To Do List

My list of To-Do List at the moment.

- Finish up my remaining 8 journals (ASAP)

- Start on my internship report (Due 6 Jan)

- Re-vamped my blog AGAIN (Before new year)

- Finish up my presents for colleagues

- Tidy my messy room

- Watch my dramas

- Train for nationals

I need better time management skills.

A year older...

I'm finally a year older now. Lol.

Time flies...

I'm 23 now..

A year ago...

I was stuck at Switzerland airport. Unable to get back to Goteborg.

Cried when they celebrated for me at Aunty May's house..

And had Mcdonalds for dinner.

A year later..

I'm in Singapore.

Celebrating my bday with my lovely colleagues

And lovely friends.

But, something's missing.

*shrugs*

A month has just came and left

It has been close to a month since i last updated my blog.

Lotsa things have happened..

And I guess I've been coping well till now..

Work is getting better..

And I dont have to stay till that late everyday..

Just occasionally (mondays and wednesday usually)

Watched the lion king with 3 friends recently..

Was quite impressed with the props..

And yeah, that's us attempting to do the lion bow.

But of cuz, nth beats Wicked.

Crystal has been still as naughty like usual..

Here's a recent photo of us!

But of cuz, I admit that I've been neglecting her too..

Guilty as charged =(

Shall bring her out next sunday to some dog cafe ba!

The NUS 8 Ball Carnival ended last saturday.

Was really glad that it ended with a good note yup!

And i got my first Pool trophy ever since I join NUS! =D

And of cuz, the star of the day was none other than my dear teddy bear

Oh, and did i mentioned that my brother got married on 24 of July =D

Hahas, alright! I guess the photos have spoken for themselves =)

Shall continue with my unfinished journals and slides!

I miss Sweden!

A year ago..

I was still in Sweden,

in Goteborg, experiencing my first week of exchange..

From a noobie....I grew to learn more about the different parts of the world.

Now, a year later..

I'm still learning..

But not in Sweden anymore..

And not in school either...

But having my internship at Hill & Knowlton.

Been really busy all these while with work..

So really din have any time to blog.

Will try and blog when I have the time yup!

Wasted Weekend

I cant believe that I wasted my two days slacking at home! =(

Had to bring crystal for sterilization on saturday so din go for training..

End up staying home slacking..

Wanted to take a nap after dinner at 6pm..

I woke up at 8.

Not 8pm..But at 8am on Sunday T.T

Amanda is sucha oinkie man..

Went for this cheap massage deal i bought several weeks ago..

It was a shiatsu massage + free cupping/guasha/chopsticks therapy..

It was normal only i think..

And she used a ginger oil that made my body felt like they were burning =(

Spent the rest of my sunday playing with crystal

And also finishing the show "we got married, sweet potato'

Felt really sad that it ended thou =(

Yong Hwa and Seohyun, please get married someday k?

And I love the pink guitar! can someone get that for me?

I wanna learn how to play!

Here's one song that they composed tgt =D

Crystal's still feeling abit weak after the operation..

Puked and din wanna eat at all on saturday =(

Hopefully she'll be better ba

I feel like a worrying mum *sigh*

Weekly Highlights

Haven been able to blog for the whole week cuz i was really busy working..

rushing out reports and stuff...

Guess in future, for now, I'll only be able to blog on my weekly highlights huh?

lol..Sounds a lot like what I do at work

(Summarising weekly highlights for clients)

Anyway... let me try and recall some highlights of this week in my life!

1) My dog attempted suicide!

Lol.. Not really.. I'm sure she din wanna die so early..

But that's what my mother told me..hahas

Anyway, Crystal ate a deoxidiserand got warded in a pet hospital

It's the small packet that comes with the food to keep it fresh.

I threw it in the dustbin after feeding her with the treat one night..

And she managed to sniff it out from the bin and finished it =.=

Only found out the following morning..

And Michelle had to take a day off to bring crystal to the hospital at Mount Pleasant

Felt really bad actually..

and poor crystal was had to spend the day at the hospital with her stomach "washed"

Fortunately, she still looks kinda fine! Except that her hand now has a patch that is shaved in order to inject and run the fluid through her at the hospital.

