Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Whee!

Chinese New Year's coming!! Can't wait for it. Not only do we get the ang pows, we will also get to dress up, and then go visiting (not that I like this part very much. I only like visiting some families. Hee.. ). Best of all, it's HOLIDAY!

I'm going home tomorrow after the interview. Oh man, after knowing more about the service which I'll be hired for (IF I manage to pass the interview, and that's a very big IF), I'm starting to have doubts about myself. What if I can't handle the child? What if I'm too blur to know what the aim of the activity is or how it is supposed to be carried out? And what if I don't have enough time to catch up on my work this sem? Thing is, I think this home teachers thing will require me to go to the child's house to teach him/her, and one big problem is my parents. Will they let me go to another person's house? Papa is already nagging about the time needed to be spent there. I kind of agree with him, but I was also thinking, this kind of opportunity doesn't come very often, and I should try to broaden my exposure if I'm going to go this Psychology path. So it's a question of what my priority is. Then again, we will only know the results after the interview.

Yep, so tomorrow's Thursday, and Friday will be coming! Friday's gonna end at 2.30pm, and then I can go out with Evon and Yi Lun! I do hope we'll be watching Memoirs of a Geisha! I've been waiting for it for like forever! And we're gonna buy Yi Lun's new year clothes, clothes that she'll wear for chinese new year, but ultimately belong to me, coz she seldom wears those clothes. Muahahahahaha! I like! I do hope we find nice clothes though... =)

OK, so there's all you have of my bimbotic talk tonight. I was merely taking a break from my research on the Weecare services. I'd hate to think I failed the interview because I went there an idiot and came out looking like a bigger idiot. So I better go learn about autism and the school and maybe about the situation in Singapore about autistic children.

Wish me loads of luck people!

And in case I don't blog again before Chinese New Year,

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR and GONG XI FA CAI!!

Monday, January 23, 2006

What is my Major?

I have NOOOO idea why the results turned out so small man.. the bars are supposed to reveal the different percentages I scored for each Major and now the only indication is the numbers. -_-"

Oh well. Personally, I feel the results are rather accurate, though I don't really know why Sociology is the course that's for me. 100% some more! I always liked Anthropology, seriously, so there's no surprise that it's ranked the same as Psychology. In fact, before I decided to take up Psychology, I wanted to do Anthropology, but I had already dropped History and Singapore doesn't have a course on Anthropology. I love culture! And people. =)Surprisingly (or not) Journalism's 3rd place. Prior to wanting to do Anthropology and Psychology, I wanted to be a journalist and eventually a writer, but I eventually came to terms with the fact that I was never gonna be as creative and as engaging as the bestseller authors, and I dislike having to write with restrictions. In journalism, there are restrictions I feel, coz there are points about each event to be noted down, and we HAVE to include them in our articles. When there are such points to be written my writing goes all stiff and horribly awkward. Sounds fake to me, and I can't write well. That's why I much prefer writing Lit essays to GP essays. Lit essays offer more freedom to express my thoughts and there's greater flexibility in language. =)

No surprises that the science subjects rank so low in my score... Absolutely no interest in them, especially Physics, though I wonder why Chem is the lowest. Dance and Art... Not that I dislike them, but coz I can't do them for nuts. I'd LOVE to be able to do Art and Dance, but I've accepted that some things just can't be forced.
-_-"

This picture was taken by Merrilyn in her room. It's now my wallpaper picture. I wanted to remove it from my wallpaper initially, but the more I look at it, the more I like it.



What do you think?

What is my Major?

You scored as Sociology. You should be a Sociology major!

Sociology

100%

Anthropology

92%

Psychology

92%

Linguistics

92%

Theater

83%

English

83%

Journalism

83%

Engineering

75%

Philosophy

75%

Dance

58%

Mathematics

50%

Biology

50%

Art

42%

Chemistry

33%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Busybusybusy

Sch started about 4 weeks ago, and things are picking up fast! Projects have started coming in, quiz dates have been booked, presentation deadlines coming up, and events are rushing in! Whooo! Life's getting more exciting!

