Holidays

It really feels good to be having holidays!!! shall enjoy this last 2nd holiday of my life as a student... after graduation, will be busy alr... looking forward to krabi trip with deary, zan & sis, 6-9jun, and ho chi minh trip from 16-19jun, going with deary, and meeting wy and her eco-venture grp over there...

shall sleep more and rest more these few days, then can hav fun in krabi!! haha

Great Hatyai trip!

Just came back from a 6d5n trip to Hatyai, Thailand.. Planned to go Bangkok, but due to the riots of the red shirts, we changed our destination to Hatyai.. now it seems very obvious that no one will go bkk during that period of time, but just a week ago when i was making the decision, i was feeling helpless and lost, its the first time i felt so, and the first time that i really thought of giving up, cos i thought i was walking alone all the while and did not see any support from him.....

did not have time to think so much, cos we changed the trip to the next day, and so we just go ahead.. so actually the 1st day of the trip was quite bad... as in i did not really enjoy myself.. a few reasons for that... 1st is becos i still felt very disappointed, and 2ndly is i cant really get used to their style of living and such... no time to shop, no mood to shop, feels that everything is unbearable =(

the next few days got better, maybe cos i sort of got used, and told myself to dun care and bother so much, be more easy going and maybe sacrifice a little here and there... yup and the snorkelling trip was fun! first time snorkelling, it was a great experience, the fishes were really pretty and close! and not forgetting the corals too!! food there are really spicy, enjoyed them..

overall, this trip is rather enriching, learnt quite alot... though not fantastically fun, but enjoyed myself too! but would just like to say that once been hurt, the scar will always remain, although it may seemed as though its been healed... any further damage might just collapse everything..........

went for my 8km urun on sunday, and am proud to say that i completed it in 59mins:-) great achievement i would say, considering i took 50mins for my 6km run for water haha ok i wish to take part in more of such events:-)

Now still the same prob, still not sure if i should go bangkok.. Well but glad to say, i'm really touched and happy when i hear my frens saying they'll be worried for me if i'm really going, and asked me to take good care and be really careful if i'm really going.. Nice words to hear, although i dun wish for others to worry too much for me haha but am glad that i'm still in their minds:-)
Not an easy decision to make i'd say...

Was busy for the week, had many events lined up!

On 1st May, went Bukit Timah for trekking with wanying, kanghua, shiting, oer and kenneth... funny enough, we showed up in red, yellow and green, 2 of each color... hahha great combi..

bangkok trip 15th to 20th may confirmed!!! cos of the red shirt protesters, had actually thought i'd to forgo the trip, which brought about quite alot of unhappiness... luckily now everything is ok and we can proceed to the trip.... just hope that nothing like this will ever happen again, for both the situation over there as well ppl's reaction towards my decision...

just came back from jb, bought secret recipe cakes and aunty anne... hehe have been working out quite alot this week, jogging, badminton... yeah have to prepare for the 8km u-run this sun...

Its finally over~

Yeah my exams are finally over~~ though only 2 papers this sem, but cos it spread over 1 week, ya so was quite tiring, plus many assignments due near exams and during exam period... nvm its over! 宋词today was ok, one question that i spotted came out!!! haha but dunno whether i can do well, everything quite brief... okies since its over shall not think about it anymore!

went off for a farm tour with wy after exams, wanted to go goat farm, but it closes at 4, ya so we went kranji d'farm instead... just walk around to relax lol... after that we went jurong point for dessert cos we think still abit early to go over to chihui and luanyin's bbq... hahha yup so went to their bbq at evening time, nice food! bbq-ed abit, quite fun... after that, wy, cp and me had an impromptu outing, went Rochester Park.. it was a nice place!!! excellent ambiance, and i had my favourite long island ice tea... well why do we suddenly want to go there? haha cos got ppl jio us go clubbing, den we not very interested and not in the right attire haha so we decide to go somewhere to chill out instead... guess where we go after Rochester? we went Mustafa! hahah my first visit there, really nice place lol cos they really sell everything!!! okies so after a night of nice food and drinks with great pals, am now home... shall sleep soon, going for a game of badminton tmr morn, followed by K-lunch!!! yeah looking forward ^_^

Finished first paper, still one more to go... Well, the first paper was ok, as in, we alr knew wat's going to come out before the paper, so ya, made all the necessary preparations hahha... then again, since everyone knows wats coming out and made all the preparations, it wun be able to score.. this is always the prob for our papers lol...

however for the next paper, i really have no idea wat n how to study... 90+ song ci to study... just hope i can finish studying hahha...

well, visited my cousin-in-law today at SGH, he's hospitalised due to a minor stroke... cos of the expand of a blood vessel behind his neck... seems serious, cos he can't eat or drink for the past few days, and needs to undergo physiotheraphy next week to learn how to walk, balancing etc.... it came so sudden, cos he's still so young... okies maybe not very young, but only 45, so the news still shocked us... somemore he owned an electrical appliances shop, and he did all the manual labour work like moving goods and stuff, so we thought he was quite fit... just that he smoked... really really hope that he can get well soon, his 2 children are still young....

once again, it showed that life is unpredictable.. reminds me of alot of things..... many unhappy things, but also created in me a sense of motivation, cos i'll remember those who helped me, who once stood by me, who consoled me, and gave me good advice etc...

生生死死早已有安排，一切随缘就好。
---《聊斋》音乐剧

Run for water!

Went for the Run for Water event this morning... was still unsure of whether i'm able to complete 6km, but I did! Am so happy that i managed to complete the run without stopping! hahha so happy =)

Finally finished all my assignments, getting ready to study for exams! hope everything goes on well...

but i can't forgo my fav tv shows... haha esp the new 9pm show with jeanette aw! nice story... and i think my whole family is addicted to tw long juan feng and ai.. to the extent tat we even used the ending song of the tw long juan feng as our ringtones! and now everyone other than my dad is using the same ringtone.. dun even know whose phone is ringing hahha...

okies, i wan to challenge a longer distance for the next race =) after exams, shall embark on running 'expeditions', wanna go macritchie, ecp, bedok reservoir... okies i better start studying first lol...

To all my frens who're studying for exams, all the best!
To others who're facing other difficulties in life, hope everything will go on smoothly for you... if u know who you are, pls dun feel bad k... i just hope everything will be ok for you also, and you can really pull thru your difficult times... i'm sure there're many others out there who are truthful to you and are always there for you.. and ya, as you said, frens forever! =)

jiayou everyone!

Watched liao zhai rocks with wanying last night.. All thanks to her asking me to watch such a 'horror' musical and met funny teacher that caused me to have a funny and horror dream lol..

school has ended, supposed to be revision week now, but still have several assignments not done.. 1 lesson plan, 1 reflection and 1 essay.. How am i going to start my revision for the papers that's starting next wed?
Many things to do, hopefully can finish all work by fri den can start revising..

birthday celebrations

Thank you to all my friends for the birthday wishes!!! Had a great weekend filled with events and really enjoyed myself!!!

Deary arranged a short stay at Kranji D'Farm resort, together with Zan and sis.. He even rented a car so that we can tour around the farms... So we went to Goat farm, and tried the goat milk... Also went to Qian Hu fish farm and tried the fish spa... it was ticklish! haha some of the fishes are quite big, around 15cm long! We also went to Farmart, but quite alot of shops are closed... But all in all, it was fun!!

Sat was Likoon cousin's wedding... the wedding dinner was held at Klapsons Hotel, a new hotel at Tanjong Pagar... a small cosy gathering of family and close friends.. helped out as receptionist, quite fun hahha... took alot of pics also hehe.. Food was nice, but service abit slow lol... drank quite a bit of red wine...

Sun went Pasir Ris, wanting to watch How to train a Dragon, but was a bit tired, so din watch cos am afraid that i'll fall asleep in the cinema lol.. so we went for a walk around pasir ris park instead... went to climb the space net again hahah.. dinner at bedok with family... had the nice curry fish head! very long never eat already yummies!

