Folks! Get ready to turn over to a fresh new page in slightly less than 24 hours time! hehe

Saw fireworks earlier from the balcony, but was too excited to take photos of it. If I'm not wrong it was from the empty plot of land between Hougang Mall and the MRT station entrance... Nothing very spectacular, if you compare with what Marina (is it there?) has to offer every year... But still, better than nothing, 'cos I don't fancy going down there to experience how a sardine would feel instead.


Coincidence -- how......... intriguing... Some times, certain things seem destined, you'll go like "wooow, how strange........." And it happened again today.

It so happens that the day we finally succeed in our Chawanmushi is also the day we finish our 《파리의 연인》 re-run... Mandarin may be more understandable, but I still prefer original LOL

This will be the last entry of the year (forget about the resolutions I made last year. I've learnt my lesson and won't be bothered making one for the coming year...) May there be new opportunities out there awaiting, whaterever it may be... Best wishes for 2008!

Will all hypocrites vanish from the Earth? I doubt so..

Just like the idea of having winter in Singapore; impossible.

Just like the idea of having summer in North Pole; impossible.

Just like the idea of having Superman bursting out of a phone booth; impossible.

I wish I could tell them all in the face, "The fact that you exist disgust me!". But I can't, why? 'cos I'm a bloody coward! Much as I despise these people, I can't deny I'm one too. But all people are.

You sometimes hear people claiming that they are innocent, as pure as snow. They are lying. Even babies are not pure and innocent. Why do you think they cry? For food? Not all the times. The times when they cry not for food, are for attention. And that taints their innocence.

Even a piece of blank paper don't remain white and blank forever, spots grow. No one is pure forever. And in my eyes, all people known as homo sapiens will soon be known as hypocrites too.

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Ooooooohhhhhhh!!! Sajang's ae-giya's new (actually is 2006's movie) is finally coming to Singapore on 27 December!!! Anyone wants to join me? ;p

Enchanted totally got me enchanted!

Yeah, I watched it yesterday, but like many Disney fairytales, the songs just keep playing in your mind, and then when you "hear" it, you'll start picturing those scenes again. I knew it would be different from conventional fairytales, but I definitely didn't expect the showdown in the last 10+ minutes! The showdown was just NOT damsel in distress, but damsel to the rescue haha!

Enchanted was littered with so many of those classic Disney fairytales that it totally got me this Disney-fairytale-fan-cum-dreamweaver so entertained and charmed... And I also have to hand it to the guy who wrote the songs for Enchanted, think is Alan Menken, there's the classic Disney style love duet True Love's Kiss, and another one that's more "modernised", That's How You Know, that was used in a scene where Giselle was in New York that really fits the story.

I especially like the last Disney parody, where Giselle left her "glass shoe" behind and it's also a perfect fit for another girl who later went back with the prince and lived happily ever after. How unconventional, isn't it? What's more, there's mobile phone reception in Andalasia!! How on earth did the scriptwriter came up with that? LOL

Much as I may like this movie, fairytale is after all fairytale. When the credits rolled, I was rudely brought back down to earth. All right, not so 严重 la. But I still can't accept the fact that the prince's happily-ever-after's partner was not Giselle, and Giselle's wasn't the prince. :(

I guess i'm in love with movie musicals ;p

WOOHOO!!! Thanks girls for the wonderful time yesterday! It made me feel a lot a lot a lot better about having to face up to 3 hours in school on monday... LOL!

It was really wonderful, the presents too, but most importantly your company... The only regret may be that I should have been more expressive haha..

SS: When everyone criticises you, in the long run, you'll start to believe them too.
JH: No, you have your own beauty too. The fact that you don't know how good you are, that is your beauty.
~silence~
SS: Criticisms are easier to believe...

The above is an exchange between 2 of the characters in a drama I just watched, and it set me thinking how true it is... Compared to compliments, criticisms are always easier to believe.

When someone praises/compliments you, honestly, deep down, don't you ever wonder whether that person is speaking the truth, or just simply flattering you? He/she may just be complimenting you out of courtesy, like praising your outfit, about how gracious it look for the occasion, when in fact you turned up in a dress with a pair of shoes instead of heels... True, he/she may be being polite, but then again he/she is not speaking what's really on his/her mind...

On the other hand, when someone criticises you, yes, you'll feel hurt, but you'll know it's the truth. Why? Because nobody will be so 无聊 as to say "you look awful" when in fact you are in the right attire, great outfit, for the right occasion. Even if it does, it's not criticism, you'll know it's a joke or that person is just teasing you, because he/she probably will not be able to hide that smile.

This seem true for parenting as well. It seems that most parents almost always believe it when they hear from third parties that their kids did bad things, even though it's hearsay. But if their kids tell them that they had scored high marks for a particularly difficult test, they are often sceptical...

All right, I'm just writing what comes to mind, so there's no focus in this entry. Writing without "processing" is bullshit!

Surprise(s) = not telling (the truth) in prior;

Lie = not intending to tell the truth;

so, Surprise(s) ≈ Lie? I do not know... Maybe not...
or it may just be the case of Surprise(s) leads to Lie? Sounds better? I think so...

