the one about nails... so i went for the china studies pilot test virtually all prepared --if you count frenzied printing of notes the night before "preparation".

wasn't as simple as i'd thought but...well it IS $80 for three hours so i should probbably stop complaining.

mock camp tomorrow. i told yingxuan and jiefeng i'd go down after lunch and leave after makeup. hahah.

sorry but italy's playing at 3am and no way am i missing their match :)

portugal and england's playing tomorrow too and i have to watch that..

and geraldine's so cute, she smsed me to tell me her key was in the pail cos i had actually wanted to borrow her room to stayover for the night, and she said "the password to the com is on the screen if u wanna use". haha so sweet and considerate right!

oh yan yan made my nails so pretty!!

but im sad to say i lost 3 crystals today and i didnt even notice. boo im so upset.

somebody go with me to he&she.

and im waiting for tok's friend to open his manicure shop cos i want nice nice nails at nice nice prices!




and you know i have utmost respect for all the soccer players. i mean, when i bite my lip when im eating i dont even feel like eating anymore; when soccer players get injured and are carried off-field to get treated, they cant wait to get back into the game.

r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

im watching germany vs argentina now and im thinking...




GERMANY!



ali: errbs...i only have italy knowledge...lol...
tok: u could have had pretty nails too but u had to go cut..hai...
sook: yar im damn upset spain are out too!!  ¶ 11:38 PM 0 Comments

  the one about goodbye spain... awww.

so it's goodbye spain.

goodbye fernando torres.

goodbye sergio ramos.

see you Euro2008.




i need to exercise.

i FEEL fat.

im hoping i'll lose weight when i move back to hall.

anyway

im going on a low carb diet.

the mother ain't helping when she heaps rice in my bowl when she knows im a rice-bucket.

or maybe i'll go on the ariel-lin-diet. variety over quantity.

whatever.

im going to do this china pilot test thing tmr at ntu conducted by moe.

i didnt know i had to study for it. i thought it was just like a general knowledge about china thing. grr.

but i guess $80 for 3hours isnt too shabby.  ¶ 4:45 PM 0 Comments

  the one about italy in the last 8... haiyoh. now im without a job again.

long story.

but it doesnt really matter; i never intended to get a job now anyway, with foc preparations nearing and the world cup.

speaking of which, italy are into the final 8!!

totti fired home a penalty squandered by the aussies to grosso in the 95th minute (injury time) to take the score to 1-0 and italy into the final 8!

true it wasnt a beautiful goal. if anything the italians were BLOODY lucky to score in injury time via a penalty cos if they hadn't they would have to play for another half hour of extra time, following which if the score was still a draw, a penalty shootout. which italians are famously jinxed for.

and i guess it's also right to say that the australians didnt deserve to lose by a penalty in injury time; especially when they were doing most of the attacking in the 2nd half of the game.

the player who fouled grosso must be kicking himself now.

but i dont think the italians deserved to lose either. they held off the aussies' 11 men team with their 10 men team, with materazzi being sent off for a tackle--materazzi who was already playing in place of the injured full back nesta. buffon made BRILLIANT saves, cannavaro defended MARVELOUSLY and totti in place of del peiro really made things look up for italy. and lets not forget that italy had 11 shots on goal as compared to australia's 8.

much as i hate to say it del peiro is really past his prime. he's not as fast as he used to be, isn't all that accurate with his shots, doesnt even take free kicks now when he used to be the italian david beckham, aka free-kick specialist.

and where should i start with iaquinta?? oh god he's like a shorter version of crouch--totally useless. i have no idea why lippi brought him on as a substitution for gilardino.

gilardino, even if he didnt score, provided very soothing eyecandy thank you very much. and he's much more accurate with his shots, as is luca toni, who was also substituted. what in the hell was lippi thinking?!

but well now make way for the new maestro totti. he had the composure and presence of mind to fire in the shot even as he knew that all of italy's hopes were on him and that was probably the final kick of the full-time game.

believe me so many would have just shot wide.

and i was so worried when all the italians rushed to hug grosso when he conceded the penalty because the pressure on the penalty-taker would make being in a pressure cooker seem like a walk in the park. i half expected totti's shot to soar over the crossbar.

gross's flint, totti's spark, italy's flame.

and when the jubilant italian team engulfed totti with their hugs it made me realise that the most inspiring aspects of the beautiful game came from the human show of emotion.

so i guess it's all the way now for my boys :)


maybe next time australia. *pat on back*


and that concludes my take on the match. lol. sorry for boring you guys but im just so over the moon right now i had to get this down; it is still MY blog isnt it dahlings??

