Rachel & Gilbert's Wedding 14.12.08

Rachel & Gilbert's wedding was held at Orchid Country Club, situated near Yishun. All 4 of us almost forgot about the dinner and/or mixed up the dates. We ended up being late and well, the big miracle was Wendy, the super late queen, was finally earlier than me, the late queen (:

We have been looking forward to see the rest of our ex-company and colleagues from Infineon. I forgot most of them, except for my direct boss, CK Ong! Haha! SK and CK almost couldn't recognise me but well, I'm glad it was for the better =p Heehee!

Group pic outside the ballroom (: Wendy bothered to dressed up, finally!

The grand ballroom, with many many tables. As usual, our table is at the back.

The wedding menu =P

The nice candle stands along the wedding aisle (:

Eternity key, very creative door gift!

Wedding saucer display ornament :D

Decent pics of me and Alan, after much NGs on my part. LOL! 

It was quite boring sitting with older adults, so we had to camwhore abit although we were not comfortable about that idea ourselves. Finally the food came (: yummy! Shark's fin was up after my all-time favourite cold dish!

Since our table for 10 was only sitting 6 pax, I had 3 bowls of that stuff =P I could literally bite into the chunk of fin. Ha! Sorry, I'm not so much of an animal activist. Anyway, SK Chow was happily serving me and Alan, which I couldn't refuse either. Oh wells :D I'm so satisfied.

Not my fault what, Pat and Cynthia din make it in the end although we were so eager to meet up with them lor. I volunteered to eat their share, see I so noble right :D 

Next, that big and fresh red groupa fish! SK and I were eating most of the fish though. Meow!

Soon after few dishes, the bride, Rachel and her mama marched into the ballroom, with some English love ballads playing in the background. I did recorded a video but I can't seem to upload into Youtube properly. Stupid Blogger only offers 100MB worth of upload space while the video is 109MB big. Oh wells.

Rachel was literally smiling from ear to ear. Such a happy girl (: Awww~

Gilbert dedicated, sung a love ballad to Rachel, while his brothers played on their acoustic guitars. 

So Westlife-style, as I commented to Alan. LOL! Something different from the usual wedding program. I like!

She was touched to tears. Sighs. So romantic, I know. Everyone now, "AWWW~!"

Some waiter entered the ballroom with a flaming sword O.O

Nope, he din swallow it, much to my sadistic displeasure. Sighs. He just kept waving all the way to the stage in front, thinking he was doing some magic show, but well he clearly disappointed us all. I still have no idea what significance that flaming sword carried, but it did looked entertainingly good with all the coloured spotlights and music. Haha!

Me and the pretty bride, Rachel! We both share the same birthday, just 5 years age difference. A lovely coincidence (:

Kang and Wendy, after the dinner. Tired from all the yakking and catching up at the table. Haha! You should have seen how she yakked on MY phone with Pat lah. Macham payphone, just that I'm the one slotting in the phonecard lah. Haiyo!

The cab ride home was another hilarious yet annoying stoy altogether. I thought I was gonna reach home as a 80-year-old granny lah. That not-that-old cab driver was taking forever to drive from Yishun to Jalan Kayu to Pasir Ris to Tampines and to Bedok. 

The fare, needless to say, was more than expected. Darn that uncle, no wonder he can still make profits just by driving midnight cabbing. Where's your professional ethics, cab uncle?!

Oops, pardon me for digressing. To end this supposedly happy entry, last but not least, my utmost sincere blessings to the newlyweds. May God bless your marriage and do stay happy and blissful always. 

Let us all, the ex-Infineon lunch kakis, meet up again soon for another meal ya =p Cheers!

A Land Of Hope

I was intending to do up my entries on the recent events this month, but when I read Chen Chuan's blog, I came across this interesting phrase, "The Church is a land of hope". Intriguing, I would prefer to say. Whatever I say here, I shall not be biased towards the church or whatsoever, but based on my personal experiences and feelings.

Being in a church for almost all my life, I really like the fact that the church environment really brings in more life and love, hope and faith into people's lives. I've seen many kinds of Christians in the church, the contradictions, the constant reshuffles of the church system, the disgusting politics, the unhappiness between fellow brethens, the passionate and on-fire Christians, the ever-serving ones in numerous minstries, and those that just sit there and does nuthin but sleep during morning service.

I've went thru life-changing experiences in the church, have and had great friendships with fellow brethens, did things that I would have never imagined myself doing 5 years ago, learnt various skills and knowledge from various ministries, spiritual growth and maturity has gone up by another notch. The church is indeed a great place to nurture one's chraracter, only if you let yourself outta your comfort zone.

The church and its ministries are there to allow us to serve God, with a willing heart. I'm glad I got a hope within me, to help me develop my Christian character and mentality. God is our hope, to this new generation. Let us therefore make more disciples for Him, to give more people the hope we have in our lives, show the love to others just as He have shown to us on the cross, not be ashamed of the Gospel and be of godly examples to one another.

The church is a good place to be in, it's the people who determines the atmosphere in the church. I love it when the presence of God is in the church, you can feel it so well and good. Let's make the Lord proud of us, and not be disgusted or ashamed of hypocrites instead.

Join me in this awesome quest to be part of the hope of God =) do sth nice to someone whom you think, needs God's love. Bring hope to that someone. Who knows, he/she might be the next big thing God wants to use for our generation!

God bless you, my fellow brethens.

*I feel like I'm almost Apostle Paul writing a letter to the fellow Corinthians now. LOL! Just kidding.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas yesterday was fun!

The drama went on really well, the actors really did great with their improvised lines, the lighting went on smoothly, the video went on superbly and the gifts exchange were nice. LOL!

