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Flying in ESEA

2010-11-27T12:40:00.002+08:00

Hey people, not sure if anyone still bothers to read my blog due to the lack of updates. God has been faithful to me all these months while I am busy craving my new career path here in ESEA.

It is gonna be my 5th month working there and I can safely say that, I really enjoyed working here although there are alot of shit to clear (especially from those expat colleagues). People who know what I majored in during university, knew that my aim was to enter the aviation industry as it was obviously booming in SG. Indeed patience has paid off in the right ways.

Thanks to Apple (not the brand), she introduced an opening to me for the position of Temp Buyer (which means not a permanent position). Since I had few months of relevant working experience as a Buyer back in CEI hell, I thought why not give it another shot since it is all about purchasing right! I had 2 months of experience with the purchasing dept and well, I can say that it is definitely much better than staying in CEI hell.

By the grace of God and his awesome favour upon me, DVP asked me to transfer to CS dept to replace a colleague (who was around for the same period as me). Apparently she resigned bcos the shit was too much and annoyed her quite badly. Sighs. She was a good worker and colleague, but blame our counterparts for being such lazy pigs! HA!

So I was somehow promoted to her position, and hallelujah, I was finally given a permanent position for all the job-searching effort I have put in for the past 2 years (since I graduated from uni w/o a proper job)!

Next week marks the 3rd month that I'm in this new position and DVP gave me the opportunity to travel to Jakarta for a short business trip to handover some stuff. I am really excited for what is gonna happen in the future, and I really hope that I can handle the many challenges ahead. I know its gonna be more shit but well, nothing is impossible for God to handle right!

Thankfully, I have managed to win over my assistant's heart and vice versa; although I initially detested her nagging. Zzz! What irony life brings sometimes. HAHA! She say she will handle the shit together with me, so we shall see how things go next year as well. 2011 is so gonna be another eventful year ahead, with more crazy tweets and mood swings!

So now I'm gonna start thinking what clothes to pack into the suitcase, where to shop in the hotel vicinity and what liquor to buy when I'm back at Changi Airport DFS next Saturday! LOL!

December is gonna be a great month ahead~ the business trip, my birthday and all the celebrations planned, my pro-rated bonus (for the 1st time) and more $$ in my pockets. Best of all, the office will be quieter bcos of Chrismas holidays and 2010 will soon be over. Whoots!

3 Months Worth of Events In!

2010-07-27T04:34:00.005+08:00

Hooray!

Left that horrid job at C.E.I early this month. I am moving on to a similar one at EuroC from next month onwards. YAY! God answered my prayers so quickly =)

Much has happened this year. No amount of entries can fill you guys in on all the events that have happened thus far. Well, I'll try to recall now and compile to a list (not in chronological order though).

Cleone receiving her call from God, to go to Tunisia.
Resigned from wretched C.E.I.
Found job again at EuroC.
Angelina & Jesper came back from Perth to SG, then flew off to Sweden after ROM.
Madeline & Ying Xi turned 24, Thalia 3, Nicholas & Jocelyn 19, Olivia 20, Ee Ling & Thiam Siong 21!
Just came back from Genting, and going to Indonesia next month. Ha!
Discovered I got some road rage issues =X
Met Cher Hao's maternal side, for the first time. So 热闹, unlike my family.
Checked out Marina Bay Sands.
UMA BBQ Housewarming party.
IGNITE corporate services @ SIS. Video duties were *zzzzz*!
Met up with P1 classmates, the usual 3 of us is sufficient. Kuanyi & Cherlyn never fails to perk my day up.

That's all I can recall for now. More events coming up for this next half of 2010, especially 5% downpayment for flat is almost due =/

Haha! Too many pics but no time to upload and arrange them prettily for you guys to view, so well just go to my Facebook account lah. Goodnight :D

VFC Wedding of the Year - Melvin & Doreen (:

2010-04-25T22:35:00.003+08:00

YES! The photos of UMA and ADA are uploaded onto Facebook already. Go check them out now!

VFC Wedding of the Year - Melvin & Doreen (: - 27.03.10

Get Me Outta C.E.I. HELL!

2010-04-18T16:55:00.004+08:00

I had initially blogged an entry on how I was coping with my current job, but technology can be annoying at times - I was unable to save or publish the entry. Dun blame me for lack of updates. Haha!

Anyway its been a month plus since I last blogged about not being jobless already. Well, I'm contemplating of being jobless once again. I have prepared my resignation letter and am starting to re-update my resume to send out to prospective employers again. The whole tiresome job-hunting process will commence very soon.

As some of you already know, this current job I'm in is quite crappy. The workload is crazy, more than any human can bear. OT is unpaid, given that we are of "executive position" - seriously, I rather be a non-executive then. OT is much more worth it then. On average I worked about 13h daily, but as of last week I did 70h of gut slogging. MOM orders that employees working more than 44h of normal hours, are required to be paid OT. Sadly this local company is so sad case that they only offer taxi reimbursement after 3h of OT.

Why was I so foolish to take this job up? I have seriously underestimated this single-lined job scope, I wanna bang my head on the wall now. No dental benefits, just when my wisdom tooth is killing me now. Medical benefits are capped at S$380 yearly, and given only when you are a confirmed staff. 14 days of MC and annual leave each, but when on probation it is UNPAID!

It has been barely 2 months but seriously, white flag is at half mast already. I'm dying from fatigue, stress, hair loss, nightmares, a very messy office desk and tons of emails ding-dong everyday. Broke down twice in office toilet, bcos I felt so ridiculous working here. Sighs.

Public holidays are a must-have in this job, bcos once you take leave on any working day, you cannot catch up with your work already. It is that crazy! I'm intending to leave after Labour Day holiday so I can encash a free holiday-in-lieu =)

Oh yes, you wanted to know the job and scope? Dun be fooled by this one-liner:

"Buyer : Source, negotiate and buy electronic components - to support customers' production line". I know it sounds that simple and straight-forward. Well indeed it is, but the amount of paperwork and shit you gotta do just to justify that buy = HOMICIDE!

I have fallen sick after slogging my guts nonstop for the past 5 weeks (including tutoring) and it is time I need the rest. Had to forgo church today, simply bcos I was too weak and was suffering from a throbbing headache. Why am I torturing myself like this, for a meagre pay? Must be for the CPF and my future 3-room flat at Punggol Walk, I reckon.

Well I do feel slightly better, and managed to switch on my beloved Macbook after neglecting it for 2 months. Got to know some job lobangs and I'm all revved up for better job opportunities. Just dunno which industry to choose, or should I stick to my initial interest in aviation? It seems so difficult to get a job there, despite my efforts. Sighs. I'm baffled and confused.

God, give me wisdom to choose the right job now. I dun wanna be exploited for cheap labour any longer!

I hate C** inhumane working culture, some of the people there, the rigid system and lousy technology, the 80s office setting and the care-less attitudes of our bosses when we are unhappy in our jobs and resign. They dun bother to hold you back and ask why. The turnover rate there is increasing, especially ever since I came in. Ha! I bring "bad luck" to the bosses there =p

What the heck am I talking? I'm the blessed one - all of them can just suck thumb and continue to be life-less! I need a LIFE! Goodbye!

Jobless No More!

2010-03-06T23:05:00.005+08:00

Yes, I found a job already. Just within a span of two weeks: from re-doing the resume to emailing it over to the call for interview to the actual job interview to the call for job offer to the call for signing of employment letter.

It's a permanent one. As a buyer or purchaser, at some manufacturing company in Ang Mo Kio area. Starting on 15th March, with another guy. At least I'm not a noob alone :D

The job interview was quite an obstacle, which I overcame with God's favour and my last-minute preparation the night b4. Haha! It lasted for 1.5 hours, I was brain-dead by 10am bcos I woke up at 5am (scared late and quite kiasu).

The HR manager bombarded me nonstop with all sorts of challenging and tricky questions, I thought I was never gonna leave the room alive. The Purchasing manager came in next and "invited" me to ask him intelligent job-related questions. I was shag out by then and asked those simple and almost-brainless ones, I knew I was gonna be eliminated. I guess it was my ~~desperate~~ willingness and availability in this ~~CMI~~ challenging job position, that gotten me the chance to be offered this job.

I went for the pre-employment medical checkups and X-ray, which I know I'm super duper healthy. Haha! Cant wait for work to start, although I'll definitely miss sleeping in till late afternoon already. Hahaha!

I thank God that He answered my prayers and din let me go thru the hassle of more traumatising job interviews. I thank Cher Hao and everyone else for their continuous words of encouragement, various forms of help and support and prayers, to push me to keep looking for a job despite my low morale and defeated mindset.

For those who are still jobless, treat this rest period as a time for you to mature mentally and to do things that you have been neglecting. Continue to trust in God and do try again despite failures. No pain no gain!

"Are You Still Looking For A Job?"

2010-02-26T15:28:00.003+08:00

That question sounds familiar to all job seekers eh. I've heard it a billion times since I graduated last year. So sick and tired of replying it over and over again. Thank you very much.

Anyway on a lighter note.....

=) Just secured 2 job interviews next Monday. One at AMK, the another at job agency at Raffles Place. Two very different job scopes but better than none. So far just to work = SIAN!

Just missed 1 phone call from R**C, just bcos I went to take my lunch from the kitchen. Sighs. Called back their HR department, but all of them very busy eating snake* (aka slacking) for the past 30 minutes. Win already lor.

I need more interviews to widen my options b4 I select any!

God, thank you for answering my prayers. This year is gonna be a more fruitful year, let me not be fussy or pathetic anymore. I hate being in the rat race, but for the sake of my future in SG, I got no choice ): AMEN!

UMA's (Super) ADA!

2010-02-22T17:05:00.005+08:00

WOW! Sis and I made some interesting discoveries about UMA's wife-to-be (aka ADA). She is one amazing smart woman!

Excuse the looks and you'll be surprised by her capabilities - in shaping our country (financially)! Hint: A key personnel in affecting our filing of e-taxes every April. Haha!

Indeed, 人不可貌相*! (Never judge the book by its cover)

She's the wo-MAN!

No wonder they can afford to stay in D* area, after getting married next month. So atas* (high class), but dunno whether got guest room for us if we pop over someday hor.

Speaking of which, almost the entire video crew is on for "wedding video duty" on their special day, both the actual ceremony and wedding dinner. Zzzz! Worse still, high chance of VVVIPs coming as wedding guests too, bcos of ADA! So stressed, we cannot screw up at all that day else UMA will confirm nag at us, FOREVER!

Yes, she's that good. AND, she doesn't speak in our usual lazy Singlish accent, but a very prim-and-proper grammatical-correct local accent. Power Pack! Only thing is that, she gotta start learning to speak our lingo else she'll forever be quiet at the dinner table with us around. LOL!

As you can read from this entry, I'm so in awe of her brains now, not the beauty side yet though. Heehee!

*p/s: Due to the high sensitivity of ADA's work scope, it is very inconvenient to disclose any juicy information here. HAHAHA! Hence the ***** =)

5 "Truly Julia" Facts

2010-02-19T15:55:00.001+08:00

I dun feel good receiving treats from people younger than me. Just dun feel right. Almost the same feeling as guys 吃软饭.
I got an in-borne tummy since I was a toddler. Pics have proven that sad fact. It is due to the curvature of my lower backbone, curving inwards hence pushing my tummy area outwards. Haha! Like that also can, you say? Ya I'm just as baffled by my weird body structure sometimes too. Therefore I can never be a model bcos they dun have tummies in the first place!
I got the same palm size as Bing Sheng, our net's BFG! Now you can really say,"没有人能逃出我的手掌心了"! -evil laughter- Wahahahaha!
I got a not-so-proud legacy of wearing all sorts of spectacles sizes, in my lifetime. Hence a massive fashion disaster!
I like to collect interesting shopping bags; be it bcos of e bag's design or shops rarely shopped at.

Would love to put some pics in but well as usual, I'm just plain lazy.

Tiger CNY - HUAT AH!

2010-02-09T15:29:00.005+08:00

Ok, so Chinese New Year (CNY) is approaching real soon and the year of the Tiger is roaring in very quickly.

English New Year just passed in January and now Chinese. Next you know is Malay New Year (aka Hari Raya Puasa) and Indian New Year (aka Deepavali) and then my birthday and Christmas again. Wah lao! Ok, I'm getting way too far off now.

Anyway, I'm getting into the mood although I din get any new sets of clothes this year. Figured that I've gotten too many in the year of the Ox, hence rolling over to Tiger. Money no enough too, time to save more and get more somehow.

24 years of age in 10 months time; increasing numbers surely are scary when it doesn't refer to your bank account.

Time got some real wings, flies so fast that even the Concorde is in no state to fly alongside with time! LOL!

I haven't start spring cleaning and I really dun intend to, bcos I gotta settle that wretched resume and cover letter of mine first. Maybe the steamboat dinner with my buddies should change to Cher Hao's house instead hor. HAHAHA!

I got tons of pics in my camera that haven't been uploaded since last October. Haha! I'm just too lazy to really bother about them lah. I feel like getting a new Macbook now. Sian!

This red-white "hubby" of mine, is so young yet throws all sorts of tantrums at me already. High maintenance and low satisfaction from "him". Boo!

Actually I dunno what am I blogging now, so well, back to my resume writing. Zzz!

Falling Apart!

2010-02-07T22:54:00.003+08:00

I dunno what's wrong with me or my belongings nowadays! So many things just randomly starts falling apart!

Mac MagSafe adaptor connection - cannot charge battery
Mac battery =( - cannot charge forever, after fixing stupid adaptor
Mac Mighty Wireless Mouse - cannot scroll downwards!
Everlast watch - cloth strap - fall apart from the watch face
Addias watch - rubber strap - almost a good goner
Tuition kids - idiotic
Fat irritating Ah-Fat! - always delaying my pay >:(
Random pimples on my face every few days! ARGHH!

Forget it, I dun wanna think anymore liao. So demoralising lah!

I seriously need a proper job and more savings. Just not enough, sadly!

Youth(s) Growing Up

2010-02-07T00:41:00.006+08:00

Yups, I'm officially out of the youth ministry. I'm old enough to join the young adults, finally. Haha! Like I told my net yesterday, my calling for this season has come to an end, and I await my new calling!

I thank Jaena, Shereen and Gladys for planning my small farewell lunch gathering last Sunday. It was a simple meal at Tampines Mall PastaMania, but I did enjoy the fellowship, food and testimonials shared.

