irene's journal

Back in action

2009-02-14T23:51:00.000-08:00

Simple updates on the time i "disappeared" from blogging

Just a year has passed and there have been some changes in my life..

1) Most of my frens w know tt I have changed jobs from Auditor to a Fund Accountant at a Bank. Hanging on to my second job now as the economy has been rather bad. (Horrays to Employers as they get to choose us and Boos to us for having to put heart and soul in finding a job) Hope it recovers soon.

2) I managed to experience snow. yes real snow in Korea. Have been saving up for a year before I put my plan into action.. The lowest temperature i experienced was a whopping low of -13degrees. No kidding.. I was at Yong pyoung ski resort on the mountain top.. It was freaky cold.. I could feel my nose and mouth chilled by the cold... and constantly checking if my ear was in place. The Most happy thing on this trip were to:

*1- drink rice wine (soju) during snow.. U can imagine the instantenous warmth from your throat to your stomach when u sipped the wine.. not disturbed by the horrible sound we have to make when we sipped down the wine.. to prevent the side effect of soju..

*2- eat icecream in the cold weather, something I always wanted to do as a child.. whenever I see TV showing Japanese/ Koreans licking icecream.. while it was snowing.. It was a childhood dream come true..

3) I also withnessed firecrackers, fireworks in the ulu village of malaysia. I must be as thrilled as my relatives who in years have not seen firecrackers... I must say Singapore has become so developed that the kampung life has indeed gone into history..

4) I have sat on Asia's steepest wooden coaster in korea. Yes it is true. You will never imagine me on rollercoaster.. for someone who has height phobia, it is really an accomplishment. It could not be done without my fren, Winnie's encouragement.

5) I have gone to korea's style spring.. haha if you get wat I mean, My fren and I overcome our shyness and went for the spring.. Which was v special. Imagine soaking urself in Green Tea spring.. 39degree spring.. herbal spring... We also went to the saunas-60degree for a minute... Wah hot..... but imagine urself in temp of 3degree outdoor...going through all that was comfortable..

6) I am planning to learn swimming this year, something I have never managed to master in my studying time..

Attached are some pic taken at Korea and Malaysia. :) Hee you can go facebook and see more pics.

Aspiration for 2008

2007-12-28T07:42:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time since I am free on wkend to enjoy my freedom.. Working as auditor has really strained my energy n time.. Don't think is worth the efforts to waste so much time working in lieu of frenship, family n own time.

It is true that when u gain something, u w lose something. But it seems to me that I am losing everything while gaining audit exp...

Hai cant help but feel helpless. seeing so many ppl come n go esp from my v own batch, quiting and moving on to a new job seem like a pleasant thing to do...

It is even more sad to hear this fr my senior himself tt " In order not to feel that I have no life, I will stay up and watch 2hrs of DVD everyday." After hearing his words, i cant help but feel sadness...

It is even worse to hear abt the long hrs during peak. (Heard fr senior tt I need to prepare myself to work beyond 12am from 7Jan onwards, some days I w work till 2,3am..5am..finally till next day..) What sort of life is that? Worse than a coolie, work 24hrs a day is crap.... Will try end work as early as poss...feel there is no pt working so hard.. this is not even abt efficiency..How can one work efficiently during the wee hrs?

However, I am comforted by having supportive frens and family... Squeezing time for frens and family plus my "work"on weekend is not easy... It cant be done without determination... perservance and .lots of slogging of working papers...

Aspiration for 2008 would be to find a job that I will like (shorter hrs) in a bank or in finance positions.. Got lobang must intro k? Be healthier in both mind and physically. (Been drained almost dry now.) Spend more time with family and frens...

Personality test

2007-12-28T07:32:00.000-08:00

I'm" a O12-C58-E79-A83-N93 Big Five!!

My job

2007-10-25T23:09:00.000-07:00

Paiseh so long never update my blog le...

My job be taking the bulk of my time... getting tired and now sick with sore throat from working late.... But its been a great experience learning alot things n all abt accounting.. all abt stretching our limits.. din know I could actually work till 2plus everyday after coming back from client.

Din know I could master the act of communicating with the client. how my baby talk or foreign talk to them eventually turns to communicating on the same level. Its funny how impt effective communication is, we may think our msg is clear but the other party may not understand at all.

It is also amazing to see how tolerant I can be towards demanding clients. The golden rule is really smile and be fast by passing all the hurdle.

I guess my job is no easy feat. But the thought of gaining experience from it is worthwhile.

Hai let's just say it is a wrong foot forward. We have to move forward somehow.

Age_charracter Calculations

2007-09-30T01:49:00.000-07:00

What i got from Mel's age_character calculation. Thinks some are very accurate: tends to delay,loves to joke, easily hurt, stubborn etc...

JUNE
* Thinks far with vision
* Easily influenced by kindness
* Polite and soft-spoken
* Having lots of ideas
* Sensitive
* Active mind
* Hesitating
* Tends to delay
* Choosy and always wants the best
* Temperamental
* Funny and humorous
* Loves to joke
* Good debating skills
* Talkative
* Daydreamer
* Friendly
* Knows how to make friends
* Abiding
* Able to show character
* Easily hurt
* Prone to getting colds
* Loves to dress up
* Takes time to recover when hurt
* Brand conscious
* Executive
* Stubborn
* Those who loves me are enemies

My job

2007-09-29T10:50:00.000-07:00

This entry will be an update on my job.

Training
The training at Penang was really fun.... We could go shopping after training and not alot stuff was taught over the course.

Training at Singapore was quite stressful as alot concepts were taught. But I guess is better to suffer at initial stage then suffer later.

UPdate on my assignt
My lst assignt was quite ok as the 8companies are dormant co.. Nothing much was enquired... Just mere cut and paste.

My 2nd assignt (this wk and the wk after next wk)
is more stressed cos it is my lst serious audit and it is more complicated (construction co). Hai sad that i actually forgot wat i learnt during the training... Was demoralised as I felt quite helpless... Asking the seniors was quite embarrasing as they had their work to do and I was dragging them down with my constant qns.. Should have been more independent and learnt to solve problems on my own...

After this wk's experience, (putting late hrs apart), I have learnt to study my training notes more dilligently and that worklife is different from school. In school,professors or tutors can answer your qns when you are in doubt as they are paid to teach you. In working life, asking too many qns will piss ppl off as they are paid to work for the client and NOT for YOU.

REflections time
At the start of anything(Be it study, work, proj, knowing ppl), it is never easy for us. We have to do self discovery and through time,find our directions.. We also must be optimistic abt things and not put down ourselves by saying we are not up to standard. If you never try, you won't know the outcome.

Haha stress aside, I also found that gg out on wkend is a good way to relieve stress as chatting w ur frens actually destress you, let you forget work and know how blessed one is with frens.
Hehe Had 2 wonderful outings today with zj,her bf, melvin and gladys and with rumin, zongliang, bowen and yiling.

My Views On relationship

2007-08-27T07:25:00.000-07:00

Love

Haha after my entry on reflection, i feel that it will be adequate to talk abt r/s, something tt i have been talking to my frens and they have enquired me abt.

Sometimes i do find it funny when ppl consult me on their love life when my love life is kinda of empty, this was esp. so in JC when frens consulted me on love. Mayb is they just wanted a listening ear or something.

Love to me is never a love at lst sight thing or a happy ever after thing. U can tell me I'm pessimistic but I can assure u I'm just being pragmatic and realistic. Ppl I know ard me have their fair share of ups and downs... For couples who are still married after so long are becos divorce is not a common trend in the past and they prob stayed tog for their kids....

Then I oso realised criteria we set for our another half is never realistic cos u dun get wat u want at the end of the day. Haha mayb like wat my frens say, once u r in love, ur perception w change... But I still think frenship is more reliable than love. cos there is this much commitment u give and u dun expect to get something in return..

Now for my view on 1 - to - 1 r/s, I realised tt the world is never fair. U maybe nice to this person but this person may not be nice back. But guess I m very fortunate to have frens who care abt me, perhaps is the way we treat ppl ba. I believe we shd treat ppl w sincerity... I dun like to put on a fake front in front of others.. That defeats the purpose of frens.

But sometimes I regret tt I have such a character. Made my frens feel tt I m too busy for them and I end up losing some frens tt I know for a long time.. And at the same time, made ppl want to take adv of my kindness and step over me....

Perhaps that is life and we have to learn to understand and get used to it..

Penang Trip

2007-08-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

The penang trip was fun but alot training stuff to remb..

We took SQ plane to Penang, ard 1 hr trip there. Was quite cool to sit plane to another country on lst day of training.. Though there was mixed feelings abt whether I could adjust to working life.. Glad to be able to share room with Fanny, was quite fun to be her roommate for the 5days at Penang..

We went to a few places in Penang.

Mon : Gurney Plaza as we stayed at Evergreen hotel, which was a 15 min walk to the plaza.

We ate at the food court, the food was not bad.. but to our despair, actually within 5min walk was a food ctr with cheaper px. ( But according to the shuttle bus uncle, food was better in the city rather than small fd ctr as serving was smaller, not very worth it)

Tue : Went to batu Ferrengi on taxi, Nite mkt.. Boyz it was a scary ride, the taxi drivers are all very skillful, imagine having to pass a taxi in the same lane.. WOO i was having a roller coaster ride.. Lucky had Grace and fanny with me in the taxi, I was talking to them to distract myself.. The nite mkt was quite gd, food was fantastic, tried the yang zhou fried rice, fried kwan tiao, (the chicken wing was super nice, hehe honey blazed, i like, yummy..), the omelete oyster was different from the one in spore... more watery, but it tasted super nice... lucky could share w my jie mei (jianyi, fanny, hui yin, kailing n shi ying) if not definitely put on alot weight..

Hhee come to think of it.. the buffet breakfast n lunch we had at evergreen hotel was superb, hehe i ate alot cakes (cheeze cake was superb), yogurt (those sour type, must add ur own topping), pan fried fish, mee goreng,.....

Wed: went to fd ctr next to gurney plaza as we had to do a ppt on thur. attached is my group pic, think is a wonderful gp.. i liked the model EY person alot, hehe drawn by talented jianyi and hui yin.... the four fruit soup was very cooling, sth like our qing teng, hehe my fave. But we had to rush back hotel to discuss our skit for thur

thur and fri : Yeah end of training. Went to Pranggin Mall on both days.. hehe tried the japanese ramen there, not bad la except for the cockroach shock( there were 2 small cock roach on the wooden divider, one of them got onto fanny's mango pudding and we had to get the waiter to remove it, lucky he was quite brave and nice to grab the pudding and remove it elsewhere and to give fanny a compilmentary pudding)

Secret recipe we had a better experience.. hehe i like the mud pie and the marble cheeze cake, super nice and big slice... hehe the mushroom sauce chicken was nice too. Shopping wise was quite gd tho i oni manage to get 2 office tops, din see anything else tt catch my fancy. wanted to get shoe but not really nice or it was open toe ( my co allow us wear covered shoe oni), saw a super nice shoe but the heel abit high for me...

hehe in general, i had a fun trip, learning and studying at the same time..

Back to spore for more training till 31aug..

Mixed feelings abt penang training

2007-08-11T05:11:00.000-07:00

Haha with penang training less than 2days away, I suddenly have mixed feelings abt it.. Imagine having to share a room with another person u hardly know ( Heard room mates will be at random)... then having to spend lst week of work in foreign countries..

Hai with all my best frens in PWC, really hope to get along with other ppl.. No wonder they always say cherish ur moments as a student, cos work life will not be so easy... Think my other frens have bigger probs than me.. they have to work and oso patoh, haha in audit where got time other than wkend for all these? Somemore I have tuitions on sun...

Just hope to cope well in my new job, learn as much as I can while not compromising on my leisure life..

Hehe hope penang training trip be a safe and enjoyable ones....

My thoughts on life

2007-08-08T23:58:00.000-07:00

As my blogs covers most of my outings, what has been happening in my life.

I think it is time to do a general blog.

After turning 22 recently, I reflects on how much things and people around me have changed.

On Friends

Think I am very blessed to be able to have so many good friends around me, and who have stood with me in my difficult times. Everyone has left a foot print in my life, be it big or small. Some have left my life as we are in different schools, or busy with our schedules. Some have continued to leave a foot print in my life such as Jia ying, Think she is my longest friend since Pri 5. (That makes our friendship equal to half of my life now.) But to some friends, I have to apologise to not spending enough time with you, my sec sch gang (YY,nj and the rest) and to my JC gang ( Rumin,yiling, bowen and zong liang).

On family
As I embarks on the next phrase of life - Working life on 13August(Mon), I starts to reflect and realise how little time I have spent with my family. Also by being the youngest and the only girl in the family, I provide an emotional support among gp member. Haha mayb that's why frens ask me to be their listening ear. Haha practice tt in my family le...

But I must say problems are not hard as long as their is a viable solution. We should never lose hope after facing with obstacle, I believe time and efforts would help us overcome the problems and that after that, we will emerge a stronger person, both physically and mentally.

Lastly hope that my auditor job will not affect family life and that I would keep one of the wkend for my family.

On Studies
I must admit that back in school, I was not the brightest student but definitely one of the hardworking ones. I remember how I always lament about not being able to do well despite studying my best. My mum told me to do my best and that was enough. True enough by doing my best, I was able to improve and go on to my desired school and courses in Temasek JC and NTU Accountancy. I remember how my eldest bro used to tell me it is impossible to get into the schools and courses given your grades. But I always tell him nothing is impossible with determination. And lucky or hardworking enough, I was able to achieve my goals. Though it was done in the hard ways, many of my frens were able to achieve better grades than me throughout school, it was during O' and A' level that I shine within my abilities.

One of my fondest memories was being able to jump from a E, AO pass student to A grade in Economics A Level. But all these did not come easy, Words I would remember from Miss Leong: " I don't understand why you cant even pass the MCQ? " ( I remb scoring 13/30 marks when everyone else scored at least 18,20 marks. ) I was initially upset by her words but later I reflected it was my weak foundation that caused me not to do well and that I should put in extra efforts if I still wanted to achieve my goals. From then on, I did 2 TYS as my MCQ really sux. I also attended remedial lesson conducted by Miss leong, My econ tutor. I am glad that pays off and I even took a Econ minor in uni. From my A's level experience, I realise the importance of being motivated and never ever lose hope.

On temp works/ tuitions
Experiences in school definitely helped me in tuitions as I understood that the students were weak and I shouldn't rub salt into wounds. There is no point scolding them for being stupid or lazy. Instead I took on a friend approach telling them never to lose hope and work harder in studies. But sometimes I would really blow up when I saw my bright students not doing well in exams cos they were lazy. I believe that if you are smart and you dun work hard, you waste god's gift, sometimes many would want wisdom but not all would achieve.

Although taking up temp jobs during holidays and tuitions during school term to supplement my pocket money were tough, but I was glad that I could interact with people from all walks of life and learnt that I am definitely more fortunate than many of them. Some had quit school as their family could not afford the school fees and I am actually proud of them as they did not blame other people. Instead they work hard to provide for their families. Some have left school as they did not do well. But after being in workforce for a few years, they decided that education was still important and they went back to school. It was this holiday experiences that made me want to be stronger and to aquire more knowledge. These life experiences are not what I could get from school.

Haha hope this did not bore you, just my thoughts on life....

Squad outing

2007-08-05T05:22:00.000-07:00

Haha really glad 8 of us could make it to the outing.. Hehe i organise de lei... glad of the responses.. Congratulations to sock ying too.. haha a new born is on his way... haha just happy we could chat and catch up.. times files manz.. sometimes faster than i can foresee.. when we met, so many changed.. haha tingting w permed hair, so feminine, marissa looked different oso, long hair le.. haha wished our outing can continue and be held a few times a year...