*muacks*

:D  ¶ 1:27 AM 0 Comments

  the one about just jj concert... OH MY GOD LIN JUN JIE ROCKS MY SOCKS

seriously.

right at the start he said "i know you've been waiting very long for this concert but i have waited even longer than you".

he had me from then on.

and especially when he played the piano i was melting inside. i mean, he can play the piano while singing, memorize the scores AND not look at the keyboard at the same time!

gosh. it was so sweet.

can i add another clause to the 8 characteristics i look for? i want him to be a piano or music aficionado!

im mesmerized.

i mean how can you not be?

and he looked so cute in his striking red attire. red is really his colour.

and he dances like rain. im serious! he already looks like rain, think small eyes big nose, and when he dances his expression is the mirror of rain!

btw his arm muscles are really defined now.

and he didnt sing off-key at all. well tok said he did but i couldnt hear it so he's pitch-perfect to me :)

and when he cried it looked real.

there's really nothing to pick at really. his voice's good, he sings real well he's a mean dancer, he's humourous, his concert was full of creative concepts, he writes his own songs for goodness sake, he plays the piano and the guitar, he's singaporean, he's bilingual, he speaks singlish AND he's cute. ok maybe he isn't to some but he is to me so back off.

oh only thing's he's not tall. dang. well at least he hits the 1.7m mark.

he's my ultimate idol seriously.  ¶ 10:47 PM 0 Comments

  the one about wmt... just as i expected.

the world cup continues on saturday and sunday.

the world cup doesnt run on Greenwich.

it runs on World Cup time.


so thanks to joy i got a job!

and coloured my hair.


too tired to post photos..some other day perhaps.  ¶ 11:04 PM 0 Comments

  the one about my outing... to eileen and yanyan: thanks for giving me 'face' today!!

haha

yeah the mia-for-goodness-knows-how-long yanyan and eileen made their appearances today!!

yanyan almost couldnt make it cos she had a sore eyes but she still did :)

i forgot to inform eileen but she still could come in the end thanks to tok!!

unfortch ali couldnt make it in the end.

anyway turnout was still 8-strong today plus the rare appearances of yanyan and eileen haha so im a happy girl!

so we had dinner at justnoodles and dessert at bakerzin. dinner was good and so was dessert~

and we had truckloads of fun taking photos at bakerzin.

waiting for photos to be sent to me now :)

today was great except for the horribly long taxi wait. argh.

got a top today at zara when i met ah wen earlier for some walking around. and some masks from skinfood.

and after paying tok for the concert tix im so broke i dont think i wanna go out after this weekend.

at least not until i get my tuition pay or if joy gets me a job. hai.

so the outing today was a success!

im smiles :)))  ¶ 12:40 AM 0 Comments

  the one about world cup knowledge... ok test of world-cup knowledge.

since it's the football season let's do something about the worldcup-ing countries.

the best thing that came out of:

Group A
Germany: sausages and erm more sausages
Poland: erm oh dear i dont know, polar bears?
Costa Rica: .....sand..??
Ecuador: latinos

Group B
England: David Beckham and the queen. and scones.
Paraguay: .........??
Trinidad&Tobago: Dwight Yorke. and tobacco...???
Sweden: ikea and meatballs

Group C
Argentina: Maradona
Serbia&Montenegro: no idea. serbs?
Ivory Coast: no idea either. beaches?
Netherlands/Holland: poppy flowers. Van Nistelrooy and Edwin van der Saar. van der waals

Group D
Mexico: tortillas and fajitas!
Iran: kosher food?
Angola: *shrugs*
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo!! and egg tarts.