I thank my (now former) net group for bearing with me, for being with me and supporting me thru all those events and activities. I thank God for expanding the net group, it is truly not my credit but His! From 4 bored and demoralised youths to 16 regular youth members (still including myself!). 4 times the growth in a span of 1.5 years is really no easy feat, but with God, nothing is impossible! Woohoo!

Cleone, they are all yours now! You can do it! Dun be intimidated by the numbers, but instead rise them up to be our future generation's leaders! Dun forget my advice and look for me if you need any help ya =)

I thank every other R5 youth net leaders for bearing with me in any small ways; I may be horrible at times but no hard feelings ya. I apologise if you still hold any grudge against me.

I thank Gladys and Amos for being such anointed leaders for R5 and I'm really blessed to be under their leadership. They are ever so encouraging and loving and caring to us leaders, despite our tendency to play truant for church meetings. LOL!

Last but not least, I gotta say I thank Grace for being our acting YM for late 2008 to 2009. It hasn't been an easy task handling us independent fellas of R5, but she still did it. I have had my clashes with her since 2008, but God really helped me overcome my flaws and the grudges I once had against her too. Haha! All is forgiven and cleared.

God is great, and His love endures forever! Nothing is impossible with Him!

I thought I was gonna die when I was asked to lead Siglap Sec Campus Outreach back in 2008. Somehow, I did it with the help of Karina and the fellow Siglapians =) Amanda, Wei Si, Wei Gin, Jeremiah and Timothy, Jarel, Zi Heng, Thaddeus and myself. We had successful outreach events and were glad to see one salvation: Khaliun! YAY!

Now, can one of you people restart the outreach events please! Haha!

I remembered when I first came back to VFC back in 2007, I went to Amos' net group. It felt weird to be under the leadership of someone physically younger than you, but God humbled me and I was able to blend in and be a part of the group. I've learnt alot under the guidance of Amos and I really respect him alot. I dare say that he is far more spiritually mature and older than me. He is a good chap, except for the long-winded sharings lah. LOL!

I remembered being under Simon's leadership too, he was another anointed man of God. Again, I've learnt tons from this dude, and he is another brother I respect in church too. Haha!

Oh yes, dearest Karina! She taught me almost everything I needed to know about running a net group. I was just like Cleone when I first started out, a greenhorn and nervous when asked to lead the group. Haha! She is super anointed woman of God, super in tune in God's Word, ever so caring and pastoral to me, encouraging me with long smses, playing Twister together and being a genuine friend to me. Ah, I love her!

Under my ministry for the past 3 years, I've encountered all sorts of youths with all sorts of patterns. Growing up, that's what I say. I really respect my parents and the parents that have those funny-patterns kids. It is seriously not easy to handle those weird random youth issues nowadays, very different from our parents and my era. Yes, I'm that old!

I've reached out and minister to so many youths but few has really impacted my life, that stirred up emotions of all sorts and lessons to learn in life. Disappointment is ranked top on my list, next is anger and disgust, followed by sadness and grief. Lessons learnt: Maturity (mental and spiritual), family love (parents and siblings), discipline and upbringing (parents), loving yourself and the courage to face harsh life.

I wish I can put some names out, but I guess it's not very wise hor. Ha! Ok, initials will do, for my own future reference. YR, MA, KM, ATS.

I thank Cher Hao, for standing by me during the lows in my ministry. How it affects my mood and emotions, it can be quite troublesome. He offered me good spiritual advice, to improve on myself as a leader and as a member. He gave me new perspectives that I never saw; just like Proverbs 12:15 says,"The ways of a fool always seems right to him, but the wise man always listen to advice." (NIV). He let me see the blind spots in my life and ministry, thank God for such divine wisdom!

Well, some advice to those net leaders who have yet to retire from youth ministry: always care for your members - both active and passive ones. They are very important in God's sight. Follow up and look into their welfare. Encourage them. Be a (reachable) friend and show pastoral love to their spiritual needs. Love them like how you do to your blood siblings. Yes, some really deserve to get beaten up but still, patience! Hahaha! Rebuke in love, yet firm on the teachings.

As for me, like my name in Latin says, I'm forever YOUTHFUL! I never bluff, you go check Internet or those baby names' books lah! LOL! I'll never ever be old at heart, although the age is terrible!

Let's welcome my new season now =) YA, here I come!

Wretched Macbook Battery

2010-01-23T04:00:00.003+08:00

SHIT!! My stupid laptop battery is not working now! WHY?!!?!?!?! I can't charge it up with my adaptor, for the past 12 hours, at all! Arghhh!

I gotta find that stupid $310 receipt now, for my last 1 month warranty from the previous repairs now! Sobs!

So sad lah, never earn much money now, no warranty left to cover the wretched gadget and now spoilt again! WTH! I hate you, stupid mac! Protect you so well and this is how you repay me back!

-throws the super white macbook at the wall-

ROAR!

That time was the adaptor connection part got problem, now is the battery, next is what?! The bloody adaptor meh?! Why must you (the beloved mac) do this to me (your beloved master)?

(十万个) 为什么？！？！

-turtle and friends dancing in the background-

My question not answered yet so I'm still not that happy! HUMPH!

皇太子的初恋

2010-01-22T15:41:00.007+08:00

Pardon me for not updating regularly. Just that I'm quite busy trying to watch this old kdrama currently: 皇太子的初恋. LOL!

*p/s: Daniel, if you got time after your internship, catch this drama online lah. The main actress is worth the watching, big pretty face and eyes too. Haha!

(left to right) 成宥利金南镇车太铉

成宥利 looks like Yi Xiong sia! Hahahaha!

VS.

Best if Yi Xiong is smiling, it'll look more alike.

Ok I'm super bo liao, and I din ask him for permission to misuse his pic from FB. LOL! As for my backdated pics and Mei's polaroid birthday pics of mine, wait abit more ok? Today is my 1st time switching on my Mac after a long hiatus. Hee!

Easy Contentment = Bliss

2010-01-12T00:36:00.003+08:00

I realised how easily satisfied little children can get. They like to spread their joy and declare to everyone that its their birthday today. They'll talk excitedly about the little gifts given out to the whole class, the usual birthday song and simply spending time with the family.

*(Happy 6th birthday to you, Alycia! God bless your little pure heart and sing unto the Lord always!)

As we grow up, we desire for more and become more difficult to satisfy. Humans are the walking contradiction. A childlike heart is better than a grown-up's brain.

Year-End Short (Asia) Holidays

2009-12-26T01:08:00.002+08:00

Finally, my full-body massage is coming later. We are going to Batam for the weekend :)

So if you got anything that you wanna pass to us this sunday, do wait till next year ok? Lol! I won't be around for watchnite service on 31st dec too, as I'd be having a short trip to JB, till 2nd jan next year. Haha!

Miss me more ya! Muacks!

Merry christmas to you all, and may our good Lord bless you abundantly! Cheers!

Wretched Rich Kids

2009-12-21T23:20:00.002+08:00

I'm looking forward to this weekend Batam trip. Whole body aching and needing another full body massage. (which reminds me to blog about my birthday!)

I can't stand those stupid rich kids cancelling tuition on me at their whines n whims. Idiotic! Why must they be so spoilt and retarded, not to understand the importance of studying? Everyday complain and refusing to study hard, waste money and efforts, thinking the whole world revolves around that kid only. PIGS!

For money, I just have to swallow all these and suffer all this Shit lor. Life's difficult.

My "Not So Lucky" 13

2009-12-16T03:40:00.001+08:00

13 updates b4 I sleep!

Got another new tuition student this month. Hallelujah!
Celebrated my 23rd birthday with lotsa feasting! Still having 3 more to go this week =)
My Facebook account got hacked in by some stupid phishing scammers on Monday. Cursed them all!
Just finished my food list for 28th BBQ R5/6 party, and lighting cues for this Sunday's Christmas Service. Zzzzz!
Edge Conference is finally over, so are the video duties. Ha!
Still waiting for my birthday wishlist to be FULLY fulfilled. Haha!
I love Cher Hao's birthday surprise for me, last Thursday!
Graham left for home (Ireland) yesterday night, after 3 months in SG. Only started talking to him the day b4 he flew off. Smart me eh. Actually I din make the 1st move to say hi either. HAHAHAHAHA!
Met Zhi Lin and Yi Si for 3 days straight, and it was good talking to people of my "auntie" frequency once again. Difficult to find anyone in VFC sadly.
My tuition schedule for 2010 is almost packed. I'm so grateful for God's providence despite the recession. Money money money, come to Mummy!
Christmas is in 9 days, I have almost 50 cards to write. I'm so sian, just thinking of writing them all, with my pretty cursive handwriting. LOL!
Excited about UMA's wedding next year! Not excited about we doing video directing for him. Oh, have mercy on us, Mr ANG!! (*p/s: nic, my ma was nice to say that dodo looks ok... hurhur!)
Lucky 13! I finally started using my new hp - Nokia E71. I'm so sad that I bought this hp now, bcos 1 month after I got it, E72 came out =( It was cooler than this boring 71. Eeeeeee! Not so lucky 13 after all eh...

That's all for my December now. Pics are way too much to collage and upload and blah blah blah. I see my mood and schedule again next year lah.

Au revoir amigos! (Goodbye* in French, Friends* in Spanish)

Happy 23rd Birthday to ME!

2009-12-10T01:32:00.008+08:00

Dunno why my stupid Nokia E71 cannot upload the rotated images onto Blogger properly. Sighs. Nonsense as usual.

This week, sis and I stayed over at cousins' house at Jurong West, for the past 4 days. We literally eat, sleep, play the whole time. LOL! So yesterday, we went over to grandma's for KFC and a last-minute early-birthday celebration for me.

I even have to pay 1/4 the cost of my own birthday cake, spilt equally amongst sis and cousins. Poor old me. We forgot to take pics of the KFC meal that my other aunt treated us, as we were famished by 7.30pm. Haha!

Me with the "cartoon" birthday cake :D

The cartoon birthday cake, topped with plastic figurines of Spiderman, Ultraman, evil villian etc. Haha!

My Spiderman birthday cake! LOL! At such a age as this. DOTS!

My lovely cousins, sis and me :D

I love staying over with them, although they can sucked the life and energy outta me quickly, in a span of few days. Haha! Jurong West is really like my 2nd home.

Oh, and again, Happy 23rd Birthday to me, the queen of the day! Cheers and God bless me (:

My Birthday Wishlist for 2009!

2009-12-08T00:06:00.001+08:00

Yes lah! My birthday is finally around the corner again! Lalalalala~

Thinking what to get for me?

MONEY $_$
Blazer (basic black and/or denim)
Handbag and/or Sling bag
Snow Leopard OS upgrade ^^
Clothes?
Black Heels
Shoe vouchers for GOOD shoe shops....
LASIK (thinking of Mei....)
Ipod Classic (Black) =D
more $$$$$$$$$

Straight forward enough hor :D Sms me if need more help. Will gladly help.

I'm still busy doing so many nonsense now, I really wanna complete the remaining Sydney trip entry by 2009. Haha! It's way overdue lah, like 6.5 months liao. LOL!

Earning Money Really Isn't Easy!

2009-11-30T11:04:00.000+08:00

Sian! Stupid blogger din save and publish my entry now I gotta retype it on the hp. Waste time only. Arghhh! Rather blog on my mac in future instead. Haiz.

Speaking of my mac, it have been fixed and I paid a grand total of about $386 on it. Wretched love. My heart so pain, pocket one big hole, worked so hard for what. I'll therefore be more kiasu to ensure that there will be no such history repeated again.

Oh ya, working hard the month, that darn temp data entry job... Sucked the life outta me for 4 boring weeks lah! Wanted to rant on some stuff here but I think best is ask me personally lah. Haha!

Back to tutoring lifestyle for now. PSLE results was out last week and my student got a A* for Maths (despite the difficult questions and moderation, duh!) and A for Science, with a total of 239 points. I'd not claim credit for myself bcos I think she is very hardworking and studious.

On the other hand, my cousin scored a crazy total of 266 points! LOL! A* for Chinese, Maths, Science and Higher Chinese, and A for English. OMG! Crazy right! Apparently she beat my other cousin aka her older brother (251 points in '06) hands down. Haha!

Next year will be a fresh crazy academic year for all the students, and for me too. Students in private tutoring come and go, so does that happen in tuition centres too. I pray for God's continous providence for a better job and prospects if I really wanna get married in my 5-year-plan. LOL!

Siu Mei was telling me yesterday that she was going for her LASIK operation today. This procedure would actually cost between 2 to 3k odd, and it is still expensive in my opinion. It has been my dream to get perfect eyesight and see things straight away when I open my eyes when I wake up each morning. I hope I can fulfill that dream by next year. Yes, I do have money, but I must save it for rainy days first. Vanity can wait, right? Haha!

赚钱真的不容易啊!

Suay + Shitty = Spoilt

2009-11-16T23:03:00.003+08:00

November surely gotta be one of my worst months ever.

List of things that spoilt/gonna spoil very soon: black heels, bronze heels, handbag, sling bag, water bottle and the worst of all..... My beloved macbook! NOOOOOOO!

It just wouldn't charge up with the adaptor and/or battery attached. Hence battery finally went so flat that I can't even switch it on. Can you feel my sadness already? Sighs.

Decided to go to wheelocks today and service my beloved, and boy, was it expensive w/o warranty. Another regret of my life. Diagnostic charges cost me $75 already, excluding repair charges yet. Still must wait for some stupid quotation by their silly technicians. Super suay lah!

That lady said that she suspected the connection part of my charger and the laptop went wrong and will take 2-3 working days to further diagnose it lah. Haiz. Dunno why I worked so hard for what sia, all my earnings just go pay for all these silly damages. Darn.

Worse still, the ultimate thing that made me so dulan.... The lady told me my beloved had a big CRACK at the edge of the front part of the laptop - where your right wrist rest on. Sobs. I shouted at her," It wasn't there when I brought it to you! How did that appear?!". Stupid lady just gave me that that's-your-problem blur look. DULAN!

I was tired, hungry, pissed and upset at 12 noon. I just can't be bothered to kick a fuss although it is clearly not of my doing. If you have seen my beloved, you would know how kiasu I am with it. I put that red crystal casing, plus that bright pink cushiony laptop sleeve over it. It's like wearing pads lah!

*#@#$%^&*(%&*&*$#^%#&~!!!

