had a gathering with my uni frens on wed. went to sharon's house for a steamboat lunch. there was so much food~ and kawei can really eat. haha... sharon's son, joel was very cute too but he was quite shy and only played with kawei and lihui. he only asked for kawei jie jie. had fun that day playing mahjong and looking at sharon's photos. she looked really good in her wedding photos.
yesterday, i met up with shiwen and meizhen. i slept at 6am in the morn so i was late. chatted with shiwen online till 4.30 and those damn mosquitos were keeping me awake. then when i arrived, i just laughed out when i saw that all 3 of us were wearing red tops and denim bottoms. so qiao~ we had lunch at pasta mania and shiwen was all excited about the opening of 'howl's moving castle' too. we decided to watch it. i couldnt resist it, didnt wanna wait another week. haha... the show was gd, though the age of the gal seems to keep changing and i was kinda confused. the movie was very different from the original storybook. they took away alot of details but added alot of new things. the love element was stronger too, making it draggy towards the end. but the show was quite funny. i like the dog, the castle and howl. haha...so shuai. anyway, i enjoyed myself.

i had a wonderful weekend. on fri, i met up with the gals after sch. went to phin's steakhouse at cineleisure to celebrate les's belated bdae. was sooo hungry after the 4 hr prac. the food there is delicious~ or mb i'm too hungry. haha... i had the grilled chicken with black pepper sauce. yummy~ too bad ling couldnt join us. havent seen her for so long.
on sat, 8 of us went to our pri sch teacher's hse to bai nian. the grp is getting smaller each yr. but its gd meeting up again, esp sijia,victor and ghee seng. we had a fun time playing cards at her hse. it was more like a memory game where we had to shout out each other's names. the loser had to drink bacardi coke or wadeva liquor they wanted. victor drank this apricot brandy that tasted like pi pa gao plus cough syrup to me. yuck. ichwan being muslim, couldnt drink so he ate love letters instead. after everything, he had finished 1/4 of a full bottle of love letters and had a stomachache. lol... mrs choo's daughter was so cute. we have been seeing her since she was born. or rather like once a yr. haha...
the exciting part was when we were about to leave. from the staircase, we saw thick smoke coming from the big field behind(the field behind blk 495 dat spanned all the way to pasir ris, beside esso station and highway.) but there was no fire yet. ghee seng decided to call the police and we stayed around to wait. in the next hr, we saw the start of a huge bush fire. at first, there was just a small fire in the middle of the field. then it started spreading round the trees and formed a ring of fire and started spreading outwards. then the wind came and the fire grew bigger, consuming everything in its path. we waited for 40 mins before the civil defense finally arrived. so slow~ the sun was a blazing hot ball in the sky and when the smoke rose to cover it, it turned bright red. the smoke went up to 12 stories high. wish i could post the pics up. anyway, my pt is dat the firemen were so inefficient. when they arrived, 3 firemen went in to survey the situation. they were strolling in and out, as if there wasnt a fire raging beside them. mb the area was a little inaccesible but cant they do sth more productive? by now the fire was oredi reaching the canal, no pt saving it. the firemen finally did sth. a crowd of them went in and stomped the edge of the fire out with their feet. nope, u didnt get me wrong. it was totally ridiculous. then another crowd went in and lashed at the fire with long black blankets or sth, all the while with 2 civil defense pple taking photos. then they gave up. finally, one hose was connected and water flowed out half an hr after they arrived. i tink its totally ridiculous. they took so long to arrive just to stamp out the fire with their feet? we could have ran in and done dat when we saw the first signs of smoke. sigh...i wish there will be rain in the east soon. the spate of forest fires are leaving a smoke smell at nite. hot hot hot~

