work, work, and work again.

yes i know, this blog is getting a bit dusty. didn't want to update for the past dunno-how-many weeks cause i know all i can talk about would be work. how boring right. so i shall just update about work once in a while, i promise.

basically, i've been really busy. spending more than 12 hours at work during weekdays and doing the necessary during weekends [prep for aust].

work's been really horrible [but definitely much much better than when i started]. volume of trades can be really unpredictable. most of the time, it is reasonably high, but then sometimes it gets scarily high. quite hard to describe, but just imagine my office desk filled with deal tickets, broker confos, reuters conversations, fx tickets [the real nuisance cause the fx dealers keep cancelling and reissuing]. i'm practically busy the whole day. no time to go to the ladies[ yes, its that bad] during the peak times of the day. but i really have to say that the traders at the money market and the fx desk [these 2 are the ones i work closely with] are nice. sebastien espinesse and david pibarot are really funny... they will try to imitate me when i speak chinese to agnes and their pronounciation can be really quite accurate. and omg, they can get really playful to shoot rubberbands at each other in the room. its so funny that i always can't help laughing to myself when i walk out of the dealer's room [hopefully nobody sees that]. but when work's concerned, they r really serious. joanne [my colleague] says traders at big banks are mean. like when u approach them when they r busy trading, they will ask u to f off. for that i'm thankful that i'm working in a small bank =D. wai ling's interning at RBS. she told me that the traders there r naughty. yes, naughty is the word.

nice things aside, something really scary happened last thurs. so scary that i almost cried. i didn't see the broker's confo for a usd100m deal. help. [its quite hard to explain the consequences here. just know that its a big prob] and it was about 7pm when i found out so the mm traders went home already. but it was really fortunate that the head of treasury was around to help us out. he just made a call to paris using his own mobile phone and everything was settled. thank god. the trader's assistant was really nice, she called me to tell me not to worry, cause sebastien won't scold me the next day. see what i mean by nice pple. i can't believe that they r extending my contract to jan [cause i thought i'm lousy so they won't want me]. but noelle's last day is 31 dec, i'll really miss my good friend =(

been having lots of nice food recently. most r treats. hee.
1) italien lunch on my boss. nice boss always treat us. this is already the 2nd treat since i temp-ed at the bank. first was at fullerton =D
2) grand corpthorne's cafe brio on chongren [nice chongren treated EIGHT of us] - i have to say i really dislike making my friends wait for me after work. for all my dinner appts, i'll be really late =(. anyway,its my 1st time having hotel buffet with friends. nice experience. next we went zouk's winebar. then the guys headed to boat quay for a second round of drinks =/.
3) 'lawry's - the prime rib' [at paragon] with my family. can't remember when's the last time i had fine dining. but this was really good. drank a bit of the house wine which was not too bad.
4) 'house of seafood' with my family [walking distance from my house]. there's always a long queue and parking there is a headache. ohmy, the crabs r yummy and the price's really reasonable.

feeling so unhealthy eating so much without exercise. i always tell [or rather, comfort] myself that running in and out of the dealer's room is considered an exercise. HA.

my sis is in cambodia for her cip trip. i'm missing her already. love my sis <3 <3 <3.

two shows that i like watching recently are the hk drama at 9 on cable tv and 篮球火 [jerry yan's really sweet <3]. really sad that i can only catch the last 5 mins everyday of the hk drama cause i reach home at 9.40 after taking cab and i can't believe i actually can like a show that i watch only 5 mins everyday. haha.

i need more time for my family, friends and myself.

upset

i thought the past week was really bad. thanks to all the stress from work. nv felt so stressed for a long time already. =( =( =(
can't really describe how stressful the job is. cause u won't understand fully until u are in it. the job is v challenging. lots of learning opportunities. but the stress is there. hm, i'm glad that i'm not studying anything related to banking&finance [be it business or econs].

anywayy, i'm just glad that some friends were there for me when i need them. really appreciate it.

i seriously miss my friends and sch.

work

first day of work (yesterday) was fine. just busy and (a bit) messy. met gerald [a colleague in the dept] who's heading to aust [nope, not melbourne, but brisbane] to study next feb. so at least there's some common topics to random-chat about. nice knowing noelle too, who's around this age [fresh grad].

i think its quite interesting/scary [depending how u look at it] to work in the treasury&derivatives settlements dept in a french bank. the fact that it is my first time working in a bank makes things a whole lot more scary. but then again, i learnt a lot about settlements just in 1 day - imagine how much i'll learn by the end of this 2-3 months job stint.