Social Psych already has a project, and we are just beginning to get underway, once we confirm a social psychology question to research on. It's funny you know, how we can think of so many questions regarding social psychology and when the time comes to think of a topic, the mind is blank. Ah well, no point longing for something that isn't likely to come back for probably forever... Our project is on fundamental attribution error. Fundamental attribution error is the error outsiders make regarding a person's behaviour. That is, when someone behaves a certain way (the actor), an outsider will attribute the actor's behaviour to his/her personality, while the actor would attribute his/her behaviour to the situation. So for example, if I were to fall down in lecture, those who don't know me would think that I'm a clumsy person, but I would think that it's not because I'm clumsy, it's coz the floor was slippery. =) More specifically, our project on the fundamental attribution error is regarding cultural differences-how individualism in the west and collectivism in the east can contribute to differences in fundamental attribution errors. Cool question, isn't it? Now, if I can only access the journal providers....

Quiz is for Developmental Psych, and immensely interesting module about human development. I just hope the quiz is easy... It's a few weeks after CNY and I hope there's enough time to finish revision...

And the presentation I'm absolutely dreading- CS814: Information Visualisation and Perception, and we have to give a presentation on visual attention. Where the hell am I gonna get the info from man I wonder. One silver lining in this otherwise very very dark cloud is the fact that after this presentation I don't have to worry about this course until the term paper is due, for which I'm sure a very big headache is imminent. Bleah.

Events coming up! Whoo! Chocolate Festival 2006 is coming up from 8-9 Feb. I'm involved in the publicity for it, but I'm not entirely sure where I can find proper pictures... I feel those I submitted were most apt for the posters... But they were too pixelated. Argh!! So now I have to find alternatives. Sheesh. Another event coming up is the HSS family fiesta. Merrilyn's setting up a booth and I think I'm gonna help her, though I haven't really thought how yet, since the Choc Fest is going on at the same time. Hmm... Food for thought later... One more event is the upcoming JB Food Trip during the Feb break. Meetings are commencing to plan it. Hope turnout is good this time....

On top of these, I'm thinking of signing up for a teaching prog for autistic children which I think would be quite enriching and a good experience. At the same time I'm also interested in the job offer to be a student helper in psych research. I think both would be good exposures for me in the field of Psychology and they sound very interesting. Haha, but I would have to pass the interview for the autistic children one first.... And I have to complete my resume. Argh!

Ok, I'm going to sleep now. My eyes are tired....

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Ooh lala, the prediction of my future seems quite positive, so I do hope it's gonna come true! As for how accurate the personality test is, I shall let you decide! =)

The Picto-Personality Test




You are a person who is very calm and kind. You go out of your way to help people who need your help.

When alone, you let it all hang out and ignore every social convention.

You are adventurous, always up to do the most extreme things. You have a certain recklessness that makes people very attracted to you.

In the future you will be happy and live richly.

Take this Test at QuizGalaxy.com

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Late Thursday Night

Yah, and my hair's still wet. Waiting for it to dry so I'm lounging in front of the laptop finding things to do. I don't want to read my Psych stuff! So sian, so I decided to take a break from all these.

Chocolate Fest is coming in Feb! Watch out for it!

Haha, the meeting today was about this Chocolate Fest... I'm supposed to do the publicity stuff for it... Bleah. I don't like designing. Writing, I can do. But designing? NOOOOO! So I've asked Yi Lun for help, since she's GOOD at it. =)

Argh! My hair is still damp! And my body seems to itch alot today. I wonder if there are more mosquitoes tonight than usual. Irritating. I can't wait to go to sleep man, coz when I wake up, it'll be Friday!

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Miscellaneous Thoughts...

