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KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 3

2010-11-20T23:00:00.006+08:00

We woke up at 8am...snoozed till 830am...hehe~ it's quite challenging to wake up so early.. especially with the nice, cold & cozy weather~

We had our breakfast at 9am... We always eat till we're full enough to last us till dinner time!

Took a walk outside our hotel.. Sea view! took a few jump shots!

the water is SOOOOOOOOO blue & clear!

cam-whoring~

even with our shadows!

I'm the driver for the day! Iris took some photos of the flats in Korea~

On our way to UTV...

Our 1st activity of the day : UTV! Usually ATV goes on land only.. this one goes into water!

2 puppies at UTV's HQ...

That's me! Doing the "A" - " T " - " V " !

very "ulu"...

Posing with UTV~

It was too short a ride with UTV, and we're not satisfied! So, we seek for more adventure! here we are at the Monster Truck!

Thereafter, Horse-riding! It's better than U-gallop! whahaha~

My horse is really naughty! when it gallops, u really get the feeling of falling off it!

getting ready for ATV!

Ta-da! an overview of the whole terrain~

we spent 2-3hours there~ rewarded ourselves with an ice-cream! Our faces were covered with so much soot and dirt after all these! gotta spend some time cleaning up...

Head to Miniature Land.. where we become giants! Ok.. RIGHT after we got in, I realised I left our car key in the BOOT! yes... screwed~ Tried calling the AVIS helpline, but it's like duck quacking to cows :( Thank God, we knocked on a car's window beside ours... and the Korean man was SOOOOO helpful!

He arranged for the AVIS personnel to bring the key down to our location. I left my number with him in case he needs to contact me. There and then, we went into Miniature Land again... the Avis person will come 30mins later~

We took photos and had alot of fun with the mirror house till we totally forgot the time....

Mirror gimmicks!

This is Hilarious!

The Korean man appeared infront of us and we were shocked! We thought he left with his family in his car already! The Avis person came and we were not there(forgot the time).. so, Avis called Korean man...and Korean man came all the way back to find us.. coz he deleted my number accidently & could not contact me *head stoops low*

All-in-all, everything was fine :) paid a minimal fee for the AVIS service. Thank you Mr Korean Man!

Teddy Bear museum was closed by the time we reached there *argh* They closed so early! Thus, we took photos in the souvenir shop..

so many bears....

No, we did not make ANY purchases here at all... except for a hot chocolate at the convenience shop near by... we were too cold and hungry to travel anywhere :(

wanted to find our SPA centre...seems like it's nowhere to be found. Somehow, the area we're in was rather sleezy.. like some kinda red-light district.....*er hem*

We settled our dinner there.. just walked into any shop we feel comfortable with.. and there, we had a warm and homely dinner *smile*

bought a small bottle of red wine, and drove back to a beach near our hotel.. night view...

There..on the beach... we left our prints :)

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UTV : $30

ATV/Horse Ride/Monster Truck package : $60

Ice Cream : $3

Miniature Land : $7.50

Car Key : $22

Dinner : $8.50

Black Raspberry wine : $8

Total : $139

*per person

(Expenses so far = $1746)

KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 2

2010-11-19T22:42:00.019+08:00

We woke up at about 8am-830am and went for our breakfast at the hotel's restaurant :) It's probably about 8 to 14 degrees today. Not too cold.. just right :)

With no time to waste, we set off for our first destination! Iris took the wheel today as I drove to the hotel from airport last night. As above, I was busy looking through the maps...

Manjanggul Lava Tube ... where lava once flowed through. Too many scientific/geographic terms and theories in it.. so, let pictures speak of it...

It took us about 1.5 hours to walk all the way in & out. There are minimal benches in the cave for rest if you need :)

We rewarded ourselves with ice cream! I had strawberry & Iris had melon!

Next Destination : Sunrise Peak

Took some photos at the foot of Sunrise Peak. There's horse-riding at the vast green field!

Description about Sunrise Peak~

This picture was taken mid-way up Sunrise Peak~ We stopped by to get mineral water *pant pant*

3/4 way up! We started to perspire despite the cold weather~

Finally got there! Took us about 1hr15mins to get up. There were alot of tourists up here too...we spent some time snapping pictures before heading downhill..

On da way down.. took photo with this 'Bear Rock'.. though it doesn't really resemble a bear at all?!

At the foot of Sunrise Peak, there's female divers demonstrating how they fish :)

Before we set off for Submarine ride, we got our cup noodles and snacks from 7-Eleven! anyway, we went to the wrong location for submarine ride :( Thus, stopping by to take photo with mermaid! Will try to find Submarine tour tmr!

Along the drive way....

Sun is setting...

We drove to Jeju Media Center to catch NANTA Show! We were 2 hours early, thus walked around the area to settle our dinner...

It was our 1st dinner in Jeju and it definitely set the benchmark for great food! It was only $10 per person! The boss was really a good host to us!

*check that water jar on my right.. does not condense with cold water, and does not feel hot with hot water in it. So amazing! We wanted to buy from the boss, but he gave us One each!*

NANTA SHOW!

It was a good and entertaining show! We enjoyed it alot!

Looked around the Media Center abit.. There's a map of Jeju on the wall... showing the filming locations of many popular Korean Dramas!

Home Sweet Home at abt 10pm~

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Manjaggul Cave : $2

Ice-cream : $3

Sunrise Peak : $2.50

7-Eleven : $4.50

Mineral water : $1

Dinner : $10

Nanta Show : $48

Total : $71

*per person

(Expenses so far = $1607)

KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 1

2010-11-18T23:00:00.006+08:00

Our SQ flight to Incheon was at 8am in the morning.... *yawn* took a cab to Iris's place and her dad drove us the T2! :) All went well...and I watched like 2.5 movies on the plane. Despicable me.. Knight & Day... half of Sorcerer's Apprentice. I love KrisWorld!

Reached Incheon at about 3:40pm and we quickly took our luggage to catch a bus to Gimpo for our domestic flight to Jeju~

the journey's about 45mins... and we totally LOVE the weather here! So coooooooold!
While waiting for our flight to Jeju at 6:15pm, we went for our dinner at the airport. I had spicy udon! the chopsticks were really slim and difficult to use :( i took a fork in the end....
and dear friend had Omu rice!

It was a very good meal to fill our empty stomach! We got to Jeju at abt 730pm and went to AVIS to get our rented car. It was too late and dark for any photos. Besides, we were so busy with getting ourselves to Sunshine Hotel. By the way, GPS in the car's in KOREAN! :(

We got to the hotel only at about 930pm. Real adventure begins tmr!

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SQ International Ticket (2 ways) : $972.50

Domestic flight ticket (2 ways) : $109

Avis Car Rental : $160

Sunshine Hotel $281

Bus Ride (airport transfer) : $6

Dinner : $7.50

Total : $1536

*per person

Brownie!

2010-08-28T13:47:00.000+08:00

Lovely brownie from Joy and Joanne :):)

Spongebob!

2010-08-27T16:30:00.001+08:00

Remember spongebob eraser? I blogged abt it a few months back..

Look at it now.......

Headless! Left with undies!!!

Teacher's Day

2010-08-24T16:23:00.000+08:00

Didn't know Teacher's day is around the corner till I received a Domo massage pillow from my student Yi Qian..

Sigh.. Her practical exam's in 3 week's time and she has not been practising enough..plus did not do theory homework this week also.. Then ah.. I kinda raise my voice a leeeetle.....(boiling mad deep inside)..

Domo was presented to me after lesson.. Made me feel guilty.. Hurhur..

@ AMK garden mac

2010-08-15T22:01:00.001+08:00

Fluffy!

Breakfast~

2010-07-22T11:07:00.000+08:00

The 1st breakfast I had after 10 days of Beijing food...

So cute!!!!! McFluffy!!!!!

With cinnamon melts!!!!!

Prawning~

2010-07-13T02:15:00.001+08:00

Caught my first prawn within the first 10mins!

BBQ-ed right away so that it's fresh!

I'm eating you now!!

Shaun 'flossing' his teeth! Haha~

Our 2nd prawn!

We ate our prawns with stingray! We ordered a $10 stingray which is super yummy!

Fun! :)

2010-07-07T01:54:00.001+08:00

Had this for my lunch on Monday..

I was at woodlands civics plaza NTUC and saw this lady holding a cup like this and eating some stuff..and it looked really good...

Then I found the magic cup myself! Lalalala~ 2 small spring rolls and 3 fishballs for $2 :) *yumz*

Toy Story!

2010-07-03T22:46:00.001+08:00

Body foam! I'm gonna get Woody and Jessie next week :)

Yappie Birthdaeee!

2010-05-25T10:41:00.002+08:00

Plain looking vanilla cake...

Waiting to be transformed!~

Here are the "tools"...