I got a rabbit watch from Sook Yi, a nice LeSportSac pouch from Faith, a pink pig photo frame with the whole AV crew pic in it, from Nicholas, accessories from Aunt Theresa, Joan, Ernest, Cherie etc, cookies from Ee Ling, Janice, Cleone and Sylvia etc. I feel so happy, soaking in the festive spirit already.

I was initially feeling so broke, but upon receiving so many early gifts, I felt so bad that I had to find some stuff to get for my net and my video team, and some other youths, while shopping the whole day at Vivo with bf. LOL! Fun but tiring for us both (: 

We ended up doing that curling of hair, buying medicine and 1.5L bottled water, looking for bargains for gifts, watching Yes Man, trying on numerous clothes at Club Marc, acting like tai tai and shao ye! HAHA! Love spending time with bf, especially after so many busy months of hectic studying.

So, I met up with Ying Xi, Alvin and Cher Hao for dinner at Ikea yesterday evening. I finally tried the famous meatballs, that allegedly was the thing that kept Ikea alive till this day. It is good, I say. Beef and pork is a lovely combination in meatballs man! Woo hoo! The sauce is good, kinda reminds me of KFC mashed potato sauce, irreplaceable ya know. Haha!

So in all, it was a lil Christmas I had, but filled with love and joy. Thank God for everything He has done for me and you. May He bless you more in the new year! Cheers people~

p/s: God answers prayers and He is good. Gonna meet up with Yi Ru finally, for the 1st time this year :D what a way to end 2008! Thank you God!

Quick Update of Busy December

YAY! I'm finally meeting my Starhub pals later again, for lunch! I miss them!

I've yet to celebrate my birthday yet though, but Christmas is fast approaching so well, HOHOHO! Merry Christmas, in advance, to all my loves in my life!

I have received quite a few gifts this year, including a nice bag from Jem & Jo, earrings from Jan & Cleone, pearl powder and this clay recorder from Taiwan, from my aunt & cousins, a Chicks Rule tin from Karina, etc. Thanks to all!

Yesterday I finally headed down to Starhub (my life revolves around it eh..), to port over my Singtel number and got myself a white LG Viewty phone (: It's quite an old model, came out last year, and there were mixed reviews about that phone. I couldn't be bothered anymore bcos I was more fed up with my current Sony Ericsson phone lah.

While waiting for my turn to buy the phone, my parents, sis and I went for a walk. During my walk around Tampines Mall and Century Square, I reckon I bumped into more than 10 people I knew lah! Most of the time my sister or the person we knew, was the one shouting out to me bcos I was constantly busy sms-ing. LOL!

Oh, I got Sook Yi and Elijah's birthday pressies too! The malls were so packed everywhere, it was almost another Orchard Road inside Tampines lah. Everyone was jolting and pushing, avoiding and cramping here and there. Haiyo. All last minute shopping lah. Everyone was just grabbing whatever they could see and started a bee line at the cashier(s). Did so much walking till my lower back started to ache again. Old already, your body starts to have lotsa tantrums every now and then. Sighs.

Talk about being old, I got to met up with 2 of my Primary 1 classmates last Saturday for lunch and coffee. 15 years! We sure have changed in height and shape, but definitely not the face. We still look so awesomely cool lah, or rather that's what Kuanyi would always say lah. LOL! I missed last Sunday's dinner with the rest of the class as I was doing duty for evening service. Heard they had fun, hopefully I can attend the next reunion lor.

I thank God for last week's quite successful My Hope SG, thank my net for their utmost efforts to make sure the session went well, thank God again for healing my throat miraculously, and for everyone who took time to come for the session! I love my net (: 

Christmas service this year is rather different, in terms of the drama and format for the event. No traditional Mary and the lil lambs (no pun intended). No baby Jesus. Up for video duty, yes. Food b4 the drama, yes. Modern setting drama, yes. Gift exchange, definitely YES! Do come by to VFC at Tampines Street 43 this Thursday at 10am for refreshments, actual event starts at 11am and will end by 12.30pm!

Oh ya, I shall blog proper about the youth camp, Rachel's wedding and all those stuff that I wanna share with you, soon! Heehee~ For now, it's another action-packed week ahead, and Batam trip next week and into the new year of 2009! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~

Busy December~

I got pics to upload from the youth camp, Joan's birthday supper gathering, Rachel's wedding and most probably, pics of my cousins this week (: 

*edit: the pics all are on my Facebook and Multiply sites, go to the links on my sidebar to see all the uploaded pics ya =) enjoy!

Wheeeeeeee~ I'm enjoying my break now, although I think I should start doing up my resume and get ready for that My Hope Singapore project that is on this Friday lor =\

Will be going to cousins' house from today till Wednesday, hope to get more rest and do some meetups with certain people too :D although I haven't been meeting bf proper for the past 2 months already. Sighs.

Christmas is coming so fast, I haven't got into the festive mood yet. Maybe its bcos I haven't celebrated my birthday proper since I came back from Malaysia. Ha! Doubt I'll do my traditional Christmas cards this year, far too many to write and too lil time lah! 

Oh ya, I still gotta do video duty on Christmas Outreach, corporate service and setup on 3rd and 4th Jan 09 and more. Sian!

Actually I have no idea why I'm typing out my activities and stuff for this month out on this entry, I guess its bcos I got no pics to start off all the activities that I've gone to during the past week lah. Bear with me awhile till my pics are uploaded k (:

Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy 22nd Birthday to myself (and Rachel Chong), on 10th December 2008 (:

Thank you dearest bf, buddies, VFC youths, my BW12 roommates and all friends of mine. Your wishes (smses, facebook messages, calls, hugs, love and cards, handshakes, birthday songs and cup noodles) mean alot to me :D

I love all of you, much! Can't wait to celebrate my birthday with you all personally!

