shermy-wormy

And so I've graduated. =)

2009-05-30T23:22:00.013+08:00

3 years seemed long. But 3 years came and passed by so quickly.

Haha..yes this shall be a typical post on a poly student reflecting about her past 3 yrs in poly. Still remember the day I received my O level results-L1R5-13 points, English-..B4? Huh! Cannot go Ngee Ann's Mass Comm. Alright~it's SP Mass Comm then. And my mum was still at the side suggesting-"why don't you try Meridian JC?" Me: ..............!?!?!?!?!

Poly was really a big risk for me because I insisted on it .

Peeps I spent my life with for the past 3 yrs

I recall how my parents kept telling me that I had better do well..because " i chose this path".But God was good and he gave me great team mates to work with, a great CCA to be in, a wonderful 6 wk stay in China. It just really went beyond " having to do well" in poly-the whole experience and the variety of things which I went thru ignite interests i never knew-e.g. editing videos and political science! And yup-to sum it up in a cliche way-it was indeed a great journey of self discovery =)

I remember the numerous times where our egos was burst by our lecturers just when we thought I thought our ideas were great. Yeah I have to admit that not seeing that "A" on that report was disappointing(especially for that final yr project report!) And learning from those mistakes were humbling- but we survived it!

"Argh! What are we going to do with our future?"

Poly was also the place where i realise that "learning well" was more important than "doing well". I really felt so pressurised to do well in the first sem, but after adjusting my perspectives-i realise that there can actually be fun in learning-(it's whether you can find that fun :D). Yeah- you can't deny the fact that good results do matter-but ....you can choose to ignore it..haha-well at least i tried to...:P There's really so many ideas that society throws at us-however it's really up to us to decide if we want to stand by those ideas.

The most memorable part of poly will probably be the things that happen in the midst of projects-Brainstorming, discord between groupmates, burning midnight oil to finish up our projects(even staying overnight at airport!), having writer's block (or ideas' block..lol), getting all-so-excited when the whole team agrees on an idea you like..-haha..yup the process of doing projects is like a love-hate kinda thing,but these will all be definitely great memories to keep and look back on in the future :D

the "much anticipated" piece of paper you get after 3 yrs of head-banging and blood vomitting

There's fear and excitement as I embark on my next journey-NUS.

Fear because-NUS feels like a Muggers' United School.

Excitement for what is to come and the many friendships I'll form =)

the paper which I dreaded to receive initially-but went ballistic (in a good way~) when i received it anyway:P

Haha..yeah i was definitely happy to receive an acceptance letter from NUS-it was totally all by His will and grace. However, thoughts like "oh no? how would I be able to survive in the midst of smart students..." " Can I really enjoy NUS?" " What if I lag behind in class?" came to my mind.

These thoughts still bug me once in a while..but since God allowed me to enter NUS-He will definitely bring me through it...so why should i doubt? :D

Wiki-fooled

2009-05-13T08:35:00.005+08:00

This article is so funny and interesting-saw this on yahoo news today.

"Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote

DUBLIN (AP) -- When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.

His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.

The sociology major's obituary-friendly quote -- which he added to the Wikipedia page of Maurice Jarre hours after the French composer's death March 28 -- flew straight on to dozens of U.S. blogs and newspaper Web sites in Britain, Australia and India. They used the fabricated material, Fitzgerald said, even though administrators at the free online encyclopedia twice caught the quote's lack of attribution and removed it.
A full month went by and nobody noticed the editorial fraud. So Fitzgerald told several media outlets they'd swallowed his baloney whole.

"I was really shocked at the results from the experiment," Fitzgerald, 22, said Monday in an interview a week after one newspaper at fault, The Guardian of Britain, became the first to admit its obituarist lifted material straight from Wikipedia.
"I am 100 percent convinced that if I hadn't come forward, that quote would have gone down in history as something Maurice Jarre said, instead of something I made up," he said. "It would have become another example where, once anything is printed enough times in the media without challenge, it becomes fact."

So far, The Guardian is the only publication to make a public mea culpa, while others have eliminated or amended their online obituaries without any reference to the original version -- or in a few cases, still are citing Fitzgerald's florid prose weeks after he pointed out its true origin.

"One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack," Fitzgerald's fake Jarre quote read. "Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear."

Fitzgerald said one of his University College Dublin classes was exploring how quickly information was transmitted around the globe. His private concern was that, under pressure to produce news instantly, media outlets were increasingly relying on Internet sources -- none more ubiquitous than the publicly edited Wikipedia.

When he saw British 24-hour news channels reporting the death of the triple Oscar-winning composer, Fitzgerald sensed what he called "a golden opportunity" for an experiment on media use of Wikipedia.

He said it took him less than 15 minutes to fabricate and place a quote calculated to appeal to obituary writers without distorting Jarre's actual life experiences. He noted that the Wikipedia listing on Jarre did not have any other strong quotes.
If anything, Fitzgerald said, he expected newspapers to avoid his quote because it had no link to a source -- and even might trigger alarms as "too good to be true." But many blogs and several newspapers used the quotes at the start or finish of their obituaries.
He said the Guardian was the only publication to respond to him in detail and with remorse at its own editorial failing. Others, he said, treated him as a vandal who was solely to blame for their cut-and-paste content.

"The moral of this story is not that journalists should avoid Wikipedia, but that they shouldn't use information they find there if it can't be traced back to a reliable primary source," said the readers' editor at the Guardian, Siobhain Butterworth, in the May 4 column that revealed Fitzgerald as the quote author.
"It's worrying that the misinformation only came to light because the perpetrator of the deception emailed publishers to let them know what he'd done, and it's regrettable that he took nearly a month to do so," she wrote.

Fitzgerald said he had waited in part to test whether news organizations or the public would smoke out the quote's lack of provenance. He said he was troubled that none did.
And he warned that a truly malicious hoaxer could have evaded Wikipedia's own informal policing by getting a newspaper to pick up a false piece of information -- as happened when his quote made its first of three appearances -- and then use those newspaper reports as a credible footnote for the bogus quote.

"I didn't want to be devious," he said. "I just wanted to show how the 24-hour, minute-by-minute media were now taking material straight from Wikipedia because of the deadline pressure they're under." "

"this is too funny..even I've to admit that I rely too much on wikipedia while working on my projects..."

A new start in May

2009-05-01T23:14:00.003+08:00

I'll be starting work proper on Monday at my lovely alumni.

But I don't know why I'm dreading it. People say you're suppose to love it since i've been slacking for the past 2 and a half months-so work should be fun-at least for the initial week.

Well, I pray so. It's always about the outlook I guess.

Go in dreading-and you'll dread work the whole way.

Go in praying that God would probably use some experiences at work to teach you some lessons-and you'll probably go in with some anticipation! =)

Ate with my family and relative (maternal side) at Crystal Jade Korean restaturant. Wow-it was the first time I was stepping into a korean restaurant in singapore-at other times I was always ordering a bibimbap/kimchi fried rice at some foodcourt. And the food was great and the price was totally worth it-pity i don't have the pictures to show it to you.

$25++ per person for a korean buffet- and we had like unlimited pork, beef, mutton to barberque. And they also had korean seafood pancake(a dish which i had attempted to cook but was terribly unsucessful) - which was absolutely the best seafood pancake I've ever tasted.(probably because the ones that I tried before this were all terrible-including mine).

And i even got to try different kinds of korean soup-the best of which was a kimchi soup-totally thick and delicious!(until i thought I was going to have a sore throat from it), seaweed soup(the ones that koreans eat during their birthdays) and the worst was soy bean paste soup-it's like fu chok (this fermented beancurd thingie which some people put in their porridge) in soup form-and it was terribly salty. After taking the a sip of it-i wanted to put my spoon down already.

But of course I was really happy that I finally got to taste the soups because I always wondered how they tasted after seeing them on dramas-just that I didn't know soybean paste soup tasted -this bad.

Feeling so sleepy now-hope i can continue to update the blog regularly even after work starts.

Someone get me this phone!

2009-04-25T00:48:00.001+08:00

Above is the commercial of the phone I've been eyeing on ever since my friend told me about it..yah..it looks a bit ah lian-ish..but i still like it lah...(I must have some ah lian tendencies deep down).. There's like no new nice flip phones in spore..i didn't like the walkman fliphone by sony ericsson...all the latest models seem to be either the slide phone or the touch screen (wasn't exactly excited about iPhone)

Don't know why I"m still insisting on flip phone..maybe I've been watching too many dramas..love the way they flip the flip phones (aha. lame.)

but anyway..someone get me the blue lollipop!

If i was Somali

2009-04-22T23:50:00.005+08:00

Watched channel news asia on tv just now..and there was this piece of news talking about this 16 year old Somali pirate boy being tried in a US court over a US ship that they had attacked and a US captain that they had held hostage for 5 days apparently the boy broke down when he was told that his father would be interviewed back in somalia to verify his identity...the saddest part was he's going to be jailed for life if he's found guilty.

While watching, I just thought to myself, if I was born in Somalia..would I have been greedy..get myself involved in piracy-earn my quick buck through that instead of helping my mum out in the fields? yeah. probably would have done that.

And i think I would have been terribly devastated if I knew I was going to be jailed for life at this age...at that moment I just suddenly felt glad to be born in Singapore..yeah..the education system's a horror and all that..But if I was born in Somalia I can so imagine myself being bribed by those rich gangsters..constantly on boats..looking out for some big vessel to attack.

What's more if I were a somali..I probably wouldn't have the opportunity to eat great things like bar chor mee, laksa , nasi lemak with the fried chicken wing (not the fish) and drink my favourite pearly soya milk from mr bean.

Thank God for making me a Singaporean. I totally love it lor!

=)

2009-04-22T00:15:00.004+08:00

Visited SP website today..and found out that Subway has just opened an outlet in SP, foodcourt 5 .

what...

like they opened one after i left school? Do you know the no. of times christine, wei mun sandy and I travelled all the way to Jurong Point @ Boon Lay in between our breaks just to satisfy our subway cravings? Haha..okay actually I've got nothing to complain about..NUS has a subway outlet too...yeah!

Collected graduation gown with christine and wei mun today..and the lady kept persuading us to get a portrait picture taken with our graduation gown and all that...

yeah i know it's for memories..but i'm only receiving a diploma....so i don't think I'll make such a big deal out of it and get a picture of myself in my graduation gown all framed up...but if it's uni..yeah...then maybe i will..

haha..and the poor lady told us that most SP students told her that they didn't have the money for it...Well~ it's more like not many of us are willing to part with our money..since we're only receiving a diploma... and i mean..auntie..will you seriously do that..what's more..jin1 qi4 bu4 jing qi4 (recession..recession~!).....Sorry but you should just find your business with the uni students =)

s factor- hahaha.

2009-04-19T23:25:00.002+08:00

just watched S factor on Tv just now..

was quite baffled when i saw the trailers..it felt like local television productions were going down..the whole show just seemed so corny & degrading

But i caught last wk's and this wk's episode (since i'm so free now..hahah)..and to see the girl's bimbo moments and verbal catfights..was kinda entertaining

their challenge this week was a debate..and the motion sth on whether intelligence was more important than beauty..some of their arguments were pretty horrible...and i totally agree with this girl when she said that she can't believe the show hired such professional judges ( one was a national debator..and the other came from some debate association) to watch their crappy debate..(nodding my head BIG time...)

Even though many pple have been saying how horrible local productions are..i mean..sometimes i do think..is it because of the budget constraints that they have...i believe they're definitely not getting big budgets like they do in the american media...but whatever..i'm placing some hope in the show "Fighting Spiders"..the fat boy with the specs looks so cute in the trailers..shall catch it this wk!

i'm back.i think.

2009-04-19T01:50:00.002+08:00

sigh. yes. this is the not the first time I've abandoned my blog.

It's been 5 months. Wow how things have changed.

Poly's over-I'm going to be a diplomat.

Remember the time when i was a confused girl, on the verge of pulling my hair -over deciding whether to take the job or the uni route.

Well,

Job searching is over. As some of you have heard, I applied for a job at the ministry of foreign affairs as a foreign admin specialist and the guy at the interview advised me to listen to my mum- get a degree and perfect my korean.(that's gonna take an awfully long time) His words were definitely something hard to digest. I've got to admit-I was definitely more keen in working than studying..but it was a definite and clear answer that God had closed the door to this-and my grandma actually told me that she even prayed to God that I wouldn't be able to find a job...*mouth opens wide* (...let's just say i was speechless after hearing that..)

And. Uni's in. I still can't believe that I'll be going to uni this aug. Received the acceptance letter 2 days after my MFA job rejection..A clearer sign that God is definitely turning my head towards the uni direction..
My feelings? ..to be honest..I haven't totally digested the fact that I've graduated from poly...and to start uni this year-knowing you have to toil for another 4 yrs..is making me feeling kinda "sian"-God please help me to stay positive!