Zhiwei at work! Haha...

Eileen drawing the branches..

Now adding the leaves..

Ben contributing too!~

I told the guys to initial on the cake..阳 is Ben's last Chinese character in his name..

ZW simply means Zhiwei..

"E" for Eeeeeeeeileen!

And this is me! A pink smiley!

Final product! So pwetty right? I requested for a crown..there it is above my name :)

A lovely card from Eileen! My very 1st birthday card!

I'm using this card as a bookmark for the gift they got for me..

Guinness world records 2010 :) I was at kino and I saw this book and got stuck there for almost half an hour..damn interesting lah! So I requested for this book for my bday!

Dinner was at Oriole.. fantabulous dinner! Plus + KTV! Woah! Coz I went to enquire with cine Kbox..fweaking $8NETT per pax (3hrs+1drink)! Eileen got so excited lah! We sang from 8pm to 11pm~~ and we had a taste of the very cake we made at kbox :)

Thankew friends! :)

Happy 26th :)

2010-05-21T21:13:00.002+08:00

Checking in.......

Exactly where am I flying to? :)

Nope..I do not have baggage to check in...

Ta da! The Singapore Flyer!

Pre-Board.. Shaun's treating me to my birthday dinner in the flyer! My very first Sky Dining experience :)

Hungry! Munch on nuts first! :)

appetizer..ginger ale was served :)

The appetizer were served during the first oscilation (half an hour)

I love this! Salmon+Cheese+Apricot :)

Main course! Beef & Mash potato :) yumzzzzz~~~ (served during the 2nd oscilation-half an hour)

Thereafter,we proceed to the lounge for our dessert~

And coffee!!

Thankewwww for the wooondaaafulllll dinner!~~

From Annette

2010-05-21T16:15:00.002+08:00

2 handmade bookmarks~~

So pweeeeety!

A Homely Affair

2010-05-21T16:12:00.002+08:00

I love having steamboat at home!

I counted.. 13 dishes~~
As I've requested.. Durian Cake! From Angie-the-choice~

First pressie received!~

2010-05-18T19:42:00.001+08:00

From Kaylea.. My student :)

Touching..

2010-02-23T22:06:00.001+08:00

We Are The World 25 For Haiti @ Yahoo! Video

My Cactus..

2010-01-24T00:20:00.002+08:00

Can you believe it?!

My cactus died :(

Wawa

2010-01-23T00:02:00.002+08:00

Introducing my beloved Wawa!

It's having it's meal for the day :)

Got Wawa a new home! His brother Wiwi fought with him and Wawa was injured :( no choice..gotta seperate them.. Wiwi's with Shaun now..

Look at Wawa's injured ear :(

Let's have a tour around the house! His toilet and bathroom! And water supply :)

His food tray and play wheel! Did u see Wawa running up the stairs? Hehe..

This is his bedroom on the 2nd floor..I bought him a bungalow! He's in the room most of the time..

This flight of stairs leads to the 3rd floor!

Ta da! His attic! I placed a cooling pad there in case he feels hot during the day :)

The roof tops can be opened for easy access to Wawa :)

Wawa's toilet trained! He used to pee in his toilet..but now he pees near the wheel area..think he's not familiar with his new home yet..can't find the toilet..hehe.. I placed some of the soiled bedding into the toilet..hope he can use his sense of smell to lead him to pee in the toilet next time!

Jing Shuen's 1st birthday!

2010-01-17T15:03:00.002+08:00

Lovely cupcakes! I had the pink ones! :)

Spongebob Eraser!

2010-01-05T01:25:00.002+08:00

Took this at a student's house today.. So cute!!

It's a Spongebob eraser!!

Look at Songebob without his pants! Undies exposed!!! Wahahaha~~

MULAN

2009-11-24T15:37:00.006+08:00

Thanks to OMY, we got selected to watch the preview of Mulan!

the only Mulan I've ever watched was the disney version.. and I loved the story and soundtrack that came with it.. can't wait to see how this chinese version will fare!

collecting tickets at the reception... show starts at 715pm SHARP! Ticket collection starts at 645pm..

a movie date! -taken by a kind OMY staff at the reception desk-
a ticket admits 2.. and we're all ready for the show!
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there's was never a moment where I got bored with the show. It was a mixture of romance, action and humour. OK... I like Vicky Zhao Wei.. so whatever show she acts in, I'll like! whahaha... there's also Chen Kun, Hu Jun, Vitas, Jaycee Chan, Nicky Lee, Jingle MA...

I would highly recommend this show to all.. young and old...

however....I dislike the ending BIG time! simply because.. Vicky and Chen Kun were not together in the end! wah piangz.. when the movie ended, I could hear similar responses from all around me..(mostly girls) "why like that!" ... "not like that one lah!" ... "wah lao!" ...

the princess of that stupid tribe should just leave.. so there'll be a happily-ever-after..

but....but.. still go watch the show k.. then towards the end, close your eyes and picture your own ending! whahaha....

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a movie trailer of.......... MULAN

P/S: I like the soundtrack that Vicky sang :)

Japan Day 5

2009-11-10T15:13:00.015+08:00

planned to wake up early, but failed.. for the past 5 days, we've been over-sleeping.. haha~ the obasan pressed the doorbell and woke us up :( she gotta come into our room to serve us our breakfast.. and we're still in bed while she prepared the stuff.. so paiseh :(

Japanese-style breakfast! we were still full from last night's dinner.. and we were shocked to see that breakfast's just as good as dinner *faint*

right after breakfast, we bought tickets to hop on a ferry.. which departs hourly.. just one round the Lake Toya...the ferry station's right behind our hotel.. just a stone's throw away...

like a castle.... oh.. and it's raining! can you tell? :)

a little island... so cute! like a bun!

we're like the only one that's outta the shelter.. other tourist were all in the ferry.. coz it's drizzling quite abit.. the ferry ride ended in about 45 mins' time.. we alighted and took photos at the park.. behind our hotel.. you can see our hotel right there! our big castle ferry!
the park behind out hotel.. too cold to take a walk here.. wanted to go to the bear farm.. but no time :( gotta rush for the next train to Hakodate..
Our Hotel... Hotel Grand Toya : Boo!

We're really not so fond of our hotel.. lousy hot spring bath.. old lift.. corridor smells.. sigh.. the ONLY good part of it is... that meals are served in the room.. and it's really good food! Oh! and...our bedroom view's the Lake Toya~ Toya Kanko Hotel : Yeah!

We like this hotel alot! Free Internet! Hot Spring! Lake View! Grand Lobby!

our Hotel not-so-Grand Toya's lobby...we took a bus to the train station... in the train... Comfort Hotel in Hakodate~ we left our hotel room right away to check out an electronics store at the next station hoping to get a good and cheap camera!

Had ramen for dinner at a supposedly damn good ramen shop with an ever-popular-ramen.. but I hate the porky taste of it.. first time I did not finish my ramen.. and had to find an ice cream to 'cover' up the porky taste lingering in my mouth...eeeks..

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In summary, you can give Lake Toya a miss.. Nothing much to do there.. and the trip from Noboribetsu to Toya.. and Toya to Hakodate... is very very long.. and ticket's not cheap either.. would rather spend one more day shopping in Sapporo :)

Expenses today :

[Ferry : 1200yen ($19)] + [Bus : 320yen ($5)] + [Train : 4830yen ($75)] + [Train : 400yen ($6)] + [Pretz : 210yen ($3)] + [Dinner : 630yen ($10)] + [Ice Cream : 280yen ($4)] + [Comfort Hotel *inclusive of Breakfast* : 4750yen ($74) "per person"]

= 12620yen ($196)

Expenses so far...

$196 (today) + $1673 (Day 0 to Day 4) = $1869

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H A K O D A T E tomorrow!

Japan Day 4

2009-11-09T14:08:00.025+08:00

The view from our room's window....

we can see Hell Valley from our room~

We went for a one more round of hot spring bath before our breakfast.

Check out time...
we left our luggage at the reception, and went out to the streets...
we bought sweet potato cake and of course... our daily dosage of ice cream!
here's a postbox!
Right infront of Hotel Dai-ichi.. GEYSER~
and the loud booming sound's really loud!
okie! start of our hike!
There so many places to explore!
We're gonna explore as many places as we can!
Starting point!

We're going to the Hell Valley first...

I think why Hell Valley's called 'Hell Valley' because of the smoke...

and it sure stinks of sulphur!

Tessen Pond~

We walked up-hill...

Stopping for a photo!

It's so hot! though its winter.. till Iris removed her stockings halfway through our hike *keke*

Okie.. we're nearing the next stop~

Ta Da~

Oyunuma~
Mt Hiyori.. an active volcano!

We're going down-hill now.. I collected 2 rocks from here!

Beware!

