my work.

2007-08-20T21:16:00.000+08:00

The promoters outside of Causeway Point are persistent and scary. Was on my way out of the MRT station to the mall (red route) to exchange defected merchandise when this promoter wearing red suddenly tried to catch my attention. How he did that? He used the pen he was holding to 'tap' (wack) on my shoulder. Shocked by the pain on my shoulder, I turned slightly to look who it was but continued to exit the premise quickly before he could say anything (escape attempt number 1 = successful)... My mom said I should have turned around and knocks some sense into the promoter.

I thought I was safe from promoters when I tried to another route to the MRT station (blue route). And I was so wrong. This time a promoter in white suddenly appear beside me and started asking in mandarin if I was a student. I guess the sudden shock I got (second time again) made him think I shook my head slightly. I thought he would just forget about it and moved away. But I was wrong again. He proceed to ask how come if I wasn't a student then why I wasn't responding to him (duh... who would?). I just continued walking straight the station. Once again, escape attempt number 2 = successful. I should have plugged in to my mp3, perhaps that would have put them off (-.-'').

YL: Now I fully understand what you have tried to tell me last Friday. Felt like I was playing a dodging game with the promoters.

2007-08-20T18:32:00.000+08:00

My timetable is yucky... First, I have no free day at all when tutorial starts. Second, I have one lecture each on Monday and Friday which starts from 12noon and 2pm respectively (why can't it be earlier so at least I won't feel like dragging myself to school just for that lecture). Third, my exam timetable ends so late (yeah... this time it's even later than YL's - I always have exams that end earlier than hers).

The modules for this semester aren't that fabulous either. Especially for the level 3000 geog module. After the 2nd lecture, I still couldn't quite figure out what the lecturer was saying. His accent is just oh-so-(-.-''). It's even worst when he gets excited and starts to speak fast. Although it's supposedly a geog module, almost 65% of the content is about economics - Absolute advantage, comparative advantage, barter economy, convergence/ divergence, opportunity cost etc… His explanations doesn't really help me in understanding what those terms were because most of the time I was trying to take in what he had just said decipher them word by word (T.T) Aiyayaa...

10-member project group for my breadth module. Such an extreme big group for a project. Hope that it isn't grouped according to alphabetical order although it does make things easier for the lecturers and definitely not for us. Imagine: if 60% or more of the group members are from Science, the chances of traveling to Science for group meeting may be higher. Moreover, the timings of the meetings will be another problem.

Just the 2nd week of semester 1 and I already felt drained out of energy. I still haven't had enough of my holidays yet...

~*~

Grandma got admitted to hospital after slipping the second time and hitting the back of her head on the floor. Heard from my mom that she got a mild stroke and tests are still ongoing to check which side it occurred to. Praying that she'll get well and healthy soon and that treatment is going smoothly.

2007-07-30T16:44:00.000+08:00

The following is taken right off the back of the book of Eat Right 4 Your Type written by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo with Catherine Whitney...

Your blood type reflects your internal chemistry. It actually determines the way you absorb nutrients. What foods you absorb well and how your body handles stress differ with each blood type. Eat Right 4 Your Type tells you to combine the foods that are right for you:

If your blood type is O:
~ Eat meat (high protein, low carbohydrate)
~ Cut out wheat and most other grains
~ Engage in vigorous aerobic exercise

~ The risk of ulcers and inflammatory diseases such as arthritis increases if you eat incorrectly for your type

If your blood type is A:
~ You should be a vegetarian (high carbohydrate, low fat)
~ Engage in gentle exercise such as yoga or golf
~ Meditate to deal with stress
~ The risk of cancer and heart diseases increase if you eat incorrectly for your type

If your blood type is B:
~ You should have a very varied diet of all blood types, one including meat; yours is the only blood type that does well with diary products
~ Engage in exercise such as moderate swimming or walking
~ The risk of slow-growing viruses that attack the nervous system increases if you eat incorrectly for your type

If your blood type is AB:
~ You have most of the benefits and intolerances of type A and B
~ Engage in calming exercises and relaxation techniques
~ You have the friendliest immune system of all the blood types

2007-07-30T13:19:00.001+08:00

Bidding starts today and I just found out that my migration module exam clashes with the complimentary medicine exam... Aiyaya... Made the decision to change that geog module to a development one... Lost one bid point in the process of dropping it. Not sure if I made the right choice in keeping the complimentary module and letting go of the migration module as the information on the development mod is rather limited.

2007-07-29T15:48:00.000+08:00

~*~ Wednesday, 25 July 2007 ~*~
Someone from the 8th floor got promoted and treated everyone in the office to Don's chicken pie. It was thoughtful and so sweet of the person because I personally had no idea who she was and had never met before cause I worked on the 9th floor but was still treated like everyone else in the office. The pie was simply delicious. Although at first glance it's like a small piece but after finishing, it was quite filling and can last you throughout the whole afternoon. The stuffing of the pie was well cooked and the chunky chicken pieces were very tender (guess they used meat from the thighs). The pie has got corn and green pea that pop when you chew on them indicating that they were fresh unlike those rock-hard types that you get from some frozen bags of mixed vegetables.

~*~ Thursday, 26 July 2007 ~*~
Got treated by some pilots because they had some promotion thingy too. One of the pilot bought Chewy Juniors from the nearby Tangong Pagar Plaza. I have never heard of them before that day. They had cream custard inside and outside is topped with a variety of jams. I took the strawberry flavoured. Not really to my liking though. It would have been nicer and more palatable to my taste if it was softer. But overall, as the name suggested, it was chewy. Don't really know how to describe it though because it's not really a custard puff or bread, it's just chewy.

~*~ Friday, 27 July 2007 ~*~
It seems like when I am about to end my job that the "treating of fellow colleagues" got unto action. Haha... the 9th floor had another round of ‘lunch treatment’ from the pilot's deputy manager cause he had an increase in salary. The office organized a mini Pizza Hut party during lunch time. The pizza was personally made by an ex-manager of Pizza Hut (now working somewhere in Tanjong Pagar Complex), no wonder it had much more toppings than one would normally have. The other colleagues were joking about planning a schedule that involves the rotation of 'lunch treatment' and telling me to extend my work. If the schedule were to be set and confirmed, I would come back for the lunch treatment only >.<

~*~ Should really thank the people at my workplace, although it's a short working period, they really taught me some useful stuff especially in using the different functions of the ever-so-powerful Excel software. Will miss that bunch of people... perhaps will send them a 'Thank-you' card next week.

Since my working stint with PSA ended, now I have more time to worry and brood over my modules.

2007-07-15T20:26:00.000+08:00

My brother bought the book written by Peter D'Adamo, Eat Right 4 Your Type. I don't really 100% believe and follow in these stuff saying to eat accordingly to your blood type but I guess it's no harm reading and knowing what the naturopathic doctor has to say (haha maybe when I do come across so interesting nuggets of information I will post them up). I think that everyone should take eat in moderation and get the different types of nutrition from all kind of food sources instead of avoiding completely what is written by the doctor. I do acknowledge that the different composition of the blood types meant that a particular blood type group is more susceptible to some kind of illnesses or diseases and stuff like that. But to be so wary about your diet is no fun at all.. You won't be able to enjoy the better side of life...

oh well... I may as well read it carefully and take note of certain things and see how it works out to be... Hope it can only be beneficial and nothing else.. o_o

2007-07-04T21:36:00.000+08:00

Enter NTUC Fairprice. Bought breakfast ham. Walk out the supermarket. Exiting the train station… PONG~!!!

The lorry crashed (lang-ga) into the van.

Windscreen shattering. Pieces of glass rain down. The moment of impact made the glass pieces like a splash of water.

The impact also affected the taxi before the van and the taxi’s boot was dented in (very much like the crushing of a can drink). **Eh.. too bad I don't have a camera-enabled phone so no photos).

Re-calling and replaying the moment raises goose-bumps and sends shivers down my spine… Luckily there were no serious injuries (I think so and hope so) as the foreign workers from the back of the lorry, the taxi driver and the driver of the van were able to get off their vehicles to see the damage done.

2007-07-02T21:21:00.000+08:00

Hoohoo~~ I am moving to a bigger "house" tomorrow!! Haha... Cuz the MD* (not the DM) saw me squeezed in one corner of the cubicle (sharing with my supervisor)... Hope the bigger space doesn't mean more and extra workload like what my mom suggested.. ~_~

2007-07-01T22:52:00.001+08:00

Thursday ~ 28 June 2007

The office building had a fire drill @ 10 am. Should have guessed it because the fire warden took my name down the day before. Walked down the 9 floors of stairs and the very next day my lower calves muscles ached. T.T I am not exercising ahh!!!!

