i. need. to. get. my. blogging. bug. back.

friends are going 'UPDATE UR GOD DAMN BLOG LAH WA LAU!' 

so......... this is gonna be my first attempt at it! try lah try lah.

hmm, how am i going to summarise everything that has happened over the past god knows how many months......?

OH OH I KNOW. i bought myself a macbook. HAHAHA! and read hor, i bought it with my own moolah lest someone thinks i asked mummy for it. (though mum did sign her card for me. but i am paying back by installments!!)

YES GOD DAMN HAPPY I HAVE A MAC. WHOO. i need to be a full apple convert. someone sponser me an iphone to accompany my mac book and ipod?

let's see, basically, from what i can rmb, life has been work, tuition, work, tuition, work.... and the list goes on. okay lah with occasional meet ups here and there with the usuals! i even brought my mac to work. lets see some pictures shall we? HAHA

yepps that us (yc and i) in our surgical masks during the beginning stages of the H1N1 outbreak in singapore. well in case u guys don't know, I WORK IN A FRIGGING CLINIC! so yeaps, my risk of getting H1N1 is extremely high, but i guess, so far so good. shall not jinx my clean streak. as H1N1 got more serious affecting more and more singaporeans, i gradually dropped the idea of bringing my mac there.. don't want any contamination of my mac. and of course my family members lah when i bring it home. of course, we started using the N95 masks, 

WHICH IS FREAKIN HOT LAH. like, SUANA HOT. half the time my specs fog up and i can just feel all my pores opening. eww.

ladies and gentlemen, say hello to my hologram!  thank god for the a/c if not i swear i would have fainted using the mask. HAHA. we've mastered the art of speaking slower too. since speaking too fast takes up too much oxygen lah. gotta thank my lucky stars i am a band member. can control my breathing. HAHA!

okaayyy besides work... lets see, macbook, medicine...michael jackson.


alright, i have no idea why i got so attached to him.. i guess it brings back memories of my childhood where my sibs and i would bob and sing to his tunes in dad's car. my favourite has got to be Billie Jean. come on, once tt signature bass melody starts playing, it's time for some crotch grabbing and MOONWALKING man! ooo and i love Dirty Diana too! 

couldn't believe my ears that he bloody died. at 50!? not when he had his comeback concert! sigh.

like everyone else around the world i caught his memorial live on CNN FB (till4am). it started out being really sweet and funny with the funny anecdotes and stuff.. but when stevie wonder hit the piano.. omg. tts where i spilled those first tears. i felt his pain. 'why did u leave so early michael??' 

then usher. omg. heart wrenching cover of Gone Too Soon. apt huh. he sang his heart out especially towards the very end of the song where he struggled to complete the last line.. 'gone too soon.... '.

then MJ's family... PARIS JACKSON. freaking made me BAWL. by then i swopped the tissues for a handkerchief. woke up with swollen eyes man. sigh.prince and paris are ridiculously cute.

and seriously, the press is getting on my nerves lah. MJ is dead. LEAVE HIM AND HIS FAMILY ALONE! and now there are speculations about his sexuality that he's gay?! wtf lah. just stop it lah. let him rest in peace ppl.

his music will live forever. :)
long live the king.

hmm, okay what else...  lets talk abt the future! like how i'm going to redang from the 19-22nd with my sec sch gang! yc, ger, bryna, lewis, keith, vernon and weilun. wah, tak boleh tahan. can't wait for snorkeling, lazing on the sandy beaches... and hello clear blue waterrrrs! gonna hope the 9hr long coach ride would not be torturous. i'm arming myself with my psp, ipod, sudoku puzzles and a book or two! crap. i need to bring my charger for the 9hr trip BACK also. 

oh and i'm catching NDP LIVE YAY! my first on the floating platform mannn! omg. i realised i don't even know this year's national day song!

i guess this pretty much covers my after-exam-break. btw, quite tempted to get the transformers OST especially after chels intro-ed this band, Theory Of A Deadman and basically made me fall in love with their single for the movie, Not Meant To Be. chels i KOPE AH!


OH AND BEFORE I FORGET! I CANNOT WAIT FOR HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE this sat! even tho i really hate the idea of harry and ginny together. LOL. okay going to prepare my pipes(right) for singing session at teoheng with my dears tmr! 

can someone tell me when the hell UP is showing in singapore!!?!?!

*sets a large vacuum in motion*

okay, all dust collected has officially been sucked away.

I AM BACK PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSAAAAAA!

IT'S OVER! HELLO FRIENDS! HELLO DARLINGS! 

it's time for me to spread my wings. YAY.

appointments ppl. meet me. date me. i am so going to HAVOCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC! WOO.

-of course i will need funding lah. so if i'm working. sorry!

