Face the reality

Vicky, Christina & Barcelona

2008-10-01T03:47:00.002-04:00

Watched this yesterday. Pretty interesting and thought-provoking movie. Brings out the sad reality of life. What should you actually do if you are on the verge of marrying someone and u realise he/she may not actually be the one you want afterall. Or is it just the greed and inability of contentment in people these days which lead to all these messed up emotions.

Heard this on Class 95 yesterday night.

Truth #1: If a guy does not show much interest in your life, he probably is not interested in you anymore.

Truth #2: Ladies, trust your instints and intuitions. Studies show that they are more often than not, spot-on.

How true.

Back from the dead

2008-09-27T04:04:00.002-04:00

My last entry was January 7th.. that makes it almost 9 mths since my last post. Had a discussion with a friend over why some people choose to blog openly and why I would not really want to do it. I guess there are still many aspects of myself which I wouldn't want to "say out loud". And I do admit I keep a private diary. Kudos to those of you who keep up with blogging ever so religiously. I'm more often than not simply too lazy to write on too a regular a basis.

So, why a I back at this again? Was random-blog-surfing and came across my own from one of my friend's. The feeling of writing something just kinda came.

I haven't been able to tell too many about what's going on currently, cos I wished it had been simpler too. Work hasn't been going on too well either with the constant pressure for too many things to be done. But I guess that happens to most people.. even my mum complains to me about her work all the time.

Hopefully things will become better the next time I feel like writing something.

Thanks Mei..

2008-01-07T16:50:00.000-05:00

Was pleasantly surprised to recieve a Xmas card from Mei... Thanks a lot, very touched. I miss you guys a lot too. Don't know if you still come onto this site.. (ya ya i know it kinda attract more spiders...) Anyway will definitely want to meet you girls up once I go home.. miss talking about anything and everything with all of you. =p

The impending storm

2007-12-02T21:47:00.000-05:00

Shopping at Wrentham wasn't the best thing to do today cos:

1) Too many people
2) Too cold
3) No money

But but but, having made the 2 hour drive just to get there, I just had to get something (okay I know this is a really bad excuse). JH and I made a mad spree in Adiddas, again. For the red tagged items, again. This is really becoming a bad habit. Ha.

Wrentham has by far the best collection of stores I've seen so far though. Pity it's so far away. Finally saw a Burberry store. Sorry Bubu though, things are just too freaking expensive in there. A polo shirt alone costs like USD70.

And it started to snow towards 4pm. Heng we weren't caught in a storm (which was apparently supposed to be then). It's currently snowing pretty heavily outside now.. supposed to continue till tomorrow. Arghh, working outback = get ur ass to work even if the snow piles up ur door. Got to remember to pack a change of clothes for work tomorrow too, in case the snow storm gets too bad for us to go home after work. -_-"

Talking about work, I'm beginning to doubt my suitability working outback. Too manual and kinda 危险. The other day, one of the guys from the night shift was doing He test on one of the add tanks, opened the wrong connection for another tank and caused a whole tank of eRDF to gush out right at him and the suite. Gosh, I would have freaked out. I myself made the mistake some time ago, but luckily the tank only had water and He.

Rrrrr... I can't wait to finish up everything here and go home. Counting down to Sunday.. for a little holiday to a warmer place with my sister...

Yay..

2007-11-12T15:51:00.000-05:00

Little fluffs of white were seen on Monday morning. Our colleagues say that's not snow. Apparently they consider that as "ice rain". Hmmm, the weather forecast says it will snow this coming Friday.. Really? Can't wait to see it though this is my second winter. The best part? I'm not scheduled to work! Woohoo~ At least something to look forward to in this bitter cold. Brrr.... I'm freezing.

2007-11-08T13:55:00.001-05:00

This is really funny..

Shoutbox

2007-11-05T20:23:00.000-05:00

Celebrated Kenny G's bdae over last Sat. Was a little wierd initially as I didn't know most of the ppl there. Good thing YL came with me. He has quite a cute housemate.. too bad he's only 21.. haha..

YL, me, Kenny (trying to be funny...)

Okay now a bit of rambling here to 发谢, I HATE PPL WITH NO FREAKING INITIATIVE ON THE SIMPLEST THINGS. STOP TAKING PEOPLE FOR GRANTED!!! Okay I feel better now. Maybe it's me, I should stop expecting ppl to do things the way I would. Or maybe I should just lower my expectations so there's less room for disappointment. 嗨，失望。

all in 2 days

2007-10-30T20:40:00.000-04:00

Will post some pics from Allan's party when I get them. Halloween at Salem's really quite an experience!

Didn't do much these 2 days, basically nua-ing at home, stocking up groceries.. Oh yes I did something constructive, chopped Ben's bushy hair off for him. Pretty satisfied with the end result. Hee. So Ben onz boh, our deal? 这几天很有口福, just had 叉烧肉 for dinner, a blueberry beer bread baking in the oven currently and an ang-moh styled chicken soup awaits me for dinner tomorrow. All courtesy of Chef Ben! Yum yum, I can't wait especially for the beer bread. Hee, shall wait to see how it taste. Shall steal the recipe from Ben to cook for my mum and sis if it turns out good.

Hmm lately lots been going through my mind. I miss the familiar sights and smell of home too. Read a friend's blog and something she wrote struck me. Probably cos what she said reminded me of who I should be. Yes yes, I'm trying to work towards that.. Well, okay if you didn't understand a word I wrote here, don't fret, cos that just means I don't intend to tell you either.

Anyway, here's a lil' something:

Which direction do you see the dancer dancing?

Click on picture

Oh yes, and did I mention that the Red Sox won the World Series? Woohoo~

Stupid Taco was supposed to have the "Steal a Base and Win a Free Taco" offer today. Ben and I went to the outlet in Fox Run and they claim they weren't a participating outlet.. &%&^%* & in an hour on our out to the carpark, we realised they decided to take part in the deal cos too many ppl came asking abt it.. *%&%&%*.

Ms Liberty...

2007-10-25T00:50:00.000-04:00

Went shopping with SC & Ben for a halloween costume. Finally found one which fits me...

Tadah...

Going to try make a torch out of a beer bottle. :)

And here's something to cheer about: Red Sox won 13-1 against the Rockies! Can't wait for Game 2 tonight.

i love josh beckett!

murphy's law

2007-10-23T21:57:00.000-04:00

Yep everything that can/won't go wrong went wrong. So pissed with myself. Argh.

girl power

2007-10-22T23:19:00.000-04:00

Been made to do CIP with Lynda all day today. Those stupid pipes are so difficult to attach together and I lost count of the number of sprayballs we checked today. Gowning in and out of suites for TOC and into Train D doesn't make life any easier. Aching all over now.. die lah.. age's catching up on me. Can't wait for tomorrow to end. Gosh.

