2 days to new year!! brand new year hope all good things stay, bad things go away... arent i greedy?? Let me be more sharing. Hope its the same for all! Cheers.

Xmas w 13 yaos

had a veri fun xmas party with 13 yao... our usual xmas celebration.. This year theme is suspenders... Thanks sing yung for her property.. haha.. So fun, with e suspenders n BIG specs... Whipped potato is nice... everything w chicken stock is good. new cooking tip i learnt tt nite. Thanks marcus for ur xmas tree so that all of us could write our wish on it.. Thanks zh for ur gift :) merry xmas to all.. shall let photos do the talking..


after all the hard work the gals put in in the kitchen, time to display on the dining table


our spread!!


andy feeling gan dong after his first bite of the whipped potato at last. hhahaha


one of my fav photo.. so cute..


Big specs w suspenders.. 'ah toot' look


happy...


finally a group photo.. so many nice ones so difficult to choose.. happy occasion..

shaun, ask sou to crop u in somehow... don miss out... =)

Twilight

OOOO.... i so LOVE twilight.. i love the romance.. i love the sweet words the vampire used... 'i don have the strength to leave you' omg omg... house on fire... lol.. its the overall package.. i love u so much that i m controling n doing my best not to bite u n drink ur blood, although it smells like the best thing.. ooo, nono this line is not gg to work in real life for me but in the world of vampires, this line, can you imagine... omg omg.. sweet.. plus the humour in it is also subtle and funny. my cup of tea for humour.. like the private joke about the artpiece made of graduation hats... hahahaha...

this is one movie in a LONG time i swoon as i watched it in the cinema... Yes, it is a teenage romance flick which is so unbelievable to adults... but IT is suppose to be a teenage romance flick in the first place when the author wrote it.. so in my view, its purpose has been attained and we shld watch it with that in mind.. Good job!

night out w COT

Went to Sofra, A Turkish restaurant at Shaw Tower with COT for xmas + COT 1st anniversary celebration. Famous for it's Kebabs and Grilled food. Tried the Jumbo set with dear, and Kk, HC, edwin, all tried different dishes. Prices for it range from $13.90 to $35.90 for a jumbo set for two. If you do like Grilled food kebabs, this is a good place to try out, plus the ambience of it, its nice for ppl to hang ard.

Actually, the setting of it was very similar to what we have in India One year ago, at the Restaurant in Bangalore, and it's just nice 1yr Anniversary for the formation of the COT. Woohoo.. To think I've already known the COT group for 1yr le.. And it's being one yr since I went to India.. What a memorable experience it was.. =)


The Jumbo Kebab set.. $35.90

Grilled Dory with Cheese and beautiful Tomato cravings.

Chef's platter, $17.90..


Though our COT this time rd was not full family. But it was still an enjoyable dining out..



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Wishlist to Santa

MY WISHLIST To Santa,

1. To hav the accompaniment of all my friends and family this xmas and forever..

2. Any misunderstandings accumulated this year will be resolved

3. Good friendships will stay strong

4. To be happy each day

5. To be constantly reminded of how blessed i am

6. To have all my unhappy encounters just keep to this year that is going to end


Thank you Santa.. love ya.

today at my fyp place, i saw tms noodle stall auntie n uncle.. first was a glimpse.. took a double look to confirm its them.. coz my fyp place is not a happy place to be found in.. then i went after them... found them after a while.. intro myself to auntie n say hi to her... she was touched.. i could see that in her eyes. For a moment, i felt the warm, fuzzy feeling too.. She was surprised that i care to acknowledge her. Had a small chat w her. And i feel the sincerity. If again, i would still do the same. I think among all the vendors, somehow onli towards this couple i will bah. Thanks for all their good food during those sec sch days and my fav 50cents fried fishcake..

Simple things in life that make me happy
Simple things in life that i guess will make others feel appreciated too
Auntie n uncle, jiayou!

my life is on a roller coaster operated by ac. every other day want to talk to ac just to get a little more info to make my life less complicated n simpler. yet sometimes after talking to ac, life gets more complicated too.. tts explains how he can control my happiness n depression. actually not onli my happiness is in his hands, he holds the happiness of 9 others.. so i m onli getting 1/10 of his many hundredths impt appointments..

but today, he made 4/10 of our lifes clearer... so today is a happy day.

