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Sunday, February 26, 2006

My Name Analysis

"Your name is not an accident of fate."

ACROPHONOLOGY AND YOU
Acrophonology enables us to determine individualized energy patterns from a name. Letters are symbols for energy. They label the energies you possess. We will now explore your name for your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energy symbols to discover WHAT'S IN YOUR NAME ... [copyrighted by:
http://www.zodiacal.com/acro.mv']

My First Try:

Xiu Qin

You have many talents, but not enough organizational ability. You have too many eggs in one basket and tend to be disorganized. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You are soft-hearted with a charitable nature.

You are easily excitable, optimistic and idealistic. You are never at a loss for what to do, what to say, and you are always going. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind.

Heng

You are an 11th hour person, always succeeding just in the nick of time. The lesson of money is prominent in your life. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr. You are a hard worker when you make up your mind to do a job.

Another Version:

Cherishna

You are a quick study, and can be self-taught. Your curiosity can get the best of you, but you must learn to concentrate. You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You can be quite inventive and quite curious. You enjoy a challenge. You can take thought-directed actions. You are relatively demonstrative in your affections. You enjoy being stroked verbally and physically. You try to be prudent. You have good business acumen. You need to learn the true value of material possessions. You have a natural protection in life. You are always saved - especially from yourself. You can handle details well. You have a methodical mind. You have much enthusiasm with a driving attitude toward achievement in life.

XiuQin

You have many talents, but not enough organizational ability. You have too many eggs in one basket and tend to be disorganized. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You are soft-hearted with a charitable nature. You have an adventurous spirit. You can be quite fun-loving. You need to learn to give and receive love for love's sake. You have a need to be assured of affection. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr.

Heng

You work hard to achieve material success through your own efforts. You need to learn to be expressive. You are a person who cannot tolerate being misunderstood. You must learn to give 'wise' service and not be a martyr. You are a hard worker when you make up your mind to do a job.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

My own personal self reflection!

Problem 1's answer (A Teenager's Identity Crisis wahaha!) :

1a) Should I revert back to my old self? [sweet, innocent and simple-minded//quiet]

- Yes
- But only to the sweet part
- Innocence can't be found again - once it's lost, there's nothing I can do about it.
- Simple-minded?! Same answer..besides, I have became a person who has a little thinking now.
- I like to think deeply, not just at the surface-skin.
- I don't want to be the quiet, reduced to the background, nobody - ever again.

1b) In what ways?

- Continue to hang around with yun.
- Continue to be mean, lame and sarcastic to/with her.
- Try to be moderately lame with the rest of people n friends.
- No more meanness, coldness and sarcasticness from me/my mouth.

1c) Through what ways?

- To think through carefully before I speak my mind.
- Try to be considerate towards others - be sensitive to their feelings.
- Remind myself of my sweet side in the past.

Problem 2's answer (some common problem faced by people of all ages!):

2) What should I do about it?

- Forget it!
- It's not my fate/affinity yet.
- Take a deep breath and let go.
- Progressive at a steady pace.


P.S This is a personal blog entry. I am writing for my own view and pleasure. I would appreciate it if you would not ask me any questions about this entry.

For those who understand what I was referring to - good, keep it to yourself thanks =D

For those who catch no ball, or am confused by this seemingly weird entry, don't mind me. I am just sorting out my personal thoughts.

Thanks a lot for your kind consideration =D cheers~

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Sunday, February 19, 2006

some people just wana why!

Some people is so stupid as to fabricate a tale out of no where lah .. make people that showed concern and worried about him wana strangle him instead! Up till now, I still can't believe that there is such a kind of guy that exists! He can actually use his own health and life and disseminate that piece of info as a means of getting attention! It's so despicable lor! And the thing is it's not even April's Fool yet lor. This is february! For goodness sake, my dear, do not send us a bomb like that ever again, thank you very much! Now, nobody will ever trust you or your words again, my dear! Serve you right!

And to know that I was actually angry at someone super close to me over it, just wana make my blood boil even more! It's so ridiculous, man! Gimme a break! I was feeling super guilty about not visiting you, my dear; and now I am thinking to myself: " this is super funny!", actually laughing at myself for believing your words, my dear! It has just a humongous contrast that I feel that nothing can make my life more interesting than you, my dear! Your words fascinate me~ You make my life complete! *Puke* can't believe I actually said those words, felt like I am polluting my own blog! Okay, forget about it, xiu qin. It's not worth your concern and being angry will only serve to deteriorate your health. Quoting from my darling: "Let's forgive and forget."

I wish I can do it one day~

P.S. This entry is only meant for ppl who are involved in the "joke"! Wahaha,what a joke man! Anyway, this is supposed to be mean, sarcastic and just super funni! Don't know how you will perceive it, but it is really meant to be interpretated this way =)

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what a weird dream~

Had a really strange dream this morning. Why did I said it's this morning leh, u might wonder?! Well, I was actually woken up by my brother's hp and as per usual, when I am woken up, I will visit the ladies and fall back to sleep. It was that nice okay, my beauty sleep! Don't laugh~

Anyway, I had slightly digressed. My point is that in this dream, people were real [maybe cos I am subconsiciously awaken le] and the thing is that these people are not close to me! I really wondered why I dreamt of them, really!

It was something like this:

I couldn't finish my chinese exam paper, feeling a bit sad. Then it was my "graduating ceremony" I think and my teacher called out the last person, who is the top scholar! Me, yes, it's clearly my name, how many Xiu Qin in this world do you know?! Dots! And I was stupified, I know my chinese is good, but definitely not THAT good! Anyway, I went up to receive my paper and accepted the clapping congratulation from my peers. The teacher mentioned: "Here's an interesting sharing, in xiu qin's paper, she wrote an answer that went like that...[then she said a line or two from my paper, all the while referring to it] suddenly she stopped..and she said: "and she did not continued her answer." [she referring to me, of course!] That's when I realised I didn't have time to complete the answer. Was quite embarrassed; I was blushing like mad I jus know!

I stepped aside with all the other fellow scholars and the MC - Diana [she's a prefect from Dunman, my classmate, a sweet and nice gal] said she wanted to have a word with me in private. She congrats me in private: "No bad huh, zena, she did a good job" or sth liddat.. I was like "huh! why did you call me zena..my name is xiuqin, can't you remember?" she replied: "cos i thought this name suits you more!" so folks, now I have a new name, call me "Zena"!!! =) *wink*

Then suddenly, the scene changed to a pub, where wen xin and me are supposed to give a "speech" on the topic - drinking! Wad lor, of all topics, we were informed that we had to give this stupid speech! For those who duno, wen xin is a friend I made from jc. She's actually chata's friend. So while we were waiting to give the "speech", I was telling her nervously: "how ar! I duno what to say"..blar blar.."later I have to depend on you le". Cos she looked so calm and composed!

