Well I met one of my first friend in secondary school yesterday and she exclaimed that I didn't change much and look the same as I did when I first stepped into the school. Yah still as tomboyish and around the same height and size. Yan told me that another friend of ours has slimed down a lot and wear skirts and grow her hair long. The last time I saw her in Secondary school, she sport a more boyish cut than mine. Spoke in the heck care lingo and looked androgynous. According to yan, that friend of ours has ditched all that for a more feminine outlook... Shdn't I do something abt my outlook as well.*smile*
Hey, but then I like to look as if that I am still a student. I love the way that my brother friends thought that I am 18 and the astonish look on passerbys when my students encountered me in the street and called me cher while I am wearing t-shirts ,jeans and sneakers.
Haha But maybe it is not how I look physically that pple thought that I am young, it got to do with my engery level,it is still high compared with some of my peers. My Jap classmate claimed that I dun look like my age and more like hers (18) as I am excited over certain thing which pple of my age (she got a sample, her sis, which is my age)Wun be... In a negative node, it may means childish, but then I chose not to regard it as that. Ever the optimist.
I had read an article months ago regarding a reporter looking younger than her ages because she is always v energetic and full of vitality. So others thought that she is younger. I agreed with her as those energetic person always look younger than their peers who are not, esp in the eyes of the Strangers .
Thus to those pple out there who are always tired and feel lethargic at most time, you are piling ages to yourself and may even look older than your ages, thus be happy, laugh a lot and wear t shirt and jeans (optional), you are shedding those unwanted ages off and look even younger in 2006 than in 2005.
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Is she pregnant? Is she not?
"Is she pregnant? Is she not?" Sound like something from the Tabloid. In case some of you think that I have change my job and trade in from something more exciting. You are so wrong. This kind of statement was made by my muddle brain whenever I am traveling in a public transport.
On my way to bugis to meet Garfield for another intended shopping spree, I was sitting down savoring another one of the books that taught you abt wisdom and still thoughts. I was so engrossed in it that I was jolt by a sight of a slight bulge. Hmm okie time to a good person for the day and offered the owner of the bulge the luxury of a seat in the crowded MRT. The owner politely declined and the exchange was gone unnoticed by others. I was bewildered but don't insist of her taking the seat as she may alighted soon. Then another woman sitting nearby offered her seat too and her gesture was defintately more intented than mine. The owner looked embarrassed and declined again. Hey lady, you should accept the seat as it was embarrassing for the offerer as well. At this moment, I noticed the two young girls were laughing to each others. Only then I realised that this lady did not have a bun in her oven. Durrhh
Don't blame us for thinking otherwise as she was wearing a empire cut dress that will have a ballooned effect on the midsection. Unless one is really pregnant, don't wear that as even a stick like celebrity will look as if she is pregnant. That is why there are so many false rumors that so and so actress is pregnant. Blame the Paparazzi , blame the dress for the misconception.
Have to say that to mistaken someone as pregnant is traumatizing for the owner and embarrassing for the offerer. Thus if you see someone who don't move their butts to offer seats to those " don't know is pregnant or look fat" women, pls don't judge them quickly. Still it doesn't seems right to just ignored the situtation in front of you, just offered your seat, if being declined, act as if everything is normal By not insisting the other party to accept will save both parties much faces.
On my way to bugis to meet Garfield for another intended shopping spree, I was sitting down savoring another one of the books that taught you abt wisdom and still thoughts. I was so engrossed in it that I was jolt by a sight of a slight bulge. Hmm okie time to a good person for the day and offered the owner of the bulge the luxury of a seat in the crowded MRT. The owner politely declined and the exchange was gone unnoticed by others. I was bewildered but don't insist of her taking the seat as she may alighted soon. Then another woman sitting nearby offered her seat too and her gesture was defintately more intented than mine. The owner looked embarrassed and declined again. Hey lady, you should accept the seat as it was embarrassing for the offerer as well. At this moment, I noticed the two young girls were laughing to each others. Only then I realised that this lady did not have a bun in her oven. Durrhh
Don't blame us for thinking otherwise as she was wearing a empire cut dress that will have a ballooned effect on the midsection. Unless one is really pregnant, don't wear that as even a stick like celebrity will look as if she is pregnant. That is why there are so many false rumors that so and so actress is pregnant. Blame the Paparazzi , blame the dress for the misconception.
Have to say that to mistaken someone as pregnant is traumatizing for the owner and embarrassing for the offerer. Thus if you see someone who don't move their butts to offer seats to those " don't know is pregnant or look fat" women, pls don't judge them quickly. Still it doesn't seems right to just ignored the situtation in front of you, just offered your seat, if being declined, act as if everything is normal By not insisting the other party to accept will save both parties much faces.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Not so lonely planet=== Sungei Kampar @Perak
Bus ride
Journey was long, ard 7 hrs to Ipoh... Uncomfortable position to sleep in. Wake up to sore muscles and grumpy mood.
Food
Intercontinental food, delighted to find oatmeal here.
After rafting was a fare of sandwiches and banana... Garfield force fed me with the banana, cos she refuse to act like a monkey after the arduous rafting experience. Understandable.
Rafting itself === COLD, cool and sweat dripping
Rapid was high, level 3 - 4. Scary cats dun try, else dun blame if fall into the river.Need to be extra lucky if not to be thrown out of the raft. Suffocating when in the muddy water. If your horoscope claimed that you are unlikely tat day, u may float for 10 min or so,. Exhilarating if dun fall out of the raft... much better than wild wild wet. Need to get a really steady guide. Dun chose someone who is small in size. Dun stick with a whole gal gang, go into a group with at least two guys.
Journey Back=== Just snore
Too tired, just eat, sleep, pee, drink H2O, sleep, pee and sleep. Dun attempt to do anything else, or risked assault by angry rafter.
Journey was long, ard 7 hrs to Ipoh... Uncomfortable position to sleep in. Wake up to sore muscles and grumpy mood.
Food
Intercontinental food, delighted to find oatmeal here.
After rafting was a fare of sandwiches and banana... Garfield force fed me with the banana, cos she refuse to act like a monkey after the arduous rafting experience. Understandable.
Rafting itself === COLD, cool and sweat dripping
Rapid was high, level 3 - 4. Scary cats dun try, else dun blame if fall into the river.Need to be extra lucky if not to be thrown out of the raft. Suffocating when in the muddy water. If your horoscope claimed that you are unlikely tat day, u may float for 10 min or so,. Exhilarating if dun fall out of the raft... much better than wild wild wet. Need to get a really steady guide. Dun chose someone who is small in size. Dun stick with a whole gal gang, go into a group with at least two guys.
Journey Back=== Just snore
Too tired, just eat, sleep, pee, drink H2O, sleep, pee and sleep. Dun attempt to do anything else, or risked assault by angry rafter.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Not so lonely planet=== bangkok photos
Some of the cast...
beautiful secenary... but I dun noe the name of the WAT. haha
My fav women, but due to the light, it doesn't turn up well.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Not so lonely planet === Bangkok
Lonely planet has their version of bangkok, here is my not so lonely planet version, a short and bias version of my 3 day acct.
Wat... something
Lots of wat here, temples are in abundance. Some of the temples need entrance fee and cheapo tourist shd just find another one which dun require any... as they all serve the same function;praying
Cabaret shows... No one told me the performer there is like 金喜善
The performance was held at a cinema like theatre, look quite high class. Performance was like song and dance and the main lead will go down the stage and bat their beautiful eye lashes at us. Some "fortunate" souls will get some special treatment from them. Unlike my initial mental opinions, the show is not distastful and some of the performer there are real beautiful. The most beautiful ones are what I called the queen bee. There are one queen bee and another queen bee in waiting.
The queen bee is ravishing and look like 金喜善. The queen bee in waiting look like cecellia chong. Wah... pls bring tissue, if u have a tendency to drool.
Shopping haven or is it...