Life's simple pleasures....

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! i COMPLETED my first 10km today!!!!! ok it's irritating to hav to many !!

but so happy mah. didnt realli train. ran twice after my exams onli. and before that the last time i ran was prob more than a month ago.. My aim today was jus to complete it without walking... i think crash course mayb got use.. but max 10km la.. further than tt realli need to train liao.. timing was 1hr 27min but we started late.. haha. but compared to kat n hx, i m significantly slower la.. i admit.. they can run de lo. was with them onli for the first stretch.. then jiu bye bye they got further n further away le.. k k they shall be my new aim?? maybe i shall aim to close in the gap next time... to catch up all one go maybe too far-fetched for now la..

now my knees r aching.. n its the sides.. screw loose there i tink.. staircase is a big challenge..

As things get more n more complicated in life, you would have realise u r getting older.. To the right is a hurdle, thinking you can turn to the left for an escapade, then u see a barrier... To the front is a no entry sign, to the back are 4 fierce dogs growling.... When in life the sweetness is being diluted, one would hav to slowly learn to take less sugar. To try adding back the sugar, would b an option, but the spoon may be in someone else's hand...

Learn life ya

快乐 悲伤 只在一线
幸福 空虚 只在一线
拥有 失去 只在一线

为何，‘拥有’不能写成‘永有’，这太自私吗？
是任何好的，自己曾拥有过的东西都该分享吗？
万一，分了就是分了，他确定不在回头，那怎么办？？
你曾任定他一直都会在，但原来，好景不长在。
时光会令我们改变。
也许，内心深处，我还在，可是你已经绝定把我掩埋，自己走向更美好的为来。


好眼泪坏眼泪 我都曾为你流
感动和悲伤都是理由


只在一线

i sort of find it scary.. i think we are all been prep since young to get use to the exam climate... (although it's realli something that never enough practice will calm ur nerves)

you remember playing video games?? i remember myself playing mario and sonic. I shudder when i spotted some similarities with exams..

there is always a time factor. And within this time, u r mario, or u r sonic... trying to go through all the trials and tribulations that have been so meticulously set up for you so that u can fall into their every little single trap.. U jump past a hole, u shoot a menancing looking creature, you collect the coins along the way. Always hoping to get as many points as possible... at the end u fight the BOSS... Fighting BOSS is tough, u need enough power, stamina and strategy.. if you manage to kill BOSS, u proceed and they total up ur score.. ( i can hear the coins trickling as it is been counted)...

isnt it like exams... u r always against time... u need precision and accuracy as u read the qns and be sure not to fall into any of the traps set for u to fall into... as u answer a qns correctly, u pick up that coin... at the end of it, usually Section C is where u will meet BOSS.. by then u r tired, lack stamina and BOSS is actually 'innocently' waiting there for u for a long time.. u try to fight it... there is a time limit too... so u decide to use all that every bit of energy left in u and fight it all out.. at teh end of it, they will tabulate your score...

got negative marking, even more apt... u touch the monster creature accidentally, u can actually see coins dropping out of ur pockets.... rolling rolling away... ya just like the points we pain-stakingly build up rolling away...

sigh... now i finally understand the true purpose behind these 'educational' games.... just that now, we play them at a different scale... same rules apply.

went to watch Avenue Q yesterday night at the Esplanade.. first time watching a musical there.. The musical was nice! the songs were funny and the storyline was refreshing.... thanks shaun for ur recommendation.. i tink i noe why u like it so much and keep asking mi to watch liao.. haha. Coz the puppets are so funny.. hmm. entertaining 2 1/2 hrs. hmm shld b studying at this period now la.. but the show choose to be in town now, wat to do.. lol. k fun's over for now.. serious work first... tata..

