LILY (WHITE) - Virginity, Purity, Majesty, It's Heavenly to be with You

Though I didnt know its meaning initially, I know it's the right choice and it actually describes how it is with you (omit the third description of course!)

But they are not enough to describe it too! I really thank God for sending you to me, for you've been the big sis for me, younger sis, bestest friend and all other roles. I know i can depend on you and I am glad that i found you!

In times when i'm down, you would listen to me and let me have my way. In times when i'm happy, i know i can share it with you! When i'm unreasonable, you would open my eyes and show me how unreasonable i am. When i'm angry, you would leave me and help me calm down later on. I know i can rely on you for sound advices.

Thanks so much! And let's continue to grow in Him each day!

You're always in my prayer,

Lin

The whole of last week, I was shuffling between school and accompanying my parents. Then Margaret bunked in with nata for a few days during her transit from Sydney, so most of the nights was spent catching up with her. It was pretty tiring week. At the end of my parents' one week stay, we had the Christmas Party.

The moment my parents left, i busied myself with marketing and preparing some food. And that saturday, it was Nata's choir performance at Esplanade. It was nice although her choir group was not the best, but they weren't the worst either. Ehm at some point, it did get a bit boring and i dozed off a little i think. hehe.. That night we reached home after midnight and i prepared the food stuff untill 2.30am. On Sunday itself, i missed church and prepared more food till afternoon. The worst part was that while i was preparing the food, i had bad tummy ache (not the diarrhea kind) the entire afternoon.

Our party was supposed to be a semi BBQ thing, and yet the weather was so cruel! It rained the whole day!! SO i ended up having to roast everything in my oven and brought it over to Sherwood for the party. This year the party wasnt held at my place as we couldnt get the function room. I prepared ribs, grilled prawns, salmon and bbq-ed chicken for the party. With some asparagus and mashed potatoes. Tony and Marisa prepared salad and apple pie. Nata made some jelly, while Rina bought a log cake. I love the whole table setting. I thought of buying cheap table runners but we couldnt find it so had to make do with plain purple gift wrappers as the runner. Then we strew around some silver garland, ginger bread and chocolates in silver wrapping. Clever nata bought some silver decorations that i bought in states, like the snowman sticks and the silver small presents. It was really nice. For once the party really looked very done up!

The whole party was pretty fun too Tony came up with a treasure hunt, which requires everyone to mingle around to get their next clue. Though, it was a bit slow and required a bit of cajoling before they concentrated on it, they were pretty receptive when it came to playing games! AK lead us to play Police and Thief during the dinner, then Nata and her NTU buddies lead them in this "Whoosh" game, and then more police and thief! It was pretty engaging for everybody. No one had problem mingling with one another considering we had a lot of new faces in this party. I think it was really fun last night! Despite the rain everyone came pretty much on time and the party didnt end late as there are some people who have work the next day! I had a great time talking to everyone and Im glad that eveyrbody enjoyed themselves.

Oh there was gift exchange too! As i didnt prepare mine, I had to sacrificed this new tall piggy bank, which my mum bought for me, for the exchange. Thank god Nata got my present and she was kind enough to do a further gift exchange with me. hehhhehehe.. Thanks Nat!! So now that piggy bank is back to me! YAY! hehehee.... She's so nice! *Grins* *HUGs Nata!*

For the rest of this week now, it's FYP time

Some pictures yet to be uploaded....
Christmas Hunt



Christmas Party



Claudia's Kindergarten Graduation

Liberation Day! But not quite exciting since it means that I have to go back to school and concentrate fully on my FYP! But on a positive side, it means my parents are coming!!!! So nice to have them around.

Well, i guess my view of the importance of family has grown has changed and in fact i think i treasure them more than anything right now. Maybe it just the maturing process. Now that the gap between me and my parents are slowly closing in and it's easy to talk to them where they'll listen to what we want and say. I care a lot about them now than before.
Now at the top of my priority is my family. They are also the reason i'm contemplating abt my next step in life. I know i have that stupid 3 years bond, which now I kind of regret of taking it. I do want to go back and spend time with them and live with them day to day. Seeing them and enjoying our time together. Going on holiday together. I want that kind of bonding time. I dont feel like staying here and work and slog myself out, where prices and inflation is increasing exponentially!
Life would definitely be much simpler and easier in Indo. And definitely i dont have to pay for the roof over my head! Furthermore, i can probably help my bro and sis run the family business. Although i know nuts about it, but can still help them a little. I can also fulfil my dream of the cafe.

Talking abt the cafe, I realised i need to take up the course in order to know more abt running a kitchen. Even with a kitchen job, it's not sufficient. Without the course i would probably have to start a small setup so that there wont be any chaos. Oh well, maybe i'll start a really small one first...

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light. 2. Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word; I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I thy true son; Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3. Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight, Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight. Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower. Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power. 4. Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise, Thou mine inheritance, now and always: Thou and Thou only, first in my heart, High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

5. High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'ns Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.

A stress reliever, in the midst of my headache...

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Mum just called and i told her about my stomach flu and the whole week series of diarrhea, and the first thing she said was " So got lose weight???" Apparently i dont think i lost that much weight.. Doesnt seem like i lost any anyway.

Oh and I asked her abt her Japan trip! Yes, my parents are going to Japan in April for a week!! They are going to quite a few places. I'm not sure where but definitely Tokyo. Apparently their friend offered them a few Business Class tickets at the price of Economy Class on Malaysian Airline. There were a few more tickets but instead of asking us the children to go, she asked my cousin and her husband. Oh man... Japan!!!! But anyway i cant be going at that time since I will have my exams soon and also there's the FYP! ARHHH Japan!!! Since they'll be passing by KL, i might go up and see them.

My happiness was shortlived!!! As soon as i THOUGHT i have recovered, the next day i was sick again, a whole day episode of diarrhoea and followed by an acute tummy ache on sat morning. It was pretty bad!! Almost dragged myself to the hospital but after that i fell asleep and when i woke up, it was much better. So i just continued drinking the medicine from the doctor.

Today i'm much better, no tummy ache and no serious episodes of diarrhoea. I could still hit some balls on court this afternoon, just that we chose the wrong timing to play. The sun was very unforgiving. We all suffered a little heatstroke. I slept the whole afternoon away after that.

It's only one more week away to my exam! After that, the folks are coming over for a week. I can look forward to homecooking once again!! Yummy!! All cooked by my dearest mum. Nat and Ong are definitely looking fwd to more crabs too. My mum has suggested on cooking it again.

Okay for now i just wanna faster finish my revision. The sickness has definitely robbed me off a lot of time and time is running out.