MOVIE TIME SINGING TIME BADMINTON TIME SHOPPING TIME EAST COAST PARK TIME FRIENDS TIME TV TIME ANIME TIME SIMS3 TIME SLEEP-IN TIME MINDSCAFE TIME and of course FRIENDSSSSSSSS TIME!

after school yesterday i headed over to vivo to meet the 4e1-ers for a birthday celebration/farewell dinner. it has been FOREVER since i last saw them. oh how i miss them. :)

firstly, a really big shoutout to the birthday babies, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GERALDINE & CHONG SIANG!!!!


yay, they have officially joined CLUB20. strangely, i get some weird satisfaction as more of my friends enter the exclusive club. LOL. kidding lah.


secondly, a big, TAKE CARE, BON VOYAGE AND I WILL MISS YOU! to ah quan. the boy who will be at sea for 6 MONTHS.

we'll miss u and ur eyebrows zq! (:


so anyhoo, the gang (yc, ger, keith, keith's geraldine, lewis, zq, gordon, flo, jiazheng, gordon, xijie and chong siang) decided on dinner at this place called, CARNIVORE located at... 01-161. if i can rmb correctly.

the buffet dinner was going at $45 ++ per head. yea, crazy expensive RIGHT?! aiya, but honestly, it doesnt matter since the food was AWESOME and we were glad we didnt settle for the NORMAL stuff like... western food lah, jap. somehow we wanted to experiment.

sadly, geraldine, keith and geraldine(another one, keith's gf) had to go.

so finally a table for 10 was cleared and this guy came over to give us a brief explanation on how we should go about getting our, MEATS. well come on, the place is called, CARNIVORE for a reason right?

so we were given this,


(yes okay my SE hp takes lousy pictures. sue me.)

green for, HEY I WANT MORE MEAT and red for, okay tts enough for now.

so all we had to do was to flip it as our stomach calls it.

right. so all of us headed to get salad-y and starters and soup and.. this thing called PALM HEART which lewis 'so kindly offered one for me'

okay whatever tt palm heart thingy was, it sucked. EEYUCK.

thennnnnnnnnnnn, the men in black shirts started arriving.. they carried those HUGE ASS SKEWERS and then popped up beside us going, ' fish/beef/ham/bacon/sirloin/chicken/mutton, u want?'

god, the first 'meat' i got was, FISHHH.. and zomgwtfbbq, THE FRESHEST MOSSST SUCCULENT EVERRRRRRRRR!!!


it just flakes apart and omg, FRIGGING JUICY I TELL U! and the marinate, PERFECT.

lewis who was seated in front of me went absolutely INSANE as he made those, 'OOO OMGGGG AHHHHH HMMMMMMMM' groans. he was jumping up and down from his seat like some kid who had just consumed a whole stick of mentos or chocolates.  he was devouring the food. he tasted heaven lah.


the food kept on COMING! and we were wondering why before we realised tt that circle tag thing? they were all green-side up. -.-

though i couldnt eat beef, i could tell tt it WAS AMAZING plainly just from the looks of the food, and also from the expression coming from everyone. all of them were going, OMG, hen hao chi lehhhhh!!! damn nice dammn nice.'

the mutton had just the right tenderness and there wasnt much of that 'mutton' smell if u knw what i mean. sausages were alright for me but the spices in it were kinda overwhelming. lewis gobbled it up for me LOL.

OH AND I HAD CHEEKEN HEART!

it wasn't too bad. like seriously!

(gma scolded me after i told her. LOL. she said, WAH LUCKY U NEVER EAT CHICKEN BRAIN. if not u as stupid as the chicken then u know ah. their brain so small! u better listen to me ah.)

laughter and meat filled our tummies till most of us really got bloated. xijie had a tough time chewing all the meat and he said tt his jaw muscles were were overtime. LOL.

all our tags soon turned,

GOOD GOOD FOOD i must say. we were just too happy talking / laughing and just digging in we only took a few pics! most of them with florence! shall check out FB soon.

so after we have all bursted the seams of our pants, we managed to tear ourselves from our seats and we decided to walk all the meat off. we have also decided to go vegetarian for a week. HAHAHAHA

we wanted ice cream at B&Js but somehow we walked and talked and then sat and talked. our conversations used to be less abt life, yet somehow, it was completely about LIFE last night.

oh how we've changed.

soon it was time to leave vivo. not end the night mind u. just leave vivo. we planned to meet up for SUPPER!!

at the infamous red light district, GEYLANGGGGGGGGGGGG.

zq drove over at around 1ish and off we went! ( in zq's car: flo jiazheng and i, in cs's car: yc lewis) we stopped at lor 27 first for the famous DOU JIANG YOU TIAO!

well, most of us couldnt consume anything anymore (except zq and his expandable stomach) so we settled for the cold soya drink. refreshing.

so while we were thinking of english names for jz, cs and yc, out of nowhere we heard HEELS clicking like mad! a throng of 'chicks' and ONE PIMP were running away from the POLICE! wah, drama sia. HAHA!

ooo and we saw an idian man and a china lady. ZOMG LAH. so salah.


after supper, we decided to drive ard the infamous lorongs! namely.... 8/14/16, most of the even ones lor. wah omg. WHAT A SIGHT. HAHA! we were all laughing in the cars going, eh omg, u think the white one or the black one more do-able ah? EH OMG WATERMELON HANGING!

it was also pretty scary lah. some of the ladies were glaring at us, they knew we werent customers lah of course. trannies, malay, indian, chinese, china, u name it, i think geylang has it. well, except of course for gays and anythng inbetween.

damn interesting lah. zq was driving us and he wasn't paying attention on the road lah! he was looking ard and admiring/lusting. HAHA! whereas CS on the other hand was damn focused. (or so he said)


ohwells, we drove through the same few lorongs like 2/3 times and finally we decided to call it a day and head home stomach filled, and brain filled with you-know-whats.



what a day. and because of it i skipped school today. LOL. WHOOPS.