Back from a year long of hibernation

2007-10-21T19:06:00.000-04:00

I'm amazed this site is still around, after almost a year of non-activity, close to non existence. Don't think anyone still comes to this cob-webbed site, which however, might not be a bad thing. I shan't give myself any excuses, yea I was just really lazy... plus I hate having to log on to the computer after work, I try as much as I can not to. Thanks to the link to google, I could still have access to this account.

Just back from camping at Acadia National Park. Been a great great experience. We got ourselves an RV, drove up to Blackwoods Campsite and stayed there for 3 days. We went there feeling downcasted cos the weather was predicted to be cold and wet for Friday and Saturday. It was on Friday, but luckily Saturday wasn't a disapointment. I love the fall colours, love BBQ-ing w/o getting all sweaty and oily, love the waves, the water, the starry night, the awesome sunrise up in Calidac Mountain... Driving the RV made the trip more memorable (don't think we'll ever get to do it anymore), minus the "clearing your own junk" and "pls don't use the bathroom" policies. The only bummer was when we ran out of petrol in the middle of the highway on 295.

Here's a lil compilation of some pics taken..

Taken with Tom's camera.. 真的是一分钱一份货. My camera can never achieve anything close to this. The sky was glittering with soooo many stars that morning.. & Sunrise was awesome. Was really worth the long wait even in the bitter cold.

Okay it's back to the TV screen for the baseball game. Go Red Sox!

终于下雪了!!

2006-12-04T17:41:00.000-05:00

As the title states, YES... it has finally started snowing this morning! Though it lasted only a couple of hours, it was enough to send us Singaporeans here into a morning of frenzy and excitement, much to the ang mohs' amusement. It started off with a rain this morning, which led us to waking up from in disappointment (weather forceasted for snow at 3am). As I was driving out of the garage, WY noticed that the raindrops have frozen into ice bits aka snow. That statement made both Melis & I screaming in excitement. Haha. The wierd thing was, it wasn't as cold as some other days today though.

PS: Yea it looks just like snow we see on tv shows.. *beams beams beams*

Freeport, Portland

2006-12-02T23:14:00.000-05:00

As Xmas is approaching, we would expect to see everyone getting into the mood, the streets lit up with shimmering lights, playing the good old tunes. Not here in Maine.. nor New Hampshire. Heard there was a Xmas light-up in Freeport, Portland hence we drove down in the hope of catching some Xmas spirit. So much so for the so-called "Xmas light up" indeed. The decorations weren't too impressive. Individual houses were nicely decorated though. Perhaps Xmas is more of a family reunion and religious thing here, not so commercialized like that back home. And maybe like dad says, bigger cities would be more elaborate when it comes to such occasions, New England's considered more "countryside". Personally, I kinda like it this way too, gives me a more nostalgic feeling.

On a sidenote, the weather forecast says it's going to snow on Monday.. Can't wait to see it!! Though I really wonder how that is possible, temperature's been in the 10s degrees celsius these past few days.

Looking forward to my white white Christmas...

été à Montréal et est revenu!

2006-12-01T20:13:00.000-05:00

Finally the weekend's here again! Haven't really recovered from the long Thanksgiving holiday (yea my mind's still immersed in the holiday mood...) and hence this week seems painfully long, compared to the rest. Then again, cos the year is ending, everyone started going into full gear, to get back locks into place, settling a hundred and one things which have a direct impact on their bonuses. The classic 临时报佛脚... It's all about which lots are to be released, numbers, inspection, rushing of deviations, deviations and more deviations, reports, documentations.. the list just goes on. I had to reach the office at 7am today and worked non-stop till 430pm, with a pile of things undone (kinda paiseh cos this means Ms D has to come back over the wkend to get the data and info compiled so it can be sent to the customer by Sunday). Well, priviledges come with responsibilities..

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Went to Montréal, Canada over the Thanksgiving holidays. Cos it is further up north, the weather there was much colder compared to Maine (okay pretty obvious from the thick layer of clothes we are all wearing). Along the way up, we chanced upon this big lake..

Amazing scenary.

Canadians speak French primarily though most of them know English as well. Rekindled my regret for not taking up French in NTU. Learnt a few words here and there during the trip :) The buildings in Montréal are mainly Victorian styled and looked gorgeous especially at night.

Like many other big cities, Montréal has it's own Chinatown and a Little Italy. One thing I didn't know was the Olympic Games was held in Montréal before! That was where it dawned upon me that it is really possible to build a big stadium/building without the need of a very big land space. Have always been quite skeptical about how we can actually have a ten over thousand seater building in SG given our land constraints. Eye opener.

The most beautiful buildings in Montréal would have to be the churches. Awed by the architechure and design of every church we went into.

More photos here.

Really enjoyed myself for the trip. Loads more to do during winter! *beams* Can't wait for our upcoming LA/Las Vegas/San Diego too.. Guys, we gotta start planning... else got to end up staying on the streets!!

Squeaky!

2006-11-30T19:34:00.000-05:00

With my newly found (okay not really new, cos I've bought a couple of CHEAP things there) craze over online shopping, I've finally received my much awaited-for mini speakers!! Mind u, they flew half the globe from HK (din realised they were from HK till I paid..-_-") Yay no more muffled music/noise from my laptop anymore! Comes with a remote too. Ain't they cute looking?

I love my speakers!

Will update on my Montreal trip soon!

Pineapple + Rice

2006-11-15T22:00:00.000-05:00

Boohoohoo~ Our pineapple rice failed.. The pineapple was too sour, and its taste didn't blend with the rice. Was more like a pineapple + rice dish. Mayb shld have used canned pineapples instead of fresh ones.. Haha doesn't matter anyway, don't think we'll ever attempt it again cos apparently none of us like pineapples that much, except from dearest SM.

Next up on Buddy & I's menu: Claypot Rice!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving next week! Haha.. Long long weekend at Montreal & less cooking!!

PS: Take care of urselves SC n Melis.. Drink more water.. Winter's gonna get worse!

Happy 21st Birthday..

2006-11-14T17:46:00.000-05:00

to my beloved sis!! Glad u enjoyed ur bdae celebrations.. More surprises to come!

Ouch

2006-11-14T17:34:00.000-05:00

Woke up in the middle of the night yday with an excruciating pain in my right leg.

Cramps.

And the wierd thing was in my dreams I was drowning in the pool cos of a leg cramp, and then I woke up. Hmmm..

M says it's either over-exertion, or deficiency in K/Water/Calcium. I think it's the water.