Enjoy


This is wickedly evil!!! Schandenfreude (a German word- happiness in the misfortune of others)



hahaha... these are some of the songs... jus by the songs, maybe u guys cant enjoy as much. go watch it!! u'll enjoy more!1

update

long time no blog le.. i tink my 3 minute hotness is showing again.. this time it lasted a bit longer than 3 minute i think.. hahah..
hectic sem that passes so fast.. felt as though i haven done anything much but i m always busy... test after test every week keep me so occupied... whenever i m at home, i ll b in the room chained to my study table... POW.. sad.. long time no go NCC le.. hope can finish data collection on time.. tml dry run for P1 presentation for fyp.. i'm scared... almost never gave a presentation in my entire uni life... now bo bian.. hopefully tml n the real thing next mon will not b so harsh on me.. oh well, my sup for one is 不好搞 alreadi... i wish myself luck..

k back to my 25 drugs...

i sound so angry the previous post. oh my... still brooding over the test... not my hair.. fang bu kai... dumb dumb.

jus after a test. unhappy todae so tot go cut hair. end up its worse...
the idiotic auntie cut my hair so short.... stupid woman.
i m so sad now....

heart pain, head pain....

stupid woman. service so bad somemore.......never go to those cheap cheap ones i tell you.

Bday Part 2

ok.. part 2 of my bdae.. on actual day, went to Marina Mandarin for a sumptuous buffet dinner with dear. Aquamarine, found online, highly recommended by many foodies.. plus that day coz of impending F1, they had an extra theme, so it was international + french.. food was nice, exquisite.. like their desserts.. so pretty, all of them.. their seafood was good too.. but the french part, don quite like.. tried the smoked duck, which is like half cooked kind, eeks, i can still rmb the lingering taste.. tot it would b nice.. but still, a piece of smoked duch didnt dampen the fun nite!

PS. coz of F1, we had complementary racing cars on our dinner table... businessmen.. realli able to commericialize everything to their benefit.. haha.. n we leh?? dumb dumb consumers... willing to get chop.. oh well, happy jiu hao. isnt it?

my bday had long past.. haven blog on it yet. let me intro by parts first... last sun, had steamboat with 13yao.. to mass celebrate angie, sing n my bdae.. as our usual practice, presents were made known (in fact we chose it ourselves), the bdae cards were hand-made n signed by all of us.. i received a veri creatve bdae card made by sing... chim lor.. small small but a lot of tot put into it.. thanks gal! =p

had steamboat at bugis that ChongQing mala shop.. we din hav their mala but their other soup bases were veri nice.. i like the herbal n tomyam de.. the salted veg one taste weird though... a lot of variety there... i love their lala, veri big n juicy... oh n also the fuzhou fishball... bursting w juice, there was one where i bit into it n the juice shot out at marcus.. oops.. veri no yi tai... paiseh leh.. lucky is marcus.. i don care.. haa had a lot of fun!!

then went tcc to 'sing song cut cake open present'. in " " coz our usual practice when we r veri full, the cake is single sliced kind (no need to cut), present we noe wat it is (just open to 'confirm'). oh it was also the last 13 yao gathering before shaun left on wed..

sent him off at the airport on wed nite... he'll b back onli one yr later.. awh... hopefully he doesnt change much again.. it was veri funny.. after we sent him in, he still keep walking up n down, machiam wan us to notice him n wave to him more.. (hhaha, joking la k, hope u didnt realli meant it tt way).. =p but mr teo, give u another yr, muz still rmb us k... muz keep in contact hor.. tata..

half-time of the semester

tonight- a bit of fast shopping at orchard, a good bowl of noodles from bugis, a glass of chilling, yummy nougaut milk shake from tcc, a casual meeting up w angie, sing, shaun and a glimpse of kat..

4/1 rulez

last week my happiest day... i show u... i love the times spent with 4/1... i miss those times in 4/1 where things are simple. when there is not so many distractions along the way... we stay the way we are, we laugh at the same jokes........ miss those days... i realli do... tms 4/1. lucky to get the chance to go back tms after 6yrs... overnight somemore... lucky me.. lucky us..

吃力不讨好

and

吃粒葡萄好

see how good ur mandarin is bah!!! =)

went to Synergy Dance Reflections yest at UCC... very artistic.. a bit too chim for mi to understand... liked onli a few pieces of the dance. went there with dear, to support a friend of his.. so met a few of his other friends. interesting ppl.