But either way, it's too complicated... And why make it so? A simple life, that's all I want...
LOL, that sounds like War of Money's themesong, Simple Life...

So, now you know why i don't like to celebrate? It's not that big a deal worth making a big fuss out of.. (that sentence sounds weird? *sigh* whatever....)

[edit]p/s LOL!!! i've only just seen ade's most recent blog entry... what a coincidence...[/edit]

You know, I really hate spring cleaning (who doesn't?). I had wanted to clear the shelf above my bed ever since i-dun-know-when, but kept postponing it until today. And I've been dreading the moment since yesterday night, 'cos what if something undesirable falls out? Cockcroach? Lizard corpses? *shivers* And my Dad kept disturbing me and talking to me, so I was like "ya ya" "oh ok" "em".
Then.................. "OH?!?!?! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! I FOUND $10!!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!" The $10 note was folded in half; no dust, no cat ears, absolutely no visible lines except the one that it was folded on! Imagine it, no dust! It must have been very well protected by my junks LOL!
And my Dad still tried to claim it's his! Nice try... -.-

It's December... Going to be a busy month, lot's of birthdays and festivals... Time really flies huh? (same phrase again -.-) It seems only recently that I've just came back from my trip to Hong Kong, but come 2008 (29 days left), I won't be able to tell people that I've only just visited HK...

Had a very soul-enriching talk with a friend last night after dinner. "I may be worried, but I'm not desperate... I may be looking forward to it, but I'll not rush into it..." Yup, these are the afterthoughts...

Finally got to visit Harry's Bar yesterday! Went there with Ade and her friend to the one at Boat Quay for the live band. I won't say I love it exactly, but I enjoyed myself nonetheless. The atmosphere/ambience was good, but I don't see any people of our age there though LOL

Harry's Bar... I didn't manage to get a picture of the band from where I was sitting...

Madam Butterfly

Went to the Ministry of Sound (I only agreed 'cos it was Ladies' Night) as Ade's friend was bored. I suspect she was already drunk (unsurprising, 'cos she almost finished the whole pitcher of beer by herself) as she kept on talking loudly (not that she wasn't before she even started drinking), and suddenly like very friend with me linking her arm with mine, but I didn't feel very comfortable with that...

The moment I stepped into MoS, I knew which one I prefer. The music was too heavy and thumping, and worst, crowded! I was telling Ade that I pity the staff working there 'cos it's like working at a construction site, but she said the difference is MoS is more high class LOL

outside MoS toilet (that's about the quietest place at MoS)... psst, Ade's camwhoring skill is as good as comparable to Cammy's haha!

Just came back from Msia yesterday, and was supposed to be meeting Ade tonight, but due to circumstances... LOL
I'm not sure if it really is 水土不服 or something, but seems like everytime I go back to Msia I'll be ill, and when I'm back, all the symptoms got full-blown. Mummy always says it's because I drank too little water, or ate too much heaty food, blah blah blah... I thought so too, so this time I made sure I drink a lot of water, but I still came back with a bad sorethroat -.-
Didn't take many photos there 'cos I didn't actually enjoyed myself, though Mummy did take a ugly one of me (which she does most of the times 'cos she never gives cue), but I came back with a bigger tummy, damn!

Tomorrow will be fun :D (we shall see)

Quality vs. Quantity
what do you look out for?

Time is cruel to me.
Time is my enemy.

All are but illusions.

Yesterday was a blast! Met up with Cammy, Shimin, Soffenny, and Yingru. Chatted a lot, ate a lot (according to Cammy), laughed a lot... It's been a long time since I laugh so heartily... Not that I wasn't happy with my current new friends in school, just that gatherings with old time buddies and reminiscence are more blissful.

We watched Stardust as well, and also saw the preview for Enchanted, the movie my mum told me about last month, and I must say that she was right when she said I will like it haha... Back to Stardust, saw a couple of familiar faces and background props in it (Dumbledore's office for example). Perhaps I'm finally starting to warm up to western movies... This is very much like the type of movies I enjoy: fairytale-like, magic, comedy, a little bit of action... Much as I like this movie, at the end of it, 理智 still tells me that it's a little silly. But if that's the case, the genre of movie that I like should all be silly isn't it? Oh no, except Hairspray perhaps...

Went to NorthPoint today and saw that Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix is finally out (which is a double joy for me 'cos it means Hairspray will be out soon as well :D), I grabbed it immediately, and sort of regretted the moment of impulse after I stepped out of TS 'cos I should have waited for the price to drop... But what to do? I'm not only the slave of LIP but HP also (and of course many other stuff as well:()... At least the plus point of the day is I finally bought the USB hub after months of deliberation and not on impulse, that should be considered an achievement LOL..

With so many happy events lately and Ade also finished a'levels, looks like my dark days are finally over, at least till another setback decides to embrace me again, something which I will definitely not welcome...

p/s shall post pics as soon as I received them...

PHOTOS!!!

queuing up to buy Stardust tickets... what do you think of Cammy's camwhoring skills? at Ajisen for lunch
dinner at...... i-dun-know-where... the losers after losing out on chicken drumsticks...

group photo!!!

this is the only justification of how good Cammy's skill is as she claims to be... LOL

Auntie: where are the rest?
Me: working, studying...