Friday ~ 29 June 2007

Received a sms during the train ride to my workplace. It was from my dad. He was successfully allocated with Downtown East chalet. Which also means that I will be celebrating my b’day in the chalet.. But the timing is not very good because it’s towards the end of the semester break!!! Everyone would be rushing for their essays and project and studying for their tests… T.T

Bought Goodwood Park Hotel’s cake today as employees of the company I am working with have got 20% off their durian pastries and cakes… Bought a slice of coconut, pandan and durain cake for $5.50. I can say that it’s well worth the money although it’s more worth it if I bought the whole cake… Just that I have no idea how to bring the whole 1.3kg cake home…

Saturday ~ 30 June 2007-07-01

Last day of 5% GST!!! Went to Sim Lim Sqaure and Sim Lim tower to get minor components to fix my cousin’s motherboard. @ Sim Lim Square you can really see people everywhere trying to get stuff before the rise in 2% GST the next day. The same applies to Causeway point.

Had dinner @ Banana Leaf Apollo. This is the second time there. The first time was to do a project about Indian cuisine. Had everything that’s spicy and hot. Curry fish head, fish cutlet, masala chicken and mutton. From these 2 visits I realise that you really have to check the bill before paying because on both occasions they charge things wrongly. Like charging us lime juice when we had plain water and the difference in plain rice and saffron rice was also missed out. But overall, it was shiok.. haha… Eating spicy food and sweating it out…

2007-06-24T22:24:00.000+08:00

Friday~ 22/06/2007

Had my first week of work. Kinda boring cuz what I do is only typing in the activity sheet of a worker for the day and there are like 200 workers in a day and so far I have only managed to finish typing for a week (6 days) only... The whole cycle will start again tml. After staring at the computer for such a long time made my eyes dry and extremely tired. But can't complain so much cuz it's what admin suppose to do..

Went to Bugis to get birthday present. Met up with yl, py and daniel. Ended up spending most of the time (almost 1.5hrs) talking and chit-chatting over dinner at Fish & Co.. Ordered/shared ocean platter, swordfish collar and mussels. Had the swordfish collar for the first time and it was not bad although it was deep fried but it matches well with the sour-spicy sauce. I had the pufferfish drink and it was too sweet for my liking, should have gotten the lobster drink instead...

Sunday ~ 24/06/2007

My brother's birthday. Went to bugis again. But not to shop. Went to the temple cuz my brother's having his exams next week and my elder brother is going on a 3-week vacation in Australia.

Had a sumptuous crab dinner @ AMK. Mellben Seafood, right opposite my secondary school - Mayflower. Had chili crab, ribs in lotus leaves, fried tofu, steamed red grouper teochew style. Definitely going back to the place to try their other types of crabs.

Japanese Human Tetris Funny!!!

2007-06-21T22:27:00.001+08:00

Japanese Human Tetris Funny!!!

2007-06-17T17:38:00.000+08:00

Father’s Day is today so went to the SAF Yacht Club for lunch with the whole family including大嫂. Had oats prawn, curry fish head as recommended by my elder brother, broccoli with scallops, crispy chicken, bean curd with crabmeat and bamboo clams. The bill was supposed to be shared between my younger brother and me… In the end only I paid my elder brother back because my di didn’t bring his wallet out…

Right now… I am officially broke as I only have $15 left for my first day of work tomorrow…

2007-06-17T17:19:00.000+08:00

Yesterday’s trip to the zoo was good and bad.

The good:
Finally get to visit the zoo again after such a long time. Everything is good =) Caught 2 of the animal shows – Wonders of the Wild and Splash Safari. Got partially wet from the sea lion’s slaps of water from the pool because there were no more seats left and was standing out front. Saw a lot of changes to the zoo’s features too… Saw Inuka too, sprawled on the floor enjoying the cool misting of the fans.

The bad:
No photos were taken at the zoo. The camera wasn’t working (initially)!!!!! Since the digital camera was taken apart by my brother, my dad decided to use back the old camera which uses film. I guess it was because being left in the shelf for almost 5-6 years, the accumulation of dust, the motor wasn’t working as expected.

However, the really bad part was that after leaving the zoo in the afternoon, my brother and I decided to try the camera again and guess what… It started working perfectly…

Hai~ but below is a collage of the animals I saw in the zoo… *The pictures are taken off from various websites…

2007-06-15T22:01:00.000+08:00

Yeah~~ I am going to the zoo tomorrow!

Let's see... The last time I went to the zoo was when I was in secondary school, at least 5 years ago...

Hope the weather is good tomorrow, not rainy, not too hot, better be breezy...

2007-06-15T17:39:00.000+08:00

I am waging a war right now with the tiny black ants in my house... Ever since the tenants moved in I noticed an increased amount of these ants in the house... ROAR!!!

They are everywhere!!!!

On so many foodstuff.... Sugar, baking powder, my baked pizza (even when I put it into a container, they attacked the pizza through the hole of the container. Got super upset when I saw this because I baked the pizza and I still have got one 2 large pieces I have eat yet)...

In so many places... toilet/bathroom, kitchen, dining table, living room...

My mom says the off-the-shelves poison for these ants are of no use in dispersing them or killing them... The worst thing is that I know they are somewhere inside the kitchen cabinets but I lost track of the ants when they enter the crevices.... Argh...

2007-06-14T13:15:00.000+08:00

Went to Tanjong Pagar in the morning for the final job interview. Got totally lost in the area and finally hopped onto a taxi to bring me to the exact place. Luckily I reached the place just 2 mins before 10am. Was totally surprised when I walked into the conference room because I realise I would be talking to a panel of 3 of the company's personnel. The interview was really short, around 10 minutes. Just some basic questions like how long was the journey from my house to the company, will you find admin job boring, and some questions related to school. Overall it was okay. The good news came in less than 15 mins. I got the call from the job agency and the agent said the company's hiring me.

Happy happy ~~ Time to brush up on my Excel skills too...

Will be starting the first day on Monday, 8am (kinda early... means I have to wake up at 6.45am) . But first I have to get myself a pair of flats to walk to the workplace. My toes hurt in heels after walking the long distance from the company to the train station.

2007-06-12T18:21:00.000+08:00

Went for my job interview today at Clarke Quay... Got a little bit lost trying to exit Central mall to reach the job agency but all thanks to the information help-desk that I exited at the correct place.

Getting a confirmation job interview from the company on thursday at 10am... Kinda early... Hope by then I am fully awake and I don't stumble and mumble out stupid answers...

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Till now (from yesterday), my fingers still have a faint smell of garlic.. All thanks to helping my mom peel a whole bag of garlic for the upcoming wrapping of dumplings... Yucks

2007-06-07T20:37:00.000+08:00

The days are getting warmer and more humid...
I really can't stand it...
I felt my life being sucked away the moment I step away from the air-conditioner or the fan...
Made my mood a little grumpy ...
Though there are brief rainy occasions, it doesn't bring respite...
You can feel the increased humidity...
I still prefer my rainy cold weather...

2007-05-29T13:47:00.000+08:00

Last Wednesday accompanied my brother to NUH to pick up his medical report and collected the JS project from the department. Walked past the canteen and it doesn't look like it's half-way done. Mega-Bites have already been moved away and all it was left was the metal structures which held the tent up. I will miss my sandwiches from there.

Received results on Saturday and I don’t know to feel relieve or disappointed. The results aren’t that great but am relieve that the CAP didn’t drop any further. I guess I really have to choose the correct modules next semester and S/U possible modules in order to try to salvage my CAP.

2007-05-17T20:47:00.000+08:00

A 10-month old child - not able to walk properly, let alone know, what a gun is, has a gun license in the States. For more information.

What is the world coming to?

Suddenly, I am grateful that I am living in Singapore and that I don't have to worry dying under a gun shot.

2007-05-17T15:03:00.000+08:00

Ahh... i am not sure what's the problem anymore...

Another website:http://www.pctechnicians.ca/help/pcguide.html#3 says it's the keyboard/keyboard card problem~~

My brother is not doing anything to salvage the situation [T.T]

Help?

2007-05-17T14:42:00.000+08:00

Aiyoyo.. I think I know what's wrong with the living room computer
but have no idea how to fix it...

Came across this website: http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html

It says that 3 long beeps is failure with the Base 64K mem, possible cause = bad memory

Quite useful in indicating the problem...

Wished it provided some solutions so at least a computer idiot like me would understand...

2007-05-16T14:11:00.001+08:00

I just realised that I have blogged for a year...

2007-05-16T13:56:00.000+08:00

The living room’s computer is still down. Every time it is switched on, it will beep 3 times. The CPU will be running but the monitor doesn’t show anything. The day before it even shut down properly without any glitches… Anyone knows what’s going on? All my photos and music files are there and I can’t access them for 2 weeks already… Right now have to make do with my brother’s computer.