Squadmates (elementz) rules!!!

Convo ball

2007-08-05T05:01:00.000-07:00

Wa..i spent alot for the ball.. spent on makeup and hairdo.. din really like the hairdo i had.. would have prefered my fringe on one side of my face instead.. Then i also realised i got slimmed down abit.. I had to buy another gown as thr prev one not so fitting le.. quite loose.. was suppo to be tight when i bought the gown..

Haha must say thx to Edeline, Jennifer and Xiao Qing, cos they helped me alot... My mum din let me wear contacts, so i was iterally as blind as a bat... Haha but they lead the way for me.. gan dong.. and thx to riyang for givin me his tix to the ball and got to enjoy the food at Fullerton... I must say it tasted much better than the one at other wedding feast i ate.. Haha of cos, 5stars lei...

Overall, the closing speech was really touching.. recalled my 3years life at NTU, my frens, ppl i knew trhr projects or common frens.. guitar club (just joined a while), CAC FOC i joined.. Thx a million frens who have made a difference to my life..

26&27july...Feast....colleagues' treat..3Aug(Co's event).. gan dong..

2007-08-05T04:05:00.000-07:00

26&27 July

Think DDI, my temp job co has becum a part of me. Bonded with some of my colleagues.. Felt really honoured when Adrian, the sales consultant offered to treat me and another colleague, Emily lunch at SAF Yacht Club on 26 (Thur). THe atmosphere there was really gd.. A pity din bring my camera, if not could have taken foto. Imagine the breeze near the beach when you have lunch.. Except add some drop of rain falling from the sky... But overall, havin fish and chip and Ginger Ole was a gd experience there. Thx Adrian for the treat...

27july (Fri)
This time round, my senior in marketing dept, Lisa treated me, hana(receptionist) and Emily to Sakae Sushi... Felt shuang abt eating all the nice sashimi, the bento set meal(lst time i eat that), normally eat the student buffet or sushi nei...

3Aug(fri)
After resting for 4working days, got back to work... haha left another 2days (7&8aug) then slack b4 start work at EY le...

Haha dinner w co was initially awkward until the colleagues i more shou came along.. We ate at jumbo restaurant, haha got shark fin oso.. something like those wedding dinner feast, only the fd less nice.,.. but got balck pepper and chili crabs.... haha the appetiser was the nice, cold dish, got prawns marinated, you tiao and jelly fish...

Then we went for a bowling competition. Haha i lst shot got a strike ( All pins down), I was stunned cos this was the lst time i bowl strike.. normally go to drain.. Haha which i did, my ball went to the drain for 2 or 3 times..
But my scores not bad la.. Lst round 75, 2nd round 72..haha improvement from last time.. at least passed the 50 marks...Eventually we got 2nd, cos only 2teams.. then Robert super zai.. turkey twice.. imagine get 6strikes...IDol manz....

Finally, the rest decided to go ktv.. haha which i did not really like..cos i not a sing bird.. but ok la..i just joined in the fun since all this are the co sponsored de... then some more got a colleague, Nigel live in bedok reservoir.. cna send me home...

haha must cherish my remaining 2days with the co.....

Convo ceremony (24July07)

2007-08-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah I finally graduated.. Actually felt tired and worn out during the final sem.. Faced w so many "foreign modules". But glad that my pals (Zj, alex.gladys, michelle....and other great frens yifang, meiqi, xiaoqing, jen, melissa etc) Were with me... Will definitely missed them... Come to think of it.. I"m in different co with all of them... Sad man.... Haha just hope to fit well in EY..and get to know alot ppl.. Hehe already know some frens would be in EY too( Jianyi & her frens, wei jun, Chen Zhen, josephine .....)

Back to the convo cere, the process was really boring... My surname ANG didn't help... which made me one of the earliest to go on stage... But the foto taking was great....Taking w parents, gladys theyall, zijia esp., haha could consider her as my foto kaki on tt day cos mich couldn't make it, alex n gladys left early......)

Dinner w Win n Ly(17July 07)

2007-08-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

(Taken at marina sq, haha but is on 17 July.... Background looks like Christmas hor?)

Hehe it was a great feeling..Meeting Win n Ly.. Felt like it was like our good old sec sch days... Cant believe 9years have passed since our sec 1 NPCC days..

Now that we are either working or studying, really treasure each outing w the rest... Take care gals.. Hope our meet up would be real soon..

Mon's back to sch and 2nd time spa with zijia

2007-07-12T22:56:00.000-07:00

Yeah Mon a day off from my temp work at expo to go back NTU get degree,transcript,invitation cards etc.. Wa you mayb surprised that I am still unable to wake up early..Haha have been having difficulty in waking up even for my temp job..Hhaa work starts at 9am but i am suppo to wake up at 730..But i would always drag until 745 then wake up..

Haha when I was on the mrt to boon lay, I realised how long i have not been to sch..haha the long hr on the mrt is really a long wait..

Glad to see gladys,michelle n zijia again... esp. mich n glad think i havn see them for a long time le.. Alex went overseas so din meet us..If not our uni clinque would have been full attendance..haha

After helping yifang,myself as well as yee lian n wendy collect their stuffs..I realised NTU gave each of us a bag, a very big one to put our convo gown in...and i have to help teh other 3 collect as they are at work..Lucky zj helped me carry a bag..so i carried 3 bags.... Met yifang theyall at raffles place mrt stn to pass them the stuffs..

Hhee then zijia n I head to parkway for spa.. The free spa(got fr female mag) was great...
back,leg,head massage was great but abit painful.... The steam spa were wat zj and i enjoyed...
Unfortunately, we din sign up for the spa package, reckon it too expensive...60plus for a one time spa....

Next we head to tmp, cos zj need go visit her grandparent..
Hhaa when i told zj my meni n peni $36...she too wanted to do oso..
After much "research" in TM and CS, we found the nail palace at the mrt there to be teh cheapest with promo at $38... Quite reasonable tho it doesn't have the foot scrub etc..
Haha can see Zj enjoyed teh session..

Haha next time when we have teh money can do meni n penicure...

Sunday's Tuition and Mani + penicure

2007-07-11T19:01:00.000-07:00

Today had my tuition in the morning... It's always fun to go for tuition..just abit worried cos my student still not v gd in math.. Will tryt help her as much as I can.. Went meet yifang for lunch as helping her,yee lian n wendy to collect cert and transcript..need the authorisation letter and thier matri cards..

WEnt straight to bedok meet my parents... The bedok shop provide both foot massage and nail serv..$36 only for promotional period only. Original px was $55.. Hehe my mum did foot massage 40min for $24..quite worth it... Haha enjoyed my treatment there.. Got movie dvd to watch and served by 2persons at the same time for my hand and feet..Hehe..

Thur outing w Meiqi , Lihying and Huili

2007-07-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

Initially oni got me,mq n ly for the metro sale outing.. Then hl wanted to buy clothes for her temp job, so met us oso...Hehe was quite fun cos both mq n I brought our cameras and we took candid shot at Long John Silver.. Hai cant imagine the chicken size shrunk together w the GST hike... Hhee had a great time..

Tue (Ey collection of stuff) and Buying of Casio camera

2007-07-10T07:35:00.000-07:00

Today I took half day to go to Ernst and Young, to get my stationery and my penang lst week training guide... Hehe met JianYi to go EY together...Went to eat near China Square foodcourt, ate the wontan guo tiao....was very nice.... No wonder the queue was so long... Went to drink the famous teh chino from nearby....Tasted quite nice... Was cheap oso..A big cup for oni $1.30...

Jianyi Went with me to get the materials... Then I went amore with jianyi as she wanted to sign up for unlimited 3mths fitness regime, envy her..Fully sponsored by mum to go to gym...Can exercise and slack before we both start our work At Ey....

Next we went to Sim lim sq... Initially I wanted ask Alex, the sim lim sq regular and zj to go with me... But our schedule din match..When I am free, they have something on... After some checking and matching of the price... We went back to the lst shop with an uncle who served us.. Wasted, actually got quite a cute guy who wanted to serve us.. But we were served by the uncle initially... So you can see my face of disappointment and my want laugh dun want laugh look when the uncle came rushing to our direction with a chicken wing in his hand and mouth...

My budget was initially $400.... But after I saw the figi flim camera z5 which costs $460.. with all the freebies at Song Brothers.... Went back to Medeka.... The uncle with the chicken wing... told us only 420plus. Then he started intro us the CAsio Z75..... $399... Thus he showed us all the modes Casio camera could do.. We managed to ask for more freebies.. A tripod and screen protector and lanyard(consist of a long string, short screen, screen cleaner....) on top of a free 1GB, 2GB sd card, camera case and a memorex cloth.....already on the CASio offer.. Hai wanted the silvery Blue color... But no stock so I took the Silver color...

Hehe quite satisfying... Treated jianyi eat beancurd as made her wait a long time b4 I made my decision... the uncle was quite nice.. Told him I was a lst time digi cam buyer... He taught me from scratch how to put battery, use the tripod..etc...

1 july

2007-07-01T08:48:00.000-07:00

Woo slept only at 4plus am....Woke up at ard 10plus..almost 11...haha must helped out w house chores lst....before i go out meet rumin theyall...

Wah katong mall sing ktv really cheap man.... Rumin, yiling n bw sang while waiting for me.. only charge per room nia.. $8 for 4ppl- small rm, $10 for middle room and so forth..quite cheap..haha must booked in advance next time then can sing longer..

Wanted to go bowling but it closed down le... we decide to go east coast instead but in the end we settled at Hans at parkway.,,haha lazy made our way there.. somemore most had to leave ard 5plus like tt...

Hehe thx my pets (rumin- mimi, zong liang- rocky), bw- elf and his pet yiling- ostquin for the birthday prez- hehe a book that is really useful and a tissuebox holder w my fave turtle on it...Not forgettin the yummy cakes blueberry cake n mudpie cake for me and yl... Gan dong by their act... Really glad to have so many frens... hope tt we will be able to keep in contact even after we start work!!

30 jun sat

2007-07-01T08:22:00.000-07:00

30Jun
Today din have tuition cos my student Vanessa was sick..hope she recover soon.. Went to metro and Best w parents in aftern lst cos parents wanted to use up the $150 voucher my dad won b4 the gst hike..We bought a fan and iron.. Metro is now like a warehouse, alot ppl inthe store finding stuffs to buy. Found the queue extremely long, din want to buy anyting cos had to queue so long.. Shall go on wkday to see.Hai need get a blazer and skirt ba..
Oni have a black blazer currently..

Met my CAC frens zijia,lifei,macrus, yiu sun, jun yuan, debra, chris, gincent n shiong for dinner at Fish & Co near PS later.. haha din expect Zijia to ask so many ppl..Tho is just the usual ppl.. Haha had a fun time at fish & co.. As there was a live band on tt day, yiu sun theyall dedicate a birthday song for me.. But I was asked to go on stage sing song oso..Hhaa my singing cmi..so din want go up there.. I was abit spoilsport... If I was to request to act or sth, perhaps i would go up..
Must thx my cac frens for their prez.. hehe can wear it to the convo ball... Must oso thx Debra and chris for the squid soft toy which they got for eating the ocean platter.. Loved it man hehe found alot uses with the squid soft toy, can use as handphone holder....play w it oso..

That was not the end of my day.. They decided to sing ktv.. haha cnat imagine i sing ktv twice in 2weeks.. Surprise, surprise, we met alex w his fren at party world too.. haha his fren was our gui ren..haha helped us save 10% of bill..

Haha zj is really a gd singer.. Manage to sing along w her.. cos my rhythm abit lag... sometimes i find my body strange, wil be tired at ard 9pm...then later i get hyper again... haha.. Enjoyed myself..tho was quite presurised when my mum asked me go home early..

hai finished my KTV at 220, was lucky to board NR7 not long after zj and I reached the bustop..
Thought tt my mum was too strict w me.. She actually locked me out... Act must blame myself for pushing the limits go out till so late..then careless me for not bringing house keys..cos rushed out in the aftern w my parents...

Hai told her e logic of flying a kite but she refused to listen... I really think tt you should let go or hold tight at times so that the kite w be in gd hand.. If u hold too tight, string w snap but if u hold loose, it w fly again. I guess treating ur child shd be like tt too..

Next time...cannot push my limit go out so late le....must care abt parents' feelings, they will be worried one...

27jun outing w Win and 28jun Thur Bugis outing

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Glad tt Winnie and i finally met up...after so long..Guessed we all been busy w our sch,tuitions etc.... A pity ly couldn't join us cos she busy.. Hai cant believe time files... We were talking abt our sec sch lives and how yrs passed like tt...Now we have graduated, she already started on her job and I waiting to go into mine in another mth or so....

She introduced me to double index..And I found the clothes very nice but abit pricey...Lucky tt she was a member..so I could get additional 5% discount. 25% discount off the clothes..Bought a blouse and pant... Actually I got buy a top there before..Haha if only auditor can wear normal officewear, and not blazer or long sleeved...Then can buy all my office wear there..

She also passed me a office bag which she bought fr Bangok as my birthday prez... Really happy tt she rembered my birthday was coming when she went overseas...Glad tt we be meeting up soon w ly in mid july..

29Jun thur

Hehe met up w Alex, Yifang and Zija at bugis..Heard of OG sales there.. 1st we ate the famous duck porridge at bugis..hehe tasted quite good..by Alex's recom.. Paiseh ppl..in the end not much sales at OG..Guess was the timing...cos when my frens say got sales was a week ago... But I managed to buy a pair of Americaya covered shoes...Then the rest din get much... Must say thx to alex oso for being so accomodating...Haha quite fun shopping w him as he give comments unlike normal guys who just stand ard..

Had a surprise meeting w winnie too.. She intro the sales gal, Si Nan at bugis branch to us... Then Sinan found me familiar...Mayb Cos I shopped at tamp b4 and she was the one who served me..Or mayb I have a common face..alot ppl commented I looked familiar..getting used to it.. haha heard fr win sinan gg tamp branch..Next time can go there shop...

26 June My birthday

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Thx guys for rembering my bdae and sending me ur birthday wishes via msgs...Esp. Ly..she actually stayed up to msg me at 12 midnite..appreciated tt... Went home to celeb my birthday... Had steamboat at home..Yummy food..

Haha decide to spend time w family as they always complain I spend too little time w them but w frens... Also, think next time when I work, bound to be busy working... Hai auditor life can be as busy and hectic...

Wished tt I can still keep in contacts w my frens....Be it pri, sec, jc, uni or cca frens....

23 n 24 June outings

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23 June(sat)

Today had my EY pre employment body checkup in the morn. Went with jianyi, hui ying and their fren....I had to do X-ray, urine test,blood test, eyesight and height & weight test.... The blood test was the scariest one..Had to remove 10ml of my blood, so much... lucky before the test, We ate Mr. bean..

In the aftern, mel, ly,rb and I met to go KTV...A pity joon was sick and beth had sth on so din join us.. But my singing cmi de..haha but enjoyed myself tho.... Haha dynasty ktv, the one at doby gaut there was abit different fr kbox or party world as in the lighting was much darker and you can order singers fr there to sing w u....

Haha thx for the gifts by mel,rb n ly..Liked the long sleeved shirt n function bag..
Really very useful for me.. haha guess cancerians r practical ppl altho at glance..we are viewed as idealistic...

24June (sun)

Today was a busy day for me..Had to go teach tuition at bedok camp lst...then go meet meiqi at kallang to exchange back textbooks..haha thx to her, I din buy many tbs this sem... I had a brief lunch with meiqi.. cos had to rush to ikea meet parents to buy cupboard..Last min decision by my parents to buy stuff.. My final stop was to go to Joon's house for bbq...