basically, i assist the associates/senior associates in checking deals against Reuters Conversations and Internet platforms to ensure counterparty rates, value date, amount, currency and standard settlement instructions are matching etc. haha, sounds cheem right. well, its IS cheem, esp for me who don't know anything about banking and finance [okay la, i know a bit econs which helps a tweeny bit] - i'm a chem engin year 1 only [and not even completing 1 sem =/]. but my colleagues are patient, nice, helpful and easy to get along. and i'm thankful for that.

no checking of hotmail and facebooking though. access to lots of webpages are denied. =x

quite glad to get this job -- not because i'll get to see a handful of hot french guys around in the office, but rather, because the pay is reasonably good - i seriously need to save lots of money for my expenses in aust. okay, i really hate to worry about money issues. it sucks totally. but i can't help worrying since my parents (my mum especially) are worrying too =(.

had lunch with shu yi in sch the day before =D =D =D had some time to spare so i crashed her lecture. sat with royden and john [they were shocked to see me there!]. royden kept asking me to play his psp cause i looked bored. haha - who's the one looking bored man!
oh did i mentioned that i saw seamus in sci library - i was there to settle some lib books stuff. we talked for a pretty long time. he was really funny - i laughed quite loud as usual (hoped we didn't disturb any doctors/sci students who were studying). i told seamus i bet that he's happy that he need not fetch me home from sch anymore. his reaction/reply was really funny. HAHA. okay la, shall admit that he's really nice.

ben's back in sg already! shall meet him soon to hear more about his pilot training/test. cool.

i'm going to watch 毒爱 [korean drama] now. yayness.

random

random #1
i've been asking wai ling [sis's best friend who is currently studying in melbourne] for advice on accomodation etc. and i guess i have not much of a choice cause rent in the city is more or less the same - its all v costly. quite decided on which one to stay already. though its one of the better ones but here's some warnings from wai ling:
"(the apartment) fire alarm gets triggered very easily. so if you plan to cook often, that may be an issue. heh. not only that, the wardrobe is IN the kitchen"

AND the thing is, i intend to cook almost all my meals. =x

foodwise... she says,
"cos meals on average costs about $7.50,so $10 for city pricing is considered reasonable" and ... "the food from food court is usually too salty or starchy so you end up being full cos you're sick of the food, not because it really fills u."

well, i guess that happens everywhere, even in singapore, right? ha.

random #2
i'm ready to book my traffic police practical test. there's still quite a long time before my test and omg, i'm feeling so scared already. what's going to happen on that day!

random #3
i'm glad that my friends are ever so nice and supportive. cause my sis is fund-raising for her CIP trip so they are selling donuts [outside central lib, the walkway there] this wed and thurs, i informed my friends to go and support. and they said no problem. bigger thanks to jeremiah who's buying more to bring home for his mummy. ohmy, i love my friends!

random #4
i miss my friends =( i miss sch =(

random #5
i've just renewed my passport. i'm so going to miss the TOOT passport photo on my old passport. not sure how to describe the photo. i thought my photo looked "raw" - if u know what raw means in this case.

random #6
i love jay! =D i'm already trying to play his new songs on the piano though i haven't collect his album. haha.

decided

yup, all have been decided. i've already accepted the offer.

breaking the news to my friends can really be quite difficult. actually, i guess it really depends on who. and to me, it really matters who i should inform first. can't possibly inform a german classmate (whom i've only known for only a few weeks) first before informing my really close friend like shuyi, right. i informed some friends in nus first, cause i don't want them to wonder where i've gone once they don't see me around in sch most prob from next week onwards. its really fast! cause this week is sort of my last week in sch [and omg, today's already wed!]. strictly speaking, i only get to see my friends for 2 more days after breaking the news on mon since tues and wed we don't meet.

i'm already feeling so sad! =( i'm going to miss my new friends so much! i must say i've made a bunch of close friends [i think we are pretty close, considering the fact that in uni, everyone roams around to take their own mods]. although all my new/close friends are all guys [where's all the engin girls!], i thought they are really nice and i didn't really feel like i'm the only girl in the group [except maybe when i get to meet shuyi in sch, and i'll start talking so much to her about things that wouldn't seem right to talk about infront of the guys]. and they bully me less as compared to when i'm with girl friends like jo. ha. i really depend on the guys a lot, cause they are smart so anything i don't understand, i'll ask them. when i told sean about the decision, he said they will be mugging double integration while i'm going to learn to extract wisdom tooth. hahha.