I'm finally fine now... so happy!!! in fact i studied straight since just now 5pm till now.. of cos with occasional breaks in between.. Now am just going to revise some chinese characters, at least enough to equip me to go for my oral!

Probably another update is I'm into tennis now and i'm actually liking it a lot.. Can really make ur sweat drip like crazy!! And it makes you run around and around... It's a good exercise for the mind as well, but after playing it I would be so tired to do anything else. But i still like it...

I'm sick again! This time worse! THe last time i was down with flu for a few days and that was barely 2-3 weeks ago. On tuesday, i was down with stomach flu! Had bad diarrhoea, tummy ache, fever, poor appetite and i was very weak! It was a very bad thing to happen... I couldnt study, could only sleep and rest. Today the stomach seems pretty fine, but the headache still persists and i dont understand why, since i get enough sleep and rest all the time... tell me why!... haiz... sick sick sick...

Okay here's a short update.

I'm happy that my weeks of doing FYP has finally paid off and it's moving onto the next phase. But it was put on hold since I had 2 term papers due sometime next week. I finally finished 1 a few days ago and by this weekend, I'm determined to finish my 2nd paper.

This weekend is a long weekend. Most of my lectures are done. tomorrow has to do FYP for a while though since i've promised to meet the Prof on Monday, so must show something to him.

Today celebrated Claudia's birthday. Well just a small bbq that we had with the family. Lao Da and her family was in charge of meaty stuff. They made lamb chops and beef. It was good but a pity the lamb chops was too salty, cos of a understatement of sea salt, but it was not bad. I volunteered with seafood and chicken chops. While lao er and her family bought the basic bbq stuff like otahs and satay. I tried out the seafood bbq stuff from Jamie Oliver's latest book Jamie At Home. And it was fantastic. And then I made my own version of BBQed Chicken Chop. It was heavenly! Everyone liked it, even the kids. It was really simple and it didnt take long to marinade as well.

Initially we thought we had a lot of food, but thankfully we managed to finish everything clean, except maybe the satay. We had a really nice time, though it was a chore eating in the dark. There was very little lighting at lao da's bbq pit area.

I got Claudia a tennis racket since she'll be taking up the sports when she joins MGS Primary School next January. Time really flies and she's already 6 this year. Meiyi (I chose it, actually) got her a Winx Club lunch box. What is Winx Club? Well, it's just one of those young girls stuff! Like Bratz and all those girls' clubs.

She was definitely very very happy today. Pics have been uploaded.

Oh i also went to cut my hair. I actually like my current hair style but somehow, i feel that the upper part of the hair looked like i just permed my hair.. Dont you think so?

I must admit, at the rate I'm cooking stuff, I'm really stressed out. Stressed out that i'm not able to handle my FYP well. Things are not turning out well. I'm suck with time management. Neither do i want to be managed, it's a lot of things that is tearing me apart from within. Plus the pressure from my families to do well, and at least to get the honour ! It's just like facing the impossible. I've not really gone out for a week, except for church! Neither do i feel like going out, cos I have a bloody lot of things to do.

I may look easy going, but i guess inside me i'm really stressing out and freaking out. Thank goodness i have cooking to rely on. With each moment, i'm not able to handle my situations i just turn to cooking. It is such a relief to be able to control something. And cooking gives me that. Although i may be trying for something new i know for sure i can control the taste and stuff if i watch it well. But i guess i cant apply the same thing with my life. And how my life is turning out and how everyone is really watching me makes it uncontrollable and the fear is really freaking me out. How i truly truly wish tht this damned degree wasnt a Honours one. At least by now i would have graduated and not dealing with FYP. I just feel that I'm not suited.

EAch day the will to be a chef, to open up my own cafe, just get stronger and stronger. But i know it's no easy feat! I've been watching Jamie's Chef closely and looking at how they start up a little pub in Britain and the kitchen work itself can really stress one out too. There needs to be a really good co-ordination between kitchen and the cafe staff. How to handle crowds, menu. All these makes it hard but somehow it is not as scary as facing my studies now. I'm somehow beginning to detest my study life. I'm not saying i'm not enjoying the student's life. I love the life, carefree and although independent but somehow the expectation is less demanding. But the studying part is the part where i really detest and i know for sure i will have no qualms saying "I hated Studying! Uni makes me hate studying"

Food was fantastic yesterday.. chicken was so so though. I love my ratatouille.... Words cant describe how nice and sweet are the vegetables. I'm loving cooking more and more each day and the passion is really growing. This past week, i've tried to make risotto! and it was nice to start with. Even nata who was initially repulsed by the thought due to some bad experience with it, complimented it. I made salmon pie today for the family and it was really good and simple. It's such a joy to cook and trying to come up with the right taste and when u get it, it just feels so good and make you proud of being able to do it. I must thank God for this gift, cos I know without His guide, i wouldnt be able to do it. All the wonderful things that He had created, from the simplest vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, they can lead to beautiful dishes and yummy too.

The Menu

Appetizer

Bacon and Mushroom with Buttercup Lettuce Salad

Main

Bacon-wrapped stuffed chicken fillets with Leeks and Wine sauce
Spaghetti with Garlic Sausage in Lin's special sauce

Dessert

Banana, Chocolate and Cheese pizza

SHARKS!!! only Singaporeans and PR!!!! =_____________+

Should I join this?????? How long do u think i can last? excerpt from http://www.mediacorpradio.sg/subaru2007/index.asp MediaCorp Radio Subaru Impreza Challenge 2007 Battle of the Sexes

Singapore’s highly-celebrated survivor challenge returns with a twist! Jointly organized by Motor Image Enterprises and MediaCorp Radio since 2002, participants of this year’s challenge can look forward to pitting their strengths in two camps – women versus men. This year’s challenge revolves around the theme of Mars and Venus, whereby one male and one female survivor will each walk away with a Brand New Subaru Impreza 1.5R. Starting from 7.00 am on Saturday, 3 November 2007 at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, contestants will have to register on site personally. A lucky draw will be conducted to determine their allocated palm position on the car. The Challenge will start at 1pm sharp where the contestants will place their palms on assigned cars. In response to the overwhelming support the challenge has received, the number of qualifying contestants for 2007 will increase from 320 to 400, with 200 male and 200 female participants. Singaporeans can definitely look forward to a much bigger and more exciting event this November. The twist to the challenge is, between the last male and female standing, the one who outlasts the other will win a Brand New Subaru Impreza 1.5R (MI Rally Team Edition/Manual) worth $68,000 and the other winner will win a Brand New Subaru Impreza 1.5R (Manual) worth $58,000. Please note that both cars do not include COE, road tax, insurance, IU unit, radio license and registration fee.