Back in Hall again after a public holiday and a rather slack 1st week. Lessons are due to start this week, and I have just come back to reality that tutorials start tomorrow and I HAVE NOT STARTED YET!! Crap. If not for Sihuan's SMS asking what are personality concepts, I think I would have just happily gone to sleep tonight man.. And now when I look at the questions, it's like what the?!?!? I'm supposed to do a piece of experience sampling for 2 days and map a 2-day rhythm for myself and extract som personality concepts out of my experience sampling and make a simple record of my experiences?! For starters, I don't even know what experience sampling is, and I don; know what personality concepts are, and, what kind of record am I supposed to come up with? AND I don't have 2 days. Great. And I have a feeling my tutor is Chang Weining. Serve me right, I guess, for being such an ostrich.

It's been raining everyday these days, and I'm LOVIN' IT! =) Gloomy the skies may be, but at least it's cool. I hate hot weather. Makes me feel so stifled and sticky and not able to think. And cool weather is good for resting. I guess that's part of the reason why I didn't do my tutorials.

I watched the rerun of Campus Superstar today. Hey Dunmanians, we have a junior inside! She's Clara! Haha, not that I know her, but I heard she's my volleyball junior and school junior. She's not bad, and she's quite sweet too, but she almost got kicked out last night. Haha, first time one hears of a Dunmanian actually taking part in a singing competition. Last time, we mostly heard Dunmanians taking part in Science and Math competitions. Oh, and Ivan took part in Who Wants to be a Millionaire back in Sec 4. Haha, it's always kind of a thrill to watch one's schoolmates on TV, even though one might not be close to that schoolmate.

Read my mail today, and I think chances of me receiving the bag I ordered online before Chinese New Year are getting smaller and smaller by the day. From what I read in the email sent by the organiser, the supplier seems to reply selectively to her emails, and keeps talking about money, money, money. Argh.

Yes, I know... I have to get back to my tutorial... Wish me luck for it man...

Friday, January 06, 2006

Online shopping!

Even as I type, now, the other window in this laptop is in Livejournal, looking at stuff people are selling online. I can't help it. It's so addictive to go look at new stuff for sale online everyday while being cooped up in our little world that's called NTU. What's more, it's like shopping without having to move!

I placed an order for a white handbag a few weeks ago, and I can't wait to get my hands (or my eyes) on it! Hope my first time at this online shopping spree business won't have a sad ending for me. I really like the bag. Hope it comes soon! Preferably in time for Chinese New Year, but I have a feeling that my wish is not going to come true. =) It would look quite nice with my New Year clothes, seriously.

Ooh, before you get the idea that I buy things online on a regular basis without a single thought as to the cost of the items, YOU'RE WRONG! Haha.. I just feast my eyes and dream a little about how I would feel if I had ordered that item. Even though I have done it a few times already, I still do feel apprehensive about buying things online. There has to be a certain degree of trust between buyer and seller, but what if *GASP* the item gets lost in the mail or something? Yep, so though I like to look at the stuff online, it's quite a rarity for me to actually carry out the terribly tempting deed of clicking the button to place an order or negotiate the price of an item. =)

Which reminds me. The page in the other window is idle. I gotta go. Bye!

Thursday, January 05, 2006

End of IHG, Beginning of a New Semester

It's the end of IHG for the Hall 6 girls' volleyball team. It's quite sad, 'cos we had played all the way to the semis, only to lose there. We met with Hall 2, and I must say, it was a GOOD game. In fact, it was the best game I've ever had the pleasure to play. Everyone put up a good fight, and at the end of the games, both sides were still friends and I think both sides respected each other more for the fight each put up. Still, I wish that we had won... Who doesn't? But I wish Hall 2 all the best in the finals. I think they'll be the champs this year. =)

Now I know what makes vball players hooked to the game. I didn't really understand before, but I think I do now. In the past, for me it was just a form of exercise and something I knew how to do (In JC, that is. In secondary school it was mostly 'cos I was already in that CCA and there wasn't much point in quitting since I had made good friends there). This time, I felt the adrenaline rush and the rush of pride for the team whenever we won a game. These two feelings combined are truly very addictive feelings, one I wouldn't mind to repeat again next year, should I be in Hall 6 again. The feeling of playing this time was thrilling, and, at the same time, scary. You never know when and where the ball is coming, and when you manage to receive the ball and help save the team a point, the happiness and satisfaction is so great. I kept getting killed by Joy's ball that day. Argh!! Haha, one day, I shall learn to master receiving that kind of ball. I hope it'll be soon...

