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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Sultan Mosque

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er jie and monkey
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saizou and kimchi
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zach looking blur...
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Jesse and Asstea
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Teachers' Day

What a hideous day! Rushing project’s not fun at all. But at least the poetry package is done at long last! Yipee! Apologies to friends I snapped at and history group-mates I kept waiting today. Thanks guys for being understanding. I promise I’ll put in 120% next assignment!

Went for kendo in the evening even though I was dead tired coz I don’t want to fall back into my sloppy ways. But it was ok. I feel better than I did after training as compared to yesterday. Z came by after training and we had a good time ribbing him about his special friend and his extraordinary satay experience. Hehehe… but he was a good sport about it. Hahaha…

Oh ya! Met prof Kratoska in clementi during supper. Haha… such a surprise to see him. Oh shucks! I was so surprised to see him that I forgot to wish him a happy teacher’s day!
Sigh… oh well… happy teacher’s day prof K!

Here’s to the end of a hectic and semi-dreadful day… may the next one be much much better! =)

I'm SICK SICK SICK!!!

I’m SICK!!! My cough is horrid. I think I’m getting the flu. *thinks* Must be nat’s fault! She’s the super-infector! =_=

But I still went for training today, thinking it would cure me. hahaha…

Training was hard today. The weather was hot and the emphasis on footwork was tough. I have a horrid cough that seems to be the side effect of Flixonase. =_= Plus the fact that we were in bougu made it seem like we’re training in a mini sauna within a big sauna. =_= At the end of training, the only thing keeping us alive was the 100plus. Man… we only appreciate the much unlamented 100plus at the end of a hot and tough training. I love you 100plus! *muacks*

Often during training or the times before training when I have to lug the huge bougu everywhere I go, even in NIE, made me wonder why I never quit kendo. Am I addicted to the pain? Hahaha… often times, the training is hard and I feel like dying but when I’m training, I don’t think about projects or homework or any other shit like that. The rush of euphoria when everything is over made me feel as though I’ve won another tiny part of a battle. I guess that’s what I’m addicted to. =P haha… not to forget the great pals I’ve made in kendo. They’re the best!

Okies. mushiness aside, I got to go back to my poetry package… T_T

poetry project and other misc stuff...

Spend Friday afternoon and the whole of Saturday doing the stupid poetry package. Though I must admit that we spent quite a lot of time watching J-dramas as well. Oh well, quite a lot has been accomplished and I’m confident that we’ll be able to finish the project before the deadline. =) *beams*

Hmmm… I’m thinking of getting another Korean drama but I don't have much money left this month and I’m moving soon. My mum will kill me if I buy more vcds back when she has already packed up all the vcds. T_T *wails* Guess I’ll have to wait till next month then. Argh… I want more money!!!

Oh by the way, Kitty sent me this link over msn. Heh. Since it’s so fun, I thought I’ll share it with all my darling friends. Enjoy! =)

http://www.starterupsteve.com/swf/steadyhand.html

Wallet found and other misc stuff....

Thanks guys for the well-wishes! It came true! My wallet was found a few days ago. I love SMRT cab drivers! They’re so honest! =)

Couldn’t be bothered to update the blog lah. Bogged down by projects and un-graded presentations. >_< I hate NIE!~ T_T

Anyways, while I have to admit that I’m not the best of audience, it’s really inexcusably rude of someone who would whine “listen listen!!” to people while she’s presenting (for over an hour) and then sleep while others are presenting (for less than a quarter of the time she presented). Pretentious little snot! Argh… I feel like throttling her! When I saw her sleeping, I felt like throwing my shoe at her man! But I restrained myself... *vibrates with anger*

Argh… I have like less than an hour to decide which ICT tool am I going to take up. I had initially decided on photoshop… but Z kept insisting that dreamweaver is easier. But Para says not true. Ahhhhhhhhhhh……dilemma! I think I’ll decide on the MRT…

=_=

stuff...