i really feel that its kind of a pity to leave nus like that [but i'm telling myself, i'm going to look forward, not going to look back]. i'm sort of settled down in chem engin - whether is it friends or academics. i actually feel quite proud of my midterm results [not that its fantastic, its just meets my expectations] and i must say chem engin is really v competitive. the average score for MLE is 75%, so if there's not going to be moderation[the bell curve thingy], then i guess almost everyone will be getting an A - and the thing is that, the paper wasn't that easy. perhaps i'm going to miss the competitiveness [or simply just, kiasu-ness] here in singapore once i study in aust. ha, but who knows, maybe its going to be competitive there also.

i faithfully completed my german test today though i know the marks i get won't matter anymore [after all, any stuff that i do in nus now doesn't matter anymore].well, i'll miss german! i'll miss mr doepel. he's so cute la! he's always doing some silly actions that makes the whole class laugh.

lots of things to arrange. sigh. [and oh ya, someone has really pissed me off the past 2 days =x]

sister's 21st

my present for my sis:
spent really a long time scrapbooking. and i've got her friends to write their wishes for her secretly. it was a successful surprise =D want to thank all of them, esp yiwei, royden (and girlfriend) and oliver. okay, when i met oliver to get the paper from him, i found it really strange why i don't see him carrying any plastic bag to store the paper. and guess what, the next thing he did was to get it out from his bag. i was like HUH. how could u put it in la! shall not say him, later he will say that i'm ungrateful. ha.













these are for her guests to sign:






the party. i'm so glad i had my prom dress. saved the trouble of getting a dress for the occasion.



i helped to get the guests to sign the guestbook. look at my pretty twin nieces. they are so cute u know. the one on the right won the best penmanship award in sch, while the other won some best pupil award. and they thought it was my birthday. hahha, one came running to me and said, "aunty leona, happy birthday" HAHA. love them to bits.

the food was great.




messages from the guests:







oh my, this is funny. look at the bottom line.

her nus friends got her a longchamp bag. nice.

and v nice of daniel to give my sis the medal he won for the inter-fac games. and he told my sis that he [biz fac] trashed engin. HAHA.


it was quite fun interacting with my sis friends. after all, they are mostly my seniors. they really made chem eng sound scary. =/

yup, really want to wish my sis a very happy 21st birthday [ her actual birthday is today]. LOVE U <3 <3 <3

UPDATES

i have lots to say... [don't read unless u have time to listen to me rant]

i just ended my mid-terms unoffically[cause there's still german]. LIKE FINALLY. ok, its prob too much of an exaggeration to say FINALLY. cause i had 3 papers which lasted for 2 days. HA, 2 days only. but trust me, its really mentally draining. basically because the papers were super crammed. last sat evening i had MLE [taking a paper on a weekend evening, can u believe it]. then today [monday] i had econs and maths. both in the evening. both at the same venue, for me. could just rot in MPSH 1 for hours u know.

i didn't have much time to prepare for the papers [with all the f1 race, tuition and driving lessons, i guess its understandable why i had no time]. went to sch early to chiong my last min revision for econs and maths this morning. and my day only ended at 9.30PM [pens down for maths]. wah, come to think about it, i actually spent around 14 hours in sch. totally shagged. but really grateful to seamus who drove me home. taking his car home was a real relief=D seamus kept making me laugh with his driving tips. he says that he park -whether vertical or parallel, by "FEEL". ... HAHAH, ok, so much for learning where's the sighting points for parking during my driving lessons (i'm currently learning parking, which means soon i can book my test. yay.)[talking about driving, i thought it was really a coincidence to meet john at the driving centre on friday.]

i feel disappointed about my econs paper [not saying that MLE and maths were ok]. the mcq wasn't easy. lots of manipulation for the calculation questions. tricky questions and answers. its like A)__________; B)_____________; C)_______________;D) B and C; E) all of the above. i was like WTH [haha ok, doesn't sound like me to say this. guess its a little too much influence from the guys and i just need to let some feelings out]. i'm not really feeling that bad as i may sound, just a little hmm... upset and frustrated. shall not fret over it. i'll just TRY to be positive.

i was looking forward to the end of today cause tmr i'm not going sch. wed's holiday. thurs - prob i'm self-declaring a holiday cause there's only 1hr maths and prob make-up for german. so back to sch on fri. HA, 2 sch days for me this week. but i realised that my german mid-term paper is next week. SO FAST. cannot have too long a break cause there's lots to study.

