not really the last day of the year but...

Met up with the girls yesterday for lunch and it was good! I haven’t seen them since the class BBQ last month. Been missing them loads! Instead of the fish sauce I was dreading, I got a very pretty jewellery box from nat and ra. Haha… thank god it was not fish sauce. =P Heh. Congrats to my dearest nat for the stuff that’s going to happen on Saturday! I want to see the “you know what” on Tuesday!

And I got my long awaited SRK DVD from ra! Banzai! Banzai! Banzai! SRK comes in a close second to my beloved Johnny Depp! Oh speaking of JD, I was convinced to start reading SHANTARAM because ra told me that JD bought the rights to this book and will be starring as the male lead in the movie version in 2007. Yipee!

Today’s a pretty mundane Friday… I can’t seem to be able to dreg up the energy to do anything except roll around on the bed and watching drama series. Sorry dear dot… for not going to your bbq tonight… I’m just feeling really tired and I don’t interact well in crowds I don’t really know. Nevertherless, have a fantastic bbq tonight and we’ll meet up for dinner or a drink in the coming year!

Ahhh… I need to meet up with my silly cousins!!! if I don’t meet up with them soon, I’ll end up eating the pineapple tarts I bought for them in Taiwan!!!

The coming of the new year made me think about old friends and new experiences. Not a bad thought to start off a new year... but I'm totally NOT looking forward to school at all... T_T

I’m back!~

Hehe… there’s so much to say but I’m in too much pain to type it all down…so it’ll just be more of a synopsis instead of a detailed description. Anyways… it’s supposed to be just a short note to remind myself of how my December went. =P

Taiwan was only so-so in my opinion…. The best thing about Taiwan would have to be its weather! Man! Winter is such a cool season… beats tropical Singapore weather anytime! The hot spring experience on the first day was good… but the rest of the days were well below expectations. No matter, it’s all a matter of experience! I’m too lazy to upload the photos I took… but it’s not much anyways coz I’d forgotten to bring my camera out 2 out of 5 days… if one of the highlights of the trip was the Taiwanese variety shows they showed on the hotel TV, you can imagine how “exciting” the trip was… =_= sigh…I think Taiwan would be more fun if more people joined us… =P

Because I didn’t get to spend enough in Taiwan, the day I got back to Singapore, I went shopping with J. The feeling of wanting to spend money was so strong that I really didn’t care what I buy as long as I buy something. I think I have a minor psychological problem. Hahaha… but I didn’t really spend too much money. Heh. The thought of the looming computer loan to be repaid by December 31 hangs on my mind. Hey J, let’s meet up again soon so we can exchange books and go shopping! =)

The training camp turned out to be the highlight of December though. Celebrated Christmas in kendo camp was memorable to say the least, even though I feel so god damn sore all over now. Throughout these three days, I’ve realized that people can be pushed to the limits and beyond. At least it was that case for me. The feeling of completing the camp without missing any sessions or dropping out fills me with satisfaction. The intensity and energy level at this camp is so much higher than the nuskk camp. Not to say that the nuskk camp wasn’t tough… but this is different in so many ways. I wish the juniors at nuskk would have the kind of attitude that the national team members are showing… the senseis were damn cool as well… really appreciate their dedication in taking time off work for the camp, though they’re damn scary during training lah. Hahaha…

Last but not least…. I’m so looking forward to a massage session that I booked via Candice last week in anticipation of the results, or should I say consequences, of this training camp.

Haha… I’m so smart.

