Snapshots of Revelation

Thursday, November 30, 2006

ting:

i hate anything farewell related. said goodbye to 3 people (thank God it's not for good though) in the span of 24 hours. despite the fact that i did utilise whatever remaining time with them (spent the whole of yesterday with daniel, apart from when we went for ignite, then was in the company of wei kee and pei fei the whole of today), it sometimes just feel like it isn't enough. i hate the bittersweet rush of parting, of well-wishes, of trying your utmost to brainwash them (spent the whole walk back to college square bugging wei kee to go down to singapore. but he refused to make any promises, for fear i'd be disappointed. sigh.) so you are guaranteed to see them at least once during the long 3 months. i hate the handshakes and the hugs, because it just means you wouldn't get to be around them for awhile.

and i hate the fact that 3 months is enough time to change a person.

but what can you do? it's time to close yet another chapter in your life.

though what would i do without wei kee to cheer me up during those 3 months? sighhhhh.

anyway, on to happier topics. was sorting through the photos i got off everyone and yeps, here are pictures from my birthday. pardon my look of exhaustion.. you gotta understand i had a paper on that day!

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me and master baker/chef toh sin, who also baked my birthday cake

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one of the organisers behind my birthday surprise + me

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me with the best girlfriends i have here in melbourne

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a close up of my birthday cheesecake :)

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me going through my 21 wishes (but i only ended up making one because firstly, i didn't have 21 wishes to make and secondly, the candles on the cake would probably have melted completely by then)

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sorry angela, for hogging the limelight!

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one candle each

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jovan and me

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me and mr lau wei kee, aka the guy who had so better go down to singapore to visit me.

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me and the sweet darling who sent me 21 birthday smses.

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me with my accountability partner :D

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

ting:

been so busy it's crazy. ever since the day after my exams ended, i've been meeting friends every single day, to make up for the three months we're gonna be apart. throw in the gazillion other things i gotta do and the days just speed by so fast time doesn't seem to exist.

just got back from a fishing trip in lake entrance. i was expecting myself to be bored out of my mind while fishing, but it turned out to be a pretty interesting experience.

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what's a trip without FOOD?

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our trademark dessert

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one of the lakes we stopped by for lunch

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a chapel we dropped by along the way. the tourist information centre told us it's popular for its high ceilings and exquisite paintings all around.

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i love this shot daniel took

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i made daniel stand there for half an hour, modelling for me. but alas, i still didn't get the shot i wanted.

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jemmy's point lookout, where you supposedly get the best view of the sun setting, and where we sat and waited for over an hour for good photo opportunities.

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courtesy of jo. :)

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us waiting for the sun to set.

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one of the few photos with all 5 of us in it (we weren't exactly very trigger happy this trip)

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a meander, without an oxbow lake

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the sun being a notch lower in the sky

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one of the rare occasions mr mak actually agrees to be in a photo.

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don't ask me what daniel and tim were doing. sigh. those two.

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our rented car + our rented room in the background

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us in our rented boat, heading out to fish

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see the steering wheel in front of tim? we actually get to drive the boat ourselves. how cool is that?

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the lake we were fishing in

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wheeeee!

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our first catch of the day... seaweed.

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and then we got lucky! (after daniel asked God to "multiply" our fish)

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the fish were thrashing like crazy on the deck of the boat. my heart went out to them, having to die like that. jo had to remind me of the fact that the fish and chips i love eating has to come from somewhere.

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toh sin with his catch. this fish had to die a terrible death, because it was too small for us to keep it legally. plus the fact it swallowed the entire hook and because we couldn't get the hook out of its mouth, tim had to literally dissect it. ughhhhhhh.

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another fish we couldn't keep, because it was undersized. but thank God this fish released the hook, saving us from yet another bloody encounter.

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all in all, a very interesting two days. the two things we took away from our fishing trip - 3 fish (caught more than that, but had to let 3 go because they were undersized. daniel also almost caught a crab... the stupid thing had to release the hook before he could reel it in completely. damn.) and a very painful sunburn. sunscreen wasn't on any of our packing lists, something we sorely regretted after being out in the sun for half an hour. to give you an idea how strong the sun was... the prawns which we were using as bait turned from grey (uncooked) to red (cooked) by just sitting in the bucket.

so. ouch.

i'm going back to singapore to invest in a gigantic bottle of sunscreen for future fishing/outdoor aussie trips.

