I ♥ Taiwan - Part 1

After having all the hard time planning and praying.. we finally embark on this exciting 7days6nights trip to Taipei from 16may to 22 may! :)

Day 1
Nothing much cos most of the day already spent on the plane and the car to our hotel... by the time we got to the hotel... it's already abt 5pm! So we rest for a while and decide our first stop.. it was 华西街夜市... cos it was near to our hotel.. but it turned to be there isn't much... It is more known for its speciality soups.. Snake and whatever u can find!! So we took a walk.. had some dessert (we haven't had dinner. haha) and we went off to somewhere else..

We stopped outside 龙山寺 to take some pictures... their temple very high tech one lor... outside got electronic belt of words running across the the main gate! and apparently after the whole trip.. we know that it was not the only one... and yet there are none like that in sg lor... hahaha! we like damn sua ku. lol. Then bought some bread from 85C cafe...
The very high tech temple with words scrolling across the main gate..

Then we decided to go to 士林夜市! Yeah! :))) First thing we got there... 鸡排!!! haha! Really a lot of ppl queuing up for it lor. But it really fast too... and dun need to worry cannot get it. sure can one. haha. then went to eat 棺材板. interesting concept. haha. it's actually just bread. fried can cut the top out... put in some ingredients and cover back. (like coffin). so ya.. i think that's how it got its name. and tried 芦荟柠檬 too.. nice and cooling.

After that... we went to shopping street... walk walk walk.... and we managed to catch the last train back to our hotel lor. haha! Didn't really buy much for the first day. But i already got myself a bag then.. Hee.

Went back to hotel.. bathe and slept. Tired liao.

Day 2
Qin's 2 other friends didn't want to wake up early.. so the 4 of us set out on our own first. :)

Went to 忠烈祠. it's a place to commemorate the soldiers who died in the wars and such. And the main attraction there was the guards changing shift 'ceremony'. It's very cool. They marched to to the center.. and 'played' with their rifle. now i understand why there's always ppl performing this kinda thing on taiwan tv. so they do have a job that requires them to do so. Anyways. Ya. cool. But then when they are in position already. Very kelian. Cannot move at all for 1h. and the gun position is like also have to be still... under the hot sun for some of them! so we actually saw their ppl helping the guard to wipe sweat and sprinkle water on their faces.

忠烈祠 almost time for the shift change... ppl are gathering ard to watch... a lot of procedure before the shift is completely taken over.

So after that.. we went on to the next destination - 故宫博物院. it is like one of the best museums in the world! And true enough it's really amazing. like so many things!!! totally shocked at the size of it. Spent quite a while to finish walking ard the whole place and collecting the chops. haha!


Like palace like that lor. very Big and nice!

Then we wanted to go 阳明山... but due to some weird taxi driver... we kinda got cheated and ended up nv go to wherever place we wanted to go. but fine. Nvm. luckily the cab fare wasn't expensive. or rather we didn't want to pay so much cos it wasn't our fault in the first place. but whatever it is. we carried on to the next destination - 淡水!! :)

淡水老街 has quite a lot of things to shop for too. we meet up with the other 2 there. We separated up for the shopping after eating the tall tall jumbo ice-cream. hee. after that took the ferry to 渔人码头. woah... nice view esp at night.. nice bridge. haha! went up to 情人桥 and took quite a no. of photos.. some quite stupid/funny. haha!


Us and 情人橋 just before we left the place. very nice view of the bridge at night. :)

Then we decided to go back to 士林夜市 again. haha! :) But the 3 nurses bought so many things (mostly snacks for colleagues and friends) that they had to go back hotel to put things before coming out again. So da-jie and i went to eat and shop first. Hee. This time bought more things. Shoes! got nice and comfortable shoes... should have bought more colours man. haha! cos like quite easily wear off. esp. wore by me. hee. Food we tried: 蚝煎, 卤肉饭，泡泡茶. and i can't rmb already. =P And we also saw the police raid the place... so the vendors in the middle of the road just kept their things quickly and went to the side to wait. after that still went back to their respective spots. haha. funny.

Ya.. that marks the 2nd day... we went back slightly later... but not very late cos we had to catch the train early next morning. still.. had to catch a cab back to hotel cos no more mrt. not very ex thou. :)



Day 3
Catch a train to 花莲 at 7am. Wah... really tiring.. all of us were catching some sleep on the train... while ah qin had her evil thoughts to take sleeping pictures of us. dots. notti girl. Anyway... the train took 3hours to reach hualien. so it's really... very long and tiring trip. we ate the Dunkin' Donuts we bought the day before at 淡水 for breakfast. Yum. :)

When we reached there.. we were greeted by our guide Mr. Loo. Err... ok. he's Mr. (young) Loo. hahaha! Erm... i actually can't rmb his name already. hahaha. memory failing me. =x So anyway the guide is really nice.. Thanks to qin's friend for giving us the contact.. and thank goodness we made the decision to go to 花莲! it was really a very fun day. Even though we like walked a lot. and gotten a lot of sunlight too. haha!


Sea and Sky is love. :)

Yup. went to 太鲁阁... which is like a national park... consisting of many attractions... 清水断崖，砂卡砀步道，九曲洞，燕子口，白杨步道. Every single one has their own values to the trip. Like 九曲洞，we actually have to wear safety helmet to walk through the whole path... why? Cos the cave sometimes has falling rocks and well... apparently someone from China Mainland got hit on the head by the rocks. erm. ya. Very suay person. That's was only starting of this year or something like that. well.. they didn't open up their tourism to Taiwan long ago right. so can agar the timing. And so everyone has to wear the helmet for safety reason lor. And we look so funny like at a construction site. haha!

Then the deemed most fun one was 白杨步道... which leads us to 水帘洞. Damn fun. Although had to walk like quite a dist before reaching... it was all worth it. Not sure if anyone else were as crazy as us to go in twice. Once or twice also all wet already. might as well right? haha! Yea... so as good as it is... we were all drenched by the end of the day. And tired too. But shiok to get the water pounding on ur head and back like massage. hahaha. hydro-massage.. Heh.


Think this was the first time we went in.. Not SO wet yet. but wet liao lah.


Just before we get on the car to leave the place... Tired but contented. :)))

National Day 09

National Day is just over and yup. Kinda enjoyed it. :)

Cycling in the morning with some NUSCO ppl - Eric, Sanmin, Yuhui, Hweeling + bf and Zhenqiang. We really thought they wanna cycle to Sun Plaza sia... But in the end was Sun Plaza PARK lah.. dotx right. lol. And ya.. that's in tampines. lol. It took us almost 2 hours to get to the destination from Kembangan. Quite good a cycle.. but weather was not quite the best condition? cos too humid and sun shining with its utmost effort near to noon. tsk tsk. and no sun block. -.-

But still the whole thing was quite fun esp if u see the 2 guys cycle across the other ppl's path dangerously. luckily i was in front. haha. when we reached the park.. it was ard 12.45pm.. Returned the bike and walked to TM. Waited for suyi and yihui to come from their cycling. haha. wenxiang came to find us for lunch.. at KFC. oh man.. all exercise gone. lol!

After that decided to come over for a little Wii game... i went to borrow 2 more controllers from Horng. Er ya.. i just called her house and ask if i can borrow. lol! quite funny lah. =P Anyway.. took some videos and will upload when i have the time. :)

After they left, we Wii-ed for a while more before NDP starts. Yea. it was good lah really. although watching there live was better... we get to see the faces more clearly on the tv. haha!

And yup. that's for national day! Happy holidays everyone! Still got 1 more day holiday mah. :)

Ambition . Dream

Hmm.. the posting format screwed again. -.- What's wrong with everything online lately.. fb was also screwed... sian-ed.

So now my fb status is like 'Living a 今天不知明天事 live now'.. which is SO true... other than going to the gym tmr in the evening. i have no idea what else i would be doing. probably wake up late, eat, watch tv, sleep and blah blah. What a life.