I wanted to blog about something this morning… but my lost wallet threw me off-track. But it’s ok! I’ve thought it over… it’s only money… *wails* I’ll get over it… in time. T_T

This morning after training, ZX was nice enough to send me home. We were talking about the new batch of juniors in the nuskk. Thinking of all the freshmen, I suddenly felt kinda sad. My uni years were good years. I made great friends there. Some are still great, others have drifted away. It’s life I guess… time doesn’t turn back. Though I can’t help but feel a twinge here and there occasionally. It must be old age. I keep feeling nostalgic about all the little inane stuff.

One good thing is that I’ve finally gotten out of a kendo slump. It doesn’t mean that I’ve improved dramatically whatsoever, but that I’ve finally gotten back into the rhythm of regular training. I'm rather happy about this. =) All in all, I’ve re-affirmed the importance of some things and re-evaluated the value of others.

Oh please…. someone… give me back my wallet!!! T_T

Arghhhhhh.......

I lost my fucking wallet!!! *Roar*

It’s been 4 hours since I lost it. Friends have been saying that it’ll be returned. But I still have this sinking feeling that it won’t be. T_T

*sad*

-_-

Overall, I don’t think I did too badly yesterday. But I can’t say that I did good either.

=_=

But J’s right. It’s all in the mind. I keep thinking about the match with Jac. I have to admit that I’m not as skilled as her. But I realized that I lost during encho because I wasn’t as strong in the mental aspect. The moment I lost my focus, bam! I lost the point. Everything just happened so fast and the match was lost. Well, I guess there’s much to think about and reflect upon.

Hmmm… the new juniors will be in on Monday. It’ll be interesting to see new blood. =P

Moving soon…

The building I’m living in was mentioned in the news yesterday. It was deemed unsafe to live in and we have to vacate within a month. =_= The family will probably move to a rented flat for a couple of months before moving back to Pasir Ris. There were some other issues bugging me but I’m in no mood to blog anymore. =_=

Aching all over…

Oh I’m truly getting old. Just two hours of training and my body’s protesting already. But I got to keiko with Andrew Sensei today! =) Super happy bout it! It’s the first time I got to keiko with him! He’s impressive lah! I will train harder and then keiko with him again!

=_= Perhaps I shouldn’t have slacked so much the previous semester. Getting back into the groove of training is proving harder than I thought. Wednesdays’ trainings remain my favourite! It’s cooler than NUS, the floor’s better, and there’s more people there. But I’ll have to forgo Wednesdays’ trainings for quite a while after today. T_T damn that fieldtrip module! If I have extra cash… I guess I’ll contribute more money to the taxi industry in Singapore. =_=

good day at NUS!

Training today was good! But my whole body aches now. T_T It was almost like a mini reunion of sorts! So many people were back! I’m so happy! Hehe… after today’s training, I don’t feel sick anymore! Nor do I feel depressed over NIE stuff anymore. I just felt great! Tired, aching but great!

I guess the visit to NUS really lifted my spirits. Before that I was a little miffed at hen. But I can never stay angry at hen for long. =_= Eating laksa at the arts canteen, meeting prof Farrell, meeting old friends, sitting in the red room slacking, going for training… they are all things I’d taken for granted before. I used to think that NUS is fucked up! Well! That’s because there’s no basis for comparison. Now there is… and NUS has come up tops! Even the air smells nicer in NUS! Boonlay stinks! >_< I even miss the tutors and profs in NUS! Well, some of em’ at least. Again, with comparisons, they’ve come up tops.

Here’s to more lunch trips to NUS! =)

ps: oh! I forgot to mention just now... my fav kimchi bought me a white kendo gi from korea! Heh. I'm just blessed with super nice juniors lah. I really like the white gi lah! Thanx so much darling kimchi! I'll give ya my treasured NUS kendo jacket in return. =)

T_T

I was seriously intending to “puddle (term learnt from para)” at home all weekend since I’m low on funds as well as mood. But I never really expected to get sick! =_= This is seriously ironic. That I’ll get sick on a weekend instead of any of the dreaded weekdays! T_T What a blasted waste of my weekend… I missed the shinpan training on sat and will miss Sunday’s training. Right now, I still have the monster of a headache and even my bones ache. The worst thing is, I do feel myself on the mend though I still feel pretty bad. It’s not even worth it to get an MC for Monday because it’s only a Lit lesson and there’s project discussion afterwards. T_T

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............