GOOD BYE ZQ... WE'LL MISS U LIKE LOADS LAH! when u dock up at singapore, let us know okay!

and on the 6th april, mine was realised.

be it tpmb, tpwe, my passion and love for them has never faltered. even up till now, i've always tried making time to go back once in a while just to sit in and let the members know hey, they have alumnis who will always and forever support the band.

the old dream tt i've had ever since i was DM since 04 was for tampines to be a gold band. so what if we were a neighbourhood school? we had no tutors, only a conductor. and damn it, we practised damn hard. in syf 2005 we got a silver. regrets. nothing but regrets tt my batch and i couldnt get the gold. i cried so hard. still, my hope and desire never went away.


(this was taken on the 12/5/2007 on the wall of the old band room before tpss was to undergo renovations) see, even back then in 2007, we believed tt they could. the faith and belief had never steered.

6th april 2009, syf central judging for concert bands, band no. 102 tampines secondary school, GOLDDDDDDDD.

A FUCKING GOLD YA'LL!

and to top it off, THE ONLY GOLD BAND in the entire morning session!!!!

omg the moment, THE MOMENT!!!! the legacy MAN. they've created yet another history. my batch got the first silver for tampines. and this current batch they got the GOLD. amazing! simply awesome. u should have been there at SCH, yuenkee, geraldine, mr kenny tan and i, we couldnt stop fidgeting and we were at the edge of our seats while the results were being announced. ger yk and i were huddled together, squeezing each other hands till our veins popped, and when the announcement was made, WE ERUPTEDDDDD! we practically jumped from our seats and fists pumping in the air i went, YEA MAN! WOOO!! *SCREAMS SCREAMS SCREAMS* omg. we screamed so god damned hard mr samad could hear us outside.

i guess we gave the greatest reaction. even the members just sat in their seats, most of them crying, some in states of shock(like my junior) going, what? did we just get a gold?!?

LOL. we must have looked retarded. but honestly WHO CARES?! we PWN-ed (as i quote yk) everyone tt morning lah! it was the most fantastic feeling i could ever ask for. brought me back to syf 07 MJC. god, i love the feeling of getting the GOLD medal. it's the most natural high.


the members, my darling juniors have worked their asses off for this. they're just like little seedlings. mr samad and the teachers esp mr kenny tan and ms liyanah have been their sun, soil, fertilisers, minerals and water. they've done their part in the growing process and when it was time to bloom and flourish, THEY DID. oh, what a beautiful gold flower...!

thank u mr samad for bringing them to where they are now. (and all those nights where we stressed over them on msn and end up not sleeping well)
thank u juniors, for giving in ur bestest of efforts.
thank u mr tan for doing everything u can for the band (yes ur sji rocks more la -.-)
thank u ms liyanah for giving the band encouragement and also thank u for being so cute! HAHA
thank u my other alums, taking ur time to come back and to help.

we never gave up on them. and they did us proud.
not only was my dream realised, so was mr samad's. he's finally A GOLD BAND INSTRUCTOR and after his god knows how many years of conducting (i think 9) he has joined the rankings of those who have got the gold too.

well done tpwe. well done.
nothing but tt picture to sum it all up. i love band. :)

sadly, yours truly couldn't partake in the whole earth hour thingamajig since i was working. :(

wanting and i contemplated on switching the second room's lights off and probably switching off all the lights and announcing to the patients,

'pls be patient. we're participating in earth hour. lights will be off frm 830 to 930. pls hold ur sickness for an hour before the doctor sees u.'

but of course, we wouldn't risk our jobs. DUH.

so after work, i got home and much to my suprise, i was greeted with this sight..


can u tell? it's actually the staircase and my dad (YAH MY DAD) lit those little scented candles thingys and placed them on the steps.
can u see something glowing on the bottom right hand corner of the pic?

tts my brother. USING THE COM, mapling his life away.


hmm, i wonder how much money the electrical companies have lost in tt short hour.....

2 hrs of badminton today was invigorating to say the least.

it has been FOR EH VER since i last nudged my arm/leg muscles to do some hardcore aerobic respiration and the feeling of lactic acid pooling in my arms was strangely, satisfying. god i sound like a nut.

badminton and SUBWAYYY with the uni pal, wan hsin! how very shrewd we were to pay for an hour's worth of badminton when we actually did 2.

school has started, UOL lecturers are here, 10-5 workshops are flooding my WEEKENDs, (yes even sundays).

it all means, YEAR END PAPERS ARE HERE.

time to throw the key to my social life AWAY, and fish that dusty gold key hiding away in the recesses of my brain out, and 'OPEN SESAME' muggerhood.

crap.


at times i wish was spongebob. @.@ (did i just do tt)


on a complete sidenote, i was disappointed tt MICHAEL SARVER GOT THE BOOT frm AI!!! urgh. go away lah scott and megan. GO ADAM LAMBERT AND ALLISON! :D




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i am slightly perturbed by someone's behaviour.

i caught 2 horror/gore flicks recently. coming soon (OMG DAMN SCARY) and my bloody valentine.

i can't believe tt i actually AGREED to watching them. it's just not my kinda movie. i end up behaving like a real noob, freaked out even by a sudden BOOM in the music. i feel as tiny as a mouse, and as paranoid as a.... i have no idea as a what.


i am actually getting pretty sick of work/tuition/driving like every week. is this how it feels like, pre-adulthood?!


