life is for learning..

2009-03-03T16:37:00.000-08:00

haha.. decided to do a quick post..=) heez.. 'O' wk was heaps of fun.. so many activities, played crazy and messy games, met a lot of new ppl.. lol.. on sunday we went ice skating in the afternoon.. brr.. cold.. luckily didnt fall down.. hahaha.. then in the evening, the last activity for orientation, adventure quest.. where we are split into grps and played Suuuper crazy, messy, dirty station games..!! haha at first i was still hesitating if shld go cos the next day have lesson at 8am, and i still havent prepare my notes and stuffs.. didnt have time.. but im glad that i went to adv quest!! lol.. cos it is an experience that i will never ever have in my life.. ^,^ u will be amazed at how far u will actually go in completing the challenges, how much fun it is to succeed in it etc.. at the end the activity, we were all covered in body paint, flour, water, beer, soap, dunno what else.. haha.. stomach filled with the disgusting drink we had to gulp down, i only managed half a cup.. my limit liao.. lol.. it was sooo comfortable to have a good nice bath after that.. hee.. in the end i just threw my shirt away.. is was SO diff to wash the stuff on it away.. luckily i wore the shirt that i wore for the grafitti party.. the cheap $5 shirt.. at first i still wanted to keep it, for slping wear.. but i gave up tryin to wash it..haha just the shorts i took sooo long and it still have little stuffs stuck on it.. i definitely wont want to throw it cos it is a new shorts i bought from cotton on, though its only 5 bucks, but its nice and NEW! haha shldnt have worn it for the games, but i seriously didnt expect it to be soooo MEssy.. lol.. oh well.. will try to wash it a few times.. hopefully will be clean soon..=)

haiz.. but now lessons start liao.. sianz.. just the first day of lessons, already have a lot to read up cos the lecturer outlined stuffs that we need to familarise b4 our prac this fri.. yeap.. but most of the terms i still dont quite understand.. haha i guess the start is always pretty tough.. cos all the terms are new to us, hard to understand indiv parts if u dont know other areas, meaning the diff areas are connected, so if we wanna just zoom into a certain area, like the lower limbs for this wk, some of the words used from other chapters are used, and we dont understand them at all.. i believe after a while, everythin will be fine! =) lol.. honestly, anatomy is really tough.. i just rmb the diff bones of the skeleton, like cranium, humerus, radius, femur etc.. then realised that actually these are all just the most general terms.. haha like at the wrist, the grp of bones is called carpals.. but indiv there are 8 small bones that constitute it, and we have to learn the 8 names also.. like each main name of the bone, will have like 10 other separate names for it, refering to diff areas of the bone.. haha.. oh well! its alright.. its interesting to learn actually, just that brain need more time to digest.. haha.. and need a lot of constant revising to keep all the 'arabic' terms in the brain..

heez.. oh well.. 3rd day of sch already.. haha.. wed dont have lessons in the morning.. starts at 1pm.. yeah..! ^^ oh ya! kelly and i bought a new laser printer.. to print all our lec notes.. which amts to mountains and hills.. haha.. hmm yar need to get more files soon.. to put all sets of notes.. from the 4 modules.. these few days pretty hot here.. dunno why.. the last 2 wks wasnt that stuffy like at night it was always pretty cooling.. but recently quite warm.. but from the weather forecast seems like today will be the last day like that.. hopefully! haha.. from tmr onwards wont go to 30plus liao.. which shld be the case mah.. since autumn shld be ard the corner.. mar period.. cant wait for the season to change.. then it will be much more cooling..=) and maybe can see yellow leaves, falling all ard campus.. wahaha.. like what happens in tv shows.. lol!

k thats all for now.. will try to write more stuffs maybe by end of this wk.. summarise how the first wk of lessons has been like.. heez..=) ta!

2009-02-27T20:25:00.000-08:00

hey a 2nd update! haha in the midst of 'O' wk.. have some time now finally.. lol.. so decided to write some stuffs here..=p

hmm let me recall.. last sunday our orientation started! at ard 4pm we had to meet with our tower's senior resident.. get to know the others in my tower.. had a short briefing.. b4 heading to our games rm below to play 'get to know you' games with the whole IH ppl. haha the game was pretty wild! but honestly i had fun.. it was quite alright in fact..! many boy gal boy gal kinda game.. the usual pass the lemon with chin one.. haha.. and one pass the thongs (slippers) by rolling onto each other cos cant use hands or legs.. oh and the one where we had to stand on a newspaper in pairs and dance, after which the size of the paper will be halved each time.. see which grps can go the furthest.. thats some of the games we played.. hmm then it was dinner.. after that trivia night which was like a quiz between diff grps.. questions will be asked and we just fight to ans it first.. haha.. but it was very boring for international students!! cos the ques were pretty local-based.. so totally dont know the ans.. lol most of us couldnt even catch the ques.. after which kelly and i went RE to see the pub there.. see how is it like..=p suuper crowded cos many IH ppl went there.. i think we took up more than half of that pub's area.. bought somekind of alcoholic cocktail with lemonade.. haha asked the gal in front of me whats that she ordered and she said it was nice so i just follow..^^ lol otherwise i also wont know what to buy.. dunno whats gd.. haha no menu to refer to also.. hahaha.. noob..

the next day, mon, went for compulsory int student talk.. boring.. lol.. then after that late afternoon had speed dating.. LOL! is just gals form one circle, then guys form another circle ard.. have 2min to talk to ur partner.. then switch and switch.. play games.. at the end of the session. the guy standing in front of u will be ur 'date' to dinner that evening.. hahaha.. the guy was supposed to pick u up at 5.30pm, at ur rm.. 'slightly' better dressed, have a little gift to give the gals.. and then go dinner tgt.. lol.. my 'date' gave me a bottle of beer, and a nice colourful straw hat (that i wore to dinner ^^).. but it was alright.. didnt really talk much cos of....yeah..oh well.. haha.. at least better than some couples i heard abt.. ><>

tmr morn! wake up at 5.30am.. morn jog with the shirt we wore ystd.. haha.. the jog was faster then i expected! ><>

wed! market day at uq.. a day where all the diff clubs and society, grps set up booth at the great court.. for us students to explore and find out more.. (a gd day to get freebies also!! hee) i think i got like 4 pens, 2 bottles of drink, notebooks, rulers, candies. lol.. signed up for singapore society.. thinkin of maybe uq dance (recreational type for beginners like me.. lol) and also volunteering.. haha thought of even trying like wushu or karate.. but the lesson fees are expensive and i dunno if will have time to learn, with our rather packed physio timetable..=( compared to others, even law or arts.. with 4 or 3 days wk only.. after lunch, we had city rally.. set off on an adventure ard brisbane.. doin really stupid or crazy challenges on the way.. i dont even wanna say what i had to do.. but actually it was alright.. cos if think its just a game.. its pretty fun actually.. hahaha.. after dinner there was pub crawl where will go a few pubs to visit.. but i didnt really wanna go cos tired and tmr had to wake up at 3.30am!! since already went to one pub.. enuf for me already.. lol.. that night just watch 'slumdog millionare' with kelly in my rm! haha.. the show was really not bad! nice plot..=)

went mt coot-tha! left IH at 4am plus.. to see the sunrise there.. had bbq for breakfast there..=) if was quite nice.. suuper chilly up there.. but sadly didnt manage to see a very nice sunrise.. haha.. came back IH ard 6.30am.. we went straight to slp again.. LOL.. till 9.30am.. then waked up to go for out faculty talk.. at 10.30am.. haha if we didnt catch up a bit more slp i think the talk we confirm gone case liao.. haha.. in the afternoon we went to check out uq's gym (we have free membership cos stayin in IH).. quite big.. split into cardio, and weights gym.. of which the latter one had a lot of muscular guys training.. lol.. felt a bit out of place.. luckily had each other.. haha.. then that evening was our bara khana (meaning formal dinner), where all of us had to wear formal, get to be served at our tables.. with wine, beer, and nice food!! haha..

and then today! i played lazer tag this morning.. was smth new.. quite fun.. we had to wear 2 little light bulb thingy (the targets) on our head and hold a gun (which was actually quite heavy), run ard the campus, hide, and shoot our opponent team..^^ test ur skill of being 'invisible'.. i got 'killed' like severel times.. had to go get 'revived' lol.. after that.. lunch.. i ate chicken pie which was really nice.. and big! and i finished it! hahaha.. then kelly and i had to go for our medical check up.. to get our blood test results from last wk.. in the end i had to get 5 vacinations! siannzz.. just got 2 today, for chicken pox and hept A.. a few have to get 2 doses.. means still have quite a few needles that will be gg into my arm.. lol.. had dinner.. which was gd also! pizza.. 2 huge slices even.. then kelly and i headed to the city to get some stuffs.. today was friday so city will close slightly later at 9am.. not the usual 5-6pm..zz.. haha.. and now back.. gg to slp soon.. tired.. but wanted to finish writing this first.. haha.. kk till next time! nitez everybody!

first 2 days in UQ, brisbane!! =)

2009-02-17T03:28:00.000-08:00

hey long long time never post smth le.. haha.. today have some time to write stuffs so here i am..=p

heez.. ystd moved in to IH.. very lucky that all the way got someone help me juggle my suuuper heavy luggage.. so yup i reached my rm safely! =) started unpacking a bit first.. after that met my friends to go make student ID.. haha it was done pretty fast.. 5min queue.. took photo on the spot.. after another min.. wala.. i have a uq student card le! but didnt know will take photo otherwise will go wash face first.. comb hair a bit.. lol..=p jkjk.. dont care.. hmm then after that we walked ard the great court area.. took some pics of which i posted on FB.. kelly and i decided to go to the city.. took bus 412 there..

with xin yu also! cos it was on the way towards the place she stayin also.. couldnt join us cos she hurt her ankle.. hope she recover soon! yupz.. so we went to city.. and i bought quite a few stuffs that i needed for my rm..=) let me see.. a kettle to boil water, tissue box, cotton buds, detergent, all-purpose cleaner.. lucky me! cos i had kelly to show me where to buy the stuffs.. how to go from sch to city.. lol i totally dont know.. i will definitely have to buck up these few days.. make sure i rmb my way.. but i might take a while longer cos my orientation not very gd.. lol..=p

quite funny cos no matter what i buy. always try to find the cheapest one.. haha cos abt the same also for the things i buying.. the best buy i got ystd is the kettle! only 10bucks! heez.. realised that it is very impt for ur rm cos can get hot water.. make certain drinks also if u want.. good for winter too..! haha thats why i bought milo powder today.. to drink..=) whenever i want to.. oh ya gg back to my first day.. erm.. went city to shop ard.. then after that we went to meet kelly's mum, who will be ard for this wk.. by then it was abt 5pm plus already and the shops are just starting to close.. haha.. we went down to myers centre (i think its this), to buy dinner.. cos our hostel not catering food yet till this sunday.. was lucky to have kelly to bring me ard! thks..=) i bought a round sandwich thingy.. haha.. with a lot of fillings.. for half price!! cos the bakery was closing soon.. so they sell the remaining pastries for just $3.. after that we headed back.. have a good bath after the first long day.. haha..xD

tmr morn.. went jogging with kelly ard the sch compound..=) after that came back, bathe, get ready to head out again.. went to check out the 2nd hand bookshop at uq union.. and then to the city we go again! haha.. we cont to look for printer again.. cos we are thinking of sharing one.. for printing any docs, notes.. will be more convenient for us.. and cheaper in the long run i think.. hahah.. so far the cheapest we could find was for 50bucks, 3 in 1 printer, lexmark.. still thinking between a few.. will most prob get it by tmr..! we ate at the food court at myers centre.. i ate curry chicken with rice.. though the chicken is like pop corn chicken.. but at least the curry was not bad! haha.. was a pretty satisfying meal.. and for additional 90cents, we bought milk tea.. taiwan pdt!! lol.. nice..=) went to buy a clock, wet wipes, disinfectant spray, cereal also..

after that went toowong village.. met a few other friends there also!
coles that area.. so coincidental! i bought fruits from a fruits and vege stall there.. there were so many types of peaches on sale.. haha and all quite juicy and sweet.. nice.. in the end i chose the cheapest one 5.99 per kg.. budget..=p but for each one still costs ard 1buck.. i also got apples.. there were quite a few types of apples also.. some were really exp! haha like 1plus buck for one.. i got the normal one.. ard 60cents each..^^

that went woolsworth to buy milk, batteries for my clock.. bought rice and pasta salad, baked chicken back for our dinner..=) went kelly's rm to have dinner tgt, with her mum as well..=p she prepared vege salad for us also.. quite a filling dinner! after which, headed back to my rm.. have a bath.. met 2 more of my neighbours.. haha..! washed my fruits.. ate one peach..=) spoke to my family on skype!!!! haha.. nice to see them.. will talk to them regularly esp this wk when im still quite free, 'o' wk, lessons not started yet..xD

oh! at first we wanted to go t0 the zoo tmr.. but afraid that it will be a wet weather again like today.. so canceled the plan.. instead we might go another area to shop, walk walk.. indoorphily.. (hopefully spell it correctly).. will jog later tmr cos wont have much to do also.. can wake up later..=p

oooh will have granola, milk for breakie tmr.. haha.. and maybe an apple.. lol.. think hao liao..^^ hmm thinking if shld get a container.. so that next time if buy snacks like biscuit.. can keep it there.. haha see how..