We're right at the foot of Mt. Hiyori!

Along the road side...

We're heading to the foot bath...

a mini "water-fall"~

we removed our boots and start soaking our feet! the water's warm.. not hot..

going nearer the "water-fall"...

other tourists came equipped with towels to wipe their feet, we used tissue :( okok... I littered.. Iris took a photo of the crime me committed :( guess wat? she littered too!

a walk back to our hotel... the hike took us about 3hours..

stopping along a front porch of a family.. so pretty!

Lurve this hotel!

we took a bus to Noboribetsu station.. bought a train ticket.. and we're heading towards Lake Toya station!

Took a bus from Lake Toya station to our hotel.. and luckily, our hotel is rather near the bus stop!

we changed into our yukata straight away! & explored Hotel Grand Toya abit...it's totally not GRAND at all.. so different from the pictures posted on the internet :( but... our dinner made it all worth while!

an Obasan came into our room and set up our dinner... yes.. right in our room!

just look at our dinner!
one big tub of rice!

now it's gone!

After dinner, we went out to buy ice cream(again)! and...went into another hotel to use their free internet..wahaha...

gonna sleep early tonight.. will explore Lake Toya early next morning!

Expenses today :

[Sweet Potato Cake : 75yen ($1)] + [Ice Cream : 300yen ($5)] + [Bus : 330yen ($5)] + [Train : 2140yen ($33)] + [Bus : 320yen ($5)] + [Ice Cream : 138yen ($2)] + [Hotel Grand Toya *inclusive of Dinner & Breakfast* : 7950yen ($122) "per person"]

= 11153yen ($175)

Expenses so far...

$175 (today) + $1498 (Day 0 to Day 3) = $1673

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L A K E . T O Y A tomorrow!

Japan Day 3

2009-11-08T00:32:00.009+08:00

Gotta wake up earlier today as we need to check outta Gracery Hotel today.. well, did not wake up early enough to visit the morning wet market... never mind... there's a morning market in Hakodate! :)

Had ramen for brunch before leaving Sapporo.. not at this shop.. we ate ramen from the shop we visited on Day 1 :) Walked around after brunch... a COOKING STUDIO! so cool! you can see them in action from the outside! An Ice Cream a day keeps Iris away...hahahah.. Iris say must eat Hokkaido Ice Cream EVERYDAY!!!! ?!?how very orderly!?!?! you dun get to see this in SG...

no time for shopping in Sapporo! Sad! We kinda regretted not planning for an extra day in Sapporo... we just popped into a convenient store and grab some stuff before heading back to hotel to get our luggage.... In Hotel Gracery's toilet for the last time... Used the rubber band I just bought to tie up my messy hair! on our way to the bus terminal just across the street..... I gotta drag my pinky and chicky luggage.. HEAVY! and Iris's super big luggage's wheel was giving way... uh oh.. Crossed the road... beside the bus terminal... Sapporo Station.... On our way to Noboribetsu. We booked Daiichi Hotel..and they have FREE shuttle bus from Sapporo all the way to Noboribetsu! The journey's about 2.5 hours by coach.. and it usually cost about $80 - $100... but it's FREE for us! Daiichi Hotel ROCKS!!! We alighted at a stop for toilet break.. and I finally bought my Royce Chocolate Potato Chips! Interesting sign on the toilet bowl.. "Rear" here simply means... buttocks... wahahah! funnily engrishy~ Reached Daiichi about 430pm.. and the hotel staff brought us to the room.. and we changed into our Yukata immediately! Coz we're going for our HOT SPRING BATH! it's Iris's 1st time.. and OUR first time going for bath together........................................................ after 2 hours of hot spring, we went for our buffet dinner. We did not expect the food to be so GOOD! we had many helpings.. coz we only had ramen in the morning :( and 2 of these pots were served to our table.. only our table... we wonder why... AND... my prawn's pregnant! when I removed the prawn head.. I saw the eggs.. SO MANY OF THEM.. too grossed out to eat the prawn in the end.. goosebumps! and my brave jiejie tried this... *faint* we rested for awhile after dinner.. then went back to hot spring bath again for an hour plus..We explored the hotel abit and surfed the internet at the hotel's lobby. Then we went back to our room and zonked out on our cosy tatami mattresses that we set up ourselves :) a looooong day tmr!

Expenses today :

[Ramen : 780yen ($12)] + [Rubber Band : 294yen ($5)] + [Misc : 368yen ($6)] + [Ice Cream : 280yen ($4)] + [Royce : 693yen ($11)] + [Internet : 300yen ($5)] + [Hotel Daiichi *inclusive of dinner* : 12560yen ($195) "per person"]

= 15275yen ($238)

Expenses so far...

$238 (today) + $1260 (Day 0 to Day 2) = $1498

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H E L L . V A L L E Y tomorrow!

Japan Day 2

2009-11-07T02:32:00.031+08:00

We tried very hard to wake up for Nijo Market.. but we failed... well, we still have one more day in Sapporo tomorrow :)

Did you see the Steam Train behind? We were so fascinated by it! haven't really seen a "Choo-Choo" train before~

We were testing out Iris's tripod! Our first time using it today! Thanks Daniel! If not, it'll be solo shots all the way! wahhaah~ Everyone's like staring at us.. *blush*

In the train.. cam-whoring.. *tee.hee* Train ride's free... coz we bought the Otaru-Sapporo 1 day pass yesterday!

Journey from Sappro to Otaru's not very long.. about 20 mins.. Weather's very good! cold and nice~
Bought a bus ticket (210yen-$3)... and we hopped onto the city bus... on our way to the Musical Box Museum!
Otaru's famous monument.. c.l.o.c.k! which makes noise every half hourly...
outside a souvenir shop... this whole area is just so enchanting! so fairy-tale-yish...
ToToRo!
Snoopy and Woodstock finger puppets :)

It's bigger than Iris's head!

so many...too many pretty things in the shop...did not buy anything though.. but kinda regret not buying the sesame street box at the top right hand corner of the photo.. so cute....

the whole area of Otaru's like... a musical box theme... oh! and glass ware too!

it's a very melodious place.. when everyone starts winding the musical boxes..

the washroom!

the signage.. and a stained glass between the 2 toilets... pwetty!

going upstairs....

"aow-aow" musical dog~

musical cats! haha... this picture is specially taken for Eileen! Coz... she LURVES cats... *grin*

Alrighty.. right after this photo, my poor friend has a really bad tummyache.. so I wandered around alone.. drooling at those 5-figure$$ to 6-figure$$ musical boxes.. so expensive lah!

My poor friend recovered from tummyache about 1.5 hours later.. we figured out the cause of it.. finishing a whole bottle of Vitamin C on an empty stomach! and we did not realised it was already 130pm! and we have not taken any food yet! we crawled to a nearby Ramen shop and my friend recovered instantly! wOooOooH!

We're all ready to explore again! right outside the Musical Box Museum...

PIPE ORGAN! IT'S REAL! IT'S VERY COOL! IT'S VERY BIG! never came so close with a pipe organ before..

when the music starts...the figurine will start to move the pen.. like it's writing.. then, he will doze off.. and the candlelight goes off as well.. that's not it! It'll wake up.. slowly lifting up his head!

picture's not very clear.. but it's a musical duet ... violin and piano!

trying to take a shot of our reflection in the musical...er.... cupboard! ~

antique grand piano!~
ok...we're sitted on a bench.. with the bear.. don't know why this bear's here.. but there's a sign that tells us to take a photo with this bear.. so we took! keke..

some items in the museum for sale...
musical trolley!

okay... we're on our way to make our very own musical box! This pram's for sale.. $100 over bucks.. no no, it's not a musical pram..!~

Iris thought that the motorbike is so cool!

we took about 1.5 hour just to choose the materials we wanna use for our musical box!

we simply do not know where to begin..

finally...we're gonna start working on it! oh! I printed this coupon thing from the internet in Singapore.. from Otaru's musical museum website.. which gives us a small box of chocolate when we make our own musical box!

here's our masterpiece! my duckie in a pond and iris's chickies! and the most hilarious thing is that... her chickies move bAckWARds!!! whahaha.. we did not check the direction which the musical box will turn.. but luckily my ducky swam in the right direction..whahaha..

The sky's already dark.. only 430pm.. we had ice cream while waiting for our musical box to set.. about half an hour.. so we just strolled along the streets.. and guess what.. we forgot about our musical box! we walk all the way back... and luckily the shop's still open..

it's very dark.. too dark to see the pretty canal.. such a pity.. we can't take a nice shot with Otaru's famous canal! that's why we're here for in the first place...argh...

we walked all the way back to the train station.. walking slowly along the streets of Otaru...*i'm missing it while typing this*

ended our last night in Sapporo with a good meal as discussed earlier.
a very enjoyable dinner! we were there for almost 2.5 to 3 hours! we eat and chat.. and yepz... enjoying each other's company! hehe..