Got a call today from SCO.. saying they need part time before some re-organisation i think. And that she will get the HR to call me. Apparently i dunno when that call will come. i hope it does. and i dunno when i will start. but i think quite soon. So free time is limited. And i should like enjoy as much as i could now.

Somehow.. through this period of job-searching, i thought a lot. One of the interviewers asked me what is my dream and what do i hope to achieve. and i think i had something in my mind already. 2 parts to this dream... 1. i want to be the artiste manager of a grp. 2. i want to travel ard the world. SO my dream is to lead a touring musical or theatre production or a music group. just that. how am i going to achieve that? When in the first place, there isn't any chance available in the local market?

There are a few places i feel that i must travel to and have a look myself.
1. Niagara Fall
2. Tibet
3. Grand Canyon
4. London
5. Prague
6. Broadway
7. Or actually the whole of Europe and
8. The rest of China i have yet to visit.

Yup. So i'll have to work hard from now on. And i really hope that the career path will be clearer soon.

Cousins' day out!

Finally posting is back to normal.. can upload photos liao.. hee.


One of our attempt to get the jumping pose.. Heh. From left: my er-jie, ah ping jie-jie, ah shan, jiaqi and me. Da-jie was the photographer...

One day out with the cousins... Only females... haha! Why? anyway these are my maternal side cousins.. out of all the cousins... there are only 3 males... and ya.. 7 females... we didn't ask the 2 youngest of the lot cos they are pretty young as compared to us.. and they are usually quite anti-social towards us... they are siblings: 1 male, 1 female. So that's 1 male off... Then jiaxun didn't come back for this hol... so that's another male off... so obviously the only male left would not want to join us right. haha! he's brother of yiping and yishan. So that's left with the 6 of us... and it's great that we could all come out tgt!! :)))

We had a range of activities man. First, lunch was Sushi Tei @ Paragon. I was kinda late cos of some things to get after sy prac that day. But still, lunch was good and it was Da-jie's treat. :D Had garlic rice, salmon sashimi, golden roll, chawamushi, umaki, soft-shell crab, and hmm.. can't rmb all! haha. =x But was really good lah. :)

Then went over to Cine to see movie timings. Wanted to give in to watch Ice-age 3. But no timing!! Hey, it's a weekend leh. only got 1 show? maybe cos air-ed for quite long already lah. so we stick to our original plan to watch Harry Potter- HBP. OMG. it's like one of the most meaningless HP series to watch. The book was much nicer thou might not be the nicest book. Missed so many impt details and kinda changed the story a bit as well. i dunno. not my favourite of cos. and halfway through it was really kinda boring, i slept a little. lol. can't rmb which part. And we had dessert before the movie cos there was still time. SNOW ICE!! It's damn good. at Heeren's B1. Yea. :) OH! Movie was yiping jiejie's treat. :D I forgot who paid for the desserts. haha.

After movie, dinner time liao. HAHA! Proceeded to Suntec cos planning to go for a drink after that. Dinner at Soup Restaurant. I think er-jie paid for dinner. :D Fulfilling dinner. :) Had reddish and ribs soup, the signature Samsui Ginger Chicken, Kangkong, Tofu prawn. Yeah.. only can rmb these. =x

After which, went on to Polaner for a drink. Just sat there to talk.. Really like market like that. lol. I think yiping jiejie paid for the drinks. :D Anyway dear jiaqi was penniless... haha! So anyway. we parted for home after that. Reached home like almost 12am or slightly after ba. Hee.

I think we should go out more often.. HAHA! Next time we meet should be to celebrate shan's 21st bday~ :) Hmm.. haven't think of what to buy for her yet. have to do it soon. less than 2 weeks to her bday. hee.

PS: i didn't spend a cent in this outing. thanks to the older sisters. :) A blessing of having older sisters... yiping jiejie is same age as er-jie. hee.

SYCO goes crazy. (causal)

The layout for posting a bit weird weird de.. Cannot post pictures too. Just when i feel like it.. Haha!

Time really passes very fast huh.. Only the last performance left for SYCO this year. Moreover not everyone performing. :( I just realised that SY is like the CO i've stayed longest in.. Ok. For now it's the same as pri school. 5years.. Sec sch was only 4, and jc was only 2. CC was on and off. Thou also for a long time.. But not a permanent member for long ever since left sec sch. I'm like just part time in mco and nusco.

SYCO is really different. Most of us are not of the same age. And ya.. Most of the time i'm the oldest among them and the youngest either 16 or 17. But everyone just talk and play tgt. And without fail. We know what we are going to do after every practice and performance. Like going for supper most of the time at Lau Pat Sat after the annual concert. It's so standard that we did it every year.. Only once we went to the HK Cafe which we also frequent on other occasions like Beautiful Sunday. I can safely say one of the joyful grp to be with.

Crazy stuff we did when tgt.. Includes forming our SYCO Choir. Haha. Ytd was one of the craziest time where the whole bunch of us sang national songs all the way from botanical gardens bukit timah gate to the tanglin gate! From the influence of the songs we performed ytd. Heh. But it was fun yea? :) And not to forget the past composition (not-really) of our LPS song. haha. and the singing of Zheng He. lol.

And to back track a bit.. There's like a lot of us swarm into LPS after SYF presentation last thurs.. The place became so black. Haha! But it was really fun.. Becos of the increase of ppl joining us for such activities.. We had to join 6 tables to accommodate all of us! Quite kua zhang lah.. But filled ok. Lol.

Could see everyone was damn happy abt the performance that day.. Esp. Gls. I'm happy for him and for ourselves.. Despite all the lousy stuff we presented during prac before that. It's a relief that we did it on the perf itself. And glad we did too.. Cos everyone was so stress to perform side by side to the Gwh schools. It's just so difficult to outshine anyone. Dunno if we did. But i felt it a success no matter what. :) One unforgettable night i know.

Ok.. Back to present.. First time perf at botanical gardens.. New experience i say.. Not much time for preparation and i'm not really prepared for all the songs really. But yea. I'm glad we did it.. Good to see that there are quite a good no. of audiences. Makes me want to go there picnic as well. Lol. Hmm.. Xiangle performed with us as well. Glad that he could.. But also kinda worried at the same time.. Hope he's still ok after all the songs. And hope all these doesn't worsen his case. My same words.. Nothing is more impt than health Xiangle.. U can do the rest when u recover. Must take care k? And of cos we are all here to support u... Even we can't do anything physically to help u... We support u mentally.. Dun forget u have a lot of friends and family who care. :)

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We went to Shokudo.. and this was taken before we left... our grp really grew much bigger as compared to the past. A good thing.. but also means harder to move everyone and notice everyone. haha! but still... it was really enjoyable. And we sang a birthday song for jessly like out of nowhere. haha. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSLY!! :) Some ppl missing in action. tsk tsk.. dunno where they went, nv join us. But! coincidentally we had the exactly same no. of ppl as the dinner at Hotpot Culture the other day. interesting yea.
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So now.. We are left with Chamber Recital on 19 Sept and we are done for this year... But it means sy for this year will end every soon. Hmm.. Only playing for first and last song.. The rest are solos with a few accompaniment or sectional songs. There's like early bird discount now! $6 per tix. So ask ur friends go buy now! Hee.

Hmm.. Going to sleep le.. Update again soon.. Still having some post-concert syndrome. This is bad. Some photos uploaded at fb. Check them out. :) nites.

Rehearsal, out to play.

Had a rather interesting day with the SY ppl... one of the first time we had like 17ppl out tgt... it's kinda a hazard.. haha. but we managed to do it sia.. hahaha. it's kinda crazy cos we went from SCH to Esplanade... back to SCH and went to Marina Sq again. lol.