It was indeed a crazy 5 mths-it's quite amazing how God works in our lives-from a girl who wasn't sure about what to do after graduation-to a girl who's more or less got the next 4 yrs mapped out-the road to eventually choosing uni felt kinda like a bittersweet decision. It just taught me that no matter how we try to control our lives-we know that we can only do it to such a limited extent- cause there's ultimately someone up there who's got the best plans laid out for you....... for your entire life.

To those hearing this story again-my apologies. It's definitely my story of the year. Haha

Attended Vanessa's NP dance concert today..I've never seen so many chinese dances in my life. But the music's definitely better than the ones played in my primary school chinese dance club..haha (yea..i kinda discriminated chinese dance pple in pri sch cause of the awful music) Eirene and I kept trying to spot Vanessa at each dance! It's just so exciting when a friend's performing up there..

Always wanted to try dancing-but the sexy and suggestive dance moves used in most dance choegraphy are definitely making me think twice..goodness..the person who came up with those dance moves is such a pok.

Mega Mac=Killer Mac?

2008-11-13T11:06:00.004+08:00

Saw this while reading the papers today-

The Mega Mac burgers now offers 4 beef patties in the Big mac and 2 giant chicken patties in the Chicken Mcspicy. One normal big mac already contains 500 odd calories..does that mean..with the mega mac..it's about 1000 calories? Goodness, are they trying to increase the number of overweight people in our nation-of which I'm already part of it..hahaha

Looks like these burgers are meant for those bottomless pit people who can never put on any weight no matter how much junk they dump inside their stomachs..

But if you're fat and you still eat this- i don't know what to say already...~

A change of perspective

2008-11-11T00:00:00.002+08:00

Saw this in my online devotional today,

"The next time you make a telephone call and are put on hold or have to go through a lengthy series of (if...press two, if...press three, if...press 0) thank God that you do not have to go through such maneuvers to get to Him."

That is so true.

Imagine if we all had to be put on hold while dialing up to heaven.

I can't believe I haven't been thanking Him for the fact that I can always go directly to him!

Therapeutic Garlic Peeling Session

2008-11-10T21:10:00.006+08:00

Today, I suddenly felt like eating garlic bread and decided to peel the leftover garlic from my cookout with charis .

I sat down in front of my TV watching Ellen Degeneres Show and started peeling them one by one and surprisingly-it was very therapeutic. In fact I found it quite weird that I was enjoying it.

For the first time in my life, I peeled each one of them with a knife meticulously, even accidentally jabbing the knife into my thumb at one point. Thank God it didn't result in any bleeding.

All in all I took about one and a half hours peeling the whole bag of garlic and after grinding all the garlic, I mix them with olive oil and spreaded alot of garlic on 2 pieces of bread . I can now declare to you that the breath coming out from my mouth will be able to scare all vampires even as I am blogging now.

Was actually kinda happy with my accomplishment-and when Mum came back-I was so excited..I told her how I took one and a half hours to peel all the garlic and etc. etc.-but she was like " since you intended to grind them , why didn't you just take the chopping board, smack those garlics on it then the skin can come out more easily and it's so much faster.."

I was like " oh yah hor..."

So much for that therapeutic garlic peeling session-

The Cook-out

2008-11-10T20:21:00.011+08:00

Charis and I had our first cook-out at my house last thursday. And after much deliberation we decided to cook pesto sauce pasta!! ( It's a first for both of us)

our dear charis hard at work-

pasta boiling in the wok-you can tell how old the wok is

While we were cooking , we felt that there was sth missing in the sauce-I suggested to Charis maybe we needed to put some lemon juice in there, but had no lemons! So we decided to add in the Peel Fresh lime juice that we bought to drink- and it miraculously gave the sauce some needed zest!

The Final Product!- Pesto Sauce Pasta with Olives and Mushrooms

(Charis and I agreed that it looks a little like vomit-and in case you're

wondering where's the mushrooms-it's being covered by the pesto sauce)

After that we decide to bring the food down to the pool side to have a romantic pool side dinner

Pasta coupled up with a glass lime juice

=D

An Update =)

2008-10-10T23:15:00.002+08:00

Haven't been blogging for quite a while..but here's a quick update on what's been happening~

1) I finally got my driving licence! [But i can't park without the poles =( ]

yesh! I think I've told many of you about the funny things that happened during my driving test..like how i was instructed by the tester to turn left but i turned right, how fierce he was during the test, how he bluffed me and said that I had failed when i was receiving the results..

But it's seriously a miracle how I can pass on the first try.haha..my mother who took 6 times to pass thought I wouldn't pass on the first go... But after passing, I find it so difficult to drive and park especially..Oh my the frustrating experience of parking the first time without poles!I tried parking once and half the car ended up covering half of the parking lot..and the other half covered the other half of another parking lot..argh!..I'm really determined to master parking (at least before my sister gets back from aussie) I shan't be that stereotyped woman who can't park..nooooooo

2) A discovery on why dramas are so addictive...

I've been watching re-runs of the taiwanese drama -"Dou Niu Yao bu Yao". When it comes to dramas-Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Japanese dramas are my favs. They are appealing in different ways. For Taiwanese dramas, critics have always said that the script is more or less the same. One very common script is-2 people, always having bad impressions of each other on the first meeting. One of them either has to be rich or famous so that there is reason for the media to watch them closely, (and somehow their news always makes it to the headlines) haha...the leading guy is always full of charm-it can be in a tough, rugged kind of way or the intellectual and witty way, and your girl is the typical girl next door who manages to get the guy to fall in love with her. Most guys in the dramas are such romantics that they plan the most touching events and say nauseating and repetitive lines about love (okay, not nauseating, I admit I do get charmed at times..hehe) that almost every audience that sees the show wants to be in the girl's shoes. (me included) haha..

But since most Taiwanese dramas are meant for innocent teenage girls like me- *no puking please* , it's no wonder most scripts are angled in this direction. And I seriously don't mind watching dramas with such scripts again and again.

As for Hong Kong and Japanese dramas, their appeal usually lies in the content of the drama itself. Not only do they have better scripts than taiwanese dramas but their scripts do vary..and Hong Kong detective dramas are still the best! They make you think and keep you guessing. That's why you don't require such good looking actors in the show because the exciting script keeps you hooked! Whereas for Taiwanese dramas-your lead guy DEFINITELY has to have the looks in order to bring out the script or else there's no point in watching. haha

Japanese dramas have a faster pace in their plots but they know how to go slow at certain scenes-especially sad scenes to give dept to the drama.

I consider korean dramas to be the worst out of the lot. Yes yes, I was once addicted to them. But after a while, I felt that their dramas are simple too slow paced that I usually fast-forward alot of scenes (especially those scenes where they sit down at a cafe to talk). However, despite that, I do think that Korean dramas are the best at using the right music for their scenes and they are especially good at portraying sad scenes. With the use of appropriate flashbacks, (though sometimes i think they have too many flashbacks), the RIGHT background music and actors/ actresses who are the GREAT at crying or just looking sad, you just get into a depression after watching it. (That happened after I watched the last ep. of "stairway to heaven" where the female lead died and I was so depressed that I couldn't study for O level prelims)

I guess I will always consider dramas as a constant addiction-though these days I think I'm better controlling the amount of dramas I watch..Being caught up in another world is a good way to de-stress, but watching too much of them (especially at one go) is not only tough on your eyes, but also tough on your butt.

2008-09-21T20:57:00.006+08:00

" I don't want to be like my mother and have one man my entire life but I also don't want to be the woman where half the men at my wedding are people I've slept with."

Saw this quote from a "Mind your Body" article while I was reading it in the toilet. The article talks about how more and more young people in Singapore are engaging in sexual activities and the health risks that they face.

My first thought was-whoa, great quote for the article.

But soon I was kinda baffled on how young people these days have reached such a kind of "dilemma" in their lives. Yes, from a secular point of view-one man, one kind of experience. Boring. In vice versa terms-does it then mean-More men, more experiences, more excitement?

I guess sex is hardly regarded as "sacred" these days-the media has degraded it by leaps.

If you're agreeable to sex before marriage-you're liberal. (which has a positive intonation to it in someways if you think about it)

And if you're not-you're conservative and "not open" (hmmm..which kinda makes conservative pple feel like old dweebs)

I shall proudly say that I'm taking the conservative stance! Yes. I'm remaining an old dweeb. Haha..because if you give sex away to so many men is the person you're marrying really considered the "special someone"?

2008: Take 14

2008-09-17T12:22:00.000+08:00

I'm back after a long hiatus. Actually my blog has always been taking too many hiatus that i wonder if it's right to call them hiatus now..

I'm back with a new and simple look! Was browsing thru blogskins.com for a new blogskin-but so many of them look so lovey-dovey or emo that I finally decided on a normal blog template.

So many things have happened these 2 mths, I just ended my part time job stint at raffles hotel selling mooncakes and all i want to say is- Mooncakes can really become detestable when you see them everyday. Period.

I had my last intermediate level 1 korean class yesterday. I can't believe i made it through the 12 lessons and I must say I had some regrets in between-Firstly, taking up the classes in the midst of my busy FYP period was a mistake. Intermediate levels are seriously different from the 6 basic levels which I took. Yeah, the words were alot harder..like ALOT harder and I went to class without revising and ended up not knowing what the teacher was saying 1/2 the time. So once the teacher started asking me questions, I just flash her my awkward smile and quickly ask my other friends ' What on earth is she saying???"

Secondly, the online korean-english dictionary just isn't good enough. Each time I type in an unfamiliar korean word from my homework for the dictionary to translate- it yielded "no search results" almost 60% of the time. I really felt so "pek chek" doing my homework.

But i must say that the grammar that I learnt at the intermediate level class were much more fun though they weren't easy to understand. There were a few expressions which cannot be found in both the english and chinese language. But it was really fun to learn them because sometimes when you feel "that way", there are no words to describe using english or chinese, but korean has it.

hahahhaa..i'm like promoting the lanaguage.

For all those who are interested in learning a new language, here are some tips from a person who has been learning for the past 2 1/2 years.

1) Be thick-skinned

If only i could count the numerous time I had embarrassed myself in korean class. There were so many times where I had misunderstood the teacher's question and gave some wrong answer which doesn't make sense. And it happened again yesterday.

Ms Kim: shyaw ma in ssi, wae ba ji ga cha kku ib baw yo? (Shermaine, where do you always wear pants?)

Me: kern dair chi germ an cha kaw dern nyo (But I'm not sleeping now)

Ms Kim: nair? (something like "what?")

(*other friends all laughing now)

Friend 1: Oei- she's asking why you always wear pants la!

Me: Huh? Really?? I thought she's asking why i'm not wearing pyjamas now! (quickly turns back to teacher) Chair ga chi ma ler shi ruo yo! ( I hate skirts)

Oh my. That was really such an embarrassing situation. But seriously, you need to make such silly mistakes in order to learn. It's better to be daring than to be afraid, then you'll always know where your mistakes are...

2) No practise? No point in learning.

If your goal is to seriously master the language, you got to always find new ways to practise it. I tried to find a few online korean friends to practise with..and it was really good cause there were so many things i wanted to say to them and I was constantly looking up the dictionary to find the appropriate words. It really helped in expanding my korean vocab,,

Sadly, I have not talked to many of them for quite a while that I'm starting to lose touch with the language..

3) Don't just learn the words, learn the accent.

Speaking korean using our local accent really sounds weird. Like DOWNRIGHT weird. And it really just doesn't sound nice when you don't have the right accent to it.You got to know which words have a slightly higher or lower tone. How a phrase sounds like when it's a question or just a normal statement. Learning the accent really helps you to connect better with the natives..and probably get them to understand you more easily..This can be done through watching plenty of dramas and variety shows! Of course-do this in moderation or you might end up being more than just a potato-a couch potato that is-

Currently, those are some of the tips i can think of. As for whether I'm continuing with Intermediate level 2-yup, I definitely will. But i just got to find the appropriate time to learn it. With internship coming up in nov and all that-I think i shall just put that aside for now. Haiz.

3 more horrid weeks-

2008-07-24T12:36:00.000+08:00

3 more weeks and I'll be done with the hardest & u-could-say-most-horrible semester of poly! July has been such a tiring month, it's feels like there's almost a project due every week and there's so many things going on, you'll reach the point whereby you don't even know what to panic for. Haha..

The above picture was taken during filming. Producing the video was the hardest but I'll say most fun part of the project. Like i never knew there was such a cool place like Haji Lane in Singapore! Haha..and though it was really tedious to edit the video (still can't believe i took about 12 hours to edit that 18 second clip), you'll really feel great once you see the final video. Viewing numerous raw clips, testing , trying out different effects and making sure the entire video runs smoothly is no joke. *bleah.