Then, we were giving the "speech".. it turned out to be a drinking session - where people shout and toss drinks to each other, the very rough businessman kind! And I was in the middle of it - weird dream huh! I was saying something like: "Kan pai! Cheers!...Do you know that the beer you are drinking right now is from england..."[gave an unsure look] and continued "I think..." then my partner said "hmm I think that it's from USA!" =) just wana kill myself on the spot!

The dream ended quite abruptly, when my alarm function from my digital watch woke me up. I was laying on my sofa after a night out dreaming. I changed into a son, and I remembered my father was one of the people I had to entertain "last night"! He was asking me: "Son, are you alright?" in a concerned fatherly manner. And I muttered""Ya, dad, dun wori about me."

Damn weird lar, my dream!!! =) Just want to share with you guys, what do you think of my dream? Any hints from my dream that might reflect my real life? Wahaha .. share with me, I wana hear!

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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Photos of yesterday~




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leen, yun the bday gal and hew wing =)




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imran, reminiscing about the good old days...




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he's getting agitated..




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and he exploded...




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"No, no, it wasn't me!" [my own lines]




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kurt and imran~




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Us, the s211 gals~




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kurt, hew wing and imran~




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brothers haha~




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Our group photo~ Notice that imran's chin is hidden..




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Took another one, still the same! Dots!




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Friday, February 17, 2006

the unexpected outing~

Went out to accompany yun for her bday when she suddenly called me at 6.15pm. No choice, it's the bday gal's request - so I went! Wasn't in the mood to study too, was hoping that I can feel motivated to study when I am outside doing something else. It worked! I studied during the journey to white sands - using the travelling time and studied when the conversion went boring, and when yun was on the phone. Completed what I aimed to achieve for the day! Amazing~

This year's bday wasn't that great for yun, but, yun nevermind, at least you have got us! Me, imran, kurt, leen and hew wing were there with you, nevermind the rest! =)

We sang an impromptu birthday song to you at Mcdonalds, remember? That's the nicest thing I hane done to anyone lor~

We chatted and (leen, me n yun) shopped mainly. Yun was worried that she wun't be able to find her formal skirts. Photos will be posted shortly, once hew wing send me the pics! The saddest part is that lim wasn't here. I asked leen where is ah lim, asked hew wing, they all said duno leh she din pick up the phone when yun called her. Or else, we wun have had the s211 gals all present le! It's just too bad lar.. P.S. There there, i added u in the "story" now! =D dun be sad anymore k, ah lim~ actually it was my fault lar, forget to mention her here. I apologise to u gal! ^_~

Yun n I ate fries from mcdonalds for supper..chatted about friendship. Below is my view about it.

Friendship is fragile. In fact, any type of relationship/love between humans are, except the family type. I think we need to cherish everything in life and accept people for who/what they are.

I think being best friends is the same way as being a couple. There must still be a respectable personal space given to each other. You can advise but not make decisions for her. Likewise, she to you. You shouldn't and are not required to have the same thinking as her; you are not twins.

All in all, there shouldn't be too much of an expectation from each other. Remember, it is when one has too much of an expectation, when it is not met, disappointment follows. And things start to get ugly.

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feeling relieved~

I just got news from chata, that jia liang is awake le. He was chatting over the phone with Jasmine phua last night. Great! I don't have to feel guilty any more for not visiting him! Thanks a million gal, for telling me this piece of good news~ *muack*

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Feel so bad!

Am really sorry to many people..

1) Sorry, yun. i can't accompany u to buy ur mp3 this friday cos my mum wun surely dun allow me to step out of the house. Besides i promised her that i wun stay at home and study starting from today. i wun jus buy the hp that has a good camera function ba. no extra money to spend on luxury items le. desperately need to catch up with my revision for the exams.

2) Sorry, xiu zhen. i can't go out u gals to visit jia liang. i noe he's in that state of coma and that we were from the same secondary school and knows him quite well. he's a nice guy and friend and all but i really can't afford to go out and i noe i wun feel so sad and depressed seeing a friend in coma, i dun think i wun be able to take it. not at this time anyway. need time to study too.

3) Sorry, jia liang. i am really so sorry that i can't even spend a few hours to visit you. although u will not be awake if and when i visit you, i still feel guilty that i din see you when i got the news of your state of health. truly sorry. hope you wake up and be conscious soon. take care, my friend. you must jia you k. I feel so sad, that a friend i noe, can get into this kind of worst situation. He's just waiting for his 'A's results, which is coming real soon. This fri i heard and now this sort of thing just has to happen to him! Life is such a bitch!

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Cool models anyone?




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we are laughing abt sth...can't rmb wad le~



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trying to act like we are enjoying the music~


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the 3 models - we have got the highest recommendation , dun anyhow anyhow k! =)




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trying to act cool la us!




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the night is approaching~




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watashi as a presenter - looks pro hor! say yes leh! =) love this pic~




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wee chong looks sian or is he trying to act cool?!!! =) harveen and i are jsut pure natural lar!




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me trying to check the state of my hair using the back of harveen's mp3! Dots right!!!


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Photos that are worth keeping! =)

last day of school.Pastamania.parkway parade.lunchie n chat~


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Wee chong and Me~




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Super lamers~ trying to be funny!




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The five of us! My darling group =) Ai Li is the photographer!


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Me and Juanna! =)

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Ai Li and Sanjeev~

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Harveen and Ai Li~


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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

V. Day~

This year's V. day was spent with my 2 best friends! =) Purpose: To pass bday gift to yun, can't make it on her bday le. Coz of the coming exams, sorry babe!

Yun was excited and happy when she received my black and purple Roxy handbag! Am really happy that she likes it and it is useful for her! =)

Met chata at bugis ctrl first. She was late after I told her the time I would estimated to reach bugis. She was later than the latecomer, imagine that! Anyway, I reached earlier than my prediction and guess who I met? It's Jane from my class. totally unexpected lor! Quickly sms-ed the gals in my darling group to tell them the shocking news! Jane is meeting her bf!

Chata and I had a beef steak each at Delifrance. At first, we had wanted to order the seafood d'sire but the only kind of bread left is the very hard one! So we chose our second choice lor, no choice le! However, it was worth its price of 11 bucks! The beef was exceptionally well-done and very nice to eat! I think it's the best beef I had eaten, although I dun reali eat beef! haha =)

Shopped at the pushcarts and Parco until yun arrive. We bought a super cool and fucky 3/4 shorts from Chose! And it was on a 50% discount storewide!!! Can't believe our luck man! If we didn't enter that shop or did come out on V. Day, we wouldn't have notice the sales and bought it! Wonderful! The original price of the 3/4 shorts was a pricey $49.00. After the 50% discount, we only have to pay 24.50 bucks for it! How cool is that, you tell me! =) A sure bargain!

At Chose, we surprisely met Jasmine Goh from mjc choir and yun's friend - wen hui! Jasmine looked very different from her jc days, her dress sense was cool in black! Chatted with them a while.