The above was taken yesterday at Orchard ION, after dinner we went to eat ice cream... had Jap teppanyaki at Ion for dinner, very nice and filling.. =)
angbao from papa..
nice green nike shoes from deary
doraemon stuffs from sis...
and the nice white wallet from my classmates, thanks alot!!! really like it very much!!

my mum treated me to suki sushi for lunch earlier on =)

Am really glad that my dear frens and family showered me with so much love on my birthday, really really enjoyed myself, and thanks to all those who wished me via SMS/FB/personally.... really appreciate them ^_^

N82 ^_^

Got this N82 as an early birthday present from parents and bro =) although its an quite an old model, but i think the function is quite good, comparable to E71.... has wifi, can read pdf and MSoffice stuff, and it has 5 mp camera! with xenon flash so the quality quite good =) just that the buttons are small, still not used to it yet...

finally, managed to finish 1 assignment today, yeah i spent like, almost half the day.. started doin after tuition and lunch.. not too bad haha.. happy! though there's still quite a no. of assignments to do.. hmm.. wondering if i should go and sleep or continue doing work, cos gotta wake up at 4.30 tmr to go tomb sweeping...

Seaview chalet was nice! really loved the serene environment there, can look at the sea from the bedroom.. its like some 世外桃源，makes me forget all the work.. not sure if bro got a chance to ballot again, cos he quitting soon.. will ask him to try and ballot for aug if possible, then i can stay there and relax before new sem starts...

on a side note, it seems that my cough still haven fully recover, can sense the difference in fitness level during gym yesterday haha.. hopefully it'll fully recover soon, dun wish for wat the doc say to be true.... just hope everything will be fine...

Finally, after 2 visits to the doctors, my sore throat is gone, but am still coughing away.. thanks for the well wishes from my frens... assignments are piling up, and i just made a to-do list for my work, realised that there're actually 7 assignments (including lesson plans, reflections, essays etc) to be done, deadline for most will be in 2 weeks time.. haha how am i goin to survive...

well it also means that in about 1 month's time, i'll finish my exams... hahah okies better not think so far ahead, shall work to finish my assignments first... but, bro got Seaview chalet at Changi again.. he said that this will most prob be the last time he'll be getting it, cos he's leaving RSAF later in the year.. yeah so we'll be goin over later today, most prob i'lll stay till thur.. but travelling from changi to boonlay is tiring! haha its from one end of the island to another... okies i got to do work now..

Still sick.....

After few days of self-medication and resting at home, i'm still sick.... due to fever, had to skip lesson yesterday to go see doc.... in the end the doc gave the same medicine that i had at home... wasted my time and money... dunno how long is this cough and sore throat goin to last, still got presentation on fri and nx mon =( well no choice also, cos i dun really have time to eat the cough mixture, as it causes drowsiness, and i cant possibly eat it in the day right? got lessons and endless work to do.....


hopefully i can recover soon.....

Life...

Am down with a sore throat, hopefully it'll recover soon, cos many assignments and projects due soon, no time for me to take a good rest..... It had been a tiring week with numerous project meetings and assignments... furthermore, got to know that my uncle passed away... quite sad, cos he's staying alone, and we were not informed of his death until half an hour before his cremation... so yesterday, on the 7th day of his death, we went to offer our prayers at bright hill... and its also yesterday then we knew that the cause of death is actually gastric cancer...

亲情应该是可贵的，但是堂伯的亲妹妹在他生前都不愿去探望他，就连他过世了也没有去拜祭。因为爸爸曾经过继给伯公，所以和堂伯手足情深，也经常帮助没有工作的他过日子。希望爸爸不要太难过。希望我们能够珍惜我们身边的亲人。金钱毕竟只是生不带来、死不带去的身外物，为什么要如此执著而忽略了更重要的东西呢？

Recess Week!

Its recess week alr! time really flies, it seems as if we just started school not long, and it's alr recess week, next week will be the 8th week alr! which means exams coming soon? hahha anyway, shall first enjoy my recess week..

After tuition on Sat, met deary and we went Serangoon North to look for hamsters.. didn't held high hopes of getting one at first cos i'd wanted to get a Blackbear again, and this breed is usually quite rare... Indeed, we didn't get to see any blackbears in all the shops there.. however, i saw this Pearl Winterwhite at Petmet which caught my eye immediately! its very small, the person say its around 1 mth but i think its smaller than that... hahha so i got this white hammie, while deary got himself a grey color winterwhite... then we went home happily with 2 new hamsters ^_^ after settling them into cages, we brought deary's 小灰侠back to his house while my 白宝sleeps in my house happily..

after we reached his house, shan shan is also at his place, and she's curious to see the hamster... after seeing that its grey in color, she say she doesn't like and walks away.. cos she has a white one at home.. so cute! anyway after dinner that day, she only wants me to hold her hand and we walked a long distance...even when her mum wants to hold her hands she also dun want! hhhaha she even asked when am i going to visit her again..

went cruise with mummy on mon, nth much, just walked around, observing ppl gamble hahha.. i noticed that gamblers always have big theories, as in they',ll always say until its very easy to win etc, but it doesn't seem like the case lol... after cruise we went white sands for KFC, yummies and bought some food for 白宝 before going home.. well, after reaching home, my mum accompanied me to the meet-the-ppl session with my mp haha first time visiting quite interesting.. next time shall go earlier cos they say the mp will say some words at the start of the session.. nice experience lol...

yesterday went ECP with deary for a mini picnic session.. he made burger for me, while i made some appetizer and dessert.. had planned to cycle, but in the end we took a walk instead, so we walked for around 3 hours? taking photos in between.. we drank the coconut drink at the hawker also ^_^ although the weather was quite hot and we perspired quite alot, but it was fun and enjoyable.. after that, we went over to shan shan's house in the evening, cos her house is just opp ecp, just beside the underpass from mac's.. she's very happy to see us! we played with her for 1 hour plus, she's really energetic hahha..

nth much today, went for breakfast with parents at bedok, then to 四马路temple.. walked around, go see see watch at bencoolen.. well, shall go and have a jog now...

Chinese New Year

Well, over the first few days of CNY, my parents quarreled, so whole family wasn't very happy.. luckily things got better since last weekend, so everything is ok now! my relatives even came our house last night! it was busy but i'm HAPPY! cooked few dishes, and helped out with the heating up of food and stuff, so no time to play saboteur with cousins...

we've been playing 'murderer' and 'saboteur' this CNY, and our forfeit will be to eat CNY goodies, ya becos everyone's house has alot of food to clear lol... i really enjoyed myself this weekend, hopefully my family can be always happy like this! ^_^

anyway, watched Alls well ends well 2010 today at PS, a funny show, better than the 72 tenants haha.. well i suddenly remembered that i've got to hand in a lesson plan on fri, so i better work on it now...

For my Dearest Pinkie

To my dearest Pinkie, you will always be remembered...

My dear Pinkie passed away peacefully on 17th Feb 2010... She looked as if she's sleeping, with food around her inside her small house...

Rest in peace Pinkie...

虎年快乐！

祝愿大家虎年行好运，身体健康，笑口常开！

On CNY eve, had reunion dinner at home, ate steamboat, very sumptuous! After that we proceed to River Any Bao at marina area, they had some amusement rides this year, and it looks fun! but too bad both my bro and sis dun dare to play with me.. after looking at the decorations, we went home to count down... we played with those party poppers, and my sis sprayed those party sprays, cos she dun dare to play with the party poppers lol..

First day of CNY, waited for 3rd uncle to come our house before we go out... went cousin beng's house first before going 2nd uncle's house.. this year seems like everyone leaves quite early, think they are going to 'visit' the casino at Resorts world.. so all the cousins went to watch movie, 72 tenants of prosperity

Its not as funny as expected, but still quite ok.. its just a typical 贺岁片。

新的一年的开始，就做了一个好梦，为新的一年带来新的希望！

希望大家能充分享受这几天的假日！

As usual, our family made popiah to prepare for CNY, so on wed night, we cut the popiah vege and cooked until 3+am in the morn... hahah..