Met ly n kj lst at kembangan mrt lst.. Luckily Ly remb the way to joon's place.. We made our way successfully to joon's place..

Was abit shocked when they presented me w a birthday card n sang a birthday song.. Cos tho we were there celeb joon's birthday.. Thx beth,joon and the rest for the card... Haha had my idol's pic on it oso..

Updates of recent events

2007-06-19T08:36:00.000-07:00

Haha becoming lazy to write my blog le..Maybe cos I face the computer every moment during my work..that I drag using the computer again at home..Haha prefer to watch the TV or read a book nowadays..

Since I am so lag behind... Shall talk about my temp job now and wat I have done this week onwards... Now I am working at DDI, a HR consultancy firm... doing telemarketing..sort of..calling ppl up to confirm if they are still with the company, their datas so forth..Haha doing mail merge as well...but still a novice on it...Helping my co pack documents into envelopes so as to send out... Haha some interesting discovery: there are no postal codes for HK at all..Thx to Yiu Sun's info, I now know reason why.. Haha cos HK is split into 3districts: Kowloon, New territories and Hong kong island..so no postal code.. Then Korea has ga and gu in its addresses...

18/06/2007
Now for the fun part... I just went watch movie "Fantastic Four" with Xinying and Jianfu.. The show was amazing and exciting with the sound effect... Storyplot was ok la... haha think the guys are quite cute looking..the gals are pretty too.. Specially liked the new character "Silver Surfer" in the movie...He added spice into the show..but din quite understand wat happened to him in the end.

Oh ya We tried Wateva and Anything oso....haha My drink was Peach tea....Think it was abit sweet but liked the mystery...Haha we din know wat drink we will get...that causes some surprises.

19/06/2007
Today I had a slack morning work...But aftern I was working like a poor cow...Huge loads of work.. I never knew a simple korea could be such a tedious process..As in slotting in the CD,writing the person and address..accounting the tracking no..writing proforma invoice n letter could e so time consuming.....tiring...Haha But I did found out sth amazing...everytime i wear my white and purple top...I would get a treat from my colleague, last week wore the top got food from my colleagues....Indonesian cusines...Interesing..tried sth tt looked like he bao dan...made of coconut..awesome taste..just nice....

Then today my boss treated me to rochor beancurd (hehe my fave food)... and yiu tiao too.... But really had no time to eat..had to do work..

Must thx riyang for giving me his convo ball tix too...cos he gg overseas during convo ball, so gave me his tix..Owed him a treat man..haha treat him when he come back to spore...

The highlight was gg to my fren, kahying's grad fashion ceremony..Went there with lihying..Hai cos of communication breakdown..din get to see ky's works..must apologise to her..Cos by the time ly and I reached Mandarian hotel, we tho the grad cerem havn start...so we went ot eat food.. While we were eating the food, we saw ky then realised it ended,..So sorry gal..

But I was really amazed by wat all the designers designed..Really cool and professional..

Hehe liked wat ky designed too...Altho ky says her col scheme is quite dull...but i find the design very nice....some are quite classic..would consider wearing them if i abit taller..FYI, my fren;s model is 174cm..haha alot adjustments to make i were to wear it....

Haha more things to update soon...

Genting Trip

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15-17MAy
It was great travelling to Genting, altho the trip was 7hr long, if count from my house onwards, it would be 8hrs long.,.Cos we travelled to Golden mile complex b4 setting off on the tour bus...Great massage chair on the bus..a pity tt my chair was spoilt on the way there.. Could only enjoyed the massage on my way back...

The casino there were quite grand..Initially won some money...but was abit too ambitious lost in the end..But was a great experience as I understood tt we should avoid temptation... When we won money, we should promptly stopped gambling.. I guessed life is like tt too.. When you mixed w bad company or when u r not comfortable w one or a few frens, you should stopped contacts to avoid urself fr getting hurt... Haha my own philosophy.

Another insights I got from the trip is from the 3couples I travelled with (My parents,my mum's married frens and a single couple still patoh-ing. Haha I must say there is a resemblance..
The aunties taught me to find someone you can get along with and tahan...If not, be a torture to live w him for the rest of the life... It is funny how my father and the uncle is so alike... Really bad temper and naggy...wonders if the older u get the more fan you get.. but there is a light hearted moment oso... the uncle showed care to the auntie in a quiet way..My father is the more rough type..showed care in another way..

haha the single couple is still very much in honeymoon...wonder wat will happen when they get married...

Overall Genting stuff is quite ex..din buy much stuff... but the air there is cold man...think great for the skin like taiwan's hot but not humid weather
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Hehe great to go travelling..eye opening experience.... It's always been my dream to want to travel ard the world...perhaps when I retired, I would tour ard the world..

More updates on Taiwan Trip

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My "2 Guirens"

Before I forget, I must also thank the two Singaporeans whom we met at the hot spring. One of them said that I looked familiar..shrugs...think I got a common face.. they toild us which are the good springs to try...shiok man..

They oso showered care on me on the final day of our trip at the airport.(We happened to take the same van to airport). on my way to the toilet at the airport, I told them I had a fever on the lst day of my trip..was 37.9C... One of them put her hand on my forehead and assured me that I was only slightly feverish and asked me to drink more water... I was quite gan dong cos ppl whom hardly know you actually showed concern for you.. But on 2nd thoughts, if we were to switch position, I could have done the same too.. Great knowing them, but a pity tt i din ask their names..

On the lst day to taiwan, Boy I was shocked when I was asked to stopped after the heat sensor test..Must be cos of the wine I drank on the plane (2Baileys, 1Singapore Sling)..Ok lei..think my alcohol tolerance quite gd..Think my fever shot up cos I din drink plain water to dilute the alcohol..Haha...was careful on my way back..din drink alcohol..settle for juices instead...

Our "Cheeky car guide"
On the 4th day of our trip, we took the chartered bus to tour ard taipei, we found out later tt it was much cheaper if we had booked the bus thr the car guide directly...Hhaa nxt time if I have the chance to go Taiwan, would find him....

Haha I must say our Car guide is really cheeky, told us his love history... was really funny when he says one of his ex gf went off w a lorry driver.. One nite when he came home he found his house emptied... no Tv, nothing left.. He said the house was actually rented and shared betw him and his gf... Till now, he cant find where his gf is..

Before we started to sympathise w him, he told us that it was great feeling to steal other ppl's gf.. At this moment, three lines started to form....I was stunned, I mean I dun approve of his behavior but sometimes it maybe hard to ctrl one's feelings.. No wonder the tv shows always has this catchy phrase, "As long as the gal is not married, the guy always has a chance!" Hhaa very appropriate here...

The taiwan Trip

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Day 1 – 7th May 2007 (Monday)

Places visiting: Airport à Kilin Hotelà >Ximen >à KTV Tall Partyworld Building at Ximen (Did not sing KTV as it was quite late when we reach and the pricing was abit ex as compared to Singapore)

Get all the maps and tourist pass booklet. Head to airport tourist counter to check for maps, any discounts for youth travelers - tourist.(Youth Pass)

Personal Experience: The youth pass was not as useful as we thought mayb cos we did not visit the museum places and the more ex places so not much discount.

After checking into Hotel, proceed to MRT station to get an Easy Card. a) Take a MRT to Jiantan Station. Turn right after exiting the station for a shuttle bus to Miramar Ferris Wheel.

Personal Experience: By the time we’ve checked in, it was very late. No point going Jiantan or Miramar. b) We walked to Ximen Station (ard 20min, quite a long walk) and walk around Ximending. Ximending stuff was not as cheap as we thought but the ah zong mian xian there was quite ok... tho it is quite a unique taste, gd experience tho.. KTV Tall Partyworld Building located at Ximen MRT (Zhonghua road Sec 1) Din managed to go in and sing. The chou doufu was really stinky but tasted nice....

Recommended eateries @ Ximending:

- 阿宗面線 located @台北市峨嵋街8巷号之1, 8-1 Er-mei St, Shimenting.
Tel: (886) 2388 8808

• Famous goose meat at Ya Rou Bian

• 永和豆浆

• Kong Kee 港记酥皇店, located @ 台北市汉中街6巷号之2 (opposite 东龙饭店).
Tel: (886) 2 2389 5587

- Sun Bro Dessert

Day 2 – 8th May (Tuesday) Places visiting: ½ day city tour à Taipei 101 à Wufenpu à Raohe

6.30 am Wake up!!!

7.30 am Breakfast

8.00 am Off for the half day trip ( Boy, I spent alot on the 2nd day on the half day trip, spent on royal jelly, lingzhi, tian lu (a jade that brings peace to the holder and her family 's well being).

2pm Head to Taipei City Hall MRT Station. Take a free shuttle bus outside exit 2 to Taipei 101. (Quite a wait for the shuttlebus, bus abit smaller than singapore's, the outer front seat at both side has a seatbelt, for safety; most seats are single seats actually) NT350 to go up. Additional NT100 to go to the observatory deck. Take pictures etc… ( We din go up as we found it quite ex esp. when we just go up to take pics).

Personal Experience: There is a queue in a busstop outside the station for the shuttle bus. Reached 101 at about 4-5 pm and ate dinner there. Kinda expensive but the serving is super huge! Don’t bother trying the Singapore food there. Standard sucks compare to the authentic food in S’pore. Joon and I shared the korean food there and it was quite delicious) No point going all the way up if it is raining. Night view was so so only on top. Do note that Taipei turns dark at about 5pm during the winter period! Try going to the supermarket. Lots of interesting stuffs.

Possible places near 101:

- Walk to Warner Village (Tix NT290/pax)

- Shopping at Taipei 101 à Eslite Bookstore, New York New York, Neo 19, Singkong Mitsukoshi

6.00 pm If still at Taipei 101 area, either walk to Wufenpu or take bus 611 or 284 at XinYi (Taipei 101).

Personal Experience: Wufenpu is for gals. Good stuff for guys oso but the gals shop outnumber the guys shops by alot… We din manage to shop the whole wufenpu, only managed to shop 1/4 of the place.. Really big...Good to bargain there and there is quite alot of korean clothes..nice and cheap..

9.00 pm Proceed to Raohe Night Market. · Hu Jian Bing (Must try but queue is damn long!)· Really very nice... · Jeans shop available·

11.30 pm Travel to Ximen Station to go back to Hotel. Drop of all the stuff you have purchased, freshen up.

Day 3 – 9th May (Wednesday)

Places visiting: Beitou à Danshui à Shilin

9.00 am Wake Up!!!

9.30 am Proceed for breakfast.

10.30 am Walk to Longshansi station and take train to Xin Beitou. You may like to visit the scenic area of Hsin Beitou too. · Aboriginal Museum· Hot Spring Museum· Thermal Valley or Hell Valley (next to Beitou Park)

2.00 pm Visit Hotspring: Beitou wen zuan resort NT299 for 2, can use the coupon in the NT180 one day unlimited bus and metro travel but got promotion for mother's day so we got the offer even with the coupon too. Was really relaxing the spring..got a massage spring which helps to relax ur shoulder"s muscles and a bubble pool which was too hot for me.. Joon and Beth could tahan the spring tho.. Got a waterfall spring oso..When u stand high, the water force is not tt strong but once u bend now,. the water hit u as if it is rocks and ur shoulders hurt alot..but i guess it is gd for muscle relief...

5.00 pm Head back to Beitou MRT and proceed to Danshui MRT. Ate the KFC drumlets and it tasted abit hot but it has quite a unique taste as compared to singapore.

5.30 pm Take Bus Red 26 outside the Station to Fisherman's wharf. Recommended eateries @ Fisherman’s wharf: - Che Lun Bing (Wheel’s Biscuit) – outside Mos Burger near the bus stop – Nai You Bing - Factory made fish cracker (谈水镇中路184号；（02）26211414) - Freshly ground almond/ sesame powder - 黑糖糕 - Japanese Food

6.00 pm Take a short ferry ride to Pali and see the Sunset at about 5.45 pm. Lighting of the Lover's Bridge at about 7 pm. This is the place where a scene in “Meteor Garden” is shot. Personal Experience: Din manage to take the ferry as we were quite low on budget...

7.30 pm Take Red 26 and head back to the MRT and walkabout Old Danshui. Shop at Danshui Lao Jie. Look out for a bag shop that sells bags at 50NT! (Quite ok but the designs were not so nice, better to buy belts from there at the same price instead) Ask around the ppl there. You can shop for lots of famous snacks such as “Ah Ma Tie Dan” (abt NT65, cheapest we could find there, the other places sell at NT100), Fish Crackers and “Ah Geh” (beancurb with noodles inside, opp the ah ma tie dan or another call Wen Hua, not too bad, but was abit weird taste). Ask for directions to the food stalls along the Water front. (There is a good map on the wall outside the MRT Stop)

Personal Experience: The bags were only so so. It’s also call Thai Guo Bao Bao according to the locals. Not that splendid. Saw nicer ones in Bangkok and at cheaper prices too. Ate the Ah Geh. Not that wonderful but it’s an experience. We did not try the Gong Wan.

Recommended eateries @ Dan Shui Lao Jie: - Seafood /Meat Kerbabs - 淡水鱼丸 with seafood and pork - A-Ge (Tofu wrap with homemade hot and sour sauce) - Granny’s iron eggs - MeatBall stall manned by 3 ladies( was supposed to be delicious but too ex at NT100 that we buy the cheaper ones..cos find the iron eggs taste alike) - Sour prunes - Taupok with Tang Hoon @ 淡水镇真理街64 号（02）26213004 9.30 pm Back to Ximen MRT on the same line from Danshui.

Proceed to Hotel to freshen up before proceeding to Ximending for shopping.

Personal Experience: Went on to try the street food in XMD. The lurou fan is quite nice, cheap as well . Don’t bother trying the ji rou fan, heard not nice at all.

Day 4 – 10th May (Thursday) Chartered Bus day, less torture for our legs

Places visiting: Jinguashi à Yehliu à Jiufen à Shilin

7.15 am Wake Up!!! Bring more water.

7.30 am Breakfast

8.00 am Wait for the chartered bus at our hotel

Jinguashi.

Get to see their historical sites left behind by the Japanese miners as Jinguashi used to be a gold mining town. Walk around their typical houses that are all painted in black, including their ceilings. http://www.gep.tpc.gov.tw/ Quite a good learning experience to see how gold was found in Jinguashi... and the Yinyang sea was a result of pollution so you can see 2vivid colors of the sea.

Recommended eateries @ Yeliu:

- 炸紫菜 quite nice, crispy, worth buying.

9.45 am See the natural rock formations – an amazing array of artistic shapes created by erosion and other natural forces. Take photos of the site. Only managed to see the queen's head, quite a pity, got so many other rocks as well.

10.30 am The driver drove us to several spots at Jinguashi – Ying Yang Hai (Must See! A place where there are 2 distinct colours at the sea. Photos turn out nice!), a structure which looks like palace-cum-defensive purpose (right opposite the Ying Yang Hai. After Jinguashi, he drove us to Jiufen and arranged for a time to meet us after our shopping at Jinguashi. Also, we covered more spots without having to walk around and exploring by ourselves. We weren’t familiar with the place. Without the driver, we would not have had covered the temple, Ying Yang Hai etc. 2.30 pm Head towards Jiufen to see the old fashioned way of live that still exists. · Famous local dish of Taro and Sweet Potato· Can buy local products here such as Taiyang Bing, fried hai dai was nice. Muan chee was super nice, i mean the freshly made one..Thx to Mr. Ng, we was able to try all these stuffs...he treated us to the small snacks cos he cant finish...