Currently hooked onto facebook! well it's fun in its own ways with all its adorable and amazing applications that get u so hooked. SO much so that u just didnt realise u've spent 3 hours on facebook alone.

Well nata has been harping on me about my craze over facebook but hey, guess what! She's currently hooked as well!

Recently nata proposed a good idea about opening a 'catering' service. Doing what i enjoy most and letting other people have a taste of it. Probably just target people who live nearby. Initially i thought that it might be very troublesome, especially with deliveries, buying supplies and etc. But yesterday i read an article in Sunday Times about these brothers who are doing something like that except that it's done in their house. Of course on mine, i wouldnt be able to do it in my house, it'll be a complete madness. So she suggested the function rooms. The idea is more or less there. And i think it's no harm trying and we are going to try it next weekend. This week we'll probably start our market research and see how everything falls.

As for the menu, I have come up with something simple, which I'll reveal sometime next week.

As for the name of this catering service, I dont really have a name for it. Any suggestion??? Lin's Kitchen?

A night full of laughters and giggles

My dearest best friends!
No matter what, nothing can change the fact that I love them!

My hp is spoilt. The thing is it's still alive but just crippled. It got in contact with some water and apparently it was long enough for the water to short-circuit the IC circuit so all the buttons on the phone are not working. Despite the hair-dryer blowing it dry, but i think it was already soaked by then.

For now i'm uncontactable till i got my extra phone.

You Are an Excellent Cook

You're a top cook, but you weren't born that way. It's taken a lot of practice, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of learning. It's likely that you have what it takes to be a top chef, should you have the desire...

Are You A Good Cook?

Pictures from the SG Fireworks festival 2007

my apologies for MIA-ing for so long, but i guess i'm really really busy this time. I have been trying to give it my all for my FYP, trying to do my best! It's tough but i pray i can do a good job for it. Doing research, especially scientific, is such a bore but i have to do it! All the equations and experiments that i'm reading up on are really confusing me and my brain is not able to understand the language used in the book as well. So tis few weeks it's gonna be hell for me. It's coming to september and I'm set to finish my FYP by end of this year. But i'm not too optimistic about it looking at the state i'm in, but im hoping that i will be able to get over this hurdle and proceed on the testing. Argh, i just cant wait for everything to be over.

This week is definitely gonna be a yummy week. As long as im home, i'll be definitely cooking new stuff! I just have this urge to just whip up all the good food! I cooked Chicken and leeks, gazettes yesterday and it felt great to be whipping up good food again.

I'll definitely be making the stuff that i learnt frm Brendon while I was in Sydney and also i'll be making some stuff inspired from the new Jamie book that i recently bought and also the magazine tat i got from Sydney.

I have a wicked recipe for bbq ribs and chicken and there are also some stuff that i wanna try to make, like scallop and mango salad, and clams risotto and maybe some creamy mussels. Argh i cant wait. They've been stuck in my head for quite a while now.

The girls (nat and linsey) are crazy over the grapes gazettes that i made yesterday and both are urging me to make more and more. Haha.

Thank God i have more free slots right now, but of course there's my FYP research. It has started and i'm doing this research on a new coating technology and hopefully it'll be easy for me. My prof has been kind and my supervisor has been good to me too. I'm enjoying the moment right now since it gives me some time to do my cooking too! =)

http://public.fotki.com/cmanling/sydney-trip

BewaRE, tonnes of pics to see
But the nice Marlin has at least made it into different folders. =)

I must admit Sydney is really a nice place to live in. I am truly enjoying myself here. Food is great, scenery is great, weather and ambience is great and the people are pretty okay. Furthermore the company here is great. I've got Eli and Gret, next Elaine and the family would be migrating here and i ahve some more people whom i've not contacted over here. Sydney is huge and i really like it since we have a lot of places to discover actually.

Wombat chasing The kids having fun on the pick up
Our dinner at Southern Highlands

Giant Drop and Tower of Terror

The Claw
Batwing (throws you upwards, and lets you go after that)

I'm back! =) Australia was fun! GC was not too bad although it's a really tiny place. The theme parks boast a lot of pretty terrifying rides which i didnt dare to take. The Giant Drop in Dreamworld is enough to kill my guts by just watching it. But i did take the Tower of Terror.


Movieworld was a fun place too although it's quite small, but i've been warned so i was not shocked.





But overall i like Sydney trip the best actually and I'm glad we spent quite sometime over there. At least enough for me to try and experience their way of living.


While we were in Sydney, we went to stay at a friend's place at Windsor and it was fun to see the scenery over there. She has 2 ponies and a pedic and a nice house with a backyard big enough for a pony to roam about. I was amazed and it's not like she's rich or anything. She rented her place at the same price I'm paying for mine currently. Amazing! I was literally shocked at how cheap the housing is over there compared to here. After a rough estimation and calculation, I figured that I can actually save more money if I were to move over to Aust.



Then there was also the experience from staying at Southern Highlands. It's a nice countryside and the view on our way there was so fantastic!! The hills and mountains, the valleys, it was so beautiful! Then there was the cows, the horses, kangaroos and wombats, it was really a sight! The place we stayed is a really nice place. THough the house is small but his land is so vast!! It was a cosy place to be also. They built a small house at the backyard full with toilet and bedroom. We stayed in that little hut and I loved the experience, although there were frogs in the toilet bowl. Dinner was cooked using the bonfire oven kind. Those stuff that you see in cowboys movie. We had roasted lamb and pork, it was fantastic! And for entertainment we went for wombat chase! The owner had a lorry and we all stood at the back while he drove us to the pedic that has lots of kangaroos and wombats. It was 2 degrees that night and we all were freezing, and mind you he drove pretty fast too! Elaine was all covered up from head to toe, exxcept the eyes. I couldnt feel my nose! But it was fun fun fun! Good fun! In the middle of the wombat chase, we got chased by the cows and I panicked since I was at the most back and the place where i stood only has this railing for supporting my back but not my bum. At anytime if the cows were gonna be ramming into us, they would definitely ram into my bum! And it was pretty scary since they were making a lot of noises and started to run really really fast, and their eyes were sort of glowing! And it was in the middle of a really large field in the middle of the night mind you. Oh i took the chance to see the stars too. I just looked up to the sky and all I see was like the space is right in front of my eyes. It was so nice and beautiful. There were thousands and thousands of twinkling stars and it got me speechless just watching it.