2) Work was BUSY

Yeah.. Had LOTS of work to do..

Daily news summary, weekly highlights, quarter report.

I spent close to 2 full day rushing a quarterly report for a client..

It was crazy...I din even had the chance to step out during lunch time =(

And slept for less than 6 hrs everyday... @.@

It wasn't very difficult to do the quarterly report..

Just that...It was really tedious.

I had to sort out 866 news articles from different countries and

generate them into charts, diagrams in terms of theme, cty, agenda and for a million more different categories. T.T

But of cuz, excel saved my life...and i was really happy after completing it =)

3) Life at H&K

Things have gotten much better for me at work..

I did felt like quitting initially as i felt that it was too overwhelming for me..

Got scolded or hung up by reporters/journalist/editors several times..

And even cried over one...

But.. i do see myself getting used to the pace in H&K

And of cuz forming better relationships with my colleagues..

My team have really nice people..

I'm glad to be part of the tech team =)

But of cuz... Study is still a lot nicer than working..

So I've decided to not cramp and rush to graduate..

Instead..I'll pace myself at a comfortable level to fully enjoy it.

4) We got Married

This is a korean reality show that I've just began watching recently..

They'll pair Korean stars together and show how will their life be if they got married tgt..

Recommended by a colleague called Moe Moe..

Really nice wor! I mean.. I've always known this show...

But just din have the time to watch it..

After strong recommendation by her..

I've decided to watch it a few days ago..

And omg..I CANT STOP WATCHING IT NOW =D

So my strong recommendation to anybody whose free now..

Go watch it yup..

There's many different couples..

But Im only watching the series on CN Blue YongHwa + SNSD Seohyun.

A really nice + natural couple..

How I wish I have a bf like yonghwa! *beaming eyes*

Oh Ya! He's that guy from You're beautiful!

Hahas..that's all these week i guess.

Shall blog more when possible =D

GIddy GIddy~

Giddy giddy

That's how I'm feeling now...

After a long day of work since 8.45am till 7pm

A crazy taxi ride that got stuck in a jam for close to an hour

And a tiring dog training class...

But i think it was also because i got caught in the rain ytd eh?

*shrugs*

Had a lot to do at work today...

Mainly cuz i disappeared for the past week..

And also cuz I'm still quite new and slow at doing them..

sigh.. There goes my hope of ending work on time le *puff*

but made several nice new friends working there too!

Made my internship at H&K more enjoyable =)

Dog training class was really long today..

from 7.30-10pm.

I got caught in the jam..

so only able to reached ard 8.

My neighbours were really v nice ppl..

they brought crystal to the training class for me today...

And some other ppl were helping me to take care of her + train her =)

The training class next monday will be the last lesson for this class already!

Had been really fun joining Patrick's dog training class all these while..

Met lotsa nice dog lovers too!

hopefully everyone will pass the test and still keep in contact after that!

Things do get heavy sometimes...

Well..

Din went anywhere during the weekends..

except staying at home and playing with crystal..

I guess i really neglected her ever since i started working ba..

Shall try and spend more time with her..

was discussing with sharon and mx for a photoshoot...

but suddenly...din feel like going anymore..

i mean...what's the point when your best buddy dont even

bother talking to you or responding to ur messages right?

I hate being ignored..

Especially from my close friends..

Perhaps it is true that ppl do leave your life at different point in life ba..

i never thought he'll be one..

but it turned out pretty clear to me during my exchange..

*shrugs*

How great it is at this point of time when I'm already having other problems...

*Sigh*

life moves on..

like how it always does.

Back! Sunkissed but not burnt =D

Went to Krabi for the past 5 days!

It was kinda like a crazy adventure to me..

Why crazy?

Cuz I did many first time there!

First time travelling with Victoria

First time going to Krabi

First time snorkeling

First time wearing a bikini

First time doing fish spa, water rafting and ATV ride

First time doing a hanna tattoo! (I do really wan a real one thou =x )

Many many first time! But it was really fun!