Yes, I'm that pissed! How bad can this month get, really! ARGHH! :'(

Tiring November

2009-11-14T23:16:00.005+08:00

My macbook is down for the moment, so I got no choice but to blog from my new hp. Haha! The adaptor/battery might be the problem. So sad.

Oh, and sorry for the lack of updates lately, haven't had time to even eat or sleep well either, too many stuff to squeeze into a single day. Haven't had a decent sleep for almost 2 months liao. I look like a skinny panda now. Sighs.

Anyway this mth I got no tuition bcos exams are over. Ha. I had been and still am busy with this temp data entry job I took up with TNT Express. It pays me peanuts, makes me half-blind by staring hard at the computer for almost 10 hours straight everyday, and just do monotonous data entry like a robot day in and out - I'm the "live" version, that's the difference. Sucks.

Gonna try blog again another time, when this hp is in a better mood too lah.

The Butterfly Circus - HOPE!

2009-10-29T02:16:00.001+08:00

Watch this touching short movie clip. Good arts stuff =)

Nokia E71 Is MINE!

2009-10-27T01:27:00.002+08:00

I just rewarded myself with a new handphone! Which also means that wretched LG Viewty phone shall be on sale in a second-hand shop ASAP!

In come a new Nokia E71 White handphone =) for $178. Pa recontract his line so he let me buy the phone instead, with my own money of course!

Gonna start transferring all my music, pics and contacts over ASAP! I can't wait =)

Tutoring Terrorist Kids

2009-10-21T15:02:00.000+08:00

This is a crazy October for me!

Tutoring the many kids have been so terrorising to me that I think I need inner healing for bitterness already. My schedule is so packed till I got no time to eat, literally! Those parents also one kind, know their kids so problematic still dun wanna do anything to help improve the kids' studies etc.

I see messy studying environments, like the Terrorist Kids' bedrooms. I dun even feel like entering the house ever again; if not for the fact that they provide me with that few hundred bucks monthly. PSLE and Secondary exams are finally over, left with Primary school kids. One more week to a slacker month.

I'm not considering doing full-time tutoring next year unless I can manage to retain my current students. I hate the travelling to and fro, rushing like a mad cow. When I'm just 10 minutes late, I feel like a cheat, trying to scam 10 minutes worth of tuition time from the parents.

I say, if you are so unhappy with me being abit late, find another tutor who can tahan your annoying terrorist kids! They are literally pains in my arse! Please get your lazy kids to study more and not always depend on the tutor for everything. They are sitting for their own exams, which is actually very easy - unless you are talking about this year's retarded PSLE Maths paper.

Simple fractions, multiplication and decimals - cannot even do since beginning of the year?
There is definitely sth wrong with:

(A) Teacher
(B) Student
(C) Tutor
(D) Parents
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(1) A Only
(2) B Only
(3) A & C Only
(4) B & D Only

I choose (4).

Therefore, I still want a proper full-time engineering job, damnit!

I'm so gonna shop online when I get my big fat paychecks this month!

Amidst all these hoo-ha about retarded students and running from house to house, I thank God for bestowing (too much) blessings to me. I might need to give blessings away too! Hahaha!

Anyway just now, I was on my way home listening to radio when I heard Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel". It is a powerful song with lotsa thoughts and emotions running thru the mind as the lyrics were being sung. Great stuff, you should listen to this!

For now (or rather in November), I just wanna eat good food, exercise more and then bum around more and watch Growing Up on Channel 5 every day at 3pm! As I type this out, it is 3pm! YAY!

Double Portion!

2009-10-14T18:53:00.002+08:00

Thank God for His numerous blessings this month. Double portion, literally. Just like how Elisha asked Elijah for double portion blessings! Even my earnings this month from tutoring, has doubled, much thanks to those poor kids suffering from final exams. Hahaha! Their suffering is my blessing!

Thank God for blessing me with 3 more students this month, and a freelance teaching job at Jemima's cousin's tuition centre. Awesome God we serve! He bless us with big things when we honour Him and is faithful with small things.

Hip Hip Hooray!

Off to tuition now, it's late and I have not even bathed yet. Haha!

Wait Up!

2009-10-06T14:36:00.000+08:00

Wait abit more while I blog out many more stuff. Too much to write, too lil time to write them out. Haha! Bear with me for now =)

For now, this is what I do in my free time.

Except for the dog, kid and father. It's just me alone on the couch, thank you.

Save The Marriage, PLEASE!

2009-09-24T06:32:00.002+08:00

Is it so easy to end a marriage, just by simply saying the word "Divorce" and sign the papers?

It saddens me to know how my friends are coping with their parents' 20-year marriage just come to an abrupt end. Usually it is bcos of the husband is suspected/has a extramarital affair, but there are times when the wife is at fault too. I wish I could help the estranged families in any ways, but I dunno how to, as yet.

The sad thing I always hear from them is that, they pray very hard for a miracle to happen in the family. It always ends up in disappointment and further hurt, bcos God did not answer their pleas or plight. It then lead to the disappointed friend losing the faith and trust in God, thinking "God" is just an illusion or sorts.

I really wish we could all stop turning to God only when we need Him to help us with our problems. He deserve due respect when He pours blessings unto us too. How often do we remember thanking God for the things He done in our lives, yet we overlooked them and treat the blessings as "luck"?

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Friend "S" used to love God with all his heart. He always go church, meetings and read the Bible very faithfully. One day, he realised about his dad's unfaithfulness towards his mum. Not only did he not mediate between them, he showed no concern to help salvage the parents' marriage. The parents eventually separated and had since lived in different apartments, S followed his mum obviously.

Now, S not only dun come to church anymore, he dun trust that God can help his parents' marriage anymore. S gave up asking God for help. I'm not saying S is totally at fault, I know he prayed very hard during that time, but I feel that he could have done better to help as a son to his parents. His attitude towards the situation was very immature and nonchalant. It saddened me further when I see lil efforts made by him, to resolve the situation between his parents or with God.

S had so much potential, so much to learn and give, but it looks like he has chosen a path that is gonna be quite stormy and a big roundabout in life. It din seem to matter when I shared with him my personal roundabout life's experiences, bcos he has followed that same path I once ventured to.

Some has given up on him, others (including me) continue to believe and pray that one day he'll eventually turn back to God, towards the One who is all-powerful and all-knowing. I just met S recently, he tried so hard to smile and pretend all is fine, behind that mask. I felt sad, awkward and disappointed, to see how much he tried to change outside of his personality, for the sake of that girl and those useless company of friends of his. It was an awkward supper, by the way.

Hopefully my birthday present to you would be of some help to your spiritual life, bcos I feel that you have drifted way too far away, like a drifting log in the ocean. I have heard nuthin from you ever since that supper, I feel very sad. No words of appreciation or thanks, no words of God's wisdom and encouragement came either, unlike the days when you used to text me so much positive stuff.

S, you may try very hard to avoid God's voice or us, but we believe that you'll return soon enough. You are missed by us all. Dun give yourself anymore excuses to escape reality. Remember the anointing you have when you first learnt the guitar, remember the dreams and prophesies He placed in your heart, remember the love you received from Him.

I'll always remember the song you taught us in class once, "When God Ran". Everytime I hear this song on my mp3, you come across my mind w/o fail. Ironically, you have now become the source of why God is actually running for. My heart hurts and cries for your return. We really want you back!

I sound like some major cult freak now, but really I'm not hor. I feel very burdened, I wanna tell S all these but I know he won't listen to this - bcos he'll obviously come up with more excuses.

OK, enough of this sad sob S. I wish someone can enlighten me on how to help these affected people who are affected by their parents' dysfunctional marriage. Thank you.

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p/s: Marriage is for life. You dun make that lifelong marriage vow of saying "I do" at the ROM or wedding altar, for the sake of the first few years of passionate love.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version)
⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.⁸Love never fails. -Source

No Smoking!

2009-09-22T16:26:00.001+08:00

Did you know that I never tried smoking b4?

Not even one stick, nor a single puff outta curiosity.

I know I look like gangster at certain angles, I behave like ah-lian* (female gangster/hooligan) at certain times, I got that smoker face too, BUT I NEVER EVER SMOKE B4!

-IN YOUR FACE!-

I'm so proud of myself, that I managed to have that willpower to hold on to my stand about no-smoking to my body. Despite those pig-and-dog-friends of mine trying to be the devils when I was in poly, I admit I was tempted many times in the 3 years there, however thank God I could hold my urge to light one stick just to TRY. Ha!

So kids, please dun try smoking. It's never good for you, neither is it cool to people. You are just a loser if you smoke, really. You wanna be a winner, right? Good boys and girls =)

NO SMOKING!!

I'm Sorry!

2009-09-20T02:47:00.001+08:00

Not sure if this is called emo-ing, but I just felt I need to release all the negative feelings from my soul right now. Detoxifying my soul, I say =) Here goes a very long entry, pardon the words and my prayers.

I realised so many more flaws about my character over the past month or so.

I realised how much I've changed over this bull-shit year, for the worst.

I realised how much I've taken my family, bf, God and His blessings for granted.

I realised how much more I needed to be moulded by God and great people of my life.

I think that I've not done my role as a Christian, very well this year. I've slackened off so much for no reason. Well, maybe bcos of my discouragement in certain people, and for not finding a decent rat-race job, despite much emailing of resumes out to screwed-up HRs all over Singapore!

My temper has worsened hundredfold, and it has reverted back to my ol' ways in secondary school. Sighs. I remembered telling myself that I'll never be that monster again, but sadly I fell back into that since August this year. I dunno what went wrong with me lately, I just snapped at every single thing I felt frustrated at.

I hate nagging so much, especially from Mama and bf.
I hate being rejected despite doing my best for job interviews.
I hate being the last-minute substitute for roles that cannot be filled.
I hate going to church with a heavy heart and guilty conscience.
I hate being the role model to the younger kids, when I feel unworthy to be called one.
I hate it when I just tear up and sob like a baby (literally), just to relieve the frustrations off my heart.
I hate it when the devil uses all my weaknesses to attack me when I'm totally unguarded.
I hate the fact that I lack the discipline to do my daily personal devotion, unlike some other leaders or youths.
I hate the fact that I'm starting to feel like a dunno-what's-going-on-with-the-world-outside ignorant housewife, when I dun even do housework or isn't a housewife.
I hate myself, my stupid temper, my intolerance of people asking me trivial stuff and more.

AAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!

Over this period of all-time low, I appreciate the fact that my family and bf loves me unconditionally, even though I can be a total jackass to them. I told God that I must really learn to control my disgustingly bad temper from now on. I dun want to be a grumpy monster at all! I hate it when people do that to me too lor.

I know that I've particularly hurt my mother and bf alot over the past 7 weeks, just bcos I was so damn impatient and peeved at every single thing I hear. I said hurtful things, I do hurtful stuff and I think hurtful thoughts. I'm a super meanie girl.

I remember somewhere last month, bf and I had a extremely bad quarrel, that threatened our relationship to the verge of breakup. After sobbing hard like a stupid baby the entire night, I realised that my ego and pride has gotten a big fat stronghold upon my life, and it is bad!

I find it so difficult to swallow my pride to verbally apologise to bf, when I'm at fault and was the baddie. Yet, I could easily apologise to anyone else. See, I've taken my dearest bf for granted, big time. I hate to let people see my weak and vulnerable side, bcos I hate to be pushed around like how I was in my childhood days.

I spent some days reading this particular blog and its archives, from a very down-to-earth and humble person I know. I read her posts about the love she had for her family and bf. Her love languages were slightly different from mine. She expressed her love best in Quality Time and Personal Touch. I'm more of a Words of Affirmation and Quality Time.

I felt that I got so much more to reflect on and do to clean up my acts. Indeed it was timely for me to read her blog, so I can understand how much God is working in her life too, bcos she has somewhat-almost the same character and personality as me. The temper problem is the big one.

Digressing just abit, I just realised there are 5 languages for Apology too! Here's a lil test for you to do and know which language of apology you prefer =)

Ok, back to where I was, I just wanna take this time and space to say this to my bf.

"Baby, you know how much I love you, and how much I need you in my life. I sincerely and truly apologise to you for all the hurtful things I've said and done to you, over the past year. Indeed, we tend to easily forget and assume that our closest ones will accept the flaws of us no matter how ugly it is. However we forget that they are human beings too, with feelings and emotions just like ourselves.

I know that I'm the jerk in this relationship. I can be very wilful, annoyingly mean, impatient and crazily kuku. I cry so much whenever I know how much hurt I've caused you each time we quarrelled, on the phone or in public. Yet, I lack the courage to apologise to you, always.

All this while when I was acting all crazy and mad, you were so patient and loving to me. I caused you so much inconvenience, loss of face and frustrations till you went bonkers too. You are super duper good to me. How can I ever find another boy like you? I thank God everyday, for bestowing you, the special someone, into my life. W/o you, I think I'd still be that stupid girl in the past, wound up in all the regrets of my mistakes.

You know me inside out, well just slightly more than my sister. 10 years of knowing you, my dear. Our relationship has been thru all sorts of patterns and we are still learning and working towards a happy future marriage life together too.

How could I ever thank God enough for you in my life, right? I treasure you so much, baby. Thank you baby, for loving me unconditionally, just like how my parents and God do. You are all I ever wanted, and I know you are always mine =)

I love you, my dearest Teh Cher Hao! -MUACKS!- "

To my mama,

"I know I'm a very impatient person. I always lose my cool ever so easily at you. Let's compromise, you stop nagging incessantly and I'll talk calmly with no annoyance in my voice ok? I really dun wish and I hate to be a grumpy girl to you. I dun wish to hurt you in any ways again. I always remember that verse about honoring my parents, but it's easier said than done. God, help me please! I hate being so irritating and bad to my mother. I'm such a bad daughter.

I'm sorry, Mummy. Forgive me. "

Shit lah, I cried so much while typing out this post. My blanket full of mucus liao. Now, my ultimate prayer to God.

"God, I'm truly sorry for everything I've done in Your eyes. My life seems to have so many untold secrets and lies yet I know they can't be concealed forever. I've always struggled with accountability and temptations of the flesh. Please, God, help me to be strong and to have courage to beat that darn devil off my back and mind.

Indeed it's so difficult to go the right path, yet it's so easy to stumble into the sinful ways. Jesus is so wonderful, how He ever conquered sin so effortlessly? Your Word has spoken to me umpteen times, it is obvious that I'm stubborn and stupid to listen to You. Humble me, O Lord! I really need Your wisdom and courage to defend that donkey devil!!