But the nicer part to video editing is that I have been able to use the school's Mac Book Pro-haha. I've seriously been tapping on the advantages of having a laptop and gone a little overboard i've think . Been staying over at the airport 3 times this month just to edit the video-and my parents are starting to complain about it-:p

Here are the crazy things you do with your school's Mac Book Pro when you're stress-PLAY WITH PHOTOBOOTH!

A mixture of "AHH!" & "Huh?"

Probably what we'll look like in 50 years time'

And fazli and christine have been my stayover buddymates! Usually by 5am, we'll all start to surrender..haha.. And it's been interesting to see what goes on in the airport during the wee hours~

You could say by staying over at the airport, I'm finding fun ways to mug through my projects. Who said mugging for projects always had to be stressful? ^^

Chronicles of 4 Fun-filled Days-

2008-07-09T23:59:00.000+08:00

3 July 2008, 10.20pm-Amanda and I crazily started taking many pictures at a phone booth.

It was really great to meet up with Ama,especially since this was her 'surprise' visit back home! (To the "australians", please stop surprising us -_-). We went to eat at Hong Kong Cafe and I can really see how Ama really misses chinese food. Totally understandable, after staying in Aussie for 3 weeks last december, the first thing i ate after i came back was mee pok..and in all my 19 years as a Singaporean, Mee pok never tasted this good. Haha

the all time favourite 'sarang hae yo' pose
ama's face is hilarious!
We really had a hard time perfecting this shot. This was one of the rare photos where I actually managed to do a jump pose. (Amanda's a pro @ jump shots)
My favourite photo (with the car behind us~) But it was super paisei..i bet the driver must've been wondering what were these two "siao langs" doing..

I managed to really catch up lots with Ama- She sharing about her life in Australia and me sharing about my china trip. I could see that Ama was really enjoying the whole Australian experience.Her studies, the "international friendships" she had formed, the independence she had learnt and gained. I'm really glad you went Aussie Ama! =)

the two act cute posers. (Gonna miss u lots!)

4th July 2008,5.40pm-Shermaine gets treated by her friends to food and drinks @ Raffles Hotel. She feels really blessed!

Got treated to steak and drinks @ Raffles Hotel! I was really surprised and touched that my friends were giving me such a big treat!Like seriously I've never been treated to so many things in my entire life! Thanks alot guys..not only for the treat..but also for the great friendship I have with you guys in poly=)

My 2 poly buddies who always like to make fun of my gestures-Christine & Wei Mun
Aza, Terence Christine and I with our drinks!
The drink I've been dying to try-Singapore Sling! (And boy it was good!)

July 5 2008 6.45pm-Shermaine goes to Clark Quay with her China ITP mates and gets irritated by NDP planes flying over Clark Quay while she's having dinner

It was really bad timing for dinner..I think they were having the plane show for NDP rehearsal while we were having dinner..which was super noisy..but..once you look up to the sky..the nice formation of the planes compensated for it =)

Dawn and I in our skilled 'zi lian' shot

Creamy Pasta? (forgot the name but it was really good)

And my China ITP mates tells me while we were going to pay for the bill that they were paying for my dinner as a birthday treat-Yeah! So pleasantly surprised..and..I really felt very 'xin fu'..haha ^^

All of us by the river with the beautiful lights of Clark Quay as the backdrop =)

And the lady that took this picture for us was a korean! I didn't know until she started talking with her boyfriend while taking the picture for us~which caused me to be quite excited!..And she gave a shocked face when i thanked her in korean..but the funniest part was..my friends thought they were speaking japanese~hahaha

July 6 4pm-Shermaine prepares food with the other SNP girls for the Julyian BASH.

It was really fun cutting the meat for the kebabs, wrapping mushrooms and cheese with the foil..and sabo-ing people all night long.

The girls and I preparing food!

Some of the highlights of the night include-Ranald (who absolutely detests durian) having to eat a durian seed and acting as if he loves it. (It was really painful to see him eat it, but he did it really convincingly-good job ranald!) And the other one was Daryl and Jon catwalking and posing as a couple-which was really hilarious and nauseating at the same time-haha

Shan't post much photos of the bash in here cause I posted most of it on facebook..and i got like over 100 comments in 4 days?!? Super popular man..and this is currently the most commented photo

haha..Jean Shen really stole this shot!

So thanks to all those who really made these 4 days so fun-filled and enjoyable~ It was a really good break from the pool of projects I was almost sinking under...Haiz..Times passes so quickly~ I'm already 19! Just wanna thank God for persevering me these 19 years, and I pray that I will continue to look and hold on to him and keep running the race in the many years to come =)

2008-06-20T00:08:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!

Just a piece of good news to share with you guys- I recently won scholarship from my Dad's company! Below is the email which my dad forwarded to me when he received the news~

"Upon review and final endorsement by OOCL Management and The Tung Foundation, the following 42 applicants have been selected for the Scholarship, in appreciation of their outstanding academic achievements and balanced development.

Let's join us in congratulating them and their parents:

Awardee Employee Company

Yue Hazel, WAI Ryan WAI OOCLL
Timothy LAM Pius LAM OOCLL
Lulu C.H. TAI S C TAI OOCLL
Willy Tong Tony TONG OOCLL
Siu Yung, Taffany LEUNG Ada IP OHKL
Sze Hay Cecilia, CHAN Johnny CHAN OHKL
Kimmey Wing-Kwan HO Dick HO OHKL
Yi Sum, JoJo LAI S K LAI OLHKL
Ka Ying, Cathy CHAN C K CHAN HDTL
Severino Miguel B. SANCHEZ Enrico SANCHEZ OPI
Vincent PLEYTO Alexander PLEYTO OPI
Amrish RAMZEEN Jane LIM OSPL
Shermaine ANG Simin Paul ANG OSPL
etc. "

My dad's company's main office is in HongKong and apparently they've opened up this scholarship to their employees' children all over the world. I remember my mum bugging me to apply for this scholarship while I was doing my internship in China and I felt so stressed because I had to write an essay for it- My mum even spent S$8 to courier the articles I had written for my school's newspaper from my school library so that she could put it together with my application! Really got to thank my mum for this too..she was the one that filled up the application form for me while I just wrote the essay.

As for what I'm going to do with the US$1,500 that I'm getting...currently, i'm asking my mum to look around for a bank/finance company that gives you the highest interest, then probably deposit it and get some interest out of it so that I'll be able to pay back the money I owe her for my China trip..haha..or probably use it to pay the first semester of my uni fees..=)

This is the first scholarship I've ever won, So i'm really happy about it. Of course, not forgetting that this is just one of the many blessings that God has granted to me...it also kinda reminded me how easy it is for me to Praise God during times of blessings...but now as I feel the "heat" of my projects, I want to found praising him still..which i have not been!....Indeed as what Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 5: 18 " give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" =)

Been thinking, been comtemplating...

2008-06-06T01:20:00.000+08:00

I don't know why I'm getting so worried right now.

I'm not done with my final year in poly and I'm thinking of what to do in uni.
This year, I've been seeing my A level friends making tough decisions on which courses to choose and here i was thinking that i still had one more year before i start to frustrate over it.

Initially, when I had entered poly, I thought the choice of my uni course would be certain-Mass Communications. It seemed like the most happening and interesting thing to go into..But now second thoughts are creeping in...

It's my last year in poly, and I've still haven't really discovered what i wanted. Well..I've done some thinking though..

Advertising-out.

PR-out.

(luring people to get interested in my client's product is just not me.)

Market Research-out out!

(Doing all that research just to tell my client who they can lure and what they can do to lure them is meaningless .)

Journalism-Hmmm...maybe. Being an international correspondent is DA dream.

Events-maybe. But I'm not as interested in events as I am in journalism. Wedding planning will be cool though

Video production-Maybe too. But i can't imagine staring at the computer the whole day editing videos.

Shall keep thinking and also keep praying about it. Ultimately, I want to be assured that this is what God wants me to do.

Suggestions! Suggestions!

On top of that, I've been looking up uni courses online too! And i guess what my mum said is very true. Whatever course you decide to take-it has to be a balance between practicality and interest. But What should i take?? That's the one thing that's bugging me right now..

But before i frustrate over this, it's time to frustrate over my projects first. Oh well..maybe not frustrate. To say it with a neutral standpoint, it'll be to get over my projects. To say it in a positive light, it'll be to enjoy my projects. Haha..i shall take the latter. Well...at least try to.=)

2008 take nine-Gloria and Dazz's visit to SP!

2008-05-18T15:20:00.000+08:00

Haha..this entry came a little late..but anyway..last wednesday...gloria and dazzie finally came to visit me at my school...and i gave them a little short tour of SP!

Gloria and dazz at the sandwich machine (which dazz loves)
Sneaking into the the lecture theatre..
Behind bars-
In front of the bars with dazz tying her hair and a lame pose from me

It was death note finale yesterday in church..and i was clowning around with some of them before the event started!

Peng siang and his attempt in acting angelic

HAHAHAHAH. (Ivy and dazz caught in an unglam moment.)

2008 take eight-Issac's and Elyna's Wedding

2008-05-11T16:14:00.000+08:00

issac and elyna..from the back view-hehe

Whoohoo- Finally Issac's gotten married! Considering..he's one of the last few in his "gang" to get married...haha.. the wedding was surprisingly held in the evening-5.30pm to be exact..usually most weddings would be held at around 2.30pm? And we had a buffet dinner after that...which was FAN-TABULOUS! Red wine was actually served! And the food was great...they had salmon..shepherd's pie..briyani rice..*drools...* and we had different kinds of cheesecakes for desserts. And as usual I was the greedy person who wanted to try everything and ended up....being SO FULL...(seriously couldn't breathe after that..)

Apparently...issac and elyna's not gonna have any chinese wedding dinner...and i thought that was a FANTASTIC idea. Chinese dinners are so unecessary. And it's always that same few dishes you're eating.....I was telling my parents that I'm totally gonna adopt this idea during my wedding..but they said-that's provided your future in-laws agree. Bleah. How true. Hopefully my future husband's parents would be nice enough to agree. ANd then i can spend more money on my honeymoon =) yeah-

me dazz and joy at the stonebench
I wanted to take a picture with the bride and groom..but they were so busy, I didn't manage to take one with them. So I decided to take one with the groom-Issac the next day in church~ (when he's not in his tuxedo..heh) haha..and Dazz thought i was super bo liao to do that!

i think issac's smile looks so cheesy and hilarious

And it's mother's day today! But i didn't get any present for my mum-:P All I did was wish her "Happy Mother's Day!" while combing my hair in her room...heh. And I told her I'll get a present for her tomorrow....goodness. What an unfilial daughter I am-

the children's choir~

But the children's choir sang a mother's day song in church today! And I saw our new pastor's-Pastor Allen Su's children today..Lauren,9 and James (not too sure about his age..but he's definitely younger than Lauren..)..they're so cute~ Lauren's sweetness can give you diabetes man..haha..Hope to get to know them better in the future~

2008 take seven-what i've been up to..

2008-05-10T15:32:00.001+08:00

And those 2 people beside me are Weijie and Leonard...my 2 buddies from China ITP. Recently I've been meeting up with alot of people on friday and sunday nights to chill out. It's as if I've became a "chiller.." (okay lame.) Went with Dawn (another good buddy from China ITP) to chill out at Terminal 3 TCC on friday...and the following sunday..went with Weijie and Leonard..to chill out at...Millenia Walk....TCC!! Goodness..i'm unconsciously turning into a TCC-fan.

"rose juliet"

I drank this drink called Rose Juliet..on the menu it was described as sth like...caffe latte with nice rose syrup (doesn't it look very pretty with all the rose petals on top of the whip cream~)...then i went drank it....it tastes like coffee bundung! Hahahaha..thank God i like Bundung...or else i would have detested this drink.

I'm finally hitting off on my final-year project in which we have to come up with a campaign..addressing a certain cause or issue...and my group has decided to do "reducing food wastage!"- and no. We will not link this with the poor and hungry african children who are dying in Africa..but we will link it with GLOBAL WARMING! Hahaha..cool right? Did you even know that wasting your food could cause global warming..? I didn't even knew it was linked to global warming until I embarked on this project..

And so as one of our primary research..we have decided to keep a food waste journal..to keep track of the food we ourselves have wasted during the week... And so today I kept recording what I didn't finish..like..erm..half a slice of softmeal bread...fragments of "touhua.."..and each time as i was taking out my notebook to record...it reminded me of the time..when i was trying to lose weight by keeping track of the food that I ate...and the calories I consumed in day..goodness.. and i remembered giving up halfway because it was such a chore to do all these recordings..but oh well. It made realise how much snacks i was eating...and how much PEARLY SOYA MILK i was drinking..ha.