Oh and I'm hooked to this anime:

Here's the 1st part of the 1st episode.. Heh search the rest on youtube urselves bah if u want watch :)

Oooo & last sat I completed my cut #5!! Mr Ben Tay!! Heh anyone else needs a haircut?? Need to pre-book ur appointment date one okay..

Ah Suan the Hair-Cutter

2006-11-10T00:50:00.000-05:00

Hehz yep.. note, I'm the hair-cutter.. not hairdresser yet... haha cos haven't got enough experience yet.. hehe.. but cuttting the boys' hair is really not as easy as I thought. And things ain't made any easier with a shaver that barely works.

Well, WY got me to cut his hair yday, and SC booked me to cut today. Just 2 continuous days of hairdressing (mind u & they each took more than an hr.. haha), my arms are aching. Weak lah.. haha shld really go gym more often.. haven't been gg for a while. Tsk tsk.. Might b cutting Ben's over the wkend or next wk too..

Anyway back to the boys' hair.. haha i thot i did not too bad.. haha though I think I cut away too much of WY's fringe. It looks okay when he gels it up in the morning haha.. so heng ah.. SC's was not too bad too, at least it looks okay even w/o having to wax it up.. unlike the previous time... so see, I'm improving k.. Counting, this is my cut #4! Hehe mayb if i'm out of job when I go back, can consider opening a hair saloon. Hiaks.

Okay this is really random, but i suddenly thought of the charsiew rice Ben made yday. Totally impressed la, din know I can get to eat charsiew here.. & taste really zhen4 zong1 too.. haha wonder if i'll be able to make one in time to come. Hmmmm...

Arghhhhh me SC's turn to cook again tml...... Haha on the menu for tml is honey glazed ribs, potato soup and stir-fry snowpea!

100, 99, 98...

2006-11-07T00:43:00.000-05:00

Captured this from my desktop..

99 more days till the long awaited KrisFlyer flight back home!

Sweet.

3min Management Course

2006-10-31T23:51:00.000-05:00

Read this somewhere.. Lame, but some of it really make sense..

One:
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"

The eagle answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested.

All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Mgt Lesson:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high.

Two:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey. "But I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull."They're packed with nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eatings ome more dung, he reached the 2nd branch.

Finally after a 4th night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. A farmer, who promptly spotted him, shot him out of the tree.

Mgt Lesson:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

Three:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, promptly dug him out and ate him.

Mgt Lesson:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut.

Interesting.

Happy Halloween!

2006-10-31T22:30:00.000-05:00

Whilst I used to comment on cobwebs forming on ppl's blogs.. mine's slowly attracting spiders & generating cobwebs as well.. (nope nope this is not part of the halloween stunt) Well, not that there's nothing going on in my life right now, it's just the plain laziness that's creeping up on me of late. Time seems to whisk pass quickly these days. Work, bathe, cook, eat, wash, TV, maybe read.... time check: 11pm -_-" And plus the fact that the sun sets like at 5 now, the sky's pitch dark at 6pm, my body thinks it's 9pm, I just feel tired.

Oh yes, daylight-saving has been turned off on Sunday, so we are now 13 hours behind SG. They should seriously have shifted more hours back so the sun doesn't come out so early and set so early. It feels really odd when 6pm looks like 9pm, telling my body it's time to go to bed soon.

Okay so what happened over the week? Last Friday Lonza had a Halloween party for the kids. All the little goblins came in all their favorite cartoon/movie characters with a little bucket for their trick or treat candies hunt. They were soooo adorable!! A pity we don't get to do that as a kid in SG. Beverly was commenting that we should bring the halloween party tradition over to the SG plant next time, where we'll be able to bring our own kids to catch a bit of the halloween spirit. Sounds quite good eh? Anyway there was also a competition for the best decorated desk/cubicle/bullpen (whatever). And man, the guys here really take it seriously! Even my dear Miss A who looks so serious everyday brought little props to decorate our desk area. Took some pics using Ben's hp..

On a sadder note, M & I witnessed a guy collapsing in the cafeteria due to an heart attack. Was quite scary cos everyone was like frantic and the guy was unconscious with no heartbeat. What's worse was we could see his face turning purple, and yet do nothing about it. Unfortunately he passed on in the hospital yday night. Must have been traumatic on the people (who were quite close to him) who went to his aid then. I hope nothing like this will ever happen to anyone close to me, I wouldn't know what to do..

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Then came Sunday, the guy's friends came down from MIT Boston to visit. Brought them for a hike up Mt Major. Was darn cold, and stupid me forgot to bring along my winter cap and gloves. The winds at the peak was freaking strong and cold. Really felt myself almost blown away from the mountain top. Quite an experience though!

And today is Halloween! Nothing special gg on in our area though.. it's quiet.. Dun even have kids knocking at our doors for candies. Which in a way is good, cos we can have the chocs all for ourselves. Ha. Wanted to dress up and go trick or treating with Peixuan (well since everyone says we can easily pass off as lil' kids..), but in the end we din manage to get any costumes, so....

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My sis's 21st Bdae's coming... I feel bad I can't be around to celebrate with her.

An apple a day....

2006-10-14T22:31:00.000-04:00

Went apple picking today at Applecrest Farm. Was a bright & cool... Great great weather. Been hearing about this activity from the others and colleagues for th past week, so thought of checking it out. Think my mum would have loved it. Being able to pick the apples fresh from the trees and eating them right on the spot.

Somehow or rather, don't feel like writing/talking too much lately. Shall try to step out of this soon.

I guess I'm just not a very expressive person when it comes to emotional things. Fearing the more I say the more wrong perceptions ppl may formulate within/amongst them, I usually choose not to say too much.

Sometimes not retaliating doesn't mean I don't mind.

Because I'm only human.

<<小丑>>

2006-10-01T02:30:00.000-04:00

掌声在欢呼之中响起
眼泪已涌在笑容里
启幕时欢乐送到你眼前
落幕时孤独留给自己

A lil' warmth from SG..

2006-10-01T00:59:00.000-04:00

I finally received something from SG!! (tho it wasn't mailed directly to my name..) So touched sia.. Wanna say a BIG thank u to Esther n Vince.. if u guys drop by here.. I've no idea how u guys figured out I love tortoises.. Now I've got one big one, one medium one and one small one!

谢谢你们！！

Went to visit MIT this morning. Pictures will be uploaded shortly! Went to chinatown and then to Ikea again. Weather's so dry, I could barely open my eyes in Ikea. Gosh. Next time I'd remember to bring along lens container n solution.

On a brighter note, we finally bought our Mahjong set, and chairs for dining room! Woohoo~ more activities for the wkend & no more standing during meals!! ^^

Of shimmering gold & scarlet..