Dun let me lose that passion for Your kingdom. Help me to be a warrior of Yours! Forgive me of all my transgressions, help me to overcome these stumbling blocks, guide me thru the deep dark valleys of death, sin and false leadership (abit random but true) too. Give me Your discernment and directions. Renew in me a clean heart, one that is after You only.

Thank You Lord, for loving me so unconditionally. I love You more and more each day, whenever I learn about Your grace and mercy for us. A God that never sleeps nor slumbers, the Only One I can depend on. Thank You Lord! "

I feel better after pouring out my deepest feelings from my soul (for 1.5 hours nonstop). Hopefully I regain some directions, drive and determination in my walk with God and with man.

p/s: I'm not crazy ok.... I just need an outlet to let my mind do relax-therapy!

Jesus loves you!

Happy 23rd Birthday to Shi Yun!

2009-09-18T08:29:00.000+08:00

Location: TM Cafe Cartel

Date: 13.09.09

Attendance: ALL were present, finally!

In lieu of Shi Yun's 23rd birthday on 911, we had a slightly belated dinner celebration last Sunday. It was a great time spent together as buddies, even as we are so busy with the rat race this year. Almost all of us were late, but we still had lotsa fun catching up!

Birthday girl :D with her lil longan almond cake.

White squarish bag =) for her uni studies!

Not-so-little red-white shoes =)

Fits her rather well and looks darn good lah! It's very her anyway!

Group shots of us buddies!

The staff at Cafe Cartel were really polite, I like. Haha! The food tasted really good that evening too. Maybe it's just our good moods affecting our judgement lah. Haha!

Happy birthday to you once again, Shi Yun! Buddies forever~! See ya all in November for all the boys' birthdays!!!

MLTR Eternity Concert

2009-09-16T07:27:00.000+08:00

I was thinking of blogging between Sydney trip Day 3-4 or Shi Yun's 23rd birthday dinner. Well, I think I should blog about the recent MLTR concert I went with the Tehs. Haha!

I won 2 FREE pairs of tickets from Class 95 contest, thanks to Cher Hao's "magical" handphone. His phone has the special ability to win radio contests when all our phones always can't seem to even get thru the phone line. Haha!

We decided to ask his brother and cousin along, since we have somewhat heard of their songs in the 90s era. It was a good 2 hours spent there, clear weather and great "live" concert music.

At Fort Canning Park, open concept.

The moon that evening was especially bright and full. Lighted the night sky very luminously.

The lead singer of MLTR (Michael Learns to Rock) sings live really well. The only time he was off was when he hit the wrong key on the keyboard. It was pretty obvious though.

We never knew there was a female band member, who was a bassist. During one of the interludes, she was performing a rather high-pitched song. Conclusion of her performance: CH and I agreed that she should stick to her bass guitar, she's doing a good job there already.

All in all, it was a good evening.

We thank God for his blessings, bcos of our honesty when we found a wallet full of ringgits when we were in Langkawi. Haha! It was of equal value in Sing dollars, with the 4 tickets. How good and faithful He is!

JUMP!

2009-09-14T19:20:00.002+08:00

It was a last-minute decision to go for this live comedy show, as I only booked the tickets 2 days b4 the show itself. After watching the JUMP! advertisment numerous times on TV, I thought it would be nice to bring Cher Hao along to catch this Korean performance, since he's so into Korean culture etc.

Thank God I managed to get 2 tickets at the cheapest category, yet at students' 10% discount. Haha! The view was superb, I almost thought we were given the wrong seating. LOL!

Rushed straight after afternoon church class yesterday, in the stupid heavy thunderstorm, w/o lunch and was drenched to the skin. It was worth it, given that it was an awesome performance by those talented and flexible performers!

At Esplanade Theatre

Sunday 3pm matinee show

The student-priced ticket =)

The JUMP stage!

3 levels of audience, so close to full house on a Sunday afternoon!

The $88 stall seats below us. Best seats for the day.

The sound and lightning personnel. They did a great job!

Happy us! Actually most of the time, Cher Hao was LOL-ing more than me. Haha!

The post-show autograph session, with the main cast!

We din buy the program for the autographs, so we just snap pics. Budget lah!

The "grandfather's" trademark pose, with wings flying. Haha!

The "husband" in the show - quite a handsome chap =)

(L to R): "Mother", "Daughter", "Son-in-law", blocked chap, "Robber 1"

Ever-smiling grandfather and handsome husband.

It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon, other than the crowds at City Hall and Suntec areas. We are kinda interested to watch more arts performances now, however it is the prices that always make us hesitant. Ha! Someone, bless us please!

Sydney Graduation Trip: Day 1-2

2009-09-13T06:42:00.000+08:00

Well, this is few months overdue from my Sydney graduation trip, so I thought since I'm free today, why not pull in the best few pics I got in my album of 1200 pics =)

So here we go, a massive galore of lovely G'Day pictures and collages!!

Day 1: Off to Sydney!!

Arriving at Changi Airport Terminal 3 @ 2230; all ready for boarding!! -excited me!-

Inside boarding gate area! Must walk about 10 mins to our gate B9! Crazy terminal design!!!!

Inside B747 flight to Sydney via SQ222!

In-flight entertainment never upgrade, ever since the last time I took an SQ flight 9 years back =\

Snack time in the middle of the night =.= and Breakfast at 6am!

Sunrise in Australia =)

Various terrain types of the country! Lovely morning skies and deep waters!

Landed in Sydney International Airport!

Woohoo~ my butt was so sore, my legs were so cramped and were aching so badly! I need A380 Suite treatment!!

In the cab to our apartment.
The cab drivers here in Sydney need their trusty GPS although it is so darn lousy!! No1 seem to know the way very well =\
The fares are relatively more expensive than SG, so we should really stop complaining lah!

Interesting way of advertising DHL services =)

At Waldorf Apartments!

Our apartment for the next 10 days in Sydney!!
A decent 1-bedroom and living room, kitchen and balcony, like a standard HDB 2-room flat.

The rooftop and the autumn scenery from up there, is fantastic!!

Our daily breakfast is just cereal and coffee, for 10 days straight.

Walking down the streets of Chippendale, Sydney =)
Lovely cooling autumn weather. If only Singapore is like this every single day, this would be a perfect Singapore. Hahaha!

Day 2: Graduation Day! (the main purpose of the whole trip)

Sweet ol' campus buildings.
Hundreds of graduates from the earlier ceremony, at the tea reception.
Dressing room: where we get our gowns, funny hat and colour scarf thing.
All dressed and ready for the ceremony!
List of graduates from our batch =)
I'm in the Credit section (better than a normal pass cert)!

Jittery camera skills taken by a fellow UTS kid. LOL! Not with my (actually CH's) camera, definitely. Credits to Bryan's camera =) He smuggled it in, with much trouble. LOL!
The 4 of us from Singapore, officially graduating on Sydney campus! Woohoo~!
(L to R: Tay, Bryan, Julia, Hirlie)
GRADUATE LIAO LO!!
I'm in between the boys, kana blocked =\
Proud and relieved me, with my gigantic degree certificate =)

I think Hirlie's wife told me to pose like this, to show the mixed emotions of leaving school finally and all. LOL!

I din like the pic bcos my face look like a flatfish, especially my big nose =\ Eeeks!

Proud father and daughter :D

The UTS apparels and souvenirs store. LOL!

We had quite alot to eat for dinner that day, since we were all frizzled out totally by the day's happenings. The food was sadly, not very yummy, given that it is HK and Macau style. Ha!

Isn't great to have long picture posts once in awhile eh? Day 3 onwards, coming up soon lah. Wait up ya. Meanwhile, savour slowly on this. Good day!

(NOOB & TOOT) Dinner with Jocelyn

2009-09-06T04:41:00.000+08:00

Finally got to meet up with Jocelyn since her birthday last Sunday evening, after much last-minute nonsense. Did some catching up and tried our skills on our different Canon digital cameras.

I'm glad to announce that I reign supreme in this challenge, resulting to Joy falling in love with my camera too =) I told you I got good taste, higher price doesn't mean better picture quality okay :D

Collage done by Joy :)

My camera shows beautiful lighting and effects.....

Joy's camera: mediocre! HAHAHA!

We called the evening a NOOB & TOOT Night! As you can see, I was having bad hair day bcos I din blow my hair dry well enough. I look TOOT. Joy claimed her hair looked TOOT but it wasn't. Sadly she was a NOOB in photo-taking although she snapped more pics in her lifetime, as compared to me. LOL!

What a silly Sunday evening!

Happy Birthday to Amos Ang!

2009-09-05T16:39:00.002+08:00

Happy 21st birthday to our dearest brother, AMOS ANG!!

You are finally a man =) Woo hoo!! You have grown so much!

You have been a great friend, confidant, pal and brother-in-Christ to me, for the past 3 years. Knowing you personally has been an interesting journey and I'm glad I'm a part of your life somehow too.

Being in your net has been wonderful, from net member to co-net leader and finally an independent net leader! Credits to you and Karina of course, ever so encouraging and edifying - that I must learn from you (but not the nagging please)!

Our previous net, with Charlie and Darren. At TM Starbucks (when Darren was caught on video for "picking" his nose!) LOL!

God bless you abundantly as you continue to do great things for the Lord and the youth ministry in VFC (for now). I'll be waiting for you at Young Adults soon! Continue to use your voice and guitar to worship and glorify Him too. Dun lose that passion and zeal for God even though you are busy training in the army, bcos He is gonna use you mightily whenever you go!

Be the light and the salt of this world!!

I seriously love this pics of "The Rose Amongst the Thorns"! Haha just kidding lah!! We just look so good in this pic, credits to Simon's camera and of course to my superb photo-taking skills. LOL! Oh, you can go become Coca Cola's spokeman lah!

Last but not least, have a blast on your big day today, big boy!

Pictures SOS!

2009-09-02T20:40:00.004+08:00

HELP!!!!

Can someone teach me how to resize a hi-res picture into a small picture from Photobucket, to upload into Blogger? I've been fiddling for hours and I can't seem to get it right. Whenever I publish my entry, the pictures are crazily big and exceeds the blog allocated size. You gotta click on the pic to see the actual stuff in it.

Get what I mean??!

August Summary Post

2009-08-30T01:35:00.005+08:00

I beg your pardon, for not updating this blog very faithfully this month.

It's been a rough month. So full of anger, frustrations, extreme mood swings and annoyance. Arghh!

On the other hand, it was a good month too. I enjoyed my short trip to Langkawi, much thanks to dearest bf's detailed planning of the itinerary!

At Eagle Square, with the infamous BIG eagle statue.

I got my small paycheck of giving tuition too :D

Beautiful sunset at Tanjong Rhu Beach =)

Anyway we snapped almost 900 pics for a short 4D3N trip at Langkawi, so the pics will come out slowly :D I know, my Sydney pics are way overdue but I'm just plain lazy right now okay!

I cut my hair so drastically short, I feel almost botak now! Haha!

I had bad hair days after that, bcos I'm unable to blow and curl my hair inwards, by myself =\ Somebody, help me please!!

I miss my buddies too. It's been such a long time since we last got together for a drink, Star Wars Monopoly, mahjong or just simply dinner :( Can't blame them either lah, they so busy working their guts out everyday, unlike me the slacker. Haha!

p/s: Ying Xi, we got the Transformers Monopoly version! Buy from the same source like you and Robyn did ;p LOL!

So fast, it's September already!! Hope it'll be a happier month although I foresee more money going outta my pockets =\ Have fun this weekend!

- I look bit stiff here, bcos I was posing for the camera w/o knowing why. However, the concept of the pic is still there, very beach-like! Haha! -

Lil Getaway to Langkawi!

2009-08-12T16:41:00.004+08:00

Off to Langkawi for a lil break =) on a small budget - I'm not rich.

Langkawi, here we come!!!

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Great Mac order using Jason Mraz's I'm Yours! LOL!

God's Promises are Yes & Amen!

2009-08-04T17:18:00.003+08:00

Today I went for the 2nd round of the job interview at this aviation company. I kinda screwed up abit, but I'm praying for God's favour to be upon this job position that I'm applying for.

Be it the salary part, the year-end bonus part, the working environment and superiors, and every other lil things there; I put my trust in You!

*Be faithful in few things, take charge of many things - Matt 25:21

Indeed, God is faithful, to those who are faithful to Him and have faith in Him.

The joy of the Lord is our strength =)

Take heart, dear brethens, do not grow weary doing the work of God. Yes, it may be tough and frustrating at many times, but He'll see us thru with His grace and mercy. His love endures forever :D

The Tower of Babel

2009-07-31T02:58:00.002+08:00

You heard of the story, or rather the origins of the Tower of Babel? It is a true biblical story and Babel is in Babylon, which is situated somewhere in present Iraq.

This is the artist's impression of the Tower of Babel.

Quite a realistic point of view, I say. The details are well-thought, but i feel that there could have been NO buildings that tall to even touch the clouds or the sky. Historians have ranged it between 212m to 13km high. Heaven ain't that short lah.

Anyway God dispersed mankind all over the earth by confessing them with the (70-72) different languages, as a sign of disapproval for His contempt for human pride! Indeed, haughty pride comes b4 a big fall!

I've always been fascinated by this story and I happened to chance upon a lil jigsaw puzzle of it, at Daiso PS, few days back.

Yups, I din change the orientation again.

130 pieces only. The colours isn't very fantastic since it only costs $2. LOL!

I've glued the puzzle and I'm intending on getting a B6 sized frame to put this puzzle in. Serves as a good reminder to me too.

Anyway, it was rather easy to piece this puzzle, considering how bad I am with jigsaw puzzles and the lack of patience in me. Thank God!

Anyway, hope this entry has taught you sth somehow today (:

Net outreach is coming, and my mind is still in a blank. Nervous, scared and panicky! Sighs! Trust God!!!

Play with Your Minds!

2009-07-28T03:11:00.005+08:00

I heard about the problems on Blogger last week, but good thing is that I had no inspiration to blog, so it created no issue for me =)

Last Sunday evening, I met up with some of my Primary 1 classmates for some Minds Cafe games. It was hilariously fun-ny!

Cherlyn: Very good in guessing and acting with the monster doll!

Me: Good in guessing and acting, suck big time in drawing!