Due to the currency exchange, things may look cheaper than it actually is. Pls bring ur calculator or study ur maths so as to get the exchange rate at ur finger tips to get a really gd deal. Note: bargain is allowed, but then not more than 20% off leh, was quite disappointed with the fact that I can't bargain more. MBK is a best shopping centre and some nite bazzars are not cheap. Durian chips are sold for ard 120baht at the nite bazzar, where got cheap? If want cheap Jap vivi inspired fashion wear, pls try siam square.
Traffic congestions=== speeding vehicles?
Traffic is indeed as bad as described. Fumes from vehicles are enuf to choke u and give u bad complexion. If you look down from the sky, u can see lots of cars and lots of highway. Yet amazing, the Thais are good driver, when there is a nook or gap, they can drive faster... unlike lion city weekend at Orchard, totally unmoveable... Traffic rules are less stringent. They make the U turns anywhere anyhow... But then they will nv honk at you, not even when u decide to play balls on the street and u rushed across to pick them up... The street is absolutely horn free and curse free. Tourguide ask u to take a taxi with meter, U hopped on to one, think it is metered, as it has a big sign on top, but sorrie, it is not... Tho nv as u will eventually get a better deal than the one that is metered.
Look, it is a tuna, no it is a dolphins , no, it is just an aeroplane
Pls take a look when the plane reach a big surface of water where u can still view the surrounding. All of the sudden,you can see a dolphin swimming underneath ur plane until after a while,you will realised in disappointment that it is actually your own plane. It is still impossible to spot dolphin in south east Asia, unfortuntely.Oh Yah, minus the pink dolphin in our sunny island that's it.
Upgrading of class, do I look Bizness to you
Pick a peak period to go, the plane tics are overbooked, it will be a chance for you to upgrade to business class.No need to look smart or well dressed, clad in tshirt oso can. Just go in pairs, no gp booking, if u want to upgrade. Seats are wider, you are provided with freshly squeezed juice when u enter and have u have so much leg room in comparision with the economy class. U get 3 course meal served to u individually and they address you by Mr/miss(surname). SHoirk ah
Wat... something
Lots of wat here, temples are in abundance. Some of the temples need entrance fee and cheapo tourist shd just find another one which dun require any... as they all serve the same function;praying
Cabaret shows... No one told me the performer there is like 金喜善
The performance was held at a cinema like theatre, look quite high class. Performance was like song and dance and the main lead will go down the stage and bat their beautiful eye lashes at us. Some "fortunate" souls will get some special treatment from them. Unlike my initial mental opinions, the show is not distastful and some of the performer there are real beautiful. The most beautiful ones are what I called the queen bee. There are one queen bee and another queen bee in waiting.
The queen bee is ravishing and look like 金喜善. The queen bee in waiting look like cecellia chong. Wah... pls bring tissue, if u have a tendency to drool.
Shopping haven or is it...
Due to the currency exchange, things may look cheaper than it actually is. Pls bring ur calculator or study ur maths so as to get the exchange rate at ur finger tips to get a really gd deal. Note: bargain is allowed, but then not more than 20% off leh, was quite disappointed with the fact that I can't bargain more. MBK is a best shopping centre and some nite bazzars are not cheap. Durian chips are sold for ard 120baht at the nite bazzar, where got cheap? If want cheap Jap vivi inspired fashion wear, pls try siam square.
Traffic congestions=== speeding vehicles?
Traffic is indeed as bad as described. Fumes from vehicles are enuf to choke u and give u bad complexion. If you look down from the sky, u can see lots of cars and lots of highway. Yet amazing, the Thais are good driver, when there is a nook or gap, they can drive faster... unlike lion city weekend at Orchard, totally unmoveable... Traffic rules are less stringent. They make the U turns anywhere anyhow... But then they will nv honk at you, not even when u decide to play balls on the street and u rushed across to pick them up... The street is absolutely horn free and curse free. Tourguide ask u to take a taxi with meter, U hopped on to one, think it is metered, as it has a big sign on top, but sorrie, it is not... Tho nv as u will eventually get a better deal than the one that is metered.
Look, it is a tuna, no it is a dolphins , no, it is just an aeroplane
Pls take a look when the plane reach a big surface of water where u can still view the surrounding. All of the sudden,you can see a dolphin swimming underneath ur plane until after a while,you will realised in disappointment that it is actually your own plane. It is still impossible to spot dolphin in south east Asia, unfortuntely.Oh Yah, minus the pink dolphin in our sunny island that's it.
Upgrading of class, do I look Bizness to you
Pick a peak period to go, the plane tics are overbooked, it will be a chance for you to upgrade to business class.No need to look smart or well dressed, clad in tshirt oso can. Just go in pairs, no gp booking, if u want to upgrade. Seats are wider, you are provided with freshly squeezed juice when u enter and have u have so much leg room in comparision with the economy class. U get 3 course meal served to u individually and they address you by Mr/miss(surname). SHoirk ah
Friday, December 09, 2005
「世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ」をみたので、本当の愛は死にた末に、永遠心がいる。
Watched 「世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ」yesterday.
Actually had ask ying to watch wif me when it was shown in the local cinema, but too bad we miss it.
So here is how the story goes...
In 1986
A normal high school guy saku meet a popular gal aki and was impressed by her eloquence and her mannerism. But he just admired her from afar as he did not think that he was gd enuf for her. Still aki take initiative and hitch a ride from saku to talk to him. The story start from there and centralised on a Sony walkman, midnight dedications and recording from both leads. Aki contracted Leukemia but managed to maintain her daily conversation with saku via the Cassette tape delivered by a little gal. She maintained her sunshine smile in front of others but reveal her fear of death in the tape.Saku tried all he can to fufill aki dreams but he only managed to do so in 2004. Throughout this period, he was torment by his memories of aki. Aki die on the night when typhoon 29 hit kyushu, and 18 years later Saku went back to his hometown to immersed with memories of aki and he was met with typhoon 29 again. All the memories came rushing back and it is heart wrenching to watch his expression which remsemble those dormant volcanoe that erupt after years of calmness. Although he has a fiancé, ritsuko, he was too tied up by the ghost of his past to love her completely and he felt guilty over it. Ritsuko went missing one day and turn up at his hometown to tell him that she was very sorry that she failed to deliver the last tape of aki to him. Turned up that ritsuko was the little gal that helped them last time. As fate had it, saku decided to fufill the last wish of aki with ritsuko and tied up the loose end...
The main soundtrack is by Ken Hirai : 瞳をとじて
This show left me pondering, even when one true love die after a long time, will the love continue to reside inside our heart? Or perhaps first love is being make beautiful only when one party die. Will one be remembered forever only when s/he die. Most of us went through firstlove awkwardly and may even be surprised by our choice when we grow up. Yet if one first love was not around anymore, it become the LOVE of one life forever etched in one heart.
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For those who is interested in the lyrics onli...日本語している人は見てくだいさい。
[瞳をとじて]
朝目覚める度に 君の抜け殻が 横に い る
ぬくもりを感じた いつもの背中が 冷たい
苦笑いをやめて 重いカーテンを 開けよ う
眩しすぎる朝日 僕と毎日の 追いかけっこだ
あの日 見せた泣き顔
な みだ照らす夕陽 肩のぬくもり
消し去ろうと願 う度に
心 が体が 君を覚えている
Your love forever
Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それだけで いい
たとえ季節が 僕の 心を 置き去りにしても
いつかは君のこと なにも感じなく なるのか な
今の痛み抱いて 眠る方がまだ いいかな
あの日 見てた星空
願 いか けて 二人探した光は
瞬く間に消えてくのに
心 は 体は 君で輝いてる
I wish forever
I wish forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それしか出 来ない
たとえ世界が 僕を 残して 過ぎ去ろうとしても
Your love forever
Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それだけで いい
たとえ季節が 僕を 残して 色を変えようとも
記憶の中に 君を探すよ
それだけで いい
なくしたものを 越える 強さを
君がくれたから
君がくれたから
Actually had ask ying to watch wif me when it was shown in the local cinema, but too bad we miss it.
So here is how the story goes...