Bro came back on tues! yeah finally after 3 weeks.. he got some clothes for us, as well as alot of food like chocolate, snacks etc...

Just came back from Chinatown, wow its very crowded! and we also went Giant, cos its open for 24 hours.. and we bought alot of those taiwan mochi at cheap price! okies gotta go and sleep soon, tmr have to help mum prepare food for reunion dinner!

am so happy that CNY is coming! Its the most enjoyable festival of the year!

Had tuition today, celebrated Priscilla's birthday, and gave her a little gift, glad that she likes it =) the egg mayo pizza is nice! haha okies anyway after tuition went home, wanting to sleep, but parents wan to go amk hub to exchange the toyogo box... the crowd was scary! it was so crowded in the ntuc that we had difficulties pushing the trolley around... anyway, chanced upon weiqiang, well i think this is not the first time we ran into each other while shopping, to the extent that my mum could even recognise him lol..

Just came back from Robinson's Warehouse sale at Singapore Expo... went to fetch sis then we started our shopping spree haha it was quite crowded, and from the time we went in (around 9pm), the queue for cashier is already very very long.. it's supposed to close at 10pm, but at 10pm, the queue is still very long, so we decided to continue shopping until the queue gets shorter hhah so we left the place around 10.30... hmm get bedsheets for the new year, and some snacks.. helped my mum to get a bolster also..

After that we waited for Deary as he's attending a wedding dinner at expo also.. yup then after dropping my sis at Tamp, i sent Deary home... Exchanged our Valentine's day gifts, and i got a nice black leather ipod touch case! yeah have been yearning to have 1 for very long alr thanks deary! hope u like the polo top from tommy hilfiger i got for you =) and of cos the nice nice frame i did haha..

drove home, and now i know why wanying always speed lol esp when there's not much cars on road... shall go and sleep soon...

Dizzy Spells

Wondering wats the cause of dizzy spells, and it came so sudden.. well hope it wun happen again, esp not when i'm driving lol.. okies that's why i haven't been driving for the past few days, cos still feel my visions blurring at times... hopefully its just due to the lack of rest, and nothing serious...

well, sat had to stay home all day cos of the sudden dizziness in the morn... sun went for Esther and Bryan's ROM at VillaBali.. well they had their solemnization there and invited close frens and relatives... but i'm not that close with them also hahah just went there with Deary.. afterthat sis came to fetch us to go ECP, and we had a little BBQ there, using our own pit... think she bought too much food, until we have to da-bao them home haha..

nothing much happened for the past week, lessons were boring *as usual*, shalll enjoy these 2 weeks before cny, and yeah, my bro is coming back next tues! abit weird without him around lol..

Happy 30th Month-sary to my Deary! ^_^

Nosignboard crabbie + Chinatown Lights up....

Went Central mall's Nosignboard restaurant for chilli crabbie with parents earlier on, before going to chinatown.. cos its the lights up today, and it was very crowded! haha it has become a tradition that my mum and me will always go ^_^

School was alright this week, finished off 1 presentation.. anyway its good to have a free day in the mid week, can catch a rest hehe.. but i spent it on packing up my room, clearing some old clothes, and donated them this morn in a punggol Go Green event...

I thought this will be a happy week, cos my medical appt turns out good, although its a long 2.5hrs wait.. but its worth it hahah cos condition is getting good =) and today went chinatown, immersed in cny atmosphere.. but somehow somethings still turn out not as good..

Well its ok, cos I realised that happiness is something that comes and goes easily... at least for ppl in today's society, when our expectations, wishes and wants are constantly increasing... we leave no time to reflect on our own actions, cos everyone wants and wishes to be happy... but perhaps, you're building your happiness on another person's suffering/unhappiness unknowingly??? from another perspective, are you willing to be unhappy just to let others be happy?

1st week of sch...

After 1 week of school.. Still in holiday mood... Although there's already work coming in -- lesson plan to be handed in next mon, and presentation on fri... okies but i already made plans for my weekend...

After tuition today, went Katong Shopping centre to meet Deary, Zan & my sis for KTV at TeoHeng... the session ended at 7, then we walked over to marine parade hawker for dinner... afterwhich we shopped around for awhile at Parkway Parade, and got some stuff from Cotton On...

Shall be going to sleep soon.. cos tmr still meeting them for mahjong and tennis... okies i should at least write up the lesson plan first right? haha shall ATTEMPT to do so...

hmm anyway, managed to collect the 9 doraemons, 3 more to go ^_^ but why isn't there pig? since it's supposed to be the 12 animals of zodiac.. how can pig be left out??

saw my bro's photos on fb, and it seems that he's enjoying himself, and the food looks ok, seems like he'll put on weight lol...

Wanted to have a rest over the weekend, but in the end went out with WY for half of Sat, roaming around hahah.. Then sunday went swimming at 5th aunt Seaview condo with Deary, before going for dinner at ECP Nosignboard restaurant with family, as farewell dinner for bro... the crab was great! and we all had very filling dinner...

School started on Mon, lessons was ok, teachers are quite interesting, but seems that i'm still in holiday mood =p went Safra Tamp for a swim after sch... today's lessons more boring, i nearly fell asleep during both lectures lol... and today wy and i were listening to cassette tapes on her car! lol its been so long since i listened to tape lol!

just had steamboat dinner at home, am bloating now.. later will be sending my bro off to airport... Bon voyage and hope he'll enjoy the trip! (which i doubt so, haha since he's going to a desert, and there's only 1 shopping mall which needs a 3 hours car ride from his dorm... )

Happy 24th Birthday!

Happy 24th Birthday Deary!

Just got home after 3d2n Genting trip, it was very fun and enjoyable! Played in the theme park, thanks Deary for playing the mini roller coaster with me! ^_^ We tried playing archery also, was quite fun...

Hope Deary likes the watch I got for him, and the little surprises that I planned... Am feeling very tired now, cos we watched mid-night movies for both nights...

Watched Treasure Hunter for the 1st night, the show is only ok.. Both deary and I thought that the plot was abit weird.. I think it seems ridiculous that the highly skilled 沙漠飞鹰 who's protecting the treasures still exist in this time and age.. yup but there was some parts quite funny...

Old Dogs is much better compared to Treasure Hunter, perhaps cos it's a comedy, and I usually prefer comedies more.. Had great laughs...

Part of the bday surprise for Deary is this DAZZLE performance.. there's magic, dances, moving statue, shadows, and fast-dress changing.. Performance was superb, really enjoyed it!

All in all, it was a great 3d2n trip although i've been there many times, but glad that Deary enjoyed his first trip to Genting ^_^

Happy 24th Birthday again to my Dearest!

Off for Genting in 9 hours! Yeah will be going to Genting tmr until Fri..

Thanks to all my frens who showed their concern.. everything is alright now, thanks! ^_^ Shall happily enjoy my holiday at Genting, and celebrating Deary's birthday at the same time =)

29 Months

Time really flies, its the 29th month we're together... Many things happened, many memories are created, both happy and unhappy, I guess it's normal as in any other relationships...

In this new year, just hope that promises can be kept, and no more(or lesser) disappointments...

"As life gets busier, you tend to forget why you're attracted to each other in the first place"

--saw this quote on a fren's fb status... I guess sometimes we tend to take things for granted as time passes... hopefully we can all reflect often, and be thankful for everything that he/she does for you!

Are promises meant to be broken??? Please tell me how to believe in you again... All say and no action isn't making things work... it's not just about saying 'if i do this i can make u happy, i'll do it' and not doing it... if u say so too many times, and never do it, what for say it??

Happy 2010!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

May everyone be blessed with good health and happiness in 2010! Throw away all the unhappiness in 2009, and let's welcome the new year with a good start!