Okay folks more stories later. Now it's time to study... =)

And also, my very first parking fine!

Pretty stupid of me, actually. I guess i'm still not used to tearing coupons since most places uses the cashcard IU for parking payments. Sat night, i drove a friend home and when i got back i didnt need to use any parking coupons. But it seems i learnt my lessons at quite a price! 30 bucks! Oh well, at least next time i'll remember to put.

At LAST, I can now drive legally! =)

My work period has been extended! Well actually i'm covering for nata since she's going to be having her exams soon and our supervisor had actually added another project onto her plate. And truth be told, i actually kinda like the job now! =) unexpected. Well it does get boring when the clock strike 530, but it's fun and i get to call all kinds of people. Today itself, im pretty impressed with the Singaporeans that i call. Initially i got the impressions that people would just bang down the phone. But 80% of those i called were real friendly. 10% signed up to the seminar that i was promoting and it was actually quite good to hear all these friendly people giving the 'unexpected' answers, ie Yes, sign me up!

I figured the initial few days of the job were tiring for me since it's a big transition from the lazy and slack person to be able to wake up early daily to go to work. Right now i understand how it feels to feel tired after work! and how i just wish for rest on my weekends. Last sat was bad, i went out for a couple of hours for the high tea with my family and i could really feel drained out.

The company in the office has been kind. All of the part-timers are pretty friendly while i've got crazy supervisors around. They are all pretty much PR people who really know how to socialise but they do mean business when it comes down to work. I guess they really know how to play n work. Lunch time though only an hour (+15-20mins) but it's really the time of the day that i really look forward to each day. Not because i get to eat but because i get a break from calling and it's just a time for dilly-dallying. Time somehow pass faster with lunch break around. =)

Well my real last day would be either friday or monday, and i think this time has actually mean something for my life. It's a nice experience and unforgetable. It definitely teaches u to treat all telemarketers with some respects yah! (Of course unless the telemarketers are annoying and refuses to leave u alone, those deserves the 'hang up' treatments.)

On tuesday, after i woke up, nata was offering me a job as a telemarketer at marissa's ex company. So i said ok and she actually urged me to go and take my shower cos the interview was at 12 noon, but as i had driving that day, I didn't go but she did.

After my driving ended, i met her again and she told me that the company are in need of people, so they are going to conduct a phone interview for me. After the call, i was hired and my working hours are 8.30-6! I was a bit 0.O! cos I'm not exactly a morning person but watever it is, it's only for 4 days! I thought it was a no biggie.

At the end of day 1, I was already feverish and that night we would be going back late since we were catching the latest Harry Potter show. (It was an okay show for me). On day 2, i was really dragging myself out of bed, draggin myself to work and worse I have to squeeze my way through to get to the train because of the morning rush hour. By the end of the day, I was also dragging myself home. It was really tiring. I slept over at my cousin's place babysitting the kids and fell asleep at 9.30. Now i know the feeling when everyone looks fwd to weekend because today I welcomed weekend with a really big welcome!!! And on monday, it's my last day!!!! YEAH!!!

Anyway my job is not easy although it is just talking on the phone. My job requires me to invite top management people, like MD, CEO, COO, CIO and GM to come attend this exclusive meeting and it's not easy convincing these people. Getting through to talk to them is also as difficult. And after working for 3 days, today i started getting people who are really interested and agreed to turn up for the meeting. It was a joy to be able to get those confirmed. It is an interesting experience. Well i dont know if i want to do it some more, but it's not my preferred part time job definitely. Right now both nata and I are actually falling sick and we might lose our only asset, ie our voices.

While we were at Science Centre.....

It was a really interesting place to be at. Another day, I would love to visit discovery centre. Anyone keen to go with me?

While we were at KLIA on the way to JB

At Sentosa playing sky luge, I love it. I particularly like this photo a lot as it has a lot emotion and the pic shows how fun is the ride.
At the beach
Doing my star jump!!
Group Pic

Been a nice week to just stay home and play my 'Innocent Life' the whole week. Nata has been going on and on abt how good the life of a student is. Truly it's a good and enjoyable one, well of course, except the studying part. Being an undergrad entitles you to never ending holidays!! I know it's 'bad' that I'm not doing anything productive at all like the rest of the social norm. But let me be a foolish and lucky girl to be able to enjoy a holiday like this.

This week is also a recuperating week since I had been travelling to and fro the whole of last week. And then, there was the Vertu saga happened, which I'm just gonna leave it hanging there since it was a ridiculous saga. Let's just say it's a stupid thing involving a 17.5K hp and its disappearance over a couple of hours. And it involved me travelling KL-SG and SG-KL in a day.

The Malaysia trip was fun. The company was great, most of all. And it sure didnt cost me a lot too. It kinda felt like bag-packing but just that I stayed in hotels instead of bagpackers hostels. It was a budget trip and it kinda felt good. Although I've been in and out of malaysia for the past 10 years but last week's trip felt like it's a maiden trip for me. I guess it's the thing with discovering everything by myself instead of being driven around that made all the difference.

Oh im excited over Australia trip. It's 20 more days to the trip and I'm gonna be gone for 3 weekends. Ok I'm excited and also not excited since the end of the trip means that it'll be school term again. This time it will take a full year since it'll be FYP year. and it also means it's my last long longgg longgggg holiday! (unless of course i change job, i would most likely take a month break or something.!!)

\House == a place where you reside in.

Home == place where it includes your family members as important factors (somewhere along that line)

For me, my house is in Singapore, but home is truly in Indo. I have not felt so home-y and just be in so much comfort than now. My bro and sis are great, my parents , though sometimes quite naggy but they are pretty okay. I hv friends and relatives who are nice enough to fill the free time i have. So much so that now i think my stay here is too short. I do miss Singapore. Although i dont really miss the place, but I miss the people over there. So much so that I'm dreaming abt them in my dream.

The most recent one has got to be the coffee session with Meiyi and Stef. It was so real, us drinking coffee at TCC, just talking.

My parents are thinking of acquiring the land behind my house and building it into a warehouse for our work purposes, and we are going to have a bigger kitchen and maybe make a room downstairs for my parents. Since they'll be old, they wont be able to climb the staircase that well by then. So have to move the master bedroom downstairs. I suggested maybe they could make a room for me and they were in shock abt it. I told them it's for my use when i come back and i told them of my plan to go back if my bro and sis are going to China for mandarin studies or if one of them are going overseas to study. They told me to stay on in Singapore and work there, cos somehow it would be foolish to go back. The cost that we've spent on my studies wont be recovered should i work in indo. They are not that supportive about me going back to indo. I'm still confused abt this part, and i've been weighing this option for quite sometime.