german is really getting v intensive. a friend of mine [who's learning french], said that what he's learning now in french is what he learnt in english during kindergarten. how true is that man. today i just learnt how to read the time on the clock in german. so difficult la. all the half-past six, 12.02, 17.56 crap. haha.

the f1 race was really cool. dad went down for the friday qualifying. my sis (and i) got him the grandstand ticket as his birthday present [he loves f1 u see, and it seems that i'm getting influenced too]. i didn't go - no time + no ticket. but i watched the telecast last night (the whole race). think that the race was really v exciting. how could someone miss seeing Raikkonen crashed during the final fourth lap and how the fueling hose (or whatever u call that) stuck to massa's ferrari when he moved off from the pit-stop. its so scary! and my sis and i realised that raikkonen is good-looking. hamilton's not bad too. hee.

tuesday
today was v hectic. after going toa payoh to get some stuff done, i had driving and oh my, driving was really bad today =( =( =( sigh, i guess some instructors really make me feel v lousy. i need encouragement, please.

and i had tuition later. my tutee is really v funny la.
Tutee: teacher, u still have any papers?
Me: yup got german next week.
Tutee: ok... if u do well, i'll buy u a lollipop.
Me: ..... erm, HAHA ok.

she's sec 4 (taking o levels soon) and she's really sweet. such a tutee really makes teaching tuition a joy.

=D

REALLY LOVE THE NEW SONG BY JAY =D
让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义

《稻 香》 词：周杰伦 曲：周杰伦
　　对这个世界如果你有太多的抱怨
　　跌倒了就不敢继续往前走
　　为什么人要这么的脆弱 堕落
　　请你打开电视看看
　　多少人为生命在努力勇敢的走下去
　　我们是不是该知足

　　珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
　　还记得你说家是唯一的城堡 随着稻香河流继续奔跑
　　微微笑 小时候的梦我知道
　　不要哭让萤火虫带着你逃跑 乡间的歌谣永远的依靠
　　回家吧 回到最初的美好
　　不要这么容易就想放弃 就像我说的
　　追不到的梦想 换个梦不就得了
　　为自己的人生鲜艳上色 先把爱涂上喜欢的颜色
　　笑一个吧 功成名就不是目的

　　让自己快乐快乐这才叫做意义
　　童年的纸飞机 现在终于飞回我手里
　　所谓的那快乐 赤脚在田里追蜻蜓追到累了
　　偷摘水果被蜜蜂给叮到怕了 谁在偷笑呢
　　我靠着稻草人吹着风唱着歌睡着了
　　哦 哦 午后吉它在虫鸣中更清脆

　　哦 哦 阳光洒在路上就不怕心碎
　　珍惜一切 就算没有拥有
　　还记得你说家是唯一的城堡 随着稻香河流继续奔跑

at last

i'm happy =D [too happy that i feel like crying a little]. i swear i was nervous when i was checking.

THANK GOD.

*will update about my sis party soon =D

last week...

i made this invitation for my sis so she can send it out to her friends. so those who have received, please reply quickly!


my sis's party is coming up so i guess that's why i feel busy. cause i'm TRYING to help her to prepare. i'm really trying ok! and there's her special present too. =/ hopefully it'll be ready by her party.

last week was the non-shuyi week =( [cause shuyi joins yuanqi and me for lunch only on alternate thurs.] i really love lunching with her =D we love talking about _______ and i was super shocked that she and _________ became friends! OH MY. anyway, i went for NUSCO pract on thurs. my first time attending pract. just wanted to see around first but in the end i still filled in the application form. it was really cool that mr lee and mr wong still recognise us. mr lee still is so MR LEE. reminds me of our days in NJCO when we were under him. =x and mr lee wants kahyan and me to join the combined pract on saturdays. SO SCARY!! but i have to say that i really miss playing the cello=D oh my, i felt really bad cause mr lee told this [new] girl that her fingers were too short and they weren't suitable to play the cello. then he asked me to show her my fingers [cause he wanted to show her that others had longer fingers], but mine was obviously shorter la! so i didn't show. =/ hope that mr lee lets her stay!

i've watched jay's interview on cnn. haha, quite funny. and i managed to see his [batman] car. SUPER NICE la. and that reminds me, i've got to finish up my driving lessons or i can't book my practical test. i finally had my auto-transmission lesson last wed night [vision at night is really bad for driving]. yar, have to agree that auto car is like a toy car. manual is more fun -ha, all the fun about stalling the engine and rolling on slopes =x

i've got german test this week. good luck to me!

hmmm.