FINALLY GOSSIP GIRL SEASON 2 EPISODE 18 IS OUT. CLAWS were BARED. BEETCHEEEE.  rachel is finally not with dan. i actually sympathise with blair. serena is beginning to bore me. the writers just wrote a crush of her with a gay play director?! BORING. and omg sometimes i feel myself relating my entire life like theirs. okay almost everything except the fact that they're almost all EXTREMELY RICH and of course, beautiful. they're really just teenagers trying to figure out LIFE and themselves. even i get lost in my own lalang.


BANDCAMP (wed-fri) ! :D inflatable bed! late nights! FUN FUN FUN! (oh damn it i just realised i'm missing AMERICAN IDOLLL)


i really need to hit the books after this week.


i am tired. shall sleep.




if this post boggles ur mind, sorry ah. well, it is, ultralistically random.




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i don't know why u did it.

just makes me hate u more. URGHHHH

WARNING: *content is possibly NC16. if u're below the age of 16, it's okay to read it, just don't ask so many questions.*

was giving bio tuition to my sec 4 kid (normal academic) this morning. and today's chapter was the last one, on sexual reproduction.

yea, the one where we all, eww-ed... omg seriously...-ed? and sniggered (okay mostly the guys) when words like ejaculate, erect and sex were used back then in sec school.

okay so back to tuition.

fertilisation. so for fertalisation to occur, sexual intercourse has to occur right? so that the male sex gametes (aka sperm) will be ejaculated into the vagina and as it swims up to find the female gamete (ovum), TADAH, MANY BOYS MEET ONE GIRL and they fight to break through the exterior of the ovum membrane and when one SOLE SURVIVOR manages to do tt, fertilisation occurs.

so her textbook was describing tt in order for the abv mentioned to occur, the male's genital organs, (aka, PENIS) has to be erected in order for it to be inserted into the vagina.

kid: 'why must it be erected? why can't they just enter soft'

me: 'word is, flaccid, not soft. well.... it has to be erected so that it can enter the vagina la. '

kid: 'but why?!'

me: (trying hard to find an analogy) okay u imagine this (takes out one pocky stick since tt was my bfast) now, see ah, it's hard right then u imagine a straw. try to insert the pocky into the straw. is it easy?

kid: 'yaaa...........'

me: okay so now u imagine tt this pocky stick is soggy and there's like no structure, it's like jelly. would it take a longer time to enter the straw?

kid: yea true.

me: harder to enter right?

kid: yea..

me: (realised tt the analogy was kinda stupid and it didnt really explain much. cuz the explaination is NOT SCIENTIFIC)

kid: then when they pee, wouldnt it be easier if it is erected also? more focused mah the urine.

me: NO!? erm idk.. but it's only erected upon sexual stimulus or sexual arousal.

kid: huh?! what stimulus. what aro....sal.

me: (thinking, shit this is getting freaking screwed up) okay u see, rmb the penis is made up of mostly what? tissues and also a lot of blood capillaries right? now u see, upon sexual arousal, like when they see a naked woman or something or like during sex, blood gushes to the blood capillaries, making it hard; erect. so naturally, it gets erect and usually thats when they enter the vagina, then they ejaculate the semen which consists of fluid and sperm into the vagina lor.

and all the time i was using my hands to 'act out' what i was trying to say. like, i was showing a V for the vagina, and using the pocky to insert. and of course the straw.

me: okok i tell u what. ur N level WON'T ASK U WHY IT HAS TO BE ERECTED. ok? lol. so u don't have to worry about it. just know can liao. common sense. okay moving on... STDs.... AIDS!






ohmygod. it's so hard to explain.

oh good god. my lj has been collecting dust.

i'm finally in a blogging mood since some recent stuff has piqued my interest and i have things to blog abt. (blogging now largely due to the fact my next IBM paper is a week away. i can slack ABIT.)

my lj is going to be revived for AWHILE. can't promise daily/weekly/ whatever u want updates lah. but i will try my best. the prelims, it's eating the soul out of me.

SO ANYHOO,

i bet u guys know abt pioneer and JOOKOON? the latest edition to the EAST-WEST line? (new info for chelsea!) so when i first heard abt jookoon frm yk i was like, what the hell?! jookoon? and immediately it reminded me of hui koon and soo kun. they just sound the same. HAHA! no offence or anything ah!

somehow there was some profound and unexplainable impact which jookoon has on YK. she thinks it's insanely weird to name something jookoon. so while having sakae tea time buffet with her at dhoby, jookoon effect struck when it came out of my mouth and her chopsticks SNAPPED right on cue.


anyway,

the map is looking messier by the minute. so many colours. but then again, with the new circle line, WE CAN GO FRM PAYA LEBAR TO DHOBY LIKE STRAIGHT! WOO! no more changing at city hall!