For me, life in indo is going to be a lot easier and a lot cheaper so i can save a lot of money. But it's not gonna be easy working for people ard here unless, i can find a MNC here. Furthermore, i always have reservations and criticize the way things are done here.

In SG of course the job prospect is good. But it's not home. And somehow maybe cos im getting older and mature, and my parents are not that young anymore, i wanna spend more time with them and the family before we all go on our separate paths, especially for me and my siblings. I've been away from them half my life. And the attachment somehow comes late for me, but it's there and it's getting stronger. Although i'm independent, but being showered with love from your family beats the wants of taking care everything by myself. I do want to be pampered by them. I want to be the responsible sister and i do want to do my part as firstborn.

But of course my parents discouragement for me to go back for good is a hindrance. Further there's also a great number of people whom i have to leave if I come back. They are also important. For they are in my dreams almost every night. Be it the 2 girls and my 2 little princesses.

I guess for now, I shall leave my options open and I'll wait for God to take me where He knows what's best for me.

Heroes is great!!! a very interesting show indeed. I'm towards the end of finishing the first season already! Probably, i can even finish it by tonight.

And talking abt heroes, i was just thinking, if we all have that kind of dna, what kind of abilities do I want. I was thinking of being able to fly. It's just so cool!

Last night went for a badminton game, it was a fantastic game playing with them. Now i've got backaches. But for some reason my sugar level went down during the game, i almost black out! Gave me such a shock. But yeah it was fun and definitely made me exercise more.

Well i'm back in indo right now. It was a last minute thing since my parents missed me too much and insisted that i go back earlier. It was a morning flight and i got very little sleep last night as the last minute decision caused me to have to clean the rooms, pack and get some last minute stuff.

What i did today? Eat. Sleep. Eat. Sleep. Talk to bro, read book. Sleep. Talk to sis. Sleep. Then at night after dinner i went to my friend's place to visit them while my bro n sis were having meeting with the church people. For some reasons i feel very sick today, and just keep sleeping the whole day. I didnt even go for my haircut and my hairdresser wont even be around till mid of next month.

Right now i think im going to sleep again. =)

Words that been said and time that's been lost may not be retractable but if actions are taken rather procrastination is done, it would definitely have made the difference.

Happy Birthday Hana!!

On tuesday, we threw a surprise party to celebrate Hana's 21st. It was pretty hard to pull but in the end, managed to pull it off! =) Her expression there was really shocked. Was so happy to see her turn 21!

Well I was the bad one cos i started to spray her with whipped cream all over her.. Then it just started spreading. She was covered in them.

Hany invited all her other friends from SAJC and La Salle. They were the surprise of the night.

Okay for now let the pics themselves show u the fun and her priceless shocked expression

Pirates 3 is GREAT!!! A must watch, and u must concentrate when u watch it, cos there's so much things included in the show that requires concentration when u watch it. It's got more funny jokes. Other than that, i shall keep mum!!! =)

When simple maths is that complicated part 2 (part 1 was nata remember?).....

D: So marleen, the exchange rate is 22.5 Baht right? That means 1sing is 90 bahts...
me: Hah? (staring at her blankly)
D: Exchange rate is 22.5 bahts right? So 1SGD is 90 Bahts lah!!
me: (still look at her blankly! one eyebrow up!)
D: Correct wat!
T: Da, what are u talking abt! 1 SGD 90 bahts?
me: Dawn wake up laH! 1SGD is 22.5 bahts laH!
D: (blank!) OOOOOOOOOOO (lol) i meant 4SGD is 90 bahts...
me n T: -_______________-!!!!

Bangkok trip!

Bangkok trip was really fantastic. That is wat happen when you put 5 shopaholics together. From the trip, we've also found out who is the true blue shopaholic!! It was Eugene. He overspent like siao and his money runs out really fast. He bought lots of stuff. Well we also bought lots of stuff. I overspent by 150sing... but it was worth it lah.. shopping in bangkok!! It was madness really.

There was a lot of things being accomplished during the trip. Dawn's longing for donuts was accomplished and u can see it from the pics. Everyone just went crazy after buying the donuts and i think the Thais in the store must be thinking that we've never eaten donuts before. Tessa got herself quite a good deal with the jeans, short and skirts. I got myself lots of new tees. Eugene got himself broke in Bangkok after buying MANY MANY stuffs. Fidz got just enough despite her food poisoning on the 2nd day.

Some places were overrated, like MBK. I prefer the night market, especially Suan Lum, cos the stuff are more interesting and I have the bargaining power to slash the prices. I got stuff at 1/5th of the price!! so it was good lah. I enjoy tat a lot. At Chatucak it was fine, got quite a lot of cheap stuff. But most of the time cant really get a good bargain, since there's many people there and they are not facing a lack of customers, unlike in the night market. We even got into an argument with one of the chips seller, while bargaining for durian chips. In the end, we refused to buy from her.

Food, i must say, Thailand got the best food, after KL. The beef noodles, the tom yam, the green vegs are all so nice!!! Dawn mentioned that after this trip, she has acquired the taste of beansprouts and tomatoes! We love the pad thai a lot! Tessa and I love the sukiyaki too! Not the japanese sukiyaki though. This one is spicy fried tang hoon! This trip is probably the only time we all see Tessa eating a lot! I mean a lot for Tessa. Usually she doesnt eat much, whenever we meet up. The sharks fin and abalone was really nice too! We love the thai's crab tang hoon! And most importantly they are darn cheap!!! Poor fidz got food poisoning because of the roadside stall beef noodles. Well at least it was fantastic and she ate it with much gusto too! Probably worth the suffering bah..She had to stay in the whole of Sunday.

We've sort of found our travelling partners through this trip. This group is definitely good for travelling since we've not managed to stop laughing everyday. Either due to lame stuff or due to our funny stories abt the pictures that we've taken. We came up with a story abt our donut discovery, Dawn teaching 'ballet', and many others which are really funny.

Weeeeee... finally bangkok trip is here!!! Tomorrow will be off to bangkok till monday! =) a really short weekend getaway!

We've been looking fwd to this trip since beginning of this month! We've been counting down everyday!!! each time we meet is always spent on yakking abt bangkok. Bern and Kelvin have been a helpful lot, telling us wat to do, where to go and wat to look out for. My cousin been so nice too compiling lots of info for us.

This trip is really looking like a bagpack trip and it will be really fun!!!! Cant wait for tomorrow!!!