Recommended eateries @ Jiufen:

• Famous local dish of Taro and Sweet Potato Ball
• Try the fishballs here
• Can buy local products here such as cheese Taiyang Bing.
• Try drinking tea at their teahouse too.
• Muah Chee
• Ginger Sweet
• Sour Plum
• 阿兴
• Li Yi feng li li à NT 15/pc
• Jiufen lao mian dian
• 阿兴
• 赖阿婆Yam Ball (NT 30) not too bad..
Personal Experience: We did not manage to find Cheese Taiyang Bing. Walked several shops but weren’t able to find.

7.30 pm Head to Shilin Night Market.

1. XXL Chicken (Last item to try, super nice, but got bone)
2. Da Bin Bao Xiao Bin (No more space in stomach to try)
3. Fruit Ice / Mian mian bing
4. Hu Jiao Bing - Raohe one better same brand one
5. Guan Cai Ban ('coffin board') - (big piece of fried bread with fillings, very nice)
6. Hong You Chao Shou - looks like wanton. Din try tt

7. Lu Rou Fan

9. Leng mian (cold noodle)

10. Tempura (really nice and special, lucky to eat tt...quite famous shop...)

Personal Experience: We went to Shilin for 3nites as the things there was more worth it..and cheap..

Day 5 – 11th May （Friday)

Places visiting: LongShansi > Zhongxiao Dun hua à Zhong Xiao Fu Xing à Shilin

10.30 am Wake Up!!!

11.00 am Breakfast at
11.45 am Head to Long Shan Si, pray there...

Take MRT to Zhongxiao Dunhua Station (Blue Line).
- Sogo & Taka ; Ming Yao Dept Store
4.00 pm Head to Zhongxiao FuXing Station via the same route.

5.30 pm Head to Underground Malls at Taipei Station - Taipei City Mall and Taipei Station Front Mall and Taipei Metro Mall (at rear of station).

8.00 pm Head to Shi Lin Night Market for dinner.

Personal Experience: We went to Taipei underground mall – not worth going. Shi Lin nite mkt definitely worthwhile to go.

Day 6 – 12th May （Saturday)
10.30 am Wake Up!!!

11.30 am check out of hotel.

12.15 pm Lunch at Ximending Goose meat store with Mr Ng. Quite nice tasting mee hoon and the goose meat was quite delicious, the duck chang was quite special, tasted like preserved meat, dun really like the duck kidney, quite hard...

1.30 pm Tried the lengendary Milk tea once again, super nice... the pearl was quite sweet and soft.. The bags at Ximending was super cheap NT100 only, heard fr owner that ppl would buy his bags and sell at NT 190.. This was the price we pay at Shi Lin...Luckily for us, we din buy the designs the NT 100 store have....

3.00 pm Head back to Hotel for transport to the airport ( We finally took a cab back hotel, super comfy) and prepare to go back to Singapore!!! (1/2 hr trip to airport)

10.50 pm Home sweet home

Taiwan trip journey fr 7to12May 2007

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This is my lst plane trip... Before I write the details of my trip, would like to thank a few ppl...
XinYing for selfishlessly sharing w me her plane experience and offering advices on buying of motion pill and wat to do when I have a headache on the plane(open my mouth as wide as possible), Yifang for sharing her fren's itinerary and wat to bring list (Really useful for a lst time plane traveller), Beth for typing out the finalised itinerary (tho we did not follow the planned itinerary but we did manage to find most of the food listed there and it tasted great), Joon for reassuring me on the plane ( Man, I had quite a fright when the plane took off) and teaching me how to use the remote ctrl on plane, Zewei for offering to lend me his cam ( was able to take pics with it) and finally Mr. Li, a Beijing based singaporean who offered to pay more than half of transportation for our trip to jiu Fen and for treating us the snacks and giving us a farewell lunch at Ximending duck meat bian... Think he was our Gui Ren, we were able to go to all the wonderful places ( Yeliu, Jinguashi,Jiu Fen and finally Shilin on a one day tour with a chartered bus) at a much lower cost. Taiwan is a memorable place with great scenary and food.. The ppl are quite friendly too...The only pitfall would be the not so safe traffic, even if it was green light, cars and motorcycles would dash past the roads.. The nite mkt was another great experience, the stalls located at the middle of the road offered the lowest price but there will be a commotion once in a while when the police came.. This was cos the owners would run away in fear of being fined by the police (Heard the fine was NT1200, ard S$60 which was considered a big amt for a small biz like them)....

Events after the exams..

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I been gg out non-stop since end of the exam... Hai but my money was running low...Spent alot but it was enjoyable.. Had tuition on wed, fri and sun... Cos next week would be out of town for the bulk of the week but my student's exam is next thur.. I Went Bugis on Tue and Wed, Thur went marina sq sang ktv, bowl, fri tuition, sat discuss itinerary, ate fish & Co and watched Spiderman3...

Hehe Tue I went shopping for travel stuffs and luggage w yifang and zijia at Bugis OG... Wa the Swiss Polo luggage was cheap lo...Buy 25 inch and get a 20inch luggage for free...at just 39.90.. What a bargain..I bought the small luggage and Yifang buy the large one... Finally settled the most impt aspect.. Before that we went to eat pasta mania.. buy travel essentials at Watsons, blah blah.

Wed I used the free spa voucher given by my Bro as he signed up for some card.... Quite relaxing but was abit uncomfortable with having to wrap myself up with towel... Satisfying but abit ex... The 45 min spa at bugis street costs $120.... Dun think I will try it again... Mayb when I start work... I would look for foot massage instead... Hehe..

Thur I went ktv with zijia,gladys and alex.. Hai actually I'm not very keen on singing cos my singing cmi.... But enjoyed the singing session.. Alex and Zj quite gd singers but Alex really too high...We had to ask him to ke zi when he sings...You should see him sing...so many "interesting" expressions.... Then we went bowling....AHHHHHHHHHHH...the lst round I was last, kept bowling to the drain...You should see how I bowl, the ball would lst be straight..then towards the pins....then landed up in the drain...Aiyoh....

Luckily 2nd round I started to have some "understanding" and emerged the winner w 80 pins.. But to be frank I actually scored just 71 points.. Cos my lst round the pins was stuck after I bowled.. I bowled the 2nd time and had a spare but the computer reflected a strike...so I got 9extras points.. Hehe..Great experience!!!

Fri had tuition...

Sat had a busy schedule... Sat morn discussed the itinerary with beth theyall..actually edit the other's itinerary... we managed to squeeze alot places within 6days.. update uall when i come back... Then aftern met my Cac frens for lunch at Fish and Co..Shared seafood platter with zj... and soup oso... Wa it did not taste very well..Maybe the calamansi should be fried, would taste better... Hahah preferred the Century Square branch seafood platter for 2..Got mussels oso..
Then went to meet diana at toa payoh lst to walk ard... Then ly and flor came oso...and we finally got to watch spiderman 3 tog...I must say the story was very interesting and exciting..esp. the fighting scenes.. The funny scenes came when Spiderman got too full of himself... and started to dance and twist his butts when he walked... It was so hilarious..

The ending was quite touching... with spiderman's best fren dying in his place... Mayb there would be a 4th season.. Who knows?

Haha exciting lst week of holi..but must watch my purse... Aiyoh... pray hard can get a part time job or strike toto... running low on cash but high on spirits....

My thoughts

2007-05-01T19:53:00.000-07:00

Finally completed my last exams in NTU...But really fearful this sem...The subjs this sem were all very tough, test on "our highly analytical skills" as my aa304 professor puts it...I be rushing to complete each week's tutorials like mad...as a result didn't really understand wat I was doing..The worse was wat this sem wanted to test us was on quantitative aspects of accounting adjustment, consolidation.....blah blah...I know my strengths lie in qualitative theory....and my crapping skills..haha...so this sem was really like chasing after the 3 big cores...

Glad that the exams is finally over...just hope can pass this sem subjs....This sem had a hard time doing the papers..wonder if it was my brain running dry..... Just praying hard i can graduate and start working... Be going for a holiday with my frens beth, joon theyall to taiwan on 7may and to genting with my parents and my mum's frens on 15may..haha hope it's be fun and for my money to pays off... Hehe i be starting work only on 13 august...Hope my little savings from what's left from my trips and my small tuition fee (just have one student now) would be sufficient for me to last till end of aug...

Hai speaking of tuition..miss my blk 201 student...hai our tuition suddenly ended without any news from her...she initially told me she was going on a holi then we postpone our tuition by 2 weeks...She would inform me to start the tuition but it never did...At that point of time, I was busy with quizzes and projects that I thought it was better without the tuition..can free up my time...But after the exams, kinda miss her..We were very close..We would always talk abt personal stuff..like the guy she liked..and how I was coping with my sch...Haha guess good things must end somewhere in time....I wish my student all the best...

Hehe feel happy that my frens are all doing fine...It is a nice feeling when you see ur frens finding their loved ones.. But sometimes I do doubt abt the sincerity of a guy.... But this feeling has gradually changed after hearing my frens and their bf... Hmm I still find female frens more reliable than guy frens...No offend to the guys.... Mayb cos gals share more common things tog...Haha...

Hehe just want to spend the time to relax b4 I start work..... and to spend time with my frens b4 the sucky job takes the bulk of my time...

Fri's 306 proj meeting and movie outing "A letter fr iwo Jima" excellent show

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

Fri

Wa the morning and aftern were full of our group's whining... Hai really dunno why I become so slack..Must be cos" of pig year...everyone become lazy.. We have not been reading the tb..and doing the tut....

I must say sem 7 and 8 of 306 is wat I have prepared most for 306 so far..Dilligently finished reading tb and its examples..

Hope our 306 presentation we would do a great job... Definitely... I believe... wE just need to put in more efforts..

Hehe must apologise to xinying and jianfu for making them wait for me for the movie.. Cos proj ended late and so met them quite late.. But the movie was great. It had a sensual touch to it although some parts of the show were filled with killing scenes. I teared quite abit during the show.. as the Japanese soldiers in the show came to realise that US soldiers were no different from them... I guess sterotypes still exist..like how Jap perceive US as barbaric...something they are actually not..

There is also this line in the show that I am inspired: " Always do the right things cos it is right" I come to realise that I have to get back the attitude to focus on studying instead of slacking...Besides just a few months to graduation le.. Must grasp the chance to do wat I can.. Gambatte

Tue's cleaning up by day, shoppingin aftern and steamboat at nite

2007-02-27T21:19:00.000-08:00

Tuesday was such a long day....Oni studied abit...

As my mum's frens were coming over in the aftern, I had to clean up the house, sweep,mop the house... Washed and hang the clothes up...Think I was quite efficient ..Think I am a person who do stuff slowly and w/o a focus...I dunno lei...Everytime I do a thing esp. house chore...I tend to do another thing lst...Anyway....sad tt I couldn;t stay at home..No hongbaos fr my mum's frens ( think she got said last nite tt got 2 person gif.so dunno if for me or bros).haha nvm...

As the cac steamboat outing was scheduled to be at nite..6pm.I decided to jio Lifei and Zijia to go shopping at Bugis lst...Quite fun..But paiseh made lifei wait cos I reached ard 450 instead of 430..was worn out fr cleaning up... We went ard Bugis and shopped..and chanced upon the G2000 sales at Seiyu....But the sad thing was alot men's shirts were on sales but there were hardly any ladies' shirts for sales.... Haha anyway Zj bought a casual top from there....We looked ard for formal shoes but none caught our eyes...Cos they were either too pointy or heel too high..Haha I think quite hard to buy shoes...cos cant balance well in them....

Nvm la...Our nxt stop was marina bay for steamboat...Think we were quite bad..we had the mentality tt ppl would be late so we reached somewat later....But turned out tt we were one of the latest one...

At Zheng Fa live seafood there... Hai met with some comments by others..

1st, Yiu sun said tt I was "fake" cos I was walking ard and talking..w/o putting food in the plate...Hai But I was just waiting for zj and lifei take lst then take teh food...

Hai later then Yanru and ren hui said I was "fake" again when I commented tt yingling's food and Joseph's food both very nice...I mean I was being truthful when I said tt...Yingling's food was more cripsy...then Joseph's food was more juicy...Hai I was just trying to make both party happy..I know they were just joking but I cant helped but wondered....Mayb shd haf kept my mouth shut.... then ppl wun say anything...

Hai...Think tt One shd try to say thing only at teh appropiate times...Must bear tt in mind..

But ok la...That didn;t really spoilt the outing tho it set me thinking tt I shd be more careful with my words...or to say less is a blessing...

Back to studyign now..must make full use of the break...slacked too much for teh past few days le..

Sunday phone purchase and squad outing..

2007-02-25T23:27:00.000-08:00

Hai cant believe wat happen today...my phone buttons completely spoilt.. needs to get a new phone..Lucky my eldest bro got a $80 off hp coupon...i bought my hp for less than 50dollars..supposedly 130dollars phone..a K 618i sony ecrisson phone..Think i am quite a loyal consumer..been using this brand for teh past few yrs...like e design very much... Hope nxt time i buy phone got nice flip phones by sony...think current one ok la...

My squadmates and I were supposedly meeting at 6pm..but cos I had to go M1 shop to queue and buy...oni able to reach bugis at 630pm...But i was still considered quite early..the rest reached at 7pm like tt..mayb they got work....The ones who came early went shopping..

The place we went for dinner was a restaurant at Arab street...They sell food and oso allow ppl to smoke shisha(think spelling is rite)...but we oni ate dinner..din try shisha( dunno if addictive anot..but the people in the room itself looked like they were having fun but also abit blur looking, like they were high on drugs) .......

Anyway back to the food...It was fantastic but the waiting time was LONGGGGG...took average of abt 20 minutes for the food to be served... I bought burhari chicken with rice..the chicken was cooked in special spices...quite tasty but it was in a huge portion.... e appetisiers that we shared b4 main course were delicious... egg plant in sour yogurt etc...was tempting...and really made me look forward to the main course...

Think after jiamay and winnie went off..the atmosphere was abit askward...For once...I din know wat to say and just kept quiet... I think cos it been so long since we met up...like one yr ago..we were quite close in our sec sch life...meeting each other at least once a week for NPCC and other time for just sovenier making or chit chat....It is hard to remain close to all 17 of us...I'm glad tt I have been close to a few..

Hhaa back to studying...slacking too much le

REcent happenings

2007-02-23T19:22:00.000-08:00

It's been such a long time since I last blogged. Partly cos' dun haf much time these few wks and cos the program needs upgrade to google acc...so din bother w it till now..

Last few weeks was quite ok..but oso realised how slack I have been. I used to be able to finish all my tuts b4 gg for lesn...Now seems to be like I do halfway go for lesn...then catch no balls..MUst use the one week break to really catch up..

Went to watch "just follow law" with parents on V day...Cos got free tixs..Think the show was excellent..could not stop laughing...Jack Neo show is so close to our heart...reflects wat sporeans really are..

I oso went cyn house visiting...HAi think every year is the same... not very close to my relatives... mayb closer to my mum's side... Soemtimes really wonder wat went wrg...family ties can be so fragile....but frenships not sustainable for all oso... Some frens if very long time no contact then be weak le...THink this kind of thing really depends on fate...

Was quite happy to catch up with jianfu on thur...Actually suppo to be 4 of us, but chu feng went back macau..then xinying got gathering... 1st we went to collect the webcam that we got free fr signing up the wireless svr... THen we went IMM for lunch..went Ajitsen to eat....Wa we were nearly overcharged for our meal..suppo to be 25plus..we ended up paying 31plus..lucky i chacked the receipts then realised their mistake...if not 6plus gone like tt...But the food there was very nice...I like the crayfish ramen...very delicious..softshell crab was fantastic too.... but oni thing is the iced green tea was too bitter....Nxt we went ard IMM...The strange thing is tho I have been studying in NTU for the past 3yrs..I oni went IMM once b4....I think it is quite unaccessible for JE mrt..must either walk a distance or take shuttlebus..