Expenses today :

[Hotel : 6000yen ($93)"per person"] + [Transport : 210yen ($3)] + [Lunch : 800yen ($12)] + [Music Box : 2101yen ($33)] + [Ice Cream ; 300yen ($5)] + [Dinner : 2020yen ($32)]

= 11431yen ($178)

Expenses so far...

$178 (today) + $1085 (Day 0 & Day 1) = $1260

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N O B O R I B E T S U tomorrow!

Japan Day 1

2009-11-06T11:46:00.033+08:00

We were the last 2 girls on board..coz we're busy taking photos! keke.. close up with the plane ok! so cool...remind me of the Korea F4's private jet...wahahaha~ We're on our way to Chitose Airport (Hokkaido)! Arrived at about 1230pm... went to the JR station's office to get our Sapporo & Otaru Day pass..and train ticket from Chitose to Sapporo.. all in all.. 2540yen ($40). The passes will cover our transport for 2 days...calculated...& its worth it! Checked into our beautiful room at Gracery Hotel (4000yen/person/night - $62).. just right opposite the train station... it's super super convenient!! Iris boiled water...etc... unpacked a little..and with no time to waste, we were outta the hotel! Our next destination.. Chocolate Factory! woah!
Innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Trainnnnnnnnnn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's quite cold leh!~ and Shiroi Koibito chocolate factory's about 10 - 15mins walk from the station.. we were quite lost lah.. but a lady directed us there...yippeee! and I saw Black Lollie! I missed my Lollie back in SG then.... okie... that's the chocolate factory in sight!
at the entrance... the wrong entrance..wahaha...
found the correct entrance..and went in..and there were many mini houses! we went into one to take photos! remind me of Alice in Wonderland..keke...
got our chocolate factory passport + free cookie, paid the entrance fee and we're going for cookie making class! yeah!
on our way for our cookie class... Look at this.. so pretty! made of sugar icing! here we are...gonna make our cookies here....
presenting...Chef Michelle and Chef Iris!
after like wat seems hours (actually only an hour)......we finally finished our cookies!
we chose the cookie moulds... and we were abit kiasu lah.. kept kneading the "left-over" dough to get as many cookies as possible..wahaha.. I made the chocolate ones, Iris made the vanilla ones.. look at the bottom left corner..one big round cookie.. that's made from the left over from Iris's dough and mine! and we shared that cookie after it was baked! nice k!
while waiting for our cookies to be baked, we explored the factory abit...
there was a whole lotta collection of old toys... and some characters we knew since young...
just look at that!

and all these! (taken by Iris!)

Juke Box! But the juke in Iris's house is nicer! The Beatles~
This monster scared-ed us lah.. made some sounds when we walked past it... some sensor or something... argh.... here's our big big feet! Astro Boy! there we are, trying out the fresh-outta-the-oven cookies we baked! YuMzzzz... horse carriage in the factory... the outside... it's only 6pm... and the sky's dark....
the outside of the factory's all so enchanting!
apple tree! love this one... very pretty!
stopped by 100 yen shop on the way back to the station.. bought drinks and cup noodles!
had a bowl of ramen each... shared fried rice & gyozas........ In a very small and cozy shop in the Sapporo train station itself.. has only about 4 tables and a counter... but velly velly nice! it's either we're damn hungry, or we're damn hungry...wahaha... we're HUNGRY!!! our only meal of the day was MAC at airport...hurhur...
and... finally back to Gracery hotel!

Expenses today :

[Macdonals : 320yen ($5)] + [Hotel : 4000yen ($62)"per person"] + [JR pass : 2540yen ($40)] + [Chocolate Factory Entrance fee & Cookie Baking : 1529yen ($24)] + [100yen shop : 315yen ($5)] + [Ramen dinner 780yen ($12)]

= 9484yen ($148)

Expenses so far...

$148 (today) + $937 (yesterday) = $1085

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O T A R U tomorrow!

Japan Day 0

2009-11-05T11:25:00.008+08:00

We're all ready for our trip to Japan! Can't really imagine how we got things together within like 2 weeks.. we were so busy with work and left everything till the last min :) we met up during our precious lunch time from 12pm to 3pm like twice a week to plan.. we managed to book our tickets on http://www.priceline.com/ at a velly goodie price! JAL $619 per ticket! woah! wanted UA $750 business class deal, but decided to save that $130 for extra 13 bowls of ramen..wahhaah! We went JTB at Orchard ION one week before our trip to get domestic flight tickets to Hokkaido.. they were of GREAT help.. they planned our itenerary for us.. siiiigh.. we should have went to them earlier....anyway, our connecting flight tickets to Hokkaido and back to Tokyo would be $318 per ticket.. Night flight.. at Changi Airport Terminal 1.. met at about 1015pm..checked in.. and off we go.. our flight's at about 1130pm.. very empty flight.. I took 3 seats to myself and Iris took 3 seats to herself..and we just slept on the 3 seats throughout our flight.. well, I atttempted to watch Hary Potter.. but fell asleep.. when it showed again, I fell asleep again lah...really quite boring :(

We reached Narita Airport the next morning about 7am Japan time (6am SG time)... and we hang around till our next flight to Chitose Airport (Hokkaido) at about 1030am.. had Mac for breakfast..and went the the observatory deck to enjoy the cool cool air! cold cold air for Iris... haha...and we chated for like hours...

okie... stay tune for Japan Day 1!

Expenses today :

[International flight $619] + [Domestic flight $318] = $937

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-02T01:06:00.002+08:00

Here's how my Jack-O-Lantern look like in the day time...........................

and here's how my Jack-O-Lantern look like in the night time...........................

H.A.P.P.Y H.A.L.L.O.W.E.E.N!

OCTOBER~~~

2009-11-02T00:24:00.011+08:00

oh man.. it's been really long since I wrote anything here.. I've been really lazy.. because i dun have the patience to load my photos here *yawn* well, I need to update more frequently... coz i wanna have something to look back to next time!

Here's some happenings in the month of October.....................
Proudly presenting........................ The BANG! Gang~~~ Been meeting up rather often with this gang for game... thanks to Daniel (the one kissing the bomb)... We gathered at Eileen's place or Iris's place for our sessions.......
I just love spending time with the girls.. the girls I knew since... Pri Sch... and now... the AB-Team! wahhaha~ The next major event for us would be Sabby's Hen Party and Big Day!!!

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WALA-WALA with Benjamin, Eileen, Shaun, Veron, Yongjie, Weixiang.........on a Sat night...... Happy hour! Buy 1 drink get the other free! WeeEeEeee~
went there after GeGe's wedding luncheon at Grand Hyatt... thereafter we went to "nua" at the wedding suite for a few hours before meeting Ben & Eileen :) the mood was good... the singer's good.. but the crowd's not 'high' enough..... and i guess everyone's too tired from the wedding luncheon to be happening...

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Khiel's latest hair product... Thank you William for the photo :)
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This would be the wedding luncheon of Xiao yan and Gege(James) at Grand Hyatt :) Call him Gege because.. Veron calls him Gege! haha...

Gege's and Veron's parents... "Ah gong" and "Ah ma"........ I like ah ma's velvety cheongsam!
the girls! and we all want a photo with Valerie.. it's her first time in dress! all for her brother's wedding... wooooO~

yeah! I caught the bouquet!

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alright.......... that's all for now..... stay tuned for my happenings in November.... Hokkaido and Tokyo with Iris! YiPeeEEe~

No doubt about it

2009-10-01T00:44:00.000+08:00

Sure, It Does.

Drama Madness!

2009-07-07T00:16:00.002+08:00

法證先鋒II

Forensic Heroes II

I watched this... in 2 days! 30 episodes! I started watching on Sat night! It's very very nice! Very intellectual! It's so exciting watching them solve all the cases!

溏心風暴
Heart Of GreedI watched this... in 3 days! 40 episodes! Can you imagine, I watched from 9pm to 5am.. then the next day, 11pm to 6am! and of course.. a few episodes here and there during the day time..

This is absolute madness!

Louisa's fault.. for lending me those discs!

Anyway............ON to my next drama serial! hahahahhaha~~~~

This is REALLy VERy FUNNy!

2009-06-29T02:29:00.002+08:00

GOt this from my friend's blog... and i think it's really very funny! haha..I read it 2 times to get the joke! Intelligently funny!

I'm Alive!