after that dance, poor thing, it was raining so heavily outside... for supper, we called cab (after a hard time trying to get 2cabs to fit 7 of us), we headed to Holland V.. ended up at crystal jade. initially thinking of a light supper, in the end, the guys opted for steamboat. imagine steamboat for supper.. haha we went along.. first time heard crystal jade hav steamboat.. actually its quite nice. apart from its steamboat, which is the yuan yang kind, we had unlimited orders of xiao long bao and steam dumplings... for dessert they still hav tow huay. omg.. it was nice. but heavy for supper.. the place opened till 1am somemore. omg.. mayb they made a vow, vow to make sporeans fat.. haha. maybe if hav chance can go there w other friends... i shld say its better than many steamboats out there...

did a bit of cooking recently. polishing some of my old receipe as well as trying new ones.

i tink 2 weeks ago, i did a roast chicken with dear... success. yum! sis also say its veri nice..

then just, we had our dinner. tonight's menu, seafood rice aka my version of paella, with homemade french fries, fried calamari, oven-baked spiced mussels and prawns.... did dinner tog with huisan n dear...everything was done from scratch. huisan found the secret to crispy fries by chance n it was realli good. 2 hours of work, a wonderful dinner. even mummy say its nice, then shld b nice.. hahaha... more hope for my cafe le... wondering when i can realli own a cafe or whether there realli would b such a day..

ok test coming, hav to study... boo

homeostasis is a balance in the body. It is important. The body can function only if it is in its homeostatic state. As long as the body is healthy, even if the balance is slightly threatened, the body will cleverly release horomones and substances to put it in sync once again. In many alternative medicine and their treatment therapies, they strongly believe in treating their patient hoslistically to once again achieve that balance in them.

Why all that above??

coz, i m now feeling not in my homestatic state. Its not internal, its external. which means, no hormones or substances can b naturally release to repair my tipped scales.. whoever ever heard of a libra with damaged scales...
i can only imagine myself as a whole full system and trying hard to convince my mind that everything is alright, forcing my body to perphaps release some of its endorphins.. maybe its time to re-fill..

wishes do come true

haven had such fun for a long long time.. tonite met up with 4/1 ppl to celebrate jared's bday... mostly made up of 13 yao ppl, but its always nice when the other 4/1 ppl join in, catching up with each other. had dinner at mache, it was a cozy dinner. shared the german pork knuckle, pan fried mushrooms, risotti and calamari with kat, sing n shaun. the pork knuckle is realli quite nice, the skin so crispy..

i like pacific coffee ambience though al fresco a bit warm.. the big sofa cushion.. to think 17 of us can actually cuddle up tog to chat.. we almost revamped the entire al fresco place la... moving the tables n chairs to fit all of us..

i think they seldom handle such BIG orders.. coz to think they made our order wrongly n gave us 6 more mochas for FREE... OoOOOO... seriously.. too much.. cant finish..

guess all of us r meeting again soon... in 2 weeks time, ideally. in a format which i hav dreamt of having for a long long time... ideally, its with this group of ppl. so its really a wish come true.

Maybe, Once in a while, wishes DO eventually come true..
hold on to ur belief, but don insist
if its urs, eventually it will find its way to you.

you know, the weeks pass so fast... its now alreadi the 3rd week.. *pants on fire* and this sem only 13 weeks... working on my fyp... its realli sharpening my research skills that hav never quite been developed.. (if it had, it had stunted growth i guess) whenever i tink of fyp, i wonder hows kat with the findings on wafarin, sing on her mickeys and diabetes.. And me, i'm doing outcomes of complementary med in cancer.. but mine shld be less fun compared to them both. coz i m doing a non-lab fyp, so soon u all will hear me complaining bout looking through 400 patients casenotes... I had 2 choices of a lab-based fyp as part of my top 3 first interests too.. They sound interesting, one about formulating a sunscreen with specific characteristcs n another also bout cancer.. but to bad, din get them.. heaven's way of helpng me decide bah.. either way, i will 'complain' bout something.. muz as well let up there decide wats best for me bah..

haven go out for quite some time le. (mayb the lack of 'fresh' air explains for my gradually depressive mood) ppl, yue wo bah!!! hahaha.. hmm, things shld start getting exciting from sat onwards bah... meeting 4/1 to celebrate jared's bday...6th yr since sec4. then next fri meeting pri sch friends+ my pri 3 teacher.. shld b fun also bah.. ya, my 2 major upcoming events.. yipee!!!~~

When we were young.... =p

recently i went to my ah ma house... then someone drag out old photos to see... my sis n i found our old photos that we hav not known for so many many years... so funny n playful we were since young.. so cute... let me show u my sis n i.. can u recognise the difference???