Yun finally arrived at 4.30pm, 30 minutes later than the arranged time lor! First time ah, chee yun! =) chata clicked immediately with yun, like they were friends long time ago! I was reduced to the background for half the time lor! chata started saying lame things and being totally frank with yun about some stuff and I was truly shocked at the development of the conversional. yun as usual, chatted with people she just know, like long-lost friends! That's like totally her lor!

Yun was like kept saying "Gimme a break!" then she would give us this super bimbotic look and slightly raised her delicate hand like a tai-tai and act damn cute, until chata n i wanted to faint on th spot! =)

We shopped at Parco until nothing was left for us to shop le. Proceeded to Seiyu to see some cosmetic as requested by yun. I went to withdraw some money from the POSB ATM, and guess wad? The stupid machine just wana made fun of me! Cannot process the transaction and automatically gave me back my card! Scared me leh, I thought that my ATM card was spoilt or reach its limit for withdrawing in a day or sth! Tried the other one and it obediently gave me my money lor! Was really relieved that my ATM card is not spoilt and I felt better having money in my hands =)

We ate at BugisCafe, a budget cafe according to me. It's set meal cost only $6.95 lor! It consists of the pasta I ordered, a range of drink to choose from and the soup of the day. Ala carte meal is even cheaper, only $4. And without GST charges!

However, my delight was short-lived! The pasta tasted weird! It actually had a bitter taste to it and yun can't detect it when I asked her to try. I can't tolerate the weird taste anymore, so I switched it with yun, who seemed to like it quite alot cos she finished it in a gulp! haha I am exaggerating things again! =) but she did finished it very fast. By that time, I was quite full le. So I forced myself to finish the fish for the fish and chips. The soup of the day was supposed to be chicken soup, but I din eat any chicken leh. The closest thing that reassembled chicken was the hotdog slices, which my bowl only contains one pathetic piece lor! The tea wasn't that great too. It was kinda bland, I think they din add any sugar in it. No wonder it was so cheap lar, sub-standard food! No next time le!

I think it's target customers are those first-timers like me and my friends who dun have any idea how bad the food taste like, people like yun who dun mind the quality of the food, and those cheapos who wanted to feel high class dining at budget cafe or boyfriends who are not willing to spend a bomb on their gfs, but still wana save face! I am so very mean! But that's what I was seriously thinking lor! Maybe I am too particular about food that enter my stomach le.

Shopped at Bugis Village and bought quite a lot of things. Chata was the biggest spender of us all. She spent until her cash is an amazing nice number - $0. She even have to borrow 5 bucks from me to buy her Hello Kitty wallet lor! I was the moderate one and I had already spent like $75! Yun is best lar, she only wana buy her cosmetics and save the rest of the money on buying her Bebe branded black tee with crystals on it, screaming the brandname BEBE to everyone on the street!

I think it is truly amazing! Come to think about it, even though all 3 of us are from different backgrounds and have different dress sense - yun is sexy cool, chata is girlsh cool and I am casual cool, we can click very well and talk crap together~

We concluded our shopping trip on a happy note~ with yun offering to let us go to her house to play with her make-up and watch "Da Chang Jin" the korean vcd that she is recently addicted to! All these will be after I stay one week at chata's place to watch her korean vcds and maybe Harry Potter, I still haven't read it and help her do her friendster background template too! Promised the latter from so long ago le! Then can finally watch the anime I would be borrowing from wee chong! I seriously doubt I will have the time/mood/energy to find a part-time vacation job lor! See first ba! =)

Valentine's Day at Bugis was not so special in the way that, there wasn't as many couples or flowers on the gfs' hands/bags that I had expected. Chata had the same feeling too. The numbers of flowers/bouquet that I had counted was around 18 only. So few! And we were expecting more couples after working hours. No lor! The mood is just not there; might as well! Ha!


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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

-all in a day's work-

met chata at orchard for lunch and shopping on sunday the 12th. the gal was held up at her bus stop, waiting for the bus at arrived 30 minutes later than usual. luckily, i was preoccupied with sms-ing my pals. or else will surely kill her! wahaha i think i m scaring a lot of people here, wad with all my damn's and why like tat(s) (all the grumbling in my previous posts)...

lunch was a simple but delight affair. we had sushi at sakae sushi. strangely, we weren't that full after gobbling up our usual 5 plates each. i even had my usual must-order dish: my all time favourite chawanmushi! buying our friends' birthday gift was easy too. it went smoothly; shows that we know our friends well. shouldn't mention wad i bought for this darling of mine, but i am quite certain she will like it =) yes, must have confidence in myself.

finally bought the pair of low heels that i had wanted to buy the last time i went out with chata during our shopping spree - it set me back by 33.90 bucks. but just love it leh so can't help it. super nice i tell you! you will love it too, when i show it to you gals =)

bought a lovely keychain that has the picture of edward, the big brother in fullmetal alchemist. very worth it cos it's light and cost me 1.20 bucks only.

super tired yesterday, so after accompanying chata to have her early dinner - a delicious fish soup that she kept on emphasizing to me "it's the best!" those were her exact words! i went back home with her to tiong bahru to have a short 40 minutes nap. it was really helpful, felt very refreshed after the nap.


received a sms from wee chong, saying that he has reached, asking me to take my time. wa that guy ah, really very rare leh. so early reach le. shocked and stressed me! hurried through preparing and managed to arrive on the dot. felt a little guilty making him wait for me, even though it wasn't my fault.

at first harveen is meeting us too, but she suddenly told me last night that she couldn't make it coz she has to attend her cousin's birthday party. too bad for harveen then cos she missed watching the fireworks.

the first thing i noticed about wee chong is that his hair is trimmed. real short and neat actually. not bad, but he don't like it cos it's too short for his liking. he complained to me that the hairdresser trimmed it too short, so i advised him to state the exact measurements/how many cm, he wants next time he visit that saloon for his hair to be trim off. wahaha..

he let me decide the place to eat. wee chong asked me wad's my budget for the meal. i asked him back the question. his highest limit for budget on food was 50 bucks, can you believe it! this guy ah, is he too rich or something! mine was around 20 bucks, i suggested having the pineapple seafood rice at thai express. the waitress was friendly and professional, she recommended us this special-only-this-branch-has-dish: chicken wings with fish and chicken meat mixed and stuffed in it. we ordered one each. no bad i think. but i wouldn't eat it the next time. not really my kind of chicken wing i guess! just wanted to try it. wee chong doesn't seem to think that the food was exceptionally nice; said maybe he don't know how to appreciate seafood ba. strangely this second time that i eat this dish, it seems not as good as the first! the seafood was still fresh and all but it seemed inferior compared to the last time.

next we went shopping while waiting for ai li to call back, coz she din pick up her phone when wee chong called her to ask what time to meet. we shopped at 3 shopping malls i tell you! first stop is suntec city - his favourite lar! when we reached the arcade, he suddenly took out his wallet to check his coins. suddenly turned back to the arcade and told me he wanted to try his luck at the fishing machine. you noe those machines where you just put in a one-dollar coin and fish out a soft toy from it. ya that's the one. he said everytime he come across an arcade he will try to fish out something from those machines. funny hor, his habit?! heehee =)

of course it wasn't successful. it's not that simple as it may seems okay. and i think it needs skills too. i remember i used to have this neighbour (boy) who helped me and my brother fished out a rat soft toy each lor. damn pro lar him!