In 1986
A normal high school guy saku meet a popular gal aki and was impressed by her eloquence and her mannerism. But he just admired her from afar as he did not think that he was gd enuf for her. Still aki take initiative and hitch a ride from saku to talk to him. The story start from there and centralised on a Sony walkman, midnight dedications and recording from both leads. Aki contracted Leukemia but managed to maintain her daily conversation with saku via the Cassette tape delivered by a little gal. She maintained her sunshine smile in front of others but reveal her fear of death in the tape.Saku tried all he can to fufill aki dreams but he only managed to do so in 2004. Throughout this period, he was torment by his memories of aki. Aki die on the night when typhoon 29 hit kyushu, and 18 years later Saku went back to his hometown to immersed with memories of aki and he was met with typhoon 29 again. All the memories came rushing back and it is heart wrenching to watch his expression which remsemble those dormant volcanoe that erupt after years of calmness. Although he has a fiancé, ritsuko, he was too tied up by the ghost of his past to love her completely and he felt guilty over it. Ritsuko went missing one day and turn up at his hometown to tell him that she was very sorry that she failed to deliver the last tape of aki to him. Turned up that ritsuko was the little gal that helped them last time. As fate had it, saku decided to fufill the last wish of aki with ritsuko and tied up the loose end...
The main soundtrack is by Ken Hirai : 瞳をとじて
This show left me pondering, even when one true love die after a long time, will the love continue to reside inside our heart? Or perhaps first love is being make beautiful only when one party die. Will one be remembered forever only when s/he die. Most of us went through firstlove awkwardly and may even be surprised by our choice when we grow up. Yet if one first love was not around anymore, it become the LOVE of one life forever etched in one heart.
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For those who is interested in the lyrics onli...日本語している人は見てくだいさい。
[瞳をとじて]
朝目覚める度に 君の抜け殻が 横に い る
ぬくもりを感じた いつもの背中が 冷たい
苦笑いをやめて 重いカーテンを 開けよ う
眩しすぎる朝日 僕と毎日の 追いかけっこだ
あの日 見せた泣き顔
な みだ照らす夕陽 肩のぬくもり
消し去ろうと願 う度に
心 が体が 君を覚えている
Your love forever
Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それだけで いい
たとえ季節が 僕の 心を 置き去りにしても
いつかは君のこと なにも感じなく なるのか な
今の痛み抱いて 眠る方がまだ いいかな
あの日 見てた星空
願 いか けて 二人探した光は
瞬く間に消えてくのに
心 は 体は 君で輝いてる
I wish forever
I wish forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それしか出 来ない
たとえ世界が 僕を 残して 過ぎ去ろうとしても
Your love forever
Your love forever
瞳をとじて 君を描くよ
それだけで いい
たとえ季節が 僕を 残して 色を変えようとも
記憶の中に 君を探すよ
それだけで いい
なくしたものを 越える 強さを
君がくれたから
君がくれたから
Meow Meow 's wedding
His wedding was held on two days. On the 3rd, was the Church Ceremony. On the 4th, was the wedding dinner.
03/12/05===In the Church
We was late when we reach Toa Payoh MRT. Yue, P and C was alreadi there with their respective halves. Actually, I dun noe the way to the church and there are too churches in Toa Payoh and I hoped that I wun get into the wrong one like last time... No prob this time as C led the way. MEow was at the entrance and was greeting us in his usual meaning slightly stressed manner. Hey Mr, I thot this was suppose to be ur big day, SMILE SMILE. Still he din heed our advice. Maybe he was of afraid that his big day will go awry. No worries lah, this man is so meticulous at all times that he must have covered all aspects.
The wedding march proceeded and his bride was resonating with radiance. More so than the last time I saw her during the bbq. From a distance, we could see that Meow was twitching, K thot tat he was abt to cry. Yah I thot so too as he was such a gentle guy n this was DDAy for him.
We sat through the vows and the prayers. It was longer than the Christian one that I have attended before. And the page boy and little bridemaid were ahh so cute... Hmmm
04/12/05=== Wedding @ Rendezvous
This is the hotel that I passed by without fail every Friday as it was beside AOBA Jap school. Went inside numerous time for the coffee club. Have to say that the Vegetarian food that they catered are of certain standard. Raving review. So pple out there who was planning on wedding, pls take this hotel into consideration as it provide gd vege food and splendid Pinot noir.
The dinner was followed as usual, the couple marched in before the dinner started. But then something was different on this nite. Normally, when the wedding couple marched in,they are accompanied by the music and strained smile on their face. (from smiling so much that look almost stiffed .)Yes, we had that too, but this time round, the music was accompanied by our friend singing
Yes you are to me, Ohh you are my fantasy...Apology for forgetting the name of the song. Someone pls tell me. Is it ALWAYS ? Never noe our friend here is so ROMANTic. Haha, I nudged Yun and hint that this was a gd idea for hers as she love to sing so much. And his door gift was a v nice cartoonish wedding couple key chain. he got two different design as well and ah Kim was trying to snatch mine in exchange, which I refused vehemently.
I think the best part of the dinner was the teasing of the couple, some tables were armed with Ammunition such as fresh egg lah, mini M&Ms... Some of those tease were a tad too much that I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat.
Our table was quite merciful in comparison with others. We just asked them to shell the prawn without the use of their hands. They combined and co-operate v well, thus shelling in record time... haha Good for them.
By then, I havelearnt a few tricks from this dinner, so to all those pple out there, I have enuf idea to make ur wedding fun. Haha, dun worry, nothing extreme to make u scream.
03/12/05===In the Church
We was late when we reach Toa Payoh MRT. Yue, P and C was alreadi there with their respective halves. Actually, I dun noe the way to the church and there are too churches in Toa Payoh and I hoped that I wun get into the wrong one like last time... No prob this time as C led the way. MEow was at the entrance and was greeting us in his usual meaning slightly stressed manner. Hey Mr, I thot this was suppose to be ur big day, SMILE SMILE. Still he din heed our advice. Maybe he was of afraid that his big day will go awry. No worries lah, this man is so meticulous at all times that he must have covered all aspects.
The wedding march proceeded and his bride was resonating with radiance. More so than the last time I saw her during the bbq. From a distance, we could see that Meow was twitching, K thot tat he was abt to cry. Yah I thot so too as he was such a gentle guy n this was DDAy for him.
We sat through the vows and the prayers. It was longer than the Christian one that I have attended before. And the page boy and little bridemaid were ahh so cute... Hmmm
04/12/05=== Wedding @ Rendezvous
This is the hotel that I passed by without fail every Friday as it was beside AOBA Jap school. Went inside numerous time for the coffee club. Have to say that the Vegetarian food that they catered are of certain standard. Raving review. So pple out there who was planning on wedding, pls take this hotel into consideration as it provide gd vege food and splendid Pinot noir.
The dinner was followed as usual, the couple marched in before the dinner started. But then something was different on this nite. Normally, when the wedding couple marched in,they are accompanied by the music and strained smile on their face. (from smiling so much that look almost stiffed .)Yes, we had that too, but this time round, the music was accompanied by our friend singing
Yes you are to me, Ohh you are my fantasy...Apology for forgetting the name of the song. Someone pls tell me. Is it ALWAYS ? Never noe our friend here is so ROMANTic. Haha, I nudged Yun and hint that this was a gd idea for hers as she love to sing so much. And his door gift was a v nice cartoonish wedding couple key chain. he got two different design as well and ah Kim was trying to snatch mine in exchange, which I refused vehemently.
I think the best part of the dinner was the teasing of the couple, some tables were armed with Ammunition such as fresh egg lah, mini M&Ms... Some of those tease were a tad too much that I squirmed uncomfortably in my seat.
Our table was quite merciful in comparison with others. We just asked them to shell the prawn without the use of their hands. They combined and co-operate v well, thus shelling in record time... haha Good for them.
By then, I havelearnt a few tricks from this dinner, so to all those pple out there, I have enuf idea to make ur wedding fun. Haha, dun worry, nothing extreme to make u scream.