Kuanyi: Very good in drawing, good in guessing!

Selvin: Suck big time in BOTH drawing and guessing!

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA~! See it to believe it =)

Games played: The BIG Taboo, Fastest Hands, True Colours, UglyDoll =)

Took a few pics only as we were too busy playing! Hahaha!

The awesome BIG Taboo game!

Selvin trying his very best to use that monster doll to act out the given word. Failed attempt after 30 secs!

Selvin trying to draw =\ but I think his team (Kuanyi and him) only scored 2 words in 2 minutes -.-

Kuanyi's beautiful drawings, that Selvin failed to decipher most of them. Utter sadness!

Pardon the orientation of the last 2 pics. Din bother to change it. Those are my masterpieces. Beautiful, ain't it?

We scored 7 words in 2 minutes, although it was shitty. The boys only got 5 words, with beautiful drawings. See lah, pretty so what, end up still lose! LOL!

Other that the drawing part, the entire 2 hours there was rather fun. Dinner was roti prata at the shop near Tampines West CC, near SHPS. Thanks to Selvin, for sending us home. That is the one thing Selvin's very good at!

I feel like getting that BIG Taboo game =) although it's expensive and must pre-order from overseas. Ohwells!

Unsatisfied Weekend

2009-07-21T17:36:00.003+08:00

It's been ages since I last went to town, bcos whenever I go there I dun feel like it's nice to hang around there anyway. I was let down once again last weekend, it was boring.

However I din realise that Ion Orchard was already up, and lotsa luxury brands graced the entrance of the ionic mall. I wonder if the shops in there are just more outlets from Charles & Keith, New Urban Male, Thai Express etc. Boring, I say. Likewise for the other new mall at Somerset MRT, called Orchard Central.

The residental building behind is still in construction. WOW! It's sure to be looking darn fine lah. That's my last consolation.

Anyway the main point is that, last Saturday, the whole family went to Orchard for dinner. It was in lieu of my graduation 2 months back. We went to Traders Hotel for a seafood buffet dinner, $50++! It was at CafeBiz.

I read lotsa food reviews online, and all were raving about the goodness of it, so I had to try it to believe it. I din take much pics as my fingers were dirty with crab and it wasn't worth the snaps anyway. Ha!

We ate for 2 hours only, and the variety was limited. The food was not very fresh, as my brother commented. The service was alright, but could have been better given that it is a 5* hotel.

Not worth the $50++, but after including the credit card promotion of 3-for-2, it was about $44 per pax. Still not worth the trouble we went thru just to travel to that hotel and the mess of the last-minute planning. Not forgetting, I made a reservation the previous day and guess what, when we arrived at the cafe, the tables were not prepared yet!

Please dun bother going there for a classy buffet meal. I rather go Fullerton if not for no credit card promotions there.

Youth rally was Retro-themed on Sunday, and the region 6 people really did made the effort to dress up! Kudos to Shuyin, Liyin, Audrey and Tim! Haha!

This staircase layout pic is so cool lah. The bright colours of the big group of retro models, as they hungrily munched on their Subway sandwiches, after a big photoshoot!

Oh, I finally did a new pair of spectacles for myself. A red half-rimmed type. I look weird bcos my eyes seem to be slightly cut off by the top rim. Hmmm....

Went to watch Ice Age 3 with Cher Hao yesterday, in 3D format. It was alright, would have watched it on normal screen as the 3D effects wasn't that fantastic as expected.

Off to caregroup, for now =\ SIAN!!!!

Happy Birthday to Thalia & Nicholas!

2009-07-18T03:20:00.009+08:00

Some of us went over to Nicholas' house, to celebrate Thalia's 2nd birthday and to spring a early birthday surprise on Nicholas. He was so shocked till he dropped his bag onto the floor. LOL! It was a great evening, together with the entire family =)

Let the pictures do the entry for today then! Enjoy the overwhelming cuteness!!

Admiring and guessing the gift's contents. LOL!

Criminal shot with the evidence :( Why so sad, baby?

Thalia (in baby talk): Na~ Andrea jiejie... You be my scapegoat ok?

Thalia admiring the glittery book of numbers, Olivia's pressie to her.
Thalia even posed for my camera, pretending to read the book sia!

Kor kor: Elisha Sing

"Will WORK for MILK"!! - Ian's pressie to Thalia. CUTE >.<

Sis and I gave Thalia a denim dress, and indeed we have made the right choice!! No pics bcos the present was not opened yet. Haha!

After so many NGs, this is one decent shot with the babies, with some missing!

Barney birthday cake =.=!

The Sing family, with 2 extra kids from outer space =X just kidding!

The usual "Mummy blowing birthday candles for baby" shot!

So, now korkor wanna blow the candles out too....

Cut the cake!! Look at all the kiddos' eyes fixed onto the Barney icing on Elisha's plate! LOL!

MORE Pictures of the birthday girl and boy:

Thalia & Nicholas' Birthday Celebration

Videos of birthday girl: (I din upload to Youtube, but to Multiply instead. Pardon me!)

Happy Birthday to Thalia meimei

ABC Song

If You're Happy and You Know......

Nicholas' Birthday Surprise

My fave shot for the night! We are so in love with each other! -grins from ear to ear-

The Sing siblings.

Our "twist" signs look retarded =\ but we look so cute together :D

After much struggle, this is one great shot. Tired out by now.

Talking about third party, lil Ansa loves to stick her head into everything, including taking photos. Hahaha!

Ansa's leftover victory tears, along with her loot: bicycle helmet. She cried the house down just to snatch it away from Elisha, as usual.

It was a great photoshoot, with my beautiful camera. Haha!

Happy birthday once again to Thalia meimei and Nicholas (and Olivia)!

Lee Ki-Wo is THE 帅哥！！

2009-07-17T03:55:00.000+08:00

~~About to~~ Have already finished this kdrama, Outrageous Women - 麻辣女人. It is super entertaining to watch!

The taller main actor, Lee Ki-Woo, is so handsome and he is said to be the best-looking Korean actor! I admit I watch this drama bcos of him, but the storyline is indeed worth my time either lah!

Outrageous Women - 麻辣女人

Acted as Song Mi-Joo's son =)

Lee Ki-Woo!!

Watched Super Rookie b4 this. It was draggy, abit funny and predictable.

Oh Ji-ho was all I was watching for, but sadly his role in this show was so boring. I used to think he was already the best-looking Korean actor, but glad to say that Lee Ki-Wo still beat him hands down!!

Anyway I preferred his lead role in Couple or Trouble, with Han Ye-Seul.

Couple or Trouble

Han Ye-Seul

Oh Ji-ho

Anyway I still got a pile of kdramas to watch, much thanks to my kdrama-crazed bf. Haha! Time sure flies =) Goodnight!

Char Siew Cher Hao!

2009-07-14T12:25:00.005+08:00

Cher Hao has just left for holiday to Macau, an hour ago =) FREEDOM!!

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA~

Just kidding. I will miss him more lor.

Went to Budget Terminal with his family, to send him and his mum off. It was nice having Mac breakfast with them, talking about all the past flying experiences in all sorts of budget airplanes. LOL! Imagine flying in Nepal via domestic flight, without aircon -.-!

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Anyway yesterday we went swimming after months of procrastination. We ended up soaking our wrinkled skin for 3 watery hours! I went home slighter darker like a Malay, he ended up like char siew* (roasted meat). Red on the outside, white beneath the red parts :D

p/s: non-Halal boy =)

His mum scolded him for being roasted, I felt bad but still LOL-ed at him. Heh! He left Singapore today, abit lesser of a Char Siew though.

Oh, I love him!

Aftermath of Michael Jackson's Death

2009-07-11T07:57:00.002+08:00

Michael Jackson's death came so sudden to the entire world, on 25th June 2009. A pity, how a superb music icon just passed away just like that. Sadly, people only remember you when you are either dead or rich. Ha!

I was watching the memorial service telecast on Channel 5, two days back. They repeated 10000 times of those short clips and pictures of the service and nothing solid at all. An example was when MJ's eldest girl gave her very emotional goodbye speech to her father, and subsequently sobbed in her relatives' embrace. They kept showing the segment when she said those words, "He's the best daddy in the world. I love you, daddy.", sth along that line lah. I know it is sad for her and the siblings, but must the television people telecast that every 1-2 minutes??!!

I'm too lazy to source for the actual video segment etc, so go youtube it yourself lah.

Anyway, main point of this entry was to tell you how much I love to listen to some of his classic hits. I absolutely loved those "world-peace" themed songs such as Heal The World and We Are The World, those jiggly dance hits such as You Rock My World, The Way You Make Me Feel and They Don't Care About Us, love ballads such as You Are Not Alone. I can play those songs on repeat mode for days! Hahahaha~!

Until now, I'm unable to do his iconic Moonwalk stance, after years of failed attempts. I never liked his weird "multiple face-lift" plastic face. I prefer him black as he was years ago. A silly joke I heard from I-forgot-who; that it is very impossible to cremate MJ bcos he is made of plastic and will thus produce poisonous gases when burnt -.-!

I pity his children most, everyone wants custody of them and that no1 seem to really care how they feel. The media attention is all for the moolah and publicity, once the buzz is over, that's when the lawsuits comes in. The entire Jackson family wants a piece of his will of fortune or debts. Soon, the headlines will be focused on the lawsuits amongst each other lah.

What happened to the lyrics sung in Heal The World? These people are certainly not making the world a better place to live in. Sighs.

Last but not least, MJ's legacy is full of ups and downs, so will his autobiography be too. Well, at least I know that MJ once rocked my world with his mostly self-composed songs =)

*p/s: Mr MJ, I hope that you resume back to your original skin colour, back up there in Heaven! =P

Tiger cub so cute :D

Impossible to Me, (Always) Possible to Him!

2009-07-03T02:08:00.003+08:00

I need courage and maturity - to venture into new directions in my life's path and outta my comfort zone.
I thank God for being the source of hope to me, in times of joy and needs.
Experiencing favour from man and God, I feel love and warmth.

Thank you Lord!

-Indeed, it's better to be loved than to love.-

My Own Digital Camera!

2009-06-27T21:02:00.002+08:00

I am so happy I finally got my own digital camera. I dun have to keep asking people to lend theirs to me already :D

Got it at IT fair at Suntec, just b4 Youth Camp week. Initially went with Nicholas to get UMA's Macbook Pro, Canon E-500 DSLR and external hard disk; ended up I got a camera, Nic got himself a SE W980i handphone at Singtel. Haha!

In black matt finish. It was love at first sight.

Freebies: Cover case, 4x AA rechargeable batteries, 2x 4GB memory sticks, LCD screen protector =)

Specifications of the Canon Powershot A2100 IS Digital Camera

VFC Youth Camp '09: Elevate

2009-06-23T00:24:00.004+08:00

I am sick. Down with the normal flu, much thanks to the crazily HOT weather and youth camp.

Totally love the sessions by Pastor Jude Fouquier. He is so engaging, funny and real, in all the topics spoken. Totally love the examples and true stories shared, and the session specially for the net leaders. Learnt so much more about how to be an effective and useful leader.

I enjoyed the taupok-ing on the 2 birthday girls though - Ee Ling and Liyin! They begged to be taupok-ed, so different from the boys - must be forced to the ground. Haha!

Din like the other stuff, so dun bother asking me.

Sad thing is, I officially declare on my blog that, from next year onwards, I'm so going to church camp else on my own holiday trip with my friends. No more youth camps for me. I'm a super OLD YOUTH, aka young adult.

Lastly, God is faithful and.... interesting - how he puts all sorts of weird incidents together through the entire week for me to experience. I thought I wasn't coming back to SG alive, but I still did. Haha!

Yes, the Sydney trip updates not done yet. The youth camp pics, ~~will be done after that. Haha! Will give you the Multiply link within this 2 days ok!~~ are here: Youth_Camp_09_Elevate

Goodnight.

Sydney in 22!

2009-06-15T03:08:00.002+08:00

All 22 folders of the Sydney trip! Woo hoo~! I finally and actually managed to compile them all, the monster load of pics! Craziness, I say.

They can be found on my Multiply site! Here you go~ in sequence of travelling days (:

Setting_Off_to_Sydney

Graduation_Day (<---- key event of the trip!)

Darling_Harbour

Sydney_Tower

Majestic_Dinner_Cruise

Circular_Quay

The_Rocks_Weekend_Market

The Observatory

Harbour_Bridge

Opera_House

Blue_Mountains_3_Sisters

Canberra

Royal_Botanic_Gardens

Government_House

Taronga_Zoo

QVB_-_Town_Hall

Waldorf_Serviced_Apartments

Travelling_Within_Sydney

Will blog in detail during youth camp week, I hope, since there's free WiFi. Haha! Meawhile entertain yourself with these pics for the entire week while I'm away. Cheerio!

Safari 4

2009-06-14T04:14:00.002+08:00

All ye Mac users!

Go to www.apple.com/safari to download the latest version of Safari! It is quite cool, better than previous version 3.2 =)

Best highlight of this updated version is that, the top 12 sites you visited over the past few weeks of history I think, will be shown instead of the usual Apple homepage. Go check it out for yourself lah.

Haha! Off to sleep, going to KL this afternoon!

15-in-1 Cher Hao

2009-06-12T00:16:00.001+08:00

The 15 roles you play in my life:

best friend and buddy for life
boyfriend and lover
occasional pain in the ass
personal entertainer and debater
chauffeur and driving instructor
naggy uncle and nanny
cook
mr. piggy, who always blows his noisy nose -.-
punching bag, filled with mucus =\
a Chupa Chups lollipop at times, a Warheads "super sour" sweet at times
Korean movies walking catalogue
smelly boy at times, less smelly at other times
fair-skinned washboard with a slight bump, alongside with medium brown eyes and sharp nose, yucky braces and messy hair -.-
dark-secrets carrier
young man, learning to walk right with God everyday =)

3 weeks (or more) w/o seeing you, I'm so not used to it.

I miss you already, my love!

Quick come back leh!

SYD - KL

2009-06-09T00:08:00.006+08:00

I finally sorted out all 1128 pics from my Sydney graduation trip, in location categories! -pat my own shoulder- I'm so good and efficient, I know. Thank you.

-edited- 1128 is after deleting away few hundreds of pics away already. Used about 15 AA batteries. Pics are in 22 different folders now. Crazy, I know.