shopped at the comic shops mostly. the katana shop is a must-visit! love the white one, man! so beautiful! =) expensive also ba~


proceeded to raffles places shopping centre after sweeping through suntec. seriously, i think suntec is a damn boring place. dun really like it. raffles and marine square have many shops that are unique in their own ways. i was surprised and delighted to see many a unique shops with varying themes, ranging from: wooden toys, blown glasses, japanese themed female items (handbags, jewelries, hp pouches, combs and the like) to the 2 creative furnitures shops. like them alot! really cheered up my boring shopper's mood and was a great eye-opener to me! =) definitely much better than always looking at those precious thots ah etc!

ai li sms-ed me saying that she and her friends can't make it to watch the fireworks with us le. they were held up at orchard rd, having dinner at sakura restaurant. so in the end, we were abandoned and left to our own. we decided to continue our plans on watching the fireworks cos that's the main reason i came here for afterall.

sadly we din managed to complete our window-shopping at marine square cos we had to rush to the open space outside esplanade there to watch the last firework display for the chinese new year.

the fireworks were splendid! people had long arrived to get a good spot and looked like ants from far, really! crowding around the riverside there, looking on to the fireworks at the clear sky. the fireworks had just started i believed, we can hear the explosion of the fireworks once we opened the door to welcome the night air. lasted for a mere 3 minutes according to ai li's previous experience. seriously i had expected for the fireworks to last longer, like for 20 minutes?!! i noe, i am damn silly lar, please dun remind me of that! wee chong was laughing at me when i said "so fast end liao ah?" =) stupid gal rite! first time watching it up close mah. so old already still din go to ndp or chinatown watch fireworks before! excited yes, i was very excited~

the fireworks were simply spectacular! they were so well-thought out and creative. got red, heart shaped ones and many different coloured one. some white ones flew upwards as if they were trying to reach for the sky. they looked just like shooting stars. nice nice~

we managed to find a good spot and enjoyed the fireworks. at one time, i was so shocked by the beauty of it all that i stopped on my tracks to the good spot. the end of the fireworks is as you all should know by now, a surprise on my part and totally expected by wee chong! it was damn loud at the end, all the fireworks sort of explosed all at the same time! making a big mess on the sky and totally frightened me. i covered my ears to avoid spoiling my eardrums! =)

discussed where to go after the fireworks ended, reached no conclusion. i was getting tired as the minutes passed by, and there weren't any great or fun plans on wee chong's nor on my part, so we decided to go home. he said he wun send me home, so we reached bedok and took bus no. 17 to my block.

den while we were walking to my block, he mentioned tat he wun like to buy supper home as he din want to eat it alone. since he was so nice and gentleman, sent me home, so i offered to have supper with him at blk 85 hawker centre(fengshan hawker centre). i am sure i wun be hungry by the time i reach home too, and besides, i wanted to try the famous minced pork noodles there. and i wun have feel guilty if i din accompany him. simply can't let him eat alone, so bad rite!

that's where and when the most terrible thing happened! while walking to the stall, i fell down due to the wet floor and it was so awkard i tell you! painful, yes a bit. but it was the embarrassment that i can't bear. i am a tough gal; i am not even afraid of pain from injection. the only weakness i think is to hate having to bear hungriness. it just have to spoilt it all rite!

the mince pork noodles is nice =) and i found out about wee chong's interest to learn cooking. that guy, he just want to learn cooking to cook for himself man!

he kept saying "you shouldn't have come." made me feel more embarrassed only! wee chong bought 2 plasters for me and a drink. appreciate it very much =) thanks ah wee chong, for your plasters!

overall, it was a nice and enjoyable outing, though i wun have preferred to end it another way (without the clumsy fall that is!) ~

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reasons why i blog~

An ideal space for me to express my thoughts and record interesting and worthwhile memories into words. Keeping all good and bad memories into eternity. Through writing, I am able to practise typing, good way of expressing my thoughts in english as well as to keep in touch with close friends. As I recall the various chapters in my life, on those aspects that I hold close to my heart, I am able to think on a deeper level and understand my feelings as well as myself as a whole. I feel that blogging allows me to better express myself and find out more about myself. As a bonus, there will be plenty of lovely anime templates to change now and then~

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what is love?

Knowing that someone you like, will never like you hurts more than any physical pain.

what do you all think?

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Monday, February 13, 2006

Wonderful weekends~

Friday 10th feb '06

Last day of school. Naturally I was excited! My darling group met at 9.15am, at our usual hangout (bus stop). most of our members came earlier to print out their own stuff. That's the right way man! It's precisely attitude like this that's why I like our group much. Actually I had wanted arrive earlier to print out my transparency de as I foresee there will be circumstances that I don't want to happen. However, it did. The printer just don't want to like me! i had so much trouble trying to print the damn handouts, I literally hit the printer and curse and sweat like a mad woman! I was desperate! Luckily, Ai Li helped me out and I finally get things going.

Juanna was a true friend; she accompanied me to print out the transparencies. And we had to rush like mad to class! I slipped and almost fell.

The meeting was okay, I guessed. There were faults of course, but we did our best =) It was actually quite fun, pretending to be working adults.

Went to the lab to print out my Corp Comm peer teaching notes. It was damn alot k! Made my group waited for me, so pei seh! We then proceeded to Parkway Parade to makan. After a brief "meeting", we finally decided to have our lunch at Pastamania. Chatted a lot about many a topics. My darling group seemed to have endless topics to talk about! =) so happy. I had past the hunger stage, so couldn't finish my creamy chicken. Luckily, Sanjeev was in the mood to eat! Wahaha so mean! So, I passed my spaghetic to him, and guess wad? He finished it all up! Or rather I should say he gobbled it up!!! =) Sanjeev, thanks for helping it man! Or else it would have been wasted.

Went home with Sanjeev on bus no. 194. Chatted about him mostly. Cos he's unique mah. Den there were this Citigem jewelry advertisement on tvmobile. N Sanjeev started laughing out saying that look this is so funny. We watched the advertisement in silent and I understood wad he meant by funny. Cos it's kinda unrealistic. The bridemaid can just conjure up a box of diamond earrings from out of nowhere. I told him, it's like her family owns the diamond shop or sth! Both of us laughed out real loud man! It was that funny! There were actually other parts to the advertisement that makes up the sequences to a story between 2 best pals. I can understand why they kept giving each other gifts of diamonds. But, Sanjeev was like saying, they make it seems like diamonds are so cheap liddat, can be easily bought everywhere man! N he expressed his disbelief that the 2 gals can actually gave each other the same design of bracelet! Well, Sanjeev, advertisements are meant to be like that, to be illogical and to exaggerate sometimes. As long as the message to the target audience is disseminated successfully, nobody gives a damn about the illogical part of the story plot! wahaha =) except you, and later me man!