Group E
USA: angmohs and human rights and smores
Czech Republic: czech models?
Italy: Fabio Cannavaro and Gilardino and haute couture and pizzas
Ghana: ghandi

Group F
Australia: kangaroos and koalas.
Japan: fashion and Nakata and Inamoto
Brazil: Ronaldo Ronaldinho and soccer
Croatia: i dont know, Croats??

Group G
South Korea: entertainment and Lee Chun Soo
Togo: pogp sticks
Switzerland: world peace and snow-capped mountains
France: fashion champs-elysees and Zidane

Group H
Spain: Fernando Torres and mango and la senza and raoul the brand not the player
Ukraine: something russian
Tunisia: someplace tiny
Saudi Arabia: arabs and oil wells


the above's probably all made up.
cos here i'm pretty bored watching the england-sweden match even though it's pretty exciting. just got bored sitting down doing nothing.

owen exited the match less than a minute into play. it's pretty mean but im laughing my pants off. he just sorta twisted his knee at his first touch of the ball, then collapsed under no provacation at all, then crawled out of the pitch.

what a terribly unglamourous way to get replaced.

by crouch no less.

now i dont particularly like owen but i seriously dislike crouch. come on he's crap. nothing more than height. eriksson must be seriously short of forwards.

joe cole scored a beauty though and england are leading 1-0.

oops sweden just scored one so it's even now.

oh wow i think the swedish coach is worth his weight in gold! england which was so commanding in the first half is actually struggling to keep sweden at bay!!

lets hope england wins or draws this cos then they wouldnt have to face germany. i still havent got enough of beckham thank you very much.  ¶ 3:42 AM 0 Comments

  the one about soccer... my poor poor italy.

minutes after gilardino scored their first and only goal against the usa, they were down to a draw with themselves--zaccardo had mistakenly scored an own goal.


(btw i think gilardino's totally hawt)

rossi in a fit of rage and disbelief (ok i added that myself) jabbed his elbow in mcbride's face and was instantly handed a red card. as much as i like italy though i have to admit that that the red card was deserving. i mean, come on mcbride had blood streaming down his face. he probably needed stitches which sorta confirms the impact of that jab.


after he scored a goal

but then the referee probably felt guilty cos he then awarded the usa 2 red cards.

i wonder how the referee felt, handing out red cards with such strange ease. he probably tops the list of refrees who hand out the most red cards in a world cup final match.

anyway it was a weird weird game.


some horrible usa guy did this to cannavaro. who rarely gets hurt much less carried out in a stretcher.

which can only happen to italy.

and that's why i still support them. admist all the crap dealt to them they emerge unscathed, if not victorious.

kinda shows that they're human too, and not some predictable goal-scoring soccer-machine.

i heart italy.

and apparently so does ruying. she was over at my house to watch the match and apart from calling zambrotta a spine-tingling zam-zam, she got so agitated at one point of time she shouted wtf so loudly my sleeping parents heard.

so much for being meek and quiet.

so went to give tuition with leaden eyelids. couldnt sleep after the match after my behearted italy drew with a cocky usa. plus the fact that the song in my previous post was stuck in my head didnt help either.

then had to go meet jinglin at tampines for the soka concert thing cos our xing and strum were performing.

where william had to boast to me about how he passed his driving test even after mounting a kerb.

damn it.

talk about coffee license.

thing was when i failed i thought that it would be ok since i wouldnt be seeing william pres anymore when he graduated. he had been telling me if i didnt pass he would get his license earlier than me even though he had started like 1 year later.

but no it had to catch up with me. grrr.

my tester's such a loser. bah.

well.

jinglin's getting us movie passes again!!!

with friends like jinglin and lt who provide tickets to movies and concerts, who needs anyone else??!!

hahaha ok im kidding. i love u girls :))

ok so weds meet at suntec at 6 everyone ok???

btw some newspaper guy wrote about girls acting as know-it-alls when it came to soccer when men were naturally tuned in to football. in a way women aren't and can't.

gimme a break.

i dont squeal when gilardino gets the ball (maybe cos it's hardly but still.), i dont profess to know alot about soccer, i dont pit football knowledge against guys.

please there are so many dimensions to this game. who says you HAVE to just focus on techniques and skills just to enjoy the game?? u think male punters watch the game to focus on the techniques???

haha u tell me.

