Sunday, July 31, 2005

had a fantastic closing time concert yesterday! had another shot at doing artiste management again thou i must admit i didnt really do my best cos i was just too excited abt the concert! i was supposed to be helping electrico but they seem contented to be by themselves.. desmond was really nice and friendly thou.. and i think the smu bands did a great job in hyping the crowd up for electrico.. and 7 til dawn was just fantastic! and of cos... EIC was just awesome. they were the show everyone was waiting for. and the audience was super responsive. i had such a great time in the crowd myself.. and the guys from EIC are hyper friendly! hahaaa.. took photos with some friends n electrico n EIC.. shall post them when i get the photos from them!


had vivace today, which was alrite i guess. "off duty" pretty early heh! ended up watching all the performances with various people but in the end also left sebastian n me stoning away while waiting for 2pm to come ahahhaa..
then went ktv with the uno peeps again. by the end of it, everyone was too shack to go for dinner. hahaa..
tired now..
xiaoping n jeremy soh faster come online so i can get the photos!!


------ Friday, July 29, 2005

i had a weird dream last nite of this person who's gonna have the same class as me nxt term. in short.... there were quite a number of ppl in the dream but i remember these 2 people clearly: jeremy and shah! hahahaa... i cant remember much.. i can only recall that i wanted to sit with jeremy cos we are supposed to do the project together but i end up sitting nxt to shah (whom i cant stand even in real life!).. HAHAHAA! amusing leh!
let's just say... i hope it wont happen in real life! hahahaa...


okays gtg for now...


------ Thursday, July 28, 2005

so now that you're back..... sian rite?


this was something a friend commented when we were chatting.. in a way, i agree with the statement? it's like.. i've had my "fill" of fun in bangkok and chengdu and now that i'm back, things seem to pale in comparison somewhat.. the food especially ahahhaaa. but at any rate, i'm glad to be back. i miss my daddy, my mummy, my bro, my room, my bed and of cos my friends.. and with so many events coming up, it should get interesting la rite.. hope so....


so far my plan of saving money has been working okay (unlike sebastian!) but i'm gonna need money again... my contact lens needs replacing! ahahahahaaaaa....


oh i just finished re-reading charlie and the chocolate factory..... i wanna watch!!


and kel when u free to meet again?? *hugs*


------ Wednesday, July 27, 2005

i wanna do a photoblog too but but the pictures from chengdu are not with me YET. ray yap are u reading this? photos soon! hahahaaaaaaaaaaa!

anw. i think i miss mambo! hahaha.. time to make another reappearance maybe? any takers??


------ Monday, July 25, 2005

here's an account of my trip in chengdu....



day one: 18/07/05
reached chengdu shuangliu airport at abt 3.30pm.. got picked up and driven to LN's parents' house in jing3 xiu4 hua1 yuan2. we had tang yuan there and it was great!
then we went to the hairstylists.. the guys and huiying had their hair washed and cut while anna n i n ln's mum went to walk around.. we eventually walked to kfc where we discovered the best egg tarts in chengdu (yes, in kfc!) we eventually went back and decided to do a hair spa, which is cheap at abt S$5..
went to this place called Grandma's Deli for dinner - LN's dad's treat. thanks! the vanilla milkshake was reaaaaalllyyyy good! very smooth!
then we went to have a full body massage after dinner.. MYGOODNESS! S$7 for a full 100 mins of massage can! from the toes to the neck.. shiok!
i had a nice but weird dream the very first night i was in chengdu - of being distant and close and saga seeds in the sand. hahaha.