Saturday 11th feb '06

Went out with ah yun to cycle at Pasir Pis Park! Wow hoo~
I tell you all, it was so fun lor! We rent the bikes for 3 hours at 10 bucks each and cycled slowly, chatting and teasing each other at the same time. All the while, the sun was basking upon us and the we were riding with the wind. It was that breezy! Lovely! And the best is, I don't have to ride like mad like in a competition liddat, with my sec sch friends. Hate it man, den I would be so tired and always the last one at the back!

I banged against this one guy while I was on the bridge. I am so sorry, now still am! tell you why I was so blur, I was busy looking at the beautiful sky with its fluffy clouds and lovely blue sea. So I totally relax and my hands sort of loosen its hold and my direction of the bike suddenly swayed to the right! Then the uncle was riding on my right! So sway!

We stopped to take break quite frequently cos I requested it most the time. My bum hurts like fire was on it k! Maybe I wasn't used to riding a bike. Never ride for so long le mah! My friend also complainted about the pain! We sat down on the bench [there were plenty to choose from, I like] and looked at the clear blue sea. It was so peaceful and nice. I can see that all the people around us were enjoying the beauty of nature too~

Suddenly, this weird-looking "bike" rode by us. We were taken aback! The guy wore a black scarf on his head, and the whole outfit was of rocker style. The most unsual object wasn't on him, it was the "bike" he was riding on! I tell you ar, the handle of the bike was so high and he was practically straining his arms! The bike looked like one that was homemade/converted from a motorbike! haha I was telling yun that and another idea came to my creative head: maybe he is just too poor to own a motorbike, and he wanting to be a motorbike rocker so much, converted his bike to this weird looking machine that he was riding and showing off! Not only us, the group of china guys at the next bench were also laughing at him. We were laughing using English, and they were as expected, laughing in Chinese! Damn funny I tell you! =)

Opposite us, there were this other group of china people, much older, like in their 40s. Just one glance at that direction nad I wanted to laugh again! Guess wad I saw! I actually saw a Mr Bean lookalike! Chinese version that is - and he's equally funny and animated. He was toking real excited and using a lot of hand gestures to relate something. I told yun and she looked. At first, she din reacted, den after a while, she burst out laughing!!! Damn slow lah her reaction!

We ran out of water [actually my water] and bought this delicious drink from the drink stall next to the muslim food stall. Yummy and very refreshing - mango for yun and me, I bought a Honeydew drink. Not as fragrant as yun's mango drink, but it has this nice natural sweetness about it. Love it~

Went to the beach when the sun had just set. I think we missed watching the sunset le. Nevertheless, we were curious people and went to take a look at wad an uncle had caught using his fishng net. Wa he caught this seahorse among the many other fishes. Cool! And the best thing was it was still alive and breathing in a bottl of seawater! this malay teenage boy was fishing and we asked him if that uncle is his father. He appeared kinda shy, maybe he came from an all-boys school and no gals ever approached him before! Like us lar! 2 beautiful babes go and talk to him of course scared the hell out of him! Went with this boi boi and his little brother to see wad they were doing. He saw this little tiny crab and shown it to us. So cute and innocent I tell you! Kids ar..envy them. I tried to hold it but accidently slipped and dropped the tiny crab on the sand! I am so sorry crab! Me n yun screamed!!! Wahaha! Then I tried to hold it once again and this time I succeeded. Was asking you if she wants to hold the crab or not and she screamed No!!! Afraid of a tiny harmless crab lar her! We spotted 2 jellyfish - one was blue and the other was red! It guessed they were just baby jellyfish! nevertheless, I was still excited to see them. Like a small kids lar I noe! Saw an sea urchin too! The boi boi put the 2 jellyfish inside this bak-wah bottle I saw on the beach. I tell you, I found 2 container for him to out the jellyfish in. haha so proud of myself~

Dinner was a delight affair! We ordered a plate of clams - 8 bucks, a plate of BBQ stingray - 12 bucks and 2 bowls of rice =) yummylicious! the clams were boiled-cooked, they were in fact half cooked only, can still taste the blood! And that disgusting yun kept yanking away saying that she just like to suck their blood out! So disgusting right?! =) and I kept telling her, hey can you stop being so disgusting! wahaha just love her lar! I told her she must be a vampire in reincarnation, no wonder everything sucks lar. She likes sucking blood and life sux! School (JC) sux! Star*** sux! Wahahahah~ Wee everything for you sucks lar gal!

Chatted alot while waiting for the bus. it was nice to finally have a quiet talk after cycling the whole day! Well, at least it seemed like the whole day to me! And we talked about guys. Our all time favourite topic!

Enjoyed our trip back to nature, darling! =) should go there next month again! Remember hor, must remind me ah. I am a very busy woman you noe~

p.s. Enjoyed talking to papa last night. he actually sacrifaced his precious sleep to chat with me on topics I had serious doubts with =) thanx daddy! love you *muack* I think he's right, I am not a double-sided faced person!

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

A long and happening week!

Readers beware! Read the following blog entry at your own risk!

Why you may ask? I am your friend; this is a blog entry. What's there to be afraid of?!!

Wahaha Coz my blog is going to be a Loooonnnngggg one! That's why! Silly! =) *evil laughter*

Sunday 5th feb '06

Was mentally prepared that the coming week was going to be a long and busy, stressful week. Felt that I need to de-stress and un-wind myself first before the week crushes over me and I would be buried under it! Just nice, I went out with Chata, my best friend, so I spent like really alot - a total of 92 bucks, inclusive of meal fees (~5%). it was a true form of retail therapy I tell you! Haven't felt so carefree and happy shopping without worrying a bit about the money. It seems like I have to spend a lot and pamper myself just this once, if not I would be self-abusing myself coz I would feel the stress coming over me, like a weather forecast of a storm coming.

Things I have pampered myself with:
  1. A white sporty bag with GOLDEN strips, big enough to put a shoe box I tell you! - 25.5o (after 10% discount) Far East Plaza.
  2. A pink "diamond" [actually they are crystals that look like fake diamond] watch! - 27 (after 10% discount coz my darling bought with me! heeren top floor, near the escalator) I tell you all, but please be warned hor dun be jealous k - our watches were sold at a much higher price of 35 at another shop! Saved so much I tell you! heehee~
  3. A cool belt that is a mixture of black n silver from 77th street - 12.90.
  4. 2 pairs of button earrings - silver and purple! - 3.90 each. Colours were not found in other shops. Love it man, should wear them asap.
  5. A fake diamond bracelet - 7.90. I just grab it man, only 1 piece left.