It shouldn’t be that way… T_T

Realized that the balance in my bank account is shockingly low…. I’ve been too free with the card. Have to make a resolution to self not to spend on “wants” indiscriminately for the rest of December. T_T

Mass of pain…

As we all know, I’m not the fittest person around. 3 days of camp has taken a lot out of me… 3 days of communal living is bad… 3 days of sleeping without my beloved mogu pillow is worse… 3 days of not having internet access is the worst! Hahaha…

Right now, I can feel my bones creaking as I move… my whole body is aching and my feet are killing me! But there’s an overall feeling of satisfaction that I’ve made it through these three days (albeit with a fairly colossal amount of whining and complaining in between). The company was good though and I did have fun. So it all evens out in the end…

Oh ya, asstea drove all of us home today! She just got her license… congrats asstea… I trusted her so much that I didn’t buckle my seatbelt the whole journey! Hehe… actually my arms were just too sore for me to buckle the seatbelts… hahaha…

I’ve reaffirmed my love for Bleach!!!

Ahhhh… even though I had decided not to read the manga ahead of the anime, I’ve just succumbed to temptation. But it’s sooooooo nice!! Every character is so cool! Especially Kuchiki Byakuya! *swoons*


This scene is one of my favourites… hehe… isn’t he adorable?

Though J assured me that bleach manga chapters are out weekly, it’s still one week too long!! Ahhhhhhhhh…..

History Class BBQ

We had our history bbq yesterday! It was rather fun although we are “boring adults” now. Hehehe… but I forgot to bring down my camera!!! And was too lazy to go back up to my house to get it. sigh… so there’s no pictures to go along with this post.

Here’s a big thank you to NAT! Without whom, there would have been no bbq!~ Hehe she had to shop for stuff along with not one, but TWO supermarket idiots (aka ra and myself)!!

The class was fantastic (though it’s kinda sad some of them couldn’t make it)! Special thanks goes out to auntie evil’s husband Daniel, shizhi and joocheong for cooking, val and jane for helping us buy stuff we forgotten, ms S for the salad and all the rest for helping to clean up the mess!

The holidays are getting to me…I find myself looking forward to the next semester… hahaha…hopefully this unnatural feeling will pass real soon! =P

De-Lovely is fantastic!!

This is definitely one of the better shows I’ve seen this year. Simply wonderful… the songs, the acting, the storyline. Everything is brilliant! Ahhhh… I wanna get the soundtrack for it! But everywhere I went to look, it’s out of stock! T_T

But I will find it! It’s just a matter of time!

Ballroom Dancing is Beautiful!!

I just finished this Korean movie “Innocent Steps”.

haha... as anyone would have guessed, it's got something to do with ballroom dancing. Much the same as "Strictly Ballroom", one of my favourite movies of all time. =)

Anyways, back to "Innocent Steps", it’s so nice! The male lead’s so adorable! He’s the dark brooding type while the female lead’s this cute little girl with an endearing country accent. The storyline’s touching and the dancing is superb! But the ending is sort of disappointing. It’s a happy ending… but still rather disappointing. Sigh… I’ll give it a B+! That’s pretty high rating considering the previous Korean horror that was “Everybody has Secrets”.

Oh! Speaking of Korean movies and such, my darling kimchi is down with chicken pox… the poor dear! Here’s hoping that kimchi will have a speedy recovery!

DVD day...

Well, since I’m blessed with horrid bouts of headaches and limited funds, I’ve been relegated to lolling at home all day watching DVDs… not such a bad life really. Except that I think I’m going to be addicted to panadol extra real soon. =P


Enough
Jennifer Lopez is pretty…. But the show’s pretty lame to say the least. Argh…


How to Deal

Starring Mandy Moore. She’s one of my favourite actresses of the younger generation anyways. Loved her in “Saved” but “How to Deal” is horrid to say the least. Total and utter waste of my time. =_=



Chocolat

Oooh… this is one movie I’ve seen loads of times. Hehe… Johnny Depp has the power to make me melt each and every time even though he’s only a minor character… oh well, even though I know the storyline of this movie, I was still in bliss because I got to moon over Johnny Depp. =)


Last but not least…


Everybody has Secrets

This Korean movie is the pits! Oh man… I rented it because… oh hell! I don’t know why I rented it in the first place but the storyline left me with a “WTF” feeling at the end. Much the same feeling I felt when I watched “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (despite the presence of Johnny Depp). Sigh…

All in all, a waste of my time. =_=

Tobacco!

