Friday, November 27, 2009

2012 ?

Found some pics from FB which i think is totally hilarious. Have to click to enlarge to see the wordings clearly.



Saturday, November 21, 2009

Random

havnt been blogging for a long time.... ive turned to a full time twitter user instead. micro-blogging, ie twitter, is for lazy people like me.

Its a miracle JM is still up at this wee hours...

Its all random here... JM just wants to keep her blog alive.

Tata...

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

找出美好


再坏的人事物都有他美好的一面。

你有尝试把他们美好的一面找出来吗?

JM @ Hortpark @ 220909

Monday, October 05, 2009

It is so shocking.

SG PR openly declared her love for her motherland - joins the civilian army in celebration for her country's 60th anniversary. Her blue PR card was flashed on CCTV news, with her ID no. clearly shown.

Its no wonder our policy makers are trying to make clear the difference between SG citizens and PRs.

This incident really sets me thinking...

http://www.temasekreview.com/2009/10/04/singapore-prc-pr-flashed-nric-on-chinese-tv-and-proclaimed-loyalty-to-china-publicly/#

Saturday, October 03, 2009

我的一片天


不管多么困难,我都要努力找到属于我的一片天。。。
JM @ Hort Park @ 220909

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Long weekend

Its going to be a busy long weekend for me.
But i am happy =D

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The Time Traveler's Wife

Watched The Time Traveler's wife with Jas yesterday. Its been a long time since i met up with her.



It is quite a nice show to watch. It's rather thought provoking too.

Would you marry a person whom you know he/she is a time traveler? He/she would just disappear to another dimension in time.

If you are a time traveler and you know what's going to happen in the future, but yet you cant change anything eg the death of the ones you love and even, your own death, what would you do? Bear in mind that you will be able to see these sights over and over again as you could not control the dimensions you will be going.

Due to a genetic disorder, you are able to travel through time. you know that you will pass this disorder to your next generation. Would you still want the baby?

www.thetimetravelerswifemovie.com

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

FHS video

Happened to chance upon this video by FHS and JJC.
The lead actor is the son of my A-maths tutor!
I totally agree with the message the very end of the video.


Friday, September 11, 2009

Subject combi briefing

How can i forget to blog about this?

Went back to FHS last friday to attend the sec 3 subject combination briefing with my brother. I was representing my parents. Mixed feelings when i walked into the school compound. I wanted to say "oohs and arghs that time when i was a student...." but on the other hand, i play the role of a parent. so i have to act mature. -_-

I had to sit through the subject briefing again like when i was in sec 2. but this time, the school emphasize more on the subjects important for jc, hoping that parents will appreciate the subject combination offered to the kids in sec 3. I wanted to do a standing ovation when the principle said this statement," it is the constrasting subjects that are important for jc, eg if you are a science person, you have to take eg economics as a contrasting subject in jc. It is NOT triple science that is recommended by moe." Yes. prinicple, i totally agree. i just dont understand why parents will want their kids to opt for a triple science class. Dont they find it stressful for their kids? I would want my kid to be a big fish in a small lake then to be a small fish in a big ocean.

There was also a QnA session for parents to throw their questions to the HODs. As expected, no one voice out anything. All these parents will definitely fail in their participation mark if they are poly students.

When the session was over, Ms mona cheong (HOD humanities) walked down. She was talking to a student when she turned back. I gave her a wave and told her i was her student. Then she started to chat wif me

MC: (gave a i-am-thinking look)you look familiar!
JM: i was from 4B, graduated in 2004.Been looking for you whenever i came back to FHS. Want to thankyou cuz i was really bad in my humanities. But i scored A1 in my Os.
MC: Really? how is your Geo?
JM: B3.
MC: (shocked) you are one of the rare ones. usually students are better in Geo.
MC: 你的 batch 有谁很坏蛋的?
JM:(amused by her question)huh? 不知道 leh! (Then started to give a chain of names in class 4B). You were pregnant when you taught us!
MC: No lah!.......... Oh yar!!!

JM continued to 唤醒 MC's 记忆.....+ MC persuading my bro not to take pure history....

JM: many teachers went off already right?
MC: not many lah. who taught you before?