I have to apologize here first. Geraldine’s birthday and JC gathering which I thought I could make it but in the end didn’t. SORRY!!! Wasn’t feeling in tip-top conditions due the erratic weather conditions which Singapore, and the rest of the world, is experiencing. And since I was already uncomfortable with my own body conditions I know I won’t enjoy myself at the events cuz I will be complaining and pulling long faces which would totally destroy the mood at that time.

~o*o~

Mother’s Day dinner with the whole family, including my 大嫂, was on Monday in IMM’s Long Beach Restaurant. My elder brother footed the bill. When Father’s Day comes, it will be me and my brother’s turn to treat. When the time comes, I will have to think of a place that is not too expensive but the food have to be great cuz my brother is still schooling and doesn’t have an income yet. Eh... Wait... I am also still schooling… hee~

~o*o~

Received my GST offset package today. Finally receiving something from the government cuz the last package required the receiver to be aged 21 and above or in NS.

~o*o~

I am still looking for work. Anyone has got lobangs?

2007-05-05T21:31:00.000+08:00

Eileen and Yitsun flew off to Taiwan today and will be in the US on Sunday. Took the gruelling one hour 858 trip to terminal 1. Woke up at 9am but in the end didn't make it to the airport at 11am, all because of the 20 mins wait for the bus to arrive. But luckily check-in wasn't that early. Had my lunch at the airport's staff canteen. The variety of stalls were really A LOT.

The first half of the bus trip was -.- because a man sat beside me had a reeking smell of cigarette. Lucky I had the air-conditioning focused on me so at least it won't be as strong. He alighted at Jalan Kayu stop which kinda save me from the suffocation.

On my way back on 858 again, a decent young man clad in office wear sat beside me. He was not that decent, at least from my point of view. In the beginning of the bus trip, he had newspaper in his hands and was reading it but spreaded the paper so wide that I had to squeeze to one side of the seat. And the way he read the paper was... It was like he only read the right side of the paper. After keeping the paper, he decided to nap. The way he slept was like no one on-board the bus. His style of sleeping was slumped all the way to the right, which was to where I was... Really felt like changing seats but all were filled. Luckily for me when he was close to slumping onto me the bus jerked and he sat upright again. Kudos to the driver for all those times. Coincidentally, he also alighted at Jalan Kayu stop.

Anyway, survived the bus ride and met up with Sarah to pass her Winnie's present because I realise I didn't have the time to rush down to Jurong West and then reach back home before 4.30pm.

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Had dinner at Rabbit Brand Seafood Restaurant. Yea... the name Rabbit. My dad called the restaurant for directions and here's how he started... "Hello? Is this Rabbit?" - My brother and I just burst out in laughter.

They were having some promotions for seafood and the Nonya-styled Patin fish was extremely delicious. It was literally melt-in-your-mouth kind. The fish was really fresh and doesn't have the soil/mud taste like some freshwater fish have. But the vegetable - brocoli with prawns is extremely expensive and not worth the money. It's like $20 for not even one whole brocoli and a few shelled prawns. The rest of the menu was okay - garlic steamed scallop w/ shell and beef slices with onion and ginger.

I saw their supper menu and it's rather woth the money as the dishes doesn't cost more than $6 each except if you order shark fin and Buddha jumps wall.

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Had my eyes checked finally. The short-sightedness was okay didn't change much. But my astigmatism did. The optician was talking about mine being diagional rather than the horizontal or vertical which I didn't quite get it. But she did say it made me dizzy which was true. And since the astigmatism was diagional means I couldn't get the disposable contact lens which I had hoped to try. So in the end, I sticked to wearing spectacles instead of ordering the permanent contact lens. Yeah!! Got a groovy frame today, haha, can't wait till I collect it. But it totally burnt a hole in my pocket because I offered to pay for the whole thing myself~ $200 for everything (after discount)

I am going to be so broke because several birthday invitations have surfaced which meant more spending~ I have to find a job soon...

2007-05-02T21:13:00.000+08:00

Yilin tagged me!!!

RULES: Each person who gets tagged needs to write a blog post of their own 6 idiosyncrasies as well as clearly state this rule. After stating your 6 weirdness you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names at the bottom of the entry. Don’t forget to leave a comment on their tag board that says “you’re tagged!” and tell them to read your blog for information as to what it means.

Idiosyncrasy means: a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.

Aiyoooo… 6?? Racking my brains now…

1. After returning home from school or anywhere else, I will walk straight to the toilet to wash my feet before going to any part of the house.

2. When I am at home (*trying to) studying, I will always walk to the fridge and open the fridge door every 1 hour or so even when I know there is nothing in the fridge that I want. The opening fridge action happens only during exam periods or when I am really bored.

3. Before I go to bed at night, I have to wash my face with facial wash. If not, I can’t sleep well because the face will feel sticky and oily. The only time I don’t wash is if I had my shower one/ two hour(s) earlier before bedtime.

4. I sleep with my door locked. I wouldn’t want anyone coming into my room in the middle of the night to disturb me. Plus another reason is that I have house tenants next to my room.

5. Let me see, I have four pairs of heels at home but I seldom wear them. -.- Those heels were bought for specific occasions and then after that that are stored away in the cupboards. Maybe I will start wearing them when I find work.

6. Last one~~ eh… My mom says my eyes are very sharp about details… Therefore, if some things are not perfect, I will not wear it or use it. For example, if the shirt I am going to wear has a little stain (from far away you can’t see except if you examine it closely), I will choose another shirt. The one with the ‘stain’ will go into the washer straight away for another round of washing.

Yeah~~ I am done… Worked all my brain juices to think of these 6. But I believe that I have more than that, just that I don’t take much notice to it… =P

List of the 6 chosen ones
Eileen
Sarah
Winnie
Hui Fang
Shuling
Chun Xiang

2007-05-02T20:56:00.000+08:00

My right ear is semi-blocked right now... Hearing things are so weird as it is clearer on the left ear than the right.. so uncomfortable.. Hope it is just the 'heatiness' and not due to accumulation of earwax.. eww.. Yeah... Our bodies do generate disgusting stuff sometimes...

That reminds me of something... One of my Japanese Studies tutor went to Austrailia (I think or somewhere else) for a conference and she bought back those Harry Potter Bertie Bott's jelly beans... Complete with those disgusting flavours (I have attached the exact box she got, the picture was taken off the website)... I try the grass flavour and it was still okay but one of my friends took the rotten egg... It was really smelly because I could smell it in her mouth even after rinsing repeatedly...

Going for the movies tomorrow to watch Spiderman 3, hope the right ear can co-operate and get well soon... -.-

2007-04-29T20:10:00.000+08:00

YIPEE!!! Exams are over and was celebrated with IKEA’s meatballs.

Distractions were all over during the first half of the LRT exam due to some module’s paper having lots of mistakes in the paper. The lecturer for the particular module was also very repetitive in his announcements. First of all the microphone was already loud enough to be heard throughout the hall but he had to make sure that the information got to his students so he hollered out the same instructions some-where in the middle of the hall and once more towards the end of the hall. He did that twice for the 2 different mistakes in the paper. This shows one thing about the lecturer – he is very meticulous in his work... Hee…

Anyway the LRT questions were okay although I had more to write for the first 2 questions. It seems like I was writing less and less.

Done some shopping at IKEA but mostly walking around and browsing, bought only 2 A4-sized boxes to dump all my previous semester’s notes and course-packs. Now I dread getting the results of the exams…

2007-04-27T20:29:00.000+08:00

4 down... 1 more to go!!! YEA!! Ikea meatballs wait for me.. I'm coming~~

Today after the paper was going home when a black 0.5cm mao mao worm hijacked my neck to hitch a ride onto the bus. At first I thought it was some lose black yarn cuz I was wearing a black shirt and it felt soft and looked furry. After a while, while still on the bus, the terrible itching began. It started in one area and then it soon spread to other places. I didn't realise how bad it was until I saw myself in the MRT station's toilet. The itching parts turned red. Lucky it was cold outside and I could zip my sweater all the way to hide the redness. When I reached home and tooked a shower, it was still itching. Applied some cream for insect bites and the redness did went down but little red bumps appeared in some areas...

T.T Hope it doesn't swell overnight if not I would have to think of ways to hide it again...

P.S. Mao mao worm, next time you want a ride on the bus, tell me before-hand, I will arrange flight transport for you, free of charge, to your desired destination.

2007-04-11T00:25:00.000+08:00

Siren-wails for the dectection of a schizophrenic just went off...

2007-04-01T23:23:00.000+08:00

Trimmed/layered my hair yesterday after returning from project meeting @ PS. It's been so long since I went to PS, changed quite a lot since i last went... Don't ususally go downtown to shop as everything's so expensive, although the things there are very very nice... But my wallet's conditions are not...