2009-06-23T23:32:00.004+08:00

Yes yes! I'm here to blog...to show that i'm still alive! TOooOoO busy to blog! Anyway, here's a bean plant that I've been taking care of (Uncle actually!) since Chinese New Year! you know..those seeds with lucky numbers on them?
It's SOOoOO BIG! now! I like to see things grow! Shaun just bought some tortoise... i've been thinking of getting them too...but ah yee dun allow :( I'm seriously thinking of buying some more seeds to plant! hehe~

This is so funny, I gotta post it here..Sorry dear... hahaha~ was testing out some perfume... you know, they spray it on the strip of paper.. and Shaun's trying to balance it....wahahha... cute~

Here's quite a blur scene of my gaming night! 8 players! The whole row's ours! It was hell-lotta-fun with the 7 guys! we played from 730pm to about 11pm! wanted to play campaign, but ended playing versus the whole evening... way too fun to stop! This friday again man!

ok... that's about all for now! :)

Left 4 Dead

2009-06-14T01:01:00.004+08:00

Had a WONDERFUL gaming session with the folks! WJ, QC & ZW! It's been quite some time since we had gaming session.. The last season of craze was DOTA... where QC, WJ and I DOTA-ed weekly for almost a year!

One crazy moment was in Christmas 2007.. where we brought all our laptops, put in on the mahjong table..plus 2 desktops at Veron's place.. Ta dah! Our very own Lan Gaming Place! Dota-ed from 10pm to 6am! non-stop! haha~
Another crazy moment was June 2008 at Downtown East Chalet! We were joking about it.. saying that our chalet unit's the most "expensive" units! With more than 8 laptops here... haha~ We were setting up the Lan Gaming Scene.... and we even took photos of "Team 1 VS Team 2" .. haha... absolutely insane!

I can foresee playing Left 4 Dead for the next few months to come! woah!!!!!

Super Star Virgo

2009-05-13T14:31:00.028+08:00

yes yes... took this before we board it! on 6th May 330pm! WeeEeeE~ just a short get-a-way~

It's my 2nd time on board Star Virgo, 1st time for Shaun :) We're all so excited about it!

Went up to the 2nd level at Harbourfront Cruise Centre, waiting to board Star Virgo. While waiting, we took some photos of the model of the ship! So ReaL!

YESH! Balcony Class! Need not join the ever-lasting queue to clear the custom and check-in. Priority! Red-carpet some more! keke~ Welcome drink upon boarding the ship! wOooOHOooo!

After we had our drink, we went to check out the cabin right-away! On Deck 11, Room 602... we're gonna spend 2 nights here!

Ta Da~ So COOL right! imagine waking up in the morning, with the magnificent view of the vast ocean! Total Coolness!

That's Shaun, taking a picture of the bathroom. Nice.. and big! I get the toiletries and shelves on the right side, and his on the left side..

We took a really really long time to figure out how to open the sliding door to get onto the balcony.. finally after like half an hour, we were out there!

We got onto the ship at about 5pm, and left out cabin at about 6pm to explore the ship! We went up to Deck 12... the lounge... all tables have the Virgo sign... which happens to be Shaun's horoscope~

Captain Shaun and Captain Michelle reporting!

Mahjong Room! If only we have 2 other friends coming aboard with us, the we can 'jong all night! Peek-a-boo! I was told to hide behind the pillar while he took a photo of the whole mahjong room~

Jacuzzi! The water's warm! At least 35 to 40 degrees I would say.....

Sun-tanning beds! But not much sun now.. coz it's almost 7pm~

A view of Habourfront!

Auditorium!

Telephone..that really works!
Lobby~
Dinner time! The ship set sail at about 8pm.. while we were dining! Slowly, the scenery of Singapore diminished........
After dinner, we went Auditorium for a show... We were sitted at the Balcony area.. and we have $100 dining credits! yeah! only for Balcony Class :)
We bought 3 Bingo tickets for $12.50, trying out luck for the $18,000 cash prize. Apparently, nobody won $18k... but an ang moh did walk away with the consolation prize of $380! Shaun was just a number away loh! No. 28! Bish~ After Bingo, we went to take some pictures at the lobby.. and also shop at the duty-free shops.... Went to the "cinema" to watch Revolutionary Road.. but the seats were making my legs itch like anything..and the screen's so small.. and *yawn*......... we decided to try our luck at the Casino! Was teaching Shaun about Roulette..and I think it got him all interested! haha...we ended up at the Roulette table for almost 2 hours!
Slept at about 3am, and woke up at about 8am... It's really a WONDERFUL feeling to wake up seeing the ocean all over.. Not a building, person, birds etc in sight... it's just..... a piece of Blue nothing.. w.o.w~
Washed Up, and took a few pictures.... and with no time to waste, we started exploring the big ship again! We'll be arriving at Redang today~
Went to the swimming pool, and took a few pictures. Tonight, we're gonna have BBQ dinner here! by the pool side! After out dim sum breakfast, we went to the auditorium to gather... before we alight the ship to Redang Island. Above is a picture of the balcony seat which we were seating on last night :)
Yeah! We got off Star Virgo, and onto this small boat to get get us to Redang Island~
The weather's simply to HOT! We got outselves green apple juice and orange juice... sit by the bar counter.. along the beach..and just linger in the beachy atmosphere.
Went around and took photos on Redang Island. No No, we're not going into the sea.. because.. it's "infested" with I.D.R (In-Du-Ren).
BUT... we're going for Massage! One hour massge! yeah! While waiting, we played 2 games of pool... of course Shaun won lah :( The massage was good! Shaun's first time massaging too! hee~ I'm glad it was a good experience for him! heehee....
Left Redang Island at about 630pm.. Star Virgo will sail back to SG at about 8pm.. While on the small boat, we took photos or Star Virgo.. so majestic right!
We were happy that we board the ship safe and sound! Went for BBQ dinner by the pool side.. Great food! After dinner, we went back to cabin to rest, before going to the auditorium for a performance. Oh wells, the performer DID NOT turn up...argh..substitute by other performance.. well, not too bad though.. used our dining credit and ordered hot milo and coffee at the balcony seats..

Shaun decided to try his luck with Roulette again.. since it's the last night..heehee.. I was with him for awhile and ordered drinks with dining credit. I left him one hour later and went to rest in the cabin... brought some magazines to read.. just wanna relax........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Had our breakfast at the terrace area. it's about 9am.. Arriving in SG in about 4 - 5 hours' time...Went to pay off our bills and collect our passports at the counter.... then went up to the lounge for our 2nd Bingo game! Ordered 2 drinks.. and there's our Bingo tickets! We didn't win lah :( This time, a Japanese lady won.. about $400... We still have about $30 in our card, went to Japanese restaurant to have our last meal before leaving the ship. Had seafood fried rice and black sesame ice cream! YuMz! Approximately 1 hour before arrival, we went to take some more pictures! Here, the Logo's HUGE!!!
I can smell Singapore already........ Sailing into our tiny island.... Getting nearer.... Getting ready to alight...... We'll be back!

IT's MARCH already.......

2009-03-23T12:57:00.004+08:00

and my last post was in Dec....

cearly, I'm super busy lah.

I'm still going to complete my Japan Day 6 ok...

but, I'm going to post 'backwards'... starting from the events now, blogging back to Dec..haha~

Say Hello to my new Toy! *drumrolls*.................... SAMSUNG OMNIA! Been wanting to get it since it launched... was close to a $1000 then... Managed to bring it home at $729 at the IT fair.. Still trying to get use to this phone and its functions.....
Say Buhbye to Sony Ericsson W960i... been with me for about one year... served me well.. going to let it go at about $330 to $350... any takers?

Weekend at JB~

2009-03-22T12:57:00.000+08:00

Went JB with Shaun today..to stock up my supply of contact lens. Went Northpoint first to correct the degree of his new pair of spectacles.. then lunch there. We drove to woodlands centre and park Lollie there.. sunday free parking! Walked over to the money changer and got our ringgit, then proceed to the checkpoint.

We cleared the checkpoint with a breeze on on a Sunday 2pm.. yeah! With the new Malaysia checkpoint, we managed to get to our destination much earlier than expected! Took at cab to City Square and got my lenses and Shaun's dad's birthday pressie. We decided to check out Jusco today! took a cab and got there at about 4plus.. and had our dinner at sushi king. Left Jusco at about 8plus..

my shoes! bought it at 50%! and after some difference in currency exchange rate, it's cost $13! and i bought 5 La Senza's panties..for only $20! woah!

Happy!

Japan-Day 5

2008-12-12T00:00:00.001+08:00

Woke up very very early! We gotta catch the shinkansen at 1250pm.. very rush you know.. would love to stay at aunt's place for another day, but we have alot of places to cover... must make full use of our time!

Aunt prepared breakfast for us! so nice of her! We woke up in a cold cold winter morning, to find that we have breakfast on the table for us! *smilez* While waiting for our food, we took a video of aunt's cosy apartment!

Aunt's telling Shaun to remove the home slip-ons before entering the bedroom... last night, i forgot and Shaun nagged at me..this morning he forgot! haha~

With no time to waste, we packed our luggage and left aunt's place..