kaez.. im off to do impt things.. fill in some forms.. and cont with a bit of unpacking..=) hope tmr my lights will be repaired!! heez..

headache over what cam to buy... lol

2009-02-02T08:16:00.000-08:00

hmm.. today went shopping ard funan and sim lim sq with bra, ed, steve for digi cam.. lol.. so funny.. i found myself hopping from this brand to that.. cos diff salesperson say diff thing lah! so confusing.. dunno who to believe.. but luckily at the end.. we still learnt a lot.. im convinced that fujifilm produce really gd quality pics.. supported by sj haha..=) gd gd.. got a friend who use fuji b4 and can prove that its not bad.. yup so fuji will be one of my top choice.. actually i think i will get either fuji or panasonic lumix.. i kinda like the wide angle func.. seems like these 2 brands offers at least 1 cam with wide range.. nikon i realised dont have wide range.. but the burning ques to myself is shld i pay like 100bucks MORE just for the wide angle?? is 28mm enuf or shld i go for the best since i like this func to get 25mm? like what the salesperson recommended.. haha.. tmr will be another day of lookin and clearin my doubts.. hopefully it will be much better now.. since more or less narrow to just a few models this time.. haha.. and i better get the cam tmr liao!! dont wanna drag then waste time.. get it over with.. still have a lot of other stuffs to settle.. (as i always say) lol..

i guess i will have a lot of thoughts b4 my mind finally gets too tired... switch off.. zzzz.. hahaha.. btw asked jr to watch 'the wedding game' show with me earlier today.. most prob will go this sat evening.. hmm i was checking the timings just now on yahoo movies.. then i realised that there is no GV tamp mall?? hmm.. weird.. the cinema there close le meh? haha.. dunno.. anyway have to see go which cinema to watch.. tempted to try kallang leisure park's cinema cos didnt watch there b4.. but if watch at GV can get 8bucks tix with safra disc.. hee save 2 bucks each.. see how see how..

just set 11th to go out with sj and sx.. haha.. will think of where nice to eat.. at city area.. preferably chi food or smth.. not western food.. hee.. aiya just rmb sj told me the film wont be screened in time b4 i fly.. so i cant attend the screening or smth.. well.. its alright.. haha.. just watch from the cd..=p ooh cant wait..!!

oh ya! i have to figure out why my mac cant use my canon printer.. somehow i press print le.. the paper gets sucked in.. but it come out still as white as ever.. lol nothin gets printed on it.. tried so many times but cant.. hmm hopefully can solve this prob.. see if its the setting prob or smth.. or if i have to install the cd first.. haha i was still so worried why my mac's hard drive get used up soo fast! lol in the end is bcos of my trash.. after emptying it.. i still have more than half of space avail.. scare me man.. made me go check indiv my files, like app, library, docs.. wondering which folder took up so much space.. but couldnt find any.. puzzling.. cos i didnt know where to look to delete and clear the space.. haha glad now solve le.. so stupid..><

time flies.. less then 2 more wks left here!! ah...! feelin excited, yet nervous, worried.. haha i need to prepare myself better.. maybe partly cos i still havent settle impt things.. like packing.. haha.. kk i wanna go zzz le.. sweet dreams to myself..=p nitez!

2009-01-20T06:54:00.000-08:00

just feel like typin some stuffs here.. hmm till now still feel as if - so many things to do, so little time.. lol.. i have been saying there are a lot of things i need to do from dunno how long ago.. haha and over time i still dont feel that the pile is decresing.. lol.. can see how inefficient i am.. or maybe cos new things keep surfacing..

let me see... recently i realised i have been making a point to eat chinese food.. avoid western food.. lol.. cos i know in less than 1 mth i wont have the chance to eat the usual yummy chi food like chee cheong fan, hor fan, char kway tiao, even just the normal cabbage, liver, ginger chicken, kang kong that my dad cooked for dinner just now.. ooh yum.. eat all i can when i still can.. lol.. just like this afternoon when i went sheng siong with my dad to shop for ingre.. i suddenly had the craving for cream crackers.. haha.. so i bought it! used to eat it very often last time.. a bowl of hot milo, with crackers..=) simple but sooo nice..

these few wks i have to try finishing all the cha pa lang baking ingre that i bought last time.. like crisco, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, icing powder, vanilla, pandan, banana essence.. haha i always buy new stuffs just to bake that one cake/pastry.. then i chuck it there for wks.. buy new ones again when try baking other stuffs.. so the shelf there is like full of stuffs.. earlier just now i used finish the remaining choc chips.. to make choc muffin.. used up some more of crisco.. (but this time added too much, or shld say didnt try to be 'healthier' by reducing it) then in the end it was quite oily that i resorted to using kitchen towels to suck up any excess oil.. haha so contradicting.. just last wk i was still boasting that i made a nice banana cake without using any butter, replacing all with apple paste.. healthy version.. but tastewise still not bad.. then now i made so oily muffins.. lol.. luckily not much.. oh.. i just rmb abt this.. i bought a new bottle of cocoa powder.. new one again.. haha.. oops.. how to finish the stuffs like that ar.. oh ya still got yeast, gelatin to finish.. hmm.. headache..

oh well.. moving on.. i need to make a list as to what to buy for this sat's steamboat and my own family's one.. have been saying shld list down since like last wk.. but still being lazy.. ok.. i'll do it tmr.. and really i need to start packing my clothes into my luggage.. backpack.. oh shucks.. just recalled have smth to finish doin also.. ah.. saw the chi variety cook show just now at 8pm.. channel 8.. where the chefs were making some cny delicacies.. i saw the 'yu sheng' made of all fruits.. rock melon, honey dew, mango, pear, strawberry with salmon and the yummy crispy cracker.. so tempted to try makin this version of loh hey.. lol. seems very nice.. and refreshin.. thinkin when will have to chance to try.. maybe some day next wk..

sian.. like getting a bit sick.. blowing my nose since ystd.. throat feels a bit sore.. i think its my body tryin to fight a virus or smth.. after a few days will be fine again..=) hmm i also need to compare the itinerary for both O list.. think of when to change more currency.. when to get bank draft.. eh.. finish makin cny deco.. blah blah.. haha.. i shld really stop complaining.. so not me.. lol.. and i shld spend less.. since now i not earning le.. oh i need to get a new hp pouch also.. still thinking if shld get one with 1 or 2 zips.. whether to put my hp and earpiece tgt or separate compartment.. or shld get a sock type that hugs my hp.. will be gettin my new com soon.. this thurs..=) macbk.. haha.. then whats left is to get a new cam also.. and to organise all my stuffs, get used to mac the next few wks..

haha b4 i knew it.. i typed quite a lot liao.. at first i thought it will just be a brief one.. heez..

2009-01-14T22:55:00.000-08:00

at home.. typin on my laptop.. haha i was writing a list of the tops + bottoms i wanna bring to aust just now.. is 20 sets enough? or too much? lol.. i realised i do have quite a lot of clothes.. but most informal, just t-shirts and shorts.. lots of short.. haha.. b4 i knew it i listed almost 10 shorts.. but i still need to include some jeans, pants, skirts to bring as well.. list still kinda incomplete.. lazy to walk to my wardrobes to see what clothes i have.. hee.. stuck to my chair.. so just write those that comes to my mind.. perhaps over the next few days when i look into my cupboard, will spot others that i will wanna bring over also..=p hmm.. other then tops and bottoms, i need to include dresses, 'pyjamas'-home wear, sports attire etc to bring also.. previously roughly jot down in general what to bring, but didnt really write exactly which ones i want yet.. was lookin thru FB just now.. saw the newly uploaded pics from jessie's b-dae celebration ystd.. good to see my ex-colleagues again..=p

ooh.. this sat gg ubin to cycle with my colleagues.. shld be bringing my little bro along also.. haha! i think i might end up lagging behind, unable to catch up with him.. lol.. he cycles every wkday oh! haha..

i started watching the gossip girl series recently! haha.. once u start watching.. u will get hooked onto in.. it happened to me.. lol.. in i think 3-4 days i finished watching the whole season 1.. will start s2 soon..=p

just saw the offer from uni of syd! lol it came so late lah! if wait till now then settle everything, payment, e-coe, visa, flight etc.. i think i will go crazy.. haha.. anyway im so glad i decided to go uq..=) cos quite a lot of ppl here are studyin health care related courses there as well!

woosh.. dad cooking fish head curry for dinner tonight.. i bought a lot of greens to put into the curry also.. i cant do w/o vege.. haha.. luv them.. we got long beans, lady's finger, brinjal, cabbage, tomato.. heez.. goes well with curry.. i think the pot we use later gonna be so full of ingre! im gonna make banana cake soon.. need to finish the bottle of banana essence that i bought last time.. hm.. i think i wanna try making mini cakes this time, means i will pour the dough into the little muffin tray that i have instead of one big cake tin.. fun to try..=p

ystd, 9 jan..=p

2009-01-09T20:56:00.000-08:00

haha.. it was my bro's b-dae ystd..! my mum took whole day leave to fetch kor back from his ippt test in the morn.. but despite being his special day, luck wasnt with him.. during the standing broad jump, he sprained his waist area.. in the end he couldnt finish the 2.4km run cos of the pain.. a pity! that means he will have to retake again.. again! lol.. anyway.. at first i booked badminton court 3-5pm ystd for our whole family to play, but kor cant play cos of his injury.. sian.. supposed to be a whole family game.. but he cant join..

haha anyway.. we still went tamp safra as usual, slightly b4 3pm, put up the net.. and started playing.. my dad and mum are pro man!! i must stress.. lol.. i am so so sooo much lousier than them.. when they versus each other i can see the shuttle go back and forth all ard the court, the speed, the hitting sound.. haha.. honestly i was very amazed.. maybe cos it has been a while since we last played tgt.. so i kinda forgot how good they were.. it spurred me on though.. to make sure i improve!! lol.. i must really go and prac all the techniques, like back hand, foot steps, chop.. smth like that.. need time.. hmm.. but lucky me i can just consult my parents.. heez.. when i play with my dad or mum, my score is like 21/9, 21/10.. once 21/17.. maybe cos my mum tiring le.. after playing for quite a while.. no matter what i will definitely have more stamina cos im younger.

after the game, headed home, picked my elder bro.. and soon we were off to our dinner place, seafood international, at big splash..! haha that place was great! kinda interesting cos we have to walk to the tanks there to pick what seafood we want.. i luv the kailan with fried crispy golden mushroom dish! and the cheese baked seafood beancurd.. though they were the cheapest dishes out of the others we ordered.. but i still enjoy eating them more.. haha ironic..=p oh i liked the taipioca dessert also! with the coconut cream.. hmm.. lobster i still dont really know how to appreciate much.. its nice but i still find it not really worth the amt..>.<.. a wonderful dinner with yummy dishes, but which burns our pockets also.. LOL.. jiu jiu yi ci can lah.. for special occasions.. shld go!

i passed the card i made for my bro and gift to him after dinner..=) a gift that i was sure he will 100% like.. lol.. on the way home he commented that this card will be the only card that he wont throw away.. thats all i need! haha..=p

well thats abt it.. 9 jan over.. today is sat, 10 jan.. a new day.. still a lot of stuffs to settle.. of which as usual i still quite lazy to start.. hmm.. oh well.. maybe tonight.. oops..

some xtra updates..=)

2008-12-29T08:11:00.000-08:00

oh my.. time really really flies.. dunno how many times i have said that.. but oh well.. i realised it has been 1 mth since i last posted smth.. haha.. btw decided to take some time (less beauty slp. lol) to write some stuffs. yup.. just came back from my last 'air stewardess schedule' trip - Taiwan! the trip was awesome! u have to go there personally to experience everything.. haha.. b4 that i went m'sia with my family, didnt have time to blog abt that trip.. as usual bah, the once a yr - goto m'sia family trip.. heez..