went to yum cha with hui n yun on sat. hui n me made the decision to go out at like 2 am. haha... cant stand staying at home. too bad furama didnt have their high tea during new yr. but yum cha was quite gd too. though i miss the xiao long bao at ding tai feng. yum~ cant imagine hui nv heard of it before. after dat went orchard cos yun wanted to look for a v day present for her bf. her bf wanted a surprise, so she got a pair of cute socks for him. haha...
today is valentine's day... and i'm sick. haha... been so weak ever since i came uni. or rather since i left jc. really need to start exercising soon. and the jap teacher really trying to make me blur today. she had to bombard me with so many qns. y?? other pple only get asked 1 qn. hai...i managed to scrape thru the conversation. the test is on thurs!! back to v day, i really miss the times in jc. everyone would exchange small gifts like chocs n cards. the guys in jc 1 S10 even bought stalks of roses for all the gals. though they spoilt the mood by just passing them down the row. haha... there was no such thing today in uni. just the canteen filled with pink heart shaped balloons that fly into ur face when u walked past. dont have a date today either. never had one. but not that i really mind though. like mei mei, her bf told her today dont go out k. its kinda sad, but i guess v day is afterall just a comercialised celebration so that flower sellers and restaurants can rip u off. wad matters is dat ur loved one is with u everyday rite? ^.^
here's wishing everyone attached a happy valentine's day. may ur love be everlasting. and to all my frens, a happy friendship day. thanks for being there~
i love you, wo ai ni, aishiteru, sa rang hae you, je t'aime! add on to the list~

firstly, wanna wish everyone a happy new yr!! had an ok new yr this yr i guess. as usual, didnt get alot of hongbaos but this yr i dont really care. ate so much this yr. had our reunion dinner at home ourselves so couldnt finish all the food. my gambling luck was quite gd this yr. hee... but i didnt bet alot so didnt win much. we played blackjack and i actually got the blackjack 5 times in 1 nite! i nv had better luck. but i kept losing towards e end. my uncle hu zhuang, he was super lucky and got double aces at e last round. everyone had put their highest stakes and in e end had to pay triple. hai... but i dont really like visiting my dad's relatives. they are all relatives dat we only see once a yr. and they all speak in teochew. my teochew totally sucks and all i could do is nod and smile periodically. the silence can be killing sometimes. den my uncle showed me the photos he took during his phuket operation(he's in the police). the destruction is devastating. the hotel room had 1 whole tree stuck thru the balcony in the 2nd floor. and the 7-eleven store dat i went before, only the signboard on its concrete frame is left now. sad...
yesterday(fri) was e 3rd day of new yr and yet i have a full day. sianz... nic came by to say hi. and su yin they all were saying he's still e most shuai guy in sbs. he is, with his model looks and swimmer built. but he's so diao er lang dang. not studying, not working, just rotting away at home. dun understand how he can stand not doing anything. anyway, we were supposed to go watch howl's moving castle~ but in the end decided to postpone. the sneak previews are only out till sun. after dat have to wait till 24th. ah well, i've oredi waited for so many mths anyway. nearly thot they were not going to screen it in spore. but luckily, its hayao miyazaki. how can they not show it. haha... today supposed to go out to. go visiting and play mahjong. but...no one's hse is free. hai...so sad, goin to stay at home. and mum's in thailand. lucky her.
another thing i wanna say. jus now gary asked me to help him search forinfo on ntu courses. he's interested in e chem course. i went to search and hell, i was interested myself. its quite similar to nus jus dat u get to study more elective modules. and compulsary modules in phy, math and chem. the advantage is dat u can op for industrial attachment and still do the honours research project. can do specialised modules in medicinal chem too. and they get to study communications and business modules. plus the honours programme. all this w/o the troublesome bidding system in nus. though nus would definitely be more established in the sciences. hai...if only it was offered 1 yr earlier. best of both worlds. can do chem and bio w/o worry of no bio background. now, the subjects are getting more and more difficult. i'm really scared for genetics. it was interesting at 1st but now its like crap. argh...i really hope i can do well

last fri i went to hui's hostel to stay over. she stayed just beside judith. hall 7 was quite old compared to kawei's hall 10, especially the toilet. but overall it was quite ok. her area was oso much quieter. feel so sad, cant stay in hall. hai...tired of the travelling but home is more comfortable i guess. was so tired after rushing my reports on thur nite. so fri jus slacked at her hostel, watching american idol. it was so funny~ omg, cant imagine the big guy with a woman's voice and he can be so proud of it.
the next day went for jap class. again there's information overload with all the verbs and chinese new yr conversation. but the most angry thing was after class. that stupid jeff said he wanted to go home with me. but i waited so long for him only to leave myself. as expected, he overslept. by like 3 hrs past our meeting time. argh...cant stand him.
tml's new yr's eve~ so sad still got class. sian... but here's wishing everyone a happy new yr! hope u get lots of hongbaos~