Went to meet my sis, bro and xiuli at Vivo city this afternoon for lunch.. We ate at Musselguys, and the food was quite ok.. cheap also, $7.80 for a set meal haha.. After that my sis and I shopped around awhile at Vivo, before we proceed to Orchard... We continued shopping before Deary came, and then sis went off to meet Zan... So I wanted to go use up the $5 Gelare voucher Ms Tan WY passed to me (2 days before it expires), and I walked from Taka to Far East plaza to eat... Upon reaching, then we found out that the outlet has closed down =(, so we took a bus to PS, hoping to use up the voucher (still very determined...) However, after reaching PS, we found out that the outlet close down too... What happened to all the Gelare outlets???? So we gave up and just walked around PS... In the end

we ate a ham and mushroom crepe, and a Tropicana from yammi yogurt, should be more healthy than Gelare i supposed...

We went back to Vivo for dinner, at the Japanese gourmet town.. I had Volcano ramen hahah nice while Deary had chicken soup curry... yummy food! After that we went for a walk, then to the movies!

Watched Alvin and the Chipmunks 2, the movie was cute and nice!! Really a heartwarming way to end 2009! After our movies, we went to vivo roofgarden for the countdown party by channel 8.. it was very crowded, but we managed to find a spot where we got a good view of the big projector screen hahha.. At 12, i sprayed the party spray that my sis gave me... well, it seems that all the ppl around me do not have the spray so they all looked puzzled and all turn back and look at me.. but who cares? hahah its the new year so just be happy!!!

Here's wishing everyone again, a happy new year!

Looking back at my 2009 resolutions:
1. Treat parents to China trip --> accomplished
2. Stop steroids --> still a long way to go i supposed =(
3. Exercise at least twice a week --> accomplished
4. GPA to increase to 3.75 --> accomplished ^_^ a great improvement!
5. Learn to cook more dishes --> accomplished, but really only a few more haha
6. Learn a little conversational cantonese --> hmm not really, i can only listen, can't really speak...
7. Participate in more volutary work --> sadly, i only did voluntary work twice in 2009
8. Spend more time with my loved ones --> it'll never be enough ^_^

Coming next is my 2010 new year resolutions:

1. Treat parents to China -- Xi An

2. GPA to achieve 4.0

3. Learn to speak Cantonese

4. To lose, or at least maintain my weight

5. Exercise at least 3 times a week

6. Take better care of my health

7. Shower my loved ones with more love, care and concern

8. Participate in water sports such as cable ski, snorkelling..

泡沫

悠扬的风铃声似乎是在为嘀嗒嘀嗒的钟声伴奏。夜深人静之时，一切显得那么平静，周遭的人都睡得那么安详。“为什么……”不停地在脑中转动。回忆起从前，一切都变得微不足道。从前看似晴天霹雳的经验，顿时变得那么渺小，根本不值得相提并论。

难道世界上真有解决不了的问题？曾经以为，“天下无难事”能概括所有的事；曾经相信，“皇天不负有心人”是真理；曾经断定，“柳暗花明又一村”会发生在每个人的身上。原来，这一切都只是泡沫……灰飞烟灭了。能否再重拾信心，抗争到底？

幕然回首，发现无论成就多高，都掩饰不了内心的创痛。人生虽很充实——不愁吃、穿；成绩良好；家庭和乐。表面上看来一切都很美好，但这一切是否只是泡沫？

健康为最重要的财富。少了健康，一切都不重要…………

New Doraemon phone!

This is a wonderful Christmas!

On Christmas eve, went for a badminton game in the afternoon with Deary, before going home to change... In the evening, went over to his place first, and he opened his presents haha gave him a Tigger soft toy and a pair of Crocs... after that we went to his cousin's place for X'mas party,

basically just to eat lol.. got shampoo and notebook for gift exchange... after the party, we went Vivocity to watch movie! 2330 movie, so will be counting down in the cinema? Well of cos we didn't do so... was too engrossed in the movie...

Yup we watched Sherlock Holmes! A nice movie!

After movies, cabbed home and then i opened my present... Received a doraemon hp from Deary!

so happy~~ its all doraemon..

Went to Zoo on Christmas day with Deary, sis and Zan... it was a surprise planned by Zan for my sis, she was shocked to see us hahha.. It was very crowded! Didn't know that so many ppl will go zoo on holidays.. it was tiring but fun... walked around the whole zoo, spent alot of time looking the monkeys and such... my favourite is still the penguins! they have the south africa penguins there very small and cute, just like those in Madagascar the movie...

After zoo, we went 10dollar KTV at Chinatown, sang many songs and we were doing stupid things... It was a fun and fulfilling Christmas day!

Went for tuition today, wanted to give Nic his present, but my blur bro gave away the wrong present, and gave his fren Nic's present instead.. guess will have to give Nic his present nx year lol.. Anyway, really like the present Nic gave me, it was a small wind chime with a little book with inspirational quotes.. the wind chime is now hanging on my window... And also a bottle of red wine, shall save it for farewell party for my bro before he leaves for south africa hhaha...

Forgot to mention that my parents, together with my bro bought me a new cabinet to put my doraemon stuff as my Christmas present! Am so happy! Just finished assembling it, and placed my doraemon stuff inside hahah it's almost full lol... So happy! This is a great X'mas present, but of cos, my results is the best X'mas present for the year ^_^

Happy~~

Results are out! and i'm very happy with my results... did better than what i expect, and improved my CGPA by 0.09! Really glad that I got my first A in NIE hahah..

Well, met up with tjlib ppl yesterday at City Hall, then we went to play bowling at Marina Square, it's been long since I last bowled, so for the first game, did rather badly for 1st few rounds, luckily it got better after a while... Second game was better, managed to score 104, 20 more than 1st game hahah.. had a game of pool after that, wasn't good at it, just played cos the others wanted to do so...

After that we had dinner at Swensen's... Tried the new Chilli crab pasta, tastes good! nice sauce.. after that while waiting for Raf, Sihui and i shared a Banana Crumble... sinful but nice lol indulgence once in a while should be fine =p

Took train with them to Tamp, cos sis sending Zan back home and take something from his house.. and she's not confident to drive alone yet so asked me to meet her to be her passenger home lol.. reached home nearly at 12, so i faster eat the tang yuan, cos my mum say need to eat before the day ends...

Yup so that ends my happy day! Happy for my results, as well as all my frens who did well!

Went Bugis with parents on Sunday, walked around and went temple to pray... It was very crowded.. then we went Bedok, they had early dinner while i walked around first, waiting for Deary to meet me for dinner... we had curry chicken and yong tau hu at Bedok interchange there, yummy food.. after that, since its still early, we decided to walk to Tamp. Safra, cos we meet my sis and Zan for tennis from 8-10pm.. so we slowly walked, and pass by Bedok reservoir, and went to sit down and rest and chat awhile before continue walking... Tennis was great! the weather was cooling too so we enjoyed ourselves.. I think this game was better than the previous one, though we were all still not very good at it... It was home sweet home after the game...

Went to Haw Par Villa yesterday morning... Decided to go there cos last week when we were on our way to Kent Ridge Park, we saw that the bus will pass by Haw Par Villa, so we decided to pay it a visit... the last time(which is also the only time) i visited it was more than 15 years ago... was still in Kindergarden then... Frankly speaking, i can't really remember what was there, could only remember bits through the photos... A nice and interesting trip, went to see the 18 storeys of Hell, seeing what will ppl be punished for their evil deeds during life..

After that, we went Orchard to watch movie.. Watched Bodyguards and Assassins, quite a nice show i think.. after that we shopped around and walked to Dhoby Ghaut... got a few X'mas presents...

Just made Tang Yuan... later going to make some more food haha..

Stayed home whole day yesterday, packing my room, setting up Christmas tree, and placed all presents under the tree alr ^_^ most importantly, to think through carefully and make a decision.. and yup i've finally decided, though it may not be the best, but i believe i alr considered all aspects, and weighed the differences already..