day two: 19/07/05
woke up early and went to have youtiao dou jiang for breakfast.. the youtiao was real nice and the whole breakfast cost only abt S$1 per person! hahahaa...
then we went to the tailor shop to make our suits.. my black suit costs 320yuan, which is abt S$60, which is cheap for a tailor made suit!
then we went to jiu3 long2 and chun1 xi1 lv4 to shop for a bit before heading to Hokkaido for jap lunch buffet. jap buffet for S$7! can u imagine! hahahahaa.. what a spread! i think the restaurant made a loss when we went to eat.. anna, ray, edmund and ln just cant stop eating! oh man! i ate alot too but compared to them, its nothing! lol.. sashimi, unagi, tempura etcetc all for S$7.. where to find?!
we continued shopping after lunch before heading home for a breather. then we went to this place for dinner where we ate alot again.. all for a cheap price again haha!
went to carrefour to shop for snacks, beer n miscellaneous stuff. beer at 20cents a can! beat that! oh yeah, we saw an alleged snatchthief being caught. he was strangled, choked, punched and eventually pinned. it was violent and kinda scary, really.
then we went to sing ktv at nite - cheap! abt S$6 per person for 8 beers and quite a big room, and we sang till 2am! it was great man.. sang all the old school songs plus the current songs. we even had our very own version of mambo! like someone would be singing the song and we would do our own synchronised actions.. the song i remembered most was lian ren wei man by SHE. hilarious!!


day three: 20/07/05
went to he2 hua2 chi2 wholesale centre for a spot of shopping.. that place is kinda like chatuchak except that it isnt so stuffy. everything is divided into sections like chatuchak. hafta say that china's fashion isnt exactly to my liking thou... we went to kfc for lunch, where we this chicked in peking duck sauce in a wrap.. yummilicious.
then went to bai3 nao3 hui4, which is similar to sim lim in singapore. the techie gadgets.. bought a 40gb external hdd for my dad for abt S$115.. best part is that it's a seagate product, meaning its made in singapore! lol the irony. then the guys went to buy pc games..
went to stock up on our dvds after that.. parallel imports rock! =) i bought national treasure n initial D for my bro. LN i want ur csi, 24 n alias! haha!
had herbal steamboat for dinner, which was good and cheap as usual. the soup base was great. rich and smooth. had the chinese wine.. it was called jasmine wine. dont be fooled by the nice name, its potent! 50% alcohol! but it doesnt taste dry or bitter. it tasted fragrant actually!
watched 'Sin City' at night.. i didnt really catch the whole show cos i was LS-ing. hahhaa. 5 times in a nite! think the bfast didnt agree with me la..


day four: 21/07/05
had teochew food for brunch, then to ruan3 fang2 jie1 and back to jiu3 long2 and chun1 xi1 jie1 to shop.. bought alot of bags for myself and my frens.. bought the cheong dri-fits for my dad.. then huiying n i decide to pamper ourselves by eating ice cream at haagen dazs. its not cheap by china standards but still cheaper than singapore!
had home cooked dinner and watched 'divergence' on dvd, to which i fell asleep despite the strong cast of hongkong actors.. then we headed out for a spot of clubbing. but we realised that we chose the wrong day cos there's practically no one in the clubs! hahaa.. we eventually settled on this club called "open" cos apparently it plays r&b, hiphop, rap and reggae. but....... hahahaaaaa.. the dj eventually played alot of old school english emo songs and we had a good time talking there.. we had a bottle of baileys and a dozen beers. drink till shiok la.
went home at 2+ then talked some more in the guys' room.. eventually went to sleep at 3+ happy and contented as can be!


day five: 22/07/05

anw we went to this guangzhou styled restaurant for brunch then to wen2 shu1 yuan4 where apparently they have mahjong under the trees. but wsy turned out to be a temple and there was no mj (much to my relief cos it feels wrong to gamble in a temple!) so we bought chinese tea and sat down to talk again..
went to collect our suits in the afternoon, which was rather nice!
then to this touristy place selling antiques and collectibles.. i love that place! the things are all so nice but some of the prices are exorbitant! and since it was day 5, i was alr running out of money! but the things are soooo nice!
went to have the famed peking duck for dinner and ooooh my the duck! S$12 for the whole duck! its so so so nice! and cheap! hahaa.. i love eating in china!
then we went to watch bian4 lian3 (the show where they change the masks at top speed!), which was over-hyped i think.. the pre-shows werent good n the actual bain lian show lasted all of 5 mins haha..
watched yet another dvd, A1 tou tiao, at nite. it looked promising as the show goes on but eventually ended up as another flop. too many loopholes in the plot!