We didn't shower this morning as Aunt's gonna bring us for hot spring bath! WOoOhOo! I went last year and I LOVE IT! This is the outside of aunt's apartment..then we head over the aunt's home.. and the 2 dogs outside the yard.. wonder if they're cold...bRRrRr~ and this dog is in the house... it's name........ "H.A.P.P.Y"! ~~~

cannot bring camera into the hot bath area *duh* aunt dropped us off while she went to do her chores..and came back one hour later to pick us up.. the hot bath is so shiok lah! we ENJOYED it TOTALLY!
Mai (cousin) and aunt treated us to sushi! the prices are comparable to our Sakae sushi..but the freshness and taste is totally different.. better than SG of course! Every piece of sushi was just so finger-lickin'-good!
just like SG, we can order our food via the touchscreen monitor...however, no waitress/waiter to serve us.. instead, our orders arrived in a shinkansen! so cute!!! then the red light beside the monitor will light up and beep... once the plate's being removed, the shinkansen moved off!! CUTE-ness!

Look at our accomplishment! haha.. more to add!

wonder why is Shaun doing this pose? ..........Because......... it's snowing!!!!!!!!!

Look how excited he is!

Aunt rushed up to the station to take shinkansen back to Tokyo.. and on our way to the station, the snow fall got heavier! if only we can stay here for a few more days.. we could have build a snowman! We're FREEZING COLD while shooting this video. Even with gloves on, we can't feel our fingers and toes! hee~
Here's us... enjoying the last few moments playing with snow before boarding the shinkansen...
3 hours... and finally we arrived in Tokyo.. we made our way to Gotanda station, that's where our hotel was..and it's only about 4plus... seemed like night right?!
Once we checked into the hotel, we wasted no time at all! Went to our next destination.. TOKYO TOWER! We were still quite a distance away, when we saw Tokyo Tower.. so we took a few shots.. then we walked nearer and nearer towards it... till we're right infront of it! and now we're just RIGHT BELOW it! It's Tokyo Tower's 50th Anniversary, thus there is this number "50" on it!
we went for dinner at the food centre.. and went up to the observatory tower.. way up there! woah! took some photos up here...
a view of a hotel's landscape down below... The ever famous Odaiba rainbow bridge! where Fuji TV station's located at!

and isn't it interesting that the roads crossed each other and formed a shape of a star?! *smilez* all these landmarks are very very far away, I zoomed in all the way.. and capture these shots.. clear right? I took it with my...... 3.2 megapixels Sony Ericsson W960i! Is is good or is it good?! haha~
we can actually look down this transparent window right down to the ground level! you can walk across it too.. scary!

it's so cold outside... Shaun's warmed the window with his breath, and wrote on the vapour that formed on it... hee... nice ah!
We've came all the way up here... we MUST visit the toilet! So, we can tell everyone that we've done "business" up here!
We spent about 1 hours plus up on the tower.. the night's not over yet! On the ground level, there's a garden all lit up! We took photos to commemorate our presence here on Tokyo Tower's 50th Anniversary!

Went back to hotel.. and this time, we have our own private toilet! yeah! Was playing my PSP while waiting for Shaun to take his rather quick bath, and Shaun used the internet with his Lenovo while I had my hot bath in the tub.. for almost 45mins! haha.. so comfy lah!

We'll be shopping tomorrow! Harajuku, Ueno, Daiso, Akihabara ..................

Japan-Day 4

2008-12-11T00:00:00.001+08:00

no no..we cannot be late! We got to catch Shinkansen to Hachinohe! We got up earlier to pack our luggage...

This was where we slept for the past 3 nights.. very cosy and we were kept warm throughout the night~

Shaun loves the exterior of the bullet train. Polished White~

We're going to be in bullet train for about 6 hours! We're travelling from one end to the other end of Japan.. we played our PSP, then browse through all the photos we took for the past 3 days using Shaun's Lenovo.. oh! and we saw Mount Fuji along the way!

and we prepared some snacks to eat during the journey..

not to forget... ROYAL MILK TEA! Took this photo specially for Ernest! We survived winter last year with this..our all-time favourite drink!

This is how the interior of the Shinkansen(bullet train) looks like... and most Japanese had Bento in the train...

Reached my aunt's place at about 4pm. It's FREAKING cold! Colder than Osaka and Kyoto! Once we stepped outta the train, we gave it other a look... haha.. xiao liaoz.. My aunt came to pick us up and drove us to her place... where she prepared homecooked Japanese meal for us :) We were famished! spent 6 hours in the train...tired and hungry.. a nice meal made our day! A Simple dinner tasted like heaven! Thanks Aunt! Aunt had to go for work at about 730pm, and will only be back late at night.. which means.. only Shaun and I left in her apartment! We spent the evening watching television programme... In English of course.. Discovery Channel and National Geographic kept us occupied till almost midnight! with 2 cans of beer and cocktail..plus snacks! We kinda enjoyed the serene environment, and simply just lazing around to watch TV..
Shaun took this.. it's a toilet bowl. After using, flush it..and water will flow out from the tap as well! 2-in-1! How very innovative!

We had a hot bath, warmed out beds and hug each to sleep that night..because... it's VERY COLD!

Will be visiting the hot spring bath tomorrow..and will meet my cousin! Would love to spend more time at my aunt's, but we couldn't extend our trip...thus, we'll be leaving for Tokyo tomorrow afternoon.. we'll be visiting...........

TOKYO TOWER!

Japan-Day 3

2008-12-10T00:00:00.006+08:00

Didn't wake up early as planned... in fact, later than the morning before! well, rest is important! We're going to Kyoto today!

Took a train there..it's about 20-30mins away from Osaka. There! Look at the complicating train route map *scratch head* Well, we didn't lose our way today!

Once we reached Kyoto Station, we went to the tourist information office and got all the information we need.. thereafter, we went to a cafe to discuss about the day's itinerary! look at our brunch... *slurpz*

We're going to take the city bus to tour Kyoto today! That's us outside the train station...

The bus ride was about 20 mins...and we arrived at our first destination.. Nijojo Castle!

That's a moat behind Shaun... and the big big door that he's trying to open!

In the castle.. walking on the paths.. many variety of plants and trees... pretty scenic view!

We climbed up a big flight of stairs... yes.. BIG flight of stairs, not long flight of stairs.. the steps are so wide.. makes me wonder if the people of the past were at least 2m tall.........

an overview of the castle.... it's winter.... look at the colour of the leaves on the trees........

got an ang moh to snap some pictues for us.........

some pictures on the architectures in the castle... we were not allowed to enter the rooms, so we just toured along it.. the gardens... the lakes.. etc...

big heavy door! and it's rusty!

A small flowing "river" within the castle!

The castle closed at about 4plus.. so we started making our way out at about 3plus. Almost reaching the gate, we saw that one building was actually opened for tour! too bad, no photography allowed inside. We removed our footwear, and there we go!~ We took about 30 mins to finish the tour..imagine how the big the place is! Hungry! That's Shaun at the bus stop! We're going to bring our stomach for some nice dinner!.... at Gion...

We reached Gion in about 10 mins! Visited a shrine first. Was here at the shrine last year but it was day time then... now, the sky's dark! A tradition to rinse our mouths and hands before entering the shrine.. er.. we only rinse our hands.. for the obvious reason....

Some lanterns that were lit up... and went to check out the prices for omamori... expensive! didn't buy any from here.. shall check it out at the shrine at Harajuku... hee~

We threw some coins (10yen only!) into a "catchment" area...then make a wish... and swing the rope hard...and ring the bell! tada!~ It's a heavy rope!

spent only a little time in the shrine.. walked across the road and saw a Maiko! didn't manage to snap a photo of her :( Not pretty lah..hee~ Strolled along the Goin streets, searching for a nice place to dine, while checking out some souveniers to buy back home.. They're famous for their sweets and cakes!

We also tried some of their local delights along the way...

That's the cigarette vending machine!
and our dinner! It's a Thai restaurant with nobody inside at all! Feels like we've booked the whole place! Had Thai fried rice and Tom Yam noodles... I tell you..it's heavenly!

took bus back to the Kyoto station, where we took a train back to Osaka.. Our last night in Osaka.. as we'll be heading to visit my aunt at....

Amori-Hachinohe

Japan-Day 2

2008-12-09T20:16:00.001+08:00

We tried our very best to wake up early... but still, we woke up at about 9am (intended to open our eyes at 730am).. quickly took a hot shower.. and set off for Universal Studio!