gg back to taiwan.. we took abt 500o pics altogether oh!!! amazing.. haha.. i just managed to pick the essence of the essence and created 3 albums on facebook.. i took a lot of time selecting the pics to upload.. lol.. so many to choose from lah!! haha.. honestly, i left out so many nice, scenic, meaningful, memorable pics.. zi ji kan can le bah..=p

just to write down a brief recollection of our whole trip, 12 - 23 dec..! well.. we taipei in the evening, 5pm plus, though the sky looked as if it is 9pm.. haha.. took guo guang bus to taipei train station. terrible traffic jam! from the usual 1h trip it dragged till almost 3h.. sian.. when we reached, first thing first.. went to buy the train tix for the overnight train to gao hsuing, our first destination in our trip! since we had a few hrs b4 the train departs, we headed to the underground mall there for dinner! our first meal in taiwan! haha.. it the food was great.. the simple but delicious la mien.. lol.. the sha cha tang (if i didnt rmb wrongly) was super tasty.. their beef noodles was nice.. others also not bad.. after our meal the stupidest thing happen.. andrew and bra went away first while meiying and me stayed at the cafe.. cos drew wanted to buy xi gua shuang for his ulcer.. we noticed the cafe was closing so my and i carried all the luggages including the guys' out to wait for them.. wait.. wait.. shops closing.. suddenly the security guard there came and told us that at 10pm the gates there will be closed le.. and after understanding from him, we were quite sure that the 2 boys were stuck outside that area, not able to come in.. cos there is only one exit left open,the rest closed.. jialat.. poor us.. both of us had to lug ALL the luggage out that area.. lol.. luckily we are strong gals oh! heez.. still can handle.. went out.. at first quite worried, dunno how to find them.. such a big area.. tried calling bra but unsuccessful cos i think no reception.. my msg him say meet back the tix machine there where we bought our tix.. and we just prayed hard that he can receive the msg.. haha.. then we had to find our way all the way back there.. with all the weight on us.. haha.. lost our way a bit but luckily we found the correct directions soon.. and we found them! so relieved..! haha our first 'unlucky incident'.. and luckily the last..=p

and so reunited! we took the train to gao hsuing! reached there early morn 6am plus.. took some time to find out hotel, orientating ourselves using the map we prepared.. we placed our luggage there first cos it wasnt check in time yet.. and off we go.. ready to explore the new place!! went to look for breakie place.. had a super full breakfast haha.. i think i too greedy.. wanted to try this try that.. end up ordered too much... cant finish.. anywayz, after eating, we headed to a lake there.. oh dear.. cant rmb the name of the lake le.. but it was a really huge lake, with 2 pagodas, one with a tiger entrance, the other a dragon.. walked and explored ard that area.. took many pics again.. haha.. after which we took cab back to our hotel to check in... the room was quite nice, with 4 single beds.. after resting, we went down to the reception to talk to the receptionist there, Ms Chen and Mr Zhang..=) asking them to recommend us places to visit.. at night we went to the night market there, if im not wrong its called rui fang ye shi.. our first night mkt in taiwan! heez.. as what i hearsay, there were really many 'xiao chi' stalls there.. so many to try..

the next day morn, we set off to dream mall, the biggest mall in that area i think.. took gao hsuing's very new 'jie yun' - mrt.. and then took the free shuttle bus.. the mall was really very huge. and there was even an entertainment park at its roof top! haha.. i played the b-ball throwing arcade game there.. luv to play this personally! though i sux.. but very fun..=p there was a ferris wheel there also but we didnt seat cos din want to spend that money.. had lunch there as well, at the 'tang ren jie' (chinese ppl street?).. where all the chinese cafes are located.. a certain corner of dream mall.. oh ya! i bought my sunglasses there.. but lost it when i was in taipei.. sian.. oh well.. movin on.. after that we cont our journey to 'xi zi wan', the harbour there.. where the night scene is supposedly very mesmerising.. it was quite ok.. nice view but the harbour was kinda small.. walk a short stretch.. eh end liao.. have to turn back.. diaoz.. after this we headed back to our hotel to rest and wash up first.. b4 heading out again! to love river.. a place of interest there.. haha but it was just a normal river.. with ferry to sit.. just like clarke quay over here in s'pore.. hmm.. i guess there must be a certain myth, or story behind this river such that it is call the 'ai he'.. but we didnt go and find out.. what else to end out day.. lol.. another night mkt of course! yummy food here we come..=)

yeap.. soon out 2 days in gao hsiung is over.. and pooof.. we are on the train to hua lien, our 2nd destination.. when we arrived at hua lien's station.. we walked ard to find the tourist info centre.. on the way kena horned/called by taxi drivers.. haha.. at the centre, we 'shopped' for useful brochures.. asked the lady there how to get to our hotel, cest jeune.. wala.. there was really a courtesy shuttle bus that will pick us from there straight to the hotel's doorstep, just like what we researched on the net.. miss wu came to pick us.. and she was the driver also.. wow.. she is the receptionist cum guide cum driver.. when we reached our hotel. we immediately check-in.. and they showed us a menu.. for us to order breakfast for the next day.. to be sent up to our room!! can u believe it.. breakfast in bed! haha.. feel so pampered. never did anyone of us experience such service when stayin in hotels.. lol.. we were all so excited abt it.. though our room wasnt very big, but the bed was awesome.. very comfy.. and the bathroom was very nice.. haha.. when we settled down, had a good bath.. we set out to explore the surrounding area.. this hotel provided free rental of bicycles! cool.. so we rented 4.. and we all cycled ard the area.. heading to the very popular fried oyster egg stall indicated on the map we had.. but very very unlucky for us.. the stall was closed when we found it.. and we got to know that the stall rests on mon and tues every wk.. which is exactly the 2 days that we are in hua lien!! suay man.. so we didnt have to luck to try the famous 'or lua' there.. instead we decided to have some dessert at the dessert stall beside.. taiwan's desserts are really pretty special.. they mix diff stuffs tgt like red bean or peanut with beancurd.. small glutinous balls made from yam or sweet potato for instance is also very common there.. after filling a bit of our hungry stomachs.. we cont cycling in the direction of the beach there.. cycling there was pretty scary cos the traffic junc there didnt have proper pedestrian lights... so we all had to just anyhow cross whenever we see the chance to.. when cars are still faraway enough.. at the beach. we took soooo many lame and random photos.. playing with the shadows that were casted on the ground.. and takin series of pics to make into a motion film.. it was very fun how creative, or perhaps crazy, our ideas could get.. lol.. after which we decided to cont the rest of our journey on foot instead and so we returned our bikes back to our hotel b4 setting off again.. towards the central area where they say is the most crowded, lively triangle area with many eateries.. we chanced upon a stall that sells very nice xiao long bao and shui jiao.. and really really cheap also! heez.. a very satisfactory meal..

next day! we took the 1 day tour to taroko gorge.=p had been looking forward to explore this amazing place.. the coach picked us up from our hotel.. the tour guide was the bus driver as well.. and on our way there. he will introduce the surroundings, give us some general knowledge abt hua lien etc.. i still find it very amazing that he can drive and talk at the same time.. must need a lot of prac i think.. to focus on doin both.. haha.. many yrs of experience? oh ya! i rmb the driver's voice some a bit like jay chou.. lol.. got his style. voice very nich to listen.. but looks totally diff.. lol.. for this tour.. the bus will stop at a few stops for us to alight.. spend some time there to explore and take pics.. b4 cont on to the next area.. one of it was the tunnel of nine turns, a trekking trail for us to walk, eternal spring shrine so on.. oh the package also includes lunch.. where we ate at a high class chinese restaurant there.. it was a 7-9 course dinner.. cant really rmb.. but the food there was quite nice, esp the soup.. the view there was very nice for us as we have never been so near the 'nature' b4.. we marbles, mountain, lakes, waterfalls, plants surrounding us.. the feeling was very nice, refreashing, breathtaking..=) some of the rocks/marbles we went past were very huge and beautiful.. some shiny even.. and the air there was indeed very fresh.. being on a high altitude.. anyway.. after this whole tour.. we went back hotel.. and then went out for dinner, to the same place we ate ystd as we really like the dumplings there..=p since it was the last day in hua lien already.. we went to buy muah chee from 'zeng ji'.. hua lien's local pdt.. there was another main brand there.. a-mei i think.. but after sampling their muah chee.. still found zeng ji's one suit our taste buds more.. actually those that they make on that day.. not in boxes de.. were really nice! but cant keep long so we could only buy more and eat on the spot.. the peanut one was very nice.. heez. and then we bought one box to bring back..

after a good night slp, time to head to taipei le! at first we asked for the courtesy shuttle bus to fetch us to the train station.. but cos that day ms wu was the only one there and she had to mend the counter.. she actually called a cab for us! and we didnt need to pay for the fare at all.. wow! the service they provide was really very good! such that we wrote a christmas card for them.. just like what we did for ms chen and mr zhang in gao hsiung.. haha.. to show our appreciation.. as such.. i sincerely recommend Cest Jeune Hotel to all those out there lookin for a hotel in Hua lien when travelling.. a hotel that is affordable but yet with amazing service, wonderful people there to help! =) it will be a great stay there.. oh ya! they even offered to help us buy train tix from hualien to taipei as they happen to be gg there also.. they are really all so willing to help us in any way possible..

arrived at taipei! took mrt to xi men ding, where our hotel, guo guang, is located.. had a bit of difficulty finding cos it was in one of the xiao lu there.. in comparison to our previous 2 hotels, of course this hotel is more 'budget' in the sense that the rm was really pathetically small. haha.. after putting our luggage in the rm, the walking space there is almost negligible.. lol.. it was pretty narrow.. between the beds and the tv, dressing table.. and the bed was super hard! haha.. starting when not used to it.. next day wake up will realise that my hands and legs ache.. but after a few days.. used to it le.. it wasnt so bad after all..

hmm.. i think i just roughly say the places we went to.. irregardless of the sequence cos i lazy to try rmbing the exact sequence we went the diff places.. anyway.. we went shi lin ye shi twice.. on the first and last day i think.. first time there for me! it was really a very big area with many food and shops.. also, we went taipei 101, a very high end shopping area, xin guang san yue area.. and the underground mall at taipei main station.. where i rmb the guys dread gg.. cos there wasnt much stalls suitable for them.. end up they had to wait for us when meiying and i walked in the diff shoe shops.. and also being 'useful'.. help us carry the stuffs we bought.. oops.. paiseh.. it was quite boring for them.. but they were nice still help us take.. though they complain a lot.. lol! we also went long shan si to see see.. saw many teens there praying.. very crowded at the time we were there.. one of the day we also went yang ming shan! this day was very meaningful as we all managed to climb all the way up to the peak of qi xing shan!! seven stars mountain..=) haha. the total dist of the trail we took was 2.27km! and we went up to 1000m plus abv sea lvl i think.. it was really awesome! the feeling of being at the top.. looking down at the trees and cliff below, looking across.. many other mountain peaks... with the cold wind blowing at u.. haha.. a great experience despite my aching legs.. with every step i took for the last part of the climb up..=p really test ur determination sia.. i must really applaud meiying man! for reaching the top! i still thought she will stop midway cos she was very afraid of heights.. and there were many parts where the steps were super steep.. in a zig zag fashion.. a glance back will give u jelly legs kind.. so it was really amazing when she actually perservered on.. overcoming her fear.. but so wasted lah! the pics we took at yang ming shan was all lost! sian.. dunno why also the pics got corrupted during the transfer from my cam to bra's thumbdrive.. oh well.. whats lost cant be taken back.. most imptly is all the memories will be etched in our mind.. thats enough.. oh ya! almost forgot.. we went dan shui also.. and we were lucky, that evening there was actually a concert gg on.. and there was even a fireworks display!!! just nice we were all there.. and we could enjoy the fireworks.. and we went jiu fen also! a very nice place to visit.. just like mini chinatown..a more squeezing version.. haha.. chinese village style.. we bought quite a lot of souvenirs there.. we also climbed the ji long shan trail there.. went all the way up to to the peak.. very nice view up there as well.=)

oh well.. haha.. getting lazy.. so less detailed in my description liao.. its ok.. all the pics we took will definitely bring back lots of great memories whenever i look at them..=) and then i will rmb all the things we did, places we went, food we gobbbled.. haha.. relive the moment.. lol..=p

btw.. it is the start of a new yr 2009! countdown to the last sec of 2008 to 2009 with jr, sam, ray at my hse..=) a new beginning for me.. hopefully i can follow my aspirations.. fufill what i hope i will.. grow up as a person.. hopes for my family come true.. everybody, family and friends, stay healthy and happy.. little bro to be 'enlightened'.. lol.. in all.. just hope that everything will be alright.. na jiu hao.. for myself, currently what i can think of is to stay focused.. organised.. set my priorities right.. achieve what i want and need to do on time.. stop procrastinating.. like b4 i fly off.. i have so many things to settle! but i still havent really find the momentum to start yet.. still livin each day by each day.. soon soon.. i will have to get everything prepared.. hopefully i can accomplish every single task on my never ending to-do list.. heez..=p

There's a reason you chose what is happening around you. Hang on. Live your way through the best you know, and in a bit you'll find out why.

my first trip to goldcoast/brisbane..=)

2008-11-24T05:38:00.000-08:00

hey hey.. haha.. back from aussie trip.. just uploaded some of the pics i took over there on facebook ystd.. decided to just write a bit over here.. lazy to upload any pics here le.. hee..

hmm.. on 13nov, we left our hse at 7pm.. took taxi to changi airport.. ate dinner.. entered the internal area.. took skytrain ard to other terminals.. haha.. waiting for out flight which is at 10pm plus.. the plane we took had a stopover at adelaide first, abt 1h there.. lol.. then from there to sydney.. b4 changing to a domestic plane to brisbane.. quite funny.. we sort of 'visited' the airports of diff states on our way there.. and for our return flight.. similar thing! from brisbane to perth first.. b4 heading back to singapore.. oh well.. but we dont mind the extra time wasted..=p anywayz.. the international and domestic terminals over in aust state airports are really quite far from each other.. didnt know.. haha.. not quite like singapore where the terminals are all well connected via skytrain.. for both sydney and perth airports we had to take an internal bus to travel between the terminals.. can be quite confusing.. cos dont know where to go at first.. had to ask ard.. haha.. nobody briefed us anything..