But i particularly like daisco...2dollars shop..Hehe I really enjoyed discounts...always think it is not worthwhile to overpay for things we buy...i mean if the quality is comparable or abit worse,,,I wun pay premium for it...hehe but oni buy a few stuffs cos got the other stuffs at home le..

Hai I just got back my quiz result yesterd...din do well..was quite sad..but at the same time oso reflects how little efforts i put in..think studying shd be more detailed instead of mere flipping thr the notes..True the questions was tricky...but if I had put in more efforts..would haf done better...Nvm will strive harder for the next few quizes and exams...PPl ard me oos kept reemnding me oni got 6wks left then grad le..THink it is positive reinforcement tt we work hard///

One week break here I come!!

Weekend is finally here

2007-02-02T19:15:00.000-08:00

Sat

Think last few days I was in quite a moody mood...Think life's not tt rosy afterall.. With ur efforts, things might not go ur way.... But think I have accepted tt and try to work within my limits.. I still lagging behind tutorials..hopefully this wkend I can catch up with sch work.... Must really give in my best lo..cant slack le..

New yr coming le..My house is still in a mess, must clean up le..Cant postpone anymore le..Cos got a quiz coming up on 14feb, one wk b4 cyn...want to find time, or shall I say fight for time to study... Hai in a house where all guys r MCP...It's hard to get them moving..at least my father helps out w clenaing teh windows..the other 2 r hopeless...

My mum and I have to join force...But my mum feeling sick now..then I'm helpless when come to tidying things up...haha must improve on my housekeeping skills...

Nvm la, I believe in the end, things will somehow get to the state we wan..think alot of pushing nd to be done..

Life cant get worse...BAD day

2007-02-01T04:35:00.000-08:00

Thur

Today is really my unlucky day...1st lost my blue turtle hp accessory..think it drops from my handphone...Hai pissed off, wanted to buy it long ago...When I bought it for oni a few wks...it came off..sad...

Then today cant play badm cos the rest last min got FYP>>Just went street salsa..wa today much more was learnt...my rhymm really cmi..nxt wk last lesn..must buck up..practice steps if got time..

I feel upset at home too....Got back realised mom sick so she cant cook so I went downstairs to buy food..Only to be not appreciated by my eldest bro..Yeah he did say he dun wan eat...But I was thinking might as well buy for him cos my bro sometimes will eat anyway after some time....Mayb cos he was pissed off at work due to closing of accounts..He threw back the food...I was damm pissed off..That why I swear off MCP...my father and bros are all one kind..no wonder I became so tolerant...The surprise things is I start to talk less nowaday...when a person is pissed...wun talk much...

Feel much better writing all these out...back to projs and hw...sian

Cool Sat outing with JC frens n lst 3mths oso

2007-01-28T19:24:00.000-08:00

Sat

Hai just as I expected my frens were late...We were supposed to meet at SOmerset Mrt stn at 7pm...I went out of my house at 6pm..thinking that I maybe abit late but i was punctual. Luckily I had stomachache and had to use the toilet..If not I would have waited in vain. The nxt person to arrive is Bowen...Whom reached at 7.10pm...not so bad..Jiahui came abt 730pm But the rest came at 745pm like tt...wat a long wait...

Finally when everyone arrived, we went to cine foodcourt to have our dinner.. I must be very hungry..I just ordered Fried Dory Fish with rice without thinking..when the actual fact is I wanted grilled fish...hee nvm they are all fish anyway...

I was quite happy tt we could still talk like the good old days..A pity Xiao Tian, JAsmine, Zong Liang n DOminic couldn't make it. If not, could have been full house le..

Nxt, we went to have dessert which proves to be disappointing cos the service was bad and the Triple chocolate banana boat which Rumin and I shared arrived at our table already melted.. We couldn't take it esp. since the chocolate was flowing out of the bowl. We rejected the icecream...Mei Zhen who also ordered banana boat concluded that the bowl must have hole at the bottom cos her ice cream oso leaked out...Hai we waited for ages before the nxt banana boat came. This time round, there was no time to waste. WE immediately attacked the icecream before it melted again..

Time really passes fast when you are having fun. We left somerset at ard 11pm...It was great time spent. And I knew tt I had to work extra hard on mon cos sat I din do much hw...NXt week I must cut down on outings and focus on my work le..No wonder ppl say once you are addicted to sth...you would stay tt way. I have been attacked by the slackers' bug, I need antibotics to get away from it. Slackers' Club I shall leave soon!!!

Fri's surprise treat by Bro, Yummy Fish & Co Seafood Platter

2007-01-26T18:23:00.000-08:00

Fri

Hehe was expecting myself to go home early for once cos no meeting or outing... But my plan was disrupted by Bro's call fortunately.. It was his pay day so my 2nd bro treat me...hehe hope nxt month like tt too... But I had to wait for him for 20min....sian cos he had alot to do at the hospital so I had to wait at tmp mrt stn patiently...Hai... But the wait was worth it..

The food at Fish & Co was very good and I only had the chance to try its fish & chips...But I realised that the seafood platter was much better than fish & CO...Nvm the food there was abit pricey but I think the food was delicious...Hehe somemore is not I pay the bill...so I could eat leisurely...

Hee Sat got another JC outing then think I must refrain from gg out l...Really alot of work to catch up..Mayb I limit myself to going out on fri after my 630 lesn if really got a need to go out..hhaa cos fri i usually dun do any hw de....

hehe looking forward to sat's dinner...Barely see my JC's lst 3mths frens le...for more than 3yrs ba,,Hope there's not much change..

Thur's lunch with zj,macrus,Shiong, and ZJ's nepo fren

2007-01-26T17:59:00.000-08:00

Thur

Our lecture on Thur ended at 1030, just one lesn but I have to travel 3h 30 min for a 2hr lect. But lucky that day got plan activity like lunch w marcus theyall, goodie bag collection w zj, badm w yuan xuan theyall and street salsa with rumin n yuan xuan.

The 306 lect was getting abit cheem le, but I hope the weekend studying would help, must stop slacking le.. I dunno why this sem I lag behind tutorials, hai bad time management.... Lunch was quite good and we had unexpected ppl too. Rumin's fren, joyce from TJ, she came down to play badm with us...hehe she sch player, hope she fang zhui later.....Zijia's fren Robin whom we met at the ntu bazzar, ate lunch w us oso..It was abit awkward..cos dunno wat to say to him, I oni saw him once last sem on the bus with zj and alex...Then zj was not really entertaining him...
Then macrus n shiong met us very late...we arranged meet at 1130, but they oni came at 12plus..but can't blame them cos shiong not fr ntu. Then macrus had to bring him to cant b... Hehe anyway the most exciting part is collection of Ramly burger, file and goodie bag with zj... Hehe this wk is our NBS week so alot freebie to get....

Then I finally rushed to meet yx theyall for badm, was really late, suppo to meet them at 115 but i reach 2plus...diaoz, lucky they not angry, I was memerised by the freebie temptations..

Anyway our street salsa later, we learnt alot cos the teacher couldn't make it for the last 2 lessons so he squeeze 2lesns into one this wk and next week..very xiong...cos we learnt alot tt day...I abit forgot wat was taught..hope we can extend our lesn after the 2weeks...if enuff ppl wan continue.cos salsa within 5lesns really can;t master it...

Wed's Da Chang Jin Outing

2007-01-26T17:44:00.000-08:00

Wed

The much anticipated outing is finally on. We have been planning for this since last year's exam. But due to busy schedule, we only managed to meet on Wed. The food there was quite good, service was good as well. The staffs were very motivated, coming to our table once in a while to change the pan cos ours' is a bbq cum steamboat buffet. But erm teh table abit crammed for 7 of us (beth, her bf, zijia,gladys,michelle, riyang and me). Cos we din booked in advance and we din want to sit at the back alley.

Then think I got abit moody towards the end. cos I was sick of their suaning. Think abit suaning like tt of cac outing is fine but too much of it really throws my mood down. Hai, I just wanted to concentrate on eating and not talk that nite, weird feeling. Unlike of me. But thankfully things got abit better when we got to the mrt on our way home, that feeling vanished then I started talking normally. Think I should lame less, if not ppl wun take me seriously.

But nvm the focus of the outing that nite was food so at least that objective was achieved.

Sun's my lucky day..But last 2days passed w/o accomplishment

2007-01-21T18:51:00.000-08:00

Today's mon already..and I didn't manage to do much hw..Hai...I need to remb sun will be my tuition day and little hw can be done so I got to treasure sat and do my hw...Hai It's doesn't help that I kept having "still got another day to do my stuff' attitude. Nxt week i shall have some improvement.

Anyway I was over the moon when I won a prize at the Prime supermkt"s 21st anniverary draw yesterd. I was relieved tt I have postponed my 2 tuitions to take part in the draw. The requirement is for every $10 spent, you will get a chance to win a prize at its half-hourly draw from 830 to 11am.. Erm i overslept cos I din expect the draw to be so early then my father was urging me to wake up at 7plus... But heck, I woke up at 8plus instead.

Thx to the sponsorship of my father, we bought 50plus worth of groceries..hehe we can use straight line dep method to expense tt expense(just crapping..haha). Anyway, i was kinda tired at ard 10plus le..thinking my chance wun be high since got so many ppl join...AND I really liked one of the prize (Abalone in a pineapple ornament, so cute!!) But nah, the prize I got later is $50 Prime voucher to be used during CNY and a eight treasure box...

I was astonished when my name was called..THink I retarded for a moment b4 realising is my name..You know sometimes you will be paiseh when you mistake someone's name as yours... Yeah I felt a sense of achievement. hehe hope my luck can also be for studies,career and love life... Haha then I have nothing to worry abt...

Now back to reality, go do my mountain of hw le..

Fri Dinner with Wei Xiang and cool long weekend finally coming le

2007-01-19T18:06:00.000-08:00

Today seems to pass very slowly, later I must reg my project companies...Somemore my gpmate sick..oni I will reg the companies..Felt abit stressed but heck care la..lst come lst serve basis..In the end, every gp would have to do 3 diff companies anyway...

Surprise,surprise, while Gladys,mich and I were having lunch, met melvin...tat busy guy...no time to meet us for food outings, no time to go gym with me..hai no gym kaki this sem le..Lucky got yuan xuan n rumin as my salsa and badm kakis... Still get to do some exercise...

yeah Fri's AA304 lesn finally end le..Can meet wei xiang for dinner le....was abit hungry after the 630 lesn..*(Who wouldn't be?) Haha I quite long din see wei xiang le..didn't know wat to say..lucky things got moving..We updated each other abt our upcoming...It wasn't tt awkward..
Sian I wanted to eat at New york NEw york, but i was on budget (too much outings hangover = $ depleting) then there were a long queue oso. We nxt went to secret recipe at marina sq but it was in the middle amist all the restaurants, felt very weird eat there.. We finally settle w Jack's place, but we nvr eat b4 so spent abit time choosing wat to eat..Sian the pricing was abit high..Hai Shd haf eaten at New York New York, I have yet to try the couch there..haha..

Anyway It was funny when our food and drinks arrived.. wx thought tt one cup of tea not enuff so he ordered a jar of lemonade juice..then the waiter gave us plain water as well...so there many drinks on the table...The food there was quite nice, but I find the pricing abit ex.. I must thx wx for treating, really paiseh cos like he always treat...wanted to pay him back but he dun wan...

Anyway the most funny part was when our desert and tea came. We tho the juice substitute the tea le..So when the tea came...and after gulping down a few glasses of juice, the soup, maincourse (salmon and chicken combo tasted real gd but the huge potato on the plate was really very big) and our jaws went wide open...I was literally stunned...But ok la I tried to eat and drink as much as I could.. I must admit the serving Jack place gave was gigantic, amoh food serving...

hai sian...think once you get to yr 3, everyone be busy. Wx was telling me abt his surprise quiz then I had one today oso tho not surprise cos in the morn everyone was saying got test but not sure if all the tutors would gif, then I was lazy to read oso. But my quiz counts towards tt day's participation nia...( and I did not bad, one wrong, 12/16) cos one wrong ans -2,correct ans +2) not bad la..got ppl negative marks de...

We also talked abt whether Taiwan or HongKong is better for grad trip, If I got the $, I would want go to both places..Hai dunno where beth they all wan go then Ly IA until june, dun think can go with us in MAy..Looks like we need to go during peak period June le...

Hehe, anyway Mon I dun haf class, I can enjoy a long weekend, and hopefully do my hw too... Haha must work hard le..

Thur lunch w lifei,macrus n my gang, lst lesn at street salsa

2007-01-19T17:55:00.000-08:00

Today I have a few different identities. Walking zombie by the day (cos of lack of sleep the nite b4) ..active kid in the aftern...working holic by nite (cos rush thr my seminar qns) Sometimes I really feel that i am strange...I can be restless then tired..somemore got block periods..My frens all got used to me behaving like that le...

Anyway had a great laugh during lunch with lifei, macrus, zj theyall...lifei had cca booth to tend to so didn't eat with us until later...It's always great to talk to frens rather than studying...Studying can be sian at times... Chat with frens let me forgot abt all the projects, hw to do....hee frens are like sweets, but some horrible one my end up being expired sweets...haha

After lunch, I had to rush for my street salsa..Actually feel quite paiseh...Initially i agreed to meet rumin,theyall play badminton lst b4 the street salsa but had the lunch so didn;t go.. The street salsa was quite fun..The teacher was really patient w us..Think he felt that we were a bunch of giggly lot cos we couldn't do what he expected us to do..do the steps and repeat them over n over again w/o stopping..We got blur after a few rounds..Is it step forward or backwards? hehe..Ok la...must practice at home when free...haha nxt thur w finally get to play badm w rumin theyall, wun pang sei them le..

Wed part 2: Movie Pans Labyrith and Hongkong Kim Gary Restaurant

2007-01-19T17:18:00.000-08:00

Hehe really enjoyed myself at Vivocity. But that Chu feng ar..kept having different views from me,xinying and jianfu..Hai like for the movie, we wanted to watch Pans Labyriths then he wanted to watch cha wu...We had a hard time convincing him...Abit regret wat I sais to convince him. Told him we let him choose where to eat later...only to find out that he wanted to eat at places w nice but expensive dishes..The rest of us were more price conscious..

Anyway with much efforts, we managed to settle with Hongkong Kim Gary restaurant...Hehe the price was quite reasonable with set male consisting a soup, drink and main course for ard 5plus to 9plus. Quite a bargain and the food was not bad. I would recommend the pork chop baked rice, yuan yang (Though after the caffeine take effect, I kept gg to the toilet at nite, din sleep well and I was a walking zombie for the whole thur morn...haha but the yuan yang tasted really nice)

Nxt, we went to the outside path of Vivocity....take photos..Just realised we din take foto during our outings at all...So this will be the lst time..Haha very funny..cos everyone outside were couples then we were like tourists taking fotos there.

We finally got to the cinema to watch the movie. I must say the movie was fantastic but abit too much violence to stomach. Really enjoyed the flow of the movie..But it didn;t make fairy tale that beautiful cos the creatures were not very nice looking..But It reflects life I feel, cos not everything r beautiful. So when the little gal carried out her tasks w bravery, I admire her. Cos Dun think I got this courage. Mayb cos' too pampered in life le...then ppl forgot that being independence is impt too.

hai must go back discuss my proj choice of companies. Thx to Chu Feng wanting to eat some snacks after movie, I was still at vivocity at 930..but my discussion was at 1030pm..sian..ok la..tho later the rest were late oso..