This is how the hotel lobby looks like.. Shaun took the photo of the main entrance while I went back to the room to put some stuff... Took a wrong train! argh.. that Jap boy who gave the wrong direction must have NOT been to Universal Studio in his life *faint* We reached at about 1130am and we were so hungry... hunt for food!!!!! Too hungry to take photos of our main course.. that's our tuna salad~
NO time to waste.. bought our entrance tic....and here we are! UNIVERSAL STUDIO! the ever famous rotating globe~
It's the Christmas season and the decos were bee-u-ti-ful! I came here last year, but the atmosphere's totally different! of course.. it's the jolly season!
Some photos of the surroundings.. was shivering when taking all these photos... very the cold! we took many photos.. and I realised that Shaun has 1001 poses.. haha.. Here we are at Jurassic Park! Wanted to take the ride.. but knowing that we'll get wet... we gave it a miss...

There were many theme parks.. and we didn't have time to visit every single one. We went for a couple of 3-D shows.. had hot chocolate... etc... and I missed my Underwater show again! argh... shall be back again next year... haha~

That's Shaun at JAWS... with hot chocolate in his hand!

There! My favourite...Snoopy Studios! Snoopy is so cute loh! BUT... I think woodstock is cuter! There's the big candy house!.. and woodstock coming up and going down when you step on the organ keys... hee...
look at Shaun... for your viewing pleasure, I shall post a bigger and clearer one.... or rather.. a more "retarded" looking one..
wahahahah~ Had a good long laugh at this pic after it was taken...
More photos that Shaun took... oh.. we didn't manage to hop on the roller coaster..the queue's simply too long!
Shaun's fetish for cars..any kinda nice nice cars.. hee~

The sky starts to turn cark at about 4plus.. and it turned completely dark at about 5plus 6.... almost like night time! That's when the parade starts.. Christmas special thingy.. the whole parade square was flooded with people! but the atmosphere was really good... all the lights were lit up.. very lively!

decided to give it a miss and shop at souvenier shop instead! We spent about 1hours plus there... so many things to see! But.. I didn't buy anything!! Shaun bought a few souveniers back from here though.. Will take a photo of all the stuff we bought when we get home...

Hello Kitty! The whole shop's filled with them! and no... I'm not Kitty's fan... oooh..and that pink white Christmas tree with pink deco! WeeEEEeEeeE~

and this is something interesting... Spiderman Cup Noodles! haha.. wanted to buy them back to SG, but reckon that we'll probably store it aside rather than eat it.. so, we didn't buy it... spiderman's faces on the fishcakes! haha~

So hungry... it's dinner time! One last photo at the Universal Globe....

It's illuminated!

Went to octopus museum for our Tako Yaki! It's a must-eat in Osaka! Oopss... Shaun dropped his Tako Yaki!

We shared about 12 Tako balls and of course it can't fill our tummies.. went to have our first MacDonalds' meal in Japan! We shared a Juicy Chicken meal rated 3 chillies!

We got back to hotel, washed up and pack our bags.. very very tired... after a whole day of fun.. dozed off almost immediately.. planned to wake up early tomorrow too..... for..............

Kyoto!

Japan-Day 1

2008-12-08T00:30:00.003+08:00

He stayed over my place on the 7th.. we didn't sleep the whole night, as we gotta reach the airport at about 430am.. so we stayed up the whole night playing Pets' Society..haha.. and did some last minute packing of luggage... we took a cab to the airport, and started to do the checking in process.. took us quite some time as there were some problem with the flight before ours, and they were transferring some passengers to our plane. So, we didn't manage to have our breakfast at the airport as planned :(

Look at how comfortable Shaun is on BUSINESS CLASS seat.. hee~ his first time wor...

Before the plane even took off, the steward handed us the menu for the day...and we each have a set of this.... continental breakfast! Yumz.... couldn't finish the cereal, so we packet it..together with 2 youghurt!

The plane took off at about 6am, and we reached safely at Narita Airport at about 230pm (Japan's time). Japan's ahead of SG by 1 hour...

With no time to waste, we proceeded to the JR station to get our JR pass and booked the Shinkansen to Osaka, our first destination! Well.. there were lotsa complications.. either we miss the train, or we took the wrong train. Nevertheless, we still ended up safely in Osaka! We bought a sandwich and a cuppa hot coffee from Starbucks and ate them in the Shinkansen...

While waiting for the train, we took some photos of Japan night's backdrop.. We will be staying in Hotel Raizon for the next 3 nights.. I've stayed in this hotel before, and I find it really cosy and with a reasonable price! Reached Osaka at about 8plus.. once we've checked in, we dumped our luggage and went out to the streets to hunt for food! We haven't had dinner!
Finally, we entered a shabby looking shop.. and ordered anyhow.. and our first dinner in Japan turned out to be GREAT! Very yummy! Satisfy our hunger totally!

Thereafter, we went to the supermarket and convenient store to stock up some necessary stuff like snacks.. drinks... and cup noodles!

Back to hotel, shower... sleep... getting ready for the next day... Japan-Day 2 ..

~UNIVERSAL STUDIO!~

oh..and I forgot to mention.. the temperature in Japan is about 5 to 10 degrees! It's winter!

Japan-Day 0

2008-12-07T00:18:00.001+08:00

went to FOX and bought 2 jackets.. one for me, and one for Shaun.. coz, we're getting ready for our Japan trip! weEeeeeEeE~ can't decided the colour pink or purple for myself.. so took this photo and mms him.. anyway... you'll see what I bought in the up-coming posts!

Went over to his place to help him with packing his luggage. His newly bought Hush Puppies luggage! buy luggage get puppy free! hee... nah.. that's his dog, Tracce... see how she fits nicely into it.. and no... she didn't come along to Japan with us!

Alright.. stay tune for Japan Day 1!

Super back-dated Post~

2008-12-04T21:38:00.027+08:00

it's been a month.. since i've last updated my blog. SO much to update.. hee~ shall start with this..Took this before Shaun went for his Aussie trip. Met up for dinner at Cineleisure, but decided to drop by M1 @ Paragon first.. to find that his poster is on the wall... the WHOLE wall.. took a few quick shots, and left. There were people looking at us...keke~
I almost forgot about his appearance on TODAY's newspaper which was published on 5th Nov. It was a contest actually.. I submitted a photo and a caption for him.

Here's the photo I sent in and this was what I wrote :

Charismatic, Intellectual, Humorous, Handsome.. EdisOn got it ALL! TODAY Men's Supplement MUST fully "utilise" his body! Very defined muscles and body shape. Looks good in almost any type of clothes. Sweating out at the gym frequently does pay off! Pretty Boy EdisOn charms anyone, everyone! He's the M.A.N!

yepz... with that, and he was selected for a photoshoot!

For more about this, please click here.
Went Breeks (Marina Square) with my fellow colleaques from MCS. all 5 of us shared this super huge glass cuppa ice cream + milkshake + etc...... comparable with Swensen's "earthquake.
I've ended my teaching saga.. haha~ official last day of service would be 31st Dec 2008. Simply because, I was tasked to teach in the afternoon session. I shan't explain further. The above was my "last meal" in school, catered specially for all teachers when we were back for meeting.
No more teaching means more time to meet Shaun for lunch! hee~ We had lunch at Hans-Thomson Plaza. Haven't had lunch on weekdays for a long long time.
In the past, I used to order exactly what he orders. Then I'll arrange them in mirror image.. haha~
My Getz Mobile died-ed on me one fine Sat evening.. i mean, Night. Luckily Shaun's with me.. if not i'll freak out. Got the tow truck's number from Serene, and the man towed my car back to Sin Ming Road.. we took his truck of course. Got everything resolved at about 1am. It was quite an experience actually. Now I know how to handle if this happens again..haha~
Went JB with Shaun over some weekend, and ate at Kim Gary Restaurant. All these for only about $14! There's one Kim Gary Restaurant at Vivo City.. went with QC and Veron before.. but of course, it'll cost $37 instead of $14~ hee...
Shaun's marvellous photography skill... *wink* this is the interior of a grand piano! Took this at my ex-piano teacher's house. Was discussing future plans with her, while Shaun waited about an hour for me. Thank you Dear~

Our 2nd Month-niversary just past. Didn't "celebrate" because.. we're like "celebrating" it everyday..haha~ No extravagant gifts too.. but I did something.. took down some of my room's decor, and wrote on them... went to his block and pasted all around it.. or rather, pasted along on the route he'll usually take.
He usually walks down the stairs.. I pasted from 11th storey all the way down to the first.. Anyway, he said this was a "Scary Surprise"!
We've been feasting alot lately.. because we have alot of vouchers!!! We went The Coffee Club at Clarke Quay for lunch. It's a One-for-One promotion. So our meal cost about $16 - $18 I think..

We had breakfast at a coffee shop near his place after stay-over last weekend. I like having hearty breakfast with him!

Also, we had Thai food at Novena Square 2. It's One-for-One set dinner promotion too!