JLPT はむつかしい
Okie after that long reminder from vee gal via my tagboard and msn... I have to put up an entry and fast...Vee gal was not subtle regarding her request anymore. wah
Initally,I want to lump events together so as to make up one lengthy entries, but I think it will be too taxing on me and my fellow friends, thus here it goes... MY JLPT
I woke up with a jolt, it drawn on me that it is DDay... The much anticipated JLPT. Better pass, else have to wait for next year to redo this level and I wun want that as it will mean I wun be able to join the Standard Chartered M next year. Duhhhhh As I was the onli one taking this level exam, there was no one to share my anxiety with... Duh, my classmates all take level 4 which was in the afternoon and hoshi was taking the horrendous level 1 which was also held in the afternoon. Hmm actually, I wld prefer mine to be in the afternoon as my mind was still in a turmoil after a long night of muggling. Vee galz probably felt the same way at the same time as she was taking her CFA on the 4th...
Better examined the test voucher and check my Candidate number, then off I went to take 168 to Tampinese. According to the information sent to us, we were suppose to take the mrt to the tanah merah and then took bus 2 to the Jap school... Duhhh, I thot I wld take bus to Tampinese then made a universal handsign to take the transport that start with 240...
I was in luck, 240 came fast,I managed to arrive 30min early. I was so happy in not taking bus 2 thus no need to jostle with the crowd like before. haha Good start, means gd day... My joy was short-lived, nanosecond in fact, due to a sudden onslaught of the crowd, my own anxiety and the unknown step, I tripped and my left ankle felt a sudden twist... OMG I felt tears welling up, could I make it to the classrm, I was hopping one leggedly into the gates. Surprisingly , I could put my foot down after a while, altho it was still in pain, it was not so excruciating now... PHew, false alarm, I tot I have sprained my ankle and wun make it for Meow Meow wedding later, which was a NO NO as he wld definately nag me to like forever.
Armed with preparation this time, I had my socks on, my sweater in hand to prevent me from freezing my butts off. I remember that the last time I was there, my feet was naked and after a while , I was so cold that I couldn't concentrate on my qns. It still leave me wondering, why do they want the aircon to be so strong in a Jap Primary school, wun the kids be freezing, Prehaps they are trying to imitate the cold winter in Japan now. Then wat, turn up the heater in June to match the scorching temperature back home...hmmm
The first two papers were easy and they were suppose to be my weaker area... Haha I cld do it, no prob at all. It was the first time tat I had so much confidence in my listening compre... Then came the third paper, the grammer. OMG, my mind was blank, the grammer that I had crampped for a few weeks seemed to dissolve without a trace...No choice but to play the guessing game again.
Thus, I learnt a lesson that day, dun be so happy before the end, things changes and it will be different from wat u have expected earlier... Think I have to forgo my Marathon next yr. *WAIL*
Initally,I want to lump events together so as to make up one lengthy entries, but I think it will be too taxing on me and my fellow friends, thus here it goes... MY JLPT
I woke up with a jolt, it drawn on me that it is DDay... The much anticipated JLPT. Better pass, else have to wait for next year to redo this level and I wun want that as it will mean I wun be able to join the Standard Chartered M next year. Duhhhhh As I was the onli one taking this level exam, there was no one to share my anxiety with... Duh, my classmates all take level 4 which was in the afternoon and hoshi was taking the horrendous level 1 which was also held in the afternoon. Hmm actually, I wld prefer mine to be in the afternoon as my mind was still in a turmoil after a long night of muggling. Vee galz probably felt the same way at the same time as she was taking her CFA on the 4th...
Better examined the test voucher and check my Candidate number, then off I went to take 168 to Tampinese. According to the information sent to us, we were suppose to take the mrt to the tanah merah and then took bus 2 to the Jap school... Duhhh, I thot I wld take bus to Tampinese then made a universal handsign to take the transport that start with 240...
I was in luck, 240 came fast,I managed to arrive 30min early. I was so happy in not taking bus 2 thus no need to jostle with the crowd like before. haha Good start, means gd day... My joy was short-lived, nanosecond in fact, due to a sudden onslaught of the crowd, my own anxiety and the unknown step, I tripped and my left ankle felt a sudden twist... OMG I felt tears welling up, could I make it to the classrm, I was hopping one leggedly into the gates. Surprisingly , I could put my foot down after a while, altho it was still in pain, it was not so excruciating now... PHew, false alarm, I tot I have sprained my ankle and wun make it for Meow Meow wedding later, which was a NO NO as he wld definately nag me to like forever.
Armed with preparation this time, I had my socks on, my sweater in hand to prevent me from freezing my butts off. I remember that the last time I was there, my feet was naked and after a while , I was so cold that I couldn't concentrate on my qns. It still leave me wondering, why do they want the aircon to be so strong in a Jap Primary school, wun the kids be freezing, Prehaps they are trying to imitate the cold winter in Japan now. Then wat, turn up the heater in June to match the scorching temperature back home...hmmm
The first two papers were easy and they were suppose to be my weaker area... Haha I cld do it, no prob at all. It was the first time tat I had so much confidence in my listening compre... Then came the third paper, the grammer. OMG, my mind was blank, the grammer that I had crampped for a few weeks seemed to dissolve without a trace...No choice but to play the guessing game again.
Thus, I learnt a lesson that day, dun be so happy before the end, things changes and it will be different from wat u have expected earlier... Think I have to forgo my Marathon next yr. *WAIL*
Friday, November 25, 2005
I noe I shdn't have done it, but I did...
Man I m suppose to study hard for my upcoming Jap exam ,yet I m wasting my time writing the blog... Hmm not totally wasting as I m relaxing and at the same time trying to ponder over some issue...
Most imptly, why am I writng my blog when I m suppose to read my Grammmer notes. Why m I calling my friends when I m suppose to clean my room or type my report etc ect? why do pple do things that are not appropriate at a certain time, yet keep on doing it... Hmm does the inappropiate task seems more fufilling. Well, chatting on the phone and on the Msn are imformative but once done, I will panicked regarding my supposed more important task. Like now, will I spent time panicking abt my grammer and my impending doom after I have finish my blog? But then since I m aware of the consequence, why am I doing it?
" I dun noe" is a convienent answer to my actions, but is there a another deeper meaning regarding my procrastination? " I dun noe" is a such a simple and universal explanation that we tend to misuse it in abundance... When others give u a " I dun noe" as an explantion to their reason? How will you feel? Instantly, one will think that the other party is not thinking hard enuf, maybe S/he need prompting, after that all sorts of reasons come pouring, which shocked the listener as some of the reasons are not even substantial enuf to be listed as a reason.
But in this busy city of ours, who will have time to prompt us? who will listen and have time to analyse us and our action instead of juding us and label us as incompetence whenever we make the wrong turn? Definately not our bosses, they either will put a cross on their mental scoresheet or they will holler at us.. Mere acquaintance will just shun u and tell others to be beware of you. They may even exaggerate your wrong doing to make it interesting... Thus wat can we do? Be careful of our every steps so that we will not step on the tail of the unknown? It is a better precaution than to wonder why are the rest so anal on little things that doesn't matter. Note, things that doesnt matter to you, matters to others.
Most imptly, why am I writng my blog when I m suppose to read my Grammmer notes. Why m I calling my friends when I m suppose to clean my room or type my report etc ect? why do pple do things that are not appropriate at a certain time, yet keep on doing it... Hmm does the inappropiate task seems more fufilling. Well, chatting on the phone and on the Msn are imformative but once done, I will panicked regarding my supposed more important task. Like now, will I spent time panicking abt my grammer and my impending doom after I have finish my blog? But then since I m aware of the consequence, why am I doing it?
" I dun noe" is a convienent answer to my actions, but is there a another deeper meaning regarding my procrastination? " I dun noe" is a such a simple and universal explanation that we tend to misuse it in abundance... When others give u a " I dun noe" as an explantion to their reason? How will you feel? Instantly, one will think that the other party is not thinking hard enuf, maybe S/he need prompting, after that all sorts of reasons come pouring, which shocked the listener as some of the reasons are not even substantial enuf to be listed as a reason.