BBK Food Experiences! =)

The menu from Airasia... super inflated prices. Am glad we didn't succumb to temptation on the flight. =P
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First meal in Bangkok! For the ridiculously cheap price of 310 baht for 4 people! The initial bill was 210 baht but we felt that they counted wrongly so we paid another 100 baht. But it's still so cheap!! The food's fantastic by the way. There was another plate of beef hidden by the pot. Super cheap!
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Yaki Shabu of Daidomon in MBK!! By far the best meal in Bangkok! Words can hardly describe the experience. Good food sold cheaply is probably the most apt. I wanna go back to Bangkok!! T_T
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T and K seafood in Chinatown was our second dinner. Super ex for such hmmm.. conditions. But I guess we did order the expensive stuff. =_=
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Lunch at Coca was satisfying but no where near the standard at Daidomon. I think that's still the best i've eaten in Bangkok.
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Our last meal... in Bangkok. We could only afford two cheeseburgers from BK, and shared water from the nalgene bottle. Our remaining 39 baht was spent on a sundae from dairy queen. And thus, we left Bangkok without a single baht to our name. =P
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A tale of two direction idiots…

The absurdity of it is just so funny. We all know that I am a direction idiot. Well, turns out that ZX is not much better than yours truly. Though I need to take most of the blame coz I’ve been there like loads of times and I still can’t recognize the route. =_=

After wed’s training, I asked ZX to give me a lift to sinpang. But even after repeated instructions from sha, tiff, and the road directory, we still managed to get lost. =_= Even ended up somewhere in the bedok industrial park. Haha… even after repeated calls for help to tiff, sha and my mum, we still couldn’t find our way there. This is almost too embarrassing to blog about. The feelings of helplessness and frustrations of being lost is no joke! Especially when the location is so bloody near! And we can’t seem to find it! In the end, my dad said he’ll pick me up from the mrt station. =P All’s well that ends well I suppose. I managed to get to where I want to go while ZX need not continue turning circles in bedok. =P

However, this senpai of mine is the best lah! I got to remember to treat him something nice next payday. =)

On a separate note, I realized that I need to go for more training sessions. I really feel that the long inactivity is my undoing. ZX said that just going down for trainings is not really enough. To improve, one must think about the things taught and mistakes etc. I do agree with that but now, I need to get back into the groove of training first I think. I’ve been slacking way too long.

New resolution to self: Not to miss any Sunday and Wednesday trainings and try to go down for as many NUSKK trainings as possible.

Cowards

So… instead of starting my literature essay that is due in a few hours time, bummer that I am, I was reading blogs and came across the whole xx’s blog controversy. It seems that other than the controversial xx, many other famous blogs got hacked as well. A few years back, I never really understood what the xx craze was all about. But I think I might have mellowed with age. I actually find a lot of her posts very funny. =P

Personally, I find the behaviour of the hacker deplorable! It’s malicious and downright disgusting. But what pissed me off the most are the comments posted by hateful people about how they supported the hacker and how they think xx deserved it etc etc. I think this shows how low their character is. Riding behind someone’s wrongdoing and even encouraging it to show their petty malice is absolutely nauseating. It shows their lack of character and integrity. =_=

Cowards…

Dire warning...

haha... I saw this sign on the fence behind the basketball courts while on the way to the library. Just thought it's pretty funny. =P Thought I'll take a picture of it before I leave PL. Apparently, it was left behind by the previous school. =P

It's all coming to an end soon!!!