Today went downtown again but it was with the family because my brother needed to get some components for something. I tagged along too since they were going to ask around about cameras. But in the end, my mom and me went to the temple to pray and OG to shop while my brother and dad went to Sim Lim Square. Bought 2 pieces of tops, both turquoise blue, then I realise my wadrobe doesn't have much blue, just nice.

**Ah.. forgot to add... Today was also my first time coming face to face with real-life transexuals!! I must say I was pleasantly surprised. They looked extremely beautiful, tall and slim. I would not have known if they hadn't spoke a word. I told my mom about it when we were queuing to pay for the clothes because they were just before us, funny thing is my mom misheard "变性" to "电信". In her blur state, she even asked if I knew them to which I replied, "NO!"... She thought I knew the 2, assuming that they were from 电信局, when I meant that they are transsexuals... -_-'''

Ah.. and lucky I rejected the foot reflexology session which my dad, mon and bro went for. It definitely felt painful when the shifu tackled my brother cuz he was clenching his fist when he pressed certain parts of the legs and my bro even teared when the shifu 'massaged' his shoulders...

Had dinner at a thai restuarant along Bencoolen street (will not disclose name). The food there wasn't really exactly what I would thought of as good food. The overall was so-so. Should have chosen Indian cuisine instead.

By the way... Happy April's Fool Day.. lucky it fell on a sunday...

2007-03-28T23:41:00.000+08:00

How complicated and difficult is it to move your mouth? From what I know (pardon my inept SMALL BRAINS for not knowing and not being able to REMEMBER all the scientific terms), it takes less than one second for signals to be sent to the brain for the movement of the lips… unless there’s something wrong with the electric signals going through the nerves to your brain.

Oh yea, I forgot, not only do you have to move you mouth, sounds should be created too, in order to voice out thoughts. I have to apologize here as the whole sequence of how the larynx works is far too complicated for my brains to remember and understand.

No one is born to be a leader. 每个人都得从环境之中学习，make adaptations to the situations at hand; sooner or later, people will have to make decisions for themselves. It always takes courage and guts to have the initiative and to 跨出第一步. And from I see that you have neither of the qualities. In reality, you are just irresolute, pusillanimous and passive, waiting for others to set out what is to be done. For goodness sake, do you think you can survive in society by enclosing yourself in the tiny world of yourself? Stop deluding yourself that you can do just fine without communication or avoiding communication with others.

Life sure is complicated… NOT TO YOU ALONE ONLY!! Pleasssseeee… stop making excuses or buttering the facts that were listed oh- so-clearly out… Don’t think that you can win us over with your style of soft explanation, it won’t work, seriously. Only those who haven’t seen your true colours will then be taken in by your ‘enlightenments’. Don’t even start saying anything; I think I will start puking the moment I hear your lame explanations.

Dammit… I wonder what I have done wrong to deserve this. You are simply HELL for me this semester.

Jane Zhang -- Loving You (張靚穎海豚音)

2007-03-27T19:14:00.001+08:00

Jane Zhang -- Loving You (張靚穎海豚音)

Powerful voice, soulful resonance...
I wish I had that kind of voice~~

2007-03-10T22:34:00.000+08:00

yeah.. the week has passed and several assignments handed in... Next week the cycle continues AGAIN... But luckily today went out to really enjoy myself...
Went to Marina SuperBowl and Marina GV together with my dad and mom for the family day. My bro was supposed to go too but he was suddenly called to work for today.

Played 1.5 bowl rounds because we were told to stop at 11am since the show starts at 11.30am... wasted.. I haven't even have a complete strike yet although there were a few spares!!!

The movie we watched was "Just Follow Law". Very funny and touching at the same time, there were some scenes that were tear-jerking too... However, if you dun understand much of the dialect of Hokkien then you probably won't get some of the puns intended in the film.

2007-03-05T21:47:00.000+08:00

my oh my, been 2 weeks since i have blogged.. been really busy with projects and assignments but after this week, i can finally have a short breather before the cycle of staying up late to complete and research on projects and essays starts again. For the past 1.5 weeks, i had been sleeping at the most abnormal hours usually after 3/4am, waking up after 4-5 hours of sleep to go to school...

Something completely off-topic:

Hana-Kimi finished broadcasting in Taiwan le!!! Got influenced by 表姐 and got hooked on it... but this time's different as it's really very good, wuzun and ella's chemistry is just amazingly natural and superb, hope that they will further develop it into something more than senior to junior relationships... even attempt to leave a message in Wuzun's blog yesterday but dunno if it got across or not... Caught a few parts of episode 15 on PPstream. Can't believe that it's so short... Been contributing on CEFC too.. go there and u will see lots of discussion on it.. they even created a petition for Hana-Kimi2 when i mentioned it... there's some super fans out there...

haha now i take the time to promote Hana-kimi, for those of you who are reading this please do sign the petition for a sequel of hana-kimi ^^ Please leave your real name, country (is a must) and a little message =)

For the petition, CLICK HERE

2007-02-21T23:49:00.000+08:00

ARGHHH!! It's already going to be Thursday in a few minutes time. What have I done during the school break so far? NOTHING!!!

On Saturday (17/2), helped the whole day to prepared the reunion dinner.

On Sunday (18/2), my jiu-jiu came in the morning, went to the temple in the afternoon and then later went to River Hong-Bao to stroll.

On Monday (19/2), went on "tong-sha", visited almost all my mom's relatives, had dinner at my jiu-jiu house. After that went visiting again.

On Tuesday (20/2), went to my aunt's house for lunch, stayed at her place till 5pm. After that went to visit some of my dad's biao-ge, aunt and uncle. Until now I still have no idea how to call them. Was trying to decide in the car when my dad was driving to their places. So messy and confusing... Learnt something from my dad's aunt and biao-sao during the visits also.. think I blog them another time.

Wednesday (21/2), spent the whole day "cleaning-up" and preparing food for dinner cause of some ancestral death anniversary today. My gu-jie and pa-pa just went home. Tiring~~

Thursday (22/2), going to Jalan Kayu for roti-prata!!! and the do GE2218 project also...

Friday (23/2), meeting "na-ge-nu-ren" in school. Will need to sharpen my knives and polish my armour on thursday night -.-

Saturday, REN-RI, Happy Birthday to everyone!!! Need to be busy again cause my parents are inviting aunties and uncles for dinner.

2007-02-12T23:40:00.000+08:00

Strawberries, sugar-glazed dried banana slices, cookies, seaweed peanuts, wang-wang biscuits, macaroni, polka green tea... Sounds like a feast? Haha.. it was so today during and after the js lecture. Everyone contributed to the "merry-making" during the screening of the film, Densha Otoko, and after when we were having our project discussion. Looking forward to another round when there's another screening of a film.

Sore throat got a little better after gulping down litres of water the day before and today. Went to the toilet umpteen times. Hope the runny and sometimes blocked nose goes away soon.

Printing mountainous notes and readings again. I don't understand why some can run up to 30+ pages when the paper is talking about just one issue. (T.T)

2007-02-11T13:28:00.000+08:00

After spending almost the whole day yesterday in the kitchen baking, I am down with sore throat... All the heatiness got to me. Right now trying to cure this painful sore throat with diluted apple vinegar. Quite effective I must say but make sure its very diluted if not the vinegar will burn the throat. Hopeful the sore throat will be gone by tomorrow because I want to have my movie "picnic" tomorrow and my prata dinner on thursday!!!

2007-02-04T22:20:00.000+08:00

Just realised that I forgot to blog about my cousin's wedding dinner at Holiday Inn Atrium on Thurs. It was a total new experience as the dinner was vegetarian. The first in my life and I hope the last too... Not used to the dishes prepared but overall it was still not bad considering it was vegetarian.

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Yesterday when I was about to leave home for a project meeting at school, I was brushing my hair... The hair-brush somehow got stuck (T.T). Took my mom almost an hour to free the brush from the hair by cutting off the teeths... So painful... At first she wanted to just cut the hair that was tangled!! So scary... From now on, I stick to using combs...

Today, "Li-Chun" so used up almost half a day to decorate the house and did some cleaning up. Was supposed to rush everything before 1.18pm, but there was not sufficient time, so in the end I sticked red packets all over the wall... Still have to re-arrange them when I have the time... So now the house is half-decorated by me, the three-room side is much more presentable then the four-room living room. I haven't paint my room either...

2007-02-03T00:15:00.000+08:00

The highs and lows experienced all in one day. The ultimate high when knowing there's fruitful work done during the long hours of discussion and searching. The frustration that nothing is done even when there's reminder to think about the meeting. Everyone's contribution is just as important. I believe that no matter if the opinions or views clash with one another, one should voice it out when asked or not. It makes things easier to be discussed and negotiated instead of guessing what the opposite party is trying to think. Perhaps we are still not acquainted, perhaps time was a limiting factor. Hope after today, things will take a turn for the better.