Went with Victoria, my groupmate for e-learning mod in nus. A really nice and sporty girl who dragged me to learn cha cha and to Krabi! laughs.. Oh! And we met Paul, my junior from jj there too!

Just in case you're wondering where is Krabi, it's in Thailand, situated near Phuket. Some what similar, but not as touristy as Phuket i heard.

We spent a total of 4D3N over there touring around with the tour, going snorkeling and island hopping. Took this 1.5 hour ride to the place where we did water rafting, ride ATV on muddy grounds, 'enjoyed' fish spa, and watched monkey + elephant shows!

Queuing up to board the plane to krabi at Budget Terminal!

The tour guide brought us around to the famous tiger temple in krabi shortly after touching down!

Here's our hotel! Krabi La Playa. A really nice place with big room!

Din do much on the first day except shopping and dinner at this lovely restaurant by the beach side!

Our food! My fav was the stir fried beef with basil leaves!

And we managed to take photos with a monkey!! =D

Day 2: Island hopping + snorkeling adventure!

Breakfast at the hotel! My fav's still the omelet!

On our way to snorkeling!

The sand were filled with sea shells!

Here's how clear the water were!

I swam with fishes the first time in my life ^^

Getting ready for my first snorkeling experience *excited*

*thumbs up*

A really pretty beach for chilling

We found KFC chicken at a roadside store!

Ended with dinner at this place recommended by Paul. But the food din taste as well as it looked!

Day 3: Fun at Island Safari

Christabelle, another singapore that went with us!

Paul girlfriend

Fish spa! That was extremely ticklish!

Oh, and I had erm.... authentic thai massage from the elephants. rofl

Camwhoring at the pool side and showing off my newly done hanna tattoo!

I'll love to go krabi again once more! And I'll go for a longer ATV ride! =)

Start of internship at H&K

Today marks the 5th day of my internship!

Have been really busy that I havent got any time to blog! =(

Work's kinda busy..

with quite a bit of media scanning and writings to do everyday..

It certainly feels very different compared to the projects you do in school..

Cuz we're doing it for clients and cant afford to make any mistakes in it..

Got to also call and coordinate things for events too!

Good learning experience i guess ba =)

(But all the former interns looked really stressed up!)

Met a couple of friends for the week!

Huihua, my secondary school mate, for dinner on wednesday!

Ate at marutama! But felt that the standard like kinda drop le huh?

Nevertheless, it's was nice to meet up with her after so long ba.

Ate with Rowena, Corinne and Jasmine on thursday!

My exchange buddies =D

Went to some korean bbq at tanjong pagar that was uber crowded!

had to queue for an hour before getting in for our dinner T.T

Luckily, dinner was awesome! But of cuz with stinky hair due to the bbq smell!

Cant wait to meet them again for our wine drinking session! <3

Oh and anyway....

It's Hill and Knowlton's Sports Day today!

So we only had to work till lunch and went to west coast to play softball!

Everything was really v organized, with drinks and food provided.

They got some national softball players to give us a short crash course

before letting us try the mini competition!

We din win! hahas..but everyone got a small medal + water bottle in the end

Dinner was at brewerks! Free alcohol + free food!

Too bad, had a date! So wasnt able to join =(

But im sure there'll be lotsa chance ba =)

Awesome week!

Just ended a lovely gathering with my JC classmates!

It was a potluck affair + dog play + karaoke session. =)

As usual, it was hard to get full attendance..

but had lotsa fun catching up with them yup!

Cant believed we sang till 1am! hahas

(Shall wait for ah joo to upload photos!)

Let me share with you how have I spent my past 2 weeks! hahas I've been....

- Buying lotsa working clothes and shoes! And of cuz, spending a bomb! Sigh! Amanda's going broke soon!

- Chionging Boys Over Flowers (Korean version) on the internet.. It's REALLY NICE! hahas.. In fact, my fav among all the 3 versions that is currently in the market (Taiwan, Japanese, Korean). It seems more complete with it!