day six: 23/07/05
it's mum's birthday! and changqi's bday too..
went to le4 shan1, a 2hr drive away to see the great buddha and sleeping buddha - the cheapest getaway we could find hahahaa.. then went to the dong1 fang1 fuo2 du1 (buddha city of the east) to walk around.. quite touristy but its nice cos its different from the usual routine of eat sleep shop that we have been doing for the past few days la.
went back home in the afternoon and watched 'National Treasure'.. finally a nice show after 3 flops..
had this fish steamboat thing for dinner at this super posh place.. gosh the tomato soup is fabulous! and cheap! abt S$10 per pax!
went to eat ice cream after dinner at carrefour. ice cream is super cheap there also. magnums at abt sing60cents! hahahahhaaa...
then went home n watched madagascar.. lol. i like to move it move it!


day seven: 24/07/05
went back to have our youtiao dou jiang for bfast.. then huiying and i went to have manicure and pedicure while the rest went bowling.. S$9 for a full manicure n pedicure! cheap rite! hahahaa.. i had a french manicure but its slowly chipping off alr cos of handling my luggage yday! gahhh.
had dim sum for lunch which was ooooh! hahahaa.. i love dim sum n i'll never get bored with it! i want dim sum!!
then its a rush back home to pack for me, huiying and edmund.. the car came to pick us up at 2.45pm and our flight was at 4.30pm... it was rather comical how the 3 of us practically fell asleep even before the plane completed its take off. hahaa.. the dinner on board wasnt good thou. then we played daidee for the remaining 2 hrs or so of the flight.. eventually reached changi airport at 9.30pm.. home sweet home!



my whole china trip is eat sleep play eat sleep play and i love it BUT.... i'm glad to be home! =)=)=)=)=))))))


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I'M BACK!


a happy and contented but very broke girl. hahahaaa! chengdu is just fantastic la... we live like ah sia kias there. whole day eat sleep shop eat sleep shop eat sleep eat sleep watch dvds eat sleep eat sleep hahahaaa.. everything is so cheap. see my fren's blogs for updates.. i will do my updates later... tireddddd! my head is spinning.......


so a huge thank u to huiying, anna, ln, ray and edmund... and of cos ln's parents. thanks for a great vacation!


~till tmr


------ Monday, July 18, 2005

just had uno gathering at frances' place.. the food was simply too much and too good! of cos, it's me cooking wahahahahahaa... sang ktv at her place also.. we attempted to play ding dong dang also but in the end we concluded that it's a game best played when we are feeling seh.


anyways.. flying off to CHENGDU tmr! will be away till 24th july so i guess i'll only update then...
then when i'm back, will be busy with closing time concert, smuve, vivace and convoc.. then its sch reopen!! oh no!!! so fast!!!!!!!


in a way, i'm anticipating the re-opening of school this time around heeheeee.. shd be an stressful but interesting term!


------ Friday, July 15, 2005

orientation camp is over yaaaaaaa!
it's been one heck of an experience man.. laughter, tears (yes, tears!), challenges both physically and mentally... the opportunity to bond further with the uno facils.. i think i've found a grp of gems in them.. it's like, i've never felt so happy, relieved, thankful, and ya, basically so happy to see them and be with them at the end of each day!
melissa, uni, denise, stepf, youyi, corinne, frances, ron, jaclyn, yvonne, zing, chun seng, janice, wei lin... they've been my pillars of support and my sources of strength. really dunoe what i would do without them..
alot of things kept me lasting thru orientation camp.. great fellow facils, lots of hugs from the ppl who cared, smiles from everyone, and of cos the sms at night.. thanks, everyone.