anyways.

i enjoy soccer whatever way i want.

which means supporting the team with the hawt guys. that's the way we girls see it. well at least i speak for myself.

oh i understand the annoyance when people who know nuts about a subject talk like pros. who hasnt come across somebody like that?? we're all pros in some field and there are always novices who continually profess to know more about it than you do. and look at things from a totally different or, some might say, wrong angle and it just eats away at you.

this time it's my turn to be the annoyance. muahaha.

so sue me.

newspaper guy eat your heart out.

oh you know what? i feel kinda sorry for the guys who are substituted out. you know sometimes coaches feel assured of victory and start giving some young punks a chance to earn an international cap or something.

poor things play for 89 mins then...

THEY ARE DEPRIVED OF A CHANCE TO EXCHANGE JERSEYS!!

i guess they could jump off the bench the moment the whistle sounds and rush to switch jerseys but that would just look so desperate and needy, not like how it's supposed to be. you know, the tug at the front of their jersey, the slight jerk of the head and raised eyebrows??

all done with nonchalent attitude.

lucky for the guy who only played extra time. humph.


btw photos courtesy of afp.com  ¶ 3:20 AM 0 Comments

  the one about iswak... you know.

one way to cure an addiction is to find a new addiction.

so post-goong i've been immersing myself in the taiwanese version of it started with a kiss.

joe cheng isnt as goodlooking as takashi kashiwabara but he's not too bad i guess. and ariel lin is loads better and less annoying than her japanese counterpart.

and because of the show im hooked on this song.

by some newcomer singer called wang yin lan. no idea who she is but her voice rocks.

听见
Heard

你不开心的眼 仿佛将我推到悬崖边缘
距离就算在靠近眼前 我们一样没焦点
没有你的世界 就像寒冬没有春天依畏 少了你陪在身边
我的四季只剩下冬天 悲伤 喜悦 回忆不断重演
静下来的世界 有我的思念 也有你的空虚无边
你有没有听见 寂寞的声音悄悄在蔓延
它住近我们之间 守候着我和你的永远
你有没有听见 思念的呼唤传遍每条街
就算你走的再远 累了回头我就在 你的身边


gosh i hope i can upload it or something cos this song's really nice!!  ¶ 10:44 PM 0 Comments

  the one about voyeurs... lizhen's attack:
=My Perfect Lover=

Qns 1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 points about his/her perfect lover
Qns 2. Mention the gender of the perfect lover
Qns 3. Tag 8 victims to this and leave a comment on their blog
Qns 4. If you are tagged a second time, there is no need to do it a second time
Qns 5. The most important part is having fun doing it!


1a: height
i'd like him to be tall please. preferably 1.8m. im short so i like someone taller can.

1b: looks
no-brainer. of course he has to look good and know how to dress well. even if it's just to me :) think metrosexual.

1c: humourous
he cant be too serious cos im not! honestly i'll probably be bored to death with someone stuffy. i must be able to enjoy myself and have fun with him :)

1d: intellectual
being humourous doesnt mean he can't be intellectual. i like reading and stuff so he must be able to know what im talking about and not mumble stupidly like a himbo. oh he has to be proficient in english. VERY important.

1e: sporty
how else can he keep the fats at bay?? i dont like skinny guys but he cant be fat either. oh that's a HUGE no-no. just no fats will do thank you very much. oh and he must be a good swimmer cos i cant swim so i need someone to save me!!

1f: sensitive
i get moodswings sometimes where i start feeling irritable and want to be alone. anyway i was never good-tempered to begin with. so he has to know when i need company and when he should steer clear.

1g: caring
pretty self-explanatory i guess. oh and i like someone who's just a wee bit chauvinistic cos then i can feign ignorance and have him do things i dont wanna do. like cleaning my room. and washing the pots after we cook.

1h: similar interests
like he must like traveliing and shopping. errbs actually he doesnt have to like shopping. maybe like going to bookstores or supermarkets sometimes cos i need company when i do these things!!


(say wouldnt it be nice to go on a trip with such a person?? he can plan everything and all i have to do is relax and follow. of course it'll be best if he had a platinum card or something... nah im kidding..blah tok's gonna say im high-maintainence again.)