Oh OH OH

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR MEIYI!!!! (on the 18th... not 19th) Hope you have a great year ahead!! Hope u find someone special sooN! =)

I just got back from our birthday dinner at Swissotel Raffles the Plaza. Had peranakan buffet spread, but well maybe i had a bit too high an expectation on how the food would turn out. Thank god got the member card. Dessert was okay with all the kuehs, but thank god for creme brule, my dessert feast was superb!!! I had 5 creme brules and it was fantastic!!!! I loved it. While the 2 savours the durian paste, i was really enjoying every spoonful of the creme brule.

In the afternoon, mei and I went to the zoo and it was still pretty much the same with the exception of the addition of the Australian Outback section. A bit pathetic only had a few kangaroos and then 2 birds. Some of the places are being upgraded, so cant see some of the animals. But well the company was great!

Oh well i should be sleeping soon! Will be taking the train down to Changi! (1st time!!)

At butter factory last Sat.

Sharks, too bad Rina and Reza wasnt in the picture. Last Saturday went for clubbing at butter factory. Rina, Reza, Raina and Rebecca came along with us. There were more but i dont know their names. They were all Rina's friends. At least now i know who i can mobilise to make clubbing a merrier affair.

This time round clubbing is much more fun since there wasnt any jostling, squashing to the cage or lack of space to dance around. It is so much better than MOS. We saw Howard and Shan Wee that night. Shan Wee is sure tall! He is a head taller than anyone in the crowd. He looks cute too! I was teasing Raina's lil sister, Rebecca to take a picture with him. I think we both kinda regret that we didnt! =)

What Marlin Means

M is for Mystical A is for Animated R is for Radiant L is for Lively I is for Ideal N is for Nervy

What Does Your Name Mean?

Your Blog Should Be Purple

You're an expressive, offbeat blogger who tends to write about anything and everything. You tend to set blogging trends, and you're the most likely to write your own meme or survey. You are a bit distant though. Your blog is all about you - not what anyone else has to say.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

You Are a Mac

You are creative, stylish, and super trendy. You demand the best - even if it costs an arm and a leg.

Are You a Mac or a PC?

IS THIS ME?

You Are Cookie Monster

Misunderstood as a primal monster, you're a true hedonist with a huge sweet tooth. You are usually feeling: Hungry. Cookies are preferred, but you'll eat anything if cookies aren't around. You are famous for: Your slightly crazy eyes and usual way of speaking How you life your life: In the moment. "Me want COOKIE!"

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

As you can see from the countdown to my holiday, it has turned to all 0s, which means...

HOLIDAY IS HEREEEEEEEEE

This is great! 3 months is here... which means i'm a step closer to

• Mei's birthday!
• Bangkok Trip!
• GOING BACK INDO!!!
• KL Trip
• WPG 07
• and Lastly AUSTRALIA TRIP!!!!!!

This is a great lot of travelling i know.. It's just my great fortune to have great and supportive parents. But of course I'm paying for Bangkok myself.. although it's a very short trip but im sure it'll be fun exploring Siam. All those good n cheap food. For Dawn, she's DYING to eat donuts there. And then for us all, SHOPPING! Well i know that there's lots of worrying abt bombings and stuff, but hey there's always risk everywhere. And nothing is ever safe, so just enjoy the moment.

Of course there's my dearest friend birthday coming.. Well we more or less have planned wat to do. Of course i will be looking fwd to celebrate it. Now it's just a matter of the present... She better come up with that wish list soon.

I'm very much looking fwd to going back too. Cos i miss everyone back at home. And the other thing is that i have the car... So can drive as much as i want!! This time i'll hunt for their presents in Bangkok. At least something new to bring back. I think i have to bring a HUGE luggage for the trip man. How am I gonna stuff so many things. My cousin even asked me to buy 10 polo tees for him. IMagine 10!!!!

Anyway today I met up with Stef and Mei for dinner at Clarke Quay and boy Central has a lot of good and cheap japanese food!!! I love the place that we went to. We went to Wakaru and they serve really yummy udon and ramen. The cheese hotate was fantastic!! And it's not pricey at all. I want to try the authentic ramen stall just beside it. I forgot the name but they really serve simple dishes but really authentic. Even the shop itself gives you the atmosphere of Japan. Then there was the japanese western food restaurant. It looks pretty good too! It reminded me and meiyi of the japanese restaurant that we went to while we were in HK. We took lots of silly pics but the pics are all in Stef's camera.Well it was a very saturday night for me. I enjoyed it a lot. Everything just falls perfectly, just like how i want my weekend to be. Good company, good food and a Great time together.

Another day, I wanna do a photoshoot at Clarke Quay. It's a nice place to take pictures. But of course, that will have to wait till i get better lens. =) On the weekend, it truly comes alive to me and it'll be nice to be taking pictures of people, emotions on an iconic background.

I'm really considering of going to Botanics on Tuesday. It'll be a nice time to relax there. Or maybe play a game of frisbee, or two. hehehe.. Anybody wanna go???

when simple maths really got you thinking....

N: You see lin! this morning there's 4 dollars in my ez-link!! AND NOW! Only left with 10!!!
me: HaH? Huh?
N: Really!!! FROM 4 DOLLARS, And you see now...
me: HUH????
N: EHhhhhh... (burst into laughter)... sh*t haahahah.... i meant 14 bucks!
me: O.o!!!!! u are really mathematically challenged man! (laughs)

My first exam went pretty okay... But i dont think my essays were very good though, oh well but at least it was a good start to the exams. =)

Yesterday my church team lost during our captain's ball competition against AMK Methodist Church. It was a hard fight for both junior and senior team. What made it worse was that it was raining HEAVILY prior to the start of the match. It was postponed till the rain stopped. During the match it was very very slippery, well i didnt fall but my ankle is now rather painful since i didnt put on any ankle guard. At times, the opponents were rather irritating, flouting so many rules while their referees were slacking and ours was too awkward to point out. They were pretty rough too for a friendly match and somehow it just ignited my "wrath". Not exactly wrath but just exasperation and frustration from the constant snatching and hitting on the head. The other team even broke one of their glass window just to snatch the ball from us. That was the extent of the game.