andrew said that facils are actually the ones who learn more at this camp and i think he's absolutely right. i learnt alot from this camp. dealing with people, accomodating and tolerating people, controlling myself, what strength really is, dealing with challenges and coping with adversities... woot. what a ride now that i think back.. let the pictures have their say!




my buddy frances and me before the start of camp..



my grp 15..



breaking the ice..



trust falling..



youyi and i



feeling tired and sweaty after one longgg day



falling asleep on my buddy!



our tent.. ohgosh the unglam trackpants!



starting day 2 with a smile.. look we even have matching caps!



spider webbing..



reaching the chinese gardens after a 5km amazing race



starting day 3 with a cup of milo.. and yes, its the cap at 5.30am thing again!



rafting.. our raft was the only one to stay intact after 3 trips..



dragon boating..



3rd day lunch. cant see anything cos it's the only meal that i finished everything although everyone else said the food was horrible cos i was just too darn hungry alr..



this is the view of the japanese gardens near our holding area.. we reckon it looks like the setting for teletubbies!


then most of us uno facils went out for dinner.. shared lots and lots of stories.. and played the ding dong dang game even thou we were dead tired and super seh alr..
"this is a ding."
"a what?"
"a ding!"


uno rocks.


------ Monday, July 11, 2005

just waiting around.


i know i shd probably go and hurry up finish my readings and hurry up go and sleep but i am just not in the mood to read the programme manuals n what nots and i am most definitely not in the right mood to go to sleep.


i guess i'm just waiting around..........
waiting for the mood to strike me to finally go and sleep.
waiting for.....................................................
zzZZZZzzzZZZ ??????


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met my freshies yday.. and all i can say is that meeting freshies is a very scary affair indeed! it's so daunting facing so many ppl who are waiting for n expecting u to start conversation topics.. but it went alrite la... just hope that orientation (which starts tmr!) will go smoothly and that my grp will function just fine.. frances n me will get thru the 3 days well. i wont get too cranky with them without coffee.............


then met the fab 5 and hy for supper at 85 to discuss our china trip.. had my bcm which i had been craving for the longest of times... had great fun discussing our trip. ln's funny accent included. spent some time catching up with ed anna and ray also.. then adjourned to anna's house for a looooong round of mj which had everyone exhausted by the end of it. 1 round lasted 4 hours can! then edmund became the sweetest guy and drove me home at 5+ in the morning. ahahahaa thx, edmund!


okies now i'm going to read all my ops manuals and programmes and what nots.


------ Sunday, July 10, 2005

how looks shouldn't matter


met up with kelvina yday to watch initial D (FINALLY!) after postponing our date for 2 weeks.. havent seen her in 2 weeks so of cos we had quite some stuff to catch up.. abt her school work and my orientation stuff.
somehow we began to talk about sth bain and i talked about on tuesday, on how looks shouldn't matter. but hell wrong, looks do matter. when u look at something or someone, arent looks the first thing u will notice? yes, we conclude, looks do matter. but they shouldn't be everything. of cos they cant be everything. because, we sincerely believe, that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. what i deem as beautiful will be different from yours.


and we came to this conclusion: when looking for that ideal person, best be that u find the person superbly gorgeous but others seem to think he/she's only average. ahahahhaaaaa.


i was reminded of sth the moment kel said that. i got reminded of....
"eh there. cute hor?"
y: "huh.. looks like a monkey leh."
"-__--|||"
b: "ok la.. looks like the sunshiny and crappy kind."
k: "alrite la.. not bad la.. ok??"
"hahaha."


oh well. meeting my freshies later... abit apprehensive leh. hopefully it will go well. then meeting the fab5 n huiying for supper at 85 to discuss abt our china trip! then maybe to anna's house for some mj action..........