School's started, and it will officially start next week with the tutorials. Just finished acknowledging the subjects, and I'll be taking 5 subjects again this sem, contrary to the 6 subjects I had initially planned for. -_-" I had wanted to start on my Minor this semester, but... there's no more vacancy! So I shall have to settle for CS814, which is some science module which looks rather boring. Still... I shall have to take that sooner or later so I shall try to look at it in a positive perspective. Craft of Writing seems quite promising from the lecture. Let's hope I'll do reasonably well for this course. Hmm... I wonder if there are anymore of such courses. In the event that I do well for it (I really hope I do!!!!) I hope to be able to take other of such courses. Seems fun. =)

Let's hope this new semester will bring with it good news and good results and everything good for all of us. I wish you all a happy semester ahead of you! =)

Friday, December 23, 2005

Christmas Shopping

Oh man.... I haven't finished buying Christmas presents yet!! Still left with Evon's one... How?!?!?!?

Went out with my mother and her colleague, Evelyn, just now. NOW I know what shopping is. Haha, she's the real shopping queen man, knowing the salesgirls and they her, and buying whatever catches her fancy, and knowing where to find what. She even knows who to find to make good imitation branded clothes which are, in her own words, "like the real goods... down to the smallest detail". Well, I can't say for sure how true that is, coz I realise now that I don't have the kind of eye needed to be able to differentiate real from imitation, so I guess I'll have to take it at her word. We went from Wisma to Far East to DFS, and, boy, is she a member of so many shops- DFS, Soo Kee, Iora... you name it, she's got it. Even if she doesn't, there's some way she can get a discount. Oh man... Haha, and she's got quite an eye for clothes I must say, even for young people. =)

Bought 2 tops which I would normally pass up coz they are not my kind. Shall post up the pics one day. Too lazy to do so now. I used to ignore those kind of clothes coz I thought they would not suit me, but surprisingly, I look decent in them, though I still feel a teensy bit self-conscious when I wear them. Not sure if I'll bring them to hall though.... Haha, maybe this is another excuse to go shopping again? =)Oooh, which reminds me... I have to get bottoms for the tops! Coz the tops are for Chinese New Year. I saw this bottom in Mango, and I was so tempted to get it! It was at a discount, initially at $75, now at $49. Basically I felt it was a good buy, coz I was blinded by my desire to get it, but now, yah, $49 is still kinda steep... It's the normal price of pants sold outside Mango when there's no sale. How sad... I still quite like that bottom though.........

Angel is on holiday! Yippee! Haha, this means I don't have to get up to make her breakfast anymore... Hehe... Not that it's tedious or what, I just don't like to get my sleep interrupted. Luckily it just takes about 10min to get her breakfast prepared and then off I go back to dreamland. Hee... And before you get it into your mind that I prepare some ghastly breakfast for her that makes her run to the toilet, I don't! I prepare very nice breakfast for her k! The first day was the sausages sliced and cheese put on top of the bread and then toasted in the oven (Serene, does it sound familiar? ;) ). The third day (second day I had training, so it was Von who did it) was ham and cheese sandwich. Fifth day (also Von, coz I had training) was cheese sandwich. So you see, I'm nice, aren't I? Oh, and these eaten with Milo. Haha...

OK, I have to go now... Have to start thinking how and what to get for Evon for Christmas. I hope I can get the answer by tomorrow. Good night and Merry Christmas everyone! =)

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Yesterday's friendly match with Sheares Hall was a disaster for me. I was allocated a new position- centre- a position I've never played in my whole life, so I messed up everything. When I thought the ball was supposed to be for the back row, I went for it. When the ball was supposed to be for the front row, I left it to the back to take it. I kept forgetting to shout for the ball when I wanted to hit it, I couldn't send the ball to the spiker, and hooking was crap. Argh. I'm rather surprised they still put me in to play though.