It's all coming to an end soon!! I can't wait to start lessons! School this week has been pretty sedate. I no longer have any classes to teach and my mentors have even given me back my evaluation forms. So I spent my time in the staff room reading harry potter and listening to my ipod. Haha… pretty much doing nothing… out of sheer boredom, I agreed to go along with my mentor to invigilate the girls while they’re having their history tests. Man… the whole process is a torture. As a rule, teachers invigilating cannot mark their stuff nor can they sit down to read or do their own work. So I had to walk around the class for the whole 45 minutes. Wah! Talk about being bored… it’s sheer hell! I almost fell asleep while leaning against the wall. >_<

This school experience stint is nearly over and I can say that I did learn a lot from my mentors. They were really really nice to me. In this aspect, I can say that I’m really lucky to have them. =)

Note to self: must remember to buy em stuff before I leave PL.
Argh… got to use the free time to write my Lit essay. Fucking waste of my time…. I’d much rather spend it stoning… =_=

happy...

Well, first thing first, thanks guys for your concern over my dad. He was discharged today. Though the doctors don’t really know the actual cause of his condition, I think it’s probably high blood pressure. This little episode made me realize just how much my dad matters to me and my family. I feel that it also made my mum and dad that much closer. Not that they were not close before… but now, my mum’s extra extra nice to my dad. Hahaha… we told dad to savour the moment because there’s not likely going to be a repeat once he fully recovers. =P

Just got my copy of harry potter today! I know its one day late… but I was so busy and worried the past few days. Now I can read in peace! Yay!

Argh…. Will we fail content upgrading? I have zero inspiration for the literature essay due this Friday. I haven’t even finish reading the play yet! T_T I hate content upgrading… it’s a fucking waste of my time! Given the choice between school and content up-grading, I’ll take school any day… even if I have to wear skirts. =_=

About training… I have been neglecting training for a long time… family matters took up most of my attention and I have to admit that I was lazy and unmotivated. Sigh… I’ve decided to set myself a date by which I’ll return to training. 24th of July will be that date!

=(

My dad was warded yesterday. He has been complaining of giddiness for the past few days but we thought it was just the lack of sleep. He seems ok at my commencement too. hmm… I don’t really know the details as yet and that is worrying me. The staff at Changi hospital is really not very helpful. They really should take some lessons from Munna Bhai. =_=

Okies! I’m off to the hospital! Really hope he’ll be able to come home soon.

Commencement!

T_T Missed out on the history group picture! Sad… but my mummy wanna leave and I can’t really keep the car waiting… sorry guys! T_T but I did get some pictures taken with the gang… though not every one of the shots turned out well. =_= But, I finally graduated!! Woohoo!~

After resting for a while, went out to meet with J, dot and jas for a movie! The Fantastic Four was delightfully shallow! My kind of movie! The movie was gleefully entertaining and the company was fantastic. We all had a good time picking on poor dot. =P We didn’t get home till 4plus almost 5. Thank goodness I don’t have school on Fridays! Hehe…

Okies! got to stop rambling here… going to meet ra at JP soon.

It's finally payday!!!

I went shopping with J just now and I spent nearly a thousand bucks! Just in the space of a few hours! Actually… it’s slightly above 1k. haha… I’m such a spendthrift. =P But I’m pretty please with my purchases… especially the “little” reward I bought for myself. Ho ho ho…

Stopped by an ATM to check out my balance as well as to withdraw some money to pay my mountain of debts… man… the balance is shockingly low. Perhaps I should stop this lifestyle. Or my pay won’t last till August 12th.

Well, on a side note, my evaluation went well. For the history side at least. Heh. That could be because my mentor is so nice.

ps: bon voyage zibs!!

Normality ensues

Well, I went to school on Thursday as per normal. Pretty good day I would say… got to relief some of my mentor’s classes. The secondary two girls were surprisingly cute -going ga-ga over Edison Chan, a liking for singing in class… they were really different from the class I’ve taught so far… they were more relaxed and so I was more at ease in class too. Overall, even though I didn’t do much, the two periods there were fun. =)

The company was good on Wednesday. The combination of a good friend and several cousins resulted in a night long chatting session punctuated with loud laughter and giggles… not very respectful for sure… but the jokes just won’t stop! But one of my uncles actually said that there should be laughter at the wake and not tears because my ah gong went peacefully and without worries. Yesterday, we had a prayer session. Man… it was over an hour long and we had to kneel and stand lots of times. =_= It was really tedious… but anything for ah gong I suppose… Hmmm… the wake was tiring… I never knew how tired it was to just man the wake. It’s tiring to sit and do nothing. Some of my kendo juniors (asstea, brown nut and gy) came to the wake after training. Thanks guys for coming over… =)

It'll take some getting use to...