However, no thanks to that someone for ruining my birthday during Youth Camp.

I will post all pics of the camp once I get the camera cable from bf. Haha! Not much lah, only about 100 odd random pics.

I'm off for net, a funeral and a birthday supper. How weird is the combination tonight =\ oh wells.

I'm Gonna Die On.......?!

What the heck! I'm gonna live till 2089?! I would be 102.5 years old by then! An old granny, all hunched and alone. I dun wanna live so long when every1 else is in Heaven already. This is so not accurate lah. I dun think I need to live to see my great-grandchildren or sth lah!

Back to Harsh Reality!

Btw, this entry is not some GP paper thing ya. Just thought of penning my thoughts down, and it came out rather lengthy and picture-less =P (I'm starting to learn from Karina liao. Oops!) LOL! Enjoy reading while you can, bcos I'll be off to Youth Camp soon! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee~~~

A phone call with my auntie woke me up back to working life reality. I guess too much of the student life has numbed me from the working world and I thought we, the younger generation of adults should know, b4 going out to work for the 1st time, or 10th time, depending on how many part-time and temp jobs you had in the past lah. HA!

A harsh reminder about the working society. Older workers, ranging from middle-aged to the elderly, has a slimmer chance of getting that same job applied by someone of my age. Prior to that, they have an extensive and relevant working experience (excluding educational qualifications) as compared to me a fresh university graduate. 

Although I do have some working experience for the past 6 years, after getting jobs here and there to temp during the major holiday breaks, I still cannot compare myself to those "old birds". Yet, sometimes even if you take so many upgrading courses and certifications, have so much working experience in various positions, it (that lifelong learning bull-crap) doesn't really help when you start finding another job after you hit the 40s age range, your future seems so bleak. You then start contemplating working at fast-food joints, else you are only left with your pride and bank account to depend on. For how long, I do not know.

Of course I dun raise this issue up for fun or for blogging purposes, ya know. I'm really not that free to talk cock only. Bcos of that phone call with my auntie last Wednesday afternoon, it made me realise how easily it is to lose a job and how difficult it is to maintain one, given the excuse of the human age hindering performance and productivity, as well as more salary to pay them for the same position to us.

I reckon we young adults can be rather unproductive at times too, unless you are saying how much we try to swallow the crap our bosses tell us to do lah; that I think we have a higher tolerance bcos the "old birds" would have shoot the bosses straight back. After all, they are in the working world far longer than we are on this earth.

However, I still feel that 姜还是老的辣！* (simply, the older ginger is always spicier - literal translation). The older generation have definitely went thru more financial recessions, more retrenchment exercises, more bills, more crap and more politics than us, the younger generation of adults. They pretty much know how to handle these kinda situations and they are wise in their ways to advise the lil kids, us.

What I'm driving at is that, the society should not condemn these wise "old birds" so soon, just bcos they finish up their paperwork slower than the younger birds, or their reactions to act upon sth is not as quick as b4. Dun tell them, "I dun think you are suitable for this job. You should look for sth for suited for you. Ya know, like those jobs that ends with -er or -ess."

WTH! You are just trying to tell them to scram and that they suck in their job lah! No wonder most of the waiters, waitresses (not including air stewardess) and the other occupations "that ends with -er or -ess" have many grouchy and grumpy people, bcos they are simply not as happy as b4, in their current jobs. Sighs.

Give them a chance to work on and not be a nuisance or any kinda problem to society, esp when they can function perfectly well now. Why make people feel so inferior and demoralised when they had no problem working for you for the past years? No wonder so many middle-aged adults are getting depressed and suffering from erratic and unreasonable behaviours, simply bcos they have lost confidence in themselves!

Yes, its true that 旧的不去，新的不来* - if the "old birds" dun leave, the young ones like us cannot enter the company. But I'm sure there's a better way to work this out? Maybe compensate them or get them another (smaller-scale) job in a (smaller) company or sth. At least they will be useful in society, generating more GDP and income tax for Singapore. LOL!

You know, all the coloured ribbons projects in Singapore; the yellow one for the ex-convicts, red for AIDS, pink for breast cancer etc. I think this group of demoralised middle-aged adults need a coloured ribbon too! Maybe blue will be good. Ya know, its an ironic colour, so that they won't feel blue about their self-esteem and all. Ha! Or, orange is good too: 雨过天晴* (clear skies after the storm)!

Oh wells, I guess that's all I gotta say for now. Pardon my writing standard, I pen it out the way I think only. No grading system needed ya. So, any takes on this, or am I just the only one bothered by this issue? Hmmm..... =X

p/s: "old birds" does not refer to those stupid middle-aged people who just eat snake* (slack and laze in the office) all day only, those people can just scram. Give someone else (preferably, a hardworking one) a chance to earn those bucks please.

22nd Birthday Wishlist

My 22nd birthday is coming soon! 

Do you remember THE date? W/o the help of Facebook or Myspace or whatever birthday calendars, of course!

Wishlist time!

I want a digital camera!

I want another pair of Levis' jeans!

I want a new pair of spectacles!

I want a new handphone!

I want $$~!

I want to find a good job in 2009!

I want my buddies, to be happy and grateful for all their blessings in their lives!

I want my church youths and the ol' pals I grew up with, to always stand firm in God!

I want my bf!

I want my family to stay united and happy always!

I want YOU to know that I care for YOU! (:

So many wants, so little haves. Ha!

My Buddies Can Dance!

It is so amusing seeing my buddies-elves dance so agile-ly and so much confidence oozing outta them (: enjoy dear buddies~! LOL!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Country Version!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Charleston Version

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Disco Version

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Classic Version!

Overall, I think Cher Hao the elf is the most natural in dancing, both real and virtual life =) LOL! Good job buds! Hope you guys enjoy them =P

Liberation is Sweet!