Grumpy Toby…


Toby and Tiger…


Toby getting maboh!


Gone!

GOF is…… =_=

Well, expectation kills! What else is there to say? Oh! The Weasley twins are adorable and Cedric Diggory is cute. Hahaha… but it’s really a fill-in-the-blanks movie. It didn’t help that I was having a monstrous headache the entire time!

Overall, some scenes were very well-done and effects were great. These were the saving grace of the movie I guess… the book was much better… =_=

On a happier note, my Taiwan trip is settled! Paid the full amount today and my heart is still bleeding…

Here’s a big sorry to kitty-chan for abandoning ya on such late notice!! Sorry sorry sorry!!! Will buy ya a big present from Taiwan I promise! But you and fad still got to pay me back for the taxi ride! =P

Bwahahahahahahahaha

Mentioned that my favourite forum is up ya… hehehe… here’s a video that I saw there… it got me in stitches!! They are hilarious but the guy sitting behind them gaming, totally unaffected by all that bullshit is the most incredible of them all! And there are NG shots at after they finish their song! Wahahahaahaha… funny!

Ouch!

My favourite forum is up and running again!! Yippee! So I was just randomly surfing through all the threads and came across this picture




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Tsuki is one of my secret fears in kendo... haha... not so secret anymore, and though I have gotten "tsuki-ed" before, all I can say is, I really don't want to be on the receiving end of that!
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Finally!

It’s finally payday! Wahahahahahahahaha…

Shall drag my lazy self out of the house today… I finally have the funds to go out!!!

I live for the 12th of every month ever since I signed 4 years of my life away… =P

T_T

Woke up with slight asthma. My head feels heavy and my nose is killing me. Think I’m down with flu and asthma! What luck I’d say… Spent the day dozing on and off. Wanted to kill time by watching dramas and anime but my head feels horrid. Fuck! There’s a meeting set up for tomorrow that I totally don’t feel like going… feel like staying at home to rest…

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I feel good!

Heh. Everything’s done! Well, almost…

Fuck! I hate GESL… bloody waste of my time! The thought of spending even a minute on this useless thing makes me vibrates with anger… I can’t even identify with the cause and direction of the project… that is, I think it is bloody useless.

But useless project aside, holiday starts as of NOW~

Haha… my fellow sufferers at nie… we DESERVED this break!

Can’t wait for December to arrive! Woohoo!~ Taiwan! Here we come!

oh ya! J passed me the website for the national eye centre... I want to go for Lasik!!! Ahhh... the bliss of having no more contacts and specs...

Good day, bad movie…

Wednesday was a good day! Even though I had to wake up at the unholy hour of 6am!!! The fieldtrip meeting was fun as usual and we did manage to get a whole lot of stuff done… amid much laughter and teasing of course. =P We needed to get things done fast because our mr ng is flying off on a holiday on the 4th! Haha… but I think we’ll be able to finish the package within targeted time. We got to see CG and HX in school and even our dear old honours room! It looks so good now! Such a far cry from how it looked like last year. Hahaha…

Sigh… and I got to admit that the legend of Zorro is… … … in the words of J, Hollywood trash with Bollywood physics. Man! Zorro can fly!! And the horse is both bullet and fire proof, not to mention that it can outpace a bloody train!!! =_= The whole movie is like some cheesy Spanish soup opera. Oh! And the kid was irritating. Felt like slapping him silly most of the movie. J and I were shaking in our seats…. Shaking with laughter and trembling with the need to spew expletives at the screen! Though the occasional “what the fuck?!” escaped our lips now and then, I thought we were rather well-behaved. We came out of the cinema in shock! Shock at how bad the movie was… this movie is right down there in the pits with “once upon a time in mexico”! =_= but still, J and I had a good time chatting in macs after the movie about how bad it was and our upcoming taipei trip! Hee. It was fun to hang out to just chat and laugh. Heh. Saw brown nut at borders too. It has been such a long time since I saw him. It was fun catching up with him. Turned out that he had also came out from watching the same show. Man... the movie was so bad...