First time to Hotpot Culture and it's really not bad.. had a real good time... eating, laughing, playing and whatever not... but then a bit overeat. haha. damn full after that. but fondue and ice cream was really good. heee... Beef not that good though... i think we ate our fill ya? hee. A bit ex but ya.. i also think we should go eat Kuishin Bo the next time.. it's like my all-time fav buffet... just that it's like double the price of the buffet we had just now. lol!

In the end we started playing 终极密码 and i'm quite lucky to only ganna once... which was hotdog plus chocolate fondue... it tasted a bit weird.. but at least that's the only thing i had... while u know.. the rest had like fishballs, beef, chicken, mushroom and whatever they can find in the pot... together with chocolate!! a bit crazy... and i think our table (consisting of joel, jojo, junhe, minhui and i) is really like the noisiest among all... like laughing all the way??!! the rest were like asking why we kept on laughing... and we really laugh until i feel damn bad... like going to puke.. but i didn't lah... it's really bad for health. haha!!

Then after that went to arcade... actually was really tired liao... but then since we are so full already... need to release some energy... i dun really fancy arcade but it's really fun to see friends play some interesting games sometimes... like Para para?? lol. funny. hee. they know what i'm talking abt. videos?? bleahs.

Anyway... back to serious stuff... it will be really hoping that we will do better for the wed prac and the actual performance... today was really disappointing.. and i thought i saw mr quek holding on to his chest area when exerting too much force.. and it's really pain to see that.. sighs. didn't get to hear any other schools... but supposedly they should be much better given more time and more flexibility in prac times... all the more we should be more serious and more hardworking than what we are doing now.. right?

And for a dear friend.. i'm really sad to know it.. i didn't have the courage to actually ask... partly perhaps i dun want to believe the truth... dun want to believe that such things will happen to ppl ard me... moreover such a good and nice friend... and partly i know that i might not be able to control myself if i hear abt it with my own ears... i could only really hope that he will recover soon.. and back to performing with us too!

Anyway.. just for these 2 ppl.. i believe we have the motivation to do well for our upcoming performances... good luck to myself too! still not confident for some parts. or rather... still not prepared for some parts.. and well... dun really have time to prac as well... ahh... need to do well definitely!! :)

Syyy... Jiayou!! :)))

a small laugh...

In the toilet at a mall....

女孩: 你在做什么?
妈妈没回答.
女孩: (敲着门) 你现在做什么? 是在小还是在拿toilet paper擦屁股？
妈妈：...
女孩:(又问一次) 你在做什么?
妈妈: 我现在要打人! 人家在听音乐 (商场的音乐). 不要吵!

....

小孩很妙, 妈妈也不差. haha! I was 偷笑-ing when i heard that... and the child really like 不耻下问.. impressed. but no wonder the mum was a bit pissed. but i think she find it a bit funny too. just didn't show. that's all. =P

Really Random. Food-Parade-Game.

Oh man... i realised i really haven't updated for a long time... upload on some random happenings ba.. haha...

First of all.. i think a lot will be interested in this....


Kinder Happy Hippo! HAHA. So cute right! Yuhui got it from her Europe trip... says there's like really a lot of varieties in their Kinder series there... too bad we only have like so few of the collection. But i haven't try it yet... so dunno how it taste... Hehe. Waiting for more Kinder to come to Sg! :)


This picture is taken during the NDP Combined Rehearsal 3. Was kinda lucky to get a shot of the Heart-shaped ones. Fireworks just come and go... so yea.. Anyway.. they have a fantastic show this year. Though you still see Sang Nila Utama story... but they tried to put it in a more cheezy way. well... stay at home to watch the show/parade on National Day. it will be crowded outside anyway. haha!


Lastly!! That's the first time i got 1000coins from the Daily Lottery in Pet Society!! :))) Was damn happy... hahaha! Hope i will get it again some time... Hee.. but i know not so lucky de lah. Haha. at least not soon? played for so many months liao and get once only leh! TSK.

Anyway.. update more soon... when i have the time at home.. cos got photos want to post. :)

Sums up for June

Ya... if u dunno why i dun have the time to update. this might do... haha!
I had a damn happening June this year.. it's like i'm having june holidays with the schooling kids too. haha! But well.. all these happened when i still have to work 9am to 6pm during weekdays. haha. i'm amazed i could do so much!

List of activities:
1 - 5 June: SYCO Rehearsals at night
6 June: SYCO concert!!! :)
7 June: Picnic @ Marina Barrage with my Beloveds
7 June: Late Night Steamboat session @ Kenny's with Minhui, Jessly, Junhe and Jojo.
8 June: NYCO Chalet BBQ @ East Coast (Fun but sad that i didn't get to go night cycling with them)
10 June: SYCO Post-concert Reception and Eskibar!
11 June: Dinner with Royal Family @ Bakerzin
12 June: Pretty eventful.. there's another post on this.
- Lunch Treat from Colleagues @ Secret Recipe
- SCO Concert (Jazz with Chris Brucbeck)
- Xing Wang HK Cafe with SYCO peeps after concert
13 June: Lunch out with Family @ Sushi Tei
13 June: Overnight Wii with SYCO peeps (not all of them stayed lah)
14 June: Wii Party with NUSCO peeps
15 June: Wii till late with Sylvia and Yushi
16 June: Dinner with Emily, William and Minghao @ Ichiban Boshi
17 June: Dinner with dearest cousin Jiaqi @ Kim Gary HK Cafe
21 & 24 June: Out to get pressies for dear friends
22 June: Steamboat dinner (at supper time) @ Kenny's again. (more ppl this time)
25 June: Dean's 21st Birthday Party @ Vienna
26 June: Overnight Changkat Chalet @ Downtown East
28 June: BBQ session with the Beloveds @ Horng's. :)

A fulfilling june i think. Even though it can be really tiring sometimes... i'm really happy to see my friends! Some really long time nv see already. so worth it lor. :) Now only lack pri school friends, sec 1&2 gang, and LASALLE buddies. Supposed to meet last week. but didn't come true cos of last min crop up stuff. Really wanna meet up soon. i miss our bitching sessions during projects hahaha!

Yup. u see... rest of the time i'm either at home or at work lah. hahaha! That explains. right? Hee. Cya next time and i'm already working hard on blogging abt the rest of the stuff. Be patient! :)

U may want to check out below for the new posts... cos already saved them as drafts. just that haven't finished typing. hee. Yea. all on 15 june. =x

SYCO concert 2009

Though there weren't as many activities for this year's sy compared to last time... or rather it wasn't possible for me to join in all of them... hahaha! BUT i think this year is a super memorable year. :)))

Didn't do many crazy things with the usual ppl... cos of work... But still the bond is there and ya.. actually i dun even need to say more abt it. I love my SYCO people. :) Ya... This year's concert was quite in a rush.. and it's really heart-warming (at least to me) to see so many ppl coming at 2pm to have a last min prac even without the conductor. We know that we haven't been doing our best all along. but the concert itself. Dong Hai was really out of expectation. surprisingly! haha. Tian Ying wasn't really that good.. dunno why i was kinda in a daze at the starting. and ya.. none of us came out correctly on our cue. lol. That was bad.

白毛女 is like my most not confident song... although there's like SCO teachers playing tgt.. this is the song i'm most unprepared for all these years of combined song.. i think i really didn't have enough time to practice properly... and didn't put in enough effort. sighs.

And sad that we didn't really have a lot of time to take pictures... And i realised that i didn't had any with Minhui at all! hmm.. u mean we nv met on the concert day? hahaha! And i actually took quite a few with joel.. weird right. i think it's the memory. hahaha. forgot took with who and then joel kept on appearing. that must be why. lol. Koh Minhui! Must take picture next time hor. haha!