Dry spell broken!!!!!!!

spore WON our first Silver since 48years!!!!!!! woohoooooo, we broke the dry spell at last.... hopefully it will rain continue to rain more medals on us... although its by not pure Sporeans, but i guess we can close one eye since they got us a Silver somehow?? lol

watched the finals just now... although as expected spore is VERY not likely to win China, i still made it a point to watch it with that small glimmer of hope.. maybe. hopefully.. you noe..
when feng tian wei won the first set tot got hope... but then i realised, china ppl need their warm up de.. first set they let you, but the net few, they get fiercer and fiercer... and their play was realli better la.. no words more to say.. nothing to argue.. the China china ppl zhang yin ning, wang nan n guo jing played realli well...

spore de is good. but not as good bah.. but i tink that mdm wang is not v on form... watch her till her blood boil.... realli gugu lo... so not look like a player.... argh....
oh well, we still got a SILVER!!!!!!!!! job well done........ jiayou for folloeing matches!!!

COT chalet

ooo... when was the last time i posted...

had a much anticipated weekend!!! had COT chalet at aloha loyang on fri after school for one night... we prepared for a BBQ dinner which dear n i bought n prepared on thurs nite... a lot of food... but due to the charcoal quality, a bit difficult to get good fire.. was BBQ-ing over low fire till we borrowed charcoal from next pit... then our BBQ realli got started. haha. then mindy quite poor thing.. eating vegetarian on friday... could onli hav potato and asparagus mainly... + banana.. aiyo.. i feel bad..
then wats COT if we dont hav a COT session... haha. wp n hc were tired din join in. hmm mayb u gals can consult kk-an in future... he's quite 棒.. tell us a lot about our character based on horoscopes and its realli quite true... proven by the rest of us... hee...

happy happy... hope COT have more more outings... like it when all of us r together, always so fun n enjoyable when all of us r together... so many rubbish... maybe we shld make it a monthly effort to meet up or something... wat ya think?

(paiseh no photos coz all of us tot each other will bring camera.. end up no one brought. hahah kuku)

P ass me the salt
A dd 3tbs of sodium valproate
S tir it till homogenous
S ip 10ml tds without water
I gnite the remaining mixture
O ff to the bathroom should any discoomfort arise
N ever ever do this

sometimes, disillusion arise
some may tink it is asking for the moon
others think it is wat it is ought to be
outsiders do not understand
insiders are well, disillusioned

i look back and remind myself of wat i should go for:
PASSION, PURPOSE, DRIVE

Mad about English

due to the Olypmics, China is trying very hard to welcome the foreigners by self-improving...
seen on news last night, many China restaurants in their bid to woo caucasians to their restaurants, they hav tried coming up with English translations for their dishes.. One dish i rmb hearing was for 童子鸡, instead of spring chicken, it was called 'chicken without sexual life'... *evil* but wahahahahaa.... my sis n i laughed non stop

btw, a Singaporean made a documentary film called 'Mad about English'

Now showing, sit back relax, enjoy
hav a laugh! =)

ZOOooooo!!!!!!!

had another happening day yest again!

morning i went rag with dear.. met up with hc to watch rag.. morning got rain, end up rag got postpone by 1 1/2 hr which is good actually, i get to sleep longer... pharmacy!!! i m realli proud of u.. we r a veri young team.. jus 3 yrs into RAG n this year our float was beyond my expectations for pharm... end up we won something distinctive at last!! we got the best float design... and edwin danced realli well, got sheh lor.. kekke... good good.. then saw dr chui, TML n eric chan come support also... PHARMILY.... hahaha

Pharm ppl in action!!! hip hip hurray!!! =p

then like i said it was a busy day.. coz dear n i then headed for the zoo then night safari at nite... unlike wat my sister thinks, the safari is not the zoo with lights off!! lol... enjoyed myself at both places although there's a bit of walking and my feet hurts due to the rashes. so many cute cute animals.. then we even saw a pair of mousedeers hmm.... pro-creating... lol..

was a bit disappointed in the day coz the big cats r all lazing around at one obscure corner... see le i also feel sleepy... but then, the lions, tigers, leopards blah blah were definitely more active at nite... so luckily went safari, manage to see them more active... like the safari coz the animals could b at veri close range to us... that's the purpose rite...

i like the animals shows also.. esp the night safari one, but lucky we didnt sit near to the stage coz they hid a big python in the audience stand... OMG!!! if its me there, i tink i'll go weak.... i can see them but touch? nono... i don even allow their photos to appear in my camera kay....

my jin gui.... of coz muz take photo lah.. he

baby kangeroo... cute... this animal is doing 'sentry duty' to prevent predators coming near

not a lot of photos here coz dark and for benefit of animals, no flash...

the porcupine quills do drop off n grow.. hollow and sharp..