OH MY, my internet connection is really bad. i think its because of the telephone line that is linked to my router/modem. keep signing out of msn. i can get quite irritated with this, so can just imagine how irritated the other party gets. anyway, i'm always appearing offline when i'm online so if there's anything, can just pm me.

I MISS MY LAO GONG SO MUCHHH! supposed to meet last wed, but couldn't contact my lao gong cause her hp was sent for repair. ok lar, i think i miss everyone over at ntu. please please come and visit the people at nus!

i'm getting kind of stressed up. lots of tutorials, and have to hand in graded assignments, loads of german hw (people like sean and yuanqi will understand, cause i'm always doing german stuff when we r together), preparation of presents and driving lessons to chiong etc. tuition lessons really burn out my weekends. but i quite enjoy giving tuition, so i shall not complain.

i was clearing my sms-es when i saw this quite recent message, and realised i misinterpreted it and misunderstood that person. and now i think of it, my reply must have sounded really weird/irrelevant/mean and i guess that's why i didn't receive any reply. oops. and i know this person reads my blog, so i would like to say sorry (if case u know who u are).

疼爱 by 萧敬腾 is really a nice song. the lyrics sound really sad - 我沉默 不代表我不痛
我不痛 眼淚就不會流 - (it describes how i've been feeling) but it has a catchy tune. i love 萧敬腾. hee.

yy is leaving tmr for uk. i'll miss her! =(

school life

i've decided to spend more time on my german. cause i think from next week onwards, mr doepel would prob be teaching in german already. [DIE!] so here i am, at national library [lee kong chian reference lib] now, listening to the podcasts for the german lessons and trying to catch every single word that i can. decided to drop by here after helping my sis to carry some stuff to the carnival at the park oppo esplanade since i've brought my laptop along with me.

tutorials are starting this coming week. =x there's quite a bit to prepare for tutorials [all those assignments slowly accumulating...]. and i have really lots of stuff to do other than sch stuff [don't feel like saying what though]. really hope i have the determination to do those stuff.

been having my meals at arts canteen cause i take quite a no. of arts mod [and i've only eaten once in engin canteen so far. HA!]. feel quite happy to see my (old) friends in arts. but there's not much time to catch up since we are always rushing off for some lecture. and i'm v glad to be able to meet and chat with shuyi for 3 days the past week. i'm always laughing non-stop because of her [yuan qi and sean think that i'm a bit crazy i bet] and i simply love sharing stuff with her. anyway, both of us have decided not to go engin bash so pple, don't ask us to go anymore!

sch's getting more interesting, i think.

been feeling kind of busy during the week that has just ended. i've been running/rushing to many places. [and oh my, i was super late for the second MLE lecture today. heng there's yuan qi to chope a seat for me.]

p.s i shall make this post a light-hearted one [not that i'm done with all the confused feelings, its just that i want to make myself less miserable].

i met up with yuting for a short lunch on weds cause i wanted to pass her her v belated present. really feel bad ok. but its something REALLY special [to me, at least]. i don't do this for anyone so yuting really should feel honoured. ha.

this is the cheesecake baked by me. =D was proud of myself that i did not use an electric beater (cause i couldn't find it), meaning i beat it manually! and everything was done in 2 hours. hurray. oh, but the edges aren't trimmed v nicely cause my slicing skills weren't good. but anyway, v glad that yuting likes it <3.



choon chuan actually said it looked like kaya toast. =S i told chongren proudly that i BAKED a cheesecake cause he thinks that i made the simple cheesecake (those that need not be put into the oven. just refrigerate it can already.) whatever la. but of course it cannot be compared to the one he makes.


here are some photos of oweek. [okay, this is really random]

oh before i forget, i would really want to thank mitch for his help! THANKS. really appreciate it.

lost and confused

okay, i'm not exactly confused. i'm feeling more lost. more lost than ever.

why must things always turn out this way? when i'm telling myself to accept what i've got now, something else must happen and make me think about things ALL over again. AGAIN. 2 months back, i received the initial offer for a course which i nv thought of doing but its something i don't mind and so i had to think really hard about the offer. then now that i chose to stick to nus chem engin, another offer came. and this time its something that i really want. was kind of happy when i saw the offer. but then later, i don't feel happy anymore. there's too many considerations and i'm running short of time. why can't everything just run smoothly. if only all these will just end soon. i feel stretched and somehow tortured by all these. i need to make the decision by myself. can't possibly always depend on my parents and sis right. if not, i really doubt i can survive overseas all by myself.