I'm FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-plays Hillsongs' I'm Free in the background, loving the electric guitars-

No more assignments, exams, late nights, frequent changing of windows on my Mac, falling sick, "house arrest" and deadlines!! 

Funny thing is that, now I use my Mac for leisure purposes only, it feels weird. Ya know, not being busy and multi-tasking anymore. Humans are so contradictory. Sighs. Now, I dunno what to do online anymore; unlike my busy studying period, when it seems that I have never-ending sites to visit and check out. What the heck!

Wahahahahahaha~ I sure had a good night sleep last night, almost 10 hours worth! Well, hopefully my facial complexion improves with the amount of rest I'll get for the next few weeks =P

Liberation and freedom indeed feels so good. The big fat burden is finally off my shoulders (: Thank God for bringing me through this tough time of studying, I could have never went through this period all by myself. Thanks to all who kept me in prayer, encouraging me to jiayou* (add oil - 加油) although all my you* (oil - 油) all use finish already. I even had to go to Shell nearby to pump out more you*油 lor. LOL!

Well, I can finally meet up with my buddies proper tonight, with no worries at the back of my mind. We are gonna celebrate my birthday in advance! Feels so good to be able to celebrate with them for the nth time already :D Well, its a pity Shi Yun & Ying Xi can't come bcos of schedule clashes but well, I hope next year we would have full strength.

OK, Youth Camp next to look forward to (: YAY!! Time to pack my bags and my Mac along! Lalalalalalala~ I'm so happy like a lil bird now!

Jesus' FB Got Error!

You know how Facebook always has problems loading certain pages due to high traffic or busy server issues. 

I was looking thru the "Jesus" fans group page, and had clicked on one of the forum posts, when this error message came up despite repeated refreshing of the page.

LOL! 

I had to laugh out loud at the irony there. At least I know that Facebook din create Jesus, neither does Jesus has any errors in Him. The maker of Jesus, God, is perfect to the core. He "loads" everytime we "click" on the link, "Him"! 

If Jesus has a Facebook account, I reckon FB will not be able to handle the number of friends in his list lah! That one got error I can understand. Hahaha!

So, dun bother to click "Try Again", that's definitely not Jesus =)

Kidnap Prank Call

Remembered the kidnap scam hoo-ha that happened few months back in Singapore? I tell you, those people who go around randomly calling unsuspected parents and elderly, should just jump down and die okay!

My mama just received a phone (prank) call from this unknown lil girl boy, sobbing like crazy and saying, "Help me, Mummy!", in Chinese. Then, this guy comes into the line and say a Chinese name, Wong sth sth...

My mama got so mad bcos she could hear no shit on the other line (bcos of the bad sobbing), she just kept shouting to the guy, "你是谁?" (Who are you?). Next thing she know, the caller just hung up. She ended up scolding the phone. LOL!

So, whoever prank-called my house just now, you are a lousy "kidnapper"!

Loophole 1: We dun call for help in Chinese. We are "potatos", we speak English at home only.

Loophole 2: Our surname is not Wong.

Loophole 3: Boys are not that stupid to get kidnapped by some random Chinese guy/syndicate.

Loophole 4: We rather call siblings' handphones (bcos of Caller ID), rather than the house (:

Loophole 5: That voice is belongs to a young boy! My brothers are much older than me and I haven't heard them cry like babies in ages man! LOL!

Stupid like shit! If you ever call back again, you watch out for your ears alright! I'll make sure you die hearing my flowery language okay! Idiot.

Pardon me, but this is no way to scam old people of their life savings and health alright. It's very annoying and despicable of anyone to do so! 

My mama was telling me that many aunties from the Hokkien congregation in church have been targets of that loser "kidnapper" already, so all you people, call your child/ sibling/ grandchild first b4 panicking or giving your hard-earned money to those losers okay!

This is like a lil Crimewatch thing ya =p Hahaha! Back to my work (: 

-1 more day to sweet freedom baby!-

Last Dash to the Finishing Line!

Philippians 3:14, "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (NIV)

Last (tough & difficult) assignment of this degree course! I can't wait to end this physical and mental torture this Friday! Counting down, and pressing on to the goal (start of holidays!).

The finishing line is nearing. The last 100m dash. I know I can make it, somehow.

Hooray, in advance (:

Screw you, Microsoft Office!

Did I mention b4 how much I hate using Microsoft Office?!

I'm really gonna explode any moment alrights. 

The previous time was Word, now is Excel, next is what? Powerpoint?! GGGRRRRRRRRR!!!!!

The auto-saving or recovery system thing is retardedly stupid. It doesn't give me the work that I last saved or sth. It just suddenly relaunches the program when nuthin went wrong initially when I'm using it. It always happen when I wanna adjust the alignment of some bloody diagrams or such. Send error report to who? The trash bin?! WTH! I f***ing hate this shitass program that Bill Gates did.

All my time and effort gone, by the power of freaking useless technology (at times). ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! Plus I had no dinner bcos I foolishly refused it while napping. A hungry (and sick) Julia is an (VERY) angry Julia! 

I'm so gonna curse this Microsoft Office application once I'm so done and over with school. Shit!

Lost The Human Voice!

OMG!!! I lost my voice! I sound like a total "ah kua" now!! Q_Q

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Kinda reminded me of that time when I was totally like a dumb fool last year. I really sound bad. My voice broke. I sound like Cher Hao, quoted by my bro ): this is no good.

Dun believe me, just call me now. Treat me like a transvestite clown or sth alright, I dun care. I hate my voice. I can't eat the chocolates that we got from John's birthday party earlier on either. Boooooooooooo!!!!

By the way, I just wanna say that John's birthday party was a blast. Totally enjoyed myself there, with Cher Hao & John's church people :D Shall blog about the party next week lah. Back to my work. Sobs. I hate school work.