Talking about pearly soya milk...I've recently been addicted to eating soya beancurd with soya milk ..i didn't know eating both of them together could be so delicious..and it costs only $1.20 man! Cheaper than my pearly soya milk..=) Goodness..from bubble tea...to pearly soya milk..to soya beancurd with soya milk..i wonder what's my next addiction..

What I should major in-interesting.

2008-04-26T00:02:00.001+08:00

Haha..decided to take this quiz since I'm equally interested to find out what i should major in uni..and the results are pretty interesting..and unexpected.

WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as French/Spanish/OtherLanguage

You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in a foreign language, especially French or Spanish as they have a greater use in today's world. But other languages could be useful to you as well, such as Chinese, Japanese, German, Italian, or many others. With a major in a foreign language you could teach, or work for a company as a translator or foreign correspondant.

It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it.

Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests. A minor in a foriegn language is useful for ANY major. Also, business or political science are great minors for a foreign language major. Please post your results in your myspace/blog/journal.

French/Spanish/OtherLanguage

100%

History/Anthropology/LiberalArts

88%

PoliticalScience/Philosophy

81%

English/Journalism/Comm

81%

Religion/Theology

75%

Psychology/Sociology

75%

HR/BusinessManagement

69%

Education/Counseling

69%

Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health

56%

Visual&PerformingArts

44%

Accounting/Finance/Marketing

44%

Biology/Chemistry/Geology

44%

Physics/Engineering/Computer

25%

Mathematics/Statistics

25%

Being a translator or intepreter sounds interesting..but my chinese ain't that fantastic and my korean is worse..this quiz is making me more confused about my uni options..

2008 take six-CHINA TRIP 2008.

2008-04-23T21:26:00.000+08:00

HEY PEOPLE!

Sorry, I know i've been back from china long ago..haha..and this is such an OVERDUE post on my china trip..but nevertheless..I would still wanna blog about it..because..haha..there's just so many stuff to tell you guys..and my IE and firefox browser is finally working!

Firstly, let's start off with the places i went to...

BEIJING

3 hilarious girls trying to jump at the Great WALL

Thoughts on Beijing:

I really didn't enjoy Beijing at first because they kept bringing us to different chinese palaces-WHICH ALL LOOKED THE SAME. I was really getting bored of it...but the best part of Beijing was visiting the GREAT WALL. The view was great and I was so amazed and mesmerised by the whole architecture of it..I kept shouting.."tai mei li le!" haha

SHANGHAI

A picture of me at the Bund. ( and that's the oriental pearl tower behind me!)

Thoughts on Shanghai:

Many of my friends didn't like Shanghai, but i personally liked it alot because even thought it's kinda like Singapore..the overall city landscape is great! (in my opinion-way nicer than singapore) With the big neon lights and everything-the nightview is fantastic. And even though the traffic jams, the way people squeeze up the bus and trains, the 2nd hand smoke which i constantly breathe in and how people spit on almost every single solid molecule of the roads in shanghai- was horrible and at times INTOLERABLE...but i guess i love the bustling city life in Shanghai..and i'll definitely love to go back there again.

SUZHOU

Lina, me and weijie at some nice garden in suzhou

I had a really hard time balancing on this thingie!

Thoughts on Suzhou:

Suzhou was a little disappointing at first because I expected lots of nice scenary..but what i saw was lots of industrial parks instead. However, there were specific "tourisy" places like the 2 photos above which had great views and great things to play with! (There was a whole entire area which looked like the "old school" playground..and the kid in me just emerged!)

HANGZHOU

Thoughts on Hangzhou:

There was lot of great scenary..but the restaurants there...are really bad..I remembered sitting on one of the chairs in the restaurant..telling myself-"okay..i'm prepared to make a fool of myself if the chair collapses one while I'm eating"..gosh it was really one of the most unsteady chairs I've sat on.

HENGDIAN

Thoughts on Hengdian:
We went to visit many of the film sites in Hengdian, apparently they film the show-Heros? over there (no not the US TV series "heros", the chinese movie one..heh) There was lots of palaces built for film-making..kinda cool..i enjoyed the weather.

TUNXI

Thoughts on Tunxi:

The picture which you see above is kinda like a old street area for shopping all your Tunxi souveniers..This man actually composed a poem using the 3 characters of my chinese name and wrote it on a fan for me..it only costs S$7..but after i read the poem..i couldn't recognise some of the words that he had written and what the poem meant..haha! So my friends and I went back in the night to ask him what it meant! How funny.. We also passed by this man who was selling tang yuan dessert..other than tang yuan..there were also other ingredients like raisins and beans.. what's more it was hot- Perfect for the chilly weather.

HUANGSHAN
Me and my bad hair day with the mountains-

Thoughts on Huangshan:

Huangshan was really one of the highlights of my trip. I've never actually did mountain hiking before, but when i was at huangshan, i hiked 3 times altogether, an official one with my trips mates in the afternoon, a mini-hike at night and another hike in the early morning with some of my adventurous friends..haha..isn't that crazy? But I never really got tired of hiking because the weather was cool and the scenic mountain views...even though it looked kinda same after a while...it was still never enough for me =)

INTERNSHIP

Okay..i know many of you looked at the pictures which i uploaded on facebook and said that i looked like i was more on a holiday instead of an internship...but i did work okay! haha..for like 5 weeks..so here's a peek into my internship..

This picture was taken after Earlene and I walked for like almost an hour to find our workplace..and that's why my face looks kinda tired but elated when we finally found our destination- and the road in which my office is located is called "Jian guo Zhong lu"!
Earlene said i really look like some career woman in this picture- Carrying an office bag with a starbucks in my hand. (this pic was taken at one of the shanghai train stations)
And that's my lovely ITP partner Earlene and I zi-lianing while doing market research..heh heh

And that is me-hard at work *ahem.
Another picture of me attempting to look professional-(but the bad hair day ain't helping!)

I did mostly market research during my internship..So Earlene and i went round stores to check out their loyalty programmes and secretly took pictures of their store layouts ( i really felt like some spy..haha) I didn't realise how lousy my chinese was until I went china..You just realise there are many technical terms which you didn't know in chinese..and i had to checked out those terms on the chinese internet dictionary before heading out to do my research..So you could say.. that my chinese vocabulary has improved..but i really wish i could continue to improve it..and that's why i hope to be heading back to china again this november to do my real internship. =) But we'll see how i guess..I'll shall continue to seek God's will about this..

Happiest moments:

1) @ the GREAT WALL (being able to see such a majestic architecture right infront of my eyes was great.)

2) At the "San Guo Cheng" in Suzhou (All the theme park rides-the viking, bumper car, the old school playground was really enjoyable and fun espcially when you have equally crazy friends around-)

3) The early morning hike at huangshan (Being able to venture out on your own with a group of adventurous friends was a first for me-but it proved to be really exciting and interesting.)

Saddest/frustrating moments:

1) When misunderstandings occur between friends

2) When I can't get the information i want for my market research work..(some salesgirls can be really mean to you)

Funniest moments

1) Playing bridge (even though i've played this game a million times, but the process of playing the wrong cards and finding out who's your partner eventually is so hilarious each time)

2) Bargaining with the China store holders (bargaining with them can sometimes turn sour..but the process of bargaining can be quite funny especially when both sides plead each other to give in)

It was a long but a fast 6 and half weeks, and i've witness how dramatically my relationship with everyone on the trip changed-from not knowing each other at all to joking and "suaning" one another at the end...haha..i thank God for giving me this opportunity to experience China in this manner..the friendships i made, the bargaining with china storeholders, the squeezing up the bus and smelling other people's hair(haha), the moments where i struggled with my chinese-......they will all be dearly remembered =)

2008-take five: Leaving for the China

2008-02-15T00:48:00.000+08:00

It's 1am right now..and I have to get up at 4am...today!! I'm feeling rather scared but excited for my China trip! Never would I have thought that I'll be able to try working in China..I've really got to thank my mum for supporting me in this through out. Just to let you know that if any of you needs help in packing-my mum's the best person to help out. She can really use means and ways to fold your clothes, stuff your shoes, bags etc. in such a way that they will all fit into your lugguage. I really wonder how i'm gonna pack my bag when I go back to singapore (especially when i'll most probably be buying some stuff from China~~)

Anyway, my apologies to dazz and charis for not being able to upload the photos and blog about our bbq at dazz's house on tuesday~ Just wanna thank dazz for taking the initiative to organise this and even though it was only the three of us at the bbq...it was really very fun just to sit down,eat, talk and share with each other. I really enjoyed it better than most bbq gatherings =)

Sadly, I'll not be able to update my blog for a while. Things will really be different for me in China during these 7 weeks. No laptops/coms to use at night. No parents to take $ from especially when your $ is running low. Experiencing really cold weather for 7 weeks(It's gonna be -8 degrees in Beijing!!!) All these stuff are making me insecure. But i guess, that's how I'll really be able to depend on God during this trip.

Do pray for me and I'll continue to keep you guys in mind.

2008-take four: CNY "chu xi"

2008-02-06T23:58:00.001+08:00

Went over to my uncle's (my mum's older brother) house for reunion dinner and it was great to have steamboat once again! To me, having steamboat brings out the "chu xi" atmosphere.. =)

Preparation for the steamboat-My cute cousin Olivia and her sausages

Pork Belly!! YUM!!!

Me cutting the abalone with skill. (Haha)

And the table's almost ready! My uncle, cousin and grandma

My Dad and I indulging in the great food (okay, it was mostly me indulging..haha)

We had a fun time eating and catching up with one another. I guess that as we get older, my cousin and I have more things to talk with the adults! Haha..and as usual my uncle is always making fun of my mother..(this time he was making fun of her not knowing anything about bluetooth) haha..

Then when i asked if there were any remaining takoyaki balls because I wanted to eat more, my auntie was super happy that somebody was helping to finish the balls(because she had grilled the balls herself) and she hilariously said " Don't take so much ah.......take at least three"

Later after dinner, my uncle, auntie, cousin and I were feeling very thirsty. We suspected it was due to the fact that we had drank so much soup from the steamboat..haha..so my cousin and I went down to buy a bottle of coke..and boy! was it weird to see all the shops closed at 8pm.

Oh my! All the shops are closed!

In the end, we went down to 7 eleven to get a bottle of coke, and we actually saw chinese people still working in there. I was kinda feeling quite sad for them that they couldn't go home to celebrate........ or maybe they don't even celebrate "chu xi". heh.

Reunion Dinners are always fun man! Anyway, shall post more pics of my Cny visitations soon..in the meantime..have a happy rat year!

2008-take three

2008-01-30T10:32:00.000+08:00

Haven't been updating my blog with pictures for quite some time, so I shall add in some pics i've taken recently...

Just last sunday, I went to church finding out that Charis Lee wore the same thing as me! Red top and jeans! We're so in the mood for chinese new year..haha

Haha..don't we look so cute together? (the "angbao" sisters)

Later after church, I went down to meet my korean class at Chinatown~ We wanted to have a class gathering after our last lesson on friday. I had a fun time trying to speak to my teacher in korean even though she was trying to correct my sentences all the time- Haha, but i guess when you're learning and practising a new language, you have to be "thick skin"..in a sense you have to be daring to speak it and be willing to get corrected all the time. That's how you learn I guess~ hehe..

"aw maw!" ("my goodness" in korean)
My teacher opening up the present we gave her (a necklace!)
[she actually asked us whether we had to drink only water for the next few days after buying that necklace]

My hilarious korean teacher and I

My Korean class at coffeebean =)

Ashley and I (Ashley loves Xiah from DBSK too! and she has been helpful in updating me with DBSK's new songs..muahaha)

Yeah..tomorrow's the last paper and then i'll be done for the semester! Haiz..but I'm dreading my driving test this saturday, I haven't started studying and my mum has been nagging me about it! Argh-

2008-take two

2008-01-26T22:45:00.000+08:00

Went for the seminar on "walk through new testament" in church today. I must say that it was really good and refreshing because the guy that was teaching us gave me a lot of new insights about the various stories found in the new testament. Like for example the story about 5 loaves and 2 fish, do you think that from the whole crowd of 5000, there was only one boy who brought food for himself? . Quite impossible right? But the boy was the only one in the crowd that offered his food upon hearing from the disciples that Jesus wanted some food to eat.

It's so true how sometimes we have the resources and talents, but when God calls on us to offer it up to Him, do we do that?

Yesterday, was also my last korean lesson. And i'm not too sure when's the next time I'm gonna continue with intermediate lessons. But the last korean class was really fun, some of my classmates brought chocolates for everybody and one of my classmates cooked this korean dish for everyone to eat =) I really thank God for putting me in such a class because my classmates are such fun people and my korean teacher is hilarious~

Now that i'm not doing anything with my korean what shall i use it for? Haiz..sometimes I wonder, and i also hope that God will be able to make use my korean. Go north korea do mission work? (whoa scary... and sounds impossible) But then again, nothing is impossible with God
.. I guess this is a resource that i currently have..and i shall readily offer it up to God..