i'm going to call the uni tmr. and i'm hoping that things will go my way. praying really hard. and where are those people when i need them most!

there's so many things happening this month and i feel really tired. and i'm actually wasting time in sch tmr. well, i guess at least there's sean and yuan qi to rot with me.

i thought german lecture was fine today. (the lecture group is really small - almost the size of a tutorial group and they actually call it a lecture). mr martin doepel was interesting. some words really sound vulgar. i feel kind of weird practising them. when saying "my name is..." in german, its like saying *&^@#!. my sis was laughing (not at me, i hope). i can conclude that vulgarities don't suit me. or rather, i'm not suitable to say those stuff.

i'm like so irritated with someone today. glad i won't see this person for the rest of the week (and hopefully next week and next next week).

okay, i guess i'm really v grumpy today. shall rest early and stop thinking about stuff. things will get better. hopefully.

engin oweek I

i'm back from oweek. tired once again.
thinking if i should update about oweek now since i have some time to spare. ok maybe i should.

some things that happened during camp (in order - day 1 to day6):

#1 yongqiang sat beside me during the group intro on day1 and i thought he really looked like huang qing lun (the smaller version). and he sings really well (he's from rj choir btw). i think he's really amusing - his expression, his actions, his special skill (ROFL) etc. the intro session was kind of funny. i've got an ogl whose name is deddy (yup, its the same pronounciation as daddy - seamus was saying that he couldn't bear calling him that. HAHHAA)

#2 oh (before i forget), i'm from apache. we are kind of lousy at games (losing anything and everything we could) but we really enjoyed the company.

#3 we are always doing the same cheer (the one where we have to hit people's (station masters) heads) okay, we are mean.

#4 went for FIC (freshmen inauguration ceremony). quite interesting to see the profs dressed in some harrypotter outfit (their formal attire).

#5 stayed over the night before flag (cause it was v late after night walk). and went off in the morning (5plus). thanks to my dad who fetched me home =D

#6 and talking about night walk, well... it was not that bad. eddie promised me that it wouldn't be scary (not another fright night) but there was a component called fear factor. its scary (at least for me). and funshen (my nightwalk partner - some guy from monbi) said he would be frightened too. i was like huh! if u scared, then i howw?

#7 v sorry for pangseh-ing shuyi for flag. but heard the kbox session after flag was fun. aaron was singing some hokkien song which amused everyone there.

#8 wed was sentosa day. went for driving in the morning before joining the rest at siloso. driving was really cool (but i kind of lost touch after not having lessons for 1 week and so i was really bad on the road) cause i got back my old instructor - the easy-to-bully, teach v well and fast, and funny instructor. he was laughing when i said i was going to sentosa for orientation after driving. errm, like what's so funny.

#9 didn't missed out much when i reached sentosa (after helping to buy bananas at vivo for apache) cause the games haven't started. games were fun but most of the time, we had to get wet. the waves were kind of huge and i felt as if i would be swept away. so scary. saw some group doing some forfeit/task and i thought this person was really funny/cute. ok, i'm burnt from sentosa.

#10 shuyi left from sentosa during evening. so i was the only girl left. didn't want to stay overnight for that reason. but cause i didn't want to trouble my dad to fetch me home and back to nus the next day (besides i've got my stuff for stayover).

#11 after mass dance, we went for supper (hui xiang, feodo, seamus, sean, yuanqi and me).i ate the same amount (2 pratas) as the guys. and seamus kept saying that i eat a lot. and think he told that to others who didn't go for supper. that's like so mean of him.

#12 thurs was external hunt. but i didn't go cause i went with jo for the ChESS oday. oh my, thought the talk by the seniors made me feel demoralised. and i'm starting to feel stressed already. =( =( =(

#13 played games in the group we were assigned. our group was flooded with hc guys. during the introduction, everyone went "i'm _______, i'm from hwa chong" etc. and oliver and ken were from my sis's og for chess camp. that's like so coincidental. the hc guys were funny but thanks to them, we won every game. =D had some super boring talk after that (which seriously wasn't useful).