Return to Innocence

I had goosebumps when I first saw this video. Haha! This music video is really interesting yet amusing to watch. Return to Innocence by Enigma, as the song title suggests, shows how a dying old man actually lived his life in reverse all the way back to the innocent infant stage. 

I enjoyed the part when the woman stuffed the chicken feathers back into the chicken (since the MV was already in rewind mode) and when the farmers had to put back the fruits onto the trees which they have initially cut off. LOL! Super funny sometimes to watch life go backwards. And, the CG of that running unicorn look super real.

The tune has the aboriginal origin in it, and when I first heard this song, I was kinda transported back into Australia and New Zealand to feel the folk tunes. Very cool stuff. Makes me wanna dance like those tribal people shown on TV documentaries.

And amazingly, the tune was sung by the Taiwanese aboriginal people and they sound really young and powerful, although the couple who sang this tune were in their 60s when it was first recorded. Good eh =P

Eh actually, this blog title could have allowed me to write on more about more realistic human issues, but I guess I better not get started - else there'll be much controversies coming up once again =\ Oh wells, life still have to go on quite harshly, no matter how much you wanna turn back to the innocent times that we had with our family and friends.

Anyway, this folk dancing song entry was meant to share with you guys lah, and for me to de-stress from my work. Ha! I'm not a slacker ok!

Off to John Teh's 21st birthday party (1 month too early to be 21 though) at Orchard area this evening!

OK, below is the lyrics for the above song, quite meaningful especially those words that I've bolded in dark purple =) 

*p/s: Just dun be too innocent, too naive or too stupid. Thank you!

Enjoy people!

Enigma - Return To Innocence lyrics

Ami Chant  That's not the beginning of the end  That's the return to yourself  The return to innocence.  Love - Devotion  Feeling - Emotion  .  Love - Devotion  Feeling - Emotion  .  Don't be afraid to be weak  Don't be too proud to be strong  Just look into your heart my friend  That will be the return to yourself  The return to innocence  .  If you want, then start to laugh  If you must, then start to cry  Be yourself don't hide  Just believe in destiny  .  Don't care what people say  Just follow your own way  Don't give up and use the chance  To return to innocence  .  That's not the beginning of the end  That's the return to yourself  The return to innocence  .  Don't care what people say  Follow just your own way  Follow just your own way  Don't give up, don't give up  To return, to return to innocence.  If you want then laugh  If you must then cry  Be yourself don't hide  Just believe in destiny.

Your Mac Needs A Bath Today!

I'm so happy. I cleaned my Mac today. It was turning brown, from the original white. Much thanks to all the grime and grease I've been with me, onto the keyboard. Hurhur! Gross, I know. 

But hor, you should have seen Amos' Mac, super brown already lah. Eeeeeeeeeeee!!! -imitates En Jie's signature "Ee-ee" voice and lil finger pointing at your face" He's such a heavy user in the media department, as compared to me, a heavy user in the Safari and Microsoft Office department only =P

Anyway, I cleaned it with some expired facial wipes, and surprisingly the wipes still worked as good as it would on our faces, just that Macs dun get pimples or any adverse aftereffects after using expired crap. Yups! I had to clean the keys, the board, the sides of the screen, the in-built webcam, and my chair (also part of my Mac lah, else how to do my work).

Now, it looks so bright and clean that I thought an angel was staring straight into my face whenever I reach out my fingers to use the keyboard! O.O Just kidding, I'm lame =X

Feels good to clean your stuff once in awhile, helps you to study better after that too, I reckon. Ha! Just that my table is messy and disorganised bcos of a whole load of notes and books staring back at me, to remind me to use them for my assignment. Sighs. It never seems to end, doesn't it eh?! Darn!

And, just now I almost got the shock of my life. I swear I almost wanted to scream out loud in the dead of the early morning. I could not switch on my Mac, although I've only put it on standby mode b4 I left for class last evening. Certainly it did wake me up, Miss Sleepy Eyes. Goodness gracious, I had left my assignment hanging halfway and thank God, I remembered to save my work just to play safe. 

But when I couldn't wake that Mac up, I was on the verge of panic and hysteria! The deadline's today and if my assignment's gone and the Mac sleeps forever, that's the end of me. Sayonara!

However, life ain't that pessimistic always, right. Just press that "Switch On" button again and let it restart lor. I had to do so many times, for several seconds per press though. Then again, I thought it would become "Sleeping Beauty" and resulting with me kissing it to revive it lah; which eventually led me to clean that dirty fella up. Hahahaha!

So drama right, I know. Who says your electronic gadgets are feeling-less eh, they know when they need a bath ok! 

-sayang dear Mac hubby- 

MUACKS!! 

-act cute, I "heart" you!-

Oh yes Amos, dun forget to clean your Mac wife, it's dirty already. LOL! Karina and Simon, dun forget too hor =P

Oops, I blogged again! Couldn't resist it lah. Haiya.

Excessive Blogging?

Pardon me if you think that I'm blogging too excessively this month. You see, I'm facing my Mac almost 24/7 a day, how not NOT to go into Blogger and post an entry on every mundane day right... 

Other than blogging, I go onto Facebook to kpo* (aka busybody) people, play Mob Wars and up one level every single day, and hear Jabie whine at me for winning him by 30 levels =) I read good-humoured blogs like Daniel and kennysia.com, bimbotic ones like Xiaxue, super wordy ones like Karina and the rest are the usuals - all my friends' blogs.

I do lotsa readings on stupid entertainment news, Obama news (nope, not a fan of his at all), good logical and scientific reads, my school assignments' research etc, online. Basically, I haven't been watching TV for so long, and MOBTV too. I missed the entire series of Calefare every Tuesdays bcos of evening class. Boooooooo!