2006-09-25T22:55:00.000-04:00

“No pen can describe the turning of the leaves – the insurrection of the tree people against the waning year. A little maple began it, flaming blood-red of a sudden where he stood against the dark green of a pine belt. Next morning there was an answering signal from the swamp where the sumacs grow. Three days later, the hillsides as far as the eye could range were afire, and the roads paved with crimson and gold.” - Rudyard Kipling

Fall has finally arrived.. & the weather is starting to change for the cooler (hmm think I've mentioned this like many many times..). Esp the mornings and nights, can't walk around w/o my jacket on. Can't wait for the foliage to all turn crimson red and orange though. Heard New England's the best place to be during autumn.. Like a giant paintbrush moving across the region, the color starts in northern Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont then sweeps south through Massachusetts, right down to Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Just came back from a drive to Rye Beach. Wanted to get some drinks from the liqour stall, to our disgust they've closed for the day already.

Time check: 930pm.

-_-"

Tell me about it.. I thought u guys are supposed to be opened till 11pm??

The drive to the Beach was awesome though.. Long winding and quiet road + the Chinese songs (the rare few, but surprisingly nice.. haha) from JX's iPod + star-lit sky = CHIO. 原本相信上海风，但结果因为太冷了，有没有什么准备，下车不到十分钟，我们就忍不住跑回车子里。Planning to drive there again tml night (hopefully) & this time round be better prepared for the cold winds..

Happy (Belated) B'dae Melis!!

2006-09-23T14:36:00.000-04:00

Haha finally can 光明正大的write this blog. Hahaha so 辛苦咯... Anyway yday was our dear Melis's 23rd Bdae.. (haha welcome onboard, AUNTIE!!) The day started with us trying to pretend we've forgotten abt it (which she say was a lousy stunt..haha), in shock to realise px made her a brownie cake for her during lunch.. (so sweeeeet..) Hmmm... The supposedly "BIG" surprise was kept for the night when JX n I managed to ask her to get out of the hse, whilst the rest went to prepare for the grand finale in a park down in Downtown Portsmouth.

Beautiful setting.

Great ambience.

Flawless plan.

But,

#1: It was freaking coooold.. (Hhahaha.. esp for those who were waiting there for us to turn up..)

#2: She overheard our conversation in the hse ~~a few~~ NUMEROUS times. Who's the culprit???

#3: She spotted car number 229-8876 in the park carpark!!! -_-"

#4: Wierd arrangement of ppl in the park (hahaha..) with some SM n JH's striking coats being the obvious recognition factor.

Okay so the "surprise" ended a little too early.. but still, it was memorable I hope.. afterall, it wasn't held at home.. ^^ (Kudos to JX for his ingenious idea of holding it at the park by the jetty)

And how can we forget abt taking pictures..

Fianlly we have a pic of all 7 of us!!

With CK, HH,GT,JH,PX

Then went home for a long night of drinking and cards.. Took loads of pics which are best kept in the security of my own computer..

Man i feel so nua-ed today..

Happy 13th Birthday..

2006-09-20T00:08:00.000-04:00

to my lil' bro!!

Gloucester Whale Watching

2006-09-19T22:55:00.000-04:00

Keep getting complaints for the lack of updates.. haha been really lazy, plus dunno what to write too.

Went to Gloucester, Massachusetts on Saturday for a whale watching trip. Went on board Miss Cape Ann into the seas.. into the Atlantic Ocean i think.. Great weather + saw many big big whales = a great experience. Photos are up here. Waiting for the many other pics from the rest. Will upload them again.

Cooked corn + pork soup and cod fish today with Mr Wrong. Heh quite proud of myself.. 原来我也会煮饭的哦！

So tired. Shall go koon liao.. zzzZ

<<游子吟>>

2006-09-19T01:07:00.001-04:00

慈母手中线, 游子身上衣。

临时密密缝, 意恐迟迟归。

谁言寸草心, 报得三春晖。

孟郊

一感深处。。

别想不是没事咯。。。。

口是心非。。

倒不如坦诚面对。。

2006-09-13T19:26:00.000-04:00

Arghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was typing a post halfway when the fire alarm in our hse started screeeeching. Y? Cos there's so much smoke from all the cooking & the ceiling is so low.. Din know how to silence it, so we decided to switch off all the electricity supply, but to no avail. Yep n so I lost my entry and the alarm is still ringing. *Double Pukes* I went out in an attempt to find some neighbours so I could ask them how to deactivate the alarm to realise that no one's around (or at least they all dun have lights on). Almost froze to death.. it's a freaking 16°C now (I suspect it's much lower cos it's soooo coooold) and I was only in my skimpy CURL shirt and FBT shorts. Thank goodness Deb came over and turned it off for us.. hmmm I thot they weren't in.. haha.

Too lazy to re-type everything, but in short, life's starting to get real BORING. Perhaps also this is when the problem comes in, when u know there are ppl reading what is written, there's a limit to what I can bring myself to pen down. Plus somehow I feel that I'm beginning to feel a lil moody these days.. Hmmm hopefully this is caused by the hormonal changes.. Work's no better too, feel like I'm an asst to M (when she's actually an intern only..). Tml got to continue with cleaning the BS cabinet.. tell me abt it.. Got to be choked in SporKlenz and IPA again. ARGH can't wait to start some real work, but got to build up my knowledge base first.. My job function is so much like a Chem Engineer, so got to learn all about bioreactors and stuff myself from scratch. B.O.R.E.D.

Off to dinner.. Curry chicken n Nasi Lemak (i think..) YUM YUM

Boohooohooo SC has 2 parcels.. SM has a card.. Melis has a parcel.. WY has a big parcel (haha tho not for him..) I got none... :(

Mt Washington Glen's Trail

2006-09-04T13:07:00.000-04:00

So much for the hype of gg to NYC or Canada this long Labour Day wkend, we ended up gg for a hike at the White Mountains. We took the Glen's trail and proceeded on for a 6.5hrs climb. Even right now as i'm typing in this entry, my body's aching. Haha.. thank God there's no work today! This climb is relatively easier than Mt K, but STILL i have problems coming down. Argh.

The view up there is breath-taking though, as of any other mountains would i guess.. haha.. There's a number of other trails and mountains along the whole stretch and think the rest of them are aiming to climb them all.. -_-"

On a sidenote, i feel so lazy to do anything cos I'm feeling nua all over.. ahahahaha and tah-dah this is the end result:

A pile of unironed and unfolded clothes...

Oh, I've uploaded ~~all~~ most of my photos onto Webshots for easier viewing. Heh saves time for me too, no need photo collages anymore!!