yup.. disregard that.. lol.. we reached brisbane airport ard noon.. took the coachtran over to our hotel courtyard by marriot.. reached at ard 3pm plus.. settled down.. haha and soon it was already time for dinner.. dont have time to go else where yet on the first day there.. the area we stayed is surfer's paradise.. there a lots of cafes there.. one whole stretch there.. so we just chose one and ate there.. in the end we ordered too much! i rmb.. on our first day.. lol! didnt realise their portions will be bigger.. then we could not finish all the potatos.. be it fries, or mashed.. haha.. super full lah.. in fact most of the next few days we ate dinner ard that same area.. trying diff cafes each time.. then we will definitely buy alcohol there.. heez.. my mum will always buy wine.. my dad beer.. then i will try cocktails.. haha.. i realised i like toblerone a lot! very nice.. maybe cos its quite sweet.. got choc and even honey..=p i tried some kind of red coloured cocktail also, forgot what its called.. but i didnt quite like it.. and also mudslide.. not bad.. but toblerone is still the best for me..=) my mum keep saying the wine there so much cheaper.. lol.. price of softdrink..

next day morn.. we planned to go harbourtown, the factory outlets there.. cos i wanted to shop! lol.. luckily i took a lot of brochures at the airport.. then there was one, a get ard guide.. that was really useful.. cos then i will know what bus to take.. the bus service there was quite convenient to travel from place to place.. my mum and i spent a lot of time there.. such that my dad and little bro decided to go back first.. play at the arcade near our hotel area.. lol.. in fact i didnt shop enough! haha.. cos didnt manage to look at quite a lot of shops.. then b4 we knew it, the shops had their doors half shut already.. cos it was alrdy 5pm plus.. and they were getting ready to close.. sian.. and so off we go.. head back to our hotel..

on sunday.. we went to the carrara markets.. cos they only open during wkends.. from what i researched on the internet.. haha.. wanted to see the many many small stalls there.. it was pretty sunny that day.. hot hot.. so by the afternoon we left that place le after walkin thru.. its just like a huge pasar malam.. selling a really wide variety of stuffs from clothes, toys, snacks, souveniers, fruits, plants etc.. after that we went to pacific fair shopping centre.. to cont shopping.. now with shelter.. heez..

mon-wed we planned to go movieworld, dreamworld, and whitewater world.. got our tix at our hotel.. got a bit of discount.. compared to buying there itself.. a few bucks.. lol.. but the tix are really very pricey.. for the 3 worlds.. we spent abt 600bucks.. just on the entry tix.. but i guess its still worth it bah.. for the experience..=p their rides, progs really got standard de..! compared to.. eh.. those i went to b4.. which is local, and genting.. lol!! worth to give a try.. i took quite a few rides.. super fun.. scary.. exciting.. tried the claw, giant drop.. scary but damn shiok though.. heez.. for the tixs only my little and bro worth the money paid.. my mum and dad a bit wasted.. oops.. haha cos they didnt really take any rides.. help us take care of our bags.. sit somewhere.. drink coffee.. for my mum is whitewater world quite wasted.. cos she din want to take the water rides.. scared very cold.. actually that wk's weather wasnt very good.. weather forecast said that weather will be wet.. mon, tues there was drizzle.. thats why i couldnt take the superman ride.. wanst in operation cos of the rain.. sianz.. thats for movie world.. haha.. dreamworld.. it was a bit drizzling also.. we had to run ard betw shelters.. lol.. only my mum brought umbrella.. just 1.. we didnt want to buy poncho there cos quite ex.. haha.. save money.. luckily luckily on wed, there was no rain! haha.. at first we were so afraid that we cant take the water rides at whitewater world.. heng.. cos at first weather forecast was that there will be thunderstorm! haha.. the first ride we took was awesome! it was really like a real rollercoaster but with water.. we took that one for abt 5 times in total.. lol.. after gg for the rest of the rides.. and gg back to that one after.. but that area was quite small. so we just spent one morn there.. luckily ours was a 2 day world pass.. so we could go back to dreamworld.. and take the rides there again..=p quite lucky that these few days not a lot of ppl so dont have any long queue problem! haha..

thurs morn went to walk at the beach.. their water there really very clean and nice.. sand very very nice to step on.. haha.. 11am check out le.. took bus to the train station.. nerang station.. took their air train to brisbane central! haha.. abt 1h journey.. had a bit of trouble finding our hotel.. but finally we did! and it turned out that the hotel we booked was a service apartment.. haha! didnt realise.. 2 bedrm apartment.. supeeerrr nice lah.. got kitchen.. stove, oven, dishwasher, big living rm, plasma tv.. balcony, washing machine.. even dryer.. lol.. wasted.. only stayed there for 2 days.. as we wanted to make use of the kitchen there.. my little bro and i were planning to cook breakfast the next day.. haha.. so that afternoon when we first reached.. we walked over to woolworth supermkt.. and got sausages, bacon, salad, baked beans, egg, bread.. thats abt it.. haha.. and that night, all these ingredients we shopped actually came in handy..! lol.. cos there was this HUGE storm brewing that evening.. it was really quite scary.. cos never seen such storms b4 over here.. we were standing at the balcony.. and could see the whole process where the dark clouds gradually moved closer and closer to us.. covering more and more of the sky.. with lighting flashing like very few sec.. thunder.. then after a while.. we could few rain drops already.. and b4 we know it.. phoom.. heavy rain.. splashing into the balcony such that we all had to retreat back into the rm and shut the balcony door.. lol.. and so.. we cooked dinner instead! using the ingredients we bought earlier.. haha.. cos thats was no way we could go out to take dinner.. haha...! it was pretty cool.. having dinner there.. cosy feeling..=) and in fact our meal was like a full course.. we even had wine cos earlier we bought one bottel also.. only 10bucks lol.. cheapest one.. and cos our aparment had everything.. we didnt lack anything.. the dining table even had table mats..

the next day we went to take the citycat ferry.. again.. quite lucky i guess.. cos that morn the ferry service resumed again.. after stoppin the previous night cos of the storm.. but at that time.. brisbane river already became very muddy.. with tree branchers, logs.. floating abt in the river.. no longer the clean river.. eh.. we took the ferry all the way to my uni! UQ.. haha..=p explored a small part of my sch.. had a bite there.. b4 heading back.. alighting at north quay this time.. cos wanted to walk ard queen street mall that area.. cont a bit of shopping.. went back hotel in the afternoon.. cos was on the way to chinatown.. so went back, went the jacuzzi there.. the previous night i went swimming there also..but the pool quite small.. and their water there dunno why super salty. wonder why make it that way.. oh.. then my little bro and i went to the gym also.. haha.. after that then we walked over to chinatown..=) hmm.. the chinatown there actually nothin much.. eh.. pretty quiet.. my dad keep saying not very successful.. cos very very few aussies actually visit that place.. only chi frequent that area i think.. and just the next street.. can see a few bars packed with many aussies.. diff situation.. haha.. had a quick dinner there.. but their chi food.. as hear say from others not very good.. was really quite so-so.. haha.. oh well.. for a change.. no harm.. cos the past few days we have been eating western food non-stop.. lol..

next day morn, sat, woke up early as our flight was 9am plus.. so took airtrain to the domestic terminal.. had to be there 1 hr earlier.. check in our luaggage.. and soon.. we were on the plane to perth.. and then from there.. back to singapore.. home sweet home.. lol.. so fast! our trip to aust end le.. haiz.. good times always end real fast.. and we will always hope it doesnt come so quickly.. haha..

but soon this thurs.. my family and i gg m'sia again.. haha.. this time gg straight to penang le.. not stoppin midway at kl.. cos got 3 drivers now! haha.. i can help to drive le..=) these few days many things to pack.. and my room still forever as untidy.. and though i know i have many things to do.. i still take my own sweet time.. not getting my priorities right.. oh well.. haha.. wow.. type soooo long! le.. haha.. so will end soon.. hmm.. thinkin of adding captions to the pics i uploaded on facebook.. sort of a miniblogging over there.. for memory sake.. eh..hopefully i can find time to do that over these 2 days.. ooh.. tmr gg for my visa med checkup.. hope everything gg to be fine..=p heez.. gg to slp le! nitez..=)

mahjong at my hse! + gd food =)

2008-11-01T06:32:00.000-07:00

last mon, the 4 of us taiwan khakis met up to play mahjong! haha.. cos public holi so dont have work on that day..=p we played the whole afternoon, eating and chatting all the way.. lol.. my friends were saying it feels like cny, cos my hse got a lot of stuffs to eat.. i placed a lot of snacks on the dining table next to where we play mahjong.. my dad cut papaya and pineapple for us to eat.. the only healthy food there.. heez.. the rest are chocs, prawn crackers, nuts, biscuit.. so on.. and after that yam cake made by my grandma also..=p in the end we were all so full that we played on.. all the way till 9pm plus.. haha.. oh ya.. in the last hr bra was teaching the 3 of us how to play poker..! learnt a lot.. seems really fun to play.. maybe next time will have the chance to play more..=p

heez.. b4 we changed to play poker, i showed them my elder bro's rm! oops.. cos i have to! his rm is just filled with anime anime and more anime stuffs.. quite a 'spectacle'..=p then we also took some pics in my messy rm.. haha.. andrew was super interested in wearing the hairband i had.. lol! funny.. then i wore with him also..=p oh ya. meiying and bra were both saying i must change my hairstyle.. cos my current hairstyle make me look even more cheena.. heez.. i will soon! looking forward to it actually..=)

haha.. see my furry there?! cos i did not have much luck at the start so was thinking go get my toy out to hug, see if can change my luck.. and it seems that it worked quite okie..! =) poor andrew had to resort to throwing a sweet out.... cos meiying say it will change ur bad luck..=p

oooh! then b4 we left for our dinner+supper.. my little bro showed us his little magic trick.. so cutez..=p haha.. xiang also took a pic with xiao hei..! hmm.. actually a bit paiseh dunno if we come and play will disturb him.. cos he still got 2 more papers to come.. streaming yr...

haha.. anyway.. i drived my and bra over to blk 85 to makan, while andrew biked over.. ate quite a lot.. the usual stuffs.. but still as satisfying.. and also tang yuan for dessert.. didnt manage to pick the sesame filling one.. lol.. can rougly see the b4 vs after from these 2 pics..=p

posing for the cam! haha..

cant wait for our taiwan trip!! haha.. will be just like that day, maybe even better! makan, have fun, enjoy ourselves, chat chat..=) abt 2 more mths!

but b4 that.. gg aust with my family first! wow.. actually in less than 2 wks will be flying le..! heez.. hope it will be great..! but a pity my elder bro cant join us.. then after that gg malaysia for holi also!! as usual.. lol.. but still i like gg there.. see see. shop, eat gd food..

yeap! earlier today just went out with jr to ikea, giant, courts..! haha.. went all 3 marts there.. and i bought stuffs from all 3 places.. lol spent quite a lot.. hmm.. took quite long in ikea.. dunno what to buy better.. but really must thk jr.. gave my quite a few ideas..=) makes it easier for me.. luckily in the end i could get what i want.. but i guess is just the start bah.. haha.. then went giant, bought sports clothes.. and other stuffs.. went back car to put our stuffs again.. then go over courts next.. i bought printer ink there.. sian.. ink is ex.. lol.. i decided to buy the saver pack thingy.. comes with both black and colour ink plus photo paper.. costs 60bucks! pain.. lol..

after that we went to nihon mura at tamp stadium there to eat late lunch.. but so sad! i rmb wrongly.. thought have buffet on wkends.. but only wkdays have.. so we zhi hao eat alacarte le.. lol.. which was almost like a buffet also, cos we ate till super full, just that it was more ex.. hmmm.. it was great to just eat, chat, share stuffs, let each other know what happened, any updates.. and b4 we knew it we were there more than 2 hrs..=p somehow u understand more or feel better just by discuss or hearing from ur gd friend..=)

hmm.. at first wanted to swim in the morn b4 gg to shop.. but it was raining!! so unlucky.. in fact it was wet weather for the whole morn till late afternoon.. so we decided to swim tmr morn instead! hope it wont rain again! fingers crossed..=p

eh.. this whole wk will be rather busy.. haha.. doin stuffs.. but i think it will be fun..=)

dinner at jumbo..=p

2008-10-22T07:57:00.001-07:00

yummy..=) last thurs went kallang stadium that area's jumbo to have dinner.. it was great to have a nice dinner tgt as a family.. hmm.. we chose the set meal for four.. though we have 5 of us.. but we can always share and my mum and i dont really eat a lot anyway.. heez.. their signature 4 appetizer was very nice.. esp the sweet and sour fish and the bacon ball thingy.. very delicious.. next time if go there again at least we know which is the ones that are nice.. the lobster below is cooked with salted egg sauce.. quite unique horz.. never ate b4.. but it was quite ok.. not say very very nice, perhaps cos im not really a fan of salted egg.. but it was smth diff..=p oh oh.. almost forget.. the dessert! heez.. this champange jelly with dragon fruit bits.. dont rmb the actual name le.. but it is awesome.. very nice! =)

my little bro enjoying his lobster! lol.. trying to pull out the meat from the shell.. he luvs his food..=p belly growing liao loh..

went ard to take more pics..=p got the habit of takin pics recently.. its gd to have these pics.. will be great memories..!

hmm.. the only yi han.. didnt have a whole family pic that day...

veri veri long never update le.. heez..