But more importantly this year, I think I want to offer up something which i think i've not been offering to God much all these years. And that is time.

So much time has been devoted to studying,going out with friends, watching videos. But not enough time given to read his word.

After attending new testatment walk through today, i must say that it has really spur me on to study more about the bible because i never knew the bible could be this interesting..

I just need the discipline, perseverance and passion =) Aja!

2008-take one.

2008-01-23T17:58:00.000+08:00

Oooo...this is such a long overdue post..and it's my first post of 2008. heh. But I'm glad the 2nd semester of year 2 is almost over. 2 more papers and i'm done =) It's was really quite a nightmare
and after coming back from australia, I was really dreading the next few weeks. It was just going to be more projects and I'm kept telling myself to look at my projects from another perspective and not to dread it...I'll be lying if I said I did managed to get the right perspective. Well, sometimes I got it, but most of the time, I guess i was just so buried under my projects that I found it hard to breathe and step out from the "so called" stress that was overwhelming me.

And, haha..for me..if I didn't update my blog for a period of time, I'll be afraid to visit it ( i don't know why, it's a funny phobia) And somehow this also links up to how i deal with my relationship with God. If i find myself getting so caught up in my stuff and not going back to spend time with him, I soon find myself being afraid to go back to him.

During my time in australia, when we were staying in a motel in melbourne, my sister and I found some time to talk to each other while we were waiting for the washing machine and dryer to be done with our clothes. And she started pointing out on how my life was so cluttered with the many things i was involved in that i had no time for God. I guess she was right, ever since i stepped into poly, I find myself being involved in something at almost every minute that I felt so exhausted. And even if i had the time, i would find myself watching so many videos online to entertain myself. But when my sis started telling me how God actually treasures the relationship He has with us more than we do, I started looking at God's love in a very different way. I guess I've always viewed the relationship that i have with Him in a very legalistic manner and have taken Him for granted many at times.

Well, the semester is ending, and I really hope to use this free time to spend more time with Him and to start seeing what are the stuff I can drop so that I can serve Him and start doing serious bible studying in getting to know God better=) And though I'll be leaving for China very soon(so scary...) But I believe that no matter where I am, God will always be right there by my side.

Oh my, why am I blogging right now, I'm supposed to be studying for advertising management!! Bye-

Strawberry Farm + Victor Harbor+ Granite Island

2007-12-18T16:37:00.000+08:00

oh man.i vomitted 2 nights ago..and now i'm having diarrhoea...sigh....( i have to get well before i go on my road trip to melbourne!) but let me just blog about the highlights of my trip...on the second day of my trip, we drove down to this place called Victor Harbor..but on our way there..we went to this strawberry farm and bought cherries! (how ironic..but the cherries tasted really fresh and good..i always thought they tasted bad..especially the ones you find on birthday cakes)..but the sad thing was..it was raining..so we couldn't pick strawberries..

i love strawberries!! ( you can see how strong the wind was..look at my horrible hair..)

me and the strawberries at the farm =)

Later on we drove down to Victor Harbor..and the wind was really strong! (In fact it was cold wind not hot) the weather here has been really weird..Prior to this trip, my sis was warning us about the hot weather but..the temperature over here has been really cold..ranging from 23-25 degrees..

Anyway there's a bridge which links Victor Harbor to this place called Granite Island where there's plenty of cute looking rocks =)

some viewing point before we reached victor harbor

a horse dragging these people across the bridge from granite island to victor harbor ( so poor thing! the horse actually looked very "sian" while trying to drag these people across..)

@ GRANITE ISLAND

can you spot me up there?

this rock looks like a bowl!

My sis and i on this cute rock! (climbing up this rock wasn't easy)

nice waves hitting against the rocks =)

(the next island from here..is actually Antartica! cool eh?)

Lobethal-

2007-12-18T15:51:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night, my sister's friend brought us to this town, located about 33 km from Adelaide called Lobethal~ It's a town in the countryside where it's a tradition for the houses there to decorate their houses with christmas lightings~ So we sat in the car and drove round the town to spot houses with nice christmas lightings~(We almost got lost actually!)

can you see santa-s climbing up the chimmney?

one of those beautifully decorated houses..

Later on we went to the most beautifully decorated christmas lighting house in Lobethol..and this house had their walkway leading up to the house, the garden, the outside of the house and the inside of the house decorated..it was really beautiful..

This is one of the displays inside the house..a cute little santa climbing up the ladder...basically the house is decorated inside and outside

And this is how the outside looks like! Isn't this beautiful! The whole house + garden are decorated with lights! (the owner said she took 2 weeks to do this..)

A cute snowman!

First Impressions of Adelaide =)

2007-12-15T20:49:00.000+08:00

Finally after a month of swimming in crazy projects and many countdowns, I am finally here in Adelaide..YEAH!!

I was really excited about this trip because I know it would probably be very different from other holiday trips. Firstly,

1) I won’t be going with a tour group
2) My sister and her friends know their way around Adelaide so that means they probably knew where to get the best food =)
3) I’ll be here for 16 days!

So anyway, the plane ride to Adelaide was really bad. Our seats were located at the first row so that means more leg space BUT no leg rest, and the air con was blowing directly at us the whole time. AHHHHH!! So I didn’t really have a really good sleep on the plane and ended waking up at 4am to watch bourne ultimatum? But the flight steward that served us was really funny. He was a middle age man, and when he heard my request for a Singapore Sling cocktail ( I really wanted to see how it tasted like), he was like
“ Erm.. are you of age?”
“ Yah, I’m 18 already~ “ =) =)
“ Really? You look like you’re 14” -_-‘’’’
air steward turns to look at my sister

'And you look like you’re 12” LOL
My sister: “Eh! How you know?” LOL X10

So when we touched down in Adelaide, I felt kinda weird because I haven’t been to a “western” country in a long long time. My last few holidays were all in Asia. So it was really weird to see Caucasians serving us. And Adelaide’s airport is really SMALL! It has only one luggage belt and the scariest thing was when the bags were moving along the belt, sometimes some random bags will fall off the belt when it hits a corner. And the worst thing was, we were standing at the corner to wait for our bags to come out. And these random lugguages were just falling off the belt in front of us and so we were busy putting back the bags onto the belt! Haha

One thing that really impressed me on my first day was the standard of service in Adelaide. We took a taxi from the airport to my sister’s house and when I was turning on my phone, my phone kept receiving sms-es about auto roaming and my sms ringtone was the Enchanted song, the song which the lead girl always sings when she opens the window to beckon the animals to come “ ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, -ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah” And when the song came on, the taxi driver was sniggering and giving the “I’m really amused” look. So paisei! But when we had reached my sister’s house, he helped us remove the bags from his taxi and said “ I hope you have a good trip in Adelaide” – I thought that was really nice. Haha In fact when we went through out town, the service people always said to us“ Have a good day” accompanied with a wide smile And the people here are so friendly, I wished the standard of service in Singapore was also the same as Australia’s.

Outside my sis's house~

It's funny why the bus stops are facing inside and not towards the road

After that, my sister brought us to this vietnamnese food shop and I had beef noodle soup for my first meal in Adelaide.

Vietnamnese Beef noodle soup~ Absolutely delicious =)

And that's a post office~ the building is so nice~

My mum and I inside the city tram-which gives free rides round the city~

My sis's uni~ ( I didn't take the whole building..because it's looks like a HDB flat =S)

Inside my sister's uni campus

Later on, after picking up the rented car, we went to central market to shop and it was really interesting to see the wide variety of food which they were selling. From nuts to cheese to pork, oh my everything just looked so good.

@ the central market

LOTS Of MEAT

LOTS of NUTS

LOTS of cheese =D

Isn't this cool? It's Marshmallow Spread and it's fat free! =)

Random fun day~

2007-11-08T13:29:00.000+08:00

I met up with fish yesterday at the HK cafe along katong road to eat and drink my favourite milk tea. But before that, we decided to meet at 530pm at the HK cafe..but when i had reached, i realised that the cafe doesn't open until 6pm!! Then fish called me at that moment and told me that..she thinks it actually opens at 6pm..-_-'''X10. Anyway thank God fish had already arrived and we sat at the bus stop and chatted until 6pm..what a cute place to talk and kill time~hehe..

And when we entered the cafe, we started becoming photo-holics..snapping away pics like crazy

After dinner, we took a slow walk down to siglap area..and we couldn't decide where to have dessert and more drinks...(actually we were seriously full already..but we still wanted to find a place to hang out..haha) and we walked back and forth siglap road ..and i realised that the "liquid kitchen" shop which sells really nice drinks( i remembered going with my sis, xiaohui and daryl the last time) had closed down and it made way for this grilled oyster restaurant! so sad!!

We walked for about an hour and finally decided on coffee club where we didn't drink coffee but tea instead. (how ironic...ha!)

Anyway, i uploaded some of the pics we took during our "photo-holic" moments... you can see how crazy it can get when each of us is holding on to a camera...fish took candid photos of me during my "photo-holic" moment..heh

(Photos may take a while to load...some of them are 7 megapix pictures..haha)

Fish and I finally @ HK cafe! =)

My favourite milk tea (:DX100)

Fish caught me "zi lian-ing"

my lovely "zi lian" picture!

hmmm...what else should I take?

heh~!~shall take this!

Fish Fillet baked Speghetti-(the fish is hidden!)

Pork Chop Baked Rice

@ coffee club: Fish's trying to pour the tea with class~

The tea we had at coffee club~ red one's called the strawberry garden..
orange's one called the peach garden..haha

Slurping on the wonderful tea~ mmmm...

internal struggle..

2007-10-17T23:18:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, I went through an internal struggle and contemplated whether i should go to school. I had a headache the night before...and hehe..i somehow wanted the headache to last till the next day so that i had an excuse not to go to school. But..the bad news was when i woke up, the headache was gone. And i was like " Oh no." NOw i have no excuse not to go to school.

So i kept contemplating whether i should go to school because school was going to be such a dread today. There were the usual lectures and on top of that another make up lecture (what's more it was finance lecture...*bleah) Which means school was going to last till 6pm...(double *bleah) And i had also sticked a note in front of the bedroom door telling my mum not to wake me up because i was having a headache and was going to rest at home. Now that i had no headache, so what now........................?

I went out of the bedroom and while going into the toilet, my mum saw me and asked me " so are you going to school?" and i was like..."erm...let me think," And while sitting on my "royal throne" in the toilet.. i thought of the lots of things that i could do if i stayed home. And if i were to go to school today, i would end at 6pm, which means i have to squeeze in with the "rush hour people" because everyone was going home during that time (*triple bleah) So after that i decided to tell my mum that i think my head was still a little heavy ( at least i thought so..or maybe i was just psychoing myself to be sick~) and that i was going to stay home....

While i was lying back in bed again, I knew i just couldn't do this. I had to tell myself that i was actually lying to myself because i didn't want to go to school when I was actually well enough to go to school!And most of all, would God be happy with this? Haiz...and after much thinking i was like "sorry God!" and quickly jumped out off bed to wash up.

I admit that school was still a dread but guess what? God blessed me by letting me get on an empty train (it came only 1 min after the previous train) on my way home and i had friends to accompany me home. -Now that wasn't so bad.

When i had reached simei, i had to buy "cai fan" home for dinner and the clouds were like really DARK and i was like praying to God to hold the rain before i reached home because i didn't have an umbrella! And after buying cai fan, thank God it still wasn't raining. But while i was walking pass changkat primary, big droplets started falling from the sky and i was like " No God~~Please not now...~!!" and guess what? The big droplets stopped dropping! And i was like "Thank you God!!!!!" So I managed to reach home with my clothes still dry~

Even though this was such a small matter...i guess obedience to God can really come in little ways too. I knew that if i skipped school that day ( Yes it was skipping!!!) I could get pass everybody but i couldn't get pass God. And thank God for the little things he had blessed me with that day so that it was easier for me to get by the day~

I guess God could let us obey him in big and small ways. And surprisingly we could actually fail him in smaller matters compared to the big ones.

James 2:26 "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead".

So let me continue to obey him both in small ways and big ways...because no matter whether they're big or small, once i fail in either one, I will be considered unfaithful =)

settling down?

2007-10-07T23:13:00.000+08:00

I just bought 7 different coloured files today for each of my module and managed to file in all my notes into the respective files! (yeah~ no more notes in a broken transparent plastic file!)

2 weeks of the my 2nd yr 2nd semester have already passed...and i'm trying really hard into settle down to school...

I shall be rather honest and admit that school has been quite a dread for the past 2 weeks..and i realised i had be dreading it because i didn't start school on the right foot.