#14 wanted to join apache at vivo but jo,wen rong, mathangi and chongren said don't go cause anyway they would be coming back soon. and so we sat down and talk. the conversation was v crappy and i felt really tired after that (cause i was using a lot of strength pushing chongren away from the rest so he would not say any untrue stuff...-_-) and jo wasn't helpful at all. really felt so bullied ok!but seriously, i couldnt care much cause its so not true.

#15 joined apache when they came back. dinner was really good. there's like people cooking takopachi and tempura prawns on the spot. but my stomach felt really uncomfortable cause of some forfeit in the afternoon(having to eat this big lump of wasabi) so i couldn't eat much.

#16 next was finale night. too shagged by then. spent most of the time stoning.

#17 had oyster gathering at chongren's room at PGP. played saboteur/poker cards overnight. had to drink whenever we lost. but shuyi and i didn't drink so much - cause the guys helped us to drink - thanks guys! think some had too much and were a bit drunk - like john. haha. had only 1+ hour of sleep before we went to meet apache for breakfast.

#18 went for rag. saw quite a number of old friends around. rag was quite cool but the weather's super hot.

#19 and after rag, we (shuyi, seamus, choon chuan and me) shared a cab home. okay, seamus stays at serangoon gardens. so near my house. and he drives to sch. hhahaa.so he better knows what to do.

overall oweek was great. made more friends than during engin camp.

sch's starting. =/

Nineteeth birthday

first things first,
a VERY BIG thank you to those who remembered my birthday =D =D =D. and thanks for the sweet messages (whether is it by e-mail/msn/facebook/snail mail/sms/face-to-face). i'll try to be happy, don't worry pple!

had dinner with family at clarke quay. the dinner was something different. and i enjoyed it =D
i really feel loved by my family. and i love them too =D

here's the photos taken on mum's birthday:

sashimi

ebi shinjyo no kawari age (deep fried prawn with shitake mushroom)

sukiyaki

i love japanese food=D kaihui, kahyan, yuting and me went to eat at shodoku japanese food bazaar at raffles city last sun to celebrate the july babies' birthdays. =D kahyan, send me the photos!

i'm finally done with stage 1 of driving. hooray.

depressed

i'm v v sad. nothing will help me feel better at this point of time. seriously.

please wake me up from this horrible nightmare.

i'm telling myself,



everything will be fine.

anyway, thanks wj for your early birthday wishes. i've received it. =)

happy

today's my mum's birthday! happy birthday mummy! truckloads of love <3 <3 <3

yup, i'm happy today. =D =D =D

basically because lots of funny things happened today. plenty. would really love to share with others but i'll just go bursting out with laughter before i can speak anything intelligibly so i look crazy.

today was the dean's welcome session for nus foe. we sat together as an og and with shuyi's aj friends who were really nice=). shuyi sang this v funny song and i really laughed like crazy. then chongren's silly actions also made me laughed. etc. etc. etc. lots of other funny stuff. oh, and i saw jo! wanted to talk to her about some stuff but didn't have the chance.

went back to nj to collect the cert. met wh and then kc. couldn't play badminton with them today! but don't think i'll go even if i can make it cause its so far. and like what i say, carrying the badminton racket from my house to bukit gombak will make me look so silly. next time, u guys must come toa payoh or hougang to play! had a pretty long chat with them at the canteen. wh told us about his participation in ndp. v funny. he's in some bird float segment. HAHA. ok, that got me and kc laughing like crazy. and i told them about my driving. oh my, now come to think of it, i shouldn't have said so much, cause its v embarrassing. and wh actually said he will avoid the roads at yck. [apparently he was the second person who said that =x] eh hello, i'm such a cautious driver and even a bus driver [beside my car at a traffic light] encouraged me u know! i shall buck up for my driving so i won't be laughed at anymore! =/

met amelia + friend (choo ting) near the field (whatever that place is called, i forgot) and we talked bad about kahyan within that short period of time! haha, just joking la. we'll always love u, kahyan! oh, and i saw my junior, jinxian playing soccer at the field. oh my, he's like so free can. thought prelims' arriving in 3 weeks time. just want to wish my juniors all the best in their revision =D and wh's so kaypoh lor, kept asking about ________ & me. that's like so ... ... haha.

went for dinner with family at miyabi jap restaurant. great food. shall post the pictures another time.

oh, i need an icing bag, those kind for decorating cakes. i'm going to bake a cake for _________. haha, must be honoured! i need it urgently so if anyone has it, pls lend it to me!