Updates on what some teachers are doing now. But real names are not stated. But if you were once a FHS student, the nicknames should be obvious to you.

1) Mr Mathematician cum moonface: Not a full time teacher. will help out in FHS once in a while. Full time job: Property agent. (shocking right?)

2) Mother "egg": No longer in FHS

3) All time Humanities only, Constance K: Quit teaching. Full time stay-at-home-mum.

4) Father FoXX: Still teaching. But some conversations are not too suitable to be posted here...


After chatting for bout 50min, she finally asked for my name.

MC: 你叫什么名?
JM:JM.
MC: (animatedly + arm-chioing + excitedly) OH!!! 我记得!(Turned to my brother)你的姐姐很乖的!

Really giad i could still get to chat with Ms Cheong after so many years. Its totally amusing to think that i am remembered for being 很乖...

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Back again

Just when my mind is steered clear and my life is almost back to normal, X appeared.
Why do you have to appear infront of me again?
Maybe 090909 does serve some meaning

Friday, September 04, 2009

五月天DNA创造演唱会@SG290809

Some pics from 五月天DNA创造演唱会 @ SG indoor stadium on 290809.

Charis and i waiting for the concert to start. Asked a guy beside me to take a pic of us. But the pic is blurred due to his shaky hands. He must be very excited about the concert.

SG indoor stadium @ 1930hrs

SG indoor stadium @ 2000hrs

MV watching before the concert. Was so pleased cuz all 5 of them were in my pic!
五月天 to JM: "真的太久不见啦!"


It all begun @ 2030hrs on 290809

Fantastic lightings/effects/visuals

我的五月天!

阿信,玛莎 & 怪兽

One of my fav shot! J U M P! 阿信 and 玛莎 jumping away too!

我的五月天!

阿信,pls look at JM here!!! woohoo~~~

ok.. thanks for looking in JM's direction. But whats with ur monkey face?

I gave up trying to take pic of 阿信 -_-
i took shots from the projection screen instead

下雪了!!!


All was over @ 0015hrs on 300809.
JM and all 6000pax were practically on our fours throughout the concert
JM wants to get high again!
JM wants the official concert tee!
JM, up till now still refused to wake up to reality...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Mayday Concert videos

These are the reasons why i am still down with my withdrawal syndrome:

Randomly tried to upload this video. Since its up, it shall stay.




This is one of my fav. you can even hear my shoutings! too bad i stopped this recording too early due to my excitement.
我们要让全宇宙的人知道我们的利害!


There are so much more videos that i wanna share. but it will need a long time to upload...

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Post 五月天 DNA 演唱会 syndrome

JM woke up today to feel empitiness. Her head is heavy. Her mind is in a blank. She could not concentrate in any other thing that she does. She is still feeling it now. She needs MC. She is down with post-Mayday DNA concert syndrome (PMDCS).

PMDCS is a jargon for all who went to Mayday's concert. If you think PMDCS is plain gibberish, most probably you were not there to witness the power of Mayday's DNA injected into the audiences' bloodstream *SCREAM*.

JM is crazy... She is smiling to her hp and her camera. She is smiling to herself, smiling to her memories on 29th Aug @ the SG indoor stadium. All she can think about is the 3hr and 45min action she had the day before. oh.. it should be this morning cuz all had just ended on 30th Aug 12.15am.

JM wants to lift up her hands and legs to form L . O. V . E again.
JM is strongly advised to wear a mask when she go outdoors to prevent herself from singing Mayday's songs out loud in public.
JM is currently in self isolation cuz all she can think of is Mayday,Mayday and more Mayday.

Due to her inability to purchase the DNA concert tee cuz of insufficient time to queue, she is now in a much depressed state.(She had the money. but time is the limiting factor... this made her more dui) This has worsen her PMDCS.

This document will be continued...

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Violin

I like violin! I like this violin piece! I like this video!


Work happenings

I was somehow shocked that Mr Security officer V was so quiet when he came over for duty at my counter yesterday. Usually, he would crap a lot, eg

"JM! i really cannot survive here lah!"

"ppl always look down on us security, u know! from the way i speak, you'll know i am not poorly educated right? i am now taking 1/3 of what used to be my salary. Ppl always looked shocked when i told them this. Down on my luck, was retrenched..."