After tuition today, went to eat the famous fried chicken with Nic... too bad its raining, else we'll walk to our destination.. so we ate the fried chicken, and he's saying that i purposely suggest eating this after our bet.. hhaha i'm not that scheming k i alr asked him bout this long ago =p and yeah we up the bet to a watch, hoping that he'll have greater motivation.. but it doesn't really seem to work, cos we had Carl's Junior for dinner lol.. though he ate the low carb veggie burger, its with lots of mayo! anyway, i got a few more doraemon stuff to add to my collection =)

Going to play tennis tomorrow, after a sinful day of eating unhealthy food today =p Results will be coming out soon, the date given is 24th Dec, but usually they'll release few days before the date given, so perhaps mon or tue.. am a little worried, cos of the 2 eng mod this sem, really afraid that they'll pull down my cgpa.. well worrying doesn't helps now, just hope that everything will be ok, cos I've already done my best!

Was talking to my mum yesterday, and then she told me that she's the type who'll do things that she thinks is the best and be happy, and not wait till the future.. i guess she's right, we can't always wait, we should do things that we deemed as correct, and never live with regrets... after seeing my aunt's condition, and some of my fren's situations plus the few incidents I've been through, I realised, that life is really really unpredictable, so always live everyday to the fullest, and follow your dreams.

ok i think this post is a little random..

I suddenly realised that I'm quite fickle-minded.. at least for today, cos for awhile I thought I've made up my decision, but the next moment I think otherwise. LOL. Really dunno how to make the best decision... =(

Went SGH on tue, for review as well as to visit 3rd aunt.. she's hospitalised again, heard that her chemo treatment din went too well =( life isn't all smooth sailing..

Went to few of the national parks on wed.. we started from kent ridge park, walked through the canopy walk, then proceed to hort park.. the flowers in the glass house at Hort park was very nice! played awhile at the playground and rested haha cos it was very hot... yup then we continued walking, passing by Henderson waves, a very nice bridge that links to Telok Blangah hill... we then reached Mt Faber park, this is my first visit there lol really nice place, think it'll be even more nice at night.. i din even know that there's a merlion there! hahah took some photos, then just as we want to leave the park and continued with Marang trail(the trail that leads to Harbour front mrt), we saw a squirrel on a tree trunk! its so cute! all photos on facebook alr ^_^ it was a nice trip, though a little tiring cos we walked for nearly 4 hours, sweating alot.. reminds me of the trip to Bako national park in Kuching-Sarawak this Jun.. it was fun anyway, really enjoyed it!

Received a Christmas card from Doris, thanks gal! haha but i'm not tat strong as you described lol, i just try to make myself live life to the fullest so that i will not have any regrets in future ^_^

Its been an eventful week haha.. Met up for K-lunch with XR, WY and BY on tue, and then we went shopping in Tampines with WY fetching us hah..

Played badminton with Deary on thurs morn, before sending my Olympus camera in for servicing.. The camera cant withstand the cold weather in Shanghai I think, cos it jammed, and cant switch it on/off.. some pictures taken have lines across it as well, sad... anyway, the person recommended me to get the u Tough series, which is shock proof, weather proof and water proof, but its so ex! after the trade in of 20% still costs $470+.. so am still considering if i should get it.. After servicing my camera, went Bugis area to walk around... yeah sometimes shopping around alone is great haha can take my own sweet time looking at things.. went for facial with sis in the evening before heading home..

On fri, went into JB for their K-lunch... walked around, got some doraemon stuff and a top... then had Kim Gary for early dinner cos deary got tuition in the evening... yup i finally got to eat the hotplate haahh.. went causeway point and walk around, looking for my sis bday present, but cant find any... went compass point after that and met my bro while he have dinner and i have dessert cos i'm too full to eat..

Tuition at TM yesterday, had a bet with Nicholas, he's supposed to lose 4kg by 16Jan2010.. whoever loses the bet will buy a book for the other party.. Well i think this is one bet that i dun mind losing hhah... After tuition yesterday, went Orchard to meet deary, sis and zan.. cos sis signed up for spa package and she's bringing us to use the facilities.. haha its quite relaxing, but the treatments are so expensive! doubt i'll ever sign up lol since i dun like massage...

Went for a spontaneous outing with wanying, xinrou and shiting today... nice wy offered to pick us and drive us around to city hall/bugis area... and i finally got my tennis racket, bought Prince racket... Left earlier to play tennis at bedok... nice and fun game, though all of us dun really know how to play, but quite a nice workout.. aftertat we went 85 hawker to have bah chor mee, satay and hokkien prawn mee... nice food! lucky my bro is at bedok area so he can fetch me home hahaha...

shall go and sleep now, having an early christmas gathering cum gift exchange with the gals tmr... cos many of them going overseas soon..

Day in Orchard

Watched Couples Retreat at Orchard Cine yesterday, wanted to watch it cos the island is very nice, seems like a great getaway place haha...

Anyway, went to Orchard 313, i din even know its opened, just happened to pass by so went to take a look, and Uniqlo was having opening sale.. their jeans are selling at only 19.90! but i din get any cos for ladies its all skinny jeans, and i dun really like the colors.. deary got 2 jeans instead haha looks nice ^_^

we went orchard central for quizinos sandwich, tastes great! had wanted to eat but the past few times we went there we were too full to eat so finally satisfied our cravings yesterday haha.. shopped around orchard, and got a few christmas presents and a top for myself.. really happy day~~

goign out for k-lunch with my frens now!

Back from Shanghai!

Am back from 8days Shanghai trip! Went to Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and Wuxi.. 杭州西湖的景色最为优美, 西唐水乡的风景也很迷人。参观了好几个古镇，都类似云南大理、丽江的古城，有小桥、流水、人家。到哪里购物当然也非常愉快，既能享受讨价还价的乐趣，又能买到价廉物美的东西^_^

由于天气寒冷，吃得也特别多，几乎每晚都吃宵夜。他们的路边摊档卖的烧烤、麻辣烫、炒面、炒饭、鸭血粉丝等都非常好吃。不过，我们住的酒店就不是特别好，都没有浴缸。还是上回到云南的酒店较好。买了好多小叮当的东西，我家的两个橱窗都没位子摆了，看来要再增添一个新的橱窗了。

As usual, since we went with tour group, went to alot of designated shopping areas, selling jade, pearl, silk, piqiu, chinese tea and chinese medicine.. waste of time, but no choice, all tour groups have this, luckily ours is a big group, so got alot of ppl buy and they wun target us haha..

Taken at Changi airport terminal 3, so sad my bro din join us for the trip...

This is day 1, on the Maglev train from Shanghai airport.. the highest speed was 430km/h!

This is our first destination in Shanghai - 城隍庙老街

Took this at 南京步行街，its a busy shopping area in Shanghai..

After which, we took bus to Suzhou, and went to 苏州工业园：

Took this at 苏州园林，天黑后还到了寒山寺拜拜。

All these are day 1 photos, too many to upload, shall upload everything on facebook..

It was an enjoyable trip, visiting nice places, eating nice food and cool weather.. i guess my parents are looking forward to the next year end holiday trip alr ^_^

It's over!

Finally all exams are over! Would say that all 5 papers aren't difficult, but dunno if i'm able to score.. well, i did my best alr so no regrets! Shall go and enjoy my holidays in China!!

Will be flying off in 12hours time hhahah.. after arriving in Shanghai, will be taking coach to suzhou... looking forward to Suzhou and Hangzhou, cos of the saying 上有天堂，下有苏杭, and since 天堂 is something that seems so unreal, shall go visit 苏杭! shall go hangzhou xi hu to immerse myself in the writer's feelings lol.. “西湖亭看雪”, and it really came out during the exams! hah only one, you remember wat i told u the other time? (rgding teacher shake lol)

am so excitedd bout the trip ^_^

Two more papers to go... but it means only6 more days to my Shanghai trip!!! yeah hahah

After paper yesterday, went out to watch '2012', and its a great movie!! would definitely recommend it! the effects were great and it was sure exciting! there's no moment that you'll feel bored though its a 2.5h movie..

okies have got nothing much to blog about, just that recently it seems that a few of my frens lost their loved ones, and got to know that my aunt contracted cancer.. so to everyone out there, lets enjoy every moment of life and cherish everyone around us... life is really unpredictable... for those who're still struggling for exams like me, work hard and play hard after that! ^_^

Changi Seaview Chalet before exams

At Changi Seaview chalet with family again haha, although my exams are next week, but still going to spend 3d2nights here haha... had bbq earlier on, ate alot and had fun bbq-ing... well, i did manage to study a little in the afternoon.. or rather, just made some notes for my language acquisition... i guess i should start studying for amx or chinese history haha but i dunno how to start..

going to have steamboat dinner tmr, so got to drive my mum to bedok market in the morn to get some food... maybe i'll attempt to read up on amx in the afternoon hahah...

shall look forward to my shanghai trip!!