My dad brought roses back home from his camp dinner... Made me feel better looking at the deep red intensity of the delicate petals.

2007-01-29T17:57:00.000+08:00

Discomfort.

Headache.

Nausea.

Vomit.

Stress.

Readings not done.

Affinity with Buddha.

Can't take in chicken.

Needs to convert to being a vegetarian.

Can't put anything associated with water in my room.

Repaint the top wall.

Blur and confused state.

Week 4.

2007-01-28T16:17:00.000+08:00

Typed js2213 summary. Going to start on my ge3226 readings. Brainstorming ideas on project topics. Listening to music. Printing notes. Wasting ink and paper. Drinking infusion. Talking on MSN. Feng-shui master in the house.

2007-01-28T16:02:00.000+08:00

Life Is Wonderful - Jason Mraz

It takes a crane to build a crane

It takes two floors to make a story

It takes an egg to make a hen

It takes a hen to make an egg

There is no end to what I'm saying

It takes a thought to make a word

And it takes some words to make an action

And it takes some work to make it work

It takes some good to make it hurt

It takes some bad for satisfaction

Ah la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la la life goes full circle

Ah la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la

It takes a night to make it dawn

And it takes a day to make you yawn brother

And it takes some old to make you young

It takes some cold to know the sun

It takes the one to have the other

And it takes no time to fall in love

But it takes you years to know what love is

And it takes some fears to make you trust

It takes those tears to make it rust

It takes the dust to have it polished

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la

It is so...

It takes some silence to make sound

And it takes a loss before you found it

And it takes a road to go nowhere

It takes a toll to make you care

It takes a hole to make a mountain

Ah la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la la life goes full circle

Ah la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la la life is meaningful

Ah la la la la la life is wonderful

Ah la la la la la

It is so...wonderful...

It is so meaningful...

(Fading repetitions)

2007-01-21T15:55:00.000+08:00

2007-01-21T15:42:00.000+08:00

Finalised my timetable for this semester. Attended Jinglin's 21st B'day at her new house on 19 Jan. Yesterday went to my cousin's house warming and came back at only 11+pm, continue reading TC's articles at 12midnight and finished 2 reads at 3.30am. And I have 4 more topic 2 reads to go. Tutorials start tml and I have not finish reading TC's. I haven't even start on my other readings for JS and GE modules... This semester is very tiring although it just started.. Dreadful loads of projects and assignments and essays and readings. With all the workload piling up, blogging all this just reminds me that I still have a lot I haven't done... I think I should go scan and comprehend dear TC's reads now...

Oh.. I don't have any free days!!!!! My timetable for this semester is very sucky... T.T

2007-01-15T23:48:00.000+08:00

Eh.. not really in the mood to type so many things now.. I think I shall do an update about school on Wednesday. hee...

2007-01-07T21:34:00.000+08:00

It's been a long time since I have seen such sunset out my living room window. Took a peek out and took my breath away for the moment. School's starting tomorrow and ain't very ready for it yet.

2007-01-05T12:15:00.000+08:00

Went out shopping with my mom and aunt. First went to Admiralty. Bought a purple one-piece dress there. Even though the size is already the smallest, the dress still needs to be altered -.- (I am eating a lot already, can't blame me for not growing fat, I wish I can be a little more fleshy haha). Mom bought a red shirt but still is looking for black pants because the iron wrecked the pants.

After looking at all the shops and finding nothing suitable; took a bus to Chong Pang and walked around again; after a while went to meet up with my cousin at a home beauty salon. My mom and aunt had their brows trimmed. I was supposed to have them trimmed too but the lady had an appointment so I "escaped". After, went to Northpoint's Watsons to buy cosmetics.

On the way there, Wen Juan saw me and I was pleasantly surprised when she came to tap me on the shoulder (haha didn't expect it because she was messaging me just the day before about going to a particular place and the very next day I saw her =p). At Watsons there was this very helpful salesperson [Christina Tan] who taught my mom about cosmetics and some advice about applying them. Mom bought them and I didn't because I don't think I need them anyway. For me personally, going to school for a few hours to study doesn't require make-up. Anyways, then the salesperson says that since both my mom and aunt spent above $30 worth of cosmetics, there's a free session of brow shaping or hand massage or free make-up. Aunt took up the hand massage since she already had her brows trimmed earlier while my mom pushed me to have my brows shaped.

The first thing that ran through my mind was "So many people watching!!", people going into Watsons just stood there and watched, people passing by did that too. I felt like I was an exhibit or maybe they were waiting for me to cry out in pain (T.T) Lucky throughout the session I had my eyes closed and it wasn't as painful as I thought it would be but it's still painful. And the thought of maintaining the brow shape is a little scary and intimidating.

2007-01-03T15:08:00.000+08:00

Aiyo... Wanted to blog on the last day of 2006 but my brother's computer couldn't come up with the blogging screen.. 2006 went and 2007 came... Which meant my holidays are ending real soon!!! Right now still not yet decided on what modules to take and the bidding rounds have already started. Hmm.. do a little update since from 17 Dec 2006.

Around X'mas period till now - Prepared and helped out at my brother's new house since he was having house welcoming party around X'mas. Baked fruit cakes for the occasion and chocolate chiffon cake. The fruit cake turned out a little disappointed because I forgot which recipe to use T.T Anyway I just tried baking a chiffon cake a few days ago and it came out great so happy, it was relatively easy too.

Had my jc gathering on 29 Dec 2006 at J8 Swensons. At first it was decided at Din Tai Fung but some had budget so changed the plan in the end. Had dinner and shared dessert there. After the dinner went to the 3rd floor to take crazy pictures in the open. [Ahem... I am still waiting for the photos to be put up by them... ^-^]

Yesterday went to have dim sum at Toa Payoh Central the FortuATE restaurant, after that walked around the area to digest the food.. My brother bought some clothes at Hang Ten. Strangely I thought yesterday's weather was warm and there was little breeze even when I wasn't wearing any thick clothings.. GLOBAL WARMING!!!! Had to prepare for more hot weather coming up because some university in somewhere calculated that this year will be even warmer than that in 1998 (although I have no recollection of what it was like back then in 1998). Anyways, I hate the warm and humid weather.

Ohh.. and I caught the first episode of the Channel U 10pm drama show yesterday "War and Beauty". Think I will be going after each episode since it's quite watchable and it's a "gu-zhuang". By the way, my computer in the living room is still not fixed!!! I have no idea how I am going to survive school. Right now I am still using my brother's computer and his keyboard sucks becuase the keys are very stiff and very difficult to press down. SOB!!!

2006-12-17T15:31:00.000+08:00

Yesterday had a secondary school gathering/dinner. It was fabulous and great although the turnout was a bit disappointing for me because I was hoping more girls would turn up !! (The girls only got me, Huili and Yilin, Eleen was there also but I don't know much about her ><)

Haa, but I would say it was a success anyway, caught up on so much and talked a lot. Went Marche, then went bowling, though I didn't bowl but it was all fun watching the others, cheering them on. After that the guys continued on to K-box but the girls went off first. At the train station, we saw more secondary school friends (Angela, Patricia Hong Fong etc. ), such a coincidence!! Took the train together anf talked more again =p

Started to plan for the JC gathering, don't know if it'll be successful or not. Contacted a few of them regarding their free day and most probably will be set on a friday. Activities and place still not confirmed yet because I am leaving this to da-niu.

2006-12-13T14:20:00.000+08:00

Oops.. Been extremely lazy in updating the blog.. All because of the holidays and I don't feel like typing and editing =p

Last friday, my mom and dad attended a wedding banquet. Preparing to go the banquest then I realise that me and my mom don't know how to put on make-up >.<

The only products I have are a small bottle of foundation and a stick of un-opened mascara, and they were not specially bought for the occasion but were free gifts from eh.. I don't remember where. My mom was not anywhere better off. She does have foundation, finishing powder, lipstick and something else which I don't know what but they were soooo long overdued that they started to smell funky. In the end, she used my foundation and borrowed the lipgloss from me and went off. (-.-'') I think I have to start learning to apply if not when I step out into the work society permanently I have no idea how to present myself... Maybe I will take on a professional course in this... Haa...

Anyways, I finished watching the recommended film from eileen, a 2005 movie "Imagine Me & You" on Youtube. The film basically revolves around the notion of love, sexuality, happiness and fate. After watching the whole thing, at the end, felt a warm feeling, happy that it ended that way but at the same time sad that one of them had to leave.