SO, after maths prelims yesterday, the explorer in me wanted to like VENTURE into pioneer and jookoon. i swear i thought the west most end of singapore was boonlay. but NO. now it's JOOKOON! my first rxn was, ' U MEAN THERE'S MORE AFTER BOONLAY ?! !@$%#$!@#!@$'

okay i would never like visit jookoon if i was to be in tampines to begin with. since it was after maths prelims in school and it was only 1230, siyun and i decided on lunch then jookoon. lunched at JP!


LAI LAI! not so bad. their nai cha (red milk tea) was different. it was literally SHAKEN. but omg. jp's erm prima deli's waffle is like zomgwtf amazing. not like any waffle i've ever tasted.


something interesting that caught my eye. HMM.

so after lunch, i got really excited. i REEAAALLLYY wanted to know what the hell was over at pioneer and jookoon.. so.. here goes.


the train ride frm boonlay which was close to emptiness.

pioneer came.. nothing much. almost 100% residential. oh and, pioneer jc is not at pioneer. (just in case someone was wondering, because that was what I asked siyun. LOL)

then..
 
yu qun is it. LOL i only know qun. first one i assume to be yu.

wah i tell u, the station itself is like Changi's airport, only, without the A/C.


jookoon was kinda peaceful, away frm the hustle and bustle of erm everything.  well largely cuz it's swamped with industries there. i even saw harvey norman's warehouse. i guess, jookoon would be very convenient for the factory workers there.


boring. doubt there'll be any jookoon mall or smthng. can u see those industrial furnaces? they're like spewing black/grey fumes into the air. POLLUTION EW. (2nd picture)

if i could summarise jookoon in one word, it's gonna be, CHEY.

i thot it would be so much more. but then again. it is the west. i dun really expect much frm it. WHOOPS. i guess the best thing to ever happen in the west is.. JP? it's like a huge mall there in boonlay.

so there u go ppl, i've been to jookoon and i dun think u should. dun waste ur time. thank me for wasting mine. HAHA.

i trained ALL THE WAY BACK to tamp. which suprisingly took only ONE HR. (then again i think it's the afternoon train. they're always faster)

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one day........... while bathing, i noticed there was this new bottle of shampoo. would u like to venture a guess on the brand?


look closer. it's BA WANG.


JACKIE CHAN. WAFFAK IS JACKIE CHAN DOING ON A SHAMPOO BOTTLE?!?!??!?!!?!!!!???!??!?!?!??!

isn't he asia's best known action hero?! now he's endorsing SHAMPOO!?

and omg, the shampoo tt comes out frm it is herby-green(if that's even a word) and it smells FUNKY. urgh i have no idea how to describe tt smell lah. it's not the best smelling, neither is it pungent.. it's really just FUNKY SMELLING.

and my sister uses it. NO WAY  AM I GOING TO USE IT.

oh suprise suprise. i dun think they photoshopped Jackie Chan's nose there. hmm.

OH YAH I JUST RMBED SMTHNG.
recently, like erm last friday? this tree near the mosque (which is near my house) like, SPLIT and broke into a million of pieces...shattering everything in it's way.... killing...

i exaggerate.

it spilt kinda like a brocoli.


crazy huh. i guess the tree was old and the weight of the top canopy was too heavy for it's body to hold on. so it gave way..?
it toppled this guy's motorbike. poor thing. LOL. so randomly suay.

alright TATA ppl, gonna catch AI and do some FB-ing!

gosh. seems like EVERYONE's driving?!

had my driving lesson on tues and i bumped into hongwei (who got his driving license that day itself), xuanwei (who was there for motorcycle lessons), cheeri and weeshan!?

well well well, small world. HAHA.

i even met a secondary school friend there!

oh well, ubi IS the only driving centre in the east.

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life just isn't very exciting now. i need movies. i need to study. i need to meet up with friends.

study break now. CRAPTASTIC. prelims are APPROACHINGGGGG! i need to start on my notes like PRONTO.


and tts just ONE MODULE. bizmgt. urgh. i have 4 others. HOW!? damn it. i need to do it. 2nd upper class hnrs and abv!


okay i gtg prep for driving lesson.. 7. pre-road assessment! *crosses fingers*

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finished sundays at tiffany just last night.

i want an IMAGINARY FRIEND WHO IS AS LOVELY AS MICHAEL.

one day, i'll go to st regis and have tt choc fudge.

WOOHOO, so the year of the OX is finally ushered in!

happy cheena niu year to all man! :D

anywahoo, CNY so far has been pretty fun(especially the maternal's side; as it has always been)

mahjong, little nyonya, STEAMBOATs, laughters and of course, not forgetting RED PACKET COLLECTION!

omg i sound so angmoh using red packets than HONGBAO.

tts besides the point. anyway, i've uploaded CNY pics on FB! so do check it out. especially the one with my niece JAMIE who i swear is as cute as a button. (wait, buttons are cute? like how.. hmm.)

okay PEEKCHURES.
family. (btw, not my house. over at aunt nadine's)


cousins and cousins with Grandma. [everyone had no idea where to look cuz there were cameras like, E-verywhere.]

i just couldn't resist.
interesting NOTES from the marnee collection.