i'm loving 萧敬腾 more! think he's v adorable. and of course talented. =D

potluck/night safari/driving lessons

potluck

my shephard's pie when it just came out from the oven:

and at the end of the potluck, it looked like this. chongren kept saying that my shephard's pie is v tasty =D *proud*

cheesecake made by chongren was super nice. shuyi and i kept saying that it looked like those kind sold outside. $4.50/pc. YUMMY.

more food: *burp*

this is nice=D from tengjin



there was too much food already! everyone was SUPER FULL. anyway, it was nice hanging out with the company. eddie, khengsoon, kin loong and wenhao thought i went for chess camp cause they saw me. that's like so funny. and quite scary actually. they kept pestering me to show them _____'s photo. haha, better not, later that person scold me. and they told me something (after shuyi and i forced them to say cause they didn't want to initially) and i didn't know whether to be flattered or not. =/ the whole thing is making them curious and me curious too. !!!

Night safari

my sis's tw buddy is in singapore with her mum and bro. so we brought them out for dinner + night safari. oh my, night safari was cool. it was v dark and we didn't dare to walk around so we took the tram (which 90% of the people did). later we walked a trail where the tram stopped for us to alight. quite funny cause some of the tourists were scared too. this angmoh commented that it was "so 'jurassic park' ". HAHA. euphemia+family got us pineapple tarts from tw. oh man, i totally missed the tarts so much. [i ate like 2 in a go yesterday.]

DRIVING!!

first lesson was quite funny. started to drive round the circuit. all cars driven by first-timers had to have their hazard lights on. mine was switched on too. i can simply conclude that i was a hazard on the road circuit =/

i asked the instructor when i saw other cars in front with the hazard lights flashing: "are those first timers like me?"

instructor: haha yar.

me: ok, then i better beware of them.

instructor: haha, they better beware of u too.

anyway, the bumper of every car at the driving centre wrote (something like this):

i'm slow. please be patient with me.

=x

i was lousy/slow on the circuit. i thought my sense of judgement was pretty bad. especially when it came to turns. sometimes i turn too early, sometimes i turn too late. then i always cannot return the steering wheel back in time. yes, i need to focus and cannot be a road hazard!

had my second lesson this morning. i still have lessons for the rest of the week. tired.

pamella

sent pamella off on wed. chengyi and i met up at city hall to get pam a present. actually we wanted to get some winter scarf since its now winter in aust. but in the end, we got this pair of pretty esprit slippers.

it was kind of great shopping with cheng cause she's those kind that would give me comments about the things that i want to buy. haha, it seems that i was shopping for my own stuff as well.

next we went for dinner at t3. nice chatting and laughing with cheng. she said i kept contradicting myself which was so true. anyway, i kept asking her about _____ cause i wanted to know how's things going. cheng knows me so well - or maybe i'm quite easy to understand - she knows the kind of guy i like without me having to say out. =D [chengyi, don't tell anyone!]


went to look for pam lee and pam sia. i felt sad that pam lee was leaving cause she's one of my v treasured friends. she's always saying she loves me. i sms-ed her last time telling her that i'm not sure if i should accept the offer to study in mel uni cause its a five years course and i'll start only next year...and then she replied me saying she'll love me no matter how old and haggard i am. and i feel really loved =D. she's one friend that can really give me assurance. i'll really miss her=(
but she made this choice and i'm happy for her.

our wishes for her. haha, mine's so much nicer than cheng's. [chengyi, i promised not to read yours and i didn't ok!]






my great friends =D






pam sia and her funny expression



the big crowd sending pam lee off.



i sent esper off too. its the first time i saw her boyfriend. haha. she kept saying we must go melbourne! ok, will try =) and i thought her mum was really cute. haha.




today evening (just now), i went with yuting to chomp chomp cause our dear yuting wants to eat the beancurd. haha! its my favourite too. i think no egg beancurd can beat that stall at chomp chomp. i was super full cause i ate dimsum buffet with sis for lunch. but still ate the dumpling one cause i'm so tempted by it. i called ben out to join us since he was staying around the area, but he was in bishan. ok, we are not fated to eat dessert together. haha. yuting nv walked around serangoon gardens circus before so i brought her for a walk and she loves the place. i love the place too - my childhood place u know! i brought her to my favourite cold storage speciality. i like the stuff they sell in there. its just... so angmoh. but its so pricey. =x

happy yuting.


friends (=


yuting almost drooled when she saw the pizza i made. haha and she says she wants to go my house the next time i bake stuff. haha, no problem=D