"I was the only technician in my ex company. so i was highly paid with fat bonuses..."

"I am now kana stuck here cuz got bond. and i juz brought a unit. need a job..."

"i am 40 now. many ppl say i look like 30+. i may look like an easy-going man, but when i am strict, i am fierce. you havnt seen my fierce side yet..."

"I tell you all these cuz i trust you. you are juz a temp..."

JM will always pretend to listen to him say all these. his words will float in from my left ears and out from my right...

So when he stood there quietly, i knew something was amiss. Then Security A (i called him Shifu) walked past V and i with a black face. I called over to shifu, but he juz walked away, shaking his head slightly. JM gave an eye signal to ask V what happened. then V briefly told me shifu and himself just had an argument. I quickly signalled V to stop what he was saying incase shifu walked out again.

When shifu walked out, JM pretended to be doing her work...

工作的时候就像在演戏。知道的要装作不知道。。

Saturday, August 15, 2009

The best things are done impromptu

Finally, i bought tix to 五月天 DNA concert!!! Glad that i am able to find someone to go wif me despite that the tix cost a bomb. 最on的人原来就在身边! haha....

So went wif char to buy tix and then we decided to watch the hangover. it was like so impromptu! walked past the theatre then:

"Hey i think i wanna watch XXX"
"But havnt show yet"
"Whats showing now huh?"
"Think GI Joe is good"
"Huh? dun really like to watch these kind of shows leh..."
"Been wanting to watch the hangover"
"want?"
"you want?
"ok!!!"
"ok!!!"
(Off to the box office)

Even though i had to work morning shift the following day, i still went.
I quite agree wif wad char said, the best things are done impromptu.

Monday, August 10, 2009

Cuties

Cute stuff add happiness to life. Here's some cuties that make me happy:


Ate pastamania with Qin on fri. Realised 3green peas were not eaten. so my creative juices started flowing! See the smiling face with litle hair?
Was walking to linda's hse when i saw this:




Side view of the van:



Front rear of the van:



So Kawaii issnt it???
Reminded me of the times i was so crazy bout doraemon comics.
I tried so hard not to take the vehicle no into my pic. Someone was walking past me when i took the pic. Hope i dun get featured in stomp for taking pics illegally. haha...

Saw this display @ jp sometime back. the japanese doll is so HUGE!

ARNT THEY SWEET? =D

Thoughts: 21st

今天是Linda's 21st birthday celebration. I suddenly felt as if it was her wedding day, and we were there to be her 姐妹团。I really had that feeling at that instant i stepped into her house. Saw ms C and ms L. 人生真的很奇妙,以前可能知道学校有这个人,可是当时没有任何机会说话,可是when i saw them at the party, we can juz chat as if we had know each other for very long time. it juz came naturally. 我们都长大了吧!maybe thats juz our build-in 的 socialising skills. 很羡慕她们能够找到她们的人生目标。Can feel the passion in the things they are doing now. 那我的passion又是什么呢?

Had a really nice girls' talk. It was a comfortable and erm.. do you call it intimate environment? But too bad we dun really have a better place to sit ard to do marathoning. It was amazing how i can say what i feel infront of ms f even though i dun really know her well. 就很像和ms C and ms L一样,有那种两条平行线交汇时,可能会有火花的感觉。maybe everyone has a common goal.... tads feeling bored...hahha.... or everyone was juz emoing at that moment.

今天的girls'talk 让我觉得21岁是个很awkward 的年龄。There are many things we know of. but we havnt actually experienced them. There are many dreams and possibilities that awaits us. But can we really achieve them? All we can do now, is to sit and share. but in reality, situations do change. 每个人的21岁是不是都一样呢?是不是每个人在步入21岁的时候都会有那种不是小孩,但也还不是大人的感觉呢?

我们都有许许多多的i think, i wish, i hope, maybesss. 真的希望它们能一一够实现

I wonder how i will feel when i am officially 21.....

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Fixed up

all fixed up. i can only remember some of the links, probably becuz they were the ones i often went to view, or the blog url is easy to remember. if i happen to forget yours (so sorry), pls send me ur links ya?

realised that blogger provides some cool gadgets. will explore more.