Erm.. who is that??

2006-09-01T21:14:00.000-04:00

Was randomly surfing through Baidu and realised Jay Chou has a new album coming up.. so much so for his creativity, is that all he can think of for his album's name?? Anyway, d/l the 主打歌... 千里之外..was quite sleepy when i heard it.. All of a sudden I thought I heard Mr 费玉清 singing... so thought I d/l the wrong version, went to d/l again. Thru Melis n Ah Hai then did I realise Jay Chou actually roped in Mr 费 for his song. Disgustingly, I kinda like the song -_-"

Camp OutReach

2006-08-28T20:13:00.000-04:00

Woo.. think i'm a bit slow, this clip was shown during the annual WSC Welcome Tea a few wks back, but anyways..

Brings back many many memories. The days I started out being a volunteer at SAD, making friends, some of whom I've gone closer with during my uni years and more importantly, being able to be involved in doing something meaningful, and learning so much from the process. Organising this annual camp kept me sooo busy throughout my 1st 3 yrs in uni, all my wkends were burnt for it i think. There were a lot of ups and downs, many things happened, many things changed, but I have to say that I've never regretted giving in my time and effort for COR. I've participated in many other events as well, but somehow none can be compared to COR. I'm really glad the camp has taken off in a new direction and hope COR 07 would be yet another blast!

Awww..

2006-08-27T15:58:00.000-04:00

To remind us of little actions that touches the heart.

What does Love mean?
A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca- age 8

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy -age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." Noelle - age 7 (err...-_-")

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine - age 5

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." Mary Ann - age 4

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." Lauren - age 4 (Diaoz..haha)

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." Mark - age 6

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica - age 8

And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge, to select the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."

With dinners like these...

2006-08-26T01:45:00.000-04:00

As some of u know, yes thursday night we decided to eat out instead cos Teck says the seafood restaurant in Kittery has a promotion on Thurs. As usual, Teck and his 206 gang left w/o us. Humphhh.. Ah Teck cannot be trusted!! But anyways, the dinner was splendid!! Look at the size of the lobsters!! I feel hungry thinking of them now haha.. oopz -_-"

Here are the pics as promised:

Yesterday me n SC were supposed to be cooking, but cos of the seafood dinner, we pushed the cooking schedule behind. Yep so we were the chefs tonight! Preparing dinner for 7 ppl is really diffcult.. n with our tiny pans and pots.. When will we get our wok???

With dinners like this, I really wonder y i'm still not putting on weight. Haha.. dunno where all the food go to seriously..

Heard from mum n sis DD's on a biz trip to KL. Hope everything will go smoothly for him! So tired, shall go n koon. Update some other time. ^^ Brrr.. it feels rather cold tonight.. 15 deg C.. wooooo..

Boston here we come!!

Ramblings

2006-08-23T20:47:00.000-04:00

Correction.

I still prefer to be served rather than cook. Haha. Plus everyone here seems to have a flair for cooking. 吃得好，睡得好。

Ah and here's Mr Bah:

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Coming over here, I miss lots of things, I miss my parents, my sis, my bro, my dog, my friends. But I can't help but sometimes feel so free to be here, away from all the burdens. For the first time maybe, I can celebrate a happy new year, without having to remind myself constantly not to step on ppl's tails/toes whatever. Maybe girls tend to be more emotional and sensitive. We think more than we should be. Haha I'm sorry XXX, but I can't afford to fly u over.. it's really time u stand in other poeple's shoes and think in their perspective.

Life's already as complicated as it can be. Y harp on little things which will only make urself feel more miserable. Sometimes we just need to learn to take things in our stride and have a more positive mindset... Take things easy..

Just my 2 cents worth. Period.

Wild wild Staurday

2006-08-20T23:09:00.000-04:00

Was supposed to visit Boston's 88 Market (mini Cheena-town) this morning with the MTS ppl. Yea & of all days, the little city decided to flood itself... Think they have really poor drainage system here. A bit of rain only little pools of water starts accumulating everywhere. Even the area ard Lonza was a little flooded. Yea so there goes my waking up at 6am, reaching Lonza at 7am and waiting in vain till 830am. Thanks.

Heh but in exchange, got to visit the factory outlets with the rest and got myself a pants finally!

Anyway, just to turn back time a little, we went to Canobie Lake Park yday with a bunch of other TAP ppl. Had loads of fun!

Before gg and on our way there...

After super loooooong ride (partly cos of a massive jam + loads of other ppl gg too cos the summer hols are ending..), we finally reached Canobie!

Started with me being forced up the corkscrew ride. Quite an experience la.. haha not as scary as I thought it was gg to be.. prob cos the ride is too short (less than 5 mins i think..). Wasted lotsa yuan wang time queuing for "Mine for the Lost Souls".. crappy ride. Witness someone sleepier than me.. haha she was queuing and sleeping and replying to her hubby at the same time! Haha dunno what's making her so tired. Had a great time at Boston Tea Party, Bumper Car etc... SC won a giraffe for me toooo!! haha it looks like him though..

First name: Long Long
Last name: Bah

USA: Long Long, Bah
SG: Bah Long Long

Haha.. will upload more pics of Mr Bah when I get them. Hehe.. ^^

Then came the fireworks at 930pm.. One word: SPECTACULAR

Looking forward to Sept 4th now.. hopefully our NYC trip will come to pass!

Monday blues looming...

Quan Jia Fu

2006-08-20T10:54:00.000-04:00

Here's the ppl i'll be living with for thes next 18mths..

They forced me to sit my first corkscrew.

They drive me to and fro work.

They listen to my nonsense & I tolerate theirs (hahaa...).

We are gossip, Taboo, Bridge, makan, Frisbee, Jogging, BBall kakis...

Through high & low periods.. cheers guys..

And our cooking & cleaning schedules's out. Gasps.

I used to hate going to the supermarket, cos the mart's lights drives me to sleep. Now I'm beginning to love shopping for groceries, choosing what I want & thinking about what dishes we can try cooking.

I used to hate cooking. Now I look forward to whipping up something nice.

I used to sleep late and wake up late. Now I can't go past 1am and I wake up at 7am.

I used to hate jogging. Now I look forward to jogging with them (though not very often..haha)

I'm glad I found ppl I can relate and talk to here, on top to all the fun n laughters we share, being able to tell them things which even some of my closer friends back home may not know.