And this is my favorite guy so far! =D

- Been spending lotsa time with crystal too! Brought her to several parks recently. Cluny Park @ Bukit Timah, West Coast Park and of course the NEX MALL! Nex mall was really aweseome!

There's a doggiestyle cafe there! A really cool concept! And the best thing is it allows dog to move ard unleash!

The highlight was definitely the play pen that have different obstacle courses for dogs to try out!

The black dog couldnt stop chasing crystal thou!

Crystal was really happy as she met many other dogs there =)

Looking real forward to next week because...

- I'm starting my internship on monday!

- Meeting HuiHua for dinner on wednesday!

- Doing nails with sharon on saturday!

- Have makeover session on sunday!

- I'll be able to collect my pay for facilitation for the mth of may!

- Will be going krabi the following week!

Next week gona be a nice nice week =)

How to kill a housefly yourself.

What to do when there's an irritating housefly in your room in the middle of the night and when your dad is sleeping.

Things you will need

- An irritating housefly

- A sleeping daddy

- A pair of hands

- Some soap, preferably those that can produce huge foams

- A smaller place that's near to your room

Step 1: Lure the housefly to the smaller place. (In this case, I got it into my toilet.)

Step 2: Add water, soap on your hands and start generating HUGE foams.

Step 3: Keep your eyes on the housefly

Step 4: Attack the housefly with your foamy hands!

Step 5: If the housefly is still too fast, wait. And repeat step 2-4

Step 6: Once you caught the housefly, flush it down your toilet bowl

Step 7: Wash your hands. Give urself a pat on your shoulder, Mission Accomplished =)

Note to self: Some other insects may accidentally fall into your hands too. But that's perfectly fine =)

Something random

We often fantasize a lot and dream of doing crazy little things in different parts of our life. And suddenly, I just feel like taking some daring photoshoots! Like..ermmmm Bikini shoot? hahas

OMG! hahas..

yes, I'm still sane!

But come to think about it...

I have yet to take any bikini shoot!

And I'm going to be 23 soon!

Youth is short...

Highly doubt I'll have the courage or figure to take in future!

hahas.. not saying that I have it now la..

BUT! I shall try and slim down first! lol..

Hahas..of cuz, there's many other photoshoots that I wish to take la..

I wanna take one with crystal, one corporate one, one in my Yukata!

And maybe in future, one pregnant shoot! hahas..

Omg.. im thinking so far! hahas..

but wouldnt it be cool to have a pregnant shoot?

Check this out! =D

http://shannonleeimages.com/blog/2009/01/louella-james-pregnancy-shoot/

Alright! Enough of my nonsense!

Shall discuss with butt for a NORMAL photoshoot first! =)

Quarrels

I hate quarrels.

People say mean and hurtful stuff to each other when they quarrel.

Sometimes... even outsiders are implicated..

We get so engross in quarreling that we very often become more concern about winning the argument that actual facts.

People dig up many hurtful and unhappy past when they quarrel in an attempt to break each others heart. And very often, the process of healing is much longer than the time taken during quarreling.

That is why I hate quarrels.

Sigh.

I guess I better take some anger management workshops.

Results!

Results are out!

Hmm... how should i put it across leh...

It was satisfactory, in fact my best cap so far in my NUS life.

But of cuz, Amanda is greedy! Was kinda expecting better. Hahas

Prediction

EC3101 (B)

EC3332 (A)

EC3361 (B+)

NM3204 (A-)

LSM1303 (B+)

Actual

EC3101 (B)

EC3332 (B+)

EC3361 (A)

NM3204 (B+)

LSM1303 (B+)

I've gotten 3 out of 5 predictions right! lol..

And JUST qualify for honors in economics. lol..

Was really expecting better for EC3332 and NM3204 though!

But i guess..one shall not be too greedy. Lol

Now.. it's time to work even harder for my internship to get my A le! =)

What to do when you encounter a problem =)

Source: David at http://mylaughingblog.com/2009/08/problem-solving-flow-chart/

Predictions

In another 9 hours or so, I'll be receiving an sms.

This isn't a normal sms.