Chata also spent a hell of a lot money too! I helped her chose a cool plastic specs - only 49bucks! From a shop in orchard! Transparent and her friends all praise her new specs. Thanks to who hor wahaha! Me and my good taste! =)

Bag, button earrings, white version of diamond watch, black shiny metal earring - all these are her hunts! Really enjoyed your company gal! Should go out more often k ^_~

Monday 6th feb '06

Schools started! I wore my belt and watch, used my lovely whit-and-gold bag immediately after I purchasedt them! Just love the way they seemed to be part of me naturally. As if I had been wearing them all my life! many people praise my bag and watch, especailly the bag. even cloud lor. HR mind map presentation was so-so. Easy not that stressful. Ate western breakfast with ai li and wee chong at biz park. Wasn't that hungry. Then we accompanied harveen to have her lunch at Norgen Vais. Wa, each of us ordered a second round of food lor! We all knows how to enjoy life haha. I ordered a chocolate frudge, wee chong ordered a "Stairways to Heaven"(it's actually vanilla icecream! But they name it after a korean drama! So kawaii right! Den customers have to say), ai li ordered a chocolate sundae. even took photo shoots of the desert before consuming them! Soon after I met my corp comm group to discuss our corp comm presentation. The unexpected thing happened. N n H who were the ones to suggest for the group to meet on Monday weren't present. It was found out that they went back home immediately after HR presentation in which they were in the first group! They din even tell us they are not coming lor, den had to wait for melvin to call them then they said! My god, how come there's this kind of people. They not only forgot to meet us, [which I am not that certain oso - did they forgot or conveniently forgot? That's still a question] these 2 group members were so irresponsible that they din tell us they are not attending the meeting! Can't stand irresponsible people leh! So irritating! So the rest of the group members who amazingly remembered that there's a meeting - had to sit down and divide the work by ourselves. Roleplay style of presentation(also suggested by the 2 gals!) were forgotten. Well we can't possibly do it right, what with the 2 gals missing and they were the ones who are supposed to write the script!!! When we checked the email for N and H's stuff, it was found to be missing. They hadn't send us the stuff when I had repeatedly sms-ed them to send lor. No wonder they dun dare to answer the phonecalls nor reply our sms-s that day! Shame on you (2)!!! I look down on you!

Tuesday 7th feb '06

Communication Skills Summative Test was the first task to deal with. Was nervous that what we learnt would not be enough for the test. In the end, all came out and overall, I felt that it was an easy paper =)

Out tutor was late for 20 mins and she forgot to ask us to hand in the peer evaluation forms.

Today was also my last kelly services attachment. James - farewell, I dun have to see you and your attitude/mood swing again. He gave us a group evaluation in a very depressing manner and the whole affair sounded like a solemn funeral speech...

Surprisingly James offered me and ai li cakes, even took for us. When I dropped mine on the floor, he din get angry. Instead, he went to take another one for me. So nice! I almost fell in love with him, if not for the fact that I had known who and what he is. He was almost like a gentleman!!!

Wednesday 8th feb '06

PCC/CJP Presentation was a disaster, a real-life crisis, a hazard!!! In fact, it was the worst day of my life! I think I am going to remember that fateful day for many years to come!

Arranged to meet them at 8am outside library. Me and Ai li arrived first. Even the group leader was late! Expected. By 8.15am, only 4 members were presented. group leader arrived at around 8.25am! Another one arrived at around 8.40am and the last was worst k - she arrived at 9.30am or even later, I can't remember!!! Made us all worried lar her - cannot really start the presentation without her.

Ai li, me, N and H (note it's the same N and H on monday's entry) go to the comm hub first to set up the powerpoint slides and prepare ourselves. On the way there, N told me how she was terribly tired having worked till 2am in the morning to prepare the slides. Sje said it in a tone that suggest that she did a lot of work and deserve a pat on the back! I wasn't really feeling sorry for her coz she n H din come for the meeting on monday, so in a way, they deserve to do more work! Heck care them!

Then N gave us a bomb next. She complained that she was wanted to prepare her presentation now and asked me to find a cable for her laptop! My god! Her laptop did not come with a cable de. When I asked why, she said it was a second-hand laptop. And She didn't make any arrangement to get a cable beforehand! Never ask her friends, never ask the IT help desk in school, never ask the corp comm teachers when we were there to get the keys to the room! I seriously think she only thought about/remembered it when we reach the room k! Cos I asked her, den why you din asked for the cable when we were at the teachers' room, I din think about it then was her reply! She is that unprepared and irresponsible k! Hate this kind of people! People last minute do work also can do a good job, unlike her, last minute still do work like shit! Oh and I din write that she's irresponsible in my self-reflection journal! Count her lucky man!

So I asked Ai Li to accompany me and we went to find the cable. Borrowed the whole laptop from Mrs Thomas and thought that everything would go well after that! No lor! God just wana make ai li's life and mine more miserable, the borrowed laptop was not usable. Cos it cannot detect N's thumbdrive. By that time, Melvin just arrived and I had to go and make the tranparencies for my part. I had to leave Ai Li to handle the crisis by herself - sorry gal. The two baka gals were "busy" doing their preparation lor! I found out later that Ai Li took care of all the problem and called the help desk to enquire about the solution. Then N and H was so blur/baka to call the same help desk person to ask again when it was already told to them that we had to refer to another person for help. They couldn't handle the phonecall, and passed the phone to ai li, she ended up getting a scolding from the help desk person. Talking about that help desk person, I am furious with her too! How can she be so rude and unprofessional! What kind of service is that man! if you are not the one to handle the problem, just be polite and say it again lar. And it wasn't ai li, the same person to call again leh. It was someone else using another number to call lor, please! if it is the same person who call to enquire again, I can still understand the reason for feeling pissed off lor!

Soon after that, Ms T arrived and upon seeing the situation we are in, she lectured ai li for not preparing the powerpoint slides earlier. Although I can still understand Ms T's reason for being angry, it was directed to the wrong person can! Ai Li was just there to set up the laptop and it should have been N's responsiblity! It was 2 direct blows to Ai Li and she couldn't handle it anymore. Went to the toilet to let it off. I was catching my breath after rushing to print the transparencies and so wasn't there with Ai Li to bare the lecturing. I bet I wouldn't have anything to defend ourselves too if I were there. It was still a group's fault, in a way.

N did not helped Ai Li add in the references for the group newsletter and that made ai li very worried that it would be considered as plagarism and the thought that she would be debarred must have haunted her for days to come. more bad news to come..Ms T said we had to hand in to her our previous graded proposal. Ourown group literally wanted to faint on the spot! We had torn up our various assigned parts to do up an edited version as required. Ms T really did give us the green light to tear the proposal lor, cos she never mentioned that she want it back mah. She should have given a clearer instruction. We thought that since we are submitting a new updated one, and the old one was given back to us.. for good, we think. I was laughing like hell!!! How are we going to give her back the original copy!! Even made the suggestion to reprinted the old version and I would be the one to forge her markings and comments. As you all now, my handwriting is worde than a doctor's and personally, I felt that I am capable and quite good at imitating people's work - drawings and written words alike.