But in this busy city of ours, who will have time to prompt us? who will listen and have time to analyse us and our action instead of juding us and label us as incompetence whenever we make the wrong turn? Definately not our bosses, they either will put a cross on their mental scoresheet or they will holler at us.. Mere acquaintance will just shun u and tell others to be beware of you. They may even exaggerate your wrong doing to make it interesting... Thus wat can we do? Be careful of our every steps so that we will not step on the tail of the unknown? It is a better precaution than to wonder why are the rest so anal on little things that doesn't matter. Note, things that doesnt matter to you, matters to others.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Harry PotterとJLPT について
Today, I watch Harry Potter with my bro. Gd show, but then the world cup qudditach matches was not shown much... I was expecting a world class performance leh, but then too bad loh. Hmm the movie is kind of short given the length of tht book itself. Lots of other stuffs was not mentioned. Anyway, I have forgotten much details of the book and the movie just refresh my mind, hmm I m looking forward for the next Order of Phoenix and the half-blood prince, esp the half blood prince as the order is too lengthy and unneccessary...Hmm I wonder how long I need to wait...
Hmm meanwhile, I m busy with my upcoming Jap exam. Done some Listening compre just now, that is my weakest area, think tat it is v hard to pass as all the questions are v interferential, unlike our normal MT Listening compre, which require us to just give the correct ans as the rest of the options are ridiculous if u listen carefully to the passage. But the JLTP's listening is different as they normal told you all the information and you have to make out which one is the correct pic that match the passage... REAL TOUGH. The second part of the listening compre is even tougher as ypu have to listen real carefully for the pronounciation and choose the correct ans. To those who learn Jap, you all noe that the pronouciations are v similar for various words which make it super hard to decipher as the passage are being read in a normal manner. ( super fast as they blah blah all the way, like how u see Jap toking on the street), Our MT 's passge are been read in a slower than normal speed,which make it easier for us to check.
The next thing is the durations of test. For MT, it is ard 20 min for the passage and rest of the time are repeats. Jap listening has no repeats and it is 40min... Hmm imagine 40 min of listening to Fast talking Jap in riddles is v V tiring da yo ne. After a while I simply wun be able to concentrate anymore (pre level exam.
Thus gd luck to me if I mange to scrap though this time... ( Hmm If can't make it, will try again next yr loh}
Hmm meanwhile, I m busy with my upcoming Jap exam. Done some Listening compre just now, that is my weakest area, think tat it is v hard to pass as all the questions are v interferential, unlike our normal MT Listening compre, which require us to just give the correct ans as the rest of the options are ridiculous if u listen carefully to the passage. But the JLTP's listening is different as they normal told you all the information and you have to make out which one is the correct pic that match the passage... REAL TOUGH. The second part of the listening compre is even tougher as ypu have to listen real carefully for the pronounciation and choose the correct ans. To those who learn Jap, you all noe that the pronouciations are v similar for various words which make it super hard to decipher as the passage are being read in a normal manner. ( super fast as they blah blah all the way, like how u see Jap toking on the street), Our MT 's passge are been read in a slower than normal speed,which make it easier for us to check.
The next thing is the durations of test. For MT, it is ard 20 min for the passage and rest of the time are repeats. Jap listening has no repeats and it is 40min... Hmm imagine 40 min of listening to Fast talking Jap in riddles is v V tiring da yo ne. After a while I simply wun be able to concentrate anymore (pre level exam.
Thus gd luck to me if I mange to scrap though this time... ( Hmm If can't make it, will try again next yr loh}
Friday, November 18, 2005
Aspirations, can we meet them???
I remember that we all have aspiration when we are young...I want to be a doc, lawyers etc, but 20 years down the road, how many of us realised our Aspirations and how many of us are v far away from it.
I remember I always has tons of aspiration in my youth, namely, CID officer, Judge and ER doctor, pro Swimmer like J. Yeo and a professor in pyschology or Science. But why din I realise all these dreams? Are those dreams possible, did I try... Or is it that when we grow up, the alreadi grown adults warns us that our dreams are not easy... tHus our aspirations are not possible. Is that the reason y I give up. I have to say that most of of dream job are not easily attainable, but then I din noe wat I shd do to realise my aspirations. I have fumble all the way by myself as my parents din have to make the same kind of decision as me. But there is a saying in Chinese, when u are young, ur life is given by ur parents, but when grown, u are responsible of leading ur life... I totally believe in it.
It is till the start of my adulthood that I think that such things such as fame and money doesn't matter. Wat matters are whether we have contribute to the society? Are we making a difference in others life, do we bring JOy to others? Some pple may think tat making a difference in pple life is too altruistic and it is not within the means of normal ppple... But there are a lot of ways to contribute, by scarifying the time u have ( normally for resting ) in the weekend, u can help a lot of elderly/ cancer patients by accompany them in the weekend...
Altho it may not seems much, but when u have help those pple in way or another, u urself will have the kind of satisfying glow. That why, it is not tat sometimes we dun realise those aspirations because it is hard, sometimes because along the way, you find new things, the things that really matter other than fame and glory that those elite profession bring.
Looking back at the years, I think I m at my proudest when I realise my small aspirations ( not the big ones that I have mentioned earlier)such as by able to learn Japanese, by managing to get an A for my A level maths (failing till the prelims) ,telling my friend that she can also get the A if we work hard enuf.By joining CCF in my Uni days. Hope that I can continue to contributing to my families, friends and othes life, make a difference, that have become my aspiration.
Quotes by 静思语: A peaceful mind is a blessing. The ability to work is also a blessing. Happiness is a blessing. Broadmindness is also a blessing.
I remember I always has tons of aspiration in my youth, namely, CID officer, Judge and ER doctor, pro Swimmer like J. Yeo and a professor in pyschology or Science. But why din I realise all these dreams? Are those dreams possible, did I try... Or is it that when we grow up, the alreadi grown adults warns us that our dreams are not easy... tHus our aspirations are not possible. Is that the reason y I give up. I have to say that most of of dream job are not easily attainable, but then I din noe wat I shd do to realise my aspirations. I have fumble all the way by myself as my parents din have to make the same kind of decision as me. But there is a saying in Chinese, when u are young, ur life is given by ur parents, but when grown, u are responsible of leading ur life... I totally believe in it.
It is till the start of my adulthood that I think that such things such as fame and money doesn't matter. Wat matters are whether we have contribute to the society? Are we making a difference in others life, do we bring JOy to others? Some pple may think tat making a difference in pple life is too altruistic and it is not within the means of normal ppple... But there are a lot of ways to contribute, by scarifying the time u have ( normally for resting ) in the weekend, u can help a lot of elderly/ cancer patients by accompany them in the weekend...
Altho it may not seems much, but when u have help those pple in way or another, u urself will have the kind of satisfying glow. That why, it is not tat sometimes we dun realise those aspirations because it is hard, sometimes because along the way, you find new things, the things that really matter other than fame and glory that those elite profession bring.
Looking back at the years, I think I m at my proudest when I realise my small aspirations ( not the big ones that I have mentioned earlier)such as by able to learn Japanese, by managing to get an A for my A level maths (failing till the prelims) ,telling my friend that she can also get the A if we work hard enuf.By joining CCF in my Uni days. Hope that I can continue to contributing to my families, friends and othes life, make a difference, that have become my aspiration.
Quotes by 静思语: A peaceful mind is a blessing. The ability to work is also a blessing. Happiness is a blessing. Broadmindness is also a blessing.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Kimura Takuya birthday today
Hmm, it has been a long time in e I last blog loh... today is finally takuya bday. To those who don't really know him, pls endure a while as I will give a short biodata on my beloved 大切.
Bday === 13 Nov 1972 in Tokyo Japan (another handsome man is also born this auspicious day- Shawn Yue)
Look === A bit arrogant and womenlike, but will reveal a choldlike smile from time to time.(Look like his mum)
Joined Johnny in === 1987
Formed SMAP in === 1988
Famous CM === appear in Testimo in the 90s and become the spokepersons for the lipstick. Sales boom after the release of the CM.