So I guess you can guess whether we won or lost. We played 4 sets, and we lost all 4 sets, and I have a nasty feeling quite alot of the points were lost because of me.

I won't say my mistakes were due entirely to a new position, but also because I think I wasn't motivated enough to play well yesterday, which is so disgusting, 'coz it's a very bad attitude to have to play. But maybe this is what they mean by 'off-form', where everything just seems to go wrong no matter how you want to play well but can't seem to get up the drive.

Oh man... Tomorrow is another training. I'm soooo lazy to move myself to NTU tonight again, and I'm sure my father is too. And tonight we are gonna have a wonderful dinner. I hope. What a bad way to end a potentially wonderful evening. Ah well, let's hope tomorrow's training will go smoothly! =)

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

The Long Wait is Over!

Yep! Results are out finally! Haha, not that I was particularly eager to know my results, but I couldn't stand not knowing how I did for the exams, particularly the papers which I felt I had flopped in.

Well, results were ok, better than I expected (cos I wasn't expecting much), but Stats was a disappointment, though it could have been worse based on the bell curve. I should be happy about my overall results, so I shan't waste my time thinking about should haves and could haves.

Oh, and I've finally managed to turn up for hall trainings! Been going for every training since the time when I stupidly turned back home from Tiong Bahru, and I think my teammates are very nice people. At least they don't look at you like you just did something so disgustingly wrong when you miss a ball or when you hit a ball wrongly. On the contrary, they encourage you and tell you that it was a good try. AND they were all said with a smile, which makes a difference. I appreciate that, and I feel that would be a better working environment than in an environment where criticisms and dark looks are given when something is done wrong. It stifles improvement and increases stress, so much so that at the end, one wonders why one still bothers to actually want to continue with that particular activity.

One thing that makes me so lazy to go back for training is the fact that NTU is so friggin' far away from my house! I have to stay in hall like twice a week to attend training just so that I don't have to wake up at the ungodly hour of 0545 to make my journey down to NTU. Ah well... And today's slightly better though, cos it's a friendly match with NUS' Sheares Hall, and it's in the afternoon. Nonetheless, I'll have to make my way down soon.... I just hope I'll not be home too late. Been getting too used to staying at home and enjoying the comforts of home, so much so that thoughts of school reopening nearly plunges me into depression. OK, so that was an exaggeration, particularly when an advantage of going back to school would be that I wouldn't have to teach a particular someone who is so totally unmotivated to learn but so motivated to learn how to dress herself up like some wayang singer, thinking that she looks like some million-dollar superstar. A girl of 12, putting mascara and makeup and thinking that people are so jealous of her looks that they are out to get her and her friends!

Ok, to be fair, there's another side to her that's endearing as well: that is that she has initiative and she can be qutie helpful. And she is the kind that 讲义气,which takes character. I just wish I knew how to convince her that it's still too early for her to wear makeup and spend more of her time learning her English.

Or maybe I'm not cut out to be a teacher at all.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Volleyball Training Today

I finally moved my butt to do more than jogging every 2 weeks. I went back to TPJC to play vball with the juniors today, and wow, all I can say is, LUCKILY I went to train there first before I went for the hall training.

After not playing vball for almost a year, my arms have become so unused to the force of the ball and the pressure it exerts when we play it. So now I have to endure the pain of a first timer again. Crap. AND I played more vigorously than a first-timer usually does, so now I end up with 2 swollen forearms. It hurts to stretch them. Needless to say, my legs are aching as well. Haha, I'm not regretting it though, 'cos I got to refresh my skills again, and realise that my service has deteriorated. *sniff sniff* Ok, let's hope that the next time I play, I'll be better.