Anyway, I have no idea why I'm blogging about random stuff like this, but I guess I was just sick and tired of doing my assignment, that's why. Hee! 

Oh yes, I just discovered a not-so-awesome way of losing weight. Try living an owl's life, constantly under pressure and stress to finish up the assignments, eating your 2 (very small portions - due to lack of appetite, not bcos of anorexia) meals as you do your work, sleep 3-4 hours a day, pulling lotsa hair off, having bad facial complexion, looking like a deranged lady and not having any social life out there. 

Yups, I did it and have successfully lost 2-3 kg. I dunno should I be happy for not being a piece of lard already, or should I be condemned for losing weight when I'm already quite slim in MY own opinion. My waistline dropped by 1 inch, it's a feat already, considering I haven't been toning up my body for years =\

Nevertheless I'm glad I managed to reach that figure in my current weight, bcos that was like 2 years only when I last saw it :D I know, I'm a vainpot ^^v No worries, it won't last long, at least after Youth Camp I'll be almost back to my original weight and I won't be blogging that often already =) Trust me. Heehee!

): New Stuff Please!

I'm quite upset. My silver necklace, that I've been wearing for the past few years, broke ):

I was combing my hair, head tilting towards the left, when my hand got stuck in the necklace, and I combed my hair with much force; hence it snapped ): 

The pearl pendant that Janice gave me for my 21st birthday pressie, rolled onto the parquet floor, happily (I think so, free from the "chains" - figuratively).

I wanna get a new silver necklace and bracelet, a pair of spectacles and Levi's Jeans, more beauty sleep and a smooth facial complexion once again! So many "craters and land mines" on my face now ):

Ok, enough of whining. Back to that not-so-Mini assignment due this Friday ): 

Sighs.

Faggort! -pukes-

Rain Chang - a faggort/ shemale/ "ah kua"/ transvestite/ It... etc, and the list goes on. 

Pardon the nudity in this pic and in Its' photo album in Friendster. I dun care about PG, NC16, M18 or R21 now. Just go see It!

That is Its (no idea is that a male or female, ya know) Friendster link. Googled It when I saw It featured on Xiaxue's blog juz now. Goodness gracious, I almost puked out my lunch on my Mac when I saw all 64 pics in Its profile. Super disgusting.

The costumes and lingerie It wore. The ghostly makeup It had on Its face. The odd figure It has. The poses It took with that camera (I'm surprised the camera lens din break). The captions It put on every pic. The nauseating look of It. The comments in Its profile, those blind guys has put about It being hot and sexy and all. OMG!

What kinda name is Rain for It? Chinese name is 张慧姿, such a beautiful name yet It has that name. My name also got the character "慧" leh, can dun disgust us ladies anot eh!?!!

Anyway, my stomach is churning non-stop now, just at the thought and the mental images of It. Gawd! Very 反胃!

Assignments Ending!

2 more big assignments to clear and I'm officially free from school! That does not include guaranteed good results alright. I'm just hoping that I won't do as badly as I anticipated lah =\

When you are mugging, you tend to snack alot. I'm no better, and I discovered this Cailler chocolates are like one of the best milk chocolates I've ever eaten lah! Switzerland has really got good stuff man! Hahaha!

I miss shopping so much, haven't gone for a decent shopping/window shopping trip in months! Online shopping is good but sometimes you dunno the clothes' exact condition till you receive it in the mail lor ): shopping at the mall offers the opposite but the price is higher bcos of overhead costs, so its just as bad lah. Sian!

Ok, time to do that conceptual design report of that trainer aircraft. Zzzzzzz!

More Sleep Please!

Good news of the week! I managed to sleep a full 9 hours last night. I'm so thankful to God! Wahahahaha!

I literally concuss-ed when I got home last night, I was super shag out. Din managed to eat Pa's birthday cake that I bought after net either. Haha! I feel so bad sia... and then, I made a fool outta myself dozing off in the bus, I almost slept during net lesson and prayer time and I dozed off while standing in the train. Ha!

Much drama and shitty last-minute happenings b4 I managed to submit that major assignment to school, and I was on the verge of pulling my hair out. I finished my work 1 hour later than projected and I was late for everything that I had planned for the rest of the evening.

I smelt bad from all the stress and all so I had to bathe b4 leaving home. The printing of 80 pages have some printing formating screw up. The rearranging of the pages were messy bcos stupid Microsoft Word did not print out page numbers as requested. It took me eternity to find a shop that could bind my thick report. 

The school office was closed when I arrived, bcos I was 1 hour late -.- Had no choice but to leave a note and post my sucky work into their mailbox downstairs. Hopefully they dun think its junk mail and throw it away =\ I'll cry my eyes out man!

The only thing I was thankful was that throughout this entire evening drama, every traffic light I went to changed to green and public transportation I took, all came almost immediately. What are the odds man.... Haha! 

Despite all the overdue deadlines I have, I thank God for giving me the unimaginable strength to go through the past 2 weeks doing this crap-ass report. I reckon that I only managed to sleep about 20 odd hours in total. Thank you for all your prayers, I totally appreciate it. I could have died long ago during this stressful period, bcos of serious lack of sleep but I din. Haha!

On the brighter side of this whole crap, 4 down, 3 to go! Arghhh!! This is the longest battle I've fought in my studying life so far. This last lap for the degree course is far too long, I need Youth Camp to come NOW!!!

Happy Birthday to Papa!

Happy 54th birthday to you, Papa!

You are an awesome father, except that you are somewhat following Mummy's footsteps, too naggy already. You also like to repeat your stories far too many times that we know what's the next word coming outta your mouth, and what's the moral of the story already. -think Tan Ah Teck in Under One Roof- Hahaha!