What happened?

What happened to my blog? my previous template pic couldnt be shown, so i clicked the blogger's customised template and now ALL my kakis' links are GONE!

No links ald... how?

Monday, August 03, 2009

Mayday DNA World Tour, SG 09

OH MY GOSH!!!!

Mayday is having their tw concert on the 26Sep and konsortium has a package for it!!!!
I will so want to go!!!!
Anyone wanna join me???
Dep 22Sep
1 more pax is all i need to pack my bag and go!!!!

http://www.konsortium.com.sg/taiwan-mayday-concert-online-booking.php


okok... if tw is too ex or too far, join me in the Mayday DNA SG tour @ 29Aug!!!
1 more pax is all i need to get my legs to sistics.

Pls, give me hope!!!!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

computer - An agony?


I just find this scene interesting. so i took a pic secretly.
Name of pic: 宅男,宅女,宅老爷。
Caption: On a Sunday, when everyone is at home, i am using my lappy in my room. My bro is glued to his pc playing games and my papa is wif his lappy doing work.

This is a scary issnt it?

I think this is a norm in the society we are in now. But i am really glad my family still spend time together (face to face, that is).
I know of a relative of mine who will call her son just to ask him out from his room for lunch. Both of them are in the SAME house. thats sad issnt it? and whats the son doing in his room? playing com games of course!
发明电脑是帮助人类,还是在破坏人类呢?

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Mummy msg me when i was at work:

@ 9.29am: mum to me:
what no. must i press in dvd if i want to record ch5. massage me if free.

@ 11.03am: me to mum:
is at no. 1

@ 11.10: mum to me:
thanks! i want to record michael jackson public memorial at 5.30

@ 11.15am: me to mum:
so shocking! dont know u will want to watch that

@ 11.21am: mum to me:
i saw a bit at ch8 this morning,its so sad, i even want to cry you know.

__________________________________________________________
*PS: i am so surprised by my mummy.
all wordings above as per our msges. spelling and grammer all inherent from source.
i lol-ed at the my mum's spelling of the word "message".
she's cute isnt she? love her lots!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

人是矛盾的动物。

现在的心情是复杂的。

没有它 -- 烦恼。
找到它 -- 苦恼。

我需要多一点信心。
也需要多一点勇气。

我能吗?

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Cupboard tidied

Just tidied my cupboard. Suddenly felt like doing it. Threw away my o-levels question papers that were still kept neatly in a folder. shocked that they were still around. its been 4yrs!?




Tidied up stacks of these:

Birthday cards, xmas cards, postcards etc. Dated 01-07. it was sweetest to read those handmade birthday cards with signatures from everyone in the class. and lol at some of their words.
someone wrote:"poor thing, u have to suffer inbetween tiger and panda"....
(only those who were with me at those times understood what this statement really meant. hahah...)
Kudos their creativity in card making. They were pros. bring back some happy memories.



Dug out these:


Couldnt remember why and when exactly i did this project. (transparencies on pyramids and bermuda triangle???!!!) It was in sec sch. but why would any teacher ask his/her student to do this? it is a mystery unsolved. Maybe someone will tell me upon reading this entry. and i dont know why i still keep this.....

Thursday, June 18, 2009

juz realised that i had taken other videos on my phone @ the crackers performance. Here are 2 better ones.





see the one above? its practically 360 deg all around us.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Showered under a sky full of fireworks

Do you know how it feels to be showered under the sky full of fireworks? I experienced that when i went to yishun to watch the finale of the Arts Festival.

Name of show: Crackers
Country: UK

it feels so romantic cuz the fireworks are 360 deg all around you. audiences had to turn their heads around cuz fireworks were everywhere in the sky. This is juz one of the type that is displayed.

在当下有一种很想结婚的冲动。。。
在满天都是烟花的星空下结婚因该很浪漫吧!