TWENTYs.

besides just having steamboat, steamboat and more steamboat, i've managed to catch like 3 movies since last friday. (3 movies over a span of 6 days)



hold up. merely chance that i caught 2 local movies okay. i'm not the HUGEST fan of well, fann, nor any local productions.

okay, love matters, not worth your moolah, like seriously. it was funny because it was bad. i swear it's the first ever movie i laughed because of the poor acting. and, i'm not liking the malaysian accent very much. it's too................. malaysian. if u get what i mean. laughed at a certain choir song but not because it was funny or stupid or whatever it was because it triggered some memories waaaay back in the haydays well in sec school band where we performed with the choir abv us WHO WERE REALLY BAD. i digress.


BRIDE WARS WAS WOOHOO LIFE SAVER. sneaked it with kiaming, sharaf and arrifin on chu xi itself (where both km and i reluctantly dragged ourselves home for reunion dinner). i'm not going to spoil it since i want all of u guys to watch it! i promise it to tickle ur funny bones and maybe, JUST MAYBE tug at ur heartstrings... abit.

definitely a bridezilla war going on btwn the 2 BEST FRIENDS as their wedding date falls ON THE SAME DAY. so go figure. SABOTAGE. SABOTAGE. SABOTAGE!

i laughed so hard at this,

watch it to like laugh along. it just screams, C-A-R-R-O-T to me lah.

catch it when it appears in a cinema near you. (:


okay, i've gotta say , the wedding game suprised me. i actually enjoyed it despite seating like 2 rows from the FREAKING SCREEN since it was the 3rd day of CNY? caught it with my sis and cousins! kinda laughed at fann's cuteness and of course, christopher lee's cheekiness. quite a few ROFL LMAO parts. rather touching too. i've never really liked fann like ever(zoe fan here), but i've gotta say, after the Wedding Game, it has made me reflect. fann is.. well, likeable.

the supporting characters like hei ren as fann's manager and tt chinese lady who was chris's manager were hilarious.

definitely BETTERRR than love matters. i mean, i can imagine fann and chris like going at it, wedding lah, and love and sex and all, but HENRY THIA AND YEO YAN YAN!? BIG NOOOOOOOOOO. half the time i was trying to like picture henry thia young. but i just couldn't. it's like, watching a movie abt ur mum and dad and them trying to SPICE up their BEDROOM moments and what nots? eecky eww. no. and u knw, henry thia... i just can't take him seriously especially at his sadly very failed attempts at crying and being sad.

ohwells. so........ in a nutshell, catch bride wars, catch the wedding game and if u still have some cash left, maybe love matters. but i rather u spend it on a GV nacho meal or smthng.

alright man! can't wait for the 7th to come! alcohol on the house yo!

look at what just flew in into my letter box!?

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AIR MAIL FROM CANADAAA!!

FROM DEAREST CHELSEA!


it's a really belated bday card but that doesn't matter! YAYYYYY!!!

completely brightened up my day! YAY!


OMG THANKS CHELS! 



u'll be receiving smthng soon! hopefully fast too! (:

i'm like so blessed to have so many ppl taking time out to celeb my bday man.

i feel so touched. HAHA(:

gotta thank my jc babes also! PRIS VAL KM AND DORIS!! timbre was awesome. i still love the choc martini the most. HAHA!
 

thanks for the awesome night/laughter/games/drinks! WOO!

gotta thank my jcband LOVELIES TOOO!!! (: NURBSTIANSHILAJINGJINGSHIYIBLOOD.


JANNY PPL! (and james who is somewhere in there)

chels is beside me and james is the table. LOL.

i <3 my presents too! HAHA. jj got me like THE MOST INTERESTING UMBRELLA EVER. damn cool also!


see tt bottle thingy!? it's AN UMBRELLA!

oh and i just dyed my hair, courtesy of ger and hua's bday present to me! (: it's RED mannnnn. but not bold red lah. i'll never do tt. HAHA

can see can see?! not too bad lah, the dye and cut itself cost only $69!

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on a complete sidenote, CNY is approaching like FREAKING FAST and i have yet to get my CNY shopping done. YUENKEE HELP!

time for hongbaos, goodies and steamboat!

AND HERE IS AN INVITATION TO MY FRIENDS (4e1/secschband/jcclass/jcband/unipeeps)

CNY CELEBRATION. 7TH FEB 2009.
MY HOUSE.

u guys will be receiving an sms soon enough!

be there or be square. HAHA

the same ole same ole yea! (: steamboat/mahjong/games/teevee/possiblywii?!/COMPANY WITH FRIENDS

first and foremost,

so far, being 20 hasn't sucked. LOL. i should just live life as it is, 20 or 2.

anyhoo, my BDAY HAS BEEN A BLAST.

so many firsts were sort of conquered on my bday itself! i've crossed borders, to Pengerang, the very south of malaysia just for SEAFOOD! first time i ever went to the new changi ferry terminal, first time being on my own with just close friends in another country. no parents!

okay la, it's just pengerang but so!? LOL. i still chopped my passport leh. HAHA!

i'm not gonna say much except to let the pictures speak for themselves yea, so it's going to be in order,
-getting there
-travelling to the restaurant area
-reaching the restaurant
-SEAFOOD LUNCH
-mini fruit shopping
-BIRD'S NEST hunting (okay no lah)
-getting back


and... THE FOODDD!


there's another chicken thingy but it didn't look appealing. LOL. the toufu was crisp and fluffy inside. NICE. lobster!!!!!!!!!! OMG. FRESH. FRESH FRESH! succulent and juicy! crab was awesome too though slightly small and messy to eat. but it's CRAB! chilli sauce was GOOD.