Found the trailer HERE

2006-11-30T23:05:00.000+08:00

WEEE!!! EXAMS OVER!!!!

Celebrated the end of exams with Eileen with IKEA Meatballs.. Man, they are so delicious, thanks to Eileen's recommendations ^_^

The light brown/ beige sauce for the meatball, although it tasted very much like the mashed potato sauce but it is way better and not as salty and thick. The cranberry sauce is heavenly yummy as well. Not too sweet and a tinge of sour (kai wei). The meatball... not too dry and not mushy at all, just the right amount of softness and it has got chewiness (yao jin) but not too hard... *Drools* 10 meatballs is the right amount for one person serving because although it is yummy enough, any more than that I will begin to feel sick of it. There's also the 15's serving which you can share with your partner if you are ordering one plate to share.

The cheesecake is also very rich and creamy, melts in the mouth type. Not cloyingly sweet, I thought there was this strawberry sweetness to it but Eileen say don't have.. haha maybe it's just me ^_^

Meatball>> 9/10
(Can't give it full marks yet because I have yet to taste other meatballs elsewhere and so far there's nothing to compare it to)

Cheesecake>> 7.5/10

The days ahead are for :

slacking at home
shopping (I need updates in the closet)
watching youtube (catching up on all the episodes I missed)
reading good novels (escape from reality from there)
meeting up with friends
exercising (haven't run for a very very long time, can feel a tummy forming)
baking (bought the butter, now I have to find the recipes)

2006-11-30T00:44:00.000+08:00

Jo Sung Mo - Mr Flower mv
[My First - My Tear]

2006-11-29T13:39:00.000+08:00

4 paper down!!!!!!!!!!!
1 more to go (SEA)!!!!!!!!!
Sweddish Meatball, here I come, wait for me, it won't be long!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hahaa... Am suppose to study right now but all mood to study is lost... As always on the last paper...

Can't wait for the celebration after tomorrow's last paper with Eileen on IKEA meatball tomorrow =)
Anyone want to join?? heehee

Feel so right to enjoy right now, listening in to Jason Mraz "Bella Luna", swoon me away with your voice~~ *starry eyes*

okay, now I will go to Jonathan Rigg, hope his words can take me away.. haa...

2006-11-23T21:53:00.000+08:00

Ooops.. not been updating for a long time.. Not much to be update also.. Been slogging away for the past few weeks and the days to come... EXAMS!!!! First paper is on the 25 Nov and I have not finish studying... Ending on the 30 Nov (So HAPPY!!) but the Southeast Asia paper is also the last paper...

Geertz, Popkin, Scott, Rigg, McGee, Emerson, Solheim, and many others all floating in and out my mind.. So many readings to remember and that's just for one module..

Today met 2 new friends through Sarah.. Grace and Diana... ^_^ they are so nice and funny, enjoyed the times in the library together hehe... all the gossipping and giggling =P

Right now pig-ing out on one big chunk of chocolate cake.. Deliciously sinful and comforting at the same time.. haha.. The chocolate cake is so yummy and moist and springy and lots of chocolate on top and at the side too.. oh oh.. and the filling is of chocolate mousse-like cream with black cherries.. *DROOLS*

2006-11-11T01:41:00.000+08:00

On my way home yesterday night (now 1.35am), at the gate of the MRT station i saw a cat carrying a dead mouse in its mouth and it just trot past everyone, oblivious to the situation... haha.. so 'cute', everyone who noticed the cat stopped and turned around to watch the cat carry the mouse to who-knows-where...

2006-11-08T23:12:00.000+08:00

Hyori Lee- Any Club

2006-11-08T21:05:00.000+08:00

Hyori - Anymotion

2006-11-05T17:36:00.000+08:00

Found this lyrics while surfing some website... Love the lyrics but not really the song due to the way it was sung...

Here's the lyrics, very poetic and has got very deep meanings... Oh and just in case you want to hear what the song is like, it's sung by a group called Insomnium, it's in their "Since the day it all came down" album

You may want to pause my background music for a while when reading the lyrics because my background music doesn't fit the mood.. hee

Daughter of the Moon

Trail amidst the snow-clad trees, winding is the way
Sunless is the path we roam, bitter is the air we breathe
Fell is the icy blast, coming from the hills
Blowing through my ailing heart, wailing in the emptiness inside

Vanished is the light we had, hidden deep in rimy soil
Bereft of us the one we cherished, lost for ever our love

Still at night I see her figure
Flickering on moonlit glades
But passing is the hope she's giving
Just a faintest breath of air and she's gone again

The clouds are moving heavily, across the livid sky
Yonder the hues are darkening, slowly turning grey to black
For the two who stray in dusk, all hope is long since gone
Cruel is the winter's reign, merciless the grasp of despair

For what mirth there is left in life for a motherless son
What solace in this world for a widower to find

Slender the shape in night, unbearable the beauty
Shining in the silvery light, watching me with wistful eyes
Evanescent this vision, unattainable this illusion
But an image in my troubled dreams, hewn out of yearning and rue

2006-11-04T20:44:00.000+08:00

Just finished rushing essays and project for submission and the next batch comes in... This month just started and it is already mentally tiring and exhausting. I want to get this over and done with quickly so I can rest a while before another vicious cycle starts... Hm.. Sometimes, school is such a dull. Really looking for December to come.

2006-11-03T23:13:00.000+08:00

Singer Rain Poses for Unfortunate Children

Pan-Asian star Rain has participated in the photo exhibition "Letter from Angels 4" organized by photographer Cho Se-hon to help children without families. In cooperation with the Social Welfare Society (SWS), the exhibition has been held since 2003 to help children living in social facilities find a new home and lead a healthy life.

Rain accepted a direct request for participation by Cho without hesitation despite his busy schedule, saying "I will be happy if I can help even one child find a new loving family." He posed with a one-month old baby boy, who perplexed the star near the end of the photographing by urinating on him.

The exhibition will be held at the Insa Art Center in Seoul from Dec. 20 until 26. Other participating stars include actresses Kim Jung-eun, who is a SWS promotion ambassador, Kim Hye-soo, Sohn Ye-jin and group SG Wannabe.

Source: KBS Global
http://english.kbs.co.kr/entertainment/news/1423191_11858.html

2006-10-21T17:49:00.000+08:00

...Goong Teddy Bears...

2006-10-15T23:06:00.000+08:00

Rain - Pantech MV Full Version

Rain's singing in chinese!!! Ok.. I am slow... BUT

**Swoon**

I want him neh.. his concert tickets so expensive... T_T

2006-10-15T22:34:00.000+08:00

Neh.. The hazy-view from my window this afternoon.. Thought it was going to rain for a while because there was a cold breeze but nothing fell from the sky.. Woke up this morning to this type of weather is so tiring, like sucking the life out of me even when i slept early.. I want the rain to fall, a litle drizzle also can, not asking for a lot!!!

2006-10-12T22:45:00.000+08:00

Have an essay to hand in tomorrow and I haven't finish writing it... Took a short break just now from all the typing and watched the final episode of Ouran Host Club... The ending was perfect!!! But I want it to have a second season!!! **ROAR** I want to know who Haruhi ends up with... Having some withdrawal syndrome that the anime ended.. haha.. Maybe I should re-watch it when I have the time. Strongly recommend it to those who are looking for something to entertain yourself during your free time. It is really awesome. ^_^

Okay, I shall go back to writing my sucky essay...

2006-10-10T22:18:00.000+08:00

I want to go to the "Work and Travel USA" Program!!!!

T_T

2006-10-02T23:16:00.000+08:00

Right now, not feeling all too good... Upset, frustrated, verge of breaking-down. My world is crashing down on me.

2006-09-29T16:00:00.000+08:00

It's not that I have a problem or anything, staying up late is inevitable in university life, rushing essays, improving projects. There are no such things as copying what friends are doing. Do a survey around the campus and ask if anyone sleeps before 12 midnight. I know it's bad for my health and all what's-not but I am not a little girl anymore. Sometimes, staying up late is not an option, especially when there are discussions which the available time was then because the rest have got their own activities in the day and I am not blaming them, I understand that. I know I will always be that 8 year-old in your heart but, please, try to understand that it's not easy in trying to fulfill and perfect the expectations that you have always wanted me to be.

I wish you could be selfish sometimes, do something for yourself, not let others hinder the plans that you had made. Chances like these will never appear twice in a lifetime so make use of them. I still have a long time ahead of me but you'll be, like you have said, retiring in two years time. Grab this chance to explore the world while you still can, financially and physically. Do not waste the chances you have right now just because of us. I hope you will appreciate what I meant, I really do.