But we had fun and at least we know that we must buck up for these games. We were also more untied than theirs at the least. We supported one another and i think it was good enough for us. Right now i'm in elaine office waiting for her to accompany me to the sinseh to fix my ankle. =(

an update for nana... (i cant afford 3 hourly updates... hope this will do! =p)

this is my 600th post!!!(whoaa!!)

and im 1 day away from the start of my exam and im about 6 days away from the end of it. I'm soooooo looking fwd to my holiday! The long awaited holiday!! 3 and a half months EXACTLY!

well the past few days have managed to do up some readings on sociology, this is the one module that looks easy but not so easy afterall since we need a lot of proofs and have to look at things from the sociologist's perspectives. But it is interesting just that reading the dready reports proved to be a very tedious and boring process. But i must read them so that some figures will hopefully stay in my head and i can use to them to my advantage. I managed to finish studying in time for my technical electives too! Basically something like core module for engineering. And then i'll be left with chinese, eng prof and law which can still be done the day before the exams. Thank god 2 exams are open book! and the closed books ones are ok in terms of their difficulties.

I'm sure a week would fly past and it will be the weekend and the start to my freedom!!! =p! but i seriously need a job in between or maybe anyone wanna support me?? (*wink2 at nat!!*) or maybe dream abt my dream cafe and probably do a research or work on the food stuff!

Well right now i just have this vision of opening a cafe. Im thinking of doing it when i go back indo. Why indo? Well in my town, all the cafes pretty sucks.. They serve good coffees, good ice cream but nothing on food. Opening here is a rather risky investment, as cafes are everywhere and then cost price and rentals cost are just too steep for an investor to gain a considerable amt of profit. Breaking the market in indo is definitely easier to do, especially since rich kids over there are pretty generous. =p. In my town, i can hardly find a good cafe place with yummy food. Most of the food are just fried stuff and the usual spaghetti, which is seriously boring to me. Definitely i have to test the market too with the kinds of food that im going to serve. It will be easy to rely on the younger genrations but im hoping that i can break into the elder generations market as well. If i can accustom the food to their tastebuds, it would definitely be a bonus point.

This vision is getting clearer each day! Especially with the encouragements from friends! =) And also from the daily food that i come up with. Thanks for Jamie's recipes, i learnt to modify certain stuff and make it very very yummy. Well i sure have learnt abt using herbs and in fact i think herbs play an important role in making your food yummy.

The plan is if the cafe does well in indo and I earn a lot a lot of profit from it, if I can afford it, I will definitely open 1 here. Here, I have Fidz who have offered to be my coffee connoiseur or maybe my baker! She can definitely bake!! I tried my hand at baking and i fared badly for it! I know i cant bake for nuts! I'll try slowly! At least i wanna try my hand at making meringue!!! I love to eat them! Especially the hard ones..

Ok im writing longer and longer post. I did not intend to write this much! Thanks to Hana!!! =___=... arghh.. im off to read more abt my sociology!( *back to reality mode*)

well since 2 people have talked abt their dark days and stress time, I shall share some of mine as well.

To me, the A's and O's were not all that stressful or tat scary. With the presence of 10 year series somehow i know and i have expectation as to what the questions will be like. I wasnt really struggling then but I know what motivated me the most. It was to beat my cousin's grade.. Haha.. well that was because my uncle pressured me so much and I was angry at him sometimes cos he really looked down on my schools and my grades. But had it not been for him, I think i wont do so well also. The exams wasnt scary but more of my uncle's nagging and scolding were pressurising. At least it gives me some passion and fire to study! I know during the O's i studied but not to the full potential. It was only in A's when I watched that Tamahome show... I cant remember the title but it was some anime by Watase Yuu.. i got encouraged by this character to LOVE studying. And tat actually made me in love with studying... I was prepared by the time it was prelim and i didnt have to do much studying after that...

I think my most stressful period is in the uni. WHen i entered the big ocean, I found myself to be really small and was swimming ard but cant seem to fit in. I had a lot of problems then, like studying or even doing things to my best ability. It's like my best is not the best yet. I had to deal a lot with my confidence level. My self esteem was gone by the time i finished my first year. I even went into a dark period with God. I couldnt face Him at all wat more to pray to Him. I was ashamed to face Him. But then encouragement from my DG group brought me up again. I found more friends. i got closer to Reina , Kenneth and Mike and those people helped me a lot. They indirectly caused me to be more relaxed and that I'm not alone in the big ocean. But yeah when it comes to exam, I do still get stress out! but not that bad anymore, since I've regained my confidence and self esteem. I was facing the pressure of how come i cannot do well just like the rest. But i realised everyone is not the same and that I just have to give everything my best even if it's not the best in the eyes of education.

I do want to graduate with honours, but in this ocean, I dont think it's quite possible for me now. Trying to increase my CAP is really like swimming against this strong current and almost seems impossible. But I'm doing my best to.

Now i'm dying to graduate. It's one more year to graduation and finally it's the day i've been looking fwd to. Not that im dying to enter the society but at least it's because it's the day that I end my education. I dont have an intention to further my studies. Enough is enough. NEither am i looking fwd to working alctually! haha.. After my studies i wish to take a break first. I dont know what Im going to do though. We'll see abt that. Come wat may.

with 1 more week before exam, there isn't much time for me to start studying! The last 3 days have been quite a hell for me.. Every night i have to go back to school and come back in the early wee hours for some sleep and then pull an all nighter again the next day! And it's all because of the robot. Just hours away from the presentation, it starts to fall apart. From the DC motor and now the gears! It's very tiring and very discouraging also. Everyone is putting their all and yet the robot is none too helpful either.

I'm physically drained as a result and i'm just hoping im not gonna be sick during the exams period. Everyday is full of activity about the robot and a lot of time wasted because of that too.

Well the presentation was supposed to be today, but apparently both the teams doing this project have failed to show that the robot is able to climb up the staircase. So the 'kind' prof decides to have another demo for it next wednesday! Which means we cant concentrate on our other subjects. If it's any help, this robot is 100% of the module's grade. We were so ready to relax after the presentation but with this 'chance' we have to rectify our technical problems and crack our head for some light on the programming. And worse still as days passed by more and more problems came up and it's all new problems. It's a tiring project all in all and my time is truly robbed by it. My weekend is burnt. I had been planning that on weekdays i will study doubly hard while i enjoy the weekend. But now looks like there's no such privillege for me anymore.

ArGh@!

(courtesy of Stef's blog)

My definition of weekend.... STRESS-FREE!!!

Well, the past few weeks i've been chased after deadlines non stop by all the modules.. To the point that my brain got 'damaged' and i was on a total brain dead system.. Basically i just went blank, i couldn't really do anything and when i have to think or rake my brain for ideas or something, i just get really tired and i lost focus. That period where my brain malfunctioned was really bad as the deadline kept on coming one after another. And then teammates pushing u on and making you feel as if you've not done anything at all, the pressure just adds on. Thank god for the good friday long weekend, i was able to relax my poor brain and recharge the system.