统一就是不同！

2006-08-15T22:52:00.000-04:00

Yet another day of reading reading and more reading. The worst was after lunch, when the digestion of food led me almost immediately into dreamland everytime I try to read something off the laptop... (yea.. each of us are given an IBM laptop which runs kinda slowly..) Quite paiseh cos I was so sleepy that I decided to rest on the table for a while to catch a wink, so 不巧 my sup must come & look for me at that moment. Heard her vaguely in my dreams calling "Denise" twice.. haha and wah liew the problem with me is that I haven't really grown accustomed to this name yet.. so sometimes I dun respond when ppl call me.. haha let alone at that point in time when I'm like in a daze. Woke up in a shock... and yea the rest is just paiseh paiseh paiseh. Haha but she's quite nice la.. told me she understands how boring it is as we start off now, nothing much we can do, but to read all the SOPs first. But this cannot go on!!!! Shall follow my Ah Ji's tactic from tml onwards, drink water & go to the toilet.. haha hopefully this helps.

And yes as some of u have already heard, our gas meter is turned on already!!! Had my first warm warm bath just now, and cooked my first meal on the stove. Even the dryer works perfectly now. Oh yes and how can I forget this, the huge bun sok tang was finally removed this afternoon. Everything's purrrrrfect!

Ah and talking about cooking, as the title states.. 统一就是不同！Heh got a pack of 统一面from WY, broccoli and egg from SC.

Haha cooking with ppl ard makes me damn stressed haha..

I love the taste of 统一!! Finally the familiar Singapore mee smell is within my midst again haha.. compared to the nua-feeling noodles bought from Shaw..

Arghh WY insist on taking this chui pic of me.. was 1/3 sitting, 1/3 squatting, 1/3 standing on SC's chair and trying to eat. We need proper chairs n dining table in the dining room!!!!

Off to continue with Grey's Anatomy series now..

Footnote: Okay Mr Poh, here's for u haha dun say I din write anything for u.. get me the earphones!!! Haha.. (kidding lah..) Hope can go over ur side one day lei.. like a lot of things to do & see.. unlike this place.. not much life..

Standard Operating Procedures

2006-08-14T17:54:00.000-04:00

Okay work has officially started (or was supposedly supposed to be..). After a night of fun at 206's BBQ (not forgetting the game of Taboo which resulted in me having a bit of dry throat now), had to force myself to wake up at 7am & rushed thru breakfast.. haven't ate so quickly in a long time. Poor Alexan started his morning shift today n had to be in office by 7am.. gosh.

Finally have a clearer picture of what my role entails. I'm attached to the process transfer and development (upstream) department. Here, we have to be the liaision between the customers and the manufacturing group. So whenever a customer comes with a proposal, we'd have to analyse and assess it, to see how we can transfer the "protocol" from the customer into Lonza's own manufacturing capacity. We will also be the ones to pen down the batch records/instructions for use in manufacuring, intiate changes to the processes so as to optimize yield etc. Since I'm in the upstream side, I'd only e concerned mainly with fermentation issues. The downstream guys will be in charge of the purification side. I can't seem to communicate with my sup though.. haha she's a bit too quiet.. I seem to be talking more to px's and celeste's sup instead.. which i dun think is very good... hmmmm..

Attended 3 meetings alone today. Was quite boring for me cos I din understand most of the things they were talking about, companies' names are identified in 4 digits.. so all sounded rather confusing to me. The worst came when a PhD guy came into one of the meetings to talk to us about carbohydrates.. goodness.. tt was when i simply bth, kept falling asleep. Anyway that aside, I realised they have a rather novel way of naming conference rooms.. they name it according to the mountains here in Mew Hampshire. Damn paiseh cos the person I was shadowing told me to get ready to attend an MTS meeting at Mt Washington, so I gave her the shocked look.. diaoz.. -_-"

Along the day, went to F3 once (& got to put on the gown.. yeeeeks) and the rest of the time was spent reading SOPs after SOPs. Feels like I'm back into uni days, reading journals everyday. Don't have a choice I guess cos the company has to be accountable to the customers and we won't be allowed oto perform any tasks independently until we are certified to be trained to do so officially. Yepz, and so the first step is to keep on reading the set o f SOPs pertaining to our respective depts. *counting down to the number of SOPs i'm left to read....*

On a lighter note, the working environment here seem to be rather relaxed. Meetings are conducted in an informal manner and everyone bothers to stop and present to u with a smile on the face, asking u about how life has been... and work still gets done the way they should be! Simply amazing.

Oh and we've (MTS side) been invited to go to Boston's 88 Market (the chinatown area if I'm not wrong) this coming Sunday with the rest of the MTS ppl! Finally can do some major oriental shopping.. *beams*.. Can't believe they arranged to meet ~ 8-9am though.. SO EARLY!!! Hope they'd change the meeting time.. haha..

Very very angry cos the big "bun sok tang" is still camping outside our garage, breeding the irritating mozzies which keep sucking my blood. And yes I still have no gas.. so still cannot cook and still bathing in the ICY cold water. I pray tt those gas ppl will keep their word & come turn the gas meter on.. can't wait to soak in the hot bath after one whole week.

Wah lau

2006-08-10T22:53:00.000-04:00

Can't wait for them to remove this huge dustbin away tml. Disgustin.

Vrooom vroooom!!

2006-08-08T00:51:00.000-04:00

Went out on the highways for the 1st time in my life!!!!! Super high man and shiok!! Haha.. heng got SC to direct me in the car, else I'm sure to be holland-ed. Never drove at such speeds in my life b4 too.. a bit scary la.. but I'm sure will get better after a few more practices! Now got to work with getting my directions correct.. Everytime I'm behind the wheels, i tend to become v focused on my driving, then nv take note of where I'm heading towards.. v jialat.. haha.

My next aim: To obtain a US license.. haha so t i won't be an illegal driver no more...

We just had a pillow fight with the guys.. goodness.. -_-" & WY played the stupid blanket game.. HELPZ almost suffocated..

The Big Big move-in

2006-08-06T20:58:00.000-04:00

OOOoooo we've finally officially moved into our new home.. i love my new house!!!

103 Coastal Woods Circle,
Kittery, Maine
United States of America 03904

Really glad all the hard work of searching the newspaper, calling, making appts, viewing hses everyday ended off well. Been learning something new here everyday.. like reading the map (i'm a total direction idiot last time), finding apts, planning the move-in, budgeting.. the list just goes on.. oh yes we have to pump petrol into the car ourselves!

Okay so after some confusion (yea was a real headache..-_-"), we got to view this hse in Kittery, which is another state, just like New Hampshire's also a state.