2008-10-22T06:39:00.000-07:00

yoyo.. heez.. havent been posting for quite sometime.. busy busy.. hmm.. i'll try to recall what happenned these last few wks..=p

last few wks went swimming lessons with jr every sun.. but only 4 lessons in total.. after which we just make a point to meet up every wk to swim tgt..=p this time can go tamp safra to swim le cos if is lesson, can only go public swimming pool - tamp swimming complex.. but go safra free entry for me.. cos member..=p then jr will have to act 40yrs old..=p lol.. im glad i started swimming again.. heez.. starting to really like it then its a healthy sport also! =p oh ya.. was learning sign language from jr last sun.. quite cool.. to know this life-long skill.. its always good to know smth else.. but i think i will forget them pretty soon, cos wont use it regularly..

wow.. come to think of it.. in this short 2 months, my colleagues and i actually had a lot of outings and activities tgt..=p super glad to know this whole bunch of temps.. hmm. haha dunno if i mention b4 already.. but still.. anywayz.. hope i didnt forget to mention anything..

after the super impromtu jb makan trip, the next activity i think shld be xiao hei's b-dae celebration le! heez.. we went fish and co to have dinner.. bought a cake for him.. then cos the tradition at fish and co.. poor xiao hei had to stand up on the tall chair next to our table while the staff there sang a cheer for him.. lol.. but we all had lots of fun.. took many pics.. ate super full.. then after that we headed over to minds cafe near paradiz there.. just nice it was ladies night so the total bill will be less ex.. eh. we played the monkey-stick game, farm animals in hse -memory game, taboo, smth like heart attack.. so on.. it was a great day..=p

eh.. dunno if i got the sequence correctly.. aiya.. nvm.. anyway we went crystal jade to eat dinner also.. for stanley's farewell.. cos he leaving us soon.. flyin to london to attend a wedding dinner.. we took this grp outside the restaurant.. then after which we followed him to buy his blazor.. haha.. one whole big grp swarm the little boutique shop at suntec.. then we jokingly say we are all his grandchildren.. lol.. b4 the day ended, we passed him the farewell gift we got for him.. that day was really nice.. oh ya.. on the way home, while walkin to cityhall mrt. i still rmb i stupidly ask stanley who is johnnie walker, cos i saw his name on the wall or signboard or smth.. then he was like staring at me.. it's a type of hard liquer lah! lol.. im super blur abt this.. whatever.. can still learn slowly.. the 'hard' way..

ard early oct, my company had a company dinner at Paulaner Brauhaus, that we temps also went.. as i never went there b4, so it was nice to see how the pub looks like.. the food there was quite good.. like the sausages, and the cheesecake there was yummy.. drank 1plus cup of beer.. i think im slowly starting to like alcohol, compared to last time where just one sip of beer i will alrdy complain super bitter.. heez.. after our super full meal, a grp of us stayed to play poker, asshole dai di.. cos next day still have to work so couldnt stay till too late.. after our phototaking session..=p off we go back home..

after this was hockchai's b-dae party..! we surprised him pretending that there is an urgent meeting regarding our progress.. haha. in the end it turns out to be a celebration for him! we bought his fav ah gong mango cake from bunganwan solo.. quite delicious! better than i thought.. then that night itself, we went k-box at marina sq also.. everybody had a lot of fun there.. all super high.. enjoying ourselves thoroughly while singing and dancing.. took quite a few videos.. must thank june..=) oh oh.. i suddenly rmb when we had to settle our bill, they charged us non-member price then became super ex.. so we were pretty upset.. but thanks to bra's superb negotiating skills, he managed to get a refund back for each of us.. cool..=p

a blink of the eye.. even june also have to leave us le.. sad.. haha.. anywayz we went nydc to have a farewell lunch for june.. i suggested gg there cos the buy-1-free-1 lunch set offer.. heez..=p so quite worth it.. the main course there really suuperrr cheesy.. very thick and filling.. but nice.. we got her a huge card with our best wishes written on it..=p i got her a milk bottle with my note to her.. then she say i wanna prepare her for motherhood orh.. lol.. she is very funny.. envious..

thats abt it i think.. just some updates.. =)

fun fun..=)

2008-09-20T02:29:00.000-07:00

heyz.. ystd enjoyed myself a lot..=p went jb to eat supper with my fellow collegues last night..! haha.. it was quite a last min plan.. everybody suddenly very on, then say this say that.. and wah.. we really went jb.. lol.. including me, 7 of us went.. 1 car and 1 bike.. to travel there..=) we left quite late.. reached the checkpoint ard early 9pm.. less jam then also. so our timing was quite gd actually.. cleared the checkpoint within abt 10-15 min.. but we waited quite some time for the 2 on the bike.. heez.. cos there were so many bikes queuing lah!! scary... and they dont have aircon to enjoy, have to smell all the exhaust fumes.. quite cham.. oops.. but really glad, cos everything went quite smoothly.. when they met us by the side of the road just slightly further up from jb checkpoint.. we cont to head for taman tebrau that area.. b4 that i was in the car, but cos i wanted try riding bike! heez.. so changed over with my friend.. although just a short trip.. it was a fun experience.. lol.. at the start i wasnt used to the helmet cos it was quite heavy, and i didnt wear it properly, too front, no wonder my head fills heavy and tend to nod forward.. really dui bu qi ande, cos sometimes knock into his helmet then disturb him.. hee.. but after that i pushed the helmet back a bit and it was much better..=p we found our way to the hawker centre there quite easily.. luckily sc has a gps then can give us directions where to go..

at the hawker centre, we ordered 7 dishes at the zi char there.!! haha.. a lot.. got cereal prawn, crayfish, kang kong, deer meat, beggar chicken, lala.. and dumpling soup, 'orh lua'... sugarcane drink.. sumptuous meal!! ate a lot.. yum! and best is that its only abt 12sing each for the food..! heez.. june took a lot of pics for us.. thks! these pics will definitely give us a lot of great memories..=p even on the way back, in the car.. we also took a lot of crazy and 'ugly' photos.. but WHO cares! lol.. as long as we enjoyed ourselves..! and it was 'seriously' FUN.. lol.. after the wonderful meal, we walked ard a bit.. bra and jess noticed that there was a suspicious bike circling ard the stretch of road where were walking.. they realised that the same rider passed us 4 times le.. but i din notice though.. oops.. and we had to be alert.. in case.. go jb must really really be very cautious.. luckily we were in a big grp.. so less risky.. but still.. always be careful..

im really very glad that everything went so smoothly.. its fun to have outings with u guys.. the temps.. lol.. really looking forward the next.. and the next next.. so on.. outings..=) hahaha.. honestly, really happi that i got to know these ppl.. i guess its fate that bring us to the same job bah.. and know each other..=p despite any other things that we might face, im still glad that i got this job.

hmmm..when we returned back to s'pore, sc fetched us even later.. indiv back to our hse.. by the time i reached home it was abt 1.30am.. quite ok actually.. at first i expected to return evern later.. haha.. how i wish m.y could join us also.. then it will be great..! but its ok.. there are always other outings..=) maybe in dec, i might even go taiwan with them!! so excited..=) never go there b4..

woke up at 11am today.. prepare.. then went over to uncle's hse to celebrate a-gong's b-dae.. had buffet lunch there..=) came back home again.. then later will go eat dinner soon.. haha.. thinking of b-dae surprise ideas.. lol.. but im not a very creative person.. i'll still try..! lol..

kk.. will stop typing le.. haiz.. just a random comment.. today like suddenly very hot and stuffy.. sian.. make me feel tired.. haha..

wah.. time just shoots past man..!!

2008-08-30T02:38:00.000-07:00

b4 i know it, aug is already coming to an end.. lol! so fast lah.. hmm... have been working for almost a month le.. then have been rather busy.. so no time to post anything on my blog.. work has been quite ok.. glad that i tried smth diff..=) which is handling call enquires cos i dont have any experience in this area b4.. heez.. so im kinda excited that i can actually handle it quite well.. better then i thought i would be..=p my colleages told me that im a slow and steady person.. haha! so quite suitable to mend the hotline.. lol..!

ystd celebrated one of my colleague's b-dae at office, we planned a surprise for her.. part 1 & part 2.. heeez.. it was great fun! everybody trying to make it special and creative.. took quite a few pics.. =) few days b4 also went k-box with my friends at work (still like the word 'friends' more then 'colleagues'.. not used to it.. haha).. we enjoyed ourselves a lot!! heez.. at least thats what i hope..! for everybody to have fun.. hopefully in the future will have more activities..=p im really really glad to be able to get to know this cool bunch of temps..!

tmr will be pretty exciting for me.. haha.. cos morning im gg to take my first actual swimming lesson with jr!! other then the beginner classes that i took loooong time ago in pri sch.. lol.. hopefully will be able to master all the diff strokes well.. i have to.... then after that in the late afternoon im gg to run the 10k nike plus race!! lol.. my first 10k race that im taking part in.. looking forward..=p perhaps after this i can 'promote' to try out half-marathons if im more confident.. heez..

returning back to some serious stuffs.. i think i'll most prob be gg curtin uni.. but i still have not accepted the offer yet.. also dont quite know what im waiting for exactly.. i guess it's for a few reasons bah.. hmmm..

just started work..=)

2008-08-08T08:23:00.000-07:00

its friday!! lol.. yup today's my fourth day at work so far.. first day was quite gd as i got to learn quite a lot of stuffs.. feel pretty noob cos dont know quite a lot.. but the next few days a bit sian as our busy period is not here yet and so have just been doing monotonous net surfing to find info.. smth like that.. haha.. hopefully it will get more challenging soon..=) what's life without challenges..?

hmm.. today is the opening ceremony of beijing olympic games..! I still rmb months ago when their countdown began.. and just by the blink of the eye, the day has already arrived! haha.. time really really flies.. and once over u can never go back.. one have to live the next day like a new beginning..=) haha.. easier said then done..

well.. tmr is our nation's b-dae also! haha.. a day to celebrate singapore's spirit! lol.. im sure there are many who are proud to be singaporeans, but on the flip side, there are those who dont think so? haha.. just some random thoughts.. oh..! lol. the fireworks at the 'bird's nest' stadium where the opening ceremony is held was very nice! heez.. when President Hu announced the official start of the olympic games..

personally, im pretty excited to be able to watch the many games that are taking place in beijing.. on tv of course.. haha.. well no matter what it is a once in four yrs event.. and it is where a large no. of nations come together to compete.. i must say sports competition is quite fun to watch.. for me i like watching gymnastics, swimming, badminton, table tennis, water diving - those that they have to spin and do patterns b4 entering the water, and not cause too big a splash.. indiv or in pairs.. hmm.. but i dont think i have much chance to watch these games cos im working.. by the time reach home also 7plus le.. and 2 wkdays i giving tuition.. reach home 10plus le... one day maybe got class also reach home late.. argh!! so little time to watch the games.. a pity.. then majority of the games are broadcasted in the morn or afternoon.. sian..

haha.. bought this wk's copy of 8 days this morn.. cos got the oympics tv schedule.. heez.. the first copy of 8 days i have! lol..=) hmm.. this coming mon will have to go ica to collect my new biometric passport.. so will report to work slightly later.. oh ya.. dunno why.. but i think its quite fun to buy breakfast to office to eat.. haha.. cos got so many food to choose from.. today bought subway's breakfast western egg and ham.. heez. pretty filling and nice to eat.. at least it can make me last thru the whole morn without my stomach rumbling for no reason.. lol.. sometimes even when i eat a lot in the morn, like 1 bowl of cereal, 1 xiang bing, 1 pineapple tart.. my stomach will still make noise though i dont feel hungry at all!!! argh.. can be quite embarrasing.. then i can just smile sheepishly.. lol.. haiz.. anyway.. next time for my breakfast, im gg to try bread talk, mi fen, rice dumplings, muesli, muffin from dome, pastry from carrefour, or polar, pinle, hans, maybe o-briens, gloria jeans.. but some quite ex.. heez.. dont care..

wow!! the lighting torch ceremony was AWEsome!! lol.. the person 'flying' on the track ard the stadium.. and then lighting the gigantic cauldron on top.. followed by a majestic array of fireworks..! i can imagine how GREAT it feels for those who can watch it live there!! envious! haha.. yeap.. now then news5 start.. kk.. will slp soon after watching the news.. nitez!!

glad! but yet stumped.. life's like that..

2008-07-31T06:56:00.000-07:00

haha.. in my previous post, i was complaining that uniSA did not accept me.. but during these couple of days, they are actually to give special approval for me cos im a scholar.. so they are willing to offer me a space to study physio..=) its really great..! but i also received an offer from curtin.. and so now i have a few choices to choose from.. which is another problem altogether.. lol.. which one which one which one??!?? haha.. this ques has been in my mind for like the whole day today when i knew abt this.. hmm.. headache.. shld i just base on uni ranking? seems superficial? cos one with a higher ranking does not mean that their health sciences faculty will be better.. i have totally no idea how to 'measure' the unis and choose the one that will be the best for me.. hmmmm... troubled.... uniSA, curtin, or UQ?

hopefully when i get to discuss with my scholarship officer.. she will be able to advise me abt these schs.. and make it easier for me to come up with my decision... hopefully...

sianz..