Which reminds me to ask about the hall trainings again. I haven't been to a single hall training yet, and nobody ever tells me when they are. They don't even have a schedule or sth to send to us... goodness. So far there have been 2 trainings (if I'm not wrong), and I haven been to any of them, the first time being that I had to go for Rotaract, the second time being that I had diarrhea. Again. Argh. That seems to be a common phenomenon with me these days... I wonder what's wrong with my stomach, but I highly suspect it's sth to do with eating the chilli padis whole. Haha, and the thought of eating them whole is making me salivate. It's so shiok I tell u, but I must warn u chilli-lovers: your stomach will BURN after eating it, and make sure you are healthy when you eat, otherwise throwing it up will be a damn horrifying experience.. and.... beware when you go to the toilet... it burns too........... heh... disgusting, I know, but I think I should warn u first... haha... =)

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Of Weddings and Gatherings

The last week has been a wonderful flurry of activity- a cousin's wedding, and relatives who came over to attend the wedding. Here are some photos to show you!



My first time as a guest-book signer officer (don't know what you call them...), though I'll admit I wasn't of much help, mostly 'cos I didn't know what to do and 'cos Bernice Jie-jie was doing an efficient job of it. Haha, I've a feeling I'd keep guests waiting if I had been the one telling them where they were supposed to sit! Nonetheless, it was a nice experience to be involved in a cousin's wedding.

This was the table we sat at. The restaurant's called Grand Shanghai, with Shanghai as the theme. 5 people are allocated at each of this kind of table, but as you can see, who gives a hoot about regulations?

From left, clockwise: Kenette, Alvin, Alan, Yi Lun, Evon, me, Linda

I like this! It was such a novel experience to attend a wedding like this!

We listened to Chinese oldies the whole night. There was really a nostalgic atmosphere to the whole place, just what I love! It's too bad that it didn't occur to me to take photos of the singer. =)

That night, it was photos galore! But if u wanna see us more close up, the photos are in my yahoo photo album! =) Here's one of me with my niece:

This is my niece. She's Accalia, and 9 this year, but I can never remember that she is actually this age. My impression is that she'll always be 3 yrs old! Haha, time passes very fast. 9 years just zooooomed past like that!

Do you know, I never knew I had a grand-niece (or great-grand-niece or whatever the relationship is called) until that night? I'm not entirely sure of how far ahead in the generation ladder I am from her, but she's my mother's sister-in-law's sister's grand-daughter. My mother is her great-grandaunt, so what does that make me?

This is Sammi, my Grand-niece. She's 8 this year, and can you imagine? For 8 years I never knew I had a grand niece! I feel so old now!

The next day, Linda went out with Serene and me. We went to Bugis Street to shop. Haha, I know.. this is about the 2nd or 3rd time in 2 weeks you've heard me going to Bugis, but, you don't hear me complaining! Wow... We walked till our legs hurt! But as there was entertainment in the form of girls' best friends (clothes), I'm not complaining! Haha... Forgot to take pictures though... so sad!

And the next day, Linda and I went to walk around at the City Hall area. We went to Citylink, the Esplanade, and Suntec City, after which we went to Orchard Road to look at Christmas decorations. Again, I walked till my legs hurt up to my knees. And get this: I was wearing sports shoes this time. Haha! =) It was fun though, to go out and walk around with cousins. We asked Von, Lun, Alvin and Alan along, but only Alvin and Alan could make it. Ah well, some other time, then... =)

This was taken at the Esplanade, one of the display pieces. It looks so quaint! Hee..

The last day Linda was here, which was yesterday, we went to Sentosa. This time, Lun and Alvin couldn't make it, so Alan, Linda, Von and I went together. Yah... I know, you must be thinking that Sentosa is quite a boring place. Well, that's what we thought too, but I guess boredom is how one perceives things to be. To be honest, there was not a single dull moment during our trip to Sentosa, which was GREAT! We rode the newly opened Sentosa Luge, played at the Children's Playground, at the beach, went to the southernmost point of the Asia continent, and basically walked around alot.