Oh oh!! Shocking news of the day! Heard a disturbing story about a tudung wearing molester in NUS!!! I was like @_@ when CG told us bout it! *shocking* haha… what is the world coming to? But it’s just soooooooooooo funny!!!

Last but not least, to all my dearest Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! =)

Woohoo!~

It has been a hectic few weeks! 2 major assignments left and I can enjoy my holidays in peace! Haven’t seen J in such a long time!! ahhhhh…. I wanna go out and shop! Not that I’ve not been buying things… I’ve been suckered into buying some facial products, shu uemura stuff and a pair of heels recently…it’s just that there’s always a nagging sense of guilt at the back of my head when I’m out shopping. It’s asking me… “What in the seven hells are you doing shopping when you have so many assignments yet undone??” But it's going to be a thing of the past soon! hehehe...

Got back the grades for the 2 literature projects handed in earlier this term. Not bad at all… the three of us really couldn’t believe our eyes… yosh! Will work on my fieldtrip stuff tonight after kendo!

Okies… got to go for training… ahhhh…. The sun is so hot…feel like taking a cab to NUS… but no money…. T_T

A nostalgic moment…

Someone from I know from kendo just wrote me a friendster testimonial. Truth be told, it’s a rather generic one. Well, thanx anyways YX. =) Since I had some free time on hand (only 2 major assignments left!~ Woohoo!~), I proceeded to read through all the testimonials that my friends wrote for me from ages past. Even though the validity of friendster testimonials is rather questionable, I was still quite touched by some of things they wrote. Especially those written by my friends in secondary school and JC. And I realized that I’ve lost touch with so many of them. *sniff sniff*

The ones written by my kendo pals made me feel more than a little guilty and reminded me of the times when I placed kendo as one of my top priorities in life. At times, especially during year 3, its importance was even higher than that of my friends. I miss that commitment I used to have.

Maybe its time to contact some old friends and go for more training.


Oh! While I’m in a nostalgic and sentimental mood, let me pay tribute to my dearest classmates and friends in the horrid institute of *********. I don’t think I could or would have survived this horrid place without you lot. =P
Ps: Take note ya, good-will teasing is all fine and dandy… but if you guys tease me too much, I’ll bite!! =P

The light has been snuffed out…

I can’t see the light no more… and I totally cannot visualize my lesson plan. At all!! It’s non-existent as of now…. 9.45pm on the 22nd of October! (btw, happy birthday mr. soyabean! =P)

It’s only 1 period and it shouldn’t be so hard to come up with something… but it is! I can’t think of anything… the stuff I’m supposed to be covering seems so limited and so useless. T_T It feels as though I’m trying to cram NE values down the throats of the students. Its grating on my nerves…. =_=

I can see the light….

Heh. Everything is ending soon! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Even though there’s a lot left to be done… everything will be over in a matter of weeks. I can’t wait for the holidays… they’re long over-due!

But as of now… I am still plagued with:
1. ICT project
2. fieldtrip presentation
3. fieldtrip package
4. micro-lesson for history
5. micro-lesson for literature
6. literature essay
7. educational psychology presentation

oh well… everything will come to an end sooner or later… I just have to endure!

Oh a happier note, met up with soyabean today. Haha… he’s the same! Right down to the lousy direction sense… =_= we ended up getting lost on the way from NTU to NUS. Hehe… the sense of déjà vu is incredible! Certainly reminded me of the times we have to stop at some carpark while he flipped through the street directory coz we got lost. As usual… I’m no help coz I can’t read maps. =P

It’s great that many of the seniors are thinking of coming back to kendo. =) uncle wengkeong is coming back and even soyabean is thinking of it. I’m so hoping that they’ll come back! On a personal note… I must make it a point to go for more trainings… once a week is really not sufficient. =( As soon as my major projects are cleared… I’ll go for more trainings! Yosh!