It was only after Ai Li came back from the toilet with obvious red eyes from crying that I finally couldn't take it anymore. All these rubbish from hell! I practically wanted to scream"What the hell was wrong with you all!" My groupmates and teacher are driving me crazy!!! All these while, I was trying to lighten the mood our group was in. I was laughing it off. Trying to make things easier for all of us. But, when I see how sad Ai Li was, thoughts of N and H and how it was our terrible corp comm group mates's fault that this is happening, tears just welled up in my eyes...I was so angry and pissed off I tell you - seriously felt like beating somebody. Michelle was the only one who saw me crying and she was most kind to console me and ai li, thank you michelle :)

Banged the doors of the classroom when I walked off to wash my face and stop this disgrace behaviour that I was showing. Cannot let that N and H see it man! Even though it was all their fault mainly! H came to see if I was okay in the toilet. How nice of her! Like real lor! And I told her no I am fine. It's ai li that is having the problem.

In the end, we had to start the presentation using N's laptop without the images reflecting on the screen. Without G's present too.

And guess what? N sent all the group members an apologise through the email. How sweet of her! Ai li and me couldn't be bothered to answer her email nor gave her any reply in person. Is it me or just somebody that dun understand the seriousness of her mistakes! Apologise through email, like a professional hor. N, if you sincerely wanted to apologise, you should say it face to face lor. It seemed like no one had taught her the proper way to say sorry!

Ai Li and I rushed through the KSCC report and presentation slides coz another irresponsible guy made us waited days for his part on recommendation. We did his part as a result and managed to come up with a brief and simple report to hand in to James.

And guess wad? James expressed his surprise that harveen's and our report was just stapled! We had thought that well, since it's son thin, that's no point in binding it. we were alos shcked that other groups were all binded and THICK!! And he din let us bind it even thoughthere were still 30 minutes before the submission time. Nevermind lor, we couldn't be bothered to bind it also, waste efforts and money. We all agreed that it was the first time we are so happy handling in shit work!

Go home rushed out the slides for roleplay meeting tomorrow. Edited my self-reflection journals for corp comm and combined them into one. I had done it long ago I think during last saturday. Thought I would have nothing to add on, guess I was proven wrong! Din even have the time to give kenneth a farewell call. Still feel so sorry, I promised to called. But I did sms-ed him to take care of himself. Hope it counts, den I wouldn't have to treat him to an expensive japanese meal when I see him next!

Thursday 9th feb '06

Juanna and I accompanied Ai Li to see Ms T to explain to her regarding the reference of the newsletter. Ms T wasn't around so we left her a note and the explanation of the reference. later when we reached the class, we were surprised that nobody else had arrived except for us. Mr Nah asked us to help him bring down some stuff so all 3 of us went up to teachers' room again. Saw Ms t and ai li explained to her again about her note. As usual, Ms T wasn't exactly happy to hear that ai li left out the reference. Asked her to print out asap. Ms t is a stricter teacher and in a way, I believed Ai Li felt relieved that Ms T din accused her of plagarism.

Had our HR revision tutorial where nobody bothered to buy and prepare the answers to the past year papers due to our busy schedule. Harveen and Ai Li had to go down and buy for the whole class. I seriously think that our class desperately need a class chairperson. We are so un-united I tell you. Azhar will be an ideal person and is our first choice =)

Our darling group was delighted to receive good marks for our HR PBL 2 report!! And I was relieved that juanna and my part did not pull down the overall mark. in fact, we found out ourselves that we were the highest in class. the average is around 70 marks. We had 85/100!! Woo! We helped Sanjeev checked out his group's mark too. I think he got 77 marks. Not bad for a one-man show!

H suggested to take a group photo with Mr Nah. Mr Nah suggested to take a class pic instead. So we ended up taking as a class.

Me and Ai Li went to the lab with Melvin and Grace to "save our torn-up proposal" !!! The rest of the group members disappeared as soon as they gave us their parts.. melvin, ai li and me ran through our presentation for KS for the KS presentation later in the afternoon. Made our speech cards too.

Rushed through our lunch. I believed if I was not wrong, that was when i took out Kenneth's neoprint and shown Juanna. Juanna said that kenneth look like 30 years old and his dress sense is horrible. harveen said that he's kinda cute in a nerdy way. And one of her friend like this kind of guy. I was absolutely shocked as this was the first time someone complimented Kenneth. So I told harveen to give me the number of her friend and I should recommend her to kenneth! wahaha this is so funny I tell you. And there's more to come, harveen and ai li actually said that actually if you cover the god sister's face, you and kenneth has the couple face! My god! I was so taken aback that I denied it repeatedly - No way!! I said. It's only after I told harveen about kenneth's sick way of self abuse [the liquid paper part] as a form of anger management that she agreed with me, yes you should not be with him. Before that, ai li and her was like saying ya, you can consider him wa, since he likes you!!! harveen then expressed her shock and said the same thing as sanjeev, He's a pyscho! wahhaha wana laugh out real hard man!

Proceeded to have our roleplay meeting discussion and hurried through the discussion. Managed to cover all our parts, including the questions to be asked in the meeting.

KSCC presentation was fine I guessed~ hoo..so relieved but we had to tolerate seeing James and hearing all the other groups' presentations. Our idea of advertising through bus and rail was copied by 2 other groups. Guessed the idea wasn't that original or creative lar! Some groups were damn funny, their presentaers speak so softly that we wanted to doze off le. And she was covering a large part of the presentation and the first speacker somemore lor. Made many a comments to bu yi and ai li =) until James asked us to stop talking.

Harveen took pictures of our class's people when we receive our cert from Course Manager. I was trying to be funny! Posed like I was taking a neoprint liddat! had to tolerate taking a group photo with James and the rest of the people that was under KSCC attachment! Tip-toe-ed lor so sian! I was dying to go home and rest liao!

Got refreshment somemore. And we discussed how come people can be pro-james lor. hard to believe that's some people who actually like him!

Should continue updating about friday and today.. tomorrow. I have to go and prepare to go cycling with yun le =)


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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Interesting webbie~

check this out!

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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Good marks~

I was surprised to receive a good marks for my Corporate Journalism and Publication individual speech assignment today! It's a fairly good mark of 38/50. I was really afraid that I might even fail it lor! Coz I only wrote very briefly for my outline and the speech itself was really like secondary school standard, very short and simple lanuage used. 6/10 is for the outline, which was very deserving for me coz it was really brief. I didn't write the subheadings, only the main headings. What I was really shocked was that I can get 32/40 for my speech!!! =) maybe I wrote it in an organised way that made use of all the important aspects required in the speech, like attention getter and memorable statement. My speech has a smooth flow, ya. The highest mark was 42.5 I believe.

This is my hardwork, have a look. Judge for yourself if I did a good job.

Message: There is the problem of teenage smoking and this social and health problem among youth is a growing trend in Singapore.

Audience: Students from tertiary institutions and secondary schools in the
Northeast District.