温柔自古胜刚强，积善之门大吉昌
若是有人占此卦，宛如止渴遇琼浆

Attended Selina's 21st party last night, at Top of the M restaurant.. Its supposed to be a revolving restaurant, but its not revolving, think its due to the renovation works... Anyway, it happened to be the lighting up of Christmas lights at Orchard, so it was crowded... Had a great night with the gals, doing crazy stuff, with xr and gui-low posing and acting cute hahah..

Now i need to do work.... have to finish my essay by tonight den have to start studying!

Last day of school

Last day of school today... But this12days of 'holiday' before the start of exams, is for us to prepare for 5 modules... I think Chinese history alone is enough to kill, plus history of Chinese literature(the teacher even expects us to read additional materials), I wonder how I'm going to study LOL... But here I'm, at the new City Square mall at Farrer park, rotting at Mac's... Dunno why, but just don't feel like going home, don't want to face the stacks of notes LOL...

Back to the new shopping mall, it's rather big, but not all shops are opened yet... That's why it's not as crowded.. Cos I went bugis junction earlier on, and it's very very crowded over there. So I'd prefer it here more, the Mac has plenty of seats for me n not as rowdy, so I can read my papers in peace haha. Anyway, walked from bugis, passing by little India... Hmm to think of it, this is like only the third time I went little India, the previous 2 times were for project purposes... So today is actually the first time I went for leisure.. Eh not exactly so, I just walked past LOL

Thanks alot Doris for your smses of concerns and also for what you posted on your blog... Really really appreciate it...

Somehow it seems that this sem is really hectic for many ppl, co alot of my frens are very stressed up over project deadlines and assignments, examms etc... for myself, i dun tink i'm tat stressed, but this sem is really a little more busy than before, perhaps cos the assignments and tests are spread thruout the sem... got back SG chinese assignment, though no grades given, but looking at his comments, i roughly know how i fare... I must say he's a great teacher, one of the better ones that i've met in nie.. he's the type who can really inspire ppl, this sort of reminds me of chenjiajun... haha anyway, all i can do now is to spend more time to prepare for exams.. but then again, its not the amount of info we gave, he cares more on our own opinions... so i've got to think of 'unique' views that he has never seen before lol.. hope i can fall back on my other modules to at least maintain my gpa...

Less than 1 month before Shanghai trip, but it seems so far away hahah and i dun wish for it to come so soon either.. cos i haven started studying for my exams yet! haven even finish all my assignmnets hahah.. shall go read up on the books on eunuch that i borrowed....

Jiayou for everyone who's reading this and is also rushing to meet deadlines and prepare for exams!

This week is more peaceful, in a sense, cos no assignments due, other than amx e-learning.. but its only 500 words so still not that bad... went out with Doris on Friday to celebrate her 21st birthday in advance.. haha not really celebrate la, just a lunch toge and we shopped at bugis street for 3 hours! hah i got a pair of shoes, a dress and a top.. she get quite alot of stuff too, so it was a fruitful shopping trip for both of us.. i think its a great de-stress method in the midst of all these assignment deadlines lol...

well, but i got to cancel all my tuitions on sat, cos am not feeling well.. sorry papa and mama to make you all so worried about my condition.. and also Deary who's been very worried also.. i will take good care, i promise, and keep myself happy and cheerful always.. cos i think being too troubled/stressed/depressed will worsen my condition... and thats why i got a flare, due to the sadness i'm suffering from the week before... too many issues at the same time, i didn handle them well, and caused my own health to suffer, and caused my parents to worry so much... haiz... i really hope they wun have to worry so much for me, although i know its impossible, but the only thing i can do is to keep myself healthy and not having any flares....

after eating more medicine, i tink i'm getting better... not tat tired easily... maybe i really shouldn't worry too much in future.. but its not my choice either, it just so happens tat too many unhappy things happen to me at one go, that makes me so vulnerable, that makes the anti-bodies 有机可乘…………

saw this nice pair of green new balance shoes.. been contemplating to get them, but i seldom wear this kind of shoes, cos its not meant for sports... and for normal walking i'd prefer to wear slippers/sandals.. but it looks really nice... been yearning to get a pair of nice green shoes since i never had one before haha..

Long weekend!

Well, Lily and David came over for mahjong last night... erm they actually said they would come at 8plus, but in the end they reached at 12plus lol... and was watching so boliao youtube videos with deary while waiting for them.. so we played 1 round, and was 3plus alr, so they went home hahah.. not bad at least i got to win one game of 5tais hehe..

Hmm i guess everything turned out ok? hopefully we made the right decision, and won't regret haha.. Thx deary for everything, and hope u really wun change your mind again =p Welll i really enjoyed myself yesterday, though its only like lazing around doing work toge, playing games, watching videos, jogging and buy stuff hah but i really like the feeling =D

Anyway, went to visit 3rd aunt yesterday afternoon... cos last week no time to go hospital visit her.. quite sad, hopefully her condition will be good... hopefully the diagnosis will say that she's fine after operation.. when we visited her ytd, she was telling us about how she worked hard when she was young, hoping to retire by the age of 50 (cos she calculated and said that by the age of 50 she'd saved enough money to provide for the rest of her life)... however, illness came knocking on her door... all the money she worked hard to save for, became the medical fees.. haiz.. such is life, you'll never know what is upcoming and what it has in store for you... really hoping that she'll be fine...

the first step has been taken, hopefully it'll be a good one ^_^

This isn't a good week.. although am not as busy as last week, but am more troubled cos of 2 issues......

Long weekend ahead since no lessons on mon.. but doesn't have the 'holiday mood' cos i guess there's too much on my mind that everything else became of less importance... for the past 2 days, nothing gets registered in my brain during lessons, things doesn't taste the same as before.. seems that everything isn't the same again.. haiz but the problem isn't something that can be solved easily.... i dunno if i should place others before me or place myself before others.. i really dunno... why can't life be simpler??

也许，是大家都无法放下自己的执着，都想要最理想的。为什么事情就不能有个两全其美的办法？为什么一定要有一方妥协？

也许，是我们都还不够成熟，应该多等几年吧。好痛心，因为善意的举动，换来的却是无穷的烦恼以及他人的误解······是因为我的“多事”所以才会这样，那我岂不是咎由自取的？

This is my blog's 300th post!

Anyway, it has been a busy week, with the Language acquisition test and SG Chinese report due... well so have 50% of both modules have been submitted, hopefully they helped.. Actually I think the test was rather easy in the sense that the things are all in the notes, and as long as we studied, should be able to do it, but since its this case, being able to do well and score is another matter lol...

Not only is sch work busy, have some other problems too.. haiz.. not my own prob actually, but somehow it affected me, and its quite disturbing... maybe time really will 冲淡感情？usually couples wun be as loving or behave the same way when they're toge for long compared to when they just got toge... or is it becos ppl expect more as the r/s grows and hence will be more disappointed when things dun go the same way they expect? okies i'm confused now cos i dunno whose prob am i really describing.. sometimes i just hope that i can 'ignore' somethings and pretend that i din know about it...