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Hui:

jialat man.. i'm getting my dates all mixed up. i cant remember which are e exact dates that i need to take leave in jan. and i tot ting's coming back on e 15th. but it's actually on the 10th. wth man.. wad's wrong with me. mus be all the work man..

my project's D&D is on the 13th dec at marina mandarin. i dunno y the hell it's on a wed. kinda stupid.. does that mean that they will allow us to report for work a couple of hours later on thurs? siao man.. and guess wad's the theme?? BOLLYWOOD NIGHT. OMMGGGGG where am i going to find a nice sari?? but heck care la.. i'm not going to buy one.. anyhow wear man.. think onli the vendor will wear that.. all e programming pros :P anyway sari is too sexy for me. wahaha

am checking my company email now (dun worry, im not working), trying to find the funny pic which jac sent me this morning. and in e midst of it, i saw that stupid lego's reply to my mail and i pissed again.. cos im reminded of e stupid thing he did. kao man, he went around telling e clients that i am still with PMO. pro lah.. today's date is 2006-11-23 but his date is still at 2006-10-01.. one day b4 i switched team. happy children's day man lego!!

anyway, i have identified 3 useful abilities that lego has..
- being thick-skinned
dun play play ok... very little can have such thick skin u noe? to go around asking ppl stupid questions (more than once)

- pretending to noe everything when he noes nothing
this is no joke. i have to admit he is better than me at this. i tried to pretend that i noe my stuffs lah.. but cannot man. so damn difficult.. almost died infront of my bosses. but lucky got shield. wahaha

- he makes the ppl in his team dun dare to go on leave
this ability is good man.. if he's the leave cover for his team mate, that person surely dun dare to go on leave one lor.. cos lego will screw things up and e person has to clear all e shit when he's back from leave. sad man..

okie, i shall not make my entry all abt lego. hehe

woohooo! it's friday tml! dunno y is time passing by so quickly. im getting worried. im getting old. im wasiting my life away.. feel that there are so many things i wan to do.. but no time, no money. i wan to spend time tok kok.. i wan to spend time shopping.. i wan to spend time sleeping.. i wan to spend time learning new stuffs.. i wan to spend time slowing down and observe my surroundings.. i wan to spend time catching up with wad i have accomplished.. i wan to go on a holiday.. spend time udnerstading and analysing myself.. spend time thinking what i wan.. spend time making decisions.. spend time to learn cooking.. spend time earning money.. spend time finding directions.. so many others things i wan to do sia.. maybe my time management is bad..

whatever lah..

enjoy this pic!

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ting:

bernard is being too nice to me tonight. apart from buttering me up and giving me heartfelt compliments, he also promised (at least, i think he did) to find me the perfect present before i land in singapore. hehe. i think the 9 months without me did stuff to him. ah wells, my best guy friend indeed. :)

and a huge thanks to his blog, which is keeping me greatly entertained. though wow, i certainly feel the depth of his love just by reading his entries.

being officially on holiday does feel good. though i think i get more sleep during the exam period. sigh... it's annoying. i want to sleep, i'm dead tired, but i just can't seem to get my mind to wind down. and there are too many things pending on my to-do list. things which i am too lazy to do at the moment.

and i have 4 less friends to hang out with. :( that number's gonna increase to 9 by the end of this week. wahhhhhh why is everyone leaving??? don't leave!

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Monday, November 20, 2006

ting:

here's a half-hearted shout to say that freedom is officially here. finally. guilt-free enjoyment.

why half-hearted? i mean, i should be doing somersaults all over my apartment by now surely? well, in summary, my last paper (which was today) was bad. in fact, it was so bad that using "bad" to describe it would probably be an understatement. which is worse, to have everything in your head and not enough time to put it down on paper, or to have all the time on your hands and nothing in your brain to answer the questions?

was desperately trying to rememeber if finance and IE felt this bad. if they did and i still managed to pass, then maybe there is still hope. but it feels as though macro officially takes the cake. last papers seem to have a habit of screwing me up royally. it's hard to believe that just a year ago, i was so in love with econs i could forsee myself doing it for another 2 more years. well, this effectively seals my decision. i'm dropping econs next year.

was telling ira it's sometimes good to end something prematurely. at least all that is left at the end of the day are sweet memories.

alright already. it's over. let's not dwell on it.

freedom!

have to run, tim needs onions. potluck tonight, plus cocktail making, then a whole spate of farewells to go through this week.

to those back home, i'll see you guys soon. or, in 20 days at least. :)

we made a memory at 3:10 PM

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Hui:

dined at the restaurant which was managed by eny on sat. there were augus, mei, ber, kelen, zihao and kaiyuan (kelen's sis). augus and i reached the place at 7pm (as arranged). ber drove, and he got lost. the rest were in his car. so... they were all late too. haha.. they reached at 815pm sia.. the place is not bad.. jus a bit "ulu", cos need to walk quite a bit from bugis mrt. took some pics of the food and the place. and of cos us!

as usual, crapped around.. lazed around.. took lots of snapshots of others.. and then went to amk to play pool. and abt 2+am, ber said he wanted supper. so he drove augus and me to e famous chong pang nasi lemak where i had a hotdog and a chicken wing for my supper. super tired sia.. reached home at 3+am..

nothind special today.. except going to central to make a new pair of specs. spent a lot of time choosing the frame. i'm so gu niang. augus chose his frame too. collection will be somewhere next week.

ok.. enuff of toking.. here's e pics!

the menu!

while waiting for the the food...

they both like the toothpick holder. i like it too! it is so cute!

eny and me!

one of e 2 dishes augus and i ordered while waiting for e others - udang goreng (if i remember e name correctly), which means friend prawns. nice!

the other dish - gado-gdao. i think it tastes like the chinese rojak.. which i dun like to eat. hehe.. but augus likes it! so for others who doesn't reject the thought of eating the chinese rojok, it'll be a nice dish!