Purpose: To create awareness among the youths in Singapore to let them know
the harmful effects of smoking and to encourage them to drop the bad
habit of smoking.

Objectives: Through the discussion of the various harmful effects of smoking and
new ways to tackle the problem of teenage smoking, the purpose of
the seminar will be achieved.

Outline

Introduction
· Welcome the audience to the seminar
· State the purpose of this seminar
· State an attention getter
· Mention the current situation of teenage smoking – statistics

Body
· Discuss the reasons why smoking is bad for health
· Emphasize the adverse social effects of smoking on the smoker himself
· Emphasize how smoking affects the smoker’s family and people around him
· Introduce new ways to tackle the problem of teenage smoking

Conclusion
· Summarise the main points in the body of the speech
· Challenge the audience to give up smoking
· Leave a memorable statement


Welcome to this morning’s anti-smoking seminar! As you know, I am here to address to you the harmful effects of smoking and my main purpose is to encourage you guys to drop the bad habit of smoking. Now let me ask you a question. How many of you here know that the general trend for smokers in Singapore? It is actually decreasing, an encouraging signal that Singaporeans should continue to lead a healthier life. However, according to the 2001 National Health Surveillance Survey conducted by Ministry of Health, it noted that the daily smoker was most prevalent in youths aged 18 to 24 years in Singapore, The males consisted of 24.1% and the female consisted of 8.2%. In 2001, the prevalence of smoking is the highest for Malay youths aged 18 to 24, at 23.6%, as compared to their counterparts from other ethnic groups. This figure is significantly over represented against the national average for youths aged 18 to 24 of 16.2%. Chinese youth smokers aged 18 to 24 ranks second at 15.4% compared to 9.6% for Indians.

When a person smokes, he is actually doing his body and health a disservice. I am sure all of you can at least list out 5 of the harmful effects of smoking. There will be discoloured, yellow teeth. When you smile, others will see those unsightly teeth and your fingernails will be yellow too. Smokers have a lower level of lung function than those who have never smoked. Besides, smoking at an early age also increases the risk of lung cancer. Studies have shown that early signs of heart disease and stroke that can be caused by smoking are found in youths who smoke. Teenage smokers suffer from shortness of breath almost three times as often as teens who don't smoke. On average, someone who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes each day lives 7 years less than someone who never smoked.

In the last half an hour, I have gone through all the disadvantages of smoking and have discussed effective new ways to tackle the problem of teenage smoking. Here, I will give each and every one of you a challenge! That is to start planning for your health. If you are a smoker now, carry out a cigarette-quitting plan. If you are not, continue to take care of your health. Remember, don’t touch cigarettes!

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Friday, February 03, 2006

Photos! =)

A certain someone special to me, requested me to post these shoots! enjoy~
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Us at TCC clark quay~
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Me posing at the riverside, clark quay~
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The 3 Babes: Chata, Yen Fei n Me~
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The Reunion: Chata, Me n Rena~
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Us sshhiiii~ haha reunion shot
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Bestest of best friends~
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Beautiful n serene clark quay~
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Us again! Say Cheese~


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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Tampines outing with darling group~

The 5 of us - Juanna, Ai li, Harveen, Wee Chong and I. Sanjeev wasn't there with us but nevertheless, it was still fun! =) simply love our group! heehee =)

We decided to go to Tampines to have our lunch becos we are all sick of sch food! Discussed for quite some time, with wee chong suggesting to go eat at swenson if we were to eat at an expensive place. Lol..foodcourt was the other extreme end of the cheap food. Fastfood being the middle range!

Finally decided to makan at Pastamania. Den we saw this restaurant beside it, Phin restaurant. Saw this student value meal set costing $9.90, main course with soup of the day and coffee/tea. Ended up it was only offered on public holidays! Dots! All of us din notice it until harveen asked the waitress! So pei seh i tell you, especially when it was me who saw the value meal in the first place.

After looking thru the menu, we realised that the food there wasn't too ex so we ordered food to try. Had a hard time trying to decide which dish to order, cos there were a few dishes with deafood, crab etc! so tempting, in the end me, harveen and juanna ordered chicken breast. while ai li ordered kelong seafood (one of my previous choices) and wee chong ordered an dish that is fried chicken, which has a name that is hard to pronounce.

happily enjoyed our meal =) saw two japanese women coming into the restaurant. Din realise it until wee chong mentioned to me! If i were to sit near to them, i m afraid i might be distracted from the group's conversion as i would be too busy trying to eavedrop their japanese conversion le! Luckily haha I was sitting at the other end of the table.

We chatted about many topics, dicussed our role-play for hr presentation tml and duno why suddenly the topic turned to how our parents met each other and how old did they started working. It turned out that harveen's and my parents were the only ones who were match-made. The rest of them were either colleagues or through introduction from cousin and sister. And harveen's, ai li's and my parents work from the early age of 9 or very young. Wee chong is the worst can! He din noe how his parents met lor! He said he felt weird to ask parents this type of question and jus din ask. I suggested to him to ask his sister to ask lor.

Went to shop shop at the malls. The first thing we see - we bought! The pushcart was selling lovely belts; me and juanna just can't resist them! So we ended up buying one each of the same design. I bought the purple-blue one while juanna bought the white one. $7.90 after discount~

Shopped at many places for the formal long-sleeved shirt with multi-coloured strips, finally found the ideal one at metro! Lovely - at a cheap price of 22 bucks!

Ai Li and I tried some skirts at U2. She was the only one who tried on clothes with me today! The rest were contented just waiting outside for us and toking. I decided not to buy the skirt cos it was a bit loose. Wanted to lose some fats ard my waist first before I buy new skirts. Ai Li wanted her mum to buy for her at Compass Point! In the end, Ai Li bought a lovely black mini sweater from metro too at $19.90.

After shopping for quite some time, we decided to have some ice-cream and to rest our feet. Walked thru 2 mcdonalds and they were all packed with people! Today was very unusual - ther were an extraordinary amount of shoppers in TM! Duno why oso! Finally settled ourselves at Cafe Gelare, with all buying ice-cream except me and ai li. As you all noe, i m not exactly an ice-cream fan! and besides ice cream is fattening!!! No way!

We chatted abt ai li 's pathetic NCC in her sec sch! With only 5 members! Can u imagine that! We laughed until our faces wana burst lor! Everyone shared with the group their individual sec sch happenings, except from me. I had nth to contribute - my sch was so peaceful and unexciting lor. They all tok abt gang fights in sch, crazy attempts of love declarations from guys to the gals and cca disputes. It was fun listening to their stories~


Do you smell it?



::about me::
xiuqin aka christine
22 years living on earth
gal on the verge of maturity
constantly improving myself
love being with him
love my galfriends
Happiness.us.love~
Desires

fashion
gold.rose quartz.
bling blings
christmas!
being loved
smiles and hugs

Kiss Goodbye

-ai li-
-angelia-
-chunie-
-cloud-
-corinne-
-eileen-
-hew wing-
-janis-
-juanna-
-rina-



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