This is the Children's playground. Haha, isn't it interesting? It's a see-saw come merry-go-round. We- or rather, I- were like young children again, playing on this contraption. =)









This is the Sentosa Luge! We went up by a chairlift, and we went down by these. We went down at such high speeds it was quite scary, but very exhilarating! I feel like going one more time!!


Tada! The Enchanted Grove of Tembusu in which resides 4 human-like elves among the magical toadstools which spring up at midnight! =)

And after that, we headed for home. Whew! By then my feet were about to fall out of their sockets, what with 3 consecutive days of walking, walking and more walking! But even though my legs were sooooo tired, I still feel that this past 3 days was spent very fruitfully. Catching up with family, and attending and getting involved in a wedding has been very fun! It's so sad that we will have to wait one more year to have a gathering of this scale again. Heopfully by then, more cousins will be together and we can have even more fun! =)

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Tagged? Me?

Haha, Hurul, I read your blog, and while I'm still not clear about what it really means or what I really have to do, I shall just try it out. Haha... =)

Ok for the game "Tag", this is what you have to do....

1. post 5 weird/random stuff abt yourself
2. at the end, list the names of 5 ppl who you want next to this and leave a comment "YOU ARE TAGGED" in their blogs and tell them to read your blog for rules!

(i) My sisters and I used to play this game where we would be 'magic princesses' out to save the world. I would always be the first to be struck dead. Why me? Well.. I felt being dead was like sleeping, and I wanted to sleep. So what better excuse to sleep while playing? =)

(ii) I talk in my sleep.

(iii) I like to read and watch impossibly romantic and impractical story plots. I know they are senseless and totally illogical, but they just fill me with such a sense of wellbeing that is just so addictive. Haha, I'm a sucker for romance.

(iv) I collect lyrics.

(v) I like watermelons and dogs.

Hmm, hope that's random enough- well, at least the last one was. Hehe, it's quite hard to think of 5 random facts about myself offhand, but for the fun of it, here they are.

The next 5 people to be tagged are:

Bernice jie-jie
Alan
Evon
Merrilyn
Yan Fang

Great Shopping Today

Went to Bugis to shop with Jiun Pey today. Haha, unexpectedly, we only took a mere 4 hours to finish shopping in the whole of Bugis. I have no idea if it time passed too slowly or if we had shopped too fast, but it was only 4 hours! The last time both of us and Jieting went shopping at Bugis, we took the whole day and we did not even manage to walk the whole of it! And now Bugis Street has expanded! Wow. Then again, I don't think we shopped too fast, 'cos we went into every shop! Jiun Pey's theory is that the other day, we had spent time bargaining for our, well, bargains, with the help of Jieting. Haha... =)

We felt that our trip out today wasn't justified in that we had only spent 4 hours out when we had planned to spend the whole day out, so we went to all kinds of places to walk. In the end, we went to the Guan Yin Temple at Waterloo Street (was it Waterloo St ah, JP?) to offer our prayers. It was only then that we realised today is the first day of the lunar month (the 10th lunar month if I'm not wrong...). JP bought a lotus to offer to Guan Yin, and we went in to squeeze with the other devotees. Man, there were SOOO many people! One lady even got burnt by the joss sticks, but of course, because they were in a temple, she just had to forgive and forget. I could tell from her face that she wasn't very happy (but then again, who would be happy at being burnt?). Anyway, I digress. We didn't really know what to do, so we had to follow the examples of the other devotees at the temple. One interesting thing I noticed was that we were the only people from our generation in the temple. Haha... It was... weird, but I think it was memorable. Haha, I think in the future when I think of JP and Bugis, I'll think of this memorable trip, the same way when I think of Muh and Jiarong I think of the trip to Changi Airport where we walked from East Coast beach to the airport. Memories!! =)

Haha, great trip!

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

I love this decadent lifestyle!