2008-07-25T19:36:00.000-07:00

haiz.. my application to uniSA was also unsuccessful.. but whats frustrating is i AM eligible for the course.. just that it is already full for the 2009 intake..!! argh.. thats why cant accept me.... sad.. one down.. 3 more to go.. if the rest all unsuccessful im seriously gg to cry.. have scholarship but no OZ sch accept me.. funny fate horz.. usually is have a place in overseas uni le, just that have to get scholarship otherwise cant afford to go.. while im the other way round.. oh well.. i will just have to hope for the best bah.. pls pls.. let me get in at least curtin uni.. *fingers crossed..

hmm.. anyway i just got a new job, starting on 5 aug.. it was quite fast.. the first job interview i went and i was offered the job... so the other interviews dont need to go le.. cos i like this job anyway.. so dont need to try for others.. heez..=) will be working for IDA.. my position will be temp stats officer.. but my job scope will be mainly telephone calling.. if just data entry type i definitely wont want to take up this job.. also, i will be given on-the job training.. so i really hope that i can learn a lot from my job..=p

a lot of my friends waiting to go uni le..=) these few wks a lot of camps gg on.. so fun! haha.. when i go OZ next yr hopefully i will enjoy their camps there too! while they start sch, i have to start working le.. haha.. my friend jokingly said i gg to be little rich women at the end of the year.. well i guess its sort of true.. lol.. cos i will be earning.. while they are studying.. but its just for the time being though.. when they graduate (which will be earlier than me), they will get a job that earns much much more than what i earn now le.. hmm.. i hope to save a lot of money during these few months of working.. thinking of da paoing food to my office, so can eat lunch there and save lots on food.. my working place is at suntec again.. and every meal will be ard $4 or more.. quite ex for a daily basis.. if i bring my own food shld be able to save quite a lot.. haha.. see how bah.. but if my collegues there all eat out then i also dont like to stay back by myself.. so lonely.. heez..

these few days trying to drink less tea.. cos doc said tea/coffee after meals will decrease the absorption of iron.. and my iron count pretty low.. thats why was rejected to donate blood twice.. haiz.. filled in the forms.. wait.. then in the end was turned off.. lol.. cos insufficient iron.. haha.. so now im trying to eat more beef.. etc.. hopefully after a while when i try again.. will be able to donate again..=p

recently a bit give up on my little bro le.. haiz.. so not caring abt him.. see how it goes.. haha.. hard to explain.. hope he will wise up.. kk.. nvm.. for now.. i just have to wait le.. hopefully i will receive good news soon! then i will feel SO SO much more secure.. when i know that i have a place in a uni..=) wish me luck!

back from KL trip...

2008-07-17T22:58:00.000-07:00

wah.. happy times really pass very quickly.. our 3d2n trip to KL just ended.. i bought quite a few stuffs there.. some were really good buys e.g. a billabong cap which went at 70% off.. and a new turqoise heels at half price.. heez..=p in total i spent abt S$250.. including transport, food, accomodation.. hmm.. i also bought some m'sia local pdts - heong piah, and also lao po bing, plums, and even donuts.. haha.. so these 2 days have been eating donuts for breakfast.. oops.. very unhealthy.. oh well.. dont care..=p

i didnt take much pics there as i have been to kl quite a lot of times le, so this time i was mainly like the tour guide, bringing my friends ard as i was quite familar with the place there le.. just the bukit bintang area though.. and perhaps how to take their rather disconnected LRT/train lines there.. can be a little confusing.. but i more or less used to the lines there le.. sx took a lot of pics..=) will 'coupe' some pics from her soon.. cos most of the time we used her cam to take our grp photos.. my cam pixels not as good and seem to blur easily..

on the first day there, 14/7, we reached kl abt 2plus in the afternoon.. the trip took abt 6hrs plus.. on the way there the coach stopped at yong peng.. the food there was really ex.. haha.. so on the way back we smart le, da pao subway to eat for dinner.. instead of buying food there..=p anyway gg back to the first day in kl, after arriving we quickly checked intoour hotel, after which headed to sungai wang plaza and BB plaza to shop.. blah blah blah.. very soon it was already 8pm plus.. we took much longer then we expected, at first wanted to go another shopping centre that day.. but we spend a lot of time trying clothes.. esp jeans.. then by the time we finished dinner it was already almost 10pm.. walked over to lot 10, hoping that it wont close so early.. but too bad, it was already closed.. so we went back to our hotel le.. cos need to take turns to bathe.. by the time we sleep i think it was like 2plus in the morn.. lol..

next day woke up at 6am plus cos aimed to eat breakfast at 7.30am where it starts, in the end only reached the cafe at 8am plus.. maybe cos we delay here and there.. reach klcc at 10am plus.. at first we thought shld be able to get the tix for the skybridge.. but we were just suay.. we just reached and the staff there placed the notice there that the tix has been all given out!! argh.. it was just a matter of like 1min lorz.. sian.. no luck.. so couldnt go up the twin towers to view the scenary le.. so we just went to the shopping centre at klcc there to shop ard.. it was quite a big mall with like 3 sections.. but the shops there were pretty high end, so we could only shop at a few places.. in the afternoon left for midvalley mall.. have to take train and change line to reach there.. that mall was also really big.. but at least it had more middle-end or lower-end shops for us.. heez.. oh ya.. i was actually quite pleased that there were directories at many places so that we could navigate where to go in that huge mall, it was quite nice to shop there.. left there in the evening to berjaya times square for dinner there and night shopping as well.. but at times square we realised that actually the makan variety there not very fantastic and we didnt know where to eat.. finally decided on a ramen cafe there.. their food so-so bah.. so was not very satisfying compared to the previous day's dinner at the road-side stalls there where we ate zhu chao.. haha.. that night i slept even later at 3am plus cos was talking to sx..

third day and last day.. haha.. so fast.. we went k-lunch at sungei wang's green box.. their k-lunch was really much cheaper then in singapore.. and still have free flow drinks, some side dishes, and fruits.. after that went to collect all our belongings and went to puduraya.. waited for the coach there.. in between they wanted to change our bus.. argh.. make us walk here walk there.. the organising there really very jia lat.. we were suspecting that they purposely wanted us to change to another bus de.. keep trying to persuade us.. not sure for what reason.. but we insisted to take our own bus.. though its leaving time is delayed by half an hr.. to 4.30pm.. but after that situation, everything was ok after that le.. and we slept most of the time on the bus.. catch up on some sleep.. and very soon we were back to singapore.. reached golden mile complex at ard 10.30pm.. we all took bus to kallang station as we didnt want to walk to lavender mrt with so many things.. da pao xiao pao.. lol..=p anyway.. reached home at 11pm plus.. went to bathe, unpack.. and yup.. our m'sia trip was over le.. haha..

and now i have to start finding jobs dilligently.. haiz.. but my microsoft office 2007 trial version so unluckily not b4 not after but now suddenly cant use le.. cos the trial period over le.. then my elder bro cant find our 2003 version cd that we bought last time.. as such, i cant edit my resume and so i cant email my resume.. sian.. just have to wait.. cant quickly get it done now.. hmm.. hopefully will be able to be successful in my applications, then dont need to drag too long.. and i can start to earn again.. heez..=p gd luck to myself..! haha..

10pm.. lol..

2008-07-09T06:54:00.000-07:00

hmm.. just wanna post a quick one now.. dunno what title to put so just anyhow write the time i started typing..=p wow.. suddenly so many days have passed since my last post..

well.. ystd my dad was hospitalised cos of his swollen hand.. haiz.. got quite a scare.. i guess cos didnt think it will be that bad.. or perhaps just didnt dare to think of the worse.. but i believe it should be ok.. cos today went to visit him again, the swell seems to be much better..=) he took blood test, x-ray and stuffs.. hopefully will know the results soon? then will know the exact cause of his sudden swell in his left hand..

these few days i will have a chance to be more 'independent'.. cos i will be alone at home most of the time.. prepare my own meals, do household chores etc.. haha.. sort of a training for me.. when i go overseas next yr for my studies..=p

went out with sj and sx ystd to pasir ris park.. wanted to cycle there but the kisok only have skates rental, the bicycle rental i think not opened yet when we were there.. luckily downtown east there got a small bicycle rental shop where we can rent bicycle.. cos we wasted quite a lot of time walking ard pasir ris park so only had time to rent for 1 hr.. while cycling ard, we saw a few really fun things to play at the park.. lol..=p got the 'flying fox' but at grd level de.. dunno what it is called.. then there is a music machine there where you can play.. hit the buttons when it lits up.. it is actually quite a good exercise.. haha.. after cycling went E!hub to walk ard and eat lunch.. played bowling at safra.. then amidst the game i received the call from my dad.. haiz..

anyway.. today was quite ok.. time well spent i guess.. heez.. watched a bit of my own show.. went jogging.. wash clothes, hang them and then fold the previous batch.. late afternoon went out to fetch my little bro cos it was drizzling and i scared he will get drenched..

tmr same thing will have to go give tuition at night.. then fri morn have another driving lesson.. sometimes i cant help but think how i wish i have already got my driving license.. then i can help to fetch my little bro to and back from sch since now my father wont be able to do so.. but haiz.. bo bian.. the queue for the practical test is just so long.. even if i have already completed everything also doesnt change anything.. end up i have to waste money just to go for more revision lessons cos i have to prac regularly all the way till my test which is end of this mth.. otherwise i am afraid i will forget some stuffs..

oh ya! i went to the ndp preview last sat.. very very glad have this chance to watch.. at first i was not successful in the online bidding.. but cos my friend sx is performing so have complimentary tix.. really thankful.. hmm.. i love the black knights performance and fireworks display the most le!! haha.. the feeling that the fighter planes are shooting past the sky, just right above me, at high speeds, is really great.. heez..=p and hearing the loud engine sounds.. the colourful fireworks blasting into the sky is also very nice to watch, it just livens up the atmosphere.. making everyone very high.. and i was like cheering whenever the display is just amazing.. but of course i would have wished that i can go for the really ndp parade.. cos on the real day, the atmostphere will definitely be much better..=) and wont have so many simulated parts, with other ppl replacing the real ppl.. one thing that i find it a bit of a waste is that i wasnt very familar with the national day songs that they play during the parade.. got diff versions of previous songs in diff languages.. it is indeed very meaningful..! but i cant sing along with these songs.. which i personally like..=p

ok thats all for today bah.. already 11pm le.. haha.. was watching tv and typing at the same time..

bad news..

2008-06-27T00:22:00.000-07:00

haiz.. it came earlier then i expected but it's better this way bah.. my application to uni of melbourne was unsuccessful... ah! now just have to look for other options.. just called my officer as to what other unis do they accept as well other then unimelb which is like their top choice.. hmm.. then i will have to start the applying process once again.. nvm bah.. i still think that unhappy things or failures happen for a reason.. perhaps like to serve as a reminder that things should not be taken from granted.

Btw.. finally came out with quite a concrete plan as to when gg KL with my 2 buddies.. have been thinking of gg since dunno when.. haha.. luckily when we leave for KL in a few wks time, everything will turn out smoothly.. and that it will be a wonderful trip! lots of shopping to do.. planned to go a lot of shopping places at bukit bintang area, klcc, and mid valley mall.. i have been gg to malaysia every yr since quite many yrs back le.. at least 5 yrs i think? so im actually quite familiar with KL le.. of course just the imbi and bukit bintang area thats all.. haha..=p so quite confident in bringing my friends there.. wont lose our way bah.. heez..

then after this malaysia trip will really have to start working le.. at first i wanted to start work from july onwards.. but last min we say we must go kl.. if not wont have other chances le.. when they start uni in aug.. so i guess i can only start work late july or aug.. for me i still got quite a few months to go b4 flying off to OZ next feb.. but im sure it will pass really quickly.. how i wish i already have a confirmed uni that im gg to go to.. so that i can start doin all the admin stuff.. applying for visa.. check up.. which residential college to go to.. etc etc etc.. then i wont have to rush in the last min or smth.. i dont like to fire fight.. make me feel gan jiong.. haha.. so i would definitely prefer to get everything done as early as possible.. haiz.. hopefully a uni will accept me bah.. ah! scared.. what if the worse happens.. dont have a uni to go to.. waste one yr........... dont want to think abt it.. haha.. dont care first..

hmm.. tmr gg pasir ris park with my friends to cycle.. will be my first time gg there.. last time east coast park has always been the place if we wanna cycle or blade or just hang out.. haha.. its gd to go somewhere new...

recently, realised that my little bro seems scared of being alone.. sometimes i cant help but think.. did i make the correct decision.. if i was too self-centred..