Today is my free day...but in a crappy mood

2007-01-16T20:19:00.000-08:00

Wed
Here I am in my house writing the blog...I am supposed to be tidying up my room...Hai It's still in a mess since the new aircon and cupboard is moved in...I realised I haf alot of things here and there...then my desk n another small cupboard were shifted out to make way for the big cupboard to put my clothes. Got to find a way to fit everything in my room again...

Hai... luckily the thought of going out w xinying,jianfu n chu feng later makes me feel better. But the disapproving looks on my parents' faces of me constantly going out made these feeling confusing.

It;s only week 2 of school and I feel that i am struggling. The seminar qns are so hard and it required comprehending the required readings. But once I finished the many many readings, there is not much time left to do the qns and I dun really see teh link of the readings to the questions being asked. And as a result I end up w substandard answers..Sometimes I have to reluctantly say my answer in class and I feel like crap..Last sem was much better.. My answers were at least logical and make sense...

Time for me to really buck up and read the daily newspaper to be at least well informed with what is going on and I need to sit down and do my seminar more seriously... Tv got to be cut down oso... Outings must go oso...Final sem le, dun wan to screw up....hehe though I think some going out is ok, but it got to be subjected to the approval of my parents...

Ok time to tidy up my room again...hehe plan to tidy up one portion and continue nxt wk..

Hai I got to have my time management and knowledge cumination back...

1st day of sch (tue), yeah no sch on this wed

2007-01-09T06:27:00.001-08:00

Hai this is the most dreadful day of the year, the start of sch again..dun think I had a gd rest....was working acc admin job at airport during the holi......Only had a few days of rest...The worse part is haf to prepare sem 1 qns for aa206 n aa304..lucky aa304 sem1 is quite crap, can just scribble some ans...Aa206 is a headache..4chaps to read up n qns to do...I just read the part of chap related to the qns....Must thx Mei Qi for lending me her bks...If not, wun haf the chance to do my readings le!!

Think today was fine....for my aa304 gp, I am hoping tt more ppl would appear in my gp on fri...now oni got 4ppl and one of them not very enthus...I very scared end up oni 3ppl do the proj...My aa206 gp was fine but got a gal attachment till 3rd wk then return to sch...Hopefully the rest of us (4) can manage the project..

After our lesn today, has to make our way to Queenway shopping ctr to zap tb (still short of aa304 customised text cos abit different fr last sem) Sian thur n fri I need make my way there again cos lending zj theyall the tbs I borrowed from my fren....

Looking forward to tml..free day for this week then get to watch movie with beth,ly,joon theyall.....hehe wanna unwind b4 I start studying hard...now still holi mood..

Movie Borat and dinner w kahying

2007-01-09T06:27:00.000-08:00

wed is my off day...Met up with beth, lihying,joon theyall for our lst movie, 21 oni show..Haha we actually made a promise to watch the movie after our 21st bdae! This show Borat is super lame...He was quite funny at the start...using words to let us had a gd laugh..The most funny part of the show is when he was trying to sound amercian...The part abt Americans making silly jokes w sth then adding a "not" behind..which was super funny...another part was when he buy a bear for protection,damm funny...The later part was rather disgusting..I shall not comment...But It was sweet Borat found his fren and got back to his country....

Fri
I can;t take it that I end my lesn at 6.30pm. Luckily I can finally meet up with kahying...Havn;t c her for a long time le.Really missed her...somemore she is one of my close frens, known her since pri 5. Hai sad we can;t really meet up le..She doing her final year project....she is design school...wa envy her at times...Cos i dun haf tt talent...haha better at crapping..

Hai now my final sem le....I need study hard and get a decent degree....Studies more impt now, somehow I dun wan find a bf this period,still studying...I dunno why..But I think it is hard to find a guy who can gif me security and care for me now....Wat;s more..I will be an auditor...Definitely no time go out de...

hai then i see the seminar qns for my last 3 cores..I nearly faint..AA306 is so hard....Hope I can manage it..

last day of work n 2nd outing at Settler Cafe, Cool!!!!

2007-01-07T23:25:00.000-08:00

5 jan 2007

Today is finally the last day of my work le...can;t wait for 6pm to come..Felt pressurised to finish the dec reconcilation of acc oso...I even bought home to do teh day b4..But haiz still futile..wonder wat is wrong...i triple and even check at least 5times but still can;t balanced...When teh 6pm clock ticks..Iam still stuck...decided to just go to my head and tell him I tried my best but still can;t finished....

He was understanding and said at least I did some work....ok la...I felt relieved...then need to meet my cac frens for settler cafe outing...THen my colleague Chee Xiang quite nice..waited for me take mrt tog....haha gd to haf someone to talk to esp. nd go clark quay..but he alighted at tanah merah cos live in east... Anyway He is the most talkative guy I have ever met...He can out talk me....tho I quite talkative...

Hehe was glad to see my CAC frens when I reached clark quay mrt...hai tho zj be on time cos she says she nearby le..haha then she says she mi lu so late...haha can;t wait to play games..last time to unwind b4 sch starts le.. But Clark quay settler cafe quite funny, can;t eat upstairs..tehn we had to eat outstairs n go up to paly game cos got ppl reserve the seats downstairs le..

Haha but got 10ppl abit hard to play games..ok la...lam still so crappy, laugh at wat he says man...then junyuan zai at balancing the blocks on a tray....very high difficulty.....Chris still cunning...he tricked the other team ppl to put card at wrg place so we got higher chance to win..haha cannot be deceived by his hao hao guy look...haha ok la..oni a game..win or lose doesn;t matter....as long as haf fun gd liao... Had a great time today tho it would be better if less ppl today..cos zijia n I were uncomfortable sittign on the japanese style cushion and the place was very cramped...haha at the end chris go toilet and I sat at his place..wa no wonder he kept winning ...his place was very comfortable....i felt energised after sitting there..
finally 11plus le..must go home, if not can;t catch last train...had so much fun....but still nd go home at the end...hopefully got chance go again..

Xmas day, result release n new yr day

2007-01-02T06:06:00.000-08:00

real busy these few days,so haf to squeeze everyting here...

Xmas
B the time I woke up on xmas...Half a day gone le..was tired after getting up..Got msg fr aa abt dinner time on xmas day but family told me to celeb tog tt day so told him can;t make it...felt abit bad...

Actually I felt surpised abt aa's message....so long din get his msg le then suddenly receive his msg again....haha mayb he is busy...My other frens oso long time nvr msg me le, guess is different schs got different holiday timing..then everyone busy w their own stuffs..

REsult release
I can;t believe my eyes...was anticipating my result release once i got into my office..then got gladys msg tt result is out.. Think I did very well for my GEs..pity they not counted at all..was extremely pleased with he205 international trade...cant believe I did so well despite having difficulty learning how to draw the graphs..Thx to Junqi who taught me to look at the impt graph tt would come out n it did 15min before teh exam..Tink I was very lucky..

As for my core..tink I think well for ab311 but abit bad for aa205 but at least I din get a C..which would be very sad...Ok la...I haf to think positive n worked hard for nxt sem..

New yr Day
Had a great time at MArche suntec cos was my lst time there....then shared food w joon n lihying...met up w Beth, her bf, her bro n sis, zewei n kai jie oso...was quite fun talking to them...Great fd at marche too, found tt I had a big appetite..mayb cos i din eat breakfast then was rushing my acc work...hai need balance the accounts soon.. so I wake up early do that...

Hehe after marche we went to marina sq, wanted to watch movie but couldn;t find a movie we all wanted to watch. Later settle with bowling...Yeah n boo...cos I wanted to bowl ..boo cos ly, joon, beth all din wan to bowl..so oni left me, kaijie, beth's bro n zewei to bowl...was abit terrorised when see zewei bowl..quite a no. of pins down..then I was 2nd to bowl...pls let me hit a few pins dun go into the "drain"..hey not bad lei.,.I improved my skills...mayb cos I used heavier ball..wun move sideways so often..Final score 77....not bad lei..used to get 30plus marks in bowling...haha

Nxt wanted to confirm if joon n my spec were ready..then realised zewei lived opp that shop..then rubin was sick so we din want to trouble her take us there..thought if askign her for directions then we go tog...now dun nd le..can just ask zewei take us there...hmm but haf to meet winnie later le..abit paiseh let ly n her wait for me..luckily they din get mad...

Felt like the gd old days when we meet up..could still tok abt stuff and dun feel like strangers...hehe really felt happy...pity cant stay too long at bugis...hai bad record le..been gg out so often tt parents unhappy and feel tired oso....I must not go out so much...Been great go out w my frens...guess holi is teh oni time can go out n enjoy ourselves

Xmas eve at lam's house

2007-01-02T05:12:00.000-08:00

So sad, I actually wrote on this le..But realised I din publish this i went offline..Must rewrite le..

Firstly, thx lam for inviting us to his house for xmas...hehe had alot of fun esp. meeting Bobby, Lam's dog which listened to Cantonese commands(cos" my fren is Hongkonger)...haha a friendly bt very hyper active dog..

It was really fun playing "killer",Uno stacko, Bluff,Heart attack with my CAC frens..I was proud of myself when I won the "killer", hehe nobody guess I was the killer tho I wink at a few victims le..Haha must thx Jun Yuan, Chris for "fang shui" during uno stacko.,.If not I reallly lose de..
Had a great nite talking to Lifei, Marcus,lam theyall... Pity tt Zijia couldn"t join us...(although later i found out tt she came back spore early)

We had some volka mixed with coke n it was really nice....Tasted real gd..Tink i became alcoholic after drinking on 16dec, haha finds drinking harmless if taken in moderate..

Wa I din expect me to stay till 2plus then leave Lam's house..
Lucky Lifei n Junyuan nice enuff to pei me wait for nite rider..if not cham...haf to take taxi fr orchard to tampines...sure broke de..

Phew I reached home finally at 4plus am....slept till aftern...

Party and BBQ chalet all in a day

2006-12-17T04:23:00.000-08:00

16/12/06 (sat)

Boy did I had a fulfilling day...Morning had tuition...lst tuition after a long break from my exam...
Then later need rushed to bedok north blk 86 meet my frens collect cake for the chalet later..Wa...the cake shop smell rich of chocolate..felt like soaking myself in chocolate...So sinful..but I think it is worth eating the cake. The weight part later then care..haha...
Was quite glad to have ry as a fren..he actually called to say want fetch me to the chalet..In the end, made him fetched me n my frens there...abit paiseh...But really troublesome to get to chalet from bedok...hai..no straight bus to pasir ris..

At the Chalet...Quite happy to see my frens there...got hainanese chicken rice t eat..hehe my frens were abt to start the bbq pit..but i had to go to another fren's party nearby...then my fren ry offered to fetch me there....hai...My direction still cmi..went to tt fren's house b4 a few times le..but still dun know the way....super paiseh..

Wa..at the party..my fren become really a gd drinker after gg aust...wa...I was surprised at my own drinking capacity..I drank 1 glass of volka plus orange juice n 1 glass of volka plus coke n 1/2 shot of pure volka..haha not at one go la...within 4hrs like tt..If not I sure pengz..Haiz but realised the distance between my frens n I have widen....We used to go out more often..Now hardly c them n talked..Guess It is part of growing up...frens come n go..We really nd to cherish ppl ard us...I waited till 11plus before my fren cut her bdae cake...Quite a long wait but I guessed It was fun taking picture with each other though I sux at thinking of new poses..Quite rigid in these..

Finally I'm back at the chalet..Wa think i wonder woman..shuffle between so many places in a day.. took abit of trouble to get back to the chalet..hai as usual..I can';t recognised the way to go to chalet..Wa my new year resolution shd be": to be more direction oriented.....not gd to always get lost one.....

Saw my frens at the bbq pit....ate the cake we helped our fren collect on behalf..Super nice..chocolate rich man...A pity I started developing flu..my sense of smell weakened..oni managed to smell a tinge of chocolate but gd enuff le...haha so happy to indulge in the cake..
ate more bbq food before drinking again...this time is Irish cream..super nice smell n tasted very good...a mix of ice cream soda n alcohol...slowing sipped it...was unlike just now pure volka when I had burning sensation down my throat...

Haha went up to the chalet room finally for card game le...Learnt how to play bridge finally...If not be a letdown...cos my bro know how to play n excel in contract bridge..then i'm like novice like that..haiz.. Started to get the hang of it and I'm sure I will get better with time...hehe then we sort of thog the whole nite..I slept for ard 30min tho..then couldn't sleep anymore so wake up le...

Think sat was really a fun n enjoyable day... Can;t wait to have more of it..haha

Settler cafe outing

2006-12-12T04:51:00.000-08:00

mon (4/12/06)
Wa really cool at the cafe there...nearly can;t make it..initially got IKEA outing but rumin theyall ended up got FYP or cca..so din meet up..then e estrat discussion postponed to tue cos Yifang got overtime to do..

hehe get to go holland V settler cafe after all!!!Hai was on an edventure there..dun really know the way...then macrus, jun yuan give directions i can;t follow..hai direction blur... After much efforts, I finally got to the cafe le..can;t wait to play the games...

The lst few games were not very fun..Final game Jungle speed was the most fun...found my skills at distributing cards...think i'm quite fast as compared to my frens..haha..but the game my reaction time abit slow.. But i got won once...haha.. The winner is the one who loses her/his cards the fastest and who can grab the wooden thing in the centre the fastest when ur card n ur opponent have the same shapes... haha and speed makes the game very thrilling...

wa bet i screamed alot.. Very fun.. then got to know junyuan, gincent better.. They are very sporting ppl and know one new fren, macrus' fren Shiong...haha think zj n I abit fan...kept finding out audit and tax life fr him..cos he works part time at accounting firm.. Think he is quite chatty...Normally is I talk then the other person tok abit.. Wa he is tok all the way..then i try to tok in between...MAyb cos we tok abt account n other more guy stuffs, so he tok more..

Hai..think quite hard for the bulk of us to meet again...cos everyone got their own stuffs... hehe see how ba..

Holiday now..most impt thing is to find time to relax and rest

exam n interview r over, Holiday time

2006-11-30T06:49:00.000-08:00

EXAM
The exams is finally over le on 28nov..suffered so much...hehe now can play le....I had to cram all my studies within a few weeks. No appetite somemore....Before that, I was preoccupied with projects...no time go out or do tutorials...Think generally the exam timetable is ok except my last two General elective paper...back to back exam on 27 n 28nov.... Think my papers is harder this time round..alot high level thinking..

My Econ ges i just crapped...hated the drawing graphs part for international trade...development economies was better can crap...Yea finish my exams le, went crystal jade n eat with Gladys...Haha we deserve the treat esp after our exam ends 730pm then the stupid bus came loadfull for 3consecutive buses..we reach JP at 830..Wat one hr wait?I can go back tmp lo....We2 quickly find crystal jade n eat cos we both got interviews teh nxt day..must prepare, look for info...

BIG 4 INTERVIEWS
Wed
Then Ernst n young(EY) n PWC interview is the very nxt day after my exam...EY audit interview was a breeze...Think i'm better with female interviewers... Jenise was very nice throughout the interview..din ask hard qns..but we had a really gd chat..I do have my doubts when interviewers are very nice to you but u still dun get the jobs...(like for my citibank pa interview, haiz...) But wat she said at teh end was assuring: (Hope I did a gd job in promoting EY to you), I replied with a definite YES..Mayb I set my mind to join that le...hhaa

Next stop: PWC Corporate Tax.... The interviewer gave a special interview lo...Once we reach his office..The partner said" Today, u will ask me questions during the interview"I was stunned and took a moment to regain my composure...The interview was really awkward went out of qns to ask him...so I thought not much hope...

After my interviews on wed, went suntec to collect my skates finally....bought it early oct lo...but when i went back collect no stock...so drag till now then collect..Yipee...can learn to skate le..