It's a decadent lifestyle I've been living the past few days since the end of exams, and I'M LOVIN' IT! Been going out almost everyday with great company, and watching vcds. Only sad thing though, is that money has been leaking out of my pockets like nobody's business. Wish there was an endless supply of that resource.... -_-"

Just watched 4 vcds of "The Rose" by SHE, Huang Zhi Wei and the other actors (I can't remember their names) yesterday. Haha, barely halfway through the series though, but yesterday was pure blissful laziness. Just holed myself up in my parents' rooms and watched vcds. When I got sleepy, I slept. Woke up again to continue watching. Muahahahaha. Then I left to meet Yi Lun to watch "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". I think it's the best one of the Harry Potter movies so far. The dragon scene was so exciting! I'm glad they played it up. The Quidditch World Cup was a little disappointing though, 'cos I was looking forward to watching them play Quidditch. Nonetheless, the entrance of the players was dramatic, and Krum got a welcome befitting his status as the World's Best Seeker. =) I think Emma Watson's behaviour was a little over the top though, 'cos she was mostly rather agitated during Moody's lesson of the Unforgivable Curses. Hmm... the impression I got from the book was more of Hermione being herself as usual, just giving the answers in a matter-of-fact way. Didn't really expect her reaction. But then again, a movie is different from a book, isn't it? The plot was changed quite a bit, but I must say, the change in plot didn't disrupt the flow of the movie. Great! Haha, wish there were more scenes of Cedric Diggory though. He's rather good looking. ;) I highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn't watched it. =)

Guess today marks the end of my decadent lifestyle. Meetings are starting, and so are trainings. I hope these won't clash with each other or make my hols so packed I can't continue with my current life! Haha, I'm enjoying it too much to wanna let it go! =D

Friday, November 25, 2005

Freedom!

Yay! In just 6 hours' time, freedom will arrive! For now, I shall just have to endure the wait, filling the time with revisions. I do hope the paper will be easy today, and that the questions that come out will be things that I know how to answer. Dun wanna have to repeat this paper- or any of the other papers for that matter- again.

Yesterday evening was fun! Went with Serene to Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao for dinner at Jurong Point, then we went to walk walk awhile. No regrets eating at Crystal Jade man... The Xiao Long Bao was heavenly! And then there was this pastry like thing with radish inside. Man... It was soooo soft. Then we shared a bowl of Sichuan La Mian. It was a nice experience eating it, though I think it doesn't quite suit my tastebuds. Nonetheless, the taste was unique, and the texture of the noodles was smooth. Nice. Great recommendation, Serene! =) Shall go there with Von and Lun on Sunday. The meal was quite affordable in all. Less than $15! Much cheaper than I expected it to be, it being at Crystal Jade and all... Haha, and it was fun going out with Serene. Found the skirt that I've been looking for! Alas, it's in JP and costs $33!! I'm going to Far East to see if I can find that skirt there. There's one problem now though. How do I match that skirt? It looks quite hard to match. Shall find a picture of it and post it up for u all to see... soon. =)

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Congratulations!

Haha, it's a day for celebrations. It's Evon's last paper tomorrow, and guess what? She's accepted into the Vet course at Massey University, New Zealand! Yay!! Of course, she'll have to get through the first sem there to qualify, but I have confidence in her lar.

The only thing I'm sad about is that she'll be leaving Singapore, then I won't be able to se her. I shall miss her. It's not the same as living in Singapore but on the other side of the island. This time, it's across the ocean, almost halfway round the world (is it? Oh well, even if it isn't, it feels like it). That time when I first moved into the NTU hostel I was quite homesick. Bet it'll feel worse for Evon. But then again, she was always more independent.

Anyway, we'll take things one step at a time. I hope the days won't fly too fast, and the hols won't be so busy till we can't spend enough time together. AND I hope my parents don't book the air tickets for Evon to fly off on a friggin' weekday. THEN I'll be forced to pon school, which is very troublesome you know, having to come back from hostel and all that.... And this time, my father won't be sending me back to hall 'cos he'll be going there with Evon first, for her to get used to the surroundings there first.

Ok, back to sleep.