Our fieldtrip’s done!!

I’m so glad that our fieldtrip went well. We worked really hard for this project. In fact, we worked together for so long we’re almost like family. Many thanks to our sweet classmates for being so supportive and ms S for the nice comments. It’s really a load off my chest. And I’m sure all my group-mates felt the same. So all in all, I don’t really mind looking ridiculous for 2-3 hours. Haha… S

Some photos from that day…


Ra and Shizhi


Ra, Wens and Shizhi


Ra and Nat acting coy… hahaha


Nat and Chin


Wens and Chin (doesn’t he just look malay?)


Sophie said “smell!” and nat really went to smell. =_=


Our fieldtrip family!


Everybody’s side profile looks good here… I think lah…


Look at everybody’s expressions!! Wanna know the reason why? Coz uncle Adrian dressed up like…..THIS!!!

Presenting… uncle Adrian!!!


The family again following the end of the fieldtrip which hopefully is a success. =P


This would be a nice pic if mr ng looked at the camera like the rest of us! =P but there was just too many cameras flashing! Man… we felt like superstars! hahahaha

After the fieldtrip, uncle treated the whole group to makan at a middle-eastern restaurant to celebrate a job well-done! =)


Uncle and Shizhi


Uncle and Ra


Wens and Shizhi


The remaining four kids…

I would add more pictures… but I’m late for school already! =P

It’s 5.52am and I’m contemplating getting an MC just for the sake of it. T_T

But I’ll probably just go to school. Was just grousing bout it with my fieldtrip group yesterday. Shizhi made a comment that’s just so true! We start work earlier than other people and end work later… THEY DON’T PAY US ENOUGH!! Even the breaks in between lessons are filled up with project meetings and more meetings... even the weekend is burnt doing projects. T_T

I feel so sianz… but at least after Wednesday, one big hurdle would have been crossed! And we’ll have rendang for dinner while nat feast on the grass outside. Hahaahahaha...

Braveheart made me cry… T_T

Hollywood or not… it’s really a powerful movie! Well… I’m not skiving my work… it’s for my group’s concept lesson plan. I’ve not cried so much for a movie since K3G lah. T_T and that’s a Bollywood production!

Bogged down...

Literature essay is done! Woohoo!~ I'm super ashamed of it!! But woohoo!~ At least it's over and done with! But there’s still the fieldtrip project and concept lesson plan to do. Not to forget the drama package. Wah... the never-ending list of work goes on… it seems as though my life at present is just going from one deadline to another... argh… I long for the days in NUS when I can slack my days away. Now, I don’t even have time to breathe properly. They’re really cramping too many things into one year… like ra said, maybe they’re too stingy to pay us more! =_=

Was just mentioning to J that I wanna eat meat… be it Brazilian, Japanese, or Korean it doesn’t matter... But I’m so broke now... oh well, will go when I get October’s pay I guess. Meat... meat... meat... *drools*

Two assignments down! Ten more to go...

I should be starting on my Literature essay… but I have absolutely no inspiration whatsoever… perhaps it’s because I haven’t really read the required readings… and I’ve been getting these sudden headache attacks. Sigh… oh well, I’m sure I’ll be able to churn it out before Monday. Anyways, I deserve the rest! My ICT stuff is done(thanx to J! hahaha…)!! And my history group managed to churn out the webquest before the designated deadline of 5pm! I never knew checking links can be sooooooo tedious! We’re so lucky to have S in our group… she’s so meticulous and organized! Very impressive! I want to be organized too!! =)

Acknowledgements go out to auntie keong for teaching me the basics for ImageReady and burning the software for me. Thanks auntie keong!! Thanks too to my dearest J for the fantastic company and all the help given. *hugz*

Sudden revelation: I haven’t seen my bougu for 2 weeks!! It hasn’t even been in my new house! That’s how long I haven’t train! Oh god… I miss my bougu…. Shall be going back to nus for it soon. Hope it hasn’t grown mold in my absence. T_T

Yosh! 10 more deadlines to meet before the end of term (according to ra’s list). We shall have to work harder!