the price?!

the mess? (of 3 ppl)

bloated like macam DHS balloon. SATISFYING!

complimentary shots with the 'friend' we ate.

oh OH! and the story behind the FLUNG CAKE. apparently, yk and ger secretly stashed this cake in yk's bag. so at the 'mini customs' we had to get our bags checked. so yk apparently FLUNG her bag which landed with a loud thump at the customs. and i was commenting, eh wa lau, treat your bag nicer leh. throw so hard for WHAT!?

so apparently, she was completely oblivious and had no memory tt the cake was inside.

and so, i got a smashed up/FLUNGED bob the builder cake. HAHAHAH!


it's okay girls I APPRECIATE IT. i'll always rmb the cake. flung-ed.

so we kinda fruit-shopped for CNY, buying back a carton of oranges each for like $5. cheap lah!

oh and of course, jump/nice shots at a random spot (we stacked the 3 cartons of oranges to place my cam on the top!)


(i chose one where i jumped. in fact i was the most successful lor. *chelsea! see i jumped*)

on the trip back.... we saw swallow houses which entrepreneurs built to harvest bird's nest!


totally reminded the 3 of us of LITTLE NYONYA. with the whole da sha getting bird's nest thingy. HAHA! it is true! like omg. there were in fact plenty of such 'houses'.

the trip was pretty educational too. we realised tt pengerang isn't an island on it's own. in fact it is the south of malaysia and we can actually travel to JB lah. COMPLIMENTS TO THE SUPER NICE TAXI DRIVER! he was really informative, stopping wherever we wanted to take pictures. :D

good service! thumbs up!

thank you!  (if he ever reads this)

and 4pm came, last ferry ride out...
i should go buy 4D.

awesome awesome celeb! THE MOST CREATIVE/ORGINAL one by far! :D AWWWW. I LOVE YOU GIRLS!

A MILLION THANKS YUEN KEE AND GERALDINE! to edric, the ass who was supposed to come but had to bail cuz he had a newspaper interview with lian he zhao bao, too BAD. LOL. still, we wished you were here. (:

special thanks also to 4e1! (those who could make it for the bday celeb down at east coast waraku! :D


aiya, have to get the group shot from lewis or yirui.

really love you guys LOADS OKAY! :D and now outings will be a breeze since ZQ and YC CAN DRIVE. LOL.

i would also like to thank....

(like 66th golden globe)

chelsea for her dedication on her blog. MISS YOU! i really wished you were here...
my darlings (you know who u are!)
4e1-ers
wan hsin for the special gift! TOUCHED.
teekaytampspringhaiman (THURS THURS)

the first few to sms/msn
yk/hua/mrsamad/james

AND TO ALL THOSE WHO WISHED ME! THANKS OKAYYYYYY!!! really appreciate it. u guys made turning 20 happier! :D


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on a complete side note, i caught red cliff 2 with yk and ger after getting back from pengerang. and i have to say, IT KNOCKS THE SOCKS OUT OF ME. totally blew me away with their brilliance. i have to watch red cliff 1 now with yk spotting parts of the movie with calefares doing weird things.

watch it PPL! pls do!

i think i'm changing my taste for movies. starting to enjoy and prefer war-ish movies, true stories-ish too. i'm definitely waiting to catch changeling. oh and the curious case of benjamin button.

i apologise.

i've been missing frm lj for the past erm.. moons..? maybe?

okay i'm gonna just do a reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy brief update alright.

HAPPY 2009! (yea i know, 9 days late)

countdown was a blast together with jj, baya, angela and james! ntu's ADM rocks. LOL. stayed over at JJ's hostel, counted down, watched xiao niang re, and what nots.  (:

new year, new beginning man. i'm not one to make resolutions... so... whatever happens, happens. LOL. i just wish for 2009 to be smooth sailing. :D

oh and for my entire family to get better frm the ill-blasted virus. (which i unfortunately got too.)




and.............................................................................................

i'm left with erm 1.5hrs till i turn 20.

theblardy 2-OH mannnnnnnnn!?!!??!?!!?!?!??!

shit.

i don;t know why but i'm having an anxiety attack now or something. LOL. no more, 1-something. it's 2-something. DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.

URGHHH!!!!!!

okay calm down!!




bye my teen years, (you've been nothing but wonderful. i'll look back, and miss you)




hello adulthood.. (pls be good)


:(    /     :) ?

i HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLLLYYYY recommend it! 5 stars!


not only because there's HUGH JACKMAN *swoons*, but the plot, the story line, character development... was very very well done. the movie is full of laughs and light hearted moments especially at the beginning. however as the story unwinds, it gets so emotional that almost every scene was tugging at my heart strings.

there's the touchy subject of racism(white ppl, black ppl, the ungratefuls, the creamy), especially since it is still prevalent in australia as of now, there's romance (hugh and nicole), there's a bit of 'magic', there's family love and more importantly, there's history. WAR.

kinda like pearl harbour, but definitely more heart wrenching since it involves this young aboriginal kid, Nullah(who really is of aboriginal descent) who belongs to the 'stolen generation'