Hehe got EY job offer le, but still nd to consider...audit is very long hrs n tedious...must think again carefully....

Thur
KP risk advisory interview was very long....reached there 930....but ended up waiting....then when did assessment then i realised mine was 40min case study unlike audit interviewees who did 10min test.... then went i went into the rm, 2interviewers askign scenarios qns...imagine u r US president n 911 happen on new york, wat u will do to solve the crisis...hai tough qn?kept asking me my plans..ended ard 1145....long rite?

Final stop: deloitte audit..the interviewer was very nice...we chat like old frens...mayb cos i like to talk alot....then our frequency very much alike....yea end le...now i can slack le..but nd think abt ey offer....hai..

Hehe ppl, must jio me to go out k?

interesting survey...quite accurate

2006-11-10T05:54:00.000-08:00

thx lihying for puttting this link on ur blog: http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Get to know yourself better
Your view on yourself:You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.

Your views on educationEducation is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own.
The right job for you:You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

Study groups

2006-11-10T05:41:00.000-08:00

thur
Great studying with riyang...."lao da" from my case competition....learnt alot from him through discussion..Wa so much concepts to remb..find studying with him constructive...Think not bad to study tog...haiz beth got to go to sch..if not can join us...hehe studied until 4th chapter today

Fri
Great breakfast buffet with Beth...delifrance oni $7.30..very worth it for a buffet..drank plenty of orange juice n pastry...the atmosphere was damm conducive for studying tho they replayed the music over n over again....hehe...study one chap there...

But think tml onwards until tue..I prob stay at home to study..cos got used to studying at home le..hehe cna nap if I'm tired then can cut down on travelling time to place to study oso..

haiz my AB311 case be out on mon...wonder wat case the sch will give...erm this core will post the case reading for students to read n analyse b4 the actual exam..haiz we nd to predict wat qns be out...lots of research to do on mon...

Hehe think this will be my last entry...cos exam time ma...

after exam then i continue....Argh...hate exams...lots of mugging...pls let me remb wat i haf studied....jiayou jiayou.....

Exam Time

2006-11-08T05:29:00.000-08:00

This week finally ended....
Mon was my AB311 presentation..Sighz think I was abit gan chong...din realised it until Gladys n Zj told me..Think prob cos I was the lst presentor..then We were the 5th gp to present...so I realised that our gp din use specific eg like the other gps..So I added some facts that I could remb..THen I tho I was toking too much so sped up...so ended speaking too fast...
Lucky this ppt not graded individually..Nxt sem must jiayou le.

Ok la..I got over it soon..then went Bowen's house to edit my He210 report..Haiz the report was in a mess...THx to Rumin and bOwen's help, it was in a better shape...Looked more like a decent report..Then Bowen was very patient..pei me edit report fr 5plus too 8plus...Quite paiseh took up so much of his time...At Bowen's house, AA msged me ask if I was studying? ..That's when I realised like not much time left b4 exam...I started to speed up the process of editing..correct minor errors b4 letting BW correct the big errors..Erm my grammar CMI... Then after the report was edited, Bowen showed me Goggle earth which was so interesting on his computer...Just need the vertex then can locate where the cities are on earth thr satellite...Very fun.....hehe saw Effiel tower...Liberty statue...Singapore's suntec city and esplanade.... Then went home to find more source evidence support my point..and Yup my report is done..

Tue is my final lesn day....Phew hand up my report le...Aftern is time to study le.. Had a fun lunch with mich, my jc frens (rumin, yiling n zong liang)...hehe had fun toking to them during fun....Wa zong liang...really lame...so long nvr c him....then rumin even say he was normal b4 seeing me...Haiz I'm normal lei...But was fun laming like the gd old JC days...After lunch, we went SAC to study... mIchelle went south spine..got lesn later... Hehe managed to focus awhile...then Grace came while Zongliang left...Haiz 3gals who like toking put tog will surely tok de...lucky yiling not tt talkative..if not even worse..hehe we decide to stop tokign concentrate awhile..hee then i managed finished 1lecture...

Wed met beth n lihying to study at tmp mac....then realised my 2nd bro off so had breakfast with him b4 meetig the rest...Glad that I finished 1chp of the tb...at least some sense of achievement...

Tue Gym and Thur's unlucky day (Fave shoe broke) and Fri Fliming

2006-11-03T04:57:00.000-08:00

Hey great feeling after a 3days wk...and after my kusu island trip...Feel so refreshed..

Tue
Hehe so glad that I can go for another gym session...always feel very refreshed and much more healthy after each session...Tho this wk jus managed 45min of gym cos got ab311 proj b4 that. Then really happy to have melvin as a fren..waited for me to fin gym tho he started 30min b4 me..think he was oredi tired when I reached... Then he waited for me outside gym for 10min to fin...he quite nice lei..

Haiz but always c melvin will be stressed cos he kept asking me wat i wan do after grad...But think it's time to seriously consider..haiz...still dunno wat job to do..Bank?Teacher?Auditign? see how ba..

Thur
Haiz....My fave shoe spolit halfway in Cant b...sad...lucky is only the front came off..the middle part still intact...I can still walk n appear normally..no nd hold shoe in hand walk then be so embarrassed.

Beth n I decide to meet go home tog..She oso ask if her bf n his fren wan take mrt tog.. She mentioned got nice offer at clementi so was thinking since nd new shoes might as well go there see...

went to a few shops but no suitable one..haiz think my foot too meaty le..very hard find shoes..The shocking thing came when beth bf and his fren came...His fren..think called zhe Wei...
offered to lend me his slippers..tho he was joking at lst..cos we haf different shoe size lei..Besides quite weird to lend ppl ur shoe when u dunno the person well..

The moment he took his slippers out and put on the floor was the time when everyone(Beth,her bf and me) all got shocked look...Thanksfully beth bf broke e awkward moment when he exclaims: "hey it fits lei!" when i tried zhe wei's slipper...Actually his slipper was too long....haha but covered by my jean so looks fitting from front.. Quite a nice guy. if it were me, dun think i will lend ppl my shoe..somemore not so familiar de fren..

Think i very lucky lei...thanksfully his fren got buy new shoes then chnaged out fr his slippers. If not i will haf hard time finding shoe.. Haha after beth n i reached tmp. she pei me go charles n keith buy shoes..quite comfy...got 10% discount too..hehe

Fri
Looking forward to today, realli enjoyed my ab311 gp tho oni 3of us..(Rest of gps got 5ppl) but we always have stunts.. Today we decided to flim a short video for mon's presentation. I act as reporter and newscaster...Quite cool..Though we NG quite a couple of times..but it was very fun.. imagine looking at the screen and still needs to have composure. hehe gd experience..After the exam, got time then post the video on my blog..

A more slack week(3days wk oni)...Kusu island trip

2006-11-01T01:20:00.000-08:00

Yeah...Last week was defintely more relaxed..with 2 days free..no nd travel all the way to sch...Haiz...but my frens got projs, can;t go out..

Hehe lucky sun got a chance go out..leave singapore main island with my parents...to Kusu island (tortoise dao) pray.....hehe a break from study(must relax oso)... But the travelling abit long..
Need go marina bay then take bus to marina bay pier take ferry...e transportation abit ex..$14 per person(2-way trip).

Quite excited as been quite a while since i took ferry..On the way up the ferry...the wave was quite strong..

Oops I felt abit dizzy...things starts to shake abit..lucky i din eat too full..if not will vomit..
I started to get used to the shaky condition..I focus on the boats on the sea..Wow...a real pretty sight..The ships afar look so small....but u bet it is definitely a few times bigger than the ferry I'm taking...

2omin passed..we finally reached Kusu island...The outlook of it looks very much like a village..Heard the island is in the shape of tortoise but din get a chance to view it..not on helicopter ma..

Hehe heard there's 2temples here...one chinese..and one Datuk malay temple...

The Chinese temple is located very near to the entrance of the island..took ard 5min to reach there....Wow..A wishing well in front of the temple...Must hit 1 of the 3 bells then my wish would come true...tried a few attempts and was really happy when a "ding" sound was heard..I had hit the bell and hope that my wish would cum true..

Then i proceed on to the temple...It looks like the other temples I had been to..Only difference is It kept lots of terapins...Hehe I like terapins very much....they look just like my pet terapin at home...Dunno why I will feel peaceful and smile whenever I see them.... hehe the outer wall on one end was painted full of tortoise pictures....It even kept a "gold coined tortoise" sure bring alot of luck....hehe There's even a statue of a few tortoises... Everything is so wonderful except for the hazey smoke due to burning of incense.... I became a "cry baby" in no time...Haiz couldn't stand the smoke..started tearing....There were at least 30 ppl offering incense at the same time..

I quickly went to an open space to breathe after praying...I was back to normal in no time....
Hmm...As the air became clearer..By then most ppl would have prayed....Nxt boat would be here in at least 3omin...Hehe I saw Palsam Malam nearby...My favorite..Things were so cheap...6 for $10....bought a windmilll...2 small bags...1 small coin pouch for $6(hehe shared with my mum)

Then we went to the hawker ctr (erm actually got a few stalls located there....selling food..) dunno wat to call them...Erm by the way..Think Economics makes sense....They did not have much competition thus the px was steeply priced and food tasted awkful...Haiz they were oligopoly who paid no attention to cust satisfaction but just on speed delivery...Haiz...No choice..No other food to eat le.. My mum was more picky abt food, din eat after a few bites..My dad was HUNGRY..just see the speed he gobbled up the food...Hehe lucky we shared food and he ate a huge portion...I was not that hungry...

Nxt we climbed up the stairs to go Datuk temple...It was a LONG LONG LONG way up...My mum lagged behind as her legs hurted...I tried to assist her up and encouraged her.... I started to pant too...Wa need to exercise more le.. Haha think not so bad la...3 kids behind us was panting even more furiously even though they each carry a packet of water in their hand...

The temple was much smaller scale...Only My mum prayed .. my dad n I just queued up for a blessings session....They chanted hokkein..sounds like gd luck to study...work...Hehe Hope I will have those luck...HEY at the other side of the stairs at the foot there was a beautiful shore...Hmm seems like I'm at east coast...but the water was fresher....hehe not so much pollution....picked up stones and threw them into the sea...FANTASTIC...The feeling of throwing away ur problems to far far away was amazing..felt so relaxed...

We rested a while more before we went back to the ferry...hehe really enjoyed my trip at the island....Nxt we went to Outram to eat food...Yummy....They were stalls relocated from Chinatown....It was a 10min walk to Chinatown...Hey I saw Korean sailors there....Thought they were Chinese initially but their name tags gave them away..

Then there were acrobats performance at the streets....wa...they were very flexible..This young gal had at least 10 hula hoops on her waist...and she was just swaying with no effort at all..amazing... Then we got sian when 2male performers came up..They were doing mute show...abit sian...

We shopped awhile more b4 gg back to the mrt (hmm the stalls da tong xiao yi lei,nothing unique). Didn't buy much...By then we were all very tired think ard 6plus le and we went home..
Hehe felt that today was well spent....Wanted to go back Kusu island again..hehe

Last week's happening

2006-10-24T00:06:00.000-07:00

Hai was sick for almost the entire last week.
I Shall talk about the more interesting days of the week. Thursday, Friday and Sat..

Thur
Big 4 accounting firms networking nite: Up to this pt, I still prefer go work in Bank or go into teaching. can"t really imagine myself working in audit..very sian..mundane work...nevertheless, I just went for the talk, think i was quite noisy with my constant coughing. Nevertheless, we asked questions and found that the job was better than I thought in terms of benefits.

PWC and EY are the best out of the 4firms..EY offers a orientation training in Bangkok lei...can get out of spore...PWC has better compensation scheme...1 Fruit day every week...1 leave by 6pm day of the week... sounds not bad..
Haiz but relatively hard to get into these 2firms..

Think I will apply all 4 firms and see my chances...has to pass the interview lst and get offer letter..Haha but heard high turnover rates...It's always like that for auditing firms..people are not expected to stay...But quite different from my character.. I really treasure job security...
Haha see how lst ba..No point pondering now..

Fri
Haha finally recover from my illness...Went to exercise again...Met aa to play bad at his hall there...Haiz his hall is like a maze...can't really find my way there...We went to his room to put our stuffs then met his roomie in his room..Hehe his roomie is quite nice to tok to..Oops think I talked too much to aa's roomie le..realised that aa was waiting for us to finish our conversation so can proceed play bad...

badminton was really fun...tho I ended up with body ache all over, should have done more stretching.. Think i pose no challenge to aa lei..He was just standing on 1 spot to hit the shuttlecock..then hitting back to me..He gives in to me too much...so I tried use more strength and hit back in different directions so that can be more fun..Hai my stamina really bad..Up to a pt. aa offered to kai the ball cos I looked quite tired le..nice of him to do so..Erm I was lazy to kai ball anyway...Anyway I was suppo to meet ly,hl theyall to go suntec collect my skates... Initially still got beth n her bf..but poor gal...got proj to rush so can't join us le..

AA ah...kept dun tell me whether he is meeting us go tog at nite or not...made me dunno wat to say when my frens asks...cos my jie meis..like to know b4hand who's gg ma..haha think I'm oso like tt...no wonder frens with them for so long...But think mayb aa paiseh cos dunno the rest but I tho it's gd to make new frens ma.. Then i oso realise on the bus to boon lay that AA know how to cook...zai lei..erm cos i dunno how 2cook then he says can cook with recipe..was on his way to buy ingredients to cook tg with his roomie with wine left over...Lucky roomie rite? get to eat food..
Haha I must find such fren oso...

Finally reached Suntec with ly...joon came awhile later but waited for a long time b4 hl came...HUNGRY..started dinner at almost 8pm...But the food at Asian kitchen not bad...Went shopping after that...hhe buy a new wallet from dorothy perkins....Quite nice...can use from now on le..

Then came the shocker: No skates of my size for me to redeem..sian...haf to come another time nxt month..Nd find ppl pei me go le..

Sat
Metro expo sale shopping and CAC appreciation nite....
Wanted to get a new shoe cos my old one like fallling apart le..erm bought a new shoe but quite weird looking... look like tribal shoe..think i wear with skirt...dun look so funny...
haha then i rush to buona vista for the buffet dinner...Hai CAC got culture of latecomers...suppo meet at 6pm..ppl can cum at 7pm...i reached at 615 lei...but still considered early...sighs..
hehe great to see my buddies from cac camp...Zj and I talked to Marcus while waiting...quite great to find someone sharing same tutoring passion with me..Asked him abt his tuition then his eyes brightened up...cos his lst time to teach...found it quite fun..lucky him..tuition oni 5min away fr his house..mine is at least 30min away....

Gim theyall v.nice gave zj and i a ride up NTU alumini club..we dun nd walk up the slope le...erm but we went to wrong building...got stuck for a while..b4 realising that we at wrong building...

The buffet food was great..tho a long wait...prof's long speeches....enjoyed myself cos saw the rest but the music was way too loud for jazz...we escaped out of the room...to eat our meal...My ear couldn't take it le...haha we came up with a name for ourselves: Eat then go (Siam)...haha..cos nothing much to do there....

Oh ya..at the mrt stn..was quite happy macrus still remb abt the goat farm trip i was organising..sian lei....Zj and the rest not keen on idea...they want go eat curry fishhead instead..sad lei..no one pei me go goat farm..I wanted to see goats n try the goat milk...

Overall enjoyed my week....tho disppointed by not beign able collect my skates and noone want go goat farm with me...