Monday, June 01, 2009

randon tv reviews

end of exams. period.

sat infront of the tv in the afternoon from 12 to 3pm today.
watched those channel 5 shows which i actually tot they were craps
from the debbie travis' the painted house to the fashion jury to PCK.
i think they are really great shows! when one is damn free, everything is like treasure.

i duno if i am too bored/emotional or what. while watching fashion jury, tears just welled up in my eyes when the fashion victim had to write a eulogy for herself.
reflecting on her past, to welcome her future.
Guess it was not easy to recall all her tragic past and all - being a single mother/ being the centre of attraction for the wrong kinds of things etc...

i admired her for her courage.
really. those are the people who will make you feel that you are more fortunate a million times

oh! and after watching the painted house, i suddenly felt like doing something artsy. i shall dig out my cross-stitch piece that i havnt touched at all. yes. i shall conquer that.

Monday, May 18, 2009

twitting

JM had started a twitter a/c.
Cant seem to find out why everybody's so chirpy about it...
maybe i am a noob?

Sunday, May 17, 2009

好想。。。

最近心情不是很好。总觉得很闷。心里也有许多想法。其实,乱想一通也是能解压的。但是说我压力大,也不是很正确。我没有很大的压力leh.

可能是读书,又读书,真烦!!! 好想放长假,自由自在的好好 shopshop playplay and eateateat!!!


好想找个 hidding place 和几个好朋友聊天。。。
好想去看日出。。。
好想读 The last lecture。。。
好想go cruising。。。
好想大哭一场。。。
好想。。。

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Thoughts from UK Revision classes

I had picked up some phenomena when I attended the UK revision classes.

1) UK lecturers are most of the time laid-back. They inject humour which is very relevant to the subject in discussion. This makes everything fun and easier to connect to. Local lecturers can't be comparable to them. They are most of the time stressed!!! The only time they joke are times to end class. Superficial? They teach for the sake of teaching? That's our culture for you.

2) Students don't respond when being asked a question. Sometimes, I really do have an urge to just shout out an answer, just to keep the lesson going. It's a waste of time when lecturers have to pause the lesson just to wait for an answer. We pay for these lessons. They arn't cheap! But I am just a typical SG student, I conform. If we are in poly, all of us will fail in our participation mark.

3) From the feedback given by the UK lecturers, students (SG students) don't think. We are so used to route learning that we have lost our common sense. Simple questions, yet we have to go a big round to answer them. Some even memorised answers and just threw out whatever they know without answering the question set.

4) Our education system is such a success in terms of the value punctuality that even the Director for LSE praised us for coming back from our breaks on time.

5) SG students are so rational that they copy WHATEVER the lecturer said. We are so efficient in copying that we can enter into the Book of World Records. For things that we couldnt catch, we effectively turned to our sides to see what others had written.

Jokes of the dayssss (sponsored by UK lecturers).....

Pronounciation matters:
SG: I've got two tits. Do you want to see them?
UK: oh no!!!
(the SG pax meant "I've got two kids. Do you want to see them? - takes out a photograph and show)

Same word. Different meanings:
SG: Do you want to go to the restroom?
UK: Is it a room for me to rest?

I cracked a joke about you cuz I know you too well:
UK: do you know why i always agree with (Director's name here. too sensitive. cant put it here)? Cuz it saves time.

Enjoyment was somewhat missing for a year of school. It is finally found in my four days of UK revision classes. Sad issnt it?

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Random stuff

Random stuffsssss.....

1)webcamed with ah wan. the first thing she actually typed was " u look v auntie at home" erm....ok THANKSSSSS HOR AH WAN..... -_-
I duno if i am sua ku or wad. but webcaming is fun! yar. maybe JM is juz plain SUA KU KIA



2)papa is buzy mugging for his aborist exams tmr. JIAYOU PAPA!!!

poor thing. still have to study at the age of 50.... must be hard on his brains. he even asked me to explain concentration and osmosis. hope he pass =)

*ps: compare papa and me. exams are ard the corner for us. but i am still blogging here. papa's typically glued to his table and chair....



3)i accidentally dropped mummy's shampoo into the TOILET BOWL when i bathed. heng the bowl's flushed...... i juz picked it up, washed it and put back. i din tell her. and i din notice if the opening touched the water in the toilet bowl or not....

4)chatted with my cousin. he juz broke up with his gf. so he said he will jio girls from his uni. extracts below:

me: so u will be looking for long hair, demure and sa jiao girls?
c: shld be long hair, big eyes, sexy
c: b cup will be gd
me: how u know a/b/c cup is how big?
me: i girl i oso duno how big is b....

i guessed we both forgot we were chatting with ppl of the opposite gender.