Abt our malaysia trip during the june holi..=p

2008-06-22T03:02:00.000-07:00

I took this pic when my father and i brought my little bro and cousin to take the different trains in KL.. Haha.. cos my little bro likes trains a lot, esp how it works and how the train tracks look like etc.. i can forsee that he will be a super outstanding engineer in the future.. lol..=p btw.. i decided to upload some nice pics and then talk abt them as a way to recall our trip..=) hmm.. we spent 2 nights at KL.. at KL we were accompanied by a lot of relatives.. so i booked 5 rooms in total for all the families to stay.. most of them only staying in KL.. for 3 nights then go back le.. only my family and 3rd uncle's family cont on to other places in msia..

as this time i specially made a point to read msia's travel guide, so we tried to find new places.. mostly for good food.. for e.g. the night mkt at kampong baru.. pudu mkt.. as such we walked quite a lot.. i was actually quite afraid that after bringing them to walk so long dist.. our destination turns out to be rather disappointing.. then i would be 'scolded' by everybody.. heez.. luckily for me.. it was quite a worthy trip.. the mkt there was great.. there was a main coffee shop there with a lot of roadside stalls that sell all kinds of food.. like pancake, drinks, fried food, special kuehs, and many others..

the next day.. the kids went to the theme park at times sq with my aunties.. then me and my mum went shopping..=p ups and downs.... suddenly got to know a lot that was beyond me.. 3rd day left kl and headed to ipoh..

ipoh nothin much to play and walk just gooood food.. heez.. that night went to 'the store' to shop and i ate a lot even after having such a filling dinner.. cos saw kaya ball and waffle stall there.. haiz.. whateva.. lol.. but their chocolate paste for the waffle was terrible.. disappointed.. but the kaya balls were nice.. my favourite dunno since when.. haha.. all the way till now.. somehow kaya balls not very popular in singapore.. cant seem to find them here at all. in malaysia at least some places still have.. but still not very easily found..

the next day we went san poh tong.. a famous cave in ipoh with a very long and high flight of stairs.. really proud of my little bro.. previously he did not dare to climb up as he was scared.. but this time.. amazingly.. he did not hesitate one bit.. climbed all the way up with us and even became our 'little leader'..=p using his torch and helping us along the way.. so brave all of a sudden.. just after less than a year.. these 2 pics were taken in the cave.. the first one shows how high the 1st flight of stairs is.. my uncle's family is so tiny in the backgrd.. haha.. after this flight there are still a few more shorter flight of stairs but cos they are located further in the cave with minimal lighting.. so it was really hard to see the steps in front of us..

After this we left straight to penang! haha.. we stayed 3 nights there.. but time there passed really quickly as well.. went nagore place for dinner.. was a new place for us.. ate the baba nyonya cuisine there.. expected more from it as it was recommended in the lonely planet travel guide.. but we werent exactly wowed by their food.. was ok i guess.. but definitely not very worth it for the price.. oh well.. now i know go msia their road side stalls, usually local delights are the best... and cheap as well.. heez..

the next morn wanted to go penang national park to hike at first but it was raining.. as such we had to change our plan and go bowling first.. watched kung fu panda and indiana jones in the afternoon.. heez.. and shopping.. luckily the next morn wasnt raining as well or we would not be able to go to the park le.. we also watched 'hulk' that afternoon at gurney plaza..

the next day.. b4 leaving penang.. we visited the chocolate boutique there.. they have a total of 7 rms there with many many diff kinds of chocolate.. we walked ard tgt with a guide there who talked us thru abt the diff chocs and gave us samples to try.. we bought so many chocolates there.. added up to quite a large sum.. lol.. sinful..

our next stop is taiping.. first time gg there.. it is a small town abt 100km from penang.. it is a nice town with a beautiful lake garden.. didnt really have the time to take a stroll ard the park.. but had time to go ard in our cars.. haha.. these 2 pics were all taken at the lake garden.. there were swan rides available in the lake..

happy times always seems to pass really quickly.. after taiping.. we headed to our last stop malacca.. along our trip back to singapore.. at first we wanted to stay in hotel puri.. but there was only 1 room left.. subsequently we walked along the chinatown area in search of other hotels with available rooms but to no avail.. the rest were full house already.. in the end we decided to shop at the pasar malam there along a long stretch of road.. after which then we drive further out to try our luck at the bigger hotels.. it was quite interesting.. making stops at different hotels.. checking availability.. none then next stop.. haha.. but of cos worrying at the same time.. scarly have to slp in the car that night.. lol.. but luckily we still managed to find one small hotel that have 2 rms left for us.. haha.. heng..=)

that night.. we went to a mini theme park nearby that we discovered during our drive ard in search of a place to stay.. we took the ferris wheel, pirate ship, and my little bro even tried rock climbing of which he only managed to reach the halfway mark or less.. haha..

And ta da.. thats roughly how my trip went.. thought there are definitely a lot more things that happen.. activities.. so on.. but hard to recall and write everything down.. heez.. after breakfast on our last day.. we embarked on our journey back home..

time flies.. haha.. back home..=)

2008-06-15T09:01:00.001-07:00

just returned from m'sia today.. had been a great 8-9 days holi trip..!! enjoyed myself a lot.. ate a lot! lol.. there were ups and downs.. stuffs to think about.. but luckily.. i think everything still went very smoothly.. looking forward to the next trip again..=p heez.. gg to slp soon cos it has been a tiring day.. will be sharing more things another day when i have more time and when i have transfered all the pics that i took from my cam to my com..

recalling..

2008-06-02T07:18:00.000-07:00

yeah! just bought a new laptop last sat.. the old one was just too slow le.. but after i reboot the whole thing.. it seems ok alrdy.. so now my former laptop will be like a family com.. for my dad, mum and little bro to use.. hmm.. trying to recall what i did the last few days.. heez..

went m'sia last fri with my dad and little bro. haha! we took bus, mrt to kranji, then 170 to johor.. its a long journey.. but its part of the experience..=p not sitting comfortably in the car while my dad drive us there le, when we go m'sia for holi.. this time go there via public transport.. glad to be able to have this outing.. heez.. the first pic was taken by me on our way there, when we were in bus 170.. haha.. oh.. then we had lunch there.. at vivo cafe. and my little bro really enjoyed his food.. the way he eats his food, is just very nice to watch, makes u feel like the food is super nice..=p

after lunch we went to play arcade, watch movie and then had dinner at the streets as well.. it was fun bah. go out with my family..=) but honestly, i cant go there often cos i will eat non stop..(@.@).. cos there a lot of snacks sold at road sides.. like kaya ball, vege fritters, keropok etc.. that i can stop myself from buying and eating.. i think in one day i ate like food enough for 3 days.. lol!

on sat my mum, 2 bros and i went to RTC for lunch and then bowling.. it was my little bro's first time playing bowling..! haha and im glad he really enjoyed bowling.. in the first game we played, he actually won my mum! beginner's luck i guess..=p after that he didnt do that well le..=p

after our bowling game, we went to sim lim sq and there was where i bought my com.. at first our purpose to go there is just to get 2 new memory sticks for my bro's psp.. but we came across this promotion and since i do need a new com le.. so decided to buy... so last few days has been busy with transfering all my stuffs to this new com and installing things that i will need.. so far till today still not completely finished with the setting up of my com.. will do one thing at a time bah..

hmm.. as for sun nothin much.. other then fiddling with my new com, after charging it over night.. we went tamp giant to have lunch and shop for ingredients for dinner.. heez.. and in the end i bought so many things there.. cos i luv baking.. bought a new 12 pcs mini muffin pan.. measuring spoons/cup.. and other stuffs.. i must say its quite nice to shop there as it is a big supermarket and its facilities there makes it convenient to do marketing there.. for e.g. a lot of trolley points, sufficient space to walk and push trolley ard.. even if its rather crowded.. haha..

as for today.. went for my 2nd auto car lesson.. the driving centre made it compulsory for all manual students to take up 2 auto car lessons at least in order to familarise with the difference.. i think its quite gd for us to have a chance to try out auto cars as i believe most of us will eventually drive auto cars after getting the class 3 license anyway..=p after my lesson.. went k-box with my perc section ppl.. glad to see them again after quite some time since i graduated from vjc.. we sang from 1-7pm! haha.. very shiok.. i like to just sing along with the songs with the others.. took a grp pic at the end..=)

Thats roughly how i spent my past few days bah..!

'makeover' for my little bro!..=p

2008-05-23T08:33:00.000-07:00

haha! this pic is cute!! =p asked my little bro to wear the wig and sunglasses just now in the evening.. lol.. it really make him look very diff.. heez.. decided to put both the b4 and after pic of him..=)

a tiring but super fufilling wk!!

2008-05-23T04:28:00.000-07:00

yeah! haha.. this whole wk have been gg madarin oriental to help out in the CLSA forum.. it is a great experience for me to try out this job as honestly i have never done the hospitality type of job. my job scope involves welcoming guests at the reception and helping them with their enquires.. in the forum, there are various positions available.. mine is private meeting assistant.. a grp of us will be in charged of each level of meeting rms.. with each of us looking after 5 rooms.. haha.. stop saying too much of my work details le.. the other 'wonderful' thing abt this job is their food! lol..=p the food provided there really rox man..! their meals are buffet style and each day it never fails to make me super satisfied.. esp their desserts.. they are really of very good quality.. gourmet food.. most of their dishes are really not bad.. except some like their cheese curry that i personally do not appreciate cos i think it tastes rather wierd.. maybe cos i dont really like the cheese they used.. and one deep fried fish fillet which was rather hard.. i guess cos the batter was made too think? haha.. but other then these few dishes.. the rest were great, for all 4 days..! moreover, at each level of meeting rms there will be a few hospitality rms that contain a few light snacks and drinks.. for instance, various patries in the morn, after which they will change the dishes to some others.. like pita pockets with tuna i think, blueberry tarts, thai kuehs, little curry puffs, chinese sesame balls, yam ball, choc cups, and many more that are really special or shld i say rather new to me as i seldom eat such delicate and exquisite desserts or snacks.. so i cant really rmb what they are called or how to describe them.. haha..=) i will definitely miss those great food after the forum ended earlier today..

didnt have time to blog this whole wk as i will only reach home at 8 plus each day and the next day i will have to wake up early.. so no much time to use my com, esp when my super slow com needs like 1hr to start up.. really! no kidding.. sian.. will be getting a new com soon bah..! hopefully will come across a good bargain during a IT sale or smth..=p oh.. except last night.. when i reached home only at 11plus at night.. heez.. cos i attended CLSA's evening event at Red Dot Design Museum with my floor mate.. which starts right after our work.. we took the 7pm shuttle bus there.. if i didnt work here i wouldnt have known that this place exists.. lol.. just by the road side near the entrance, there were people skating ard doing stunts, goin in, there were 2 beautiful models in yellow and blue uniform welcoming the guests.. we took a pic with one of them.. haha.. after which we walked in further into the big room with many lights shining ard, like in a pub.. it was pretty cool for me to go there as it is the first time i really experience clubing.. be submerged among other people with many flashing lights of diff colours all ard in the dimly-lit rm.. oh dear.. i think i can go on forever abt what happened there.. heez.. hmm.. then we saw a few guys with sunglasses moving ard, entertaining the crowd.. sometimes just stand still, not moving, and pose in pics with the guests.. we took pics with one of the guys also.. never would we have expected that suddenly a few 'policeman' with the full police costume will appear holding a piece of paper writing 'WANTED' with the pics of those guys with sunglasses.. lol!! they were like goin ard, asking the crowd if we saw the 'criminals' saying they are dangerous people.. it was really fascinating for me.. a really unexpected type of entertainment.. and thats not all..! after that.. the men in sunglasses who disappeared when the policemen appeared, reappeared again a while later, and started acting, like hiding behind the columns, in the telephone booth found in the room, or carry a bag to cover their face.. so as to hide from the policemen.. haha.. it was really funny just seeing their 'act' when they were all ard searching for each other but in vain.. later on.. they carried on with their next part of the whole performance.. the policemen started shouting and running after the criminals.. there were 3 each.. and they all ran to the stage in front.. where they did a really silly 'dance' showing that they are chasing and fighting each other.. haha.. quite hard to explain what they did exactly.. after that there were a few other performances like a girl doing aerobics on a hoop hanging from the ceiling.. doin stunts, spins, tricks.. i seemed so easy for her.. but i know it requires a lot a lot of strength and training to do all those stuffs.. really quite amazing.. after that there was a retro dance performance.. after which the main performance..! 'the beattles' live band performing a lot of songs.. though i know nothing abt them but some of the songs do sound really familar.. and a matter of fact, with the live band and the atmosphere.. i can actually groove to music that i dont really know.. haha.. and enjoy myself thoroughly.. still im not that daring.. just move along with the music.. unlike some others like randall, who dance nonstop.. make those funny retro dance moves.. and the models in yellow and blue costume.. they dance very well! haha.. even in super high heels.. the food there was very nice also! but didnt manage to eat much cos quite full le.. cant try as much as possible.. lol...=p throughout the night several items were given out.. first was a 'necklace' with the peace sign.. then sunglasses.. blue hat.. and even wigs!! haha.. with the retro hairstyle.. in the pics i am actually also wearing the wig.. but its not very obvious..

haha.. this whole wk got a lot of things happening.. hard to write everything down also.. hmm.. still took some other pics with other ppl but i dont have the pics currently.. cos it was taken by their cam.. haiz.. why didnt i rmb to bring cam!! argh.. then cant take a lot fo pics for memory sake.. it was such a great day to take pic.. sad! oh well.. will have to go my friend's facebook to get the pics.. maybe next time then i upload some of the other pics here..=p wow.. this post is really quite long.. haha.. tmr is sat! will be eating dinner with fio, jr and maybe the guys also.. at airport..=) quite long never meet up with them le.. esp fiona.. then sun afternoon will have to go for a briefing for my other 1 wk job at expo.. and soon it will be mon again..! time really passes really quickly.. haha.. pls slow down!! haiz.. nvm..

sianz..