Thank you

today, i hav a choice whether to write a happy post or a more depressing post... i'm not feeling particularly happy or sad... so friends, i m not emo-ing... hee

inspired by wp's blog, her happy incidents w louti, it makes me tink of mine too.. i m so xin fu also... LOL... *hair stand* it has been almost 6 months.. so fast..

thanks for all the things u have done for me
thanks for learning to understand me
thanks for all ur support
thanks for being patient and understanding all this while
thanks for learning to enjoy my nonsense
thanks for all ur love (i can feel it)
thanks for making my every moment with u something i look forward to
thank u dear =p


ok i suppose its a hair-rasing experience for my dear friends... k k my hair standing also actually.. shall end here.. if not i scared my dear will float away also... then i no more dear le.. wahaha

at last got reunited after so long with one of my love todae... after so long, it has not abandon me... need a few more practising, i'll b like before again...

todae i super water bucket.. drank 100 plus, ice lemon tea, coke... omg.... lose calories, put back calories.... in the gassy mood todae i guess..
sang kbox w pharm gals.. k box got new pattern... now other than tibits, hav fruits (canned mixed fruits), chips, french fries+ either takopachi, breaded prawn, spring roll or calamari.... we cant finish la in the end.. so full... its in the package.. kstudent $14.50NETT.. LOL quite hua suan..

then i kena headache...

then meet 1903.. damn funny once again... but headache still linger so came home instead to cont part 2 w them...

REGRETS.. the end point??

do u remember time where life was much simpler???
i m trying hard to recall when mine was..
i think i am a young adult now trying to grapple with new issues in life.. quite tough
heard that we grow as we learn
do we do observational learning or do we try out something and let the older n supposedly the wiser ones turn around and say, 'i told u so.' Are we suppose to avoid those potential regrets and let it pass THEN maybe look back and regret in future or are we suppose to go out for it, taking that risk then if fail then regret? See!! either way it leads to regrets.... no wonder everyone will bound to hav some under their belt.. its like that mind map no matter wats the process taken, may eventually lead to the final sad truth-regret in one way or another. Is this why they always advise us to enjoy the process and not to be too focused on the result? in my idea, maybe.

oh well, being suddenly cynical.... why like that!!!



hmm coz life's like that??

NDP 08

went NDP 08 preview todae... i particular love 3 segments of the performance... the Red Lions parachuting, Black Knights gliding through the sky n last but not least, the FIREWORKS!!!!!!!

every yr i tink the parachute guys r so sheh... everytime they descend, i feel so proud for them.. the feeling of every1 cheering for them muz be really great... the smooth descent they usually have show the practice n time they put in... make mi feel like learning... but i don tink can.. imagine coming down free fall... even pirate ship i got some issues with it liao...

hmm the black knights... by the name is so mysterious le lah.. rite?? their performance is always breath-taking.... saw them at the Avation show that time, though similar manuvoers but still veri engrossed in their acts..

lastly is the fireworks... i simply love those gold-coloured fireworks that shimmers... veri pretty... always catch myself smiling at the fireworks... oh crap, imagine how stupid i look... was imagining if impt days of my life hav fireworks... how splendid.. LOL...

us with big hands. fav item frm the funpack.. still can light up de lo... don play play

cool orh... entertaining myself.. Red Lions
Black Knights
the typical fly-past... old idea, but oOo so familiar...
nice finale..

then after NDP went aranda for ky bday... saw many juniors from tms...haven seen them since i left tms.. all the boy boys grow up liao... nice talking to them.. but they cant seem to be able to stop reminding us that we r older.. sharks... even walking into the chalet i feel old... lol.. oh well, thats life i guess. =p