I am clearer and will be stronger

2006-10-15T01:48:00.000-07:00

15 Oct 2006

Just talked to my fren...and I can't believe that friendship is so fragile...that people will abandon friendship for their self interest... Sometimes knowing a person for a while far surpasses knowing someone for a few months or even years... I was scared also about how much I understand them...on what they would do and think....It also goes to show that choosing who and wat kind of person to know in the lst place is very crucial...Nevertheless..think I will forgive and forget... I mean is human nature to be like them.. I still need to get on with life...

Really glad to know rubin,lihying,Beth and Kahying theyall...Goes to show that friendship can still be very wonderful...Really appreciate their friendships..Think that great friendships are hard to come by...

More updates.

2006-10-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

12oct 2006 thur
My meeting with joon,beth and aa, really glad to see Joon after so long...Beth and I bought t-shirts for riyang...as appreciation for his efforts....and cos he paid for the accomodation during our case competition... Then went to meet aa, was quite confused when I saw him...din really know wat to ask....quite awkward asking him personal qns...Glad to meet him that nite too....cos really got to know him better...I guess it's quite difficult to get to know a person within a short span of time..

I really appreciate his efforts when he pei me go suntec...He could have just gone back to his hall which was a few bustops away...

When we were at carrefour...As the skates were out of stock..I needed to ask the staffs for help but he kept performing disappearing act...Was really glad that Beth offered to help and asked the staff for assistance...eventually the staff did help and I bought my skates..Paiseh to let the rest wait as I tried the sizes...But I was really happy ove rthe purchase..would collect it nxt wk...

14 Oct 2006 sat
This must have been my worse day..Was supposed to be a joyous occasion as we celebrate mich bdae....

But I have said something terribly wrong to Beth...Shouldn't have said that...I really didn"t mean it..But it must have been catalyst to make her blow up...She got really upset..to the extent I didn"t know wat to do..Was really helpless...I kept apologising but I know no apologies would help...After so many weeks of being there for me and listening to me...think she put on too many hats...I shouldn"t have relied so much on her, should have let things go naturally....Beth needed her breathing space too...Should haf thought of her feelings....Really upset for wat has happened...I really appreciate my frenship with her....didn't want our frenship to be spoilt over such a thing...Hope she will cool down soon and don"t be angry with me...think haf to give her time to cool down....

I also cum to realise that frenship shd go naturally...It takes time to get to know each other much better and if there r common topics and characters match ...It would then be natural for the two to be great frens.. Rome is not built in a day..

That was what happen to me and all my hao jie meis, we become gd frens after we know each other for some time...Think I'm quite hard to understand at times... and my frens generally takes time to fully understand me..I have learnt frenship in the hard way...that is things need to be slow and steady... There is a need to be sensitive of each other's feelings too...for frenship to be everlasting..

Updates abt past few weeks

2006-10-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

Argh.things r quite bad. I accidentally deleted the previous post..

Maybe yesterday and today are really not my days...

Think What I wrote were about 1) my case compettion...how I appreciate the frenship with the rest and wat I have learnt in the competition that will stay with me... 2) about the lake house movie upload that I havn't been able to watch it...appreciate the efforts aa put in..yeah can get to view movie from there...and how my last wkend was spoilt due to a high fever and haze...3) Riyang and melvin...h0w I appreciate their frenship....About riyang knowing my preference for financial info...(I was really happy when he passed me the China Finacial review) and melvin, my gym kaki...very comforted knowing him..haha if not, wun make the efforts go sch gym...cos quite paiseh go there alone..

hmm indulgence or in deceit?

2006-09-21T09:22:00.000-07:00

4sept 2006:
It all began when I got to know this person thr beth and the 3 of us had dinner tog...
my first impression: Quite a nice n gentlemanly guy, my type of guy too (mayb cos' my bros do not exhibit such gentlemanly genture like waiting tog with u at the bustop..haha just joking) But I did not think too much into dinner, jus shrug it off as knowing one more fren..

5 or 6 sept(erm can't really remb):
Hmm Beth asked me to exchange MSN with her Fren, AA (nickname for him), the same guy I had dinner with on mon. And she gave me his no. so that I can sms him my email add...That same nite..spoke to him online...(hmm was thinking quite a nice person and could talk comfortably)

7-8sept:
Actually I dun really go MSN that often..usually go online when nd do proj or Hw...Anyway he asked me why I didn;t go online...and that's when all the mass sms starts (I must admit I'm abit slow in these..din realise until almost 1wk plus later, oh gosh?)

9sept:
He sms me say he's gg back Malaysia that nite(By the way,he's a malaysian)..At tt time, I just thought tt it was nice for him to tell me these...I mean ur fren will tell you and i just sms him to haf a great trip home..

10sept:
Weekend went as usual with tuition on sat and mass doing of hw on sun...argh...haf to present my fireworks case the nxt day...Haiz there's oni 3 of us(zj,gladys n me) but other gps has 4 or 5ppl. I would oni say it's easier to coordinate with 3ppl..

The nxt wk (11sept to 15sept) carried on with sms from him everyday in the morning and I think evening too (dunno why I didn't sense the frequency of sms, mayb cos I was tired from the projects and recruitment talk) Hmm mayb cos' I have 1000sms..so I had alot of sms to spare..

15sept: The more notable part occurs when AA told me he would not be gg back malaysia that week and asked me wat activities I had during the weekend and if I was free to meet for lunch as he would be in changi airport send his relatives off..i must haf been unobeservant or blur not to realise it was an invitation (a bunch of close frens i spoke to all said it was an obvious hint?!) Huh, but I really didn;t know..But nothing was confirmed on fri so i just brushed it off as a sms of courtesy (like you will ask the person if she want to join you,not hoping that she would say yes..but more of a kind getsure)

17sept: AA sent me an sms to ask if I was free to meet up for lunch that day..Up till this moment ...I didn;t think much of it...thinking it was just shun bian for him to meet me after sending off his relatives... But i told my bro abt it..and he ? me, said it would be shun bian for him eat at airport and go off from there...

THe lunch... I arrived on time...But The funny thing was I kinda forgot how he looked like cos' i oni met him once tog with beth..the rest was sms and msn..But i was lucky he was siting outside tm mac n in a black shirt..n sitting alone...If not, cham..would haf had trouble looking for him....

Erm He asked me to suggest a place to eat at TM...so i suggested HK cafe (zhong huan cafe)
..I ate there with one of my gd fren,jia ying before and I like the almond milk there.. AA was quite gentlemen, helped me pull out my chair abit so easier to sit...
Hmm he then told me to order wat I like to eat or havn;t eat before but want to try food...Then I suggested sharing..cos if you know me well, you know I'm a "share food person" and that I felt that eating the same food will make you sian after eating...

So we ordered: Durian fried rice(yummy..),fried wanton soup noodles (not bad but we had difficulty sharing this?), 2 glass of almond milk with half boiled egg (HK style)..Then he was quite nice, ordered a toast bread,scared i would still be hungry...(Fact: We couldn;t finish the food, my appetite not as gd le..haiz puberty stops le) The most funny thing came when he asked if i wanted a drink....at lst i declined but he insisted on one...so i obliged...We wanted to eat ice kachang but the cafe didn't sell..so we ordered "Yuan Yang with grass jelly"..I was quite silly. suggested that we share a glass instead of having each a glass, stomach quite bloated le..thinking that it would be served...and we could transfer half of the drink to another glass...But nope: our glass was cleared when the drink came...and in it was 2straws...Weird rite? Barely know the preson for 2weeks then share drink le...But he was quite nice..let me drink lst...Wa..The drink was strong..And I reckon that I would be able to sleep which was gd for studying..haha..
After that, AA paid for the bill, I wanted to pay half but he says nvm...Quite nice of him to give me a treat..somemore dun know him that long yet.. We went ard the malls...and I must say go with guy..how to shop..but i was not in the mood to shop oso...so we just walked ard..and talked...
Then he need to leave to meet his fren... Offered to wait for bus with me... And the bus took quite a long time to come...Haiz

18sept: Man, did I realise that drinking yuan yang n almond milk with egg is a big NO NO...Beth told me he had a stomachache and went toilet for 5times..erm I didn;t know he got a weak stomach.. then he nvr go for his industrial attachment(IA)..Beth sugg i pei him see doc..and i was quite guilty...so i pei him c doc at NTU clinic after breakfast..Somemore he looked pale...quite ke lian..

Clinic wait: The atmosphere was strange...didn;t know wat to say so just forked out Today and let him read..then i read abit of my notes..then we started talking loh... Quite funny he saw a few frens at e clinic...then his frens gave him weird look...I didn;t know whether to pei him go in or just wait outsides so b4 his turn comes..I asked him if i need to pei him...it was quite q stupid qn... He just says no nd..so I just went toilet while waiting... Hilarious thing is after he went back hall..he didn;t rest but watch cartoons(looney tunes?,transformer..etc)..can;t imagine he watch that..But i like to watch japanese cartoons too...Imagine later on MSN he actually told me that it was a gd experience to be sick...feel q bad that he took MC and nvr go IA..

19sept: It was today then i realised that he sms day,evening n nite...Boy, am I slow to know? He was quite sweet..after i sms him say be gg for event...he sms me once I reached home.. the exact timing lei...wa shen qi..

20-21sept: As usual..gradually become a habit...that he sms me...Told rb,ly n diana during lunch abt him...just to tell them...not inform...then they told me to wait and see..which was what i tho too...Want to focus on upcoming exam lst n want to get to know him better...didn;t want to rush things...Haha take "e status quo " position

haha got to sleep le..had a long day and gave tuition today...

Yeah I got into the semi final...But be busy....for the nxt mth

2006-08-28T06:13:00.000-07:00

It was a relief when I got to know the result of the case competition..Quite stressed b4 tt cos we were not prepared for the presentation...and boy was I nervous...Imagine 40min of sleep and having to present in front of a panel of 3 judges...and be videotaped at the same time...

Guess I was too tired to freak out...Just presented my part like a zombie...haiz..biz com was back to haunt me.. I was nervous...hand gesture was excessive...but eye contact was gd (according to the judge) and they mentioned tt I spoke to the screen alot tho...

Need to improve on presentation skills ..Wan the prize money which oni the top3 team will take....

Haiz I haf stupid aa205 deadline to meet by fri...and individual assignt to do...Felt like a toy being ripped apart... So much to do...Somemore I'm made the leader for aa205 group..more responsibilty but no extra pts lah..

Case compettion preparation and my 40 min sleep

2006-08-26T05:38:00.000-07:00

25 aug 2006

9am reached sch to eat breakfast and discuss the case... Stressed..we oni haf 24 hr to crack the case... somemore i got lesn...and gg for investment talk...

2pm went for the invetsment talk..think it was quite a gd talk..e speaker was my statistics tutor. Gave us a gd overview on how investment analysts work...Big bucks with little rest time tho..
Hmm spolit for choices now..

4pm went SAC to discuss e case...haha was actually at lib 2 rm..but we felt too constrained by the small space.. SAC is so spacious.. Hai wonder wat time we will end our discussion..

8.30pm stressed found out tt we were abit out of point..din really see the link..beth,gladys we all rushing to try fiting the bits and pieces of the case.

1130pm we are still in school trying to complete the ppt slides..haiz when will we finish?

1200am finally on my fren's car..we all can finally get home.. but we spilted our work up...beauty sleep gone...

215am reached home finally.gonna bathe but can;t sleep... waiting for beth to finish her part then I can do the slides..

400am..Argh..stupid computer... beth can;t send me... can;t do my part...can;t sleep le..

630am finally finished my slides n finalise everything le... argh..gonna rest a while...before go sch..

705am woke up..and haf to prepare my formal wear plus stocking...yucks..

9am the formal ppt presentation starts...thinks my performance sucks...din rehearse..cos jus confirmed my part in the car... need to be less nervous...be more clear in my speech...

2pm reached home after having tim sum at chinatown there to celebrate our finished task... hmm delicious..likes the yam puff, siew mai...see chong fan.. hmm wonders if we will get into nxt round of competition...

gona go home haf a rest..if not will die later from tuition...talk nonsence ...

2006-08-08T12:03:00.000-07:00

wow,can't believe it..I actually haf such a big time lag..havn write in ages..
From now on, will write my blog faithfully.

Hey time files, gg to graduate in one year's time..
Today had a long day tho my lesn is from 230to 430pm.

930:Cum NTU adds subject. Was so pissed with the system..waited 1hr in order to get into studentlink..then only to see a message popped up that reads: You must not exceed ur max GE AUs requirement. THere is vacancy for my subject but I can't add cos' no more AUs. I must appeal to NBS. Haiz went to General office..only to hear tt their system is down oso..and they can't do anything until the system is back. Actually I send a request form to them but no reply yet. it hurts to see the vacancy of my subjects diminishing...haiz

1030: Buy a tb fr seller..actually quite drama b4 tt..cos she told me tt she not selling her tb cos prof jus said they need the bk.. i was quite mad. cos i came sch so early cos nd get the bk fr her..if not be at home slack until 1030 then cum..luckily for me, e seller told me she made a mistake. It's for another bk..so the transaction went smoothly.

1200: Went cant B tog with xuan n gladys, tried the new western food there. The fish n chips( actually they serve me fish with pasta, but no idea why?) was quite nice but think Cant A's one is better. But must give some face to new stall..haha

1240: went to meet seller of my biz com tb and wait for mich n zj..they came ard 1250 like tt..then we went separate ways cos gladys n I decide to buy tb on thur cos gg out today..

230:lst lect after one semester of seminars...feeling quite weird..anyway as usual wanted to fall asleep.. think e lect din learn much except we haf to adopt diff plans or modify it to suit new changes. But the stimulation game sounds fun..haha hope it will be as gd as it sounds.

430: lihying n I went citylink there shop ard for our frens' prez..find a few nice bags, but time constraint we decide to buy another time elsewhere.

530-545: reached marina bay mrt n waited for a bus to the steamboat place.. hungry le..thinking of food le.. suppo 6ppl meet, ends up yy n nj go check out the firwork place, joon n beth coming later.. so ly n I becum "fd hunter". we choose the one with transport...easier for everyone.

Hai lost wat I wrote..write in another day..

3.04am le

School life

2005-01-17T22:12:00.001-08:00

This is the third week of sch... haiz how time files... I can't believe I have to work in about 3 years' time. After working during the A'level break n last dec holiday, I realised that it is still better to study than work. Work life requires alot of things ranging from the way you talk n work with your colleagues and how do you deal with customers or clients? studying is really a time when you can learn new things and perhaps meet new people though it's hardly possible to make friends(the one you can keep in touch) in university.

Talking about school life again...
I'm really lucky to get japanese as a general elecive, i guess i'm one of the few who can get the subject. It's been fun learning jap though japanese words are quite hard to write, it's similar to chinese characters and i have to learn everything from scratch... But i'm really enjoying every moments of it though it means rushing through my assignments to make time for japanese. By the way, We are given a small test during every Jap lesson but it's ungraded but at least it helps me to remember new words in that way...

My subjects this semester is more tough than my last sem one so got to work harder.. I really glad to have just two tuitions down from 4 last year. It gives me more time to do my homework though I still have to catch up for some subjects...

I'm looking forward to the hari raya holiday on friday...and chinese new year is coming soon...
yeah :)

School life

2005-01-17T22:12:00.000-08:00

27Dec, final day at work

2004-12-27T02:03:00.000-08:00

Dear journal,

It's 6.05pm in the evening at the airport, that's 4h25min before i end my final day in airport. I guess it's been a fun experience working at the airport during this short month, i see many visitors going to other countries from Singapore and kinda grown accustomed to their behaviors. Some are really friendly, telling us their personal affairs while others are more wary of us.

Gosh, the first class pax are so damn rich, their tix is easily 1000plus to 10 of thousands. Some are really charming while most are simply arrogant.... yucks..

I can finally take a one week break before school starts...Yeah..

Irene