Hobbies === Surfing (not the web, but in the sea, that why meet his wife as they have the same hobbies), Photography, Drawing, Kendo and cooking. {I have taken up his hobbies like photograhy, drawing manga in JC, Kendo in Uni for 2 weeks hahaha)
Character: Determined, afraid to lose, Sporty and on time. ( is say to scold other SMAP member when they are late, wah if he noe me, I think I will kana scolding from him woh)
His fav colour: black and Purple
Resturant: La Bonita ( Italian Style restaurant, same name as his beloved dog)
His family : One Brother (a pro ammerican football playeror baseball player argh can't remember leh, not gd looking one tho)Wife Shizuka, girls, kokomi and mitsuki.
My fav Kimura Dorama: HERO!!!
Takuya is v multitalented one as he host and cook in Smap X Smap, DJing in Ohayo SMAP and a columnist in MyoJo... See he must have earn lots of money
Bday === 13 Nov 1972 in Tokyo Japan (another handsome man is also born this auspicious day- Shawn Yue)
Look === A bit arrogant and womenlike, but will reveal a choldlike smile from time to time.(Look like his mum)
Joined Johnny in === 1987
Formed SMAP in === 1988
Famous CM === appear in Testimo in the 90s and become the spokepersons for the lipstick. Sales boom after the release of the CM.
Hobbies === Surfing (not the web, but in the sea, that why meet his wife as they have the same hobbies), Photography, Drawing, Kendo and cooking. {I have taken up his hobbies like photograhy, drawing manga in JC, Kendo in Uni for 2 weeks hahaha)
Character: Determined, afraid to lose, Sporty and on time. ( is say to scold other SMAP member when they are late, wah if he noe me, I think I will kana scolding from him woh)
His fav colour: black and Purple
Resturant: La Bonita ( Italian Style restaurant, same name as his beloved dog)
His family : One Brother (a pro ammerican football playeror baseball player argh can't remember leh, not gd looking one tho)Wife Shizuka, girls, kokomi and mitsuki.
My fav Kimura Dorama: HERO!!!
Takuya is v multitalented one as he host and cook in Smap X Smap, DJing in Ohayo SMAP and a columnist in MyoJo... See he must have earn lots of money
Friday, November 11, 2005
Saturday, November 05, 2005
MBTI
Have gone for an MBTI workshop in the school yesterday...
Early in the morning, it look like this...
Wake up, thot tat I got a lot of time so I ate my breakfast couple with newspapers, therefore the speed was ultra slow. Normally, I wun be so diligently reading newspaper in the morning unless it is Urban or Sunday times, so yesterday, the culprit is the Urban + denise Keller in the bag pages... Wow, she is still with wolfgang despite him admitting tat he is a flirt b4 he met Denise. I will too as Wolfgang is such a gd looking chap and he brought her a Cartier. Hmm After I savour the whole papers, I realised that I was late, thus must rush like the bull in the china shop... Oh oh, where is my books, my keys, my hp... Definately a daily mad rush. Get a msg fr cheeky colleauge that "big" pple was areadi in the rm impling tat I better get to there fast else minced meat... Then he say tat lots of us were not there yet... any consolation? Hmm yah, we will all be minced meat, enuf to make chaw shiew bao.
Reach the venue
I was among the last pple... But just in time as the workshop started immediately as soon as I sat down with my purple name tag. Phew, had to take photos of the speakers... Poor lighting is the worse shooting condition but had to shoot lah, else I kana shot.
Speaker tok abt personalities blah blah blah... Aiyoh, I have done MBTI before in Sec Jc and online in the Uni... wats the diiff???
Well, I think the different is that this MBTI not just allow us to understand our personalities, it teach us how to make use of my strenght and weakness to enhance my work... Hmmm But I think the best things of this workshop is the notes of various personalties type so that I can guess accurately which personalities does my friend belong to. By now, I have 2 correct guesses... Hmm maybe my next job can be a personalities consultant... =)Will it earn me more bread than now... Hope so woh. To those who are interested to learn your personality type can start Queuing.Pls take a number tag. I may do it FOC woh...
Early in the morning, it look like this...
Wake up, thot tat I got a lot of time so I ate my breakfast couple with newspapers, therefore the speed was ultra slow. Normally, I wun be so diligently reading newspaper in the morning unless it is Urban or Sunday times, so yesterday, the culprit is the Urban + denise Keller in the bag pages... Wow, she is still with wolfgang despite him admitting tat he is a flirt b4 he met Denise. I will too as Wolfgang is such a gd looking chap and he brought her a Cartier. Hmm After I savour the whole papers, I realised that I was late, thus must rush like the bull in the china shop... Oh oh, where is my books, my keys, my hp... Definately a daily mad rush. Get a msg fr cheeky colleauge that "big" pple was areadi in the rm impling tat I better get to there fast else minced meat... Then he say tat lots of us were not there yet... any consolation? Hmm yah, we will all be minced meat, enuf to make chaw shiew bao.
Reach the venue
I was among the last pple... But just in time as the workshop started immediately as soon as I sat down with my purple name tag. Phew, had to take photos of the speakers... Poor lighting is the worse shooting condition but had to shoot lah, else I kana shot.
Speaker tok abt personalities blah blah blah... Aiyoh, I have done MBTI before in Sec Jc and online in the Uni... wats the diiff???
Well, I think the different is that this MBTI not just allow us to understand our personalities, it teach us how to make use of my strenght and weakness to enhance my work... Hmmm But I think the best things of this workshop is the notes of various personalties type so that I can guess accurately which personalities does my friend belong to. By now, I have 2 correct guesses... Hmm maybe my next job can be a personalities consultant... =)Will it earn me more bread than now... Hope so woh. To those who are interested to learn your personality type can start Queuing.Pls take a number tag. I may do it FOC woh...
Friday, November 04, 2005
aiyoh finally got new entry
Well... wat am I going to abt, lets check
Love life === non existence
Friends ==== it is their life, why shd I blog abt it?
School === cannot say bad stuff...
Students === they are all quite gd... (cos in Hoildays and nv see them and the students tat I see are the photography kids and they are all v GOOD)
Hmm hence I will update on my family... Hmm wat family, u mean my bro got a galfriend? NO lah, where got so drastic.... but he got a new "gf", the MAPLE Sea. Every day, he will play Maple and upadte me on it.. Hai like a gf leh... wonder if later if he got a gf will he tell me everything? doubt so.
Brother bday on the 23rd of Dec
Hmm as usual, we have a v gdd feast for my bro bday... lets see the feast it self.
We have fried mee hoon, sushi, mango pudding and fruit salad. Wah... too bad the photo file failed to upload...
haha we have a fun time and I hope not to gain too much weight after eating this.
But the workload of the following week, have digest all those goodies haha.
Lets jump forward to this week.
Hmm I have bring my photography kids to the ECP and they discover like them I m a Initial D fan si... wah, I can remember the details quite welll... Like them.
I think I have memories for unimportant things loh... I can only remember things tat I want to remember thus I can recite vee galz's blog to her despite of her numerous entries... *evil* I got the potential to be a paparazzi.
11月的萧邦
Hee tok abt paparazzi, Jay's chou new album has a new song abt it... call 四面楚歌。 Wah power, both the lyrics and the music are done by Jay himself... He is really talented.
Think I like him more and more... There is another songs that I like in his album which is called 髪如雪. This song is v romantic toking abt love in the past and the same love after the reincarnation. The music is terrific as various chinese instruments are being use and it has a v cheena feel with beijing opera recital at the last part of the songs... wahhhh... *cry*
Nv noe that ah beng look alike Jay is so sentimental and 古典. I m IMPRESSED!!!
Okie, will listen the album untill 烂.
Then garfield tell me go and check his horoscope and warned me that scarli, he is another Scorpio... Hmm I dun noe leh, thus go and check, heng he is not... haha Capricorn... Garfield u are wrong in saying tat I only like Scorpio...
Love life === non existence
Friends ==== it is their life, why shd I blog abt it?
School === cannot say bad stuff...