Supper-ed with a lot of ppl after concert. Like one of the most ppl went event. haha! zhiwen, boyi, sylvia and desmond joined us too. :) Ya. and Mr Quek joined us too. Sat there for like a long long time. Wanted to leave that time Xiangle and Tingkai wanted to come over to find us... so in the end we sat there for even longer time. HAHA! We like went home at 1+am? can't really rmb. but ya.. cabbed with tingkai and via. Cool. I really love my syco ppl. :)

And ya.. dun need to say abt my post-concert syndrome again right. -.- First time like that!!! crazy. hahah. But nvm. Another 2 performances coming up! :) Quite excited.. both are going to be new experiences. Yeah. One at SYF Presentation. This is scary though.. it's with the GWH schools... omg. Of cos it sets us a bit worried for whatever is going to happen. We are going to show them we are better. isn't it?! Lol. Then next on is Botanic Gardens. No Beautiful Sunday this year. Not sure if will get to perform for the chamber one... hmm... oh wells.. :)

Lastly.. Some pictures. :)


Supposed to be the whole xian yue. but as u can see... some are missing. lol. dunno what they so busy with. tsk tsk.


The whole SYCO. Kinda crazy to get the picture taken. but last year's nicer. haha. more organised and ya. can see better too. But still look at this big family. :) <3


And ya... surprisingly i think this is the first single picture i ever taken with laoshi. Like after so many years of tutelage under him. lol. And that's when i'm already not having any lessons under him, privately or at sy. irony.

Yea. that's all! Have to update abt other things already. haha!

Birthday 2009

Thanks to all those who rmb... and thanks for all the wishes.. presents... and time spent with me! :))) I had lotsa fun for this year's bday! :)))

First of all was the picnic session with my Beloveds at Marina Barrage! Yeah! Finally we are there. Enjoying ourselves with food and nature (err... ok. man-made) =P First cake for bday this year! Nice chocolate cake from Chocz. Hee. As usual (except for last year), we celebrated Qin's and my bday tgt. A bit late for Qin and a bit early for mine. But still. i think everyone enjoyed and had fun out of the least we spent? :)

What we have:

• A big mat and one small one.
• Fried Beehoon
  
• 123 Chicken Wings and Pork Chop
• Mini Burgers
• Egg Mayo Sandwiches
• 4 Bottles of Drinks
• Potato Chips

That's all... Eat and laugh... and take photos... A lot of ppl flying kites there.. nice. We went to sit under the canvas (or if u call that a canopy. haha) cos it was drizzling and we are going to eat u know. But good cos got shelter from the sun. hee. Nice background we have for the photo! :)


The 2 birthday girls! :)


Grp photo! Yeah. Where is horng horng and char????

Then met up with my dear JC friends too. They gave me a stack of Kinokuniya vouchers!! Yeah... ok. Not really a big stack lah. hahaha. But good i can buy storybooks. Hee. Thanks jiale for getting it. :) Yup... So it was just a simple dinner at Bakerzin. And Kim didn't come! Tsk tsk. She went to some other friend's 21st Birthday party. But well... i didn't turn up for hers too. hahaha! so we're quits. =P


The 2 birthday girls. Happy to have a close friend with the same bday! :)


Grp photo. Just before we left. Look at the empty dessert place on the table. haha!

On the actual day itself... my colleagues were so nice to treat me to lunch @ Secret Recipe. (Yes... i went to work becos i would be doing nothing anyway. no difference) I was happy cos i barely know them for like less than 2 weeks. So it was quite a surprise. :) Really nice ppl to be with.. Nice foodie when out with them for lunch... but also means spend more money. lol. And long lunch sometimes too. Oops. Yea. Had my favourite Chocolate Indulgence after that!! :)))

Evening was spent at SCH. A rather last min decision to catch the SCO-Jazz Concert. Thanks to SCO for the complimentary tix lor. haha. if not, i also not sure what would i be doing. probably just go home and yada yada. cos no one 'dated' me what. Oh wells... birthday is really just like any other day lah.. for the past dunno how many years, my bday had been rather plain and eventless. It's either everyone thinks that i will have something on my bday or that they just didn't bother. but think abt it, if anyone bothers, i won't end up without programmes right? Haha. what an irony. Nvm. Anyways.. so Sis and i went to the concert. It was awesome anyhows! Perhaps better than the last one! lol. And Huang Laoshi's crystal erhu is really like damn cool! We screamed at it the moment it appeared on stage. And Thanks to Xunqi, we were able to take a photo with the Erhu! :)))


Yeah! The 闪闪亮亮的二胡! Haha!

After the concert, SYCO peeps decided to go for supper! So we went to our usual Xing Wang HK Cafe again. Eat and laugh and whatever. lol. The usual syco stuff we talked abt. Cabbed home after that with minhui and joel chia. :) Thanks for the card and the Garfield keychain. :) It's the only card i received this year.. and i like it! :))) It's sitting on top of my work table now. yea. until i get off from this job end of the month lah. hahaha.


All who went! :) And yet xiangle pangseh-ed AGAIN. Haha!

Then sat was a meal out with my family @ Sushi Tei. I know i damn suaku this time cos i've nv been to Sushi Tei. Like what the right.. hahaha! Anyway.. nice lunch we had and after that bought some drinks and went home cos some syco peeps coming over for Wii. In the end it was quite funny cos of some funny incidents.. HAHA! Jojo, junan and junyuan stayed over... jojo and i played Wii almost the whole night till morning. lol. terrible. Actually i was quite tired. but ya. i very 了不起. haha! Fun day with them... Sylvia even bought a cake and the few left sang a birthday song for me damn quietly cos quite late already and they were also trying to be funny. lol! So ya.. this is part of my bday celebration cos still got cake. haha!

Then Sunday was NUSCO peeps' turn. It's supposed to be a Wii party! It wasn't meant to be a birthday party and it was not a birthday party. But i was still presented with Tangs vouchers when Eric, peiying and huiyan came... so i have to put this activity down here. Haha! Ya.. and so everyone was enjoying the Wii i could see.. and HEAR! Very excited grp of players... even noisier than my syco ppl. Finally syco found some competitors. lol! Our dinner came from 85market. Cos almost everyone of are westerners and have nv tried food here before... i make them sound like foreigners... hahaha! Yea. Apparently the photos have not been uploaded yet... so ya. Next time. :)

Ok... just before i end this very long entry... i would like to thank the following ppl for sending me their wishes thru SMS.. :))) Chekhui, Kimberly, Yinghan, Minhui & Jojo & Joel & Sng Zheng & Junan & Lihan (I put them tgt becos they mass msg at the same time! I was very touched!! Thanks Syyyy), Yuhui, Zhongming, Sylvia, Siyih,Yunyi, Jiaqi, Royston kor-kor, Emily, Jiawei, Jonathan Lau and William.

Thru Facebook.. Jon Tan, Rachel Yang, Cuifen, Kuan Boon, Zhiwen, Deshun, Kenneth, Von Chia, Dean, Chaixia, Tsechiew, Rachael Lim, Horng, Cherri, yinghan again, Singling, Ben Boo, Michael, Qinqin, Joel Chia, Jason, Carrine, Janice, Debbie, Xueqi, Kimmy, Xiuping, Jocelyn, Joyce, Lixin, Jiewan, YanRu with a cute video, Michelle low, Keslyn, Mingkwang, Wingyan and lastly... Yvonne Tay.

AND!!! Very happy to receive 2 phonecalls from Aussie!! Von and Horng! :)))) Thank u my dears!!

With this i shall end here. FINALLY! :)

Post-concert syndrome -.-

I know.. i haven't been blogging for a long time... and haven't been updating all the exciting things i've done since like may... But June is really a very eventful month... and I will really try to update asap... with nice pictures... and blah blah blah...

Just wanna say... I think this year's SYCO concert is really fantastic... and i really miss the concert very much!! So much so that i think i have post-concert syndrome... cos i thought it was still concert day when i woke up on sunday morning... BUT... concert was already over on sat!! so emo lah! This is the first time i felt like that! We all done so much for the concert... including mr quek... coming early for little rehearsal just before the concert. I think the idea is there. We bond. We want and we can do it. Plus this year's after concert supper was damn fun too.... Had lotsa chats... and lotsa fun. :) I hope sy never ever lose this passion and happiness... A lot of ppl!! :)) Including Sylvia, Boyi and Zhiwen.... A pity they didn't join this year. if not should be double fun. HAHA.