But one that will decide how whether will I do my honors in Economics or CNM.

Lost? hahas.. Actually, I'll be receiving my grades for my last semester's exam through SMS!

As much as I would love to know my results soon, this certainly isnt the best way to know my results. Lol.. I guess I'll be having a chill down my spine when I hear my phone beep tmr morning!

Well.. Before receiving my results, I often like to reflect on the amount of effort that I had put in and of cuz, how well or bad do I think I'll fare. So let me do it here tonight =)

EC3101: Microeconomics Analysis 2

This is possibly one of the most important module in every Economics major's NUS life. Not just because it is our core module, but also because this module decides if we will be granted a chance to do honors in Economics.

(Let me side track a little)

To do honors for Economics, we have to get an average score of B+ for both EC3101 and it's counterpart EC3102 (Macroeconomics). I scored a B- for my EC3102. So... theoretically, I will not be able to do my honors unless I get an A for it.

I could also attempt to appeal for honors if ALL of my economics module get a avg score of 3.5. (Sadly, for now.. I only have 3.21 for my economics modules). So.. I'll have to get at least one A- and 2 B+ for my economics modules if I do wanna do honors for economics.

Having said these, I haven been performing very well for this module =(

Scored a mediocre score of 13/20 for my mid term..

And the final paper was pretty hard.

I would really be happy if I could get a B+ for this.

But my guess for this module is...a B.

EC3332: Money and Banking

This was an interesting module. But unfortunately, we had a bad lecturer.

Picture this..

We did an Assignment 1 before mid terms (week 6).

Took our mid term exams (week 6)

And we only got all these scripts + solutions back during our reading week (Week 13), when we were supposed to get them back so much earlier.

This is the kind of lecturer that we had. Sigh!

But fortunately, min min took this module under him too so she kindly lent me her notes. It was really USEFUL! He practically recycles his assignments qns and lecture notes. And sets similar exam questions.

I am pretty confident of this module. Hopefully I din screw up any part of it ba.

My guess for this module is... A

EC3361: Labor Economics

This module was taught by Jessica Pan. A really good lecturer. She made the class interesting and I could really understand the many concepts that she wanted to teach.

Thanks to my wonderful grp mates Jun Rong, Cher Siang and Eugene, we did really well for our assignments too. That's ard 30% of our grade if im not wrong?

Did well for our mid term too. But here comes the crucial part.

Our Final paper. It wasn't easy. =(

Several of us got different answers. And i'm quite unsure how bad or well will I fare.

My guess for this module will be B+. (Though I hope that I'll be higher)

NM3204: E-Learning

This was a rather slack module for me actually. And my grp did fairly well for the project presentation and our final report.

The final paper was rather easy. In fact...too easy that makes me perplexed and unsure.

Why?

Because we had to only write for 2 questions, with each weighing around close to 27.5% of our total grade. But the questions were straight to the point. I was only able to write at most 3 -4 pages for each qns. Hopefully they are really generous with their marks ba.

My guess for this module is A-

LSM1303: Animal Behaviour

This was one of my favorite module this semester. Thanks Rowena Awwsome for introducing it to me =)

Lessons were slack and interesting. Our first assignment was just a review and reflection on the game we played on our first lab session. We had to also do a project on animal behavior and come out with a 100 word abstract + 15 mins presentation. (No WRITTEN REPORT!). How great right!. Last assignment was a blog post that I've written on the Parasite Wasp.

I would say that I've done fairly alright for all the assignments. The final exam was not as simple as what I had expected but I believe it'll be alright too.

I hope I'll get at least a B+ ba. =)

(Anything below it, i think i'll s/u it!)

Alright! Predictions done. Lets see whether I'll strike the lottery tomorrow =)

Happy Day

Met Victoria for massage today!

It was a spa + massage..

So for the spa part.

You get to choose from 3 different types of mixture to apply on your body

There's goat milk, seaweed and some herbs..

It was erm... intruding when they tried to apply on u..

LOL.. i shan elaborate further..

But luckily..they were all ladies..hahas

The spa was damn hot thou..