Students === they are all quite gd... (cos in Hoildays and nv see them and the students tat I see are the photography kids and they are all v GOOD)
Hmm hence I will update on my family... Hmm wat family, u mean my bro got a galfriend? NO lah, where got so drastic.... but he got a new "gf", the MAPLE Sea. Every day, he will play Maple and upadte me on it.. Hai like a gf leh... wonder if later if he got a gf will he tell me everything? doubt so.
Brother bday on the 23rd of Dec
Hmm as usual, we have a v gdd feast for my bro bday... lets see the feast it self.
We have fried mee hoon, sushi, mango pudding and fruit salad. Wah... too bad the photo file failed to upload...
haha we have a fun time and I hope not to gain too much weight after eating this.
But the workload of the following week, have digest all those goodies haha.
Lets jump forward to this week.
Hmm I have bring my photography kids to the ECP and they discover like them I m a Initial D fan si... wah, I can remember the details quite welll... Like them.
I think I have memories for unimportant things loh... I can only remember things tat I want to remember thus I can recite vee galz's blog to her despite of her numerous entries... *evil* I got the potential to be a paparazzi.
11月的萧邦
Hee tok abt paparazzi, Jay's chou new album has a new song abt it... call 四面楚歌。 Wah power, both the lyrics and the music are done by Jay himself... He is really talented.
Think I like him more and more... There is another songs that I like in his album which is called 髪如雪. This song is v romantic toking abt love in the past and the same love after the reincarnation. The music is terrific as various chinese instruments are being use and it has a v cheena feel with beijing opera recital at the last part of the songs... wahhhh... *cry*
Nv noe that ah beng look alike Jay is so sentimental and 古典. I m IMPRESSED!!!
Okie, will listen the album untill 烂.
Then garfield tell me go and check his horoscope and warned me that scarli, he is another Scorpio... Hmm I dun noe leh, thus go and check, heng he is not... haha Capricorn... Garfield u are wrong in saying tat I only like Scorpio...
Monday, October 24, 2005
Tree top trail... u mean again???
It is now 5.44pm on a nice finally sunny Sunday. I m suppose to be at Kallang shouting one up two up, but how come I m at home typing my entry at hm leh... The reason mah, cos my colleague din go... Hmm when does ah Lim stop going for activities when friends can't go? Thot tat she v onz one... Haiz, because today is my beloved bro birthday and we have a mini celebration at hm. If I m to go dragon boat, my whole family will have to wait till 7.30pm before they can start. Thus being a nice and thoughtful gal, I decided to forgo my training and stay at hm. ( inner me: sure or not, or are u just plain lazy??? Shrugged )but I think I have done enuf excercise for the wk for I have gone for another (yes another) walk along the tree top trail...
This is an activity orgainised by some SDU MOG...(these are acronyms, not morse code, so no need to deciper ke). After work, ,me and two of my colleauges went down to venus drive for the gathering before the walk. We alight at the wrong place initially, as it is further down the normal place that we usually alight. Heng when we finally arrived at the designated place, the walk had not start yet.
After a rounds of intro, we played a name game, and dun noe for wat reason, a lot of them call me xiangyun... Okie, I wun mind being her provided that I got the most gd looking man in his 40s.(Mr E Tan )...
We then started the walk at ard 3pm... manage to meet some like-minded friends, thus got pple to chit chat while walking up the terrain... To be honest, the trail is less tiring this time as the distance we walked is much lesser than the last time I go wif vee gal and gang. But less fun as there is no jw to entertained us + I can't be a siao cha bo when I m in a company of pple that I dun noe so well right. So vee gal, ah Li, eve and ah hui, lets do it again sometime soon hoh... this time, lets walked from mac to Bt Timah okie! Onz ah!
This is an activity orgainised by some SDU MOG...(these are acronyms, not morse code, so no need to deciper ke). After work, ,me and two of my colleauges went down to venus drive for the gathering before the walk. We alight at the wrong place initially, as it is further down the normal place that we usually alight. Heng when we finally arrived at the designated place, the walk had not start yet.
After a rounds of intro, we played a name game, and dun noe for wat reason, a lot of them call me xiangyun... Okie, I wun mind being her provided that I got the most gd looking man in his 40s.(Mr E Tan )...
We then started the walk at ard 3pm... manage to meet some like-minded friends, thus got pple to chit chat while walking up the terrain... To be honest, the trail is less tiring this time as the distance we walked is much lesser than the last time I go wif vee gal and gang. But less fun as there is no jw to entertained us + I can't be a siao cha bo when I m in a company of pple that I dun noe so well right. So vee gal, ah Li, eve and ah hui, lets do it again sometime soon hoh... this time, lets walked from mac to Bt Timah okie! Onz ah!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Friends's ROM
Wah... This a gd year for marriage... Yes, I have witness another joyous ocassion where a couple is joined in matrimony . This time round I was double up as a guest and amateur photographer... Well fortuately, I did not have meeting last Friday, else...
Due to the pouring rain, I was drenched and a bit disoriented. Fortunately the ceremony had not start. Ah sa soon arrived clad in full radiance. Wow, when does this friend of mine morphed into a grown-up woman? But as I saw her posing in her funny faces, she still resemble the same old girl whom I have met in Pri Sch. The same practical buddy who had brave through the vivas storm of Mat sci wif me... Haha she has really found her happiness and her husband is one lucky man to be with such childlike yet mature in her own way women. Altho tired, I tried my best to take good photos tho some of the photo dun turn up well enuf... Hmm really must go and sign up for courses during the Holidays liao. After the ceremony, the guests proceeded to one of the small rooms for lunch... Hmm real Hungry as I had work hard as a photographer.
Hmm trust ah sa to prepare some vegetarian food for me. Yummy!!! thot ks and I will be leave alone by her other guests as we were the only friends from uni days, but to my surpise, I found it easy to tok to her Yj councilor kakis as they were all v fun and friendly. Even managed to bitch with her friends regarding common acquaintances.*Evil* Poor ks, he seems so bored intially. But as her frens were really entertaining, he warmed up eventually... Gd Gd...
After the lunch, we went to the nearby esplanade to take some outdoor shots. I was reluctant to go as I was tried from sch. but since it was my PTL's big day, I must beared wif it... 我慢してください. We carpool and reached there in less than 10 min time. Phew, but why was it so crowded at 4.30pm in esplanade leh?
Ah sa 's Jc mates had some brillant ideas and we manage to take some interesting shots. We even managed to ask a teenage couple to leave their smooching territory as they were occupying the best place with awesome scenery. They obliged. Haha Victory...
After all those tedious posing,Ah sa and cw treated us all to hagen daz . Haha thus altho tired, I was v happy...
Hmm but I have not finished the after production work... Hmm will try to d/l all those pic into a cd for ah sa. Will try to give it to her next week for I m dead tired this wk.
Due to the pouring rain, I was drenched and a bit disoriented. Fortunately the ceremony had not start. Ah sa soon arrived clad in full radiance. Wow, when does this friend of mine morphed into a grown-up woman? But as I saw her posing in her funny faces, she still resemble the same old girl whom I have met in Pri Sch. The same practical buddy who had brave through the vivas storm of Mat sci wif me... Haha she has really found her happiness and her husband is one lucky man to be with such childlike yet mature in her own way women. Altho tired, I tried my best to take good photos tho some of the photo dun turn up well enuf... Hmm really must go and sign up for courses during the Holidays liao. After the ceremony, the guests proceeded to one of the small rooms for lunch... Hmm real Hungry as I had work hard as a photographer.
Hmm trust ah sa to prepare some vegetarian food for me. Yummy!!! thot ks and I will be leave alone by her other guests as we were the only friends from uni days, but to my surpise, I found it easy to tok to her Yj councilor kakis as they were all v fun and friendly. Even managed to bitch with her friends regarding common acquaintances.*Evil* Poor ks, he seems so bored intially. But as her frens were really entertaining, he warmed up eventually... Gd Gd...
After the lunch, we went to the nearby esplanade to take some outdoor shots. I was reluctant to go as I was tried from sch. but since it was my PTL's big day, I must beared wif it... 我慢してください. We carpool and reached there in less than 10 min time. Phew, but why was it so crowded at 4.30pm in esplanade leh?