------ Friday, July 08, 2005

jiahui is a happy gal heeheee


had a nice little chat with anna and ray last night, which saw a visit to ray's art of testing the waters hahaha. thx sweeties, for the chat. thou it feels wrong for ray to be called sweetie. but anna definitely qualifies!


yeah ok anw.. had all the talks and the final briefing today, which is really sufficient to make me go giddy alr. so many things.......
and we got our osl thumbdrive today. 128mb leh! and it comes in the oh-so-nice RED COLOUR! and we got our facils tshirt, towel, water bottle and the much talked-about and anticipated facil jacket. hahahaa. the facil jacket is the reason i became a facil!


today is a good day. bcos of u! =p


------ Thursday, July 07, 2005

just that one musing


we shouldn't give up when we haven't even tried..... right????


------ Wednesday, July 06, 2005

finally met my bestest today!
went to watch war of the worlds, which i thought was pretty good la. then we went to starbucks to talk.. and talked somemore over dinner.. and talked somemore when we were walking ard after dinner.. (and we ran into tianhao n sel! small world!) and talked somemore when we continued walking ard.. and talked somemore when we decided to go indochine to chill.. (and saw eugenia, felicia n sandy!) and talked somemore on the train home.. told her quite alot of things.. she thinks im "gone" alr hahahaahaha.. wat can i say? it's a nice yet not-nice amusing frustrating silly agonising (i cant find the word) feeling la. don ask.


love ya darling!



on the street



can u see the orchard road sign hahaha..



at indochine with our hoegaardens






and ran into genia whom i havent seen in the longest of times..


------ Monday, July 04, 2005

my bestest knows me best


well done bain.... she is the only person who has managed to "decode" something i wrote about earlier on. guess she knows me well enough la. it's not that difficult really, considering she herself is familiar with what i wrote. ahahahaa. thanks babe, it's nice to finally tell someone la. hahaha. tell u more when we meet up okies. when r u going to have some time for me huh?? i wanna go sentosa!


------ Saturday, July 02, 2005

reminiscing


was just reading thru some past entries.. and i think that actually 2005 has been a rather good yr for me so far la. as with other years.
it's good to take a step back and look at what has happened sometimes. helps to keep certain things in perspective.
i was reading one of my handwritten diaries and i really find some stuff amusing now. this is good for the soul, the whole reminiscing thingy...


------ Friday, July 01, 2005

hmmm mock camp is not that bad afterall la.. the first 2 days quite off cos i thought there was too much debriefing and the high elements part really quite screwed. then the amazing race was the worst. my grp totally like no morale alr cos we felt no common goal nor an aim. n welfare at cdans was lousy. my buddy facil was so obviously sick but she had such great difficulty getting a panadol from the org comm. but chinese gardens was good thou. i like the rafting n boating alot haha.


section 1 bonded quite a lot n we are quite gam with each other alr heehee. our heart to heart trashings and feedback helped us alot i think. and the wheelbarrowing activity thingy.. thou i almost triggered my back injury again but seeing the team becoming closer aft tt is worth it i guess.. and then now i must commend the welfare at chi gdns. the gal (esther i think) was so nice, she helped me rub the muscle ache cream on my back even thou she thinks mine is nt muscle ache. well at least she tried! so freshies, u guys r in for a great orientation esp if u are in section 1!!


on another note thou.. my buddy facil left halfway so she didnt know what went on in the 3rd day. im abit apprehensive but i've thought of a solution haha. since i prefer activities and she otherwise, i will volunteer to do the briefings and the demos for all the activities n she do debriefing? hahaaha.. trust fall, nitro crossing n all that, been there, done that! hahahaa...
somehow doing those activities again remind me so much of my cedar days... those were the days man!


so kudos to my section one mates - yvonne, zing, jaclyn, corinne, frances, uni, janice, denise, chun seng, youyi, melissa n ron. extra shoutout to mel whom i like alot. i think i have a crush on her hahaaa. NAH!!!! and ron.. thou irritating but he keeps me entertained haha. uno wacko!


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