My grandfather passed away this morning. It’s a weird kind of feeling that I have… sad yet not quite as acute as grief. It'll be weird not having him around. He's like a fixture in my family. I may not be especially close to him but his death will take some getting use to. Looking at his body at the wake, it's strange to see how different he was in death. His body looks so different from what I remembered him to be like. My cousin said that it was because of the make-up... but it's really much more than that. Though I really don't know how to describe it...

I left school early today. Thank goodness my v-p was very understanding. But since I'm really under NIE, I got to apply for leave from them instead of the school. UPA leave from NIE for Friday’s class is unavoidable. But I wonder if I can settle the leave issue with just a phone call. Sigh…

Though truth be told, the atmosphere at the wake is strangly "cheerful". Not the gloomy gloomy type (though in the afternoon it was that way), but rather noisy and to a certain extent, almost cheery. Well, maybe cheery is not the right word to use... but overall, the atmosphere was more positive than negative. I would like to console myself that it would be what he would have like it to be.

sad...

I was in town when my mum called me. My granddad is not doing well. In fact, my cousin went to get the picture for the funeral made just this afternoon. A series of strokes left him in a coma. Sad to say, I was not that close to my granddad. But looking at him lying on the bed, I can’t help but think of him just a few years back walking to work everyday wearing a cap. Most of all, I’m sad that I didn’t get to spend more time with him while he was still relatively healthy. I held his hand today. I haven’t held his hand since I was a kid. I have a feeling that it’ll be one of the last times I get to hold his hand.

Day 1

It’s the end of day one and frankly speaking, I didn’t really do all that much. Observed two periods of literature, read animal farm, read the history textbook and basically stoned for the majority of the day. The girls all seem nice and polite; the teachers as a whole are pretty friendly. But all PL lady teachers got to wear skirts. T_T That sort of threw me into a panic because I don’t own more than two of the said garment. =P

So it’s skirt shopping for me after school with J. Shucks… I really can’t stand those formal looking skirts… I look so auntie in them! Me and skirts just don’t go together… =( oh! Ra! You’ve passed your lip-balm/gloss disease over to me!! I find myself buying lip-gloss even though I have more than enough at home.

Argh… I hate the location of the school lah. I think I’ll have to take cab to school almost every morning if I’m going to be on time. It’s bloody out of the way! =_= Transport's gonna cost a bomb!~ I couldn't bring myself to buy a book I really wanted today because I was thinking of future cab fares. T_T Life is sad...

Work starts… life goes on…

The first week of NIE and content upgrading has been rather dreary. Man… the amount of steps we have to climb in campus… just thinking about it is enough to make me T_T

Thank goodness for the great company… as indicated in the pic below. But not forgetting denise, shuhui and pearl. Oh man... Content upgrading would be unthinkable without you guys! =)




Posted to PLMGS for the one month school experience. Ra and nat were rather disgruntled with their postings. The poor dears… =P Heh. But I don’t really feel anything much about mine. I know that it’s supposed to be a good school etc etc but there are other disadvantages present. Overall, I’m not really unhappy over this posting nor am I jumping for joy lah. PLMGS is in freaking Serangoon for goodness sake!