Sad to disappoint you, I'm not putting them up today. Must put them into those collages, else I'll be uploading those crazy pics like for 24 hours nonstop lor.

Happy thing is that, my small but better-than-nothing income is finally back =) My tuition kids are finally back from their KL holiday, although it's my turn this Sunday :D At least I still earn some bucks to save, not to spend. Haha! Thank you God!

Youth camp is coming so so fast, I thank God for the good roommates plan this time round - one more thing to make me feel better to go KL w/o sulking. Jemima, Claudia and Amanda, let's have loads of fun together ya =P

Thank God for free WiFi when we are residing there too! YAY! (although it's only Radius Hotel~) All IPod Touch, Macbooks and smartphones, time to bring them on! Hee!

One more thing about going KL next week, we are not gonna squeeze into the 40-seater coach on our way up, bcos we are going there one day earlier (which is right after Sunday morning service). Reason being, we (Jemima, sis and me) are gonna help UMA do setup for video at church camp location - Berjaya Times Square Hotel.

Best thing about it, UMA is driving us up, much faster and we get one free overnight stay at that 5* hotel :D although I prefer my bed best. Just curious to see what's the big hoo-ha about staying in that hotel, that's all. Hee! However, coming back to SG is still via coach lah. Ha!

Not forgetting, more pics to come at youth camp, KL! Wheeeeee~ Amanda, please bring your camera!! YAY!

Ok, time to sleep now, else tml confirm stone at tuition liao.

Signing off with a lovely autumn "botak" pic of Sydney. I kinda miss that place (and the very cool weather) now. Sighs.

Goodnight!

Short & Sweet

2009-06-04T17:34:00.005+08:00

A very short update, since I'm short of inspiration to blog about anything now.

Best thing I've done this year so far, I finally packed my pig sty room =) for 3 full days I was busy sorting, organising, repacking and cleaning my bookshelves and table. It is almost neat and organised, but still left my messy study table to be cleared. Just need another day to do so!

Ikea has been my favourite place to shop since forever, but recently I keep finding such interesting stuff to add on in my room. Only problem is, no money and no space left. Haha!

Anyway I'm still busy sorting out my pictures from the Sydney trip - too many leh! Gimme another week ok! Hope I get sth out onto the blog by then. Hee!

Sunset along Darling Harbour pubs area =)

Pancakes On The Rocks - famous eatery in Sydney!

Din get to eat there bcos I only saw it after lunch -.- They sell normal Western food, not just pancakes! Haha!

Ok gotta go prepare myself, it's time to go lalala with my buddies! YAY! (I'm late!)

Long but Short

2009-05-30T06:38:00.001+08:00

Yups, I saw this link on Ee Ling's blog so I decided to check it out, although I realised I've done it b4, somewhere last year. Haha! No harm doing it again lah. Ohwells! =)

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Skip the quiz part if you dun wanna know anything about me. Read the updates will do then. Thanks ar!

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Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:

You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life. (FALSE!)

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble (FALSE!). You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

Here is the analysis:

You are a very serious person. You tend to be quiet and well behaved, and you don't have a great deal of self-confidence. You prefer to be alone rather than with friends and that could make you a little less interesting to certain types of guys. You are very attractive in an individual kind of way, and this means it can take people a little while to get to like you. (FALSE!)
You really care about other people's feelings and are quite serious about the issues that affect your life. You are sincere, and your concern for the well-being of others makes many people want to be your friend.
You are a bright, cheerful and bubbly person. You are thoughtful and considerate, and like to have fun. Everybody feels comfortable around you because of your pleasant nature. When you walk into a room, people's eyes are likely to be drawn to you because of your charm.
Your peers think of you as a fun person, but sometimes you can be a little irresponsible. You can be somewhat childish, and can try to ignore the fact that you will one day need to really grow up and be a mature adult! Perhaps you could start reading good books; they might help you look at the world in a different light. You do want to be taken seriously, right?
Your boyfriend believes that you are a strong and independent person. Your confidence and cheerfulness make you an attractive person to be around, but sometimes you need to pay more attention to what other people, including your boyfriend, are thinking.

You desire a love that will last forever. You are quite serious about finding this type of love, and that's why you think carefully about the men that you meet before deciding whether you could really love them. You don't just develop a crush on someone overnight: you look at a person's personality and other aspects of their life before deciding to form an attachment. If a guy doesn't meet your expectations, you would rather be alone. Your love has to be perfect. Be careful though, you could be missing out on some worthy relationships because your standards are so high. (TRUE!)

Kind and Gentle

Your kindness is your charm - you are also gentle and sweet. Everybody likes to be around people with your personality. Like a psychologist, people like to talk to you to discuss their problems because you are proper and discrete, as well as confident. You look mature and people respect you. People with this kind of character are few and far between. (OK Alvin, please laugh now....)

The quizzes just keep going on and on, click "Give Me More". It drove me nuts after a few times.

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Anyway, I'm a digger for personality tests =) I just love doing it over and over again, although the questions asked are really dumb. Haha! I know Alvin and Ying Xi like to do them too =) LOL!

Most of it is true but a few still can be better said lah.

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Small update since I'm back from my Sydney trip and all... Still doing tutoring and I quite like it, given the flexible working hours =) Job-hunting is annoying me badly lah, I shall take a break for now. No offence, but I'm starting to hate the unseen pressure from every1's concerned questioning and all.

Pics of my Sydney trip are almost 2GB worth, maybe 1000 pics in that DVD burned out. LOL! Will post them up in collages, in due time lah. It's a big hassle just thinking of sorting them out in locations and all. Ohwells, we'll see!

In June, many events are up!

Ying Xi's birthday dinner celebration is coming up real soon, glad to see my buddies once again :D Amos is enlisting into army soon, farewell dinner for him up too. Youth camp is in mid-June but I'm not very in the "looking forward to it" kinda mood yet. I'm praying for more tuition kids to come my way too. Cher Hao is going for reservist training in end-June, there goes 2 weeks w/o him. Just like how I went to Sydney for 10 days. Haha!

I'm so gonna miss you, my love!

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Hmm, on a serious sidenote, I need to make changes in my net soon. I've been procrastinating too long. I'm so guilty and been a very lazy net leader too. Next month's net outreach, it shall be better, I promise. Sighs. God, help me to pick up the motivation please. I'm so weary about many stupid trivial stuff this year, I just dunno why! Arghh!

What a long update it have suddenly become. Ha! I'm tired, my left shoulder muscle still ache from sleeping on the wrong position last night. I can't turn my neck properly, crap!

Goodnight fellas =)

Time to Go Sydney!

2009-05-12T23:15:00.001+08:00

Counting down to flying off to Sydney, in an hour's time!! YAY!!

On SIA A380!

So exciting!! I wonder if the in-flight entertainment is different from the usual Boeing and Airbus aircraft anot... Heehee!

Off to do lotsa sightseeing and more!!

Sydney Opera House~

To see some native Aussie animals there.....

Wombat~

Koala Bears =)

Kangaroo~

....... and shopping and food!

Not forgetting, one of my fave candies~ NOUGATS!

Robin"Hood" & Siew Ling's Wedding 02.05.09

2009-05-10T02:47:00.000+08:00

It was a BIG affair for my cousin and his wife, who were getting married right after Labour Day! I think my uncle and auntie really planned the wedding rather well, making sure everything ran smoothly during the banquet. Haha!

It was held at Happy Restaurant, in Lion City Hotel.

My entire clan of relatives from my dad's side came, including those uncles that I've never met in my life. Everyone was busy yakking and bragging about their latest achievements in life; but all I wanted to know was when the banquet was starting and what were the dishes gonna be, that's all. Yes, typical me.

Small heart-shaped cookie as door gift -.-! Hotel super stingy sia!

We came late bcos we knew that all wedding banquets never start on time, partly bcos my tuition session ended late. Haha! Well, a blessing in disguise indeed, we ended up sitting at the immediate family's table, the red tablecloth one! Haha! That also means that you get served first, you get to see everything on stage without needing to strain your poor neck like a giraffe! YAY!

The wedding cake looks pretty but seeing it upclose, it looked cheap and boring =\ So sorry, cousin. I just think that the hotel standard for the wedding cake, decor and ballroom, is really old and boring. Sad. Only saving grace, the food :D Yummy! Coming up soon~

Cousin's maternal grandma, a very sweet person, just like this cup of red wine :P

Nan-ge!

He was the emcee for the night, alongside with his table of getai singers. No joke! My uncle engaged them all to come sing at the banquet lor. My dad also mentioned that when he married my mama, it was the exact scenerio! OMG!!

The first getai singer for the night~

Basically the singers' age ranges from 15 to 50, I think. All they sang was Chinese songs, Hokkien kuas* (songs), Cantonese and even tried dialoging in Hainanese, bcos that is our dialect group. Awesome! Nan-ge is a linguist in dialects lah!

Finally after much entertaining, the bride and groom finally appeared to cut cake and show the sad-to-say, poorly-done wedding montage. I was really starving by then!

First dish: Cold dish combination~ (not very good)

Second dish: Braised Shark's Fin with real Crabmeat! (Awesome, esp the big chunks of the fin :D)

Third dish: Roasted Chicken, with Crackers~ (so-so)

The bride changed into her evening gown and it was time to pop the champagne and give speech! Not forgetting the lil interview session between them and Nan-ge!

Both families yum-seng to the crowd!

Fourth dish: Steamed Red Garoupa, HK Style (fresh and sweet!)

Fifth dish: Braised Baby Abalone with Broccoli (Awesome!)

Sixth dish: Pan-fried Pork Ribs, with Salted Egg & Butter (too sweet but pork is great!)

Seventh dish: Pan-fried King Prawns with Spicy sauce (not bad!)

Eighth dish: Braised E-Fu Noodles (I never liked it, so it's YUCKS for me!)

Ninth dish: Some Yam Dessert (dun like yam, too sweet, but grandma and parents said Yummy!)

Went home at 11pm and we started camwhoring with Mama (: Enjoy the 3 beauties~

Attempting to act cool~

Attempting to act rock n' roll~

Just being normal~ great!

So, congrats once again to cousin Robin and wife (: God bless you in your marriage and have babies soon!

Everyday Minerals Makeup

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Happened to see this site on Angelina's blog so I decided to check it out.

They actually had free sample makeup kits, which includes 3 foundation bases, 1 blush and 1 concealer. All you have to pay is US shipping for USD5.30! Quite a good deal especially for girls who like to experiment around with mineral makeup, which can be quite expensive in Singapore.

I got that and a personal custom kit too, for USD34. The kit includes any 6 items from the following categories: foundation base, concealer, eye colour, lip gloss or balm, blush, makeup brushes, face powder/colour and pressed powder. Cool stuff, I must say.

Bad part is that, with any kit added on to your cart, the shipping fee goes up too. Hence I paid a total of USD10.65 for shipping my free sample and custom kit. Total amount spent: USD44.65 = SGD66 O.O

Anyway, Angelina bought for herself a Super Custom Kit, one level higher than mine, costing her USD50! Hahaha! For the sake of vanity =\ and the lover. LOL!

So, Miss Vainpots, go check out this site now!

Happy 23rd to Madeline!

2009-05-07T07:14:00.002+08:00

We, the buddies, finally managed to find time to catch up and celebrate Madeline's 23rd birthday! Although it was slightly belated, but we still had loads of fun together. After all it's the moments spent together that matters most (:

Location: Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant, Quality Hotel

Food: Vegetarian Buffet Dinner (Mad's treat)

People Present: Madeline, Alvin, Ying Xi + Robyn, Cher Hao + me

Lil birthday cake "Desire" - from Bakerzinn

Mad brought a disposible film camera (her pressie from her poly friends), and snapped all the memories up with the old-school film! LOL~

Happy birthday girl~ The oldest in our clique!

Make a wish~!

Blow out the CANDLE!

Unwrapping the already-known present.... Haha!

Cool laptop bag for her new Dell laptop, a pair of Havaianas and that lil blue fairy pen from BKK (I specially bought for Mad!), and the traditional birthday card from us all~

Group shot!

Watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine, at TM. It was madness as all 6 of us squeezed into Cher Hao's lil car. Haha! Not forgetting that fart~ LOL! It was a great evening with the dears!

Other pics can be found on Alvin's FB page: Madeline's 23rd Birthday Celebration!

Next up, Ying Xi's turn :D

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 7

2009-05-06T12:59:00.001+08:00

Day 7 - Last Day!

5am: Wake up, shower, pack, laze abit in room and off for breakfast! Zzzzzz~

All my barang-barang!

8.20am: Reached airport way earlier than planned, partly bcos we were kiasu and wanted to prevent any screw-up on the way to the airport; NO thanks once again to the stupid protesters.

Funny thing was that, all 3 check-in counters had super long queue and we realised that being early may not be a good idea after all. There are more kiasu people than us! Waited for 30 mins for our turn =.= those check-in staff are quite slow too. Sighs.

Off to depart from Thailand and back to Singapore! YAY~

Comparing us to our neighbouring aircraft from Qatar Airways, we are peanuts!

9.45am: Plane was slightly delayed, no thanks to some inconsiderate late bugger. Joan was already blabbering much about reaching Singapore soon. LOL!

Joan bought the Straits Times newspaper onboard, for S$2! OMG! No choice, we wanted to update ourselves in English about the BKK protests lah. Anything for safety and no CNN!

Meanwhile, budget airlines got no in-flight entertainment so I took tons of pics during the 2 hours flight. Enjoy the white fluffy clouds and blue skies and green lil islands scattered everywhere. God's creation indeed is interesting and marvellous, enough said!

Up and away we go~!

On the runway, the terminal so far away now~

Runways, with many intersections! How the pilots not be confused on which one to take off from?!

Control tower~ not as nice as Changi's though!

Taking off any moment now~! Excited me :)

Wheeeee~ We are diagonally upwards now!

Aerial view of small area of BKK!

Cute lil boy in front of us, admiring the scenery~

Love the effects of the wispy clouds and the wing aileron against it....

Many different layers of clouds in one pic. Look like kueh lapis* (multi-layered kueh)!

Blue waters, lil white cloud patches, green islands~ Beautiful (:

A huge version of Pulau Ubin?

12.45pm: Landed in Singapore! Changi Airport indeed brought back that familiar home feeling to us Singaporeans! So happy to be back home once again. Clean water, clean air, clean bed, clean clothes and clean food!