God is pleased with you and the blessings showered upon you, are in abundance. You are a wise guy, always putting your 4 troublemakers children first instead of yourself. -hugs- Your teachings and "lectures" are full of wisdom and experience in them, and I hope to be in your footsteps in that aspect.

We want more holiday trips though, we wanna sit on SIA aeroplanes again and snatch for window seats like how we did so donkey years back.

Anyway, we hope you like your birthday present, provided your lovely son remembers to buy it back, on our behalf =) 

We love you loads, even though you dunno how to read my blog and we all dun express it out in words. Haha! We shy lah.... -hides behind Mummy's legs- 

Eh wait a minute, Mummy is shorter than all of us now! LOL!

Studying = No Life!

I feel so no-life nowadays. I have been cooping myself all day and night at home, doing all my assignments. Other than going for church activities and services, I think I'm just sitting on my black armchair (birthday pressie from Han Ping btw), and fixing my eyes on my Mac, doing my work and surfing the net. Sucks.

Been dozing off at the table, while doing my work midway for the past two days. Awesome, I know. Haven't touch/lie on my comfy bed for days already. I literally live at my study table. This will be my first and only time in my studying life, that I'm ever doing this man. Anyway, the next thing I realised when I wake up, was to find 3 precious hours have went by for nuthin. Sighs. Pathetic. 

I'm having second thoughts about furthering my degree now =\

Why is it that whenever I go onto Facebook, I see those frenz of mine studying in the US or in Australia - always got sufficient/excess time to sightsee and tour the country with their all-nationalities frenz, party and snap pics all day long, eat yummy food and grow fat; and yet still manage to get good grades? Is it just me or the education system and lifestyles there just differ so much from Singapore eh?

I haven't gone shopping in ages. All I do is blog on every other no-life day. I can't eat during the day, no appetite bcos my body is in the sleeping mode. Owls dun eat in the day. Sighs. Everything's going haywire, my deadlines too. I've yet to submit my already-due killer report yet. So stressed. How to finish?! This is crazy, I'm only 2/3 done! ARGHHH! I got another assignment due tml night too and I haven't started anything yet. 

Just great, ya know. 

-bangs head on the wall-

I feel so shitty, demoralised, shagged out and just sian now lah.

Stupid!

No no, I'm not in a bad mood, yet. Not trying to scold anyone, yet.

I was listening to Vanessa Fernandez's "You Don't Need to Speed" from the Sounds of the Underground album, that I decide to google her. By the way, her voice is good. You should listen to that above music track and hear her clear voice. 

So after googling her up, I discovered something else about her. Little did I know that she was an ex-member of the now disbanded local hip-hop band, Urban Xchange. Have you ever heard of them? Haha!

"In 2000, her group Urban Xchange took Singapore and the region by storm. The regionally successful band had a song featured on the Rush House 2 soundtrack, sang on a specially re-packaged Asian edition of Brian McKnight’s “Superhero” album, was nominated at the MTV Asia Awards 2002, and performed with Stacie Orrico at the MTV Asia Awards 2004.

I was then inspired to search for that single hit, Stupid.

"Stupid. I feel sick and tired."..... literally (of my assignments and Microsoft Office)!

It's been ages since I last heard this great track, at least I think it's great to listen to. Haha! I remembered I was so into this song when it was first played on the local radio stations, I reckon it was 98.7 FM. 

Well back then I only listened to that station bcos of Glenn Ong (the DJ himself) and his late-night show, The Ego Trip (with the Misfits: Honky Tong, Simone and Godpa). Glenn was the voice for all 3 radio characters. It's like a lil radio drama serial going on every night. The jokes, the script and the music, were good =) After Glenn left for Class 95 FM, so did I jumped over to his morning show. Wait a minute, are you guys lost already? LOL! You can read that I'm quite a listener of Glenn eh =P or maybe an alien, bcos no1 knows what I'm blabbering on about right....

Back to the main topic, I remembered searching high and low for this track bcos at that time, Kaazza and Napster (those popular downloading software back in 2001) din have it. Somehow or rather, I got the track and got Madeline to burn a CD out for me. Heehee!

I'm glad to have heard this song once again, many many years later. They sang a song for Coca Cola commercial once, and by 2005 they were gone from the local music scene. What a waste of talented local hip-hoppers.

So, this is another song called Buzzin' by them back then. Sounds not bad =) Anyway Vanessa Fernandez is the one wearing that head bandana. Love her voice, did I mention that yet? Enjoy!

Ya, back to my assignment again. Stupid.

Microsoft Word Sucks!

I'm so frustrated with that shitty Major assignment!! I hate Microsoft Office! I hate everything about Windows now!! Can't even do that bloody diagram properly w/o screwing up my alignments?! AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! -pulls lotsa hair out-

Saw this -same ol' quiz- thing on Celeste's blog, so I decided to chill and do that. I'm pleased with the result. Ha! Do you not agree, mister boyfriend?

Ideal Catch Your ex boyfriends/girlfriends must have found it difficult to forget about you because you're the Ideal Catch. You show love and concern for your special someone with great understanding and a gentle touch.  You understand how to love a person and it means giving and taking when neccessary. Life with you is good and your boyfriend/girlfriend should treasure you while they can. Go to Love Quiz Test to do more Quizzes!

Haiz. Back to that shitty diagram that Microsoft Word just dun wanna do properly. Darn software. You suck!

I Rise at Dusk, Slumber at Dawn

It's a bright and cheery Friday morning, as compared to yesterday's gloomy and dull morning. The weather is still cooling though, reminds me of the times in Cameron Highlands. Heehee! Speaking of which, I might be going there again next month with my family. LOL! Oh wells, we'll see. Tour fully booked, no chance liao ): sadded.