Well, AMX essay due next wed, but i haven really started on it..... waiting for somebody to help me lol

中秋节快乐！

看得出以上写的是什么吗？

和家人一起在家里享用晚餐后便到公园吃月饼、喝茶、玩蜡烛。

看起来像是美味可口的糕点对吧？其实是用蜡制成的！绿色那块是我做的。

Went for Pink Ribbon Walk this morning at ECP, ya its called a 'walk' so everybody is walking... but well, i sort of forced Deary to run the last half of the journey (2.5km) with me hahah so we did a slow jog... Was nice to run in the morning, cos i feel refreshed after that... Went Singpost for early lunch, since the event ended early around 10.. wanted to eat Suki sushi, but its not opened yet, so we went to the foodcourt... Went for tuition after that, and gave them the piglet biscuits haha hopefully they like it, cos i personally like it very much!

Went Costa sands chalet at Sentosa with Deary for our 26th monthsary... Walked around the nature trail, and realised that there's this Megazip thingy there, which is like some obs obstacle course! seems very fun and exciting! shall get more ppl to join us for that hahh there's even a flying fox from the mountain top to the siloso beach island..

Received the big dorayaki soft toy and the sand-made doraemon pic from deary.. haha he was wearing the reebok sports shirt that i got him, was a plot to get him to exercise more =p thanks Deary for the big dorayaki!

Recess week is coming to an end, but i have yet to start studying for Language Acquisition test on coming wed! Luckily the SG chinese essay is more or less done, left only some parts to edit.. Must start studying tomorrow!

Went Minds Cafe with NIE gals on Fri to celebrate Yanxin's 21st! Happy belated 21st birthday Yanxin! So honoured that you left your actual birthday for us to celebrate with you ^_^ Played the usual games like Ticket to Ride, Ugly Dolls, Pictureka (dunno if i spelled correctly) and also the dinosaur bone game.. think we really were engrossed in the bone game lol shall not elaborate here but its real fun! Went Orchard with Mum after that for dinner, as well as to collect my running tee for the Pink Ribbon Run/Walk that i signed up for... tried some mooncakes at Taka also, the traditional yam pastry mooncake taste delicious! my mum loves it too haha..

Had tuition as usual on Sat, Bronson's exams are nearing, so got to increase tuition to twice a week, but am not confident that it'll help much... anyway, gave him Children's day present- Spongebob pencil case and stationary set, glad that he liked it and he doesn't have them yet.. cos he likes spongebob alot, and also have a display cabinet full of spongebob stuff in his room.. hahah.. tuition at TM, as usual, Sherwin bragged about his 'nice' drawing... their exams are also coming, hopefully they'll do well, all the best to them!

After tuition, went Woodlands to meet up with Deary before going JB for Xiaoshan's 21st bday.. we shopped around for awhile at City Square before goign to her house... her house is really big lol, think its like the size of 3 semi-d in Sg lol... and the food was great! and the cakes and chocolates are all handmade.. Xiaoshan looks gorgeous too! haha hope she enjoyed herself...

This week is Recess week, but there seems to be endless things to do.. shall enjoy, as well as work hard! ^_^

Eventful long weekend

What a great weekend! Many exciting stuff happened over the long weekend! On friday, went for badminton as usual with Deary.. after that, went for facial before coming home... Upon reaching home, mum says she wants to go Orchard and see if there's any suitable clothes to buy for Huizhu's wedding... so we went Orchard, but in the end, my mum didn't get any clothes, but i got a short cardigan instead lol... had fried oyster for supper at the kopitiam style food stalls beside le meridian... it tastes great! just like the one that they had near somerset mrt years ago...

Went for tuition as usual on Sat, gave Nic his watch, glad he likes it ^_^ wanted to go cycling after tuition, but weather was not good, so after passing mooncakes to deary's mum, we proceed to watch movie instead... watched The Ugly Truth

It was a hilarious movie, and quite true in some of the things they say, that made people understand more about how the opposite sex thinks... had sushi at nihon mura also, finally satisfied my craving for spicy salmon sushi.. hahah.. went home late evening after movie, and did some manicure before sleeping...

Sunday, 20/09/2009 is the big day for my cousin Huizhu and Edwin! went over to her house at 6am, changed into the nice green dress hahah and soon after, the bridegroom arrived with his brothers.. think they got in too easily, cos of time constrain lol... went over to bridegroom's house for tea ceremony and stuff before coming back,.. though busy, was happy for the both of them... went back home around noon, and slept awhile in the afternoon, before preparing to go for the wedding dinner at hotel rendevous.. will not upload photos here since they're all on facebook...

Monday is Mum's birthday! treated her for dinner at hiang suar again.. hah wanted to try a new teochew restaurant at bedok 85, but didn't make reservations as we did not expect it to be so crowded.. hahah so in the end, ate at hiang suar again... but food was great, as usual hahha.. glad that mum loves the wallet that we got her ^_^

Happy birthday to my mum!

Finally finished the History of Chinese literature test.. all the 4 questions that came out for section B are those that i did not really study hard for, as in i did not really go memorise the points.. as for Section A, am quite confident, but i guess everyone will think the same.. haaha so for the 2 questions we hav to do for section B, chose 2 that im more familiar with, managed to crap 1 page each lol.. okies, its only 20% of the module, so still not that bad, just have to work harder for exams lol...

Hmm last fri bro drove parents and me into JB, had Bah Kut Teh, haha very nice! then we shopped around in Giant and bought some food back, later in the evening went jogging with bro to Rivervale Mall... first visit to the Daiso there ever since it opened, was rather big haha..

Huizhu's Hen's party on Sat, so after tuition, I head to Bugis to get a present, then meet my sis and go for the hip-hop class.. its a 2hour lesson, so just learnt the steps for one song.. think its quite difficult considering all of us has no dance backgrounds(other than mass dance in JC)... haha but it was fun and enjoyable! After the dance lesson, we went for steamboat at House of Steamboat at Tan quee lan st... the food is nice, at least fresher than la mei zi.. and i like the man tou with condensed milk that they served also.. so we had our sumptuous dinner before fang suggested going KTV... so we went Party world at Chinatown, was really ulu, din even know that place existed lol, its on top of the big this fashion at chinatown... so we sang from 9-12mn before sharing cab home... was really fun, hopefully huizhu enjoyed herself too! Coming sunday will be her chinese customary wedding as well as wedding dinner, really happy for her, hope she'll lead a blissful life with Edwin!

Suddenly, there seems to be alot of assignments and tests due the week after recess week, which is just 3 weeks from now.. luckily i din plan any holiday trip for the recess week, else will sure have no time for work... Okies i shall go swimming later on, trying to embark on a healthier lifestyle lol..

Watched G-Force over the weekend, and the guinea pigs are all so cute!! esp the 2 black ones who has some color as pinkie hahah..

Went down to Chinatown both on fri and sun, and finally, booked the tour for year-end holiday! Will be going for 8 days trip to Shanghai/Suzhou/Hangzhou/Nanjing and Wuxi, looking forward to it ^_^, finally can treat my parents to a trip! too bad my bro not going, else will be even more fun.. well its still a long time away from dec, so ya, back to reality, have to study first.. wait till i finish my exams then can ennjoy...

As usual, having a 4 hour break in sch now... well at least i can spend the time doing some useful stuff like reading up on notes and doing assignments.. cos i think i'll most prob sleep or watch tv or just slack around if i'm back home... there's a test on next wed, and there's like so much to study but i haven even printed out those notes... =p

anyway, am very happpy to have settled the year-end China trip ^_^

Going to be hectic weeks ahead, AAJ332's test has so much to study..

AMX tutorial this morning, my tutor made a rather interesting remark, which is an observation that she made about Singaporeans. We were discussing recognition, identity and stuff regarding racial and religious differences in Singapore, with the Tudong incident in 2002 as case study.. She then said: "People(Chinese Christians) are using western lens to view their own native culture." Cos she said she noticed that alot of those who thinks that Taoist beliefs are superstitious are mostly the Chinese Christians, and the other races usually would not say so... Well I think it is quite a good point brought up, cos this is a common phenomenon in SG.. I think this module really is about discussing the racial and religious differences.. My tutor also mentioned that we cannot call ourselves a multi-cultural society if there are no understanding and interactions between people of different cultures.. To a certain extend then, Singapore is not a multi-cultural society! cos people usually don't understand the cultures and practices of other religions and races.. We do know about the existence of such cultures and practices, but more often than not, we do not understand the true rationale behind it, and will think that they are not of equal worth as our own cultures..