2: pre-requisite
he has to be male. and i dont mean a she-male. male at birth and still male at heart.


3:and i dont know who to tag!!
whoever wants to do it i guess. go ahead just take it!




phew.

my windows media player's not working!! the error thing keeps popping up when i wanna play a song..help!!!

and S13girlies! friday meet for dinner can?? prob at suntec. we'll eat somewhere cheaper for dinner then go bakerzin for desert at raffles city. tag me!!


and seriously.
my blog's not public. it's meant to keep my friends updated on my life. not for snoopers who are so fascinated with my life they have to peek everyday. haha holy cow what a life.
but if your life is really so uninteresting you have to resort to voyeurism, well then im sorry for you. you probably dont have friends to share in the joys and sadnesses in your life and are so envious of me you want to share my life. how about i suggest a site for you?? go have a life and stop interfering in mine.
oh and a little something else for you? people who look and feel good dont have to profess it or put other lesser beings down.

have fun with your lives voyeurs.  ¶ 4:04 PM 0 Comments

  the one about being victimized part 1... i've been victimized. twice no less.

all while i've been addicted to goong. humph...

and since i dont reveal my blog addy i have no one to pass it on to!!! *wails*

anyways. anything to satisfy your curiosity.

well also now that i've finished goong im abit bored.. :P

so courtesy of ali, here goes nothing:

Instructions:
Name 20 people you can think of at the top of your head.
Don't read the questions before you write.
tag 5 people to do the survey.

1. ah wen
2. lizhen
3. ali
4. tok
5. jocelyn
6. sook
7. jinglin
8. zoe
9. weiling
10. lena
11. shit
12. ruying
13. eching
14. sp
15. lt
16. maybeline
17. shuyun
18. swan
19. yingxuan
20. jaron

Questions:
1. How did you meet number 14?
through weiling

2.What would you do if you had never met Number 1?
i'd be short of a very close confidante.

3.What would you do if 20 and 9 dated?
haha erm...tickled..??

4. Would 6 and 17 make a good couple?
i dont know they're both straight.

5.describe no.3.
characterwise i think she has her own mind and does not bother abt what others may say. i also feel that she thinks alot even though she may not show it.
she's also one of the oldest friends i have from sec sch.

6.Do you think No.8 is attractive?
yeah. hall queen hello. but i think what's even more attractive is her character :)

7.Tell me something about No.7.
why should i..?? haha kidding..she's the da jie figure and really takes care of stuff.

8.Do you know anything about no.12's family?
she's got 2 elder bros

9.What is no.8's favorite?
her bf?? and shopping both in reality and online

10.What would you do if 11 confesses that he/she likes you?
fall over?? haha but she's no les and neither am i

11. What language does 15 speak?
Mandarin, malay-accented english

12.Who is 9 going out with?
her bf william.

13.How old is 16 now?
20 this yr

14.When was the last time u talked to 13?
a few weeks ago when we went out

15 .Who's 2's favorite singer?
i know!! jay!!

16.Would you date number 4?
yep if i were les :) she's so fun to play with!!

17.Would you date 7?
hmm..i would think she's a good catch but if i were les i might not wanna date her..may be a bit too domineering for me :P

18.is 15 single?
yeah

19.What's 10's last name?
tan. i can even tell u her whole name but i dont think she'll be too pleased. lol.

20.Would you ever consider being in a relationship with 19?
hmm..i dont think so..she's too "high" for me..lol..

21.What school does 3 go to?
nus

22.Where does 6 live?
jurong. hall 16 ;)

23.What's your favorite thing about number 5?
she's got an all-round great character.
but she's going through a rough patch now so i hope everything will turn out fine for her.