On Good Friday, mei and I visited stef's church. Well somehow i still prefer my own church, i guess cos it's small and everyone knows everyone. It just feels cosy. Where after the service ended there's always that refreshment session where we all have breakfast and we catch up with one another. Although sometimes the speakers can get too carried away and go too deep into a message and gets boring, but I have grown accustomed to it and I could still feel the camaderie of the church. I guess now i can safely say that although there may be good or bad management in the church, ultimately it is God's plan and we are not really in a position to challenge them or to judge them but to follow and let God take the lead for He knows what is best for us.

Anyway sat and sun i spent the day reading my readings stack, baking chicken pie, uzapping.. and in the nights, I enjoyed the company of nata's mum and aunt. Her aunt gave me lots of good advices to improve that chicken pie.. (It's already fantastic in the first try!)

Well im awaiting for this week to be over, cos when it's over... I'm only left with one thing! EXAM!!!! should be able to cope this time round!

i was just looking at my old blog postings and this came up....

Each year we grew closer and closer. Today we are best friends and even flatmates. Living with her has also been great and full of crazy moments. Even when we quarrel or bicker it last barely 5 minutes before we go crazy again. There's never a boring moment with her, cos i know she will always have something funny to share or a story to tell. At times when we talk about serious matter, her maturity also helps. And defintely she is always ready to listen to my unhappiness or problems. But there's a time for it. For when she has her com and games in front of her, there is a chance that nothing even goes in to that ear!!! (heheheheheheh) But most of the time, she is there listening.

I always laugh at the looks of Albert and Fei whenever they see us bicker or having some arguments, sometimes with her "abusing" me, especially when the next moment we just go on saying abt something so amicably. They would always get so confused with our actions. But that's wat i have come to love about us. We can quarrel and then get back to our usual self without letting any of the arguments affect us.

She has come to be quite an important person in my life, whose judgment and advice i have come to trust fully in it. Well sometimes i dont, and i will really regret it. I have come to love this friend of mine and a lot of times, i expect too much from her and then the expectation hurts me. But today i have understood that no one is the same. And Im sure God has brought her to me for a reason.

Today is my deerest Friend birthday.. And i just wanna tell her that I love her a lot and life with her has been nothing but a blessing. Knowing her brought a lot of changes in me and im grateful for that. I hope she will like this little poem-like but not so much like it too. I hope our friendship grow stronger each day be it emotionally or spiritually.

A Great Friend.

You've been nothing but a blessing.
You've been nothing but a good advisor.
You've been nothing but a good confidante.
You've been nothing but a good listener.
You've been nothing but a GREAT FRIEND.

You've brought me nothing but Joy.
You've brought me nothing but Patience.
You've brought me nothing but Faith.
You've brought me nothing but Confidence.
You've brought me nothing but Temptation (comes to shopping n eating)
You've brought me nothing but Hope.

Your smile is always so contagious.
Your "anger" always make me laugh.
Sometimes your innocence always make me so amused.
Your sad face always brought me a drive to bring a smile to your face.
Your sad face always brought me a drive to chase away those problems that bother you.
And when finally i bring a smile to your face, im satisfied.

Thank you my friend for the changes in me.
Thank you my friend for bringing more and more people into my life.
Thank you my friend for withstanding the irritating things that i do.
Thank you my friend for tolerating my crap and lame-ness.
Thank you my friend for never chasing me away when i need you most.
Thank you for being always there for me.

Will you give me a chance to be such a Great FRIEND too??

Haiz.... with the heavy rain the whole setting just gets more melancholic and nostalgic...

Watever u do my friends, i'm always there for u! =)

Chloe's and My Birthday Pics

SGM Fellowship cum March Babies birthday celebration

Nathan and Natalie's Birthday celebration (beware lots of pics!)

More deadlines coming... but im glad im finishing them early! Just left with the robot...

Well it's been a long time since i blogged, mainly because i was busy with school work and spending time with friends. And busy in the kitchen whipping up great food! =) Have been quite pleased with the kinds of food that i came up with so far!

Apologies for now no pics available as i have moved my study space to the living room! So that i can watch the telly and study at the same time. It somehow makes my brain reacts faster that way! It makes me more alert!

Oh well at least although im busy, it is not all those engineering confusing stuff that im learning! I am just hoping that i can do better this sem! Hopefully....

So happY! A few days ago i found out that Starhub Maxonline were giving away 29" Samsung slim fit tv for new signups and existing customer!.

I was so happy cos I have been thinking of getting a tv in my room since Im paying the scv by myself and putting it outside is a little inconvenient. o.O.... (nat next time movie night can watch in the room!!! bigger tv!!! with a bed! bantal n guling.... )

o.o hmmm have i complicated my moving further?? i definitely need a lorry when i move house the next time. !-! oh wth it's free! and the retail price is $1099. So why wouldnt i take it.

THANK YOU!!!!

muacks!!

I'm very well on my way to improve my cooking skiLL!!!!

Look out for Palm's little kitchen at 2B #08-04!!!

OPENING SOON!

Well my second day of being 22 felt pretty normal with the exception of having my test and i think i screwed up. But wth after school had a good lunch with Stef at Beauty World and then shopped a bit for out fondue tonight. Tonight is a movie marathon night.

Yesterday was special!!

First yes i have school at 10am!!!!! sickening and i was supposed to be in school till 8 ;( but then there was 2 surprises in sch. The most shocking one was of course with the indos. I am not that close to them and they were all my friends in Chinese class but they are soo sweet. They bought me a cake and celebrated my birthday! And it was really unexpected since i only meet them once a week for class and for lunch and yet they could pull this off! So im touched.

Then with the Campus Crusade people, this one is expected cause we celebrate everybody's birthday. But it was purely coincidental that my birthday falls on the disciple group's meeting day. They got me this really cute baby cutlery set! They said that the bear reminds them of me.

I went home to find nata forgetting to order pizza and she went to sleep! So I called pizza and they told me it would take them an hour to deliver. Surprisingly 15mins later the bell rang and i heard the other side shouting SURPRISE!!! i thought it was hana and hany. But turned out to be my 2 sweet sweet girl!!! Stef and Meiyi. They came all the way bringing me my fave chocolate banana cake from Secret Recipe!! SO sweeet.. Apparently it was no easy feat looking for them!! Thank you people.....=) I love u both very much!!! Thankssss....

PS: mei dont be angry... although the surprise a bit foiled but at least i know u guys cared a lot abt me!!!!! im contented!!! =)