Basically i didn't mentally prepare myself for the new semester, it felt like I was just going to school to warm up the seat in the lecture theatre or classroom and get my attendance marked.

I wondered what happen to the positive outlook I had about school...the excitement of learning and doing new things...the chance to train and push my patience to greater heights while working with people and for the other people to vomit more blood while working with me....haha

But i guess postive outlooks cannot always be sustained, if not we wouldn't be needing God anymore..

In recent weeks, I have seen how living your life without God can just make your whole life meaningless and pointless...its' seriously a bad habit of mine to just get caught up with what i'm doing and push God aside.

Sometimes i do wonder why am i slogging out so hard for my studies? To be a step infront of others? To get into honour roll? To make my parents happy? To satisfy a personal ambition?

Its' scary how Satan knows my weaknesses and subtlely use good results to change my whole direction and purpose of doing things, of living my life.

But i want to thank God that time and time again, He has reminded me of His purpose for me..

Just last saturday, during cell, jean shen taught about the 2nd coming of Christ and though it wasn't the first time i was hearing this, a renewed sense of fear was felt and i felt that God was trying to wake me up in order to see how purposeless i had been living my life...like how i had been so caught up in doing well and seeking for my own personal glory...HAIZ...

I pray that it will be indeed be my geniue desire to bring glory to God and please Him in my approach to my studies. Not for results, honour or personal glory. Just simply for Him.

And my dear friends~ Please continue to remind me of this throughout my semester~
I can foresee that it will be another tough semester ahead.. but shall I dread it?
Let dread not take over but a constant desire to please God remain present=)

You are officially welcome to sign up as an official cheerleader for me by encouraging throughout the semester..haha..*sorry so thick skin..(by the way, I have made myself the official cheerleader for Dazz, Gloria and Pao for their A levels!! Jiayou Girls~ Only 2 more months and it's OVER=))

The little things-

2007-10-07T00:04:00.001+08:00

You know how sometimes its' the little things in life that touches you or make a whole lot of difference to your day?

I went out to have a drink with my church cell mates after our cell group session and came home pretty late at around 11:50pm....

When I reached home I saw my mum still up,(which was unusual) sitting on the sofa watching some stephen chow slap-stick comedy movie showing on TV and I asked her "You're watching this show?" Then she said " no lah, you know i don't watch these kind of shows, i was just waiting for you to come home."

*Thank God for mums....*

Terminal 3 !

2007-10-06T15:05:00.001+08:00

A spastic smile to welcome you to T3!

Last tuesday, I had the opportunity to participate in the terminal 3 trial run before it opens . We had to act like passengers taking a flight from terminal 3. So they gave us fake boarding passes and everything..haha..it was quite amusing to me..but at least i could allow myself to remain disillusion and pretend that i was really flying off...haha

It was really refreshing to see terminal 3 in its' "almost" full glory ( there were still some renovations going on..heh heh) But it was really fun even though we had to wait around at times.

Terminal 3 is basically made up of a lot of glass ( seriously...there were lots of glass panels everywhere). But it was gives a really gives off a very different kind of feeling compared to T1 ans T2.Probably a nice and light hearted feel~ haha They have panels at the ceiling that adjusts according to the sunlight intensity. So basically instead of using light bulbs, they are now using sunlight to light up the airport in the day!( How cool is that!) But of course in the night they will turn on the lights to light up the airport...whoohoo! Can't wait for T3 to officially open~ =)

the holes you see on the lighted walls are actually air-con pipes!

My fake boarding pass..(I'm flying on SQ!)

The check- in counters

One of the most beautiful parts of T3..(it's actually a waterfall and beside it are plants!)

The "lift covering" is green in colour!

letting the police check our boarding passes

the transit area!

haha..i like the way the water falls~

The group of us at the waterfall~!

I think the sign for the toilet is really nice! haha

This toilet is so beautiful! I like the toilet sinks!

And behind the toilet is the dressing room! (2 vain girls checking on their faces ...haah)

At the gate hold waiting area..the orange seats are so cool!

This is another gate hold area...one of the biggest in the terminal

It's 2 storeys by the way...haha

This is how the 2nd storey looks like!

Oh well~ I hope that i can have the opportunity to do duty at T3....or even better...( have my flight take off at T3..haha) Anyway...comes 9 jan 2008..terminal 3 will be open to the public..so ANTICIPATE =)

Best Place to Find Jesus

2007-07-18T15:02:00.000+08:00

I came across this article on the Time magazine website..it's really absurd...read on to find out how some japanese people have distorted God's truth.

HEAVENLY HOST: Christ-branded sake in Shingo

"Under the watchful nuns at our lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, I learned how Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and then ascended into heaven. But it turns out that biblical revelation might have a few holes in it—at least according to the good people of Shingo, a tiny village in far northern Japan that claims to be the actual final resting place of Jesus.

The Shingo legend has it that Jesus spent his 20s not woodworking in Nazareth, but trekking through Japan where—like many a gaijin teacher after him—he fell in love with the culture and learned Japanese. At age 33, he returned to Judea to preach about the "holy land of Japan" and was soon condemned to crucifixion for this heresy. However, Jesus' twin brother Isukiri somehow took his place on the cross, while Jesus escaped back to the promised land of Japan. He settled in the farming village of Shingo, where he married a local girl, had children and happily tilled the rice fields until his death at 106. You can find his burial place in the village today—just look for the sign that says "Tomb of Christ: next left."

Granted, the accuracy of Shingo's gospel revisionism may be slightly doubtful—the legend only dates back to 1935, when a Japanese priest discovered what was supposedly Christ's will. But what is certain is that the story has attracted thousands of tourists to an otherwise undistinguished mountain town four hours or so from Tokyo on the bullet train. The Tomb of Christ is just a simple mound of dirt with a large wooden cross. Isukiri is apparently buried nearby, and you can parse the legend for yourself at the Christ Museum. Visit June 10 for the annual Christ Festival, which features traditional Japanese dance and songs that locals say are derived from Hebrew. And if you find the whole story a little difficult to swallow, you can wash it down with a cup of Christ-branded sake at the Jesus Convenience Store.
—by Bryan Walsh"

taken from http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/best_of_asia/article/0,28804,1614524_1614477_1614461,00.html

The World is really going crazy....

Sherm's Ideal Guy

2007-07-06T22:55:00.000+08:00

This will be the entry that i promised my cell group members last saturday during cell group meeting..feel so paisei putting this down..but this is the list-characteristics my ideal guy should have..(happy reading..if you've always wanted to know my ideal guy)

FIRST AND FOREMOST..I want to stress that my ideal guy DOES NOT have to be KOREAN. ( stop it! stop it!)

Okay let's continue..those with(*) means it's necessary for my guy to have that characteristic..those without (*) means it's just a bonus if my guy has it..if he doesn't have it..i guess i'm still all right with it..

1) Godly* ( This is a must-we both should be living the same purpose in life which is to trust, obey and honour God in our lives)

2)Gentlemantly(I am very attracted to guys who are gentlemantly...don't ask me why)

3)Love babies and children(Well..that's just a bonus..maybe that's because i love babies too~)

4)Variety Seeker*( He should be someone who likes to do different kind of things..and not like things to be routinised)

5) Patient* ( That's cause I'm impatient..and i don't think a relationship can survive if the 2 people in there are impatient..they will kill each other )

6) Hair looks good even without gel (Hair looks good naturally,doesn't need gel to make themselves look better...to me guys who have gel on their hair are just trying too hard to be good looking..*no offense*..haha )

7) Initiator* ( The guy should be the one leading this relationship....so he should be the one initiating a lot of things..i will dislike "pushing" him)

8)Humourous ( To keep me entertained all day long..haha)

9)Someone who is more intelligent than me ( That should be quite easy to find lah..haha..but he should be intelligent in solving problems-----no not maths problems..)

10)Calm in handling difficult situations* (Because i'll go crazy during difficult situations..so he should not go crazy with me and calm me down instead~ :P)

11)Someone who doesn't have too frequent mood swings* (I hate it if i have to keep guessing which mood he's in..and it'll just be tiring for me in the long run)

12)Good conversationalist* (So that we can talk about alot of things and get to know each other better through our conversations)

13) Doesn't jump into conclusions* ( he will irritate me VERY BADLY if he always try to "act smart" and jump into conclusions before i can clarify anything)

14) Honest* (A good relationship requires honesty from each other..so if he can be honest with me and dare to correct me when i'm wrong..i will really appreciate it~)

15) A curiosity for me ( In a sense..it will be good if he was someone who always wants to find out more about me..know me..understand me better...)

16) Should not be more than 4 years older than me ( i just think that if he's more than that..the maturity difference might be too big..)

17) Should not be more than 1 year younger than me (More than that..i think i'll feel weird)

18) Should not be someone who likes to complain ( i dislike people who like to complain and drown in self pity)

19) Adaptable (That makes him flexible)

20) Fervent in sharing the gospel to others (So that we can constantly work on our evangelism together..and help each other out)

And so this is my wonderful list~ Please do know that this list is subject to changes..haha

and lastly..NO my guy DOES NOT have to learn how to speak korean..(-_-''')

Ben's Farewell Dinner

2007-06-27T21:14:00.000+08:00

On monday, we went for Ben's farewell dinner at this italian cafe (i have sadly forgotten the name..haha) And the food was delicious man~ This is one of the few moments where i've tasted good authentic italian food

Our dashing boys-Peng,Jon and Jean Shen

(Peng looks like the odd one out here with the t-shirt..haha)

i think ivy looks very cute here! ( Like the mascot for some cute jap product..haha)

Lamb Shank-Ben's recommendation

The dish i ordered-Black pasta with saffron sauce

( if i'm not wrong..anyway tasted abosolutely delicious)

val me ivy and a lonely Gwen in the background..

This photo's quite cool..(val, me and ivy..gwen and charis in the mirror..haha)

handsome Ben

Not so handsome Ben..HAHA

the skill of taking your reflection in the mirror..haha

jean shen looking like a small boy over here..

Anyway it was really fun gathering together to sit down and talk to one another at the same time..and some of them were so mean to make fun of Ben's crying moment on Sunday..(it's okay Ben..i understand how you feel..i also cry very easily..HAHA) It's quite sad to know that Ben will be leaving us very soon..but i guess there'll come a time where people leave..and another time where people will COME BACK =) All the best Ben and i hope your 5 years in australia will be fruitful..

2007-06-23T11:04:00.000+08:00

Okay...some people have been bugging me to update..so i shall first update with photos i took of adeline in church...now she actually smiles back at you if you smile at her..ready for outburst of cuteness?!?!

Drinking her yummy milk!

Ah!! so cute~~!!

i think the camera flash is affecting her? anyway..still so cute!!

such a cute sly smile~

AHH!!! STILL SO CUTE!!

Okay, are you suffering from this overdose? haha..anyway..last sunday we also had our event called the messenger! It was really very fun running around with my team..but it's just kinda sad that all my team members didn't know how to do all the sudoku puzzles..it's so HARD!! Well, at least we managed to solve ONE! i wish my classmate Christine was with me at that time..she really does it for enjoyment.."pai gei le ta.." But the fun part came when we went to see the 3D effects show at sentosa..called " Song of the Sea"..the effects were.." so-so", i was only "wow-ed" at one part..where all the fire balls were bursting out from the ground..other than that..i think the storyline..was quite lame..it's mostly about singing songs to wake funny creatures up? *weird*..i seriously prefered the old musical fountain..but anyway..i shan't be too critical..there's a lot of hardwork in combining all these 3D effects..and..i guess overall..it's not too bad..there's still a lot of room for improvement..just watch it..if you're willing to spend $9 and have nothing to do at home..$6 for the ticket..$3 for the sentosa entrance fee. heehee.

Amanda's friend Jing Ying and I ( As you can see i look really horrible from all that running)

My favourite part-fireballs bursting up from the ground~

"colourful" fountains..(sorry for those redundant heads infront)

The whole lot of us sitting down after the cable car ride..

Hey! SPI ( my cell group) has a building! ( we spotted this building at habour front)

Oh yeah..i forgot to mention about the cable car ride that we had, with amaryllis sitting inside with us..it was absolutely hilarious..she was really afraid that the cable car might drop into the water and kept asking us about our weights and forbid us to make any noise in the cable car in case it might trigger the cable car to drop into the water..haha..she's really funny man..but anyway the night scenary..is really beautiful..Singapore really looks great from the top in the night..(must be all the nice lights)..even though we're a concrete jungle with zero natural scenaries..Singapore night scenary is really quite spectacular..haha..this must be one of the rare moments where i'm complimenting about my country~

SPI "singing under the stars" outing~

2007-06-02T23:29:00.000+08:00

On a beautiful saturday evening, jean shen organised a mini SPI outing at south pier-marina south where we sang songs under the stars! The 6 of us, Ranald,Adrian aka Dan dan, Zhi Luo, Jean Shen, xiaohui and I had tons of fun even though it was only the 6 of us..haha..and the view was breathtaking especially when it got really dark in the night.. Singapore has never looked this nice! Some random ferries which makes quite lot of weird noise

Xiaohui whose hands have been painted by the colouring of the M&Ms chocolate

(And they claim to melt in your mouth not in your hand? haha..)