You may never know this or even come across this but deep down inside I really do care about you, just that I am not a great person when it comes to showing it out in the open. The reason? Because I was never brought up to be in this way, to be open about my feelings and emotions. The conservative nature of bringing me up has suppressed many of my thoughts and views about things which you have had opposed to, in the past and in the present. Blaming on my upbringing is not a good excuse; partially it's also my fault for not breaking out of that mentality. I was afraid that anything that opposes your thought would make you angry and upset and thus conformed myself to your expectations of me. Someday, perhaps, I will let it all out when I have to courage to do so.

2006-09-25T11:55:00.000+08:00

Scared me to death when I saw this in the tank this morning... I thought my pet shrimp (I wish I know what species it belongs to >> anyone knows?... Apparently my dad doesn't know as he just bought it from the aquarium shop) died in such a cruel way and got eaten away by the smaller shrimps in the tanks. I alerted my mother and she was shocked too, but then she ducked her head down and looked under the small area.. lo and behold... there it was.. black-ish in colour.. The above picture is the molted shell of the shrimp... First time I ever seen it. YEAH!!! It's molting means it's growing bigger.

I couldn't really take a picture of the "new" shrimp because it's hidden under the small gap as in nature it would do so as the body is still soft and prone to predators...

Happy happy... ^_^ Shall take note of it's molting period next time...

By the way, is it a lobster or a shrimp??

***It's not a shrimp nor is it a lobster... It's a crayfish and no I am not intending to eat it when it grows big.

2006-09-17T20:35:00.000+08:00

Had a geography fieldtrip yestesday starting at Outram and ending at Fort Canning. Walked till my legs turned to jelly. Why? Because the lecturer who was leading walked way too fast and just continued walking even when his students are lagging behind, din't even turn back to notice some were stranded at the traffic lights. He crosses the traffic when there's no cars, not when the red man turned green. No wonder he needs us to sign the consent forms. Luckily, all students survived till the end in one whole piece.

2006-09-13T21:10:00.000+08:00

Went to Omni-theatre today after the lecture. Didn't go there to watch any movie. Went to the Astro shop to look at telescopes. Spent almost 2 hours there doing nothing and listening the GM of the shop talking to my brother about telescopes. The prices of those things are also astronomical. I think my dad and younger brother is planning to get one of the telecscope at that moment but the price tag is able to burn a large hole in the pockets. I heard that they are going to go back after discussing it over the weekends.

There is a small exhibition about the Deep Sea at the omni-theatre. Showed a video about the Deep Sea exploration and the creatures found there. The most digusting part yet interesting part is that they have got preserved samples of the Deep... Ranges from fishes, crabs to eels, some of them are even dated in 1997. But looking at those glass containers made my goosebumps rise and sent shivers down my spine because some samples are really eerie especially those with the extra large eyes and the sets of spiky teeth. There is no entrance fee for this mini exhibition so you can go take a look.. Oh and they have got 3 live giant crabs in a temperature-controlled tank. When I was there, one of the care-taker was feeding them prawns.

After the walk around the exhibition, headed over to Chevron's chinese restuarant for dinner. Waited for around 1/2 hour because they only start work at 6pm. When we enter the restuarant there, we were the first so we were like being served by 4 people. At that time, you will feel like a king but I don't really feel comfortable with so many people serving at one go although it was efficient. My dad ordered a-la-carte. Though one person is around $30, it was worth the whole deal. We ordered 8 dishes initially and then added another 5 dishes. So in total, 13 dishes excluding the dessert. The menu had 36 dishes to try but we were unable to conquer even half of the menu. What did we have? Let me see if I can list all of them.. haha..

sliced fresh scallop with fruit salad, wasabi mayo as dressing
shark fin soup
claypot - sea cucumber with mushroom
cold tofu with onion oil
peking duck wrap
pepper venison
whole fried fish with light soy sauce
thin french beans and baby shellfish with hay-bi chili
spinach with light seasoning
xiao bai chai with bai-ling gu (mushroom)
crisp spring chicken
butter prawns
chili crab

Add one more red bean paste for dessert.. hee.. there's really a lot of variety. Right now.. I am real full and satisfied. ^_^ If only I have had a camera phone, I would have taken all the dishes and post them here.. haa

2006-09-09T21:01:00.000+08:00

Okie.. What I saw the other day was the moon... It was setting so the red-ness of it... Feel kinda stupid now that I don't know such things.. =P

2006-09-06T20:37:00.000+08:00

Princess gives birth to a boy, ends Japan's succession crisis

Posted: 06 September 2006 0840 hrs

Source: Channelnewsasia

TOKYO - Japan's Princess Kiko on Wednesday gave birth to the royal family's first boy in more than 40 years, ending for now a succession crisis and silencing calls to let a woman sit on the throne.

The princess, just one week shy of her 40th birthday, gave birth to the third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne at 8:27 am (2327 GMT), the palace said. "This morning Princess Kiko had an imperial prince," an Imperial Household Agency spokesman told AFP.

The boy weighed a light 2.6 kilogrammes (five pounds, 10 ounces), media reports said. In the first of a series of imperial rituals, Emperor Akihito was to give his fourth grandchild a ceremonial sword. He will be named later.

All television networks cut in to special programmes on the royal birth, airing past footage of the ever-smiling princess, a housewife who grew up in a middle-class apartment and already has two daughters.

The boy is the first to be born to the royal family since his own father Prince Akishino, the emperor's second son, in 1965. The boy could ease pressure on Crown Princess Masako, a former career woman who has suffered stress and mental illness trying to adapt to the tradition-bound palace. Masako and Crown Prince Naruhito have one child, four-year-old Princess Aiko, in 13 years of marriage.

The surprise news that Kiko was pregnant more than a decade after her last child in 1994 delighted conservatives, who believe the monarchy has passed along a paternal line for more than 2,600 years.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a reformist who steps down later this month, had supported introducing female succession, putting Aiko in line to the throne, an idea previously backed by a majority of the public.

But under pressure from the conservative wing of his Liberal Democratic Party, Koizumi dropped his proposed reform of Imperial House Law after news of Kiko's pregnancy.

The front-runner to replace Koizumi, conservative Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe, has criticized female succession.

"Discussions on the imperial succession issue will subdue for a while and encourage conservatives to push for the continuation of a paternal line," said Kouichi Yokota, a professor of law at Ryutsu Keizai University.

"But that does not mean the debate is over," said Yokota, a royal expert. "There is no guarantee of the continued existence of the imperial family unless flexible succession rules are introduced."

There were eight female emperors in Japanese history, but all were direct descendants of male emperors and succession returned to the paternal line after each female emperor abdicated.

Koizumi's proposal, which was written by a panel of experts and prominent public figures, would have put Princess Aiko in line to the throne and let her first child follow her regardless of sex.

The royal family is widely revered in Japan and the birth was expected to give a boost to the economy.

Toshihiro Nagahama, a senior economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute, estimated the royal birth could bring about 150 billion yen (1.3 billion dollars) to the economy as more people decide to get married or have children.

Koizumi has voiced hope that Kiko's pregnancy would encourage Japanese to have children. The population shrank last year for the first time since World War II, a problem blamed in part on the cultural difficulties for Japanese women to juggle careers and families. - AFP/ir

2006-09-03T11:50:00.000+08:00

Adjusted the contrast, brightness and sharpness. Took this at around 2 am in the morning.

Did the same editing with another shot because the original one was kinda dark and blurry. Okay, I admit that my photography skills at night is really bad. I had no idea which mode to use.

Solarize effect of the 2nd photograph

Metallic Effect of the 2nd photograph

Took the scene again at around 2.08am. Intensity of the redness starts to fade away.

Here's what happened:

I was working on my tutorial at the computer till 1.50am this morning. Deciding that it was late enough, I switched off the computer and walked into the living room and as I was walking past I noticed some red and bright from out side the window. I went to the window and saw the above picture (1) and (2). Was staring at it for a few minutes and finally took the camera and took pictures. I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth and when I came out it was fading (not very fast rate but you could detect the colour fading as time pass by). At around 2.10am, it was not above the HDB flat anymore and while I was watching it fade away, it did not dip down nor did it move in any direction.

Is there anyone who could tell me what it was? Was it the moon as my brother had told me? If it was the moon, why did it fade away and why is it bright red? The size of the red thingy was also large, a bit larger than the moon I always see.

I think I will be staying up tonight again to see if it will reappears. Guess the tutorial for tomorrow morning I will have panda eyes.. haha.. Hope it appears again if not I will be wasting my time.

2006-09-02T21:02:00.000+08:00

Humble Korean kid rocks YouTube and the world

The identity of a mysterious Korean guitarist has been finally revealed to the world. His name is Lim Jeong-hyun. The Korean guitarist has drawn attention around the world as a mysterious guitarist since last October, when he posted his video on the website "YouTube". The video of him playing Johann Pachelbel's "Canon" has been gaining huge popularity on the Internet.