Ok.. more details soon... i need to like go and sleep so that i can wake up tmr for work. Hee. Nites.

Changing environment

Yeah... i know i haven't been blogging for a long time.. and be truthful... i dun really have much energy to blog now either.. =x This week is really tiring... Ever since i'm back from TW... there were so much to do... or actually i've been working almost everyday... kinda drained already...

And finally it's break tmr.. but still i will be going to Orchard... and what more.. the building beside workplace... why they didn't choose a further place? hahahah! And then sunday it's work again. Work has been very much ok today. Though quite messy everywhere... dunno what to do first... but anyways... work is going to end pretty soon (i.e. coming sunday)..

From next month onwards, i would be seen more in the west area... hais... not much choice actually... i've just got to live with it for a few months at least... so i'm only trying out the sundays with my part time still... but i kinda reckon that it's going to be tiring anyways...

AND... the job i'm changing to is still a part time... but it will benefit me better in my resume aspect.... at least i would have more experience by then... (hopefully) and would get another full time position over there... Yea.. so good luck to me in my new job and environment...

Well.. going to enjoy the saturday with nusco peeps! :) I'm probably the only non-member there. HAHA! =x Ok.. nites. :)

Back from TWN

If u all do not know yet.. I'm back!!! Sad to say... hahah. i think i haven't enjoyed enough. HAHA! But thankfully also... cos after we came back.. there were confirm cases of H1N1 in TW. Hmm....

It's really a fun and fruitful trip. I love it every inch. I want to go again!!!

Anyway... photos and updates will be up soon! :)))

1 Year after 512

1 year ago on this day... 12 May 2008. I was in China and the Sichuan Earthquake happened. But of cos i wasn't at the site... but we could feel the emotional impact there... and it was really a very sad period for the ppl there.

In a wink.. it's already 1 year. Hope that the families have already got over the disaster or will get over it soon. Also hope that they have already return to their normal life.. and those who lost their loved ones have already found the courage to continue living.

Yup. of cos... on this day we also like to hope that no such disaster will happen again.

17 again!

After SYF.. Went to catch a movie with Sylvia... Haven't been to the movies for a long long time... The whole SEMESTER i didn't watch a single movie.. how sad a life. So i have to relive it. HEE. (but if not for the early agreement i would have gone back to ny with them.. so dun be sad i didn't. hee)

But i'm glad i watched 17 AGAIN. HAHA! ZAC EFRON!!! :))) He's looking better and better in every movie he starred... Haha... he's really stunning. lol. The itself.. Quite typical ba.. But hilarious too..

And really glad too since i dun really have time to watch it before i leave for taiwan. Hee. It's worth it to see zac efron after all. Haha! Yeah.

Actually sometimes i could be 17 again too. Maybe i would live it differently. And i do wish to live it differently.. Cos somehow j1 wasn't a very fruitful year plus there were some unhappy stuff during that time. How nice if i could change it. But well... It is not possible and those memories just had to be kept. Yea.. Have to lah. Want to forget all also hard. Haha.

It's going to be a busy week before going to taiwan. Work and some miscellaneous stuff. Haha. Will be meeting up with friends too! And mother's day celebration. :) hope to have a good meal with the family. Haven't decided where yet. Haha. Till then!

JC SYF 2009

Yay-ness is when u are there to feel the victory!! :))) I'm happy to be there to share the joy!

NYJCCO GOLD WITH HONOURS!! :)))

It's really proud to say that nyjcco has been improving all these years.. from a Silver in 2005 (sad to say... my batch).. to Gold in 2007 and to GWH this year! I'm truly proud of every single juniors in NYJCCO. I may not know all of them... but i know everyone put in their 101% on stage today.

To speak the truth i was very nervous during their performance too... my heart beat very fast lor~ Dunno why. maybe cos like ding ls said... if this batch doesn't get GWH... it's really a pity. I really admire her for the kind of confidence she has. Maybe she didn't scold our batch enough. HAHA! =x But the fact is our batch has very good players ard too... there just wasn't enough ppl. too bad.

But hahaha.. I am happy that they eventually get a gold and gwh... and surprisingly beat some of the top JCs. And i think that all those schools that gotten GWH done really well... and i enjoyed their music very much. TJ's choice piece is something different and i think they did well. HC was good too. Gerald so funny he cried right after the comp. But i tot his solo was really good! Jingwen also lah. funny ppl. keep thinking too much...

And i think most of the JCs did quite well.. though some are exceptionally well... At least i was right for most of the awards which the schools should be awarded. Haha! Congrats to all the schools for the hard work they have put in for this year's SYF.. Good job everyone!

Wonder where i will be the next syf... Haha!

《天冷就回来》2009

Really didn't do much after school ended.. and the last 2 days were the only days i get to stay at home... like really heavenly to do that. lol!!! =x Dunno where to start blogging... hais..

The only worthwhile thing to mention is like watching 《天冷就回来》last weekend. :))) Though the cast was slightly different.. the overall was still very good!!! Sad that Sebastian Tan not singing/acting in this musical anymore. Tsk tsk.. Sing Chew was definitely better than the last Xiao Jing... =x But i think the last 2 Ah Qiangs were also slightly better? Or maybe 比较顺眼. Haha! And i think cos i already know the story... felt a bit disgusted at some parts. Haha! no wonder they have to put a rating to the musical this time round. Yea.

But i think if they still havce a third run... i might not go again? Cos i want to keep the good memories of the musical... cos i scared that the musical will become less and less good quality. =x Well... of cos i dun want to think that way.. just in case lah.... everytime like that go also not a solution. lol.

Anyways... Still a money worthed musical to watch! :) I think everyone is happy too. Love the songs... love the story... bla blah blah.. everything! Saw qinglun and meigui too... after that qinglun said the musical was really good and it was his first... Good to know. And via koh so 不巧.. she wants the soundtrack.. but in the end... i reached home already then she say. =.= So too bad lor...

Hmm.. that's all.. want to go watch tv liao. Hee.

SYF Sec Sch 2009

YEAH!! SACCO got Gold for SYF 2009!!! It might be nothing big... some might even think that sac does not deserve the award. but i know it's not easy for the juniors. it's nv easy for a kadang school like sac. i dunno why. cos we haven't gotten a gold ever since my batch graduated. and hey.. it's the results after all. u can't change it.. i can't change it too! Keep up the work SACCO juniors! ;) Hmm.. the only pity was no other SACCO mates were there to share the happiness with me. :(

Anyway... There are quite a few surprising results from the syf. and that the overall standard really improved A LOT!!! It's much more pleasant to listen to most of the schools now... And happy to hear that there are more variety of choice pieces rather than just 丰年祭 and more 丰年祭 the last syf... and also a lot of 将军令 and 奋勇前进 and all those lah! this year most schools played different songs and i'm really impressed to hear schools play 郑和 and 嘎达梅林!! i think syco played better though. hee.

OH! and i missed RVCO again this year. LOL. So much more for saying i missed them the past syfs. and this is yet another year... couldn't wake up early enough in the morning on the first day... and had to rush to school to hand in my documentation for thesis too.. so ya.. if u can't rmb how the last syf was like... refer to my post for last syf...

In summary... there were 11 Gold with Honours... 15 Golds... 20 Silvers and 11 Bronzes. 57 in total... same no. of school as 2007... but more GWHs and Golds. It's kinda crazy to hear so many schools getting gwh... esp. the last day.. got 6!!! -.- Shan't comment much on who deserve it or not cos i very well know that i'm not in that kind of position to judge... but i think a lot of ppl know in their heart how some of the results should be like.