Another wonderful weekend ^_^

Yet another week has passed, seems like my weekdays are really busy, that I don't even have the time to blog... Well, except for thurs and fri, I seems to be reaching home quite late..

Anyway, watched Final Destination 4 in 3D yesterday, and I must say that the effects are really good!! It's really as if the things are flying towards you.. Although the story line is pretty boring, as in its expected what will happen... Its just seeing how the ppl die lol... I think the most gory scenes are the women getting crushed by the tyre, and the one being rolled up into the escalator haha.. was expecting they'll show more gory scenes for the swimming pool guy, but they didn't =p

Since this is both our first 3D movie, we took a photo in the cinemas with our specs lol... after the movie, went to walk around in Suntec, and had Happy meal, cos the toy is doraemon! haha sis alr got the 2nd toy which is the time machine for me, and i got the 1st toy which is the rolling stamp thingy ytd..

As for today, after praying for the 7th month at home, went Ion Orchard to have the 1-for-1 Ice-cream and dessert buffet

Had ice creams, waffles, fruits with choco fondue and some cakes.. was really full haha.. after the delicious feast, we went paragon to get our phones.. yup i finally got my W508 ^_^

I got the white one of cos, think the grey looks too dull, and most importantly, the white one has got green buttons! lol.. well, shall go off to sleep now since i need to wake up early tmr...

Anyway, hopefully Deary enjoyed himself as much as I did over the weekend ^_^

Great Weekend!

I had a great weekend! Except for the little incident on sat evening that made me a little unhappy, but luckily everything was resolved soon ^_^

Well, after tuition for Bronson on Fri, went out for dinner with parents... They suddenly decided to have KFC, so we went all the way to Bedok KFC.... It was very crowded, and brought back memories that my dad used to bring our whole family there on Sundays after swimming... So after the delicious meal, we walked around Bedok Central for awhile.. Then Dad suggested going to East Coast Park, hahah so we went to ECP and took a stroll along Bedok Jetty... Again, many wonderful childhood memories came back, when my Dad always went fishing there and we'll go cycling and have lots of fun... Sometimes we will pitch a tent, and stayed overnight, was really fun back then..

Tuition for Bronson again on Sat morn, and he gave me a solar powered Doraemon (those that will nod the head) as Teacher's Day present as there'll be no lesson next week... Hopefully he'll do well for his CA! Tuition at The Mentor, Sherwin's face was 'nicely' decorated by Jurgen, until he looked like some ppl going for halloween party lol..

Went home after tuition, before going Punggol to try on the bridesmaid dresses for HuiZhu's wedding.. Now we're choosing between green and blue, of cos I chose green! But have to wait for 2 others to make their choice before we make e final decision.. hopefully it'll be green hahah!

Meet Leo at City Hall, and watched The Proposal at Marina Square, it was a funny show, lightens up my heart and makes me forget bout the unhappy incident before e show... well its actually because my tutorial timeslot got changed to another day, and just nice I had another lesson on, so cant make it for the tutorial... But i'm supposed to do a presentation with a partner for that tutorial, and i've alr prepared my stuff, yet now i cant make it for e tutorial.. initially tot the tutor will want me to change topic and present in the later weeks, so was feeling abit upset since i've alr prepared my stuff... luckily my tutor say can just let my partner present my part... but its abit unfair to her, since she got to present 2 persons' share.. well thats the best alr luckily it din affect me much =p

Went Cafe Cartel after movie and had some snacks and cheesecake, then chatted awhile before heading home.. It was a great day!

Today was Leo's Dad's Birthday, so I went over with a cake... Got the Mango Mousse Cake from Galicier Confectionary at Serangoon Central, the cake was nice with generous servings of mango chunks... Slurps! Went for dinner at Ah Yat Abalone Restaurant, with his family and some of his dad's students... had a very very filling dinner, really love the 竹蚌, i think its called bamboo clams.. as we were so full after the dinner, we walked to clarke quay... after his parents went home, we took a stoll along the sg river, and then sat by e riverside, watching ppl playing the reverse bungee... it looks so fun! really wan to try it someday, too bad Leo dun dare to take haha hopefully will be able to find some frens who's willilng to take it with me lol.. Its home sweeet home now, a busy but fulfilling weekend! Had a great time with my beloved family and deary!

Looking forward, a new week ahead, really have to start working!!! Its week 3 alr, but I think i'm still in holiday mood! Shall really start on my readings...

Bored in school

Well after 2 days of MC which I spent sleeping at home, am back in school.. Just ended Singapore Chinese tutorial, having a 2 hour break before next tutorial.. So bored... Missed AED and AMX lessons, hopefully it won't affect me too much.. Shall start preparing for my presentation next fri...

Went for tuition in the morning, feel kinda helpless cos I really don't know how can I really help Bronson.. He really needs more exposure to Chinese and speak more in Chinese, but my tuition is only once a week, can't help him much also... Although he speaks better now than before(when I just started teaching him), he used to speak like an angmoh, cos he speaks English all the time... Now its abit better, but he is still unable to read alot of words, and also cant understand alot of words... Am really worried for him...

Anyway, went to watch Where Got Ghost with parents, Leo, sis & Zan at Tampines this afternoon... It was very funny, only a little bit scary (I don't usually watch ghost movies, yet I think its not very scary), yup so it was rather nice, the cinema is filled with laughter.. I love to watch comedies...

After the movie, went to City Hall with Leo, wanted to spend my $2o Robinsons voucher which will expires at the end of the month, but didn't get anything... Walked around Raffles City, then we went Esplanade.... Had dinner at Ichiban, I really love the lobster salad sushi there haha taste really good! Had a walk around Marina Promenade, discussed about some religious issues, and it really isn't a good topic to touch on... I don't like to, I don't wish to, but sometimes its not a matter of choice... Somethings have to be discussed... The problems will be around, even if we avoided talking about them... I just hope that things will get better... There are no right or wrong answers, only whether we can accept.. Really hope that I willl accept and stick on with my own choice.. I have faith that I made the right decision 2 years ago, and I shall believe in us.... ^_^

Went out to Bugis after tuition today with Nic, cos I wanted to borrow Coelho Paul's book from the lib.. Read The Alchemist by the him, and the book was inspiring, so I decided to read his other books... Cos the train ride to school every morning is boring... Dun feel like reading my lecture notes also =p

And these are what we had for dinner! This special burger, dunno what is it called, but there's bacon and egg inside, taste good!

I had the fried noodles with fish fillet. Though its only like fried instant noodles, but it was great, and very filling too! I especially like the cheese sauce on the fish fillet hahah so sinful... Anyway, we ate these at a coffee shop opp Bugis Junction, the name of the stall is Macau Munch...

Got this Doraemon frame and water bottle from Nic haha they were on sale! The price for these 2 cant even get me 1 if they weren't on sale... and the bottle is in my favourite green!

Had Starbucks at Compass Point and chatted before going home... it was nice listening to the different 'stories' :p

Think I'll have difficulty sleeping cos of the coffee lol, but never mind, my tuition is at 10.30am tmr, so can sleep in late... Will be going to watch Where Got Ghost with family tmr, hopefully its not too scary, cos I dun watch movies with ghosts...

The new sem is going to be a busy one, and I really have no confidence in doing well for the pedagogy modules cos I'm not good at writing essays(English ones of cos), they always pull my grades down... anyway, I sense that the Singapore Chinese class is going to be interesting as well as challenging, cos the tutor will be posing a lot of thought-provoking questions which requires critical thinking. Well, many people ask me why I did not choose the translation module, cos most of the Singaporeans in my class chose that, and all the Malaysians did not choose that... I really feel that my English is not up to the standard, I think my English is really below average, so I have no confidence to take the translation module... Am I one of the product of the so called ineffective bilingualism policy? Cos I dun think both my languages are proficient...