We were enthralled when we saw this hse.. it's soooo many times nicer than ALL the rest we've seen and the price was rather reasonable.. Has 5 bedrooms, 3 toilets, 1 living room, 1 kitchen, 1 porch area and 1 garage. All carpetted and the paint looks new. Even the toilets look hotel-styled. Got to get and pay for electricity, gas and water though.. This one really got to thank the guys for securing the appointment for this hse, so that the 7 of us can stay together in this big n spacious place... we can even play baseball and frisbee outside in the carpark. Even the surronding serenity has drawn me to have the urge to start jogging regularly.. something i've not done ever since i had my last NAPFA test in JC2 -_-".

For the rooming, SC and Ben in 1 room are on the 2nd floor, WY and Alexan are in 1 room on the 3rd floor & me, melis and SM each occupy 1 room on the 3rd floor. Haha the 3 of us drew lots to select our own room, in the end i got the one facing the trees, hehe good thing melis dun mind so swapped with me and i got the brighter (but smallest) room.

Then came the paying of 3 mths worth of rent (yes.. i'm broke), buying of furniture ^^, cleaning up n moving in. I'm impressed.. we are so damn efficient! Though really v tiring, but all of us were really cooperative (yes.. i must give 2 thumbs up for the guys here..) and it took us just 2 days to settle everything.

How can i forget abt our treasurer cum spiderman WY, with his breathtaking stunt.. haha to suck out the cobwebs made by his competitors.. haha..

And we even drove back our own matteresses (7 in all..) in order to save the tpt n taxes..

Taken from inside the car.. mattress was tied on top.. was quite scary cos the winds were rather strong on the highways. We were so scared if the mattress shld slid backwards. So lak seh to have to go down n pick it up.. haha. Were horned by some cars too.. apparently the mattresses flipped backwards a bit so they were afraid if the whole thing will fly onto their car.. o_O What an adventure.

Finally today, we moved all our barang barang from the hotel. Thank God again for the guys haha.. for helping us with the luggages.. wah liew one of my bag is like 27kg lo.. (yea was fined at the airport..). Yea.. i can finally open up all my luggages and locate all my "missing items". And i realised i bought quite a few unnessary things (like 5 bath towels..) and forgot to bring along so many other impt things!!! (hmmm how on earth then did i exceed the weight limit..)

Tutu finally has a home!

Wah i love my room can.. haha mine's the pink theme.. See the curtains.. I cut and sewed the top part of the curtains to fit the rod cos the loops were too long initially. The "table" Tutu's lying on is actually my large check-in luggage bag, drapped with that pink piece of cloth. Design coutesy of Melis. Ya la Melis, li xiang gao la.. haha.. Yepz and Melis's room's green n blue, SM's simple with purple and pink, the guys's rooms mainly has a Zen design (according to them.. ahha).

One bad thing is that we currently have no hot water! Bathed in the icy cold water after a game of frisbee.. regretted sweating it out..-_-". Was practically running in and out of the cold water while bathing. Looks like i won't be doing any running either till we have hot water too.. ^^. The weather here is hot during the day (but it has become better, not as hot as last wk when temperatures soared to 95 degrees farenheit), and gets quite cold at night.

Just had a game of bridge and Zeus with the rest.. hehz sure doesn't feel like we are starting work tml! Hope i won't fall asleep when they start trying to feed us with too many new scientific terms and theories. Yawnzzz.

2006-08-03T11:42:00.000-04:00

My sis sent me some photos of Sunny.. haha i think he has slimmed down but my sis say no haha.. His hair short liao, cos he went for grooming recently, and the hair-groomer say he is FAT!

Rotting in hotel room with my fellow Teochew & Hokkien Elite Clan-mates cum housemates now.. collecting keys for our new house later.. I'm soooo excited.. gg to deco my room til sui sui. Haha..

2006-07-30T20:34:00.000-04:00

Convocation Pics

2006-07-30T12:21:00.000-04:00

OOOO photobucket works! Haha Can finally post my convo pics here liao.. will be back with the pics I took here tonight or something.. got to go find my camera's wires. -_-"

The only pic that was not corrupted which i took with my dad n mum. Sobz.. n half of it is missing.. dunno y.

With niz!

The pretty lab babes!

With the president! Haha but a bit blur..

And finally...

Class of 2006.

Will be back with other photos soon! Hehe off to Hampton Beach for some fun!

House-less

2006-07-29T20:59:00.000-04:00

Wheeeet...!!! We din hollAnd at all today!! (haha.. okay mayb one part when I read the road instructions wrongly.. hehe all my fault la..) Viewed one apartment in Newmarket in the morning and another one in State St in the afternoon. The one in Newmarket is pathetically small, and the ceiling is so low.. anyone with a 1.6m frame can reach the ceiling. There was one which was worse, the bedrooms are located at the basement area and the stairs which lead to the rooms is so small, I really wonder how those big sized ang moh can go down from there.

The house in State St was a 5BR one, but we didn't really like it cos it looks rather lok kok and there's only ONE toilet in the entire house. How can 5 ppl be fighting for 1 toilet?? Wierd design. Argh siannnn, got to source for new options again.. else got to just make do with the ones at Newmarket.. maybe.. :(

On another note, through this house hunting experience, it has taught us how practical ppl can be in the real world. Sad truth huh, maybe what ppl always say is true, that it is hard to find really true friends once we step into the working society. Not that everyone becomes really mean, and not finger-pointing at anyone in particular, but I guess it pays to watch our own backs and be more vigilent in whatever we do.

On a lighter note, .... the weather today was freaking HOT. Think melis, sm n I have grown so much darker today.. haha poor sm gets chaoda-ed super easily.. *hehe dun worry girl, u'll become fair during winter again de!!* And we did some shopping at Walmart!

I feel nua-ed. Hah.

Girls, let's not give up! I'm sure we'll get a pretty n cheap apartment soon de!! Gambatte!!!

So many things to settle!!

2006-07-28T22:08:00.000-04:00

OooO one day passes so quickly!! 10pm again.. hha my eyes are beginning to close n they feel soooo dry..

Went for Lonza's Orientation this afternoon and I'm posted to the Process Development Dept! Hehe quite happy, but a bit apprehensive oso cos i'm the only person in this area. sm's been posted to mfg dept.. so got to work shift.. & she's been given this HUGE stack of purification notes.. haha poor her la..*pats her head*.. Contrary to S'poreans, Americans apparently loves shift work, cos of the longer holidays they get. Hehz come to think of it, quite true too, can make use of the 2-3 days break to travel around, should be quite fun.

Went for dinner with the rest at Fox Run Mall, man their serving portion is huge.. n with all that large amt of carbs.. eat liao oso feel like sleeping. Oh and it started raining in the evening.. First rain we experience here!

Tml's apartments day again, need to settle bank stuff.. -_-"

Hmmmm.. photobucket opens very slow now.. where shld I upload my photos??