I mean even for SAC.. their chances were so low i didn't pin any hope on them... (sad to say)... plus they were so suay to be right behind SNCO, DHSCO and NASSCO. like wth. how to do well like that?! but luckily all the 3 schools got gwh... and that is why sac got rewarded gold. IF ngee ann didn't get gwh... i think sac will be back to silver.

3rd day was SO competitive... Seriously competitive.. and we thought some gold schools should get gwh... while ya... we thought some gwh schools weren't so good... and well.. it's quite the same kind of reaction for all 3 days... lol. shall not mention the school(s)... :) ask me personally. hahahaha!!! =x

Ah... i seriously love syf.. can see many many friends... can share views... and happy to see the students so dedicated and passionate abt CO (just like i do). although listening to the set piece over and over again can really die!!! and some school made kenny nose bleed after their choice piece. lol!!! that was really funny. Oh.. i miss syf already... But ok! Still got JC syf.. hope nyco can really do well! :)))

Really felt that life is a bit mudane after school ended... i used to have project plans on saturdays... that even though sometimes i feel a bit lazy to go for those meetings... we ended up having good conversations and usually spent good time tgt. and now... i've got NO plans for saturdays... i'm sad.. i'm going to sleep tmr away... -.-'''

Ok.. back to pet society and mafia wars and bejeweled blitz. hahaha!

Bye to LASALLE...

YEAH!!! Last post was only bye to thesis... Now... i can say... Bye to LASALLE. Actually not that i dun like the course and the school.. it's more of like.. i dun like this sem!!! It's a damn er-xin sem where i have to do everything in these 15 weeks. crazy.

And i think it's the sem i stayed up really late or nv sleep at do for the most times in the entire course... usually it's just 1 or 2 nights up to finish the last min work... but this sem is like... Argh!! Like ytd.. slept for 3h only. Ok. i know i deserve it lah... but then again. lol!! Anyway... everything is over liao... Hopefully my essay wouldn't be too bad... =x And i think our idea for biz planning is cool. :) Wonder when will i see the girls again.. Must meet up!

Last week was worst of all... 3days only slept for 1 night. How i tahan huh??? Plus i pia finish the ibl report in like what 7hours?? 3000 words plus logbook. my friend say i 强. hahah! but i think i wanna die liao lor. One of the days my friend could tell that i nv sleep! wth. ok. should start sleeping early and sleeping more! :)

No more doing school work overnight anymore! :))) Finally back to normal lifestyle. HEE.

Last day of SYF tmr... and also sacco's syf... Good Luck to them lor.. I also wish that we can get good results... but i dunno why i really dun have the faith in them. Well.. I hope they will prove me wrong and let me be proud of my alma mater again! :) JIA YOU!!! (Summary of SYF another day ba).. really tired liao... Nitex.

To friends who are studying for their exams now.. all the best and jia you. dun burn too much night oil if not will end up like me.

Say 'Bye-bye' to Thesis! :)

WAh!! Finally finished the 年度大作... my Thesis paper!! :))))

Only slept for almost 2h after dinner ytd... and slept from 6am to 9am this morning... so as to pia finish the paper and IBL report. I think i quite nervous in the end cos i scared i cannot finish. But i did!!! :))) YEAH! And i finished presentation too! Phew. think it's one of the few better presentation i had... although my voice sucks... i think it's from the lack of sleep. lol. But i was quite amazed that i could finish all (thesis plus ibl) although it seems impossible. But i admit that ibl one is more sloppily done lah... thesis more impt after all. =x

I would really like to thank everyone around me man... And especially my thesis supervisor... she has been so so so tolerant towards me... and i think i was steady today partly becos of her. She gave me all the affirmation during my presentation... And according to how the rest of my friends describe their supervisor... i think i really got a very nice one. I hope i didn't let her down thou. hee.

Okies.. now i'm left with 1 presentation and 1 essay.. both on tues and i'm really done with my studies with lasalle. Hehe.

Slacking time should be here soon!! :))) ok.. got to go sleep. Tired!!

Sianssss..

life is unfair and we all know that...

i have to hand in my IBL report the same day as the others even though i ended the IBL much much later than most of them... they were given more than what 1 month or more to do the report while i'm only given 1 week. i emailed and she didn't even understand!! Think i have to email the bigger one. damn. I hope it will be to the original 2 weeks... so i'll have another week after thesis. argh.

after a day's work at suntec... i suddenly find back the kind of freedom and stress free environment!! Maybe i've been staying at shaw for too long... i forgot how stress free work life is like... And i think i really miss it.. lol! Although suntec cannot sit down. -.- but i think still ok for me ba... when i return to shaw today... i feel so constrained and thought why am i back again... Haha! It's seriously happy to be away from all the phone calls... i think i answered more than 10 phone calls on the same issue today... plus the other enquiries and blah blah blah. ytd i didn't answer any and i felt so glad. though i didn't sell anything... ytd was a really happy working day! :)

BUT. hopefully i can leave this job soon? Cos when i leave this job... it means that i've already got a full time job! :))) I mean hopefully lah! hahahaha. Jia you ba... now school work more impt!

阿桑

If u all haven't heard about it... this very talented taiwan singer passed away on monday morning. When i first heard the news over the radio on monday night.. i thought i heard wrongly and i thought the person wasn't her. until the dj played her song 叶子. i knew she is the one.

It's really a very sad thing to hear about. The news were so sudden.. becos she doesn't want her family members and other ppl to be worried... she chose to keep everything within her. So young and probably a brighter future... yet illness had to take her away... read 张智成's blog and felt rather touched.

But i believed she has done all she wants since the discover of the terminal illness. And i hope she has gone to a better place. 一路好走.

叶子 － 阿桑
叶子 是不会飞翔的翅膀
翅膀 是落在天上的叶子
天堂 原来应该不是妄想
只是我早已经遗忘
当初怎么开始飞翔
孤单 是一个人的狂欢
狂欢 是一群人的孤单
爱情 原来的开始是陪伴
但我也渐渐地遗忘
当时是怎样有人陪伴
我一个人吃饭 旅行 到处走走停停
也一个人看书 写信 自己对话谈心
只是心又飘到了哪里
就连自己看也看不清
我想我不仅仅是失去你
我一个人吃饭 旅行 到处走走停停
也一个人看书 写信 自己对话谈心
只是心又飘到了哪里
就连自己看也看不清
我想我不仅仅是失去你

I'm not a fan of all her songs... but i do know she has a very nice voice and all. And i'm sure everyone knows this song.

Last 2 weeks!! Chiong ah!

OMG! this week got 2 projects due... AH!!!! Dunno if presentation will be this or next week. our very interesting lecturer said that he will only choose who to present on the day itself. dotx. So we got to get everything ready by tues! Well... maybe this way everyone will be present for class... cos no excuses.. hahaha!

The other is on thurs... that day lecturer asked if we want to extend... as in vote to decide... most of us didn't want to... including me... i want to really get it over and be done with... dun want to drag any longer... and in our group only one person wanted to extend... cos she's always not ready for her work. -.- Not that i really am ready now... but i know i will do it.

After that i will be left with abt a week to finish an individual essay and my thesis!!! Quite lucky to present on the last day... but a bit sian to be the last to present. lol! But maybe not that many ppl will come too... so better too! haha. hopefully. =P

Then another week to finish up my report. Yeah... at least i will have more time for that.

AH! STRESSED. dun think i will update much till then. 17th April faster come!!! (but not too fast too lah.. haven't finish all my work yet) CATS!!! If There's Seasons!!! :))) Look forward. And SYF too. lol.

Ok.. back to work... Have to chiong liao... See numbers till i sian! bye.

Bleahs

Haven't update for some time... practically no time to do it... and like what i'm updating during office hour now?! lol.

And into my last 2 weeks of internship and last 3 weeks of the 3 years in LASALLE. wah.. didn't expect the time to like really fly so fast.