Ah sa 's Jc mates had some brillant ideas and we manage to take some interesting shots. We even managed to ask a teenage couple to leave their smooching territory as they were occupying the best place with awesome scenery. They obliged. Haha Victory...
After all those tedious posing,Ah sa and cw treated us all to hagen daz . Haha thus altho tired, I was v happy...
Hmm but I have not finished the after production work... Hmm will try to d/l all those pic into a cd for ah sa. Will try to give it to her next week for I m dead tired this wk.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Amore women day workout
Hmm gone for the amore women day workout and done 1 hour of aerobics, 1 hour of kickboxing and 1 hour of hip-hop. All of us tried to complete the workout with gusto, but after an hour I was wondering when will the thing end. I was sweating and had stepped on the feet of various pple... Ouch, I was stepped on too. Definately exhausting. The space is v cramped and I can't catch up on some of the steps... Argh My limbs are aching now due to the long duration of the workout.
Undaunted, I m thinking of trying out the standard chartered marathon next year. I can't join it this year as the date conicide with my Jap exam. Next year shd try the 10km, then the 21km followed by the full marathon by the end of 3 years... shd b okie if i start training nxt year loh... maybe shd see whether there is any runner club near wdl so that I will have motivations like vee galz... haha it is gd to venture out to new fronties every year...Thus nxt year's aspiration is to do the 10km SC marathon or maybe do a Biathlon... See how lah
Undaunted, I m thinking of trying out the standard chartered marathon next year. I can't join it this year as the date conicide with my Jap exam. Next year shd try the 10km, then the 21km followed by the full marathon by the end of 3 years... shd b okie if i start training nxt year loh... maybe shd see whether there is any runner club near wdl so that I will have motivations like vee galz... haha it is gd to venture out to new fronties every year...Thus nxt year's aspiration is to do the 10km SC marathon or maybe do a Biathlon... See how lah
Monday, October 10, 2005
Weekend fun
Last weekend is definately a work hard play hard weekend...After work, I went for tuition, thus working again. Then I went down to the chinatown to book airfare tix for my Thailand trip... Suppose to get a gd deal... Then met some of my friends to try out new dish at the nearby just Green... The place that gafield and gang go last time. This time my religion mates and I try various dishes and we ate quite a lot as we are suppose to write a reviews on the food we eat... There are salted fish tofu, dou miao fish cake and other dishes that I can't named. Anyway, I m going to the review on the "weird" fried rice. According to my friends, they thought that the rice was nice and unique, yet, I think it contain a certain smell that hardcore vegetarian will deterred from it. Pple like my bro will take one sniff and wun touch the rice, but since this is a reputable resturant, it shd be alright, thus I still touch the rice for I m too hungry to really care that much...
After dinner, D decided to seek out some books and tea at a nearby buddhist bookstore. The bookstore is v Zen. White décor wtih deep yellow lighting.But the books are kind of expansive. I bought two bks in a series that cost me ard 40 bucks...ouch, but it come with complimentary of 2 cups of drinks... We decide to come again for the drinks. I think the environment is a gd place to read and study... maybe I can go there and study for my Jap exam nxt time...
Jumping foward to Sunday after youth group activities cum leaders' meeting, I rush back home and change into sports wear for my first Dragon boat session.
As usual, due to all those rushing, I was late and my colleauge was waiting patiently in her red Honda Jazz. Nice car, v ladylike. Okie, my job is to direct her to the kallang sports centre as she doesn't noe how to go there. Stressed up as I m a terrible bad map reader and we are late. Fortuantely, we ended up in the right place wo getting lost. Phew!!!
All of them were already inside the boat except us, oh oh... we quickly grabbed a paddle and safety vest and off we go onto the boat... whee, it is fun, we have to paddle in sync with 18 pple in the boat, terrible, as we nv have down it before and some of our paddles went it faster than others thus,the boat cannot really propel fwd... Our instructor is v patient and explain that we shd use our torso and turn so that we can get the feel of the water and use the resistance between the water and paddle to propel fwd... turning of torso also help us to achieve killer abs... Wow. I turn harder and shout one up, two up with more gusto for I want to develop killer abs... After an hour or so, we coordinate better and the instructor say that we are gd for first timer. I thought so as all of us row with determination despite aching arm, back and bum.
Then our instuctor decided to spice things up and ask us to do tug of war. 8 vs 8. B and I are the first rower of our gp, meaning we must coordinate real well or we will lose. We lost the first time round as B is faster than me. Hmm with my sheer determination I catch up and for the 2nd round, we did better than the other team intially then B slipped... Oh oh, we lose our concentration and thus lost... But gd try.
In conclusion, dragon boat is really a team sport, and I really need to try harder and build up my strength if I m going to excercise more
After dinner, D decided to seek out some books and tea at a nearby buddhist bookstore. The bookstore is v Zen. White décor wtih deep yellow lighting.But the books are kind of expansive. I bought two bks in a series that cost me ard 40 bucks...ouch, but it come with complimentary of 2 cups of drinks... We decide to come again for the drinks. I think the environment is a gd place to read and study... maybe I can go there and study for my Jap exam nxt time...
Jumping foward to Sunday after youth group activities cum leaders' meeting, I rush back home and change into sports wear for my first Dragon boat session.
As usual, due to all those rushing, I was late and my colleauge was waiting patiently in her red Honda Jazz. Nice car, v ladylike. Okie, my job is to direct her to the kallang sports centre as she doesn't noe how to go there. Stressed up as I m a terrible bad map reader and we are late. Fortuantely, we ended up in the right place wo getting lost. Phew!!!
All of them were already inside the boat except us, oh oh... we quickly grabbed a paddle and safety vest and off we go onto the boat... whee, it is fun, we have to paddle in sync with 18 pple in the boat, terrible, as we nv have down it before and some of our paddles went it faster than others thus,the boat cannot really propel fwd... Our instructor is v patient and explain that we shd use our torso and turn so that we can get the feel of the water and use the resistance between the water and paddle to propel fwd... turning of torso also help us to achieve killer abs... Wow. I turn harder and shout one up, two up with more gusto for I want to develop killer abs... After an hour or so, we coordinate better and the instructor say that we are gd for first timer. I thought so as all of us row with determination despite aching arm, back and bum.
Then our instuctor decided to spice things up and ask us to do tug of war. 8 vs 8. B and I are the first rower of our gp, meaning we must coordinate real well or we will lose. We lost the first time round as B is faster than me. Hmm with my sheer determination I catch up and for the 2nd round, we did better than the other team intially then B slipped... Oh oh, we lose our concentration and thus lost... But gd try.
In conclusion, dragon boat is really a team sport, and I really need to try harder and build up my strength if I m going to excercise more
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Lipstick jungle
Bought a new book by Candace bushnell... AS usually, it is full of New York and Power puff women who sashay down the glitzy world of fashion,publishing, PR and Marketing... Meaning the ususally stuff that I admired but can't have... It is an interesting read as this is the first book that I have encountered that depicts women as a power hungry unscrupulous being that are willing to play rough... Most books depicts women as intelligent but always struggling as they always play nice. Thus I love these women as it is abt women who can have it all. To those aspiring wannabes, u are free to borrow this bk when I m done... I m currently at pg 90 of the bk and the bk is ard 400 pg... Thin as compare to Harry Potter's bk sia.
Still, I dun think I can live this kind of lifestyle. No 1: obvious reasons is that I dun have enuf reasons nor talents to raise up in my current profession. The only way to become a power puff women is to change profession and jumping into the unknown water of the corporate world. That is sure scary...meanwhile, I can live my dreams of being one of the women in the bk or S&C.
Going to work now. ciao!
Still, I dun think I can live this kind of lifestyle. No 1: obvious reasons is that I dun have enuf reasons nor talents to raise up in my current profession. The only way to become a power puff women is to change profession and jumping into the unknown water of the corporate world. That is sure scary...meanwhile, I can live my dreams of being one of the women in the bk or S&C.
Going to work now. ciao!
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