2pm: Lunch with Darren and Joan and T2 MacDonalds. Darren was bored and decided to pick us up at airport. He even helped me with my bags all the way back to my house doorstep. So sweet of him =)

4pm: Home Sweet Home!

So here's the stuff I bought with approx. S$200 odd, back in BKK. Fantastic!

Zara-inspired dress~ 170 baht (S$7), after bargaining at Chatuchuk!

Shoes! 2 for me, got them at SL Night Bazzar. Blue ones for mum. Could have gotten more if not for limited baggage space lor.

All tops from Chatuchuk! Ranging from 100 to 200 baht only! Belts and misc stuff from Indus Mall and Platinum SC.

All tops from Big C! Ranging from 59 to 199 baht only!

Foodstuff and nail art from MBK, the rest from Platinum SC and other malls.

This marks the last of my BKK shopping trip nonsense, and next up is Sydney =) LOL!

All in all, I really enjoyed shopping at BKK and much thanks to Joan for all the meticulous planning on which shopping mall to invade everyday. Hahaha! Forget about the bad protests experience lah!

Girls, do shop at BKK bcos SG really is overpriced in clothes especially! Guys, not much stuff for you to buy so basically go stuff yourselves with lotsa great cheap street food there! YAY!

Thank God once again for His protection over us, especially when 2 ladies are all alone in a foreign country is quite risky. We din fall sick and din get killed by the protesters either. So well, all is good!

Next shopping destination, Hong Kong.... Once I'm rich enough to shop again lah!

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 5 & 6

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Day 5

9.30am: Happy Easter Sunday to one and all~! Jesus has risen!!

We ate the same breakfast for the past 4 days already. Zzzzzz!

10.30am: Easter (international) service at Royal Benja Hotel, by Hope Bangkok.

Wonderful time of worship we had, the sermon was good, the youth presentation of how Christ has died for our sins, was so real and 3 people got saved that morning. Praise the Lord!

The youths presenting a song with sign language. They are so passionate for God, so touched by their zeal.

We then had buffet lunch at the same hotel, for only 100 baht (S$4.50)! We sat and ate there for 2 hours! Awesome! The Thai food, sashimi, fruits and desserts, salad bar and fresh vegetables were neverending! So worth it lah, SG where got hotel restaurant serves good and cheap lunch buffet eh! God bless us with some great meals =)

3.30pm: Heard from Joan's friend that Thailand has an observatory, just like Australia. We were so excited to see stars thru the mega telescopes but we were in for a surprise when we got there, only after paying an 80 baht (S$3.50) cab fare.

Ticketing counter, very few people were around on a Sunday. Sad. Sounds like SG's Science Centre.

Big Earth on the top!

Small Earth in here.....

Excited me going into Big Earth :D

In we go to the observatory! We are way excited right now :D

Turns out it was a commentary video on the Zodiac in Thai bcos we have missed the English an hour ago. Dots. We understood nuthin and I was grumbling silently at everything, bcos there was no telescope to see stars or the moon. Bluff us sia!

Inside Big Earth, the ceiling was like a huge projection screen and the lil LED lights were the stars. The lighting crew just on and off the respective constellations as the narration goes. Sian lah! Waste 20 baht ($0.90) on this nonsense. Oh wells, shit happens right....

The prop telescope cum projector.

Me in the dark projection theatre room, after the whole video la-la.

4.30pm: Less than one hour at the planetarium, we decided to cheer ourselves up with more shopping and we headed to Siam shopping area again!

We were about to enter Siam Paragon to see the luxury brands when people started streaming out of the building nonstop. Puzzled us waited for some announcements, and true enough a security guard started blabbering in Thai. Clueless yet again, we just followed the crowd and we found ourselves on the other side of Siam Paragon =.=

People were still streaming out of the building 30 mins later. WTH!

The BTS station was packed to the max, everyone was rushing to exchange coins and buying tickets to get out of the area asap. Blur us still wondering what is happening to BKK after 1 hour. I even managed to persuade Joan to shop at the nearby cosmetics shop to get nail polish. LOL! Next thing we saw on the road was military tanks and soldiers.

Couldn't capture the tank in time bcos the camera chose to say "Change the batteries" right there and then. Sighs. So here's a road where cars were exiting from Siam Paragon back to their homes.

After walking for 15 mins, we came across a massive traffic jam, just next to Central World. Crazy man, everyone is basically trying to save their asses lah.

Amidst the confusion and frantic tourists and locals, this dog was sleeping soundly on the overhead bridge. Best lah!

So in the end, we were forced to end our happy Good Friday with a sad bang, literally. Thanks to the stupid Reds protesters. Sighs. We were forced to takeaway MacDonalds for dinner in hot mid-afternoon, when lunch was still halfway digesting. Stupid lah.

Nevertheless, thank God for His protection and safety for us and those in the area too, bcos the protesters were right there at Siam. So near us but they din attempt to terrorise us with bombs and such lah. Phew!

A nice bath and dinner soothed us and CNN is again, our best friend. Star Movies was another great friend, bcos Garfield was on. -big hug-

Samurai McPork Burger! Great pig in there :D

Day 6

8.30am: Star Movies screened a nice movie, we lazed in bed b4 breakfast. Still wary about the protesters out there, we dilly-dallied till 10.30am.

It is Songkran Festival, but the evil aura of the protesters still lingered on in BKK. No water splashing activities, no happy people around.

Declared that the coast was clear, thanks to CNN, we headed down to Platinum Fashion Mall to shop but most shoes were closed. Big C (aka Giant/Carrefour), a hypermart in BKK, was the next best alternative!

So empty road, almost no traffic. So unlike Bangkok lah. We were so silly and blur that we still used the overhead bridge =.=

The overhead bridge clock, with Thai numerals. Interesting.

Shopped around Big C for only an hour and we bought loads of stuff there. Cheap and good stuff! I spent about 1200 baht (S$50) on clothes and miscellaneous stuff (:

Chilled at McCafe and bought the English papers there, to get a glimpse of the protests.

Fishball Mix in Tom Yum Soup - 40 baht (S$1.50)! Great soup they have!

Thai foodcourts are much more spacious, cleaner and yummier to dine in.

Miss Waffles' Rum & Raisin is soft and yummy, although the rum was almost not there.

We realised time was passing too slowly and we ended up in Big C again.

I never knew rice comes in other colours, not just white processed grains or brown unprocessed grains. They got purple, pink, orange, yellow, green, dark brown etc! Just like many rainbows combined into one place. Cool right!

5pm: The day was dragging on too slowly, so we decided to leave Big C and get dinner early so lazy us won't need to move once we get back into the room. Haha!

The Pizza Company!

Medium Seafood pizza - 325 baht (S$14)

Very small pizza for us both, but the toppings were quite generous. Of course, our evening ended with more CNN and Star Movies yet again. No life!

Flying back to SG already, bags are almost packed! I miss my bed!

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 3 & 4

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Day 3

8am: Happy Good Friday to one and all!!

Breakfast time! We were up early bcos we were still not used to being 1 hour behind SG's time.

Mixed rice for breakfast O.o Thai style.

We took a cab to Chinatown for 70 baht (S$3). Surprisingly it was clean and nice sitting inside it. No cigarette smell, no bad BO and the drivers are friendly people too.

Some of those roadside stalls, along the pavement.

9am: Started exploring Chinatown.

It's just like our wet markets, just that its all along the alleyways. The food stalls are not very clean either, I doubt the people there could actually speak Mandarin either. Bought some souvenirs back and got lost halfway while trying to figure out how to get to the nearest train station =.=

12.20pm: Went back to Pratunum area for a full-body Thai massage (:

150 baht (S$6.50) for 1 hour. SHIOK!

Not that sleazy like we thought it would be, but it still gave us the creeps somehow. We changed into those ugly pajamas b4 massage. I dozed off few times during the not-much-strength-used massage. I was expecting an all-powerful whacking session on my tired body, but we were abit disappointed. Ha!

2pm: Lunchtime!

The auntie making my papaya salad, individually =)

Papaya Salad! Looks boring, but it is super spicy and yummy to eat! I love it~

Mango with sticky rice and coconut milk, for only 70 baht (S$3)! Awesome combination!!

Thai Express does sell it but for S$7.90++, and the rice is more than the mango. Definitely not as nice nor as worth as the one at BKK. Haha!

7pm: Off to Suan Lum Night Bazzar!

Arty-farty blue lights!

The crowds of tourists and many food stalls~

Drink stall in a vintage Volkswagen van!

Clothes and shoes stalls are in abundance here too~

Live music performance on a gigantic stage, FOC somemore~

A stall that sold grilled food, like sotong!

Waiting for the grilled food to come ^^v

Got the sotong, battered crabmeat and sausage (I think...)

Dinner time!!

Kebab! Pork, chicken and salmon and other types!

Fishball Mix with Seafood Sauce =P

Freshly-squeezed tangerine juice!

Some big water feature in the middle of the night bazzar.

Cats seen today!

The fairies pens =) one each for my loves!

Day 4

9.30am: We set off bright and early to the long-awaited Chatuchuk weekend market!

But first, we need to find our way to the nearest BTS (aka our MRT) station from our hotel. Indeed the saying is so true, so near yet so far =.=! From the map, it was just a big U-turn from our hotel, but after walking for 30 mins, we were dying from the long walk and the heat.

Thank God for this lady passerby, who came and asked us if we were finding the BTS, bcos she was going there too! Hallelujah!

The lady passerby and Joan, chatting away....

On the way, I noticed some old-school stuff by the roadside.

White London cab~

Red London-style mailbox~

Eh... A makeshift BBQ pit made out of metal tins~

10.30am: Finally we reached the BTS station - N2: Phaya Thai!

BTS is still using SMRT's train card, insert into the machine kind. Haha!

Still gives the same problems, such as error inserting the card or gate dun open after insertion.

BTS train map, quite straightforward but no great places to visit except N8: Mo Chit~ Chatuchuk Market.

Spacious train platform, reminds me of KL's.

Handles in loop shape for a more ergonomic feel, I reckon. Haha!

Chatuchuk, here we come!

An almost-forgotten quiet park, just next to the BTS and a short distance away from the busy busy market.

The crowds heading towards the market. Get ready for more jostles and unnecessary perspiration in there man!

Stalls selling animals! CUTE~!

Husky puppy!

Golden retriever puppy~

A dolled-up puppy, napping amidst the buzz around it.

Squirrels!

Rabbits~

"Fuzzy bear" puppy~

Maltese puppy taking a jet shower, direct from the hose. OUCH! It even ran away from the tub and the old granny had to chase after it. HAHA! So mischievous right!

More puppies!

Joan couldn't resist taking a pic with this white kitten, which resulted in a scolding from the stall owner =\ Oops!

A lil pub in the middle of the market. Interesting. The angmohs should like it here.

Lotsa shops selling cheap yet nice clothes. I bought 7 in total, T-shirts and dresses included :D

The market was slightly flooded due to the sudden heavy rain and we decided to rest our aching legs at another lil cafe.

Can you see the heavy downpour outside? Crazily wet and sudden lah!

1pm: LUNCH!!!

This place is highly recommended by Joan's Thai friend, and we had a great lunch.

Her friend actually wrote out the food he always ate here, in Thai, and we just showed the waiter the piece of paper and tada, our food arrives :) Piping hot and being the envy of all tourists dining there ^^v

Busy cooks at work!

Our marvellous lunch placed b4 us :)

Papaya Salad, Tom Yum Soup, Vietnamese Noodles Soup, Fried Pork Belly and Fried Chicken Thigh and Drumstick =P

Happy me ^^v All satisfied and full within~!

The squatting toilet there is indeed interesting. No platform for you to stand on, but to test your balancing skills, they minimised the bowl to a minimal size =.= Just nice for your two feet to stand and squat on.

A daunting feat, but nevertheless I did it without plunging my foot into the bowl. All for just 3 baht, for the wonderful toilet experience! WOW!

The infamous squat toilet bowl~

Finally, to conclude our awesome market shopping afternoon, we saw this funny opera-looking basker, who happens to be a transvestite, singing some kuku song and onlookers just grimaced at him/shim (she + him). LOL!

Posing in full glory for my snap! WAHAHAHAHA!

Just look at their carpark. So many times bigger than ours, still need multi-storey carpark too. This is only 1/3 of the carpark, mind you. So much land over here. SG, too small.

Happy us enjoying the comfort of the aircon train, after much shopping!

The Thai guys are very gracious people, offering us seats even though we are not eldery nor disabled. SG guys, reflect more on your behaviour please.

At N3: Victory Monument, this is the one!

Not forgetting that was where the Reds' anti-government protests actually started on Friday, b4 moving up to Pattaya for the ASEAN Summit meeting on that very day.

4pm: Off to Central World, a rather big shopping mall, better than Vivo City! Got ourselves movie tickets, some lil shopping and a short walk around. Awesome malls BKK has!

Me at France's Eiffel Tower~

Joan at New York's Statue of Liberty. Haha!

This shop, Naraya, a very famous Thailand house brand.

Forever so crowded and everyone in there seems to be buying the products off the shelves, literally like hotcakes! First time in my entire life, I see men and women buying things w/o looking at the tags nor the condition of the product. Their shopping baskets are full and they pay with their credit cards w/o batting an eyelid.

We went in there twice, and I was lost by these mad people. I see nuthin in there, worth my bahts, and till today, I still see no reason why I should even stick my hand into my pocket to pay for those stuff. I was so puzzled and took that shot to show that HK tourists are much more kiasu than us Singaporeans ok!

The security scolded me for snapping pics in there, its only 2 shots lah, and every shop allows me to do that leh. I got so pissed in there, that I needed to leave the shop to chill else I'd have exploded.

7pm: Grabbed dinner at Isetan's Japanese food area.

We unknowingly spent 1000 baht (S$42), on lotsa delicious food, and smuggled them all into the cinema. Heehee! This time we watched "New in Town", starring Renée Zellweger, and Harry Connick Jr.

9.30pm: Back in hotel to rest and watch more CNN on the stupid protests. Sighs!

-photo credits to me and Joan!

Neverending!

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I hope to earn some money for now, despite the very bad economy. Doing tutoring for now. Better than nothing. Thank God for His blessings once again =)

Next up, gatherings with my buddies and ex-Starhub pals. YAY!

JW & CCK renovations are finally over and UMA said that the Tampines building is starting renovations in June :( -dread- More late nights again. Sobs.