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

2006-07-27T20:06:00.000-04:00

Finally reached Portsmouth after almost 30hrs of gruelling flight.. (okay not very too.. cos i slept thruout like the whole trip.. including all the transits..) Took quite a few photos, probably put up next time cos I can't seem to find my camera's wires haha..

Staying at Residence Inn now with sm in a suite! Very comfy except for the ooh-ing sound in my room. Yea.. each of us have a room, a QUEEN-sized bed, a tv and a toilet. Shared kitchen and living room.. damn shiok!! And it cost like USD 229 per night!!! If only we can stay here on a long-term basis..

Been living on bread n meat n lettuce these few meals.. getting quite sick of it haha.. I miss rice!!!! Weather here is damn hot.. Bright scorching sun.. it's 820pm now n the sky still looks bright outside my hotel window. And envt really dry.. hair feels dry.. face feels dry n peeling (yeeew), lips feel dry and I'm always feeling thirsty.

Today the 6 of us tried to find accomodation around Portsmouth.. in the end we kept getting ourselves lost in some ulu-pandan places. Holland for almost 5hrs.. Thank God for Melis, so calm n zai!! Hehe but at least we feel more comfy with the roads ard Portmouth n the surrounding cities. Result for the day: No housing. Bleh. But Americans are really helpful, always smiling n ever ready to lend a helping hand when we need help for directions etc.. Hopefully the next few days (from Sat onwards) would be more constructive.

Oh yes n dear friends, I will remember to eat (no nice food though...:( ) one.. haha get really hungry easily here.. & really thank u for coming down so early (at a niao bu shen dan timing) on Wed to send me off... I'll take good care of myself here, don't worry and do keep in contact thru MSN/email okay?

Really miss my family n sunny here!

Personal DNA map

2006-07-22T13:09:00.000-04:00

Haha this quiz is quite interesting..

Advocating Director

Realised it's been quite long since I last updated my blog.. haha no good news to share lei, quite caught up with preparations oso.. hehz will do so when I am more or less settled down! :)

Counting down to 2 days... headache over accomodations!!!

Denneise junior

2006-07-11T14:48:00.000-04:00

Introducing my new family member...

Denneise Junior!!

Isn't she cute?? Hehe new hp accessory I bought with nh.. haha feel so kiddish, like those times in secondary school. Nonetheless, I love her loads!!

Yi lu shun feng to Alvin and Andrea for ur Taiwan Emerge trip!! Have great fun!

This is random but I'm so proud of my sis for having shortlisted for a scholarship which I failed to get some years back. Jiayouz yea my dear lil sis.. no pressures though =p.

Life is an obligation?

2006-07-11T04:12:00.000-04:00

This story set me into great thougts:

One day an old man and his grandson went to the market together. The old man bought a donkey from a stall and he carried his grandson onto the donkey and they continued down the streets.

Some passerby then commented, "How can this young boy sit on the donkey and let his Ah Gong walk instead? So unfilial!". Hearing that, the old man carried his grandson down and he got up onto the donkey and the young boy led the donkey along.

A while later, they overheard somebody saying "How can this man sit on the donkey and let the young boy walk? This is so dangerous!". Immediately, the old man felt embarrassed and came down from the donkey. He then told his grandson saying, "Let's just walk together with the donkey."

As they were walking happily, a little girl laughed at them, telling her mum "Mummy look, why are they so stupid. Buy a donkey but don't ride on it. Then buy the donkey for what?". The old man looked at his grandson and both of them decided to ride on the donkey, and walked together.

Not long after, the old man overheard another passerby whispering to his friend saying, "Aiyoh, look at the poor donkey. How can the 2 of them sit on it? They are crushing the poor donkey lor." Hearing that, the old man didn't know what else he could do. So both of them down the donkey and then carried together, they carried the donkey home.

Somehow this story reminded me of how I'm always so affected by how people think of me and how concerned I can be about this issue. I always find it hard to reject ppl, fearing I'll hurt them or what others will say if I don't turn up for something/do something, not like this is a bad thing of course, but it can sometimes become a burden to me.

As how aptly Niz put it to me yesterday, "Life is an obligation...". No matter how true and how I could find myself associating with this statement, I really hope to change this side of me. Imagine how tiring life would be, if all our life, we are living just to please others. Ultimately, we'll just become indecisive people, not knowing/doing what we want or worse still, what is right. At the end of it all, we are just putting extra burdens upon ourselves isn't it? I'd rather live with this statement "Life is a choice".

Italy Vs France

2006-07-09T12:48:00.000-04:00

Going to watch WC finals.

*beams with excitement*

This is like the only match I watch for the whole competition.

I hope Italy wins.

Happy Birthday SF!!

2006-07-09T11:55:00.000-04:00

Upgraded my laptop ram!! So stupid.. the motherboard can support to a max of 512Mb only.. wah liew.. got money also cannot upgrade loh.. Looking forward to my MacBook and my iPod nano.. haha hope everything will proceed as planned... if u are reading this wj, thank u!!!

Proceeded to Dhoby Ghaut to meet up with the rest of the girls before we head on to Minds Cafe opposite Paradiz Centre.

Had a really good time there. Laughed so much till my stomach hurts now.. haha.. Reminds me of the times the few of us from HI gather at Settler's Cafe to chill-out.

Still remember in uni yr 1, when we decided to scrape away the system of buying bdae presents to save money (except for our 21st bdae of cos).. dunno how come we suddenly restore the system back again haha. But anyway, it's the thought that counts la.. & once a year, we get to choose what we want for free! haha sorry mei, ur present was the only one which u didn't get to select what u want cos the system wasn't really restored back then yet.. haha.. next yr okay? Quite amazing how time flies, we have known each other for 8-10yrs liao.. man sounds so antique.. we must hold a party to celebrate our 10yrs of friendship ah! hehe.. Sf's bdae marks the end of the string of bdaes for the yr for the 7 of us.. Quite sad, cos next yr I won't be around in the gatherings. I will miss of u de..

Once again, HAPPY 23rd Birthday SF!! (PS: When will we be receiving the "hong se zha dan" from u?

*Ouch* My left shoulder joint hurts whenever i move my neck or swing my left arm.. Argh

Graduation Pictures

2006-07-07T02:52:00.000-04:00

Woohoo~ Finally got hold of all the graduation pics from Steff. My first entry shall be dedicated to these pretty photos! Many thanks to zd for making the S$100 so worthwhile, hx for being being our free chauffer of the day, running ard, making sure the car's always near where we are & of cos for recommending zd, steff for being the main organiser for the photoshoot, TA and ZH for turning up and last but not least, the 4 of us haha.. for looking pretty & shuai!

Enjoy!! ^^