'Australia' is by far the only movie that has made me BAWL AND WAIL (okay i'm exaggerating) so many times at so many scenes. i caught it with ger and hua and both of them were weeping non-stop too! you could just hear us sniffling away. 

i cried so hard at the part where drover(hugh)'s brother-in-law sacrificed himself for the kids on this missionary island and when he got shot by the japs, the way he looked back at drover and the kids without even having to say out loud, 'go. run' was just zomg a TEAR JERKER. i felt so much for hugh's character too. him being 'da man', the 'outback person', the 'rough it out' kinda person, he never really had love, or family. for him to lose both at the same time was just tragic man. tragic. sigh.

i don't mind watching it again!

oh oh, if u're not into the story, then u should go for HUGH JACKMAN BECAUSE HE IS SO EFFING HOT/SUAVE/OOZINGMANLINESS/SEXY IN THE MOVIE. AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! he isn't people's magazine's sexiest man alive 2008 for nothing man! tell me!? HOW NOT TO SWOON!!!?!?!?!??!?!?!? the moment he stepped into the party, the cinema went, OOOOOOO....

and him being, SO MANLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY and SEXYYYYYY!
the BODY! omgggggg. the chest hair... omg... i sound super psychotic here.
 

marry me hugh. HAHAHA! i remember vividly, at the kissing scene (nicole and hugh) i whispered into hua's ears, 'how i wish i'm nicole kidman now.' i can't BELIEVE MYSELF. i just can't help but gush.

okok. enough about the hot one who is none other than hugh jackman. the movie is definitely worth even your 10 bucks.

do go to the toilet before the show though. it is almost 3 hours long. take precaution, bring along tissues! or bear the consequences of a wet shirt since ur hands will never stop the flow of your tears as they'll just keep rolling down...

some memorable quotes from the movie,

" just because it is, doesn't mean it should be." (on racism)

" i sing you to me...

and i'll be hearing you."

crikey! catch it. :D

yes yes! i'm still in the chrismassy MOOD! (even though i just came back from giving tuition in the MORNING.) *yawns*

my loot so far! LOL.


YAY SO HAPPY. (:

MANY MANY THANKS TO ger hua yc yr mummy aunties uncles cousins baya(cookies i finish liao!) jj chels for cards! mr samad yk doctors pauline florence and all those who've sent me wishes too!

I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL that i was in your thoughts while u guys were thinking of xmas! HEHE.


okay, on to the celebrations!!

24th dec! 'homely' STEAMBOAT (yes during xmas) at hua's with a few of the 4e1-ers!


look away if u're halal. LOL. sorry!


we were trying to prove the theory which goes, in order to win ur opponent in arm wrestling, one has to stick the playing hand out and turn 10 times in the direction u intend to pin the person down in this case anti-clockwise)

and omfg. it WORKS. i tried it against regina. i was triumphant the first round however the moment she proceeded onto tt theory thingy, and i challenged her once more, it was like she had a SUDDEN BURST OF STRENGTH! and of course, i lost. OMG. i was so suprised! and it has been scientifically proven too!

my guess would be after the whole turning ard 10 times thingy, the body's orientation is tuned to fall into the direction(like to the left) hence giving the player more strength. u know how it seems like the whole room is circling and ur body tends to fall in one direction? same theory applies. (: TRY IT OUT!


25th dec! CHRISTMAS!!! dinner at shangri-la hotel, the line.

the food was HEAVENLYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i swear i need to bring more ppl there. the seafood was like TO DIE FOR. DESSERTSSS! AHHHH! THE DRINKS!


don't they look gorgeous? like HIGH CLASS MANNNNS. so many caucasians ard us too! oh oh, if u look carefully, i've actually finished my crayfish and the hokkaido crab thing then i realised i haven't taken a pic! we were INDULGING.

I SUPER LOVE THE CRAB. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET AND FRESH! salivating like now. shit. if ever i need to satisfy a seafood craving, it's the LINE i should go.


FONDUE! and CREME BRULEE! i know what creme brulee is from HSM1/2/3 but i've never tasted it before! it is sweet pudding with caramelised sugar on the top!

ahhhhhhhhh..... if only i could eat like tt everyday. THAT IS LIFE.

oh and i dressed up for this dinner together with yk too! shangri-la is so atas! LOL. had to come in smart casual. mr samad came in black which was unusual since he's almost always in something white. not bad ah. handsome for an old man. despite tad bit of balding hair. AHHAHAHA!

(inserts mr samad's head somewhere)

then off to PS for BEDTIME STORIESSSS! (:


cute show! very DISNEY. so u can pretty much guess the story plot! romance, family and of course humor. the children are so adorable! especially bobby! laughter should probably be credited to the GUINEA PIG in the movie! BUGSIE (or bugsy)


it's IMPOSSIBLY HUGE ASS EYES. so CUTE!

watch it for laughs. there's definitely sarcasm also! and funny comparisons like red horse ferrari and blah. typical nice disney movie!!! (: u know me lah. i love WALT DISNEYYYYYY!!

xmas has been my favourite 2008 festive so far! :D


shall loop my DC ALBUMMMMM!!! (:

SPREAD THE XMAS CHEER!


okay i'm off to go catch AUSTRALIA!  HUGH JACKMANNNN!! *screamss!!* *MELTSSS!!*