This ship is actually a restaurant-Isn't that cool?

Ranald and his usual hilarious pose ( I think
he has a collection of this kind of pictures...haha)

Our new emo model-Pao Lim Xiaohui

We have decided to use this picture

for Jean Shen's xiang qin(matchmaking)

(..haha..joking lar, don't worry doctor~)

A few of our hilarious group pictures!

(Our eyes were tearing very badly after taking all these pictures..the flash is really blinding)

It was really fun to sing under the stars~ Especially when we were singing christian songs and I started to look at the sky..you just marvel at God's creation and praise Him..

~Let all creation worship Him~

Smooth E Baby Face Foam

2007-05-12T10:14:00.001+08:00

A MUST SEE THAI AD COMMERCIAL.. my lecturer showed it to us during lecture..it's so nice and funny too!

SPI bbq...=)

2007-04-30T22:37:00.000+08:00

My lovely charis and I

-no comment-

Indulging in the pasta~~~

Singpiration around the bbq pit-A 1st..

Juicy and tender kebabs!

Yummy chicky wings!

Melted Marshmallow with bread-David's new invention..A MUST TRY!

2nd year of Poly!

2007-04-18T21:08:00.000+08:00

It's really hard to go back to school after you had about 2 and a half months of holiday?

But I thank God that my holidays have been well spent-(at least towards the 2nd half of my holidays) Helping in out YFC PARTS was fun and meaningful..even though i had to wake up at 430am-5am for most mornings..I'm still glad that God was able to use me for His work...=)

So anyway..it was back to long butt-pain MRT rides to dover (that only happens when you get a sit on the MRT..if you're standing..then it's leg-pain) and early mornings...i will be having 8am lessons on monday tuesday and wednesday..and only a 2 hour class on friday from 10am-12pm! How rocking is that! =)

Here are the modules that i'll be taking this semester

Consumer Behaviour-This kinda sounds like marketing,(but i got back Rajan-who is one of my favourite lecturers!) And basically we learn the thought process of how a consumer decides and eventually buys something..(A boring module..but it's taught by a fun lecturer! So hopefully it'll be bearable!)

Legal Systems and Contracts-I think this module is basically introducing some law stuff that we gotta know and memorise? Looks hard..hopefully i'll be able to memorise all the law terms and etc..and maybe my mum can help me with it? *cross fingers*

Mass Media Research-I have a feeling this module is something like statistics..we gotta learn how to gather research..survey people..and it's the module with the highest credit unit..so if we don't pass it..*that's bad* My lecturer has also been warning us that it's not gonna be an easy module..we might probably have to burn midnight oil to complete the projects...haiz...

Digital Media Applications-Basically we learn to edit videos?..The lecturer for this module is quite funny! And for our first lesson we got to watch a James Bond movie- Casino Royale..the one with Daniel Craig in it..whoohoo! Thank God i didn't watch that movie in cinema~ We're also gonna learn a better video editing software called Final Cut Pro..:p..hopefully i won't be so blur with the software~

Organisational Behaviour-I think this module is all about knowing how a company operates and manages..what positions does what jobs..and that kind of stuff..

Feature Writing-Learning how to write for magazines this time! Hopefully all that 8 days reading will come in handy..:P

Psychology and Counselling-Whoohoo~ I'm really blessed to have gotten this module as my GEMS ( a module that you take which is not related to your course)..We're suppose to learn how we can understand ourselves and others better? And i think they'll teach you all that Sanguine,Melacholic,Choleric..kind of thing...Maybe..i'll be able to understand some of your guys better after going throught this module..!

It's gonna be another stressful and yet fun year in the 2nd year of poly..I thank God for His goodness in being with me throughout my year in poly be it the stressful or even fun times... and i shall continue to place my trust in Him and most importantly remember that i'm not studying to get good results but to really learn and bring glory to Him

Our last CYA tuesday duty together

2007-04-18T20:55:00.000+08:00

Last tuesday was our last CYA duty together as a tuesday group at changi airport..haiz..so sad..gonna miss all of you guys! I'm will be changing to thursday's group because i end at 5pm ONLY on tuesday..so yeah..gotta change my day...

I will also be missing my dear seniors too, Bernice,Zirong and Irene..hopefully the audit questions will be easier on the other days..(haha)..By the way..thanks for the swensens treat!

Si Hua and I testing our mirror photo taking skills in the CYA room

The Swensens treat that we had from our seniors!-2 earthquakes and 3 cones of fries!

My Parcel has arrived!

2007-03-21T21:28:00.000+08:00

Finally! My long awaited parcel has arrived. I almost died waiting for this parcel. It actually came on friday but i wasn't at home and the postman forgot to leave the reply slip at my door.. So i had no reference number or what so ever. Haiz..to cut the long story short, my mum kept calling the post office to bug them for my parcel ( mums are the best man!) and after many excuses from the post office, they finally found my parcel and gave me the reference number for this parcel. =) Shall try and understand the post office-since they always have so many packages to deal with each day..
Anyway..my penpal gave me 2 korean english bibles and a pair of earrings. According to her, one of the bible is the easier korean version? And the other is the normal korean version ( which is harder..) But the normal korean version only has the new testament and psalms,proverbs. Anyway i think the bible looks really nice! Scroll down to have a look at it!

And this is how my korean english bible looks like!

haha..hopefully i can improve my korean by reading the korean version of the bible. What's more, there's the english version on the next page which i can refer to...whoohoo so happy! Praise God that my parcel was not lost in transition..haha and ah reum, if you're reading this " chong mal ko ma wo yo!"

DEADLY CHOCOLATE

2007-03-12T20:07:00.000+08:00

Everybody, please be aware of this dangerously disgusting chocolate which smells really nice at first but tastes horribly in your mouth. It tastes exactly like a chinese bitter medicine pill.

I got to taste it yesterday sunday night when i went out with Jean Shen, Amy and Ranald. Jean Shen bought a packet of 4 chocolate bars, each with different cocoa content. 99% 84% 76% 64% respectively. ( Numbers may not be accurate..but it's around there..) and the 99% cocoa content chocolate was indeed the most deadly..it left a very horrible bitter aftertaste in my mouth( But the others were pretty nice!) This is for those who detest bitter stuff..but if you do like bitter stuff..like my mum, please try it at your own risk. ( But the way, Jean Shen gave the rest of the 99% cocoa content chocolate bar to my mum..we ate up the rest..haha..)

Painting Day!

2007-03-10T08:43:00.000+08:00

Painting Day! This is how my room looks like before it was painted..

Laying out the newspapers..

Paintmates!

And here we go!- started painting the walls dark blue..

My painting partner vivienne! ( she really helped me paint this room..

i think she even painted more than me..haha)

My new method of holding the paintbrush while climbing up a ladder..haha

standing up really high to paint those difficult parts

And this is how my new room looks like now!-dark blue on one side

And light blue on the other side..

2007-03-02T16:21:00.000+08:00

Dazz with all the glorious food!

Becky trying to eat the sausage?

Yummy pork belly!

The girls!

Dazz's fat cat on the piano..

Surprising Jean Shen with his birthday cake!
(At least i hope he was surprised! hehe..)

haha! Romans and one of his sexy poses again!

Jean shen looks so cute with his "transformer" present!
(He doesn't look 29 now!)

CNY pics

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My sis and my cousin shu hui!

That's the deadly keropok we eat every Chinese New year at kim po's house!

yusheng! Nice and colourful~ ( I don't really like yusheng..

just eat the crackers..and..the raw fish..that is if they HAVE rawfish..hehe)

Dawn (my cousin) and my sis!

High class ribeana! (Or blackcurrent syrup..tasted good =))

And that's my uncle with the "high-class" ribeana ( He said I needed

to take the picture of the person who brought the bottle..haha)

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All of us! ( we kinda look like we're on the apprentice..

just that ranald and doug spoilt that whole image..haha)

Me,Fish,Sarah,Charis and Doug.

Dazz Doug and Tim ( Doug and tim look funny..)

Sarah, Dazz, Adeline and I ^^

Adeline's so cute!!!

What i did on valentines day!

2007-02-24T01:40:00.000+08:00

What I did on Valentines' Day-

sarang heh yo!-Vivienne and I at the L-O-V-E statue on Valentines' Day

And that's me at that same place!

The beautiful lights at orchard..
I kinda like this quote..makes me feel blessed

KL trip

2007-02-20T22:48:00.000+08:00

whoohoo! Hi everybody!! I'm back to revive my blog..

I know it has been dead for about..2 months plus? But now it's alive!!

Okay lots of things to update about..first up is..my trip to Kuala Lumpur!! As you can see the 2 lovely petronas towers on your left

Hmmm....what can i say about malaysia? Well..the things are really quite cheap! I never did so much shopping in my whole life..what's more bejaya times square has about 11 storeys of shops!! You could say..i exercised by shopping..haha

I guess malaysians assume that everybody speaks malay..I wanted to buy this blouse..and the salesgirl started talking to me in malay. I was like.."huh?".

There was like silence for one moment.

Then..i awkwardly said " yah..i want this blouse"... in English..that is.

On the second day, we went to visit the petronas tower. It was really cool that they were giving out free tickets to visit the bridge that links the 2 petronas towers..and the funny part was ..the bridge was on the 41st floor of the 2 towers..and..my hotel room was on the 41st floor of the hotel building. Haha..Anyway..it was really cool to visit one of the highest buildings in the world.I've visited the highest before..it was taipei 101..but you had to pay quite lot of money to get up to the highest floor. But for petronas, you don' t have to pay anything..and you get to go up to..the 41st floor..-well it's really better than nothing~

Oh! Before i forget, we actually took a transstar bus to KL. We had our own individual Tv monitors and there were about 8 different channels to choose from. It really made our ride to KL more enjoyable..i first watched this jacky wu's show in which he was playing a prank on one of the celebrities..and i was laughing like siao~~ After that, i watched this korean movie called " My girl" starring Song Hae Gyo..and..that guy from "sassy girl"..Cha Tae Hyun..if i'm not wrong..and yup it's your typical korean movie in which the girl dies of lukemia..

To cut the long story short, the disappointing part about these "in flight entertainment" was that they showed the same shows on our way back to singapore...-_-

KL trip was ..well not exactly what i call fun..but..it was more of a trip for me to relax, unwind, PIG-OUT..and i think i really needed a vacation..after that horrible period of projects..hehe

2006-11-21T15:17:00.000+08:00

Cheers

this advertisement is super funny!!

2006-11-16T22:57:00.000+08:00

Xiah Tries to be Cute...

this is sooo cute..my xiah junsu is really cute!!

2006-11-15T09:57:00.000+08:00

U-Know Yunho's dance on X-Man Ep 157

This is U-know's dance on the 2nd new xman episode..the first part a bit act cute(basically he can't act cute).but..the dance later on is really cool..haha

2006-11-13T21:28:00.000+08:00

DBSK - Balloons MV

this video is just so cute!

2006-11-11T00:25:00.000+08:00

argh..really dislike answering lovey-dovey questions..but too bad i got tagged by christine..enjoy~

1. Single, taken or crushing?
Single and totally loving it..

2. Are you happy with your life now?
Yup..totally..i really like the friends around me..and i'm enjoying my course..~ DMC rocks my socks

3. When you meet the right person, do you fall in love with him/her fast?
No, because i will take a very long time to see whether he's the right person..haha

4. Have you ever been heart broken?
Over a guy? No way..and don't wanna be heart-broken in the future..:P

5. Do you believe that there are some circumstances, where cheating love is acceptable?
100% NO. If cheating love was acceptable..it shouldn't even be called love in the first place.

6. Would you take someone back even if he/she cheats on you?
That would be very dumb of me to do that..and you should know that shermaine is very smart!

7. Have you ever talked about marriage to someone else before?
haha..yar..it's a very fun topic to talk about..you should try..

8. Do you want children?
That'll be cool..but i'm not desperate for it.

9. How many?
haha..i don't know..definitely not a football team..i'll be dead by then

10. Would you ever consider adoption?
Yeah! I shall try adopting korean babies.. hopefully one that looks like Xiah Junsu..aha!