4) watched anime duno wad shaku no shana. juz blindly watch since my bro was watching. dun really understand. but i like the name shana.
maybe i can call myself shana??? shana lee......

5) first hand info. bro told me fuhua is going to have a 1oth anniversary dinner cum grand opening ceremony of the indoor sports hall. time/date unknown maybe somewhere in jun. 辅华的兄弟姐妹们,我们一起去吧!!!!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

CHANGES

its been a long time since i update. many changes occured.

JM juz cant seem to get her brain functioning. too relaxed after her prelims? she guessed so.

JM is using a new lappy with MS vista... love her new lappy cuz got web cam. but who can she talk to? but hates vista. duno how to type chinese words. She went to the IT show, squeeze into the sea of people, pay and drag the lappy home juz for her father. But in the end, her cute father decided to use her daughter's old lappy. so JM got the new one. if she knew, she'll choose the PINK one!!!!

JM juz soft-rebonded her hair. gone are the messy ends.

JM loves small changes.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

GET
PINEAPPLE
TARTS
AND
PRAWNS
OUTTA
MY
SIGHT!!!!!

Friday, January 23, 2009

Random school

Have been staying up late these few days. Stayed up to watch Obama's inaugaration till 1.30am++ on tue/wed. Stayed up to finish my poa assignment ytd. Ms chu dont need my assignment till after cny. But i felt better completing it soon. i guess i want cny to be worry-free. one more MM assignment and i will be done.

oh yar, talking bout MM, steph's angry (or should i say firm instead?) in class ytd. He said something like " if you have any question, pls clarify. you dont need to attach ur comments online." Was he refering to our ecourse survey? He ended the class 15min earlier. The first time he ended so early. But nevertheless, he is still a dear.

Friday, January 09, 2009

Sociology

" If you are not walking into hell, keep walking."

I have been walking around in circles in hell since the school reopened and i am still walking deep into it.
This is especially so for sociology. Walking and struggling and still holding onto it.

AM STILL WALIKING... TADS QUITE A FEAT, RIGHT???

From Dictionary.com:
Main Entry:
feat
Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
achievement
Synonyms:
accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory
Notes:
a feat is a notable achievement or accomplishment

Antonyms:
failure, idleness, inaction
(the above, in red, are my ideal definitions of FEAT for sociology)

Sunday, January 04, 2009

方大同 - 南音

方大同 - 南音

在他的墨鏡裡
看不到二泉的月映有多麼矇矓
只記得少年時
練習著二胡時琴弦勒出了血
紅三十四歲後失明了
怎麼用他雙眼尋找自己的光榮
小時候拉奏著浪淘沙
他們說他是個天才兒童

*可是下一個畫面裡 
他就走在街頭販賣著他的童夢*

#喧嘩酒家中擁擠的小巷中 
他拉著等待著誰為他而動容 
音樂沒人懂 
打賞要人懂因為他真的很窮

漆黑北風中飄渺的燭光中 
他想他總能為人們奏出彩虹 
音樂自己懂 
一樣有聽眾沿途點亮 
他命運的燈籠 
二泉映月 
他才不管紅與不紅#

圓圓的墨鏡裡
自圓其樂昭君出塞自有人歌頌
他人窮名不窮他人窮志不窮
音樂證明他有用
回家路上由他老婆
摻扶著拉奏著那一曲才最感動
不知道路過的聽到的
免費的有沒有因此心痛

REPEAT*

#最親愛的聽眾
想像他們的臉孔流淚或滿臉春風
老爸是他英雄 他慈祥的臉孔
也漸漸地消逝在南音的琴聲中

REPEAT#

CNY

Jingle bells' gone.
New years' day gone
Cai shen ye will be here soon...
I dread CNY....
i dread people in my house. You couldnt imagine how big is my extended family. You dun even have a place to sit. some even have to sit in the balcony... OMG....

I wonder why public holidays are not spread out throughout the year. eg new year to be in April etc... so we will have holidays every month instead of christmas, then new year then CNY all in one stretch. Its quite tiring issnt it? maybe i am old already...