Anyway... amidst all these busy schedule... i managed to have my fair share of relax time. Actually i thought the relax is like more that what i deserve. lol! =P

Work all that was ok... except for something which happened last friday. dun wish to talk abt it anymore. but i think it was the first time i ever lost my usual calmness when handling a customer.. Somemore over the phone. I dunno how come i can't control myself... i think it's because as the customer scold.. i was thinking of something else.. and i think it's rather unfair to me that the customer says that kind of thing. and i think that what she said (or rather shouted) was not true. And i wasn't even given a chance to explain. Very stupid hor? Then i think my colleague shocked to see what happened to me after i hung up.. =x

I thought i wun see that customer but in the end she didn't collect on sat and when she came on sunday. She questioned me. but this time i was really keeping my cool. and whatever she thinks that's her problem. If u think so highly of ur australia service centre. Go ahead. nobody is going to stop u or whatever. And i'm not interested in ur money! Please do not insult us. such a bitch.

But well... over already. Maybe lately too stressed... stress which i didn't feel... so more emotional? lol. Whatever. I want to faster finish my semester and start slacking! :) Ok. Time for lunch. Wah.. i took damn long to type this whole thing. haha!

Hortpark to Vivo, Project, Sunset and Rainbow

Have a great saturday! :)

Was quite surprised that i could wake up so early and reach school early! lol. I reached at like 7.40am. Yeah! All ready for the nature walk. :)

The little packed snacks for us.


In the bus... on our way there..


The starting point... the other side also very nice wor.. next time want to explore the other side too. Started from here. and a game to play on the way. each student was given half a map. of odd cutting edge.. so they have to find the other half. and they would be partners along the way. have to get to know each other. (i was excluded cos there were odd numbers. lol. heng ah. =x)


The first section... Flora walk. quite a number of different flowers along the 2 sides. unique flowers.


Then Alexandra Arch (i think). Hee. it's just a overhead bridge actually... but a beautified one... and quite nice i feel. Towards the forest walk.


This is how the below of the super long walkway looked like. and it's about this height all the way through. Quite scary to look straight down and walk. =x


This is how part of it look like. Very tall right!?


Some of the grp on the upper deck already.


End of forest walk and towards the Henderson Waves. A very nice place!!


Look so cozy and all... like those rooftop garden. i like.


The waves. Had a small rest here while had the interactive section. i.e. ask the questions on their partners... like where they are from, what they study, what they like and blah blah blah.


End of Henderson's Wave... and now it's to Mount Fabour and Marang Trail!


Managed to see a few monkeys on the way.


The Marang trail. i asked my colleague already. raining will not spoil the road. so after rain still can walk. that's what she told me.


End point: HabourFront :)

Was super tired and warm after finishing it. slept on the way back to school. lol!


high-tea with jamie and caiwen after a short meeting at nat lib with sijia. after lunch she went off for her thai lesson. the 3 of us were trying to find a place at raffles city to sit down and discuss further. Decided to go Canele cos the Macarons look super tempting.


Nice box and menu. hahaha!


So we bought 2 each and went inside. funny lor. we forgot that we will have to pay the 10% SVC and GST also.. lol. But they were really nice!! :)

Didn't come home too late cos i was really tired. i fell during the meeting and deep asleep on the train lor. power right. But i was in a super good mood ytd night. cos of the beautiful sight i saw.


Saw this when i was coming home. Sky colour very nice. so i shot.


After that my mum said the sky very red so i went to see and got a even nicer sunset picture. It's really beautiful! I went up to the 15th floor corridor to take this... and while going up i was wishing for a rainbow and tada!!!


Got rainbow!!! Big and beautiful!! :))) it actually stretched across my block... so first one was taken upstairs on my living room side... and the second one was taken from my kitchen. Damn pretty. Supposedly there were 2.. but the other one kinda faded already. can try to spot on first picture.

Feels like a dream come true! :)
Happy to be near the nature and see the nature. :)))

Cat! :)

Removed blog song for the moment. sometimes i cannot stand the music ringing too. lol.

Was bored at work... so browsing some videos and found some interesting ones...
Relax for a while and enjoy. :)

Very cute cat! haha.


Cool gadget.


Dolphin: Amazing animals!

自作孽

早就应该知道结局会是这样。
但是消息传来的时候，还是会有刺到心的感觉。
如果当初不坚持，心里会不会好过一点？
早知道是这样，不是应该放弃吗？
也许现在也不需要那么痛苦了。
只是当初的决定已让我无法退出了。
我只能做到最好。
‘最好’到底是什么？
视线已经模糊了。
是累了吗？是哭了吗？
知道不能挽回吗？
也许人生就是如此。
我越来越不像我自己。
不知如何解释。
不知如何解决。
更不知如何面对。
但是现实是不会改变的。还是要面对。
这个我知道。
就算中间会有更动，还是会一样的。
这个我也知道。
关系不一样了。
这个我更清楚。
不清楚的是原因。
现在也不想知道了。
也许从一开始就是如此了。
只是我不够敏感罢了。
说罢。

Lalala

Aiyo.. i like very free like that... At work now lor.. =x

How i wished i dun have to work and will have all the time at home. HAIS. For studies (intern) and for money (part-time)... Have to do it lah... Well.. Just bear with it for 1 more month and i'm off! Must always rmb that to motivate myself.

Sometimes i do feel that i deserve what i'm facing now... if i've started out earlier... I might be better off now. :( And i chose to join sy also... so i have to bear with it too... Plus this year they decided it's still better to have sectionals every week. thus the more busy schedule than last year. hee. but it's better too.. at least for my section. :)

And then i still have the free time (i dunno where that free time come from.. usually during work =x) to organise gathering! lol. Some relaxing time is good still. But i think i relaxed too much over the last week.. these few days have to do something to compensate. hee.

Projects... assignment... Thesis... Report! Bye. Lunching soon. :)

OMG!

Dun be alarm... that's my arm/shoulder being bitten my mosquito(es) last night while i was sleeping... I happened to not cover my blanket ytd. and dotx. this was what happened. Damn scary right... there's like about 20 of them!!! Some are more to the top so couldn't be seen.. Some are smaller... so can't be seen in the picture... and there are 3 more on my elbow.. too far to be taken together. Crazy. No wonder i felt itch and i can feel that i was scratching myself in the sleep...

I woke up knowing that i have some bites.. so i showed to my sis.. she 'wah' when she saw and said it was bad... i went to look into the mirror and 'wah' even louder... i didn't know it was THAT bad... all red and swollen... -.- wah liao.. somemore the 2 sisters complained they got 2 bites each.. after they saw mine... they nv complain liao. lol!

还是很痒!!!! Argh. go and sleep le. rmb my blanket tonight.. just in case.

Draft 2 deadline

Phew.. like finally.. but i think i like forgot something. =x But hopefully this one will be better than the last.

But then... i did my best liao... although i kinda slacked the afternoon away by going ktv with sis. lol! Am i crazy or what?! But maybe i just need a little relaxation time and some 发泄 time too... And i feel really good after that man.. just that at the same time i felt very tired too.... i dun think i dare to go back and see what i typed just now. hahaha! I like falling asleep... But then... i think over the sleepy time already... so i'm like awake now.. -.-

Anyway i nv thought i could type such a long document. up to date it's like 31 pages!!!!! That's including some annex and the cover page and contents page.. blah blah blah.. but still... that's crazy enough for me. now it's like what 7000+ words. faints. think i still have lots more to type... still got one section. :)

Ytd i was shocked that i stayed up till 4am. Actually i wasn't really tired... just that i'm afraid either of my family members will wake up and find me still typing away in the living room. so i went to sleep. actually i think i fell asleep quite fast. =x

Tmr's a day to enjoy a bit too... :) Early celebration for dad's bday. Yeah! Anyway it really feels damn good to be able to wake up late.. i can't wait for my holidays to come! lol.