Ibook! Mine!

Heh. I woke up this morning with an indescribable urge to buy my ibook. I’ve been deliberating about getting one for ages. Ya know how pregnant women sometimes crave sour food? I craved for my ibook with the same intensity! The first thing I did when I woke up was to message J on icq, describing my intense longing for my ibook. Hahaha…And thus, off I went to buy my ibook today! It’s soooooo pretty!! Special thanks to the kitty-kat for coming with me to get the ibook at such short notice and for carrying it for me all over town. But I believed lunch more than made up for it. =P

I’m a Mac convert now… thanks to the fantastic service provided by the salesman (whose title on the name card says “Mac Evangelist” by the way… haha). He’s so nice! =P Details on how nice he is cannot be put on the net. =P And i had to be prompted by kitty to say "thank you" coz I was so blur. =P But he's really very nice!

Special incident of the day: I used a payphone for the first time in 7 freaking years! Ahhh… the consequences of forgetting my darling hp is harsh indeed. Luckily I remembered J’s number… or else, even payphones can’t help me. But now I’m stuck with a phonecard with 4 over dollars inside. =_=

=)

Heh. I’m still at ra’s place… blogging while she touches up on her essay and do up our cover pages. =) RA! U the best lah! Hahaha…

Coz of the move, my internet access was cut. T_T Since the stupid essay is due today at 4 pm and I haven’t even decided on the question yesterday, I have no choice but to lug myself to bukit batok and miss training yet again. Sigh… Oh well, at least it’s a good trip lah. Ra’s mum is a fantastic cook and the Turkish dessert was real nice. I got to watch Paheli after I finished my essay last night and K3G once again… ahhhhhh… Shah Rukh Khan is really adorable! I’m falling in love once more…

I’m in a good mood today! One assignment down and many more to go! But at the very least, one is down!

=) Meeting up with J later… hopefully the central restaurant at taka will be nice! I have expectations! Hehe…

SKC Dinner and Dance...

uncle wengkeong and saizou (with fendy cropped off coz he's standing too far away!! wahahahahaha)



saizou and tiff



asstea acting demure... =P



da jie and saizou



lucky fendy... won a diving course worth 400 bucks... saizou din win anything... T_T



uncle wengkeong and saizou again. =P



monkey and saizou... doing the potatoe pose...
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Bro's wedding at the British Club

bro and sis-in-law



family pic! pity tita and toby not in the pic...



xiao yee and mummy



ah ma and ah gong



mummy and daddy



xiao yee and me!


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Supper after AGM (last thursday)

supper after AGM


scary asstea


kimchi acting cute


kimchi (note weird head in background)


kimchi pouting


kimchi and saizou

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I thought my 12.30 class today starts at 1.30! and thus I was 1 hour and 20 minutes late for class today. As a “punishment” I had to stand in front of the class and deliver a speech on any topic for bout 1 minute or so. Haha… I chose to speak of the importance of punctuality. Hehe… ironic isn’t it? But as a sign of apology, I bought chocolates for the class and ms yee of course. Just got to remember to bring em' to school tomorrow! =P

On a side note, many thanks to mr chweekuey for teaching us about photoshop/dreamweaver and for burning a copy of his photoshop for me. hehe… you’re the best lah!

Fieldtrip recce pics and some of the kendo peeps

The malay heritage center

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along the streets of Kampong Glum

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