However, the ironic thing about all these renovations that have been going on this year, is that, I love the company with the video people from R5/6 and 11/12, break times together, fooling around, my super-long power naps, and getting the annoyed scoldings by UMA. Hahaha!

As much as we wanna stop doing all these renovations and let UMA rest well for just one Sabbath day, we long for the joy working for God in the video ministry together.

Here's to UMA, Uncle Martin, Uncle Jude, Nicholas, Jemima, Wong, Jon Ang and his small (noob) gang, and myself - for all the hard work and late nights slogged together! God bless you all~

Off to bed now. Good night!

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 1 & 2

2009-04-22T01:33:00.001+08:00

Day 1: (times stated in SG time)

6pm: We were finally leaving Singapore for our long-awaited shopping holiday to Bangkok, and I was happier that we were gonna depart from Changi's Terminal 1 instead of Budget Terminal :D

Cher Hao drove me to the airport and we had dinner together with Joan. Soon we have to go and excitedly waited for our gate to open :)

7.20pm: Waiting at Gate D34.... for 50 minutes, including a 40 minutes flight delay and controlling my pee bcos I thought the plane was gonna take off on time -.-!

8.20pm: The plane during take-off, it was literally tilting. Cool!

On a side note, it is funny that I study aerodynamics and everything about the aircraft; but still nothing beats sitting in it and experiencing the entire flight :D I just love aeroplanes (:

8.25pm: 2 crazy girls in the plane, bored due to lack of in-flight entertainment. Zzzzzz!

10.30pm: Landed at Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport, Terminal 1 (International flights). Off to clear customs and get baggages and get a prepaid local SIM card.

11pm: Buy a local prepaid SIM card, for easy contact =)

11.30pm: Reached First House Hotel in a cab for 400 baht (S$17) =)

Almost MN: Check-in paperwork took forever to do and finally, we are in Room 1505!

The TV, dresser table, wardrobe and way to the bathroom.

2 single beds and sufficient space to move around... and place our luggages and shopping bags, for the entire week :)

Day 2: (times stated in BKK time - 1h behind SG)

9am: Ventured into the market area and the back alleyways of our hotel, straight after breakfast. All ready to start our shopping spree and see what great (and cheap) stuff they got that SG lacks of.

Their shops are packed to the max with stocks of clothes and all.

They carry many bagloads of stock like that masked dude in the pic above. Looks like businesses there are indeed enjoying reaping in big profits!

Mobile street stalls, selling food and drinks, fruits and juice.

More stalls selling cheap cheap cheap clothes!

10am: Off-peak morning traffic. Lotsa cabs and tuk-tuk readily available anytime.

Off to shopping at Platinum City Complex and Fashion Mall....

Bought this cute teddy bear bag for only 200 baht (S$8.50)!

1pm: Headed down to the famous Siam shopping belt, by foot. Walked for many kilometres, under the scorching hot sun and polluted air, next to traffic roads bustling with many many vehicles.

Yes, the sun is so powerful, I had to wear the cap and shades, put sunblock and moisturiser, to prevent myself from looking more like the locals there -.-

Joan is better, did all I did but still took out that all-powerful umbrella. At least that's what Rihanna always suggest right. Ha! I had mine but just lazy to open it up.

Still walking.... Dots!

This beautiful building in the middle of all sorts of ugly ones. I think it is called the Interchange, somewhere further downtown. It holds the big shopping brands and has offices in it too.

Old-school buses. Crowded and squeezy.

We took all modes of transport there except their public bus. Din wanna be set on fire by the Reds there, and we couldn't read the Thai signages on the buses either. Walking is more reliable.

1.30pm: Finally reached the beginning of Siam shopping belt! It was tough, shopping by foot -.-

Interesting finds there:

1. The Thais there are totally into the Korean and Taiwanese craze now, lagging behind SG by 2 and 5 years respectively, at least.

Just look at their many catalogue books and lil merchandise, full of Taiwanese and Korean actors and singers.

Even Joan is shocked till her jaws dropped! LOL!

2. They can buy their school uniforms in shopping centres, unlike SG's MOE schools, only bought in schools. They even have cool names for their uniform shops. WTH!

Buy school uniforms, macham in paradise, literally sia!

3. Nail art for hands and toes, only 450 baht (S$15)!

Includes a pink crystal on each big toe :D

4pm: Lunch time! We shopped till we forgot about our stomachs. Haha!

Most of the foodcourts in Bangkok used the cashless system there, by using coupons to purchase food. More hygienic, more honesty involved?

The food sold there are almost like what SG's kopitiams would have.

Thank God the Thais love to eat pork, they spell that as pock =) That's one good reason why Thailand is better than Malaysia.

Their mixed rice was so-so only. 40 baht (S$1.70) for 2 veg and 1 meat. Haha! Milk tea - 15 baht (S$0.60).

Their supermarts are bigger than SG's. So much more food to see and buy and eat. Much cheaper to get them too.

Go toilet pee also need to pay 2 baht (8 cents). Some shopping centres need to pay 5 baht (20 cents).

Thais are so environment-conscious now, even their toilets remind you to not use so much toilet paper. Haha!

6.45pm: Slacked at Starbucks MBK, to rest our aching legs from the mega shopping we did the whole day. LOL!

7.30pm: Decided to catch a movie, 3D animated movie in fact.

Monsters VS Aliens! Awesome stuff ok~!

This cute lil panda stature was shaking the popcorn and advertised that green tea bottle. Joan liked it alot =) Pity it was life-sized. LOL!

Sorry for the unglamness as I eat popcorn. It tastes much much better than GV or Shaw, sadly. Haha!

Their theatre seats can auto recline when you lean backwards =) The 3D effects was awesome too! GV should just die lah.

Us in our all-inspiring 3D glasses :D super amused by them and the effects in the movie (:

9.45pm: Takeaway dinner at KFC. Everything else is closed -.-

The menu was limited but their original flavoured chicken tasted quite good =) Spicy out of stock. Got the buddy set for 230 baht (S$10), I think. Not too bad, filling and yummy. KFC rocks, even in Thailand!

10pm: Took the tuk-tuk back to hotel for 100 baht (S$4.30). Quite steep considering the distance was not very far away. Darn.

We were happy to arrive back to the hotel in one piece, bcos the driver rides super recklessly and the gust of wind that blows past us always blew our caps off too. Haha!

Tired after a full day of shopping action. Feeling so happy over the loot already. More to come in the next 2 days =) Heehee~!

-photo credits to me and Joan!

Checklist for Sydney Trip

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Main Items

Hotel: approx. $1050 (for 7 nights) þ
Travel Insurance: $71 (for 3 adults) þ
Graduation Ceremony Fee: $101 (includes rental of

gown, a DVD recording and pics -.-) þ

SIA Air Tickets: FOC (excluding airport taxes &

surcharges)

Potential Expenses: approx $1000+++

(for 3 adults) þ

Misc Items

Sydney Guidebooks: FOC (borrowed from library) þ
Map of Sydney: approx. $20 max (bookstore) ☐
Additional cash: $200? (shopping for me and you all~!) ☐

That's all to plan for now, other than the things to do there. I got a rough idea already but gotta plan it nicely into the different days. Anyone got tips on travelling around Sydney, feel free to enlighten me further please. Thanks alot!

BKK Pics~

2009-04-17T19:40:00.008+08:00

My BKK pics are up on my Multiply site. No time to blog yet, more of lazy to sort them out nicely actually. Haha! Anyway, enjoy~

BKK trip 09

BKK_trip_-_Days_1 - 3

BKK trip - Days 4 - 6

BKK trip - Day 7

Back from Bangkok

2009-04-15T19:58:00.005+08:00

I'm back from Bangkok, safe and sound.

Thank God for His protection, and safety, despite the chaotic situation back there.

Overall it was a fantastic shopping trip for us both. We shop so much, ate lotsa cheap food, sleep alot, watched 3 movies and alot of repeated CNN and Thai news back in our hotel room and walked many many kilometres, all in 6 days!

I went with 1 small trolley luggage and a shoulder bag. I came back with the same 2 bags, with an additional hand luggage and backpack :) and they were all full to the max. I love shopping there =)

I got mistaken for a local there, many times.

I got almost 500 pics to sort out. LOL! I was just snapping at every single thing there lah, including a ah-kua* (transvestite) basker at Chatuchuk area. Hahaha!

Shall blog the week-long holiday once the pics are nicely in place.

Numerous Thoughts Today

2009-04-07T23:32:00.003+08:00

I have not packed my bag for BKK yet.

My nails are still not trimmed yet.

I got one thousand and one things to buy in BKK, during this long weekend :D

I'm already looking forward to sit on that A380 aircraft and hanging out on the streets of Sydney already.

I just discovered that plagiarism is indeed very sickening, that you just wanna hunt down that dude and bash his teeth and brain out. You know, Happy Tree Friends. Yups.

Helping out at Toa Payoh really drains off lotsa energy of us.

Cher Hao and I are so tired from the few hours walk around town today, just to find that money-changer with the best exchange rate for Thai Baht.

I like power naps.

I'm starting to get annoyed with wearing contact lenses. I wanna do LASIK soon! Arghh!

Happy Birthday to you, Jabie! Have fun out there in the missions field in East Timor!

I got at least 10 big fat mozzie bites this month, and I'm itchy and pissed.

Facebook is far too slow to play my games and I think I shall stop playing those crap once I start working, someday. Ha!

UMA is working far too hard for every mega event and all. After GNS, it will be Church Camp in KL. He needs all the prayers ever.

So much on my mind, nowhere to place them on.

I need more sleep and lesser migraines!

Brain and eyes shutting down already. Miss me more people, till I come back again to blog ... somewhere end of next week, I think =)

Goodnight!

Good News Singapore

2009-04-04T22:46:00.003+08:00

I have no idea what to blog about, although I really wanna blog about sth.

Well, my week went by... by going to Toa Payoh church office, helping Uncle Melvin and Madeline in the upcoming GNS preparations. There is loads to be done and they are seeking volunteers, especially if you are currently still on holidays and slacking happily at home.

Today's handbilling session went on very smoothly, and we had fun eating breakfast and lunch together as a combined net, with Cleone's :) I thank God and my net for being so supportive and understanding, despite their tiredness and that it is a precious Saturday.

All the lil whiny kids to youths to uncle (Bing Sheng) and auntie (me, of course), made personal sacrifices to display our labour of love to the unsaved souls out there at Bedok North area. We are believing God to give us these precious souls into His kingdom. AMEN!

Do come for Good News Singapore, as advertised in the main papers, trains, flyers, the official GNS site and on Facebook!

Just come down to Singapore Indoor Stadium from 10-12th April 2009, at 7.30pm! Admission is FREE but seats are limited. Do come early to ensure you dun end up standing for the next few hours =) Busing should be provided from Kallang MRT station.

There will be healing and miracles taking place in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It's gonna be an exciting time to experience God's presence and power, bcos indeed He is the Only One who can save you!

If you are interested, tag, sms or call me for more details ya! I would not be in town, but I can help make necessary arrangements for you! God bless you~!

Sydney on A380!

2009-04-02T10:19:00.000+08:00

YAY! I'm going to Sydney on the A380 aircraft, for FREE!

Tone Up The Fats

2009-03-30T23:27:00.001+08:00

I wanna tone up my lazy body since I'm quite free now. Been wanting to do so since, eons ago!

Today afternoon I went to play badminton with Olivia and my sis. I perspired like the tall fountain at Temasek Polytechnic (TP). In the evening I met up with Darren and hit Bedok Reservoir, me on bicycle and he with his 2 legs. Walked two-thirds the distance back home as ol' Darren was tired out from his long run already.

I was thinking of going swimming tml. I think it is a good idea. I can suntan and get fit at the same time =) Handbills to do this Saturday, more exercise up ahead. Haha!

I'm so bored. Looking forward to the BKK trip with Joan, can't wait to get out of Singapore. Nuthin much to update this time round, I'm surprised too. Ha!

Oh, happy 23rd birthday to dearest beautiful Angelina, on the 28th. God bless you and we miss you here in Singapore. -hugs- Love ya babe~

*UnveiL my Eyes, Ears and Heart for Your Glory*

Flying in ESEA

3 Months Worth of Events In!

VFC Wedding of the Year - Melvin & Doreen (:

Get Me Outta C.E.I. HELL!

Jobless No More!

"Are You Still Looking For A Job?"

UMA's (Super) ADA!

5 "Truly Julia" Facts

Tiger CNY - HUAT AH!

Falling Apart!

Youth(s) Growing Up

Wretched Macbook Battery

皇太子的初恋

Easy Contentment = Bliss

Year-End Short (Asia) Holidays

Wretched Rich Kids

My "Not So Lucky" 13

Happy 23rd Birthday to ME!

My Birthday Wishlist for 2009!

Earning Money Really Isn't Easy!

Suay + Shitty = Spoilt

Tiring November

The Butterfly Circus - HOPE!

Nokia E71 Is MINE!

Tutoring Terrorist Kids

Double Portion!

Wait Up!

Save The Marriage, PLEASE!

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version)

No Smoking!

I'm Sorry!

Happy 23rd Birthday to Shi Yun!

MLTR Eternity Concert

JUMP!

Sydney Graduation Trip: Day 1-2

(NOOB & TOOT) Dinner with Jocelyn

Happy Birthday to Amos Ang!

Pictures SOS!

August Summary Post

Lil Getaway to Langkawi!

God's Promises are Yes & Amen!

The Tower of Babel

Play with Your Minds!

Unsatisfied Weekend

Happy Birthday to Thalia & Nicholas!

Lee Ki-Wo is THE 帅哥！！

Char Siew Cher Hao!

Aftermath of Michael Jackson's Death

Impossible to Me, (Always) Possible to Him!

My Own Digital Camera!

VFC Youth Camp '09: Elevate

Sydney in 22!

Safari 4

15-in-1 Cher Hao

SYD - KL

Short & Sweet

Long but Short

Kind and Gentle

Time to Go Sydney!

Robin"Hood" & Siew Ling's Wedding 02.05.09

Everyday Minerals Makeup

Happy 23rd to Madeline!

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 7

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 5 & 6

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 3 & 4

Neverending!

BKK Shopping Trip - Day 1 & 2

Checklist for Sydney Trip

BKK Pics~

Back from Bangkok

Numerous Thoughts Today

Good News Singapore

Sydney on A380!

Tone Up The Fats

UnveiL my Eyes, Ears and Heart for Your Glory