24. Who's 2?
one of my closest friends =D she provides the venue for sleepovers too (",)

25. What would 18 remind you of?
gossiping sessions in her room

okok im off to watch footsie. i'll do urs in the next post ok lz??

since i dont have anyone to victimize, anybody who wants to do this tag me k?

though i seriously doubt anyone will..lol

tatas!!  ¶ 12:00 AM 0 Comments

  the one about hw101... watching goong on youtube now.

no outstandingly goodlooking leads save for one who reminds me of tsubasa imai. even then he's not exactly drop dead gorgeous.

yet strangely addictive.

pleasantly surprised for my craft of writing grade. got a b+ instead of the b- i was expecting. :))

im gonna continue with goong now.

laters :)  ¶ 7:32 PM 0 Comments

  the one about results... results are out.

once again ladies and gentlemen, no As.

but im all satisfaction.

b+ for geoffrey benjamin's course. and im really glad with that cos for me that was the toughest course.

around there for the rest.

im glad my hard work paid off.

hw101's not out yet though but im not having any expectations for that. it's non-examinable and i know how i did for my assignments.

so now all that's left is the world cup!!

yayness!!  ¶ 9:30 PM 0 Comments

  the one about joblessness... so.

it's worrying when the first word i can think of that starts with 'b' is bitch.

aiyoh.

im bored and broke.

i need a job la.

should i get a call centre one??

i didnt call up the one lizhen told me about. cos i figured travelling to harbourfront takes up too much time.

zhen says nel is faster but then i have to change trains 3 times. all in the early peak morning period.

i mean it's bad enough to be in the morning but couple that with peak hour and you get a very frazzled and unhappy jean.

plus it's the world cup period!!!

and the father has very smartly suscribed to the world cup channels.

how how how.

i owe kolay $110.

i owe foc $100.

i owe my bank account alot more.

argh bills stop plaguing me!!  ¶ 10:02 PM 0 Comments

  the one abt worldcup... ok im taking the password thing out.

even i find it a hassle what more you.

it wasnt very useful anyway.

lets just hope that no voyeurs or troublemakers come by eh.

well well well.

i havent blogged in awhile.

sleepover at lz's was a blast. we curled our hair, mucked around, played bridge!!!!
i like bridge.

nothing of importance after that. except that i still am unemployed.

went out with eching and ory and weiling yesterday.

hadnt seen eching in eons. she's still so giggly.

and we realised we harbour a deep dark secret amongst us 3. which became apparent when we looked for hair accessories.

ok so maybe it isnt so deep.

or dark for that matter.

but still. TSK.

by the way u know how bloody expensive hair accessories are?! obviously im not talking about the childish masak-masak plastic clips. i mean the hairsticks and hairbands and everything else pretty and cute and feminine. studded with crystals. maybe swarovski maybe not. in whatever case i've decided to call them crushed diamonds.

otherwise why the hell are they priced so..well, indulgently. look here. yeah they're priced in USD but they're selling by the dozen! see how much profit the people here are making??

go figure.

somebody please go stay in the US so i can get things mailed there. alaska or hawaii is no good though.

anyway i got 2 hairbands.

and lolita finally.

and then im still jobless.

and xw's birthday is..oh no...next week i think.

im so excited about the world cup!!

u know the euro and the world cup always happened during important years. like streaming in pri4, PSLE, streaming in sec2, Os, then As. this yr it's great cos in uni, holiday actually means holiday. which technically means im free to sleep and wake up late without the nagging sense of guilt that im wasting time not studying.

at least i think that was how i used to feel. my memory is amazingly short-term.

so i watched the warmup match last night between italy and switzerland. all in the name of getting into the world cup spirit.

maybe cos it was only a warmup match but italy looked kinda unsteady at the back. and had to draw with the swiss.

anyway i think brazil's gonna win the cup this year. i mean ronaldhino is like magnificent and together with ronaldo, they spell w-o-r-l-d-c-u-p.

france on the otherhand looked tired and boring. their match against mexico was lacklustre and yawn-inducing.

so here's eyecandy from my favourite azzurri!!

there's alberto gilardino, filippo inzaghi, alessandro del peiro, totti and fabio cannavaro. whooo. way hawwwt.

pippo inzaghi!! the one facing the camera that is.

oooh. team skipper cannavaro. i think he looks like joey tribiani. lol. u think?

gilardino. the one facing the cam.

gilardino and del peiro in front.

totti of course.

and because he's my favourite defender, here's another one of cannavaro.


and one of the team.


photos are courtesy of fifaworldcup.com

so that's the end of the first lesson on the italian team in the world cup.

be back for more~  ¶ 11:26 PM 0 Comments