Going to sleep le. nitex.

Allure 2009

Some backlogged events not updated. =x

Last Sat went to watch nusco concert with er-jie.. wasn't quite the original plan... haha. cos i wanted to go to eawards party instead... but the weekend before that.. huiyan asked if we want the 2 tickets she had left... so we went lor..

But well... the concert turned out to be better than i expected.. haha. i feel that the audience rate of a concert really depends on repertoires played.. and this concert is pretty much well received. :) i think i still prefer traditional repertoires. haha! So sometimes orchestra should not try to be funny to play some dunno what songs. =x

For nusco, i haven't been sitting downstage for a long time... like 4 years?! lol! mei xiang dao i also perform with them for so many years liao. and it really feels a bit different... and i guess it will be the same in future when i stop going to sy ba.. And actually i feel prouder on stage. haha! But whatever lah... quite lucky i didn't join them this year... really busy until i want to die liao.. still want to take saturday away meh... not like my saturdays are free too lah. hais.

Anyway... weikang was on stage... much to our surprise... haha! We were sitting quite in front... (behind Mr. Phoon and the pianist's family). haha. so we managed to catch his attention when they just came out... and we were gesturing to each other like... why i not performing and blah blah blah.

The first repertoire, which was composed by Mr. Phoon, was a commissioned piece by nus. erm... not really a bad piece.. but it's the theme kept on repeating... and they played it like twice.. the opening repertoire and the encore piece... -.- so i kinda got the tune stuck in my head for the rest of the night. haha!

Pipa solo was good too... considered the fact her hand/arm was injured some time ago... it's commentable. :) And i think huiyan is getting used to it... or even... liking the feeling of being a soloist. haha!! Somehow i think she played this better than cao yuan... good for her. Jia you ba. :)

Fei Tian was still kinda scary.. lol!!! But better than the last time we heard lah... lol. And it's like one of my fav songs... haven't heard it 'live' for a long time. yea...

Tian shan was ok too... except for a few notes which went off a bit... but other than that it was an enjoyable song to listen to... i think she sure will have chances to solo again... perhaps on a bigger scale.. then plus the good piano accompaniment... not bad leh!

Last repertoire was Yellow River. Omg. if i were the soloist i would have been really nervous.. cos EVERYONE can see my hands through the projector. First time i see something like that. they actually put a dv beside the piano to capture the soloist's hands onto the projector. it's like damn cool. but quite scary too. haha. some of the chords he might have gotten wrongly... but i think overall it's still a very good performance.

And that night we had very very good audiences!!! No one clapped before the song ends. I was so pleased... hahaha... And this shows that almost all or most are music veteran... and so they know... the concerto hasn't ended yet. I love this kinda audiences because they dun disturb the musician. if someone clapped. i think i will roll my eyes. lol.

After that... stayed a while to talk to some nusco peeps... well... no more supper cos concert ended like 10+pm. Missed the days which we have the concert in the early evening... Better! dunno why they wanna change. sians...

But if there's the time and chance... i think i want to go back there to play again. i mean... it's where i gain a lot of sight reading experience afterall.. and through the concerts which feature very traditional CO songs... i've learnt to like them too... rather than these really new ones. =x So i dun really mind. somemore the ppl there are like... also know for abt 5 years liao... why not? if not enough erhu ppl next time.. can find me. haha!

Anyway. That's all. Thesis is going on well... i hope. =x

what a start

In a bad mood... cos this morning... 3 suay things have already happened on me..

First... i woke up late. So i had to rush....
Then... i couldn't get up TWO 67s cos there are just ppl who doesn't want to move back... So in the end i got to take a train. (not to mention i'm a bit late for work)
Third... I realised i forgot to bring my office door pass. -.-

What a start to a day... i was angry cos 67 usually empties up at the mrt station. And i feel injustice to have to change my routine because of some selfish ppl who didn't want to make more space for other commuters. they probably didn't want to move in cos afterall they are alighting soon. but hey! there's other ppl who wants to take the bus badly so dun be such a bitch can. Argh.

But was lucky that i got a seat in the train anyway... not quite crowded.. and especially many alighted at bugis with me. sian-ed.

WAH!!! Damn sian to start a day like that right! :(
Hope it will not be any worse cos i'm running to a lot of places today.

Need to pick myself up.

Think i lose focus in some things this past week... but i will quickly get it back..

Felt very guilty not being able to do what i promised my supervisor... supposed to meet her today... but my stuff wasn't complete so i dun want to waste her time... so i told her i'm not ready to meet her today. HAIX. But at least it's better than going to see her with the same things from last session. *shakes head*

SYCO prac was like... ok lah... but then i think i'm like the lousiest inside liao. lol! and i'm like the only person who haven't gone for any erhu lessons for such a long time. Like what 4 of them actually applied for concerto listening?!?! that has never happened in gaohu section. lol. i think cos last time we all too lousy le... and not ambitious too. But well.. It means that i have to practise harder!!! haiya.. not where got time... after i grad ba... sure more time than the rest. haha. and by then i think i can start taking up lessons again. "It's not whether i CAN or not... it's whether i WANT or not. If i WANT, i CAN!" :)

Anyways... to my beloveds... i posted on the cogang blog and no one commented!!! sad.

Well.. back to work for a while before i knock off. sighs.

Tiring Work and Studies and What-not.

Weekend was like tiring... actually everyday is tiring.. haha!

But then again... i chose this route... so i guess i have to live with it for another 2 more months! If u still dunno how busy i am... you should.. at least for this month....

Mondays: Work, SYCO prac
Tuesdays: Intern, Class
Wednesdays: Intern, SYCO prac
Thursdays: Intern, Class
Fridays: Work
Saturdays: Project days
Sundays: Work

On top of that i still have 1 biz plan project, 1 arts policy project, 2 biz plan essays, 1 IBL logbook and report, and 1 freaking thesis. I think i'm crazy to give myself this amount of workload. I wonder if i can ever finish them. But dun worry... i will not do what the ntu student did... i'm not that brave.

Like crazy... been the last to return home every night lately. actually it's VERY sian... Saturdays are the only days which i have a little free time for other things... well.. Other than the project meetings lah... But even sat also cannot stay at home and sleep leh! haix. A sad thing to say lor.. Haven't had a good sleep for a long time. :( I want to go back to my 宅女 life!!!!! I mean like seriously. I love that kinda life man.

Anyway... Saturday was Appreciation Lunch @ FCC. In the via didn't go cos she sick. And then i was late. causing jason, shafiq, reena and singling to be late too! hahahaha! so when we reached there.. MP already speaking to the CO. lol. We didn't go in lah... waited and waited... Reena wanted to go KFC buy drink so we went down... in the end when we go up... they started eating le! -.-

Actually also did nothing much there... just eat eat... talk talk and watch some parts of the concert dvd. Saw some long-time-nv-see ppl. Zixin!! hahaha.. Ok lah.. actually it's all the mco ppl. haha.

Then after that went down to city hall for project meeting... waited a while for the rest to come.. was too early. haha. Spend super long time.. sometimes talking abt some rubbish and sometimes some thesis stuff and blah blah blah. Then went home after having dinner at Kenny Rogers with liyana and jamie. :)

Sunday was another workday at S... and met the Royal Family for dinner.. supposedly at Cathay's Astons but went to Pasta Cafe at Ngee Ann City instead... cos raining... well... we can always go there again next time. Went on the Coffee Club for cakes. Only yuhui and i ate cos for her bday mah.... Haha!

After that!! han and jiale went off le... So yuhui and i actually accompanied Von to do her hair extension... Until i want to fall asleep le... Then i thought why am i wasting time there instead of going home to do my thesis huh?! But in the end it's like.. she'd probably say it's the last time we see her for at least the next few months.... so whatever lah. But i thought she will be more considerate. haha! Fat hope. =x Anyway she flying back le lah...

Monday is as usual... no need to say much le. bye.