Seeing as nat has gotten an Ipod mini from her dad as a graduation present, and ra got herself an Ipod Photo, the green-eyed monster reared its head. I just had to buy something! Now I’m the proud owner of a red Olympus Mini! Hehe… partly sponsored by my dearest daddy. It’s sort of my graduation present. My dad’s the best! =)

Can’t wait for the 12th of July… then I’ll truly feel I’ve started work…

Shah Rukh Khan

Isn't he just the loveliest thing? Well, he's not the most good looking fellow out there (since Johnny is the fairest of them all), nor is he the tallest. But he has got that charm. His facial expressions are priceless! I'm going to start on Veer-Zaara soon. Hope it'll be as good as Kal Ho Naa Ho. =)

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I actually had a dream about the Hindi movies I’ve been watching. Nothing really vivid other than the expected dancing and singing… the dream must have been the result of the movies and the new book I bought on a whim. Aptly titled “Bindis & Brides”. Another one of those fluffy books that I love, though this one’s not really that good. Bought it because I couldn’t bear to leave kino yesterday without buying anything. =_=

Anyways, back to the dream, Bollywood scene fades out then I was in this shop. Met a little girl and we started talking. She was telling me about how she came to Singapore by boat from Yangzhou and how she wanted to take a boat to Hong Kong but had some problems. I ended helping her to ask the lady in the shop if there were tickets on the boat ride to Hong Kong. Turned out the boat is full up and she would have to wait till next week. She was rather disappointed but she thanked me and left. =_=

In the dream I totally didn’t think it was strange that the mode of travel was by boat instead of planes. What freaked me out was how I still remember her face and the conversation we had even now. Normally, I’ll forget details as soon as I wake up. I’ll only remember the vague feelings and emotions. J thought it might have been a visitation. And frankly speaking, I’m not feeling too great about it too. But we might just have been thinking too much. But, if it really was a visitation, I do hope that she managed to get to Hong Kong as she wanted.

Sad…

My internet is down. For reasons unknown to me. T_T

I’ve not felt so inconsolable since my baby laptop died on me. Alas! I don’t have anymore Hindi flicks to watch. Must remember to get more from ra tomorrow. So now I’m using my bro’s com to blog while listening to the soundtrack of Kal Ho Naa Ho in an attempt to make myself feel better. Woah! The songs are actually very very very good! Can you imagine pretty woman in hindi? Amazingly, it sounds good!~ But my favourite is still the main theme song “Kal Ho Naa Ho”. J thinks i've gone mad. =P

Quoted: "just two weeks ago, you were normal" Wahahahahaha.... maybe I've gone a little mad from boredom but Shah Rukh Khan is really something! So cute!

Went to check out the stuff at Shu Uemura with J today. Wah… their stuff is so nice, yet so expensive. Already made out a rudimentary shopping list. Can’t wait for 1st july! =)

ps: I've managed to convert my younger brother into the world of Hindi movies... he actually uploaded the soundtrack of Kal Ho Naa Ho into his ipod and asked me when is ra passing me more stuff. =_= He's my first successful convert. =P Tried to convert asstea by letting her listen to pretty woman in hindi. But alas, no luck thus far. hahaha...

Hindi flicks is an acquired taste...

I have officially watched 5 hindi movies!

1)Munna Bhai M.B.B.S
2)Main Hoon Na
3)Kal Ho Naa Ho
4)Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
5)Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham…

All five are fantastic! With the exception of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S, the rest of the movies have Shah Rukh Khan in em! He is such a good-looking chap! Fantastic dancer and actor! He made me laugh and he made me cry… literally buckets of tears! In fact, that’s what good scripts and actors should be able to do. The ability to manipulate the emotions of the audience is a must! =P or maybe I’m just a crybaby…

Hahaha… he even made the dancing scenes watch-able! The soundtrack of Kal Ho Naa Ho is actually very nice! Dearest ra sent the songs to me and I’m listening to em all day on my ipod mini! So nice!!!

Onward! NUSKK!!

Congrats to all who passed their grading today! I know some may be disappointed with their results, but hey! Everyone passed! And maybe this step by step advancement will make your eventual dan grade all the more valued! Every step is an experience! =)

Was especially happy when tan lei passed his shodan! He’s one of the first among all my juniors to pass! Yay! Here’s hoping NUSKK continue to progress in the future! =)

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Some pics of my big baby!!

tobacco's fav past time.... =_=
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tobacco rolling around on the floor... as usual... =_=
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No longer a bum!