Auntie: you?

Me: yesterday last day of exam, now holiday, no school

Auntie: oh... then never go out with friends?

Me: no... go out will spend money.....

yup, so no money, no need go out... so i'll just post some overdue photos today...

previous blogskin. i really loved it, the eiffel tower, black background... can anyone make me another eiffel blogskin again? this was taken early this year, just happen to unearth it today...

24.10.07 after presentation for POBF

02.11.07 with lecturer for IIT

05.11.07 lecturer for POBF (same surname as me!)

10.11.07 latest family photo, at cousin's wedding

the star of the day (and his bro's hand sticking out, lol)
dinner never starts on time......

"Chanced" upon an invisible blog today, was very touched by what was written... Thanks Ade, I didn't know I'm that good...

I'm in a pretty good mood these few days, because.................. I FOUND TREASURE!!!!! :D I thought I have seen all LIP clips available on the Internet, until 3 days ago. Guess what? I found 3 NG clips and 5 interview clips! Good haul, haha! Considering LIP is quite "old" (i hate to use this word on LIP...), how lucky can you get to be able to unearth vintage clips, let alone download them!

Saw the papers yesterday, WanBao, somehow I find that WB's professionalism is going downhill. My impression of WB used to be that it reports mostly useful news, and maybe a bit of entertainment news (still news what), and that WB is unbiased. But recently, unworthy "news" (cos outdated) have been making headlines and the tone was biased. I say unworthy cos WB made a mountain out of a molehill, e.g. news regarding XX. I just think someone in WB has a grudge against her or something, cos her entries that were more, erm say controversial, have found their way onto the headlines, and sometimes the original content was distorted. I'm not trying to defend XX, I know she's famous hence WB thinks her entries should be reported, but definitely not headline! I still think late-afternoon or evening papers should stick to reporting more important news current affairs, blah, and what-have-you, in other words, something serious, and tuck the entertainment news and gossips into the corners.

I shall end this post with a confession: 나는 <<파리의 연인>>이 사랑한다... ... hehe

Time really flies, my first term in a new school is coming to an end soon. It is neither as fun nor as happening as I had thought (unless you count having lecturers replaced mid-way through the term for both subjects).
I realised that i'm not as brave or as forgiving about hypocrisy. I thought that my first encounter with it had stung me bad enough that I would not be as affected should I encounter it again. Perhaps I was too naive to think that international students are more innocent. Clearly, I was wrong.

I don't feel... complete these days. It's been like, I have things to do everyday, yet something's missing in my life, and I don't know what it is.

Yes, I know I'm not fulfilling my new year resolution. But don't ask me why, 'cos I'm not in the mood to explain it now.

I thought life's been miserable enough for the first half of the year when I've been "spending time wastefully", and especially losing someone close to the heart nearing festive season. What makes it even miserable was the fact that she didn't even get to enjoy the festive cheer.

It may not seem obvious to others that I'm actually spending the first half of 2007 guiltily, but sometimes I actually do look at myself in the mirror and ask myself: "What are you doing?" or "What have you been doing?". I guess the frequency for the 2nd question was higher. I procrastinated duties assigned to me, mostly stayed at home doing almost nothing practical that the term "couch potato" could have been used on me, and then before I realised, night had fallen and another day had passed.

In case anyone happens to be reading this entry and thinks that I won't be feeling so miserable if I find myself a job, let me tell you this --- you are WRONG!

Put aside the punctuality problem. (Anyone who knows me will know that if there's anything I don't tolerate, it's got to be the punctuality issue.) Just when I thought things have turn for the better, I got smack right in the face by a frying pan hours later.

You ask me arrange, I've arranged. You ask me send a copy to you and logistics department, I've done that. So why is it MY problem when YOU or someone from logistics department didn't even bother to read the remarks I noted down in the spreadsheet, and didn't manage to get the stuff delivered? Or is my england so powderful that you all don't understand ar? Hello, you people are uni graduates leh, me only have A' Level cert that's not even that impressive. Why has it become my fault when you all don't want to read the remarks that you asked me to note down, or don't even bother to leave proper instructions before telling me to do it? Somemore still ask me to multi-task, and have the cheek to ask me "how's work? OK la hor?". Why bother asking when you're going to answer it as well? Push all the sai gang to me still "OK la hor?"

I'm feeling what my MSN currently reads: "dun know whether can tahan till 31st August".

And as if things are not shitty enough, Neopets decided to drop me a bombshell when I tried to log in: "Warning! This account has been FROZEN.......". I've decided to boycott Neopets.

Apparently there's this brainless idiot who can't stop her mouth from blabbering nonsense! Who was the one who walked out of the room N years ago? Yet you still have the cheek to utter this lowly rubbish in front of the rightful occupant of the room? Don't you know that you've been occupying half the room she's been paying rent for? Absolutely shameless! I wish I could tell you straight in the face, but I don't want auntie to hear all these. If only you can put this "capability" of yours to good use in disciplining yourself, and stop treating home like a hotel!