They used a thermal blanket to wrap u up..

Felt like i was in an oven T.T

I had to be wrapped up for 20 mins!

But I couldnt take it after 10 mins.. lol

Massage was a lot better =D

It was a very comfortable 45 mins!

Bought this from those websites again..Lol

I'm such an auntie =x

Anyway.. I have a good news to share!

Hill & Knowlton have offered me a 6 mths internship!!!

So will have to start work on 13th June.

Really fast huh?

But I'm also v excited! =)

Cant wait to start work!

But before that, i better search ard for more working attire!

That's all for today i guess...

Spent some time catching up with some other friends too..

It has been a great day for me

Day with mixed feelings

What a day I had today!

Tired, stressful, pain, awesome, uncertain.

I felt all these emotions altogether today!

Went to Guang Yang Secondary School to facilitate secondary 2 classes today! Once again, I had to wake up really really early! And drag my TIRED body out to work. T.T

I kinda hate waking up early! Especially when you just had a long night watching dramas!

Rushed home to buy lunch for mother before I prepare myself for afternoon's interview at Hill and Knowlton.

Interview part was rather short and alright. But that wasn't the end! Had to do a 45 minutes writing test on a topic. It was quite STRESSFUL! Lol.. Given the short amount of time that we get to brain storm on what to write, and to write. I managed to finish just in time but ain't sure if it'll be alright ba! I took quite a risky move actually =x

Oh.. I have yet to mentioned that my legs were freaking PAIN due to the shoes! Sighhhh T.T

Went to Amichi for dinner!

The vongole was AWESOME! But the tiramisu was quite bitter =(

What a waste! It was supposed to be award-winning de right???

Anyway..Amichi is having this awesome deal at Shiokdeal.com!

15 sgd for 30 dollars worth of voucher!

It's practically 50% off!

PPL! Go and try yup?

Ended the night with a movie at lot1.

Watched Fast and Furious 5.

My 4th movie of the month. LOL

I should seriously cut down on the number of movies I'm watching!

AManda is going broke soon!!!

But anyway..back to the movie..

It was really good!! Give it a 7/10 =D

Last thing of the day to mention...

i happened to see something that my friend posted..

And it felt that she was refering to me..

It certainly din feel good ba..

But of cuz, I'm guilty of what she've said ba..

I've been neglecting her..

Just sent some messages to her..

Hopefully she'll not be mad at me ba.. *uncertain*

Alright..

that concludes my full of mixed emotions day today

I think im going to fall sick soon..

With a sore throat and pain in my lower left abdomen. =(

Happy Week

Have been quite busy recently!

Took up Cha Cha with Victoria last wednesday!

But it was kinda boring..

And the people there were kinda weird...

And the instructor was teaching quite fast too..

Doubt we'll be continuing ba..

But I still wanna continue learning dance!

Any good place to learn mah? =D

Did facilitating job last thursday at Yio Chu Kang PS.

Kanna scam leh! I thought Yio Chu Kang PS was at Yio Chu Kang!

But..it was at Hougang =.=

Poor Amanda had to wake up like at 5.15am so as to reach there before 7.15pm

Nevertheless.. it was fun facilitating =)

The kids did rock climbing and abseiling!

Why din we have those fun activities in the past huh??

Watched the movie Priest recently!

It's about Vampires again! Lol..

Of cuz, unlike Twilight, the vampires here are more gruesome looking

and kinda scary!

Liked how the story unfolds...And the suspense...

But again, still with room for improvement ba..

There could be more fighting scenes! And more elaborations!

I'll give it a 6/10!

Anyway...just an update..

I might be able to do an internship with Hill & Knowlton!

Damn excited! Will be going down for an interview next wednesday..

And just received an email from the school that I might be allowed to do this internship for 8MCs! But of cuz, as my application is rather late.. They want me to really think through and make sure that I'm prepared to face later graduation timing and etc...

But I'm still v v v v excited as Hill & Knowlton seems like a rather good firm =D

Hopefully I'll be able to get this internship opportunity ba!

Meanwhile, I'll be preparing myself for the interview!