11. If someone likes you now, what do you think is the best way for him/her to let you know his/her feelings?
Don't tell it to me because i'm not intending to get married.. go find someone else..aha~

12. Do you enjoy getting into relationships?
i can't give a fair judgement to that because i've never been in one..but currently i feel that having a relationship while you're schooling is a total waste of time..* go do your homework*

13. Do you believe in love at first sight?
i believe in love with sight ( haha..copy from christine's blog), if you think there's love at first sight..think again..it's probably just an infatuation

14. Do you believe you can change someone?
It's possible..if you have the heart to change him/her for the better..but i do believe that someone can change himself/herself...haha..okay ..that's a "duh" statement..

15. If you could get married somewhere. where would it be?
Bedok Lutheran Church!-this is where i grew up man..( that is if i change my mind about getting married)

16. Do you give in easily when fighting?
haha..totally not..i'm a downright stubbon person ( something which i am trying to change:P), but if you can convince me..that's a different thing~

17. Do you have feelings for someone right now?
haha..yah.. Xiah Junsu from Dong Bang Shin Ki!!! okay lar..actually i just like his voice..i have feelings for his voice..hehe..

18. Do you ever wish that you could have had someone but you messed it up?
No..if it's God's will for me to have him..those mess-ups won't be called mess ups..but part of God's plan..haha

19. Have you ever broken a heart?
No..i've only broken a flower vase :P

20. If one day your best friend falls in love with the guy/girl you are deeply in love with, what would you do?
Ask her to go out with him and report to me his bad habits so that he becomes dislikable to me..haha..*jk

21. Are you missing anyone right now?
No..but i'm trying to miss my older sister who's currently studying in Adelaide..haha ( i'm mean) *jk:P

22. Now you have to ask 10 of your friends to do this survey in their blogs.
Just do it if you're free~i'm nice-

TOP TEN TRIVIA TIPS ABOUT MOI~

2006-11-11T00:09:00.000+08:00

This entry is from my fellow pao pao jie mei's blog..i really wondered how she came up with them...and *point to take note..not all are true..haha!

TEN TOP TRIVIA TIPS ABOUT SHERMY-WORMY!!

1) Shermy-Wormy is the only one of the of the original Seven wonders of the world that still survives ( Wow..i'm a wonder!)

2) The international dialling code for Shermy-Wormy is 672(Hmmm..)

3) Shermy-Wormy is the last letter of the greek alphabet!( I'm greek?! :D)

4) Shermy-Wormy will often glow under UV light ( That's scary, i'll probably look like a freak in the science lab)

5) It can take Shermy-wormy several days to move just through one tree( I am not a worm!!)

6)Shermy-Wormy really likes Xiah and that's an extremely good thing( Yup i totally agree with this statement..haha!)

7)Shermy-Wormy likes to drink bubble tea-milk tea( absolutely correct..milk tea makes me high!)

8)Baskin Robbins once made Shermy-Wormy flavoured ice-cream( Cool..wondered how it taste like..should be really yummy..!:P)

9)Shermy-wormy can't drink-she absorbs water from her surroundings through osmosis( I repeat..i am not a worm!)

10) If you lie on your back stretched it is impossible to sink in Shermy-Wormy.( Don't really get this..does that mean i'm strong? :D)

2006-11-05T23:16:00.000+08:00

We're all going to sch!

2006-11-05T23:10:00.000+08:00

the birthday boy! ( in his hai xian uniform)

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no such sch uniform in singapore ...haha

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some people will always remain a child at heart..

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cutest couple ever~

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the three lovely boys serenading to kenneth a song in which the replace their own lyrics to the song " sleeping child..if i'm not wrong the first line of the song

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Go IN! GO IN! ( i think..i'll rather jump in myself than get totured by these guys)

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oh my! the king of potato in the pool~

2006-11-05T23:03:00.000+08:00

pls do not try this at home..you can eat it though..(tau pok mah..meant to be eaten..haha okay i'm lame..)

2006-11-05T23:02:00.000+08:00

the TKGS girls with the wet birthday boy...(where's the birthday boy looking at?)

2006-11-02T22:08:00.000+08:00

Don't you feel like you've been transported to another era?

2006-11-02T22:07:00.000+08:00

Ben with his.."really cool" earring..*don't worry it's clip-on

2006-11-02T22:06:00.000+08:00

hehe..the wedding couple looks really cute

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the guys..and romans with his act cool pose..*sigh..

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The girls!

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dazz being protected by her "gang of brothers"

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SNP with the wedding couple!

2006-11-02T21:59:00.000+08:00

douglas wearing my hairband..he actually looks pretty good in it..haha

2006-10-08T01:05:00.000+08:00

I have been doing some INTERESTING stuff lately..

For my IDEA module..which means actually Innovation design enterprise in action..:P, we had to do something..erm what should i say..out of the box? But i felt really weird..Firstly we had to listen to classical music?Make you mind completely blank..( the teacher said sth like pretend you're a newborn..you don't know anything about this world..) And randomly draw for 1/2 hour!
Firstly
1) I am not good at drawing
2) Random drawing= horrible abstract art
3) I don't like abstract act

Now i know how abstract art come about..just draw w/o thinking..haha!

anyway my drawing was REALLY REALLY horrible during the first round..classical music doesn't give any inspiration lar..it made me wanna sleep..( in fact i slept for 5 mins while we were drawing)

So i decided to re-do it..wanted to wait for someone to send me some classical music so that i can get inspiration and draw again..haha but i gave up..and decided to hear The Corrs instead..and you can say..i got way more inspiration ( you can look at my drawing below!) It still isn't any better..and i had to make a 3D model of it..jiu ming..those are not faeces okay..they are circles!

Aiyo, i pray that i won't have this kind of weird projects again..i feel quite dumb doing it..because..everything's suppose to be random..*bleah*

2006-10-08T01:03:00.000+08:00

making a 3D model out from the drawing..:P

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The ART of randomness..

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our beautiful cottage pie!

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sarang heh yo!

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Ivy and I :D

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ken and ranald in the burning kitchen..( haha..no lar it wasn't burning..just smoky)

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Dishes specially prepared by us! Tuna bread pudding-jon and ben, cottage pie-dazz and i, sushi-bought by rom and ivy, sweet and sour pork-ken and ranald,sautee mushrooms-jean shen :D

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The birthday cake! ( gummy bears on top..and if i'm not wrong this was a cream cheese and chocolate cake baked by charis and amy! It's really nice!)

2006-10-02T21:41:00.000+08:00

poor romans being tickled to death...

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San jie mei!!! ( ben i just blackmailed you..muahahaha)

2006-10-02T21:39:00.001+08:00

models wanna-be..haha

2006-09-30T23:19:00.000+08:00

During cell, dazz taught on the topic of balancing life's priorities. She said something like how we can start of with wanting glorify God with what we do. For example: Studies. However in the end we end being obsessive over it that we push God aside...

I guess i could totally relate to this. When poly first kicked off, i was telling myself to work hard and score well so as to glorify God. However, in the end i was so obsessive with scoring well and proving to my parents that i deserve to stay in poly. It came to a point where only marks matter, the other things were just inferior.Even something simple like even liking korean dramas can turn into idolatory.

I'm glad to kick off the new semester with a totally different perspective of learning. Learn something for the sake of learning it well and glorifying God and not for the sake of getting good results.
In a place like Singapore, it's really hard to adopt this mindset because our society is shaped in such a way where they say " Show me your qualifications and i'll give you the work". But then again an A* student doesn't mean an A* worker..haha

It's so hard to keep your focus on glorifying God because our society always emphasizes on the " me" factor. "Study hard to see a brighter future ahead of you..beautify yourself to impress others". God is almost non-exsistent in their world. But as Christians, are we going to succumb to the pressure of society or rise up as shiny stars in the world of darkness?
This is a question which may always seem typical of cell group sessions, but i guess it's time to really think if we have succumb to pressure..

For me, i really wanna be a shiny star! And i pray that God will continue to give me strength to shine brightly for Him. I hope that this is your prayer too :D

2006-09-27T22:05:00.000+08:00

Songs that i'm listening to these days

1) One-DBSK ( Don't listen to the chinese version by energy..this is the REAL thing..which is 10 times better!)

2)Perhaps Love-Howl & J ( This is the song in Goong! I also don't know who these singers are..but the song's real addictive)

3) Flower Field Wrong..haha (Hua Tian Zuo)-Wang Lee Hom( just love the erhu in that song)

4)tang shin nen..na nen ba bo ib ni dah( Another song in the drama Goong..this means..you are dunno what, i'm an idiot.... in korean..so funny!)

As you can see 3 out of the 4 songs are korean? So do not ask me to recommend you any new english songs...i will be equally clueless. And do not ask me why i like listening to songs i don't understand..i listen for the music..not the words..haha ( but i'm attempting to sing some of those korean lyrics..currently i'm failing in that aspect..:P

Random thoughts:
1) I see so many koreans in my condo area but why is it that none of them are living next to me? ( sigh!)

2) I really love my 2 GB thumbdrive!

3) I think my lecturers for this semester are boring but i shall try to like them and the module that they're teaching

4)Suzanne Jung is gonna be my newswriting teacher!!!

5) I just realised how God has been so good to me by blessing me in different ways..it makes me wonder why i'm even complaining about life at times..:D

2006-09-21T23:55:00.000+08:00

Me, Kim leng and my other floor manager..( he's as tall as me ..haha..and he's from the airforce too! He make airplane missiles..cool eh!)

2006-09-21T23:54:00.000+08:00

Me and my floor manager..(she's from airforce okay..don't play play)

2006-09-21T23:20:00.000+08:00

Hey people!!!

Okay i know i haven't updated this blog for like one thousand years..so pls forgive me..and stop bugging me!! :D:D

There were many fun events which i got to experience!

Firstly it was the SHINHWA CONCERT!!! Yes i know many people think i'm crazy to buy a $100 ticket..but..haha..the show totally justified the price of the ticket..THE DANCE WAS REALLY GOOD..is just that the view was..a little far..*sigh..and i think the part that i enjoyed the most was when they were just talking to the audience..JunJin only knew how to say " i love you" haha..so he just kept saying those three words which made him looked so hilarious! The first words that came out from Dong wan's mouth was " Can i have some room service?" haha..because..that was one english sentence that he knew how to say really well..and after that he just gave up..and minwoo..haha..he's a incorrigible flirt..he was like pointing to the audience and saying " Are you my girlfriend?" then later he started pointing to everybody and said " everyone here's my girlfriend.." haha..i cldn't help but roll my eyes( haven't done that for a long time) and he also kept saying " Singapore girls..very pretty.." haha..i think he must had memorised this sentence. And i held light sticks!! so cool eh! Fish brought it for me..now i know how a fan in a concert feels like...On my way out of the stadium..people started flooding the staircases and carpark of the area outside the indoor stadium because they wanted to catch a closer glimpse of SHINHWA while they were leaving..and they were as usual screaming so loudly..some even went to the extent of chasing the vehicles that their idols were in..haha..I was just thinking and telling to myself that i'll never one to be like them..Sure..their dancing is good and all that..but i think i'll just admire their dancing and songs and stop at that. Don't wanna go to the extent where i chase them like crazy and start thinking about them everyday..haha..that's idolising

Next was the IMF! haha..yes..i know a lot of people are interested in what i have done on my duty at Suntec. let me just tell you that i have never totured my feet to this extent. This was really the ultimate. Standing for 6 hours on high heels is just BAD. ..why? Here are 3 good reasons why.
1) I don't wear high heels often
2) I never stood on high heels for 6 hours before
3)Who wants to stand on high heels for 6 hours anyway!!!

So yes it was just terrible. my feet was always " groaning in pain" by the end of the day. And the isqueez machines at work are useless..it just gives you temporary comfort. Their are currently areas on the soles of my feet which are hard and numb ( even my last toe is red and swollen..i can't feel anything over there!) I WILL NOT WEAR HIGH HEELS FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS
I even had a backache on one of the days..and..i never realised how useful medicated plasters were until now..haha

But anyway..the job was tiring but fun..i never realised how fun it was to help the delegates find their directions and i will never forget the delegate who said " May i know how to get to CHI-MIS?" He meant chijmes..haha..i was trying not to laugh lor..and my partners were all really fun..we kept coming out with super cold lame jokes to kill time..haha..and some of my friends' cheek muscles were hurting because they smiled too much..what to do..must live up to our FOUR MILLION SMILES! haha

Really thank God for giving me this opportunity to experience the feeling of being upclose in a big event..Could see how he made it easier to form friendships with the people over there and how meaningful it is to help people..even simple things like directions..haha..it just inspired me to become a tour guide..haha..but what to do i'm not studying tourism..( not that i want to actually) haha..

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wah..shuang right..( too bad i couldn't sit on it)

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The people working on the same level as me!

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Me and my walkie talkie!

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Do you know that this is a lift?? ( cool eh..)

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Made friends with the security guard ( this security guard loves to tell jokes and get tricked by us!)