2008-05-18T01:44:00.000-07:00

haiz.. this whole afternoon looking thru the residential colleges of uni of melbourne.. wondering which one will suit me most..=p though its not confirmed that i will be gg there yet.. just see see bah.. but they got so many colleges, 12, compared to la trobe's 3.. thats why took me so long just to look thru the various indiv websites.. oh well.. see how these few days/wks.. if i can finally make a decision as to which uni i want to go.. but later i gg out soon..=) eating dinner with my classmates.. and maybe walk ard.. haha.. gonna ask for their opinions abt these troubles of mine.. heez.. hopefully will help me abit..

btw.. argh.. dunno why felt a bit 'yuan wang'.. cos my mum angry with me just bcos i didnt buy lunch for her.. wah.. yes she told me to buy anything that i want for her.. but i have already decided what i want to eat and didnt want to buy the same thing, so not sure what else to buy mah.. i just thought never buy also nvm cos she will be joining us in a short while anyway.. can always go and choose what she want herself then right?? isnt it better if she can choose smth herself? i just assumed that it will be ok not to buy first.. let her buy later.. then she can get angry over this so stupid and simple thing.. sian.. and the next day le still fuming?! bcos of this didnt want to join us for lunch again.. *faint*.........

get it out of my mind for now.. aiya.. have to go change le.. no more time to write more..

another wk has passed.. so fast!

2008-05-15T19:44:00.000-07:00

it seemed just ystd when the wk just started.. but in fact its already friday today.. lol.. time always seems to fly past really quickly whenever you are enjoying urself and vice versa, when u are busy or doin things u dont like time crawls.. sian.. haha.. anyway.. let me recall how i passed my past few days.. hmm.. on wed i went out with my mum to watch 'dance of the dragon'..! both of us wanted to watch but knew my little bro wont appreciate this type of show so didnt want him to go with us.. heez..=p we went paragon first cos my mum need to renew her metro card.. by the time we wanted to leave paragon to head to PS for our movie, it was pouring outside..! aiya.. but luckily both of us were prepared as we sort of expected that it might rain soon.. but with our umbrellas ella ella eh eh eh.. lol..=p we were still slightly wet.. esp our legs.. the rain was indeed heavy but lucky for us the wind wasnt very strong.. otherwise it would have been worst.. as such we decided to take mrt there although it is just one stop away..

at ps, we bought our tix first, went basement to eat a bit first.. didnt have much time so was a quick one.. shared a bowl of la mien at ice monster.. it was quite nice..=) first time eating there.. the gravy was quite special, with tomatoes, not like the usual la miens we ate before.. the show was quite ok.. i wont say that it wow-ed me.. but its nice to see that fann wong can actually dance quite well after learning for just a short while..

gg on to thurs.. it was a quite a usual day.. this time i tried making snow skin mooncake in the afternoon.. haha.. it turned out quite ok..=) made 2 flavours pandan and chocolate.. in the recipes i found online, they all used fried glutinous rice flour (kao fun).. but i only have the uncooked one.. so i tried cooking it by myself.. tried a few ways just to make the flour turn light brown..which i suppose shld be the correct colour based on info in the net.. lol.. i used the baking method, steaming + microwaving method.. haha.. tried stir-frying some on the non-stick pan.. but didnt really work.. the microwaving way was the most successful one i think.. but must microwave 1 min at a time, stirring the flour b4 setting the next min so that the flour can be cooked evenly.. also i realised must constantly try to wet the plate so that there is moisture in the oven.. since microwave needs water to heat up.. i forgot abt this when i tried the first time and my plate suffered.. heez.. a long crack formed at the edge.. after finally dealt with the cooking of the flour, i can finally continue with the making.. there was one other step that didnt turn out well.. adding the shortening in cold water? hmm.. that was what that was written in the recipe.. but the shortening cant dissolve in cold water.. i also know that.. not sure is it have to use a certain type of shortening.. anyway.. i could only just stir as much as possible, then filter out the remaining chunks that could not dissolve.. also, the mooncake mould was rather hard to handle.. cant seem to dislodge the dough out nicely despite sprinkling a lot of flour in already.. haha.. still the whole process of making was fun! =) actually i wonder why a snow skin mooncake can be so expensive.. when u buy it in bakery stalls during the mid-autumn festival period.. cos i dont think the ingredients are really that expensive.. and if one can get commercial fried glu rice flour easily, the process isnt really that tedious either.. hmm.. haha.. will try the original type next time..=) but cos my little bro like snow skin a lot so decided to do this first.. haiz.. talking abt him.. he like to help me bake/cook whenever i try to make some stuffs, but i keep nagging at him that he needs to know his priority.. and he himself knows that he still got spelling to learn for the next day.. but he still refuses to go study, just want to help me..

this fri morning.. rmbed that the eballoting of ndp tix started le.. so immediately switched on my com to ballot.. haha.. hopefully can be lucky..=) used the nric no. of my family to ballot as well.. hehe.. increase chances of being succesful.. really hope to be able to get tix as honestly i have never had a chance to attend the ndp parade ever since the preview i went when i was pri 5.. lol! later gg parkway to eat lunch and buy dinner ingredients.. gonna whip up dinner tonight..=p oh maybe will play arcade for a while also since we are there..

hmm.. will be working the next 2 wks.. hope that it can be a new experience for me and everything will turn out well..=)

a brand new wk.. recalling back..=)

2008-05-12T07:46:00.000-07:00

its monday again.. lol.. just went for my auto car lesson this afternoon - 1 of the 2 compulsory auto lessons that all manual drivers have to go for.. hmm.. for atc left leg can just slp.. haha.. sian.. my practical test is all the way till end of july even though i more or less have completed all the modules.. but cant help it.. can only join the super long queue.. hopefully can pass the first time otherwise will have to extend my pdl.. heez..

btw.. the last wkend was quite fulfilling.. on sat prepared scotch pancakes in the morn for my family.. quite nice.. haha..=) my little bro like it a lot.. in the afternoon went to my student's hse to teach tuition.. received my first tuition pay..=p cos it was the 4th lesson.. after that went parkway for my facial and then eat dinner with my family at central.. ordered quite a lot of side dishes on top of our mains.. haha.. usually go there eat with friends will just buy one main dish.. with my family can order more.. share diff dishes tgt and my mum foots the bill.. heez.. my elder bro wasnt very interested in eating there at first cos the last few times he ate there didnt get a gd impression of the food there.. but i thought their food was quite nice.. so i still pulled them there to eat.. haha.. in the end my elder bro also thinks that the food is nice.. but it applies mainly for their noodles there and some side dishes.. not fried rice.. after a really filling and nice dinner.. went home.. watched doom on channel 5 at 10pm.. haha.. my little bro wanted to watch with me but 'surrendered' b4 the halfway mark of the show cos he was too tired and went to slp.. he liked those alien type of shows thats why i told him abt this show on 5..

on sunday.. mother's day! haha.. our family dont really have the tradition of celebrating mother's or father's day.. so didnt get anything for my mum.. hmm.. in the afternoon we went a nearby cafe to eat lunch.. with my grandma and auntie as well.. cos my mum wanted to treat grandma for a nice lunch.. the cafe 'J's wok and grill' i think.. has pretty delicious food at reasonable prices.. and its convenient for us to go there since its just across the bridge.. haha.. they had mother's day set special and we ordered 2 sets.. i ordered the giant jumbo burger.. lol.. suddenly have the urge of eating smth very satisfying... but its super sinful.. whatever.. most imptly is i enjoyed the meal.. oh ya.. they had an activity that require me to write in 25-50 words why my mum is gd.. haha! never wrote smth like that b4.. its hard to put in words.. esp in just so few words.. we, the children, know it in our heart.. after lunch, i made 'jien dui', chinese sesame balls with red bean paste filling.. with my little bro helping out.. the main reason for making these is cos got remaining sesame seeds that have been sitting in our fridge for quite some time since i first used them to make sushi.. amazingly the jien duis made were quite delicious.. almost up to par to the usuals we eat..=p heez.. and they were pretty easy to make.. compared to others that i tried making last time.. but after using finish the sesame seeds.. i know have to think of other stuffs to make so as to finish the red bean paste that i bought for these jien duis.. lol.. its never ending.. use finish one ingredients.. then have to think of ways to use another which was bought in order to finish the previous one.. and so on.. thought of some i can make.. red bean filling tang yuans or moon cake.. will try soon i believe.. haha..

tmr gg johor with my dad cos in the morn will be sending my elder bro to his gombak camp (for ns), then since already at the other end of s'pore.. my as well go over to johor to eat breakfast and shop ard.. for some groceries perhaps.. looking forward.. heez.. gg to rackey new places this time..

prison break ended abt 25 mins ago.. wow.. means i took that long to write finish this post.. didnt expect it to take so long.. lol.. anyway.. gg to slp le.. cos tmr have to wake up at 6am!! haha.. niteZ to everybody..!

a rather happy day.. but..

2008-05-08T07:27:00.000-07:00

hey.. yup.. today my little bro's exam over le.. so after his dismissal from sch, my dad, him and me went to TM to watch forbidden kingdom..=) hmm.. this show okok bah.. not exactly a very great show.. but still can watch.. cos quite nice fighting scenes and with wushu moves.. smth that my little bro will have interest in since his cca is wushu.. haha.. very proud that he is doin not bad for wushu.. sometimes will even like to teach me his moves.. but seriously he look gd doin them while i look rather clumsy excecuting the punches and doin the stances etc.. lol..=p regardless, i really enjoyed learning from him and just laugh it out..!

btw.. during the movie we bought the combo popcorn meal.. then at the end eat till very bloated.. haha.. anyway thats not the point.. just glad that was able to go out with my family once in a while to catch a movie.. though not the full strength.. since most of the times when watching movies will be with friends..

hmm.. oh ya.. earlier this morn i was busying looking thru what places to visit and where to eat during our malaysia trip in june..=) first time read up so much abt malaysia.. even though have been there for so many years le.. then this time wanna see what other places nice to go, then how to go, take what LRT or bus etc.. haha.. actually got quite a lot to plan.. hopefully when go there my plans wont just go haywire.. lol!

yup.. so thats roughly what happened today.. haha.. thats all for my 2nd post bah.. looking forward to tmr.. my mum took afternoon leave cos my dad gg for a simple operation.. then afraid he might not be fit to drive so take leave to fetch him to hospital.. after that my mum, me and my little bro will go somewhere to shop and walk bah..=) then go back to fetch my dad and have dinner tgt..

got to know smth today.. i sort of know that it is so.. but didnt realise that it was actually that bad.. haiz.. is there anything i can do??? seems quite hard to change anything for the better.. i guess i can just only hope that it doesnt get even more worse... hmm..

traveling new paths..=)

2008-05-06T05:49:00.001-07:00

This is my first very own post..!! haha..=p hmm.. wondering if i will be able to develop the habit of blogging regularly.. cos it will still be smth rather new to me.. still, i will try hard to keep blogging..! lol..

i just created this blog yesterday 5/5/08.. heez.. took quite some time to think thru what my blog add and blog header shld be.. cos didnt want it to be too simple or common.. and also wanted it to be meaningful to me.. in the end, i settled for life is for learning as i personally like learning new stuffs.. be it a technical skill, additional knowledge or cooking skills and so on... as for me blog add.. i chose 'sea', as my name includes the chinese character for sea.. and 'heart' as i hope that this blog will be a channel where my family and friends can be informed about how i am doing, or feeling.. esp when i am away..

its quite amazing actually.. that all of a sudden 10 yrs of my life is sort of planned out for me already.. 4 yrs of studying + 6 yrs bond.. haha.. haiz.. quite worried that i wont be accepted by uni of mel.. if i am rejected by all the unis i applied to.. i think i will just faint.. haha.. cos i really have no idea what to do next.. fingers crossed.. for now, i guess i can only wait bah.. for the outcome to be out.. which might be end of this yr! oh dear.. wont be able to feel secured from now to then..... gg overseas to study is seriously smth overwhelming for me.. honestly, i once totally rule out studying overseas as i couldnt bear to leave my family and be left alone to fend for myself.. but i guess over time.. after meeting really amazing ppl.. i have learnt that it will be a worthwhile experience.. and now i look forward in gg overseas..

hmm.. just heard the news on channel 5.. i first knew abt the cyclone that 'attacked' myanmar ystd and the death toll was in the hundreds.. at that time i already thought that it was quite serious.. never did i expect that by today.. the toll rised to 20,000 plus.. scary! just by hearing abt this news on the television, i can already feel the devastation.. honestly, im rather shaken that such things are happening.. is this partially bcos of global warming? i really wonder.. perhaps im just thinking too much.. but i cant help thinking if more of such serious natural disaster will happen in the future..

oh well.. just some thoughts.. coming back to me being new to the blogging world.. haha.. i will be finding a new template these few days.. hopefully can find one that i like.. after that i will try to gradually learn more as to how to add more functions or make my blog even better.. my plan is to take one step at a time for now first..
hopefully over time my blog will improve and become better..=)

this wk is my little bro's exam wk.. envy pri sch kids.. haha.. just a few days of exam.. just 2 more papers his exam will be over le.. recently have been trying to guide him more often than in the past since i have the time now.. just starting this month i will sort of be his 'official' chinese tution teacher.. lol.. bought him a new assesment bk.. will make sure that i have regular 'lessons' with him.. and really go thru everything with him.. haiz.. his grades have been dropping and i hope that i can succeed in making a difference.. as i started only recently, i wont expect his mid-yr results to show much diff.. but my goal is to see him improve significantly by the end of this yr-- streaming yr.. ah! worried.. im still rather new to giving tuition.. currently just started teaching one sec 2 student (other then my little bro).. hopefully i will get better day by day..!

ok then.. i guess i will stop here for now.. next time then write abt other things..=) just wanna wish my little bro gd luck for his remaining 2 papers.. hahaha... gd nitez!