I feel so sleepy and hungry now. Was up all night doing that major assignment report, although there has been an extension in the submission date. There had been a confusion on purpose amongst the students, and it worked =) so thank God! I was praying so hard for it lor, judging by the amount of time I have left. Now I can submit next Tuesday instead of tomorrow. Hahaha!

My bedtime is totally screwed up, my face is super oily now, I'm having a bad case of pimple breakout and I look hideous, haggard and ugly this week ): Looking on the brighter side, I just need to endure this body torture for another month. Ahhh!! I need sleep and/or food, whichever that come first lah.

I got no inspiration to do the report, I dunno how to do and this is bad. Have been depending on God to help me float thru the big tsunami of assignments, I've been doing great for the last 3 assignments but I'm still left with 4 more! OMG! It's like never-ending lah.

My body is aching like crap, my eyes are so tired, my face look like Mark Lee now and I'm left with no more brain juice ): sobs!

Forget it. I go sleep now. Whatever for, that I'm grumbling here wasting my precious sleeping time. I have no idea what I'm typing already. Nites!

-I rise at dusk, slumber at dawn. I'm a vampire in the making. Die.-

Where Is The Love?

This is gonna be an entry, that serves as a harsh reminder to us all. The reality of human relationships, ever-changing like a Taiwanese 1000-episodes soap drama.

Pardon me if I sound too "emo" here. Ha!

Here I go.....

It's funny thinking of,

• how easily a long friendship/relationship can be broken off by some words, yet it is so difficult to maintain it.

• how words can be so easily misinterpreted to the way you want it to be, yet so difficult to correct and undo the unintended "misinterpretation".

• how easy assumptions can change a perception of a person's thinking, yet so difficult to change the mindset of a prejudiced mindset.

• how easy a person can insist that he's right in his thinking, yet so difficult for him to accept other people's suggestions.

• how easy it is to upset someone you care and love for, yet so difficult to apologise to that same person for the hurt you have caused to them.

• how easy it is to accuse people of something they haven't done, yet so difficult to prove it and pick up the broken pieces of the friendship/relationship.

• how easy past grudges in your heart, can affect your mindset towards your present friendship/relationship now, and yet so difficult to forgive those people.

• how easy is it to break the heart(s) of those who loved and cared for you, yet so difficult to see the hurt and mistakes you have done to them.

If only.....

I can go on for days, but I think we all should learn to mature our mindsets and not jump to conclusions so easily. Clarify your doubts out and not bottle them up, until you wanna explode like a volcano one day and "kill" everyone around, who cares for you.

These are some of the many relationships I treasure dearly in my heart, especially over this past 10 years.

It's sad to know how friendships/relationships can be so easily broken and so difficult to mend them back. Sighs. Treasure those around you, especially your family and close friends. Dun neglect anyone of them, just bcos you're so busy on one end of the balance.

Why kill the happy memories that we all once shared together, just bcos of some uncleared misunderstandings? Is it really worth sacrificing the friendship/relationship? Sighs. 

It's so disheartening and saddening, you know. The tears, the exasperation, the frustration, the anger and the annoyance. Do you even know?

I/We love you, no matter how shitty things have become.

Forgive and forget. Period.

I Hate.....

3 assignments down. 3 or 4 more to go. Quite satisfied with the work done so far, but the killer assignment is the AO3 major report. I'm so dead. I really dunno how to do, whileas most of my classmates are almost done with it. 75% leh... my gosh! Actually every assignment is a killer lah. Shit.

Anyway I realised I can focus best when there's music plugged right in my ears =) and, speaking of music, I'm getting very very pissed by that hp of mine. It is so annoying to have it shut down automatically everytime it encounters a small impact, the charger just can't charge the hp properly despite inserting it into the hole properly, the lil space allocated to keep smses in the inbox and more.

I was feeling so mad just now, I smashed it on my books (to soften the impact, if it ever helped), and well, the hp went off and so did the "chinese bride" (her body came out actually) hp accessory hanging on my hp. Sighs. The "bride" was still smiling, as usual.

It was a lil gift Shi Yun gave us, her jie-meis, during her wedding lah. Had to glue it back in the end. So much for my urge to smash that annoying hp. It is still working, other than the occasional shutdowns.

Digressing abit, I'm going Youth Camp during my birthday week again. I'm rooming with the 2 sisters (the youths will know who lah), and I'm still looking for another girl, preferably one who is strong enough to hang in there with me. I dun wanna room with some weird girl please. Thanks.

Back to that stupid horrible major assignment, due this Saturday. I'm so dead. I hate >50 pages reports ): I hate using my Mac for school purposes. I hate staying up late just to do homework. I hate not being able to sleep on my comfy bed on a cooling night like tonight. I hate to say, "I hate...".

Goodnight.

Me Me Me!

Finally, some pics of me =) on various occasions. Hahaha!

Table 6, at Han Wen & Ivy's wedding dinner =) beautiful!

Kuanyi and I, at Aman's wedding (:

Lovely Jem and me at Care & Share event, busy doing video =\

Trying out Kristen's weird lines' shades :D she said I look good ^^v

The stupid weird weather, almost every night. Suddenly heavy downpour, with thunder and lightning; next thing you know, so humid and warm w/o any wind. WTH!

Chocolates from Dubai, courtesy of Cher Hao's dad =P

Paintball session with my classmates, about 6 months back. Awesome!

Hmm, b4 you stroll down further, beware of the evolution of a human to a baboon-lookalike. Ok, here we go.......

Ok, that was my most normal pic that night, rushing my assignment. Ha! Bo liao, I know, but I need to destress, just like you all. I ain't no superwoman.

Anyway, I thought this pic of me look rather good =) heehee!

A mixture of retard and prettiness! Whatever.