I finally went back for training after a damn long time! Though I felt sick in the first part of the training, it was really pretty fun. Today’s training reminded me of why I stuck in kendo for so long. =)

Oh! Not to forget the people I have not seen for such a long time! It was real good to see the SKC people, like xiao hui, xiao xiong, kuro-chan, tiff, chan sensei and even david sensei! I even got to see that old turtle ZX! Heh. Old turtle is not an insult but an affectionate *puke* nickname!~ (coz he called me the small turtle mah.). Thanks ZX aka old turtle for the drink after training(soya bean as well as the mysterious glucose =p)! And thanks er jie for the lift! The kangoo was damn cool! =)

Heh. One more fantastic thing that happened was that the set of VCDs I’ve been waiting for finally arrived! My faith in the basic goodness of mankind and yahoo auctions has finally been restored! Yay!

I'm a new convert...

Just watched Munna Bhai… man… I’m a new convert to the cult of hindi movies! It’s fucking hilarious! =_=

Ra, nat, you guys have ruined me for life! Hindi movies for god’s sake! *shakes head*

Made my younger brother watch it too! He’s laughing his head off now! Hilarious… I really can’t imagine a day when we watch hindi movies and like it. But it happened. =P

Oh… the simple things in life we take for granted.

Singapore never looked so lovely tonight. Man… you got to go without to appreciate the things you take for granted. Clean toilets for one. The toilets along the way to Genting were horrid to say the least. I still shudder when I think about their condition. *shudders* Even the hotel toilets was horrible, so were the ones in the shopping centers. Yucks to the power of 10!!! =_=

But the trip as a whole was all right. Except for the fact that the security guards at the casino kept checking my IC and it was pretty embarrassing to hold up the people behind while I fished for my IC. And I found a no-smoking area within one of the casino… Happiness!! I nearly died of smoke inhalation in the normal areas of the casino. =_=

My aunt just shopped and shopped while my mum cosseted herself in the casino. We only got to see her during meal times. Haha… I can’t keep up with either of them. My mum apparently don’t need to rest while my aunt’s a one woman shopping machine. So I just sat at starbucks and stone…

Met an old neighbour on our second day there. She’s there with her son and his daughters. Her elder granddaughter is only ten and she’s already 1.7m!! I can’t fucking believe it man! I last saw the girl during Chinese New Year and she was still shorter than me! How can anyone grow more than 20 cm in a few months time?? And she’s only ten for goodness sake! Trauma! I can’t accustom myself to looking UP at her. *trauma*

Took the afternoon bus back to Singapore. Uneventful… thank goodness for my mini i-pod!

Feelin’ pretty fine!

Today is payday! Woohoo!~ that’s the main reason lah! Hahaha… but seriously… even though I nearly died of high blood pressure teaching those P2 kids, I find them strangely endearing at the end of the lesson. Was having dinner with J just yesterday and strangely enough, when I told J all the exasperating stories of the kids, I found myself torn between laughter and annoyance. I’m sure I was a super fierce teacher, shouting at them all the time. But surprisingly, they were very clingy. P2 kids are so simple. Still, children shouldn’t grow up too fast. =_=

Our dear Ra treated us, as in me and nat, to sakae sushi for lunch today! Hehe… come on sista… what’s $30 in the sea of 6k? hahahaha…. After that, we went back to school to let the lady at the co-op measure us for the gown and the cap. As we were walking out of the co-op, I was complaining to ra about having to wear L for the mortar cap… “Do I really have such a big head?” To my surprise, I heard a “yes” behind me and turned back to see CG!! Oh man! I haven seen him for such a long time! haha… but come think of it, I haven seen much of my classmates for a long time too. Been too much of a recluse. =P

After NUS, we went to Little India for threading and ra and nat introduced me to the world of Hindi movies. The world of song and dance and of going round the coconut trees. =P But I’m always open to more movies lah. Heh. Then we just sat at BK and laughed, talked and gossiped for hours! It was fun!

There’s one thing that bothered me though. T_T One set of VCDs I bought over yahoo auction didn’t arrive. I think it got lost in the mail. And sadly, I’ve been waiting forever to see that series. T_T so sad…