A great number of music commentators, who listened to Lim's guitar performance are treating him as if he were the second coming of world-renowned guitarist Jimi Hendrix.

The New York Times recently ran a story titled "Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last." In it, the reporter wrote, "Lim had chosen to perform a difficult rock arrangement of Johann Pachelbel's "Canon" for his video after the Taiwanese guitarist Jerry Chang did the same last year, and Lim's version eventually found its way onto YouTube under the name funtwo."

As for the writer's take on the quality of the performance: "Over and over the guitarist's left hand articulated strings with barely perceptible movements, sounding and muting notes almost simultaneously, and playing complete arpeggios through a single stroke with his right hand. Funtwo's accuracy and velocity seemed record-breaking, but his mouth and jawline - to the extent that they were visible - looked impassive, with none of the exaggerated grimaces of heavy metal guitar heroes."

The contrast between the soaring bravado of the undertaking and the reticence of the guitarist gave the 5-minute, 20-second video a gorgeous solemnity, the American newspaper said.

Since Lim posted the video of himself playing guitar on YouTube eight months ago, curiosity over his true identity has swelled on the Internet due to the musical talent he revealed in the 5-minute, 20-second video, the newspaper added.

"While Lim has been the subject of much Internet chatter regarding his guitar prowess based on his now famous video," it explained, "the 23-year-old has remained quite modest."

Lim was quoted as saying to the newspaper, "Some said my vibrato is quite sloppy. These days I'm doing my best to improve my vibrato skill."

Source: Korea.net

Watch the "performances"... eh.. click below

Canon

Overture in 1928

Personally, I think it's amazing that he can play at such speed, just look at how the fingers move. This showed that he practiced a lot. If he is to really play live with audience around, I would melt to pieces, literally... hahaa =P

2006-08-31T23:56:00.000+08:00

S. Korean singer becomes a 'friend' of Ralph Lauren
Submitted by rubie on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 5:56am

category: music news

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- A popular South Korean singer has been selected to serve as a public relations ambassador for the Ralph Lauren collection from September, the singer's management firm said Thursday.

Bi, often called the Korean Justin Timberlake, has recently been invited by Ralph Lauren himself to be one of his "Friends" who are supposed to promote his internationally acclaimed fashion brand, JYP Entertainment said.

"This shows that Bi is now fully acknowledged as one of the world stars," it said in a statement.

The 24-year-old Korean singer, who has gained popularity in Asia, was named by Time Magazine in April as one of the 100 most influential figures worldwide. He was the first Asian entertainer to hold a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City in February.

"His versatility has appealed to Mr. and Mrs. Laurens. Not only the masculinity, but the tenderness at the same time has attracted the whole Asia. Mr. Lauren is also willing to help his career in the United States," the Korean subsidiary of the Ralph Lauren Corporation also said in the same statement.

"His official schedule as a Ralph Lauren ambassador will be set soon. He will also be called to appear at the Ralph Lauren shows," it said.

Ralph Lauren reportedly has been reluctant so far to select Asian stars as his Friends.

ygkim@yna.co.kr

Source

YEAH!!! Go Rain!!! **Wide Grinning Face**

2006-08-31T20:30:00.000+08:00

Broke my own record today by being in school for 10 hours. Lessons started at 8am. Clashed Japanese Language (level2) lecture at 10am. Took lunch in Deck at 12noon. Headed over to Science Faculty at 1pm. Loitered around Science for 1 hour while waiting for Eileen-chan to finish tutorial. I was forced to loiter around because the place was packed with people, the canteen was crowded, the benches outside the LTs were also seated with people. So the only thing I could do was WALK AROUND.

I walked from the S13 to canteen, canteen to co-op, co-op to canteen again, canteen to S3. I was also trying to do something useful while the walk around Science. I was finding S2 but I got lost when I reach S3. Those not familar will know what I am talking about. From S3 I walked back to canteen and then to S13 again. On the way back I was also trying to find empty seats... In the end I gave up and went to sit at the bus-stop. After Eileen-chan's tutorial ended (luckily it was only one hour), we set off again in search of the mysterious S2!!! Walked to the place I got lost and Eileen-chan suggested we take the lift since it was the only thing that goes up. Got out at 5th floor and walah.. S3 and there's sign board that reads S2... walked the corridor and finally saw the sign LS Lab 7A.

The place was like a maze, kinda scary if you were alone and trying to find the place. For pictures from S2, look up Eileen-chan's blog.. she took the "nice" scencery from the block.. Haa

2006-08-29T21:47:00.000+08:00

Found out yesterday that one of my secondary school mate will be in the same chinese project group. I was suspecting whether it was her as I recognise the surname and christian name. Haa.. finally confirmed that it was her when she logged online. Yeah, finally I get to meet someone I know this year.

Do I look foreign? I never thought that I looked foreign until today someone asked if I was from China... -_-''' I don't consider myself fair or anywhere near there and I don't think my eyes are that almond-shaped(okay, I am kinda stereotyping here)... But honestly... do I look foreign in any way??

2006-08-24T20:27:00.000+08:00

My timetable is finalised. Chinese tutorial somehow managed to ruin my plan of having a 4-day week. I guess it's still not that bad that the tutorial is only on an even week basis. The ones in pink are my tutorials and I only need to attend them every other week while the blue ones are my lectures are there's no way I could skip them because they all don't have webcasting.

2006-08-20T18:16:00.000+08:00

Came across something that totally mesmerise me while i was blog-jumping. In one of the blogs I came across, I saw a video of sand art and it took my breath away. It felt so serence and calm watching it. Just amazed at the artists' talent in creating beautiful pictures using sand, their fingers and plain imagination.

Below are some links to the videos of their sand animation:

Ferenc Cako

SICAF 2003

Story Of The Old Castle - Keep in mind that it's all sand. The story-line is in japanese but by watching the whole animation you are able to figure out what happen.

Ilana Yahav

Sand Fantasy

Sand Dream

2006-08-19T11:23:00.000+08:00

Finally found a way to convert MOV files to WMA. I combined the pieces together and got the fireworks video to work. YEAH!!! Although the real show is like 13 minutes long, the video of mine is less than 1 minute. Nonetheless, hope you enjoy it.

FIREWORKS VIDEO HERE...

2006-08-18T14:11:00.000+08:00

School just started and I am already feeling lethargic. It's only the first week and I have no idea how I am going to survive through this semester. I think I am going to fall sick soon too. Woke up at 11.30am and I still felt sleepy and drowsy. Is it the weather or what? The air around me just feels so still and heavy. The lectures were still okay. Lecturers for my geography modules are eccentric and insane especially for my GE3210. It was a very good welcome to me; at least I wouldn't be sleeping through the lectures since it starts at 8am. Today's also the balloting for the tutorials; I am keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for getting the timings I want.

Later i will be going for my Forensic Science lecture which is 7pm to 10pm. Insanity is what I have to say for my timetable this semester. But I am really looking forward to this lecture since it's a new one and really different from other modules. Think CSI... haha

2006-08-18T12:52:00.000+08:00

At the Esplanade on saturday (12 Aug 2006) opposite the Fullerton. These pictures are not taken by me but by my brother, he hogged the camera so I had no chance to use it.

The stupid tree blocked the upper half fireworks and partial-ly ruined the pictures.

This last photo was only the best one that was taken and was clear. I am still figuring out a way to combine the various snippets of the fireworks video.

2006-08-12T23:36:00.000+08:00

Wo.. Just came back from the fireworks display at Esplanade. It was already crowded when we reached there and it was only 7.30pm. Waited for 1 1/2 hour and during that time I was doing next to nothing, staring into the hazy night sky, couldn't even see a single star. The display was beautiful although the beginning was a bit messy but the best part was towards the end where the different coloured fireworks were lighted and the last segment was all golden. May be putting up some photos and video(s) up tomorrow but it was not taken very good as there was a tree blocking the way... In the end, I could only catch the bottom and middle part of the fireworks. But overall it was good, if there's another such event next year, I will want to go again, but earlier to get a better view.

2006-08-07T12:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the day the atomic bomb dropped in Japan. Only realised it when I got back home from dinner and saw the documentary 'Hiroshima' on Discovery channel. It was heart-wrenching when it came to the part where the documentary talked about how the civilians suffered the pain and agony of radiation exposure. I almost feel like crying. Presently, there's only one sole survivor (eighty years old now) left who had witnessed the scene when the bomb dropped.

At the end of the documentary, asked if the bomb was really neccessary for the Japanese to surrender since the Americans knew very well that the Japanese had not eaten rice for a whole year, I guess there are lots of debate going over it until now.

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Japanese Human Tetris Funny!!!

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Jane Zhang -- Loving You (張靚穎海豚音)