And.. here's the most recent one.. at TCC... Orchard.. before our movie..

I had this craving for Tiramisu that day ...hehe~
haha~ this is funny. I was teaching him how to play Pet's Society (Facebook). I'm trying to save up to buy this pink bed (15000 coins).. so I asked him to play the 10 races/day for me. Also, he can play it for me if there's nothing to do in the office! He always ended up getting 2nd.. and there's no money for coming in as runner-up. Finally... just once... he emerged champion and he jumped up and punch his fist upwards into the air... haha~ Like that also happy..hahah..
Went to a showflat with Shaun. Fell in love with it. Will work hard for it! *smile* Love YoU~

Christmas!~

2008-11-06T00:10:00.003+08:00

It's gonna be my FAVOURITE season and festival of the year! It's Christmas

It's a time where we appreciate one another, and reflect on the events that happened in the year..
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To my dearest folks.. I've booked a chalet!

Venue: Aranda Country Club
Date: 26th Dec to 27th Dec

Details will be sent out nearer the date. As usual, there'll be gift exchange..and we'll let Veron be in-charge of this.. QC wants to be in-charge of doing goodie bags! hee~ and Yongjie shall be our IT support... by providing cables, wires, adaptors, CD, router...etc... for "you-know-what" purpose.. *hee*

It's time to write my Christmas Wish List soon!

It's a season to be jolly!

TODAY's MALE 2008

2008-11-04T11:41:00.007+08:00

The title and the picture speaks for itself.. TODAY's MALE 2008...

Grab a copy of TODAY's Newspaper tomorrow, 5th November 2008~

W.H.Y ?

Simply because... Shaun will be appearing in the papers!

It'll probably be featured on an additional leaflet attached to the papers, like a Men's special kinda thing.. Not sure how it's gonna turn out exactly, but I'll blog about how it all came about and the process of the shoot after the release of the papers tomorrow!

*grin*

Flower Balloon!

2008-11-04T00:27:00.011+08:00

Went to Jasmine's birthday party yesterday.. will probably wait for her to blog, then link to her website.. hee~ I like the purple balloon flower! so big!The very next day.. Shaun came over to my place and did a Pink balloon flower for me!

He laughed at me when I helped him to blow a balloon.. he said I looked like monkey.. So I video-ed him and told him he looks bloated too! *hee*
Making in progress....I video-ed the process of tying all the 5 petals together.. it's not easy.. and I think his hands hurt after that..

and it's finally done! He hung it up on my pink wall for me.. Once it's nicely hung up onto my wall, he wanted to sign on his master piece! hee~

~Finished~

He'll be leaving for Australia this Thurs to next Tues.. that'll be 6 days away.. gonna look at the flower and think of him.. hopefully the flower balloon will last more than 6 days~

:~(

1st Month-niversary~

2008-10-28T12:46:00.027+08:00

转眼间，一个月就那么过去了。谢谢你在这一个月对我所付出的时间和爱。谢谢你容忍我许多的无理取闹s and 不可理喻s。我很珍惜我们度过的每一刻。。。

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这一天，我们回到了 where we first started　的地方。我们一边 have our dinner, 一边 talk about how time actually flies! Shaun had Baked Chicken Mushroom Linguine, while I had Smoked Salmon Avo-bayon. We shared Berry Oreo drink and MY Devil-misu!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
Went Cineleisure for our movie.. Butterfly Lovers.. a sappy love show.. entertaining.. a little hilarious.. keke~ Movies are always nice with Director Owyeong around...
The process of getting all the above done.. is NO Joke.. the 9 PINK roses were bought on Sunday evening, before coming to my place. It was well hidden in his car boot. It's amazing that the 9 roses can survive a night, and half a day in the hot sun in the boot before it reached its rightful owner..hee~

9 roses...

An Eternal Love

Together As Long As We Live

The capsules are my daily dosage.. which I have to take every morning.. There were supposedly
15 pills.. but dear accidently swallowed 2.. hee~

Nah~ there are actually little slips of paper in the capsules! So.. each morning when I "take" my pill (as prescribed by Doctor Owyeong), I get to read what's written inside! I've only 13 pills, as Shaun made some errors in writing in the other 2..

Poor dear.. we meet up so often that he hardly have any time to prepare all these.. some pills were written at his home.. some written at my place. When I was in the bathroom, he secretly took it out to write.. about 2 capsules, then hide it away.. Also, when we went out on Monday, he actually wrote it in the toilet! No wonder he took so long....*er hem*

all the letters were cut out ONE-BY-ONE.. And it probably took up hours of his time! He told me he
did it till about 3am the on Sat.. all the photos were printed out using glossy papers with his printer! He also bought glitter glue to decorate the card.

I LOVE hand-made cards.. because the final project often portrays how much effort was put into doing it. I love cards with lengthy sentences and paragraphs. I love reading them over and over again. It kinda also pens down what the writer might wanna say but failed to say, forgotten to say, too mushy to be said...

Just look at the card he made, it speaks for itself.

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I'm not the kinda girl that fancy romantic walks along the beach; sharing a small umbrella on rainy days; looking into each others' eyes the whole day......

I value the little things he does on every other days in my life. I can afford to buy the things I like, but there are so many other things in the world that money can't buy... and those are the things he did for me..

Love YoU~

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P/S : Just to side-track..hee~ I posted this post too early.. wanted to save it as a draft and edit it when I have the time, but accidently posted it... So, the earlier post seems unfinished, and simply does not make any sense.. I wasn't at home when Shaun told me about it.. so I told Shaun to log into my account to edit the post, and save it as draft.. in case more people read it.. and there he left a msg for me in this post...

I LOVE U ... from shaun owyeong edison cheng shi...!!!

-ChEeKy MoVe.. But I Love It~

2008-10-22T14:51:00.024+08:00

Too many things done, too little time to blog.. Here's the summary of all that happened the past week...

Glad to have a close friend in school.. makes school life a little better.. however, she's in the afternoon session.. only get to see her only about an hour each day.. and she's seated very near me! hee~ Bought her a cup from Daiso yesterday while shopping with dear.. she has no cup to drink from in the staff room! anyway, i think she's quite happy.. wrote me a note and a hand-made piano made from paper! oh man! *touched* felt so blessed... to have her around~

Thanks to Veron's Takashimaya card, Claire and I had our shopping spree last Sun.. Shan't disclose what we bought and how much we spent.. coz.. my parents are reading this blog! *oops* Anyways, I really enjoy shopping with Claire! We've made plans to shop every month.. after 12th... coz... that's when I get my pay!

Yeah! The first pay check I've gotten in 24 years! as in.. really banked into my bank account with CPF! hee~ Though it's quite a miserable sum, but I'm rather excited about it.. that I treated my friends and family to meals!

First was with Yaolong, Felicia, Claire on Sat.. at Wheelock Sakae Sushi, after collecting our running kit for this coming week's Great Eastern Women run...

Thereafter, Yaolong and Felicia went off to visit relative, while Claire and I walked around in town.. and that's when we discovered the TAKA sale! and.. immediately decided that we'll be back the next day...which is Sunday!~

My Dear had an event in town that day.. was speechless for a moment when I saw his bombastic wig! hee~ Took about 3 poloroids with him and Claire too!

Went for Kobe's birthday party after that.. it was a last min thingy for me when dear asked me to join in the dinner.. and I forgot about my meet up with ZW.. I feel quite bad.. and I could tell that he's really quite pissed this time.. over the phone.. and to get ZW flaring up is a great feat..and I DID JUST IT *faint*

Decided to treat him to a meal too with my miserable pay! Went Jack's place to have dinner! The last time I've jacked was probably YEARS ago.. and the meal was.... GR8! Had Mushroom and Lobster soup.. then our main course.. with dessert and drink~ Had a good chat and catching up over dinner..

Wanna thank him for being so tolerant with my attitude and also for the ever-so-faithful morning calls.. it's really something! Thanks.. my friend! The meal amount up to about $60++.. reasonable pricing yea? Compared to the extravagant meal I treated my Bestie and JieJie... at

PRIMA TOWERS... the revolving restaurant.

(by the way, this was taken from dear's place!)

I promised them a meal when I get my first pay.. Yes.. this was what we ordered.. just the 3 of us.. Please click the link below for a more descriptive comment on the dishes..

YuM-yUm-yUm

Okie.. and here are the rather few pictures we took that day.. Veron wasn't feeling too good that day.. so... ya... bill was about $190.. with QC's Citibank Card! Veron ate only a few mouthful.. so, can you imagine, QC and I ate about $100 worth of dishes each that day! We went Vivo to meet Yongjie.. and watched Eagle Eye! Nice!
Mahjong was the next activity for the night.. a rather impromtu one.. all players were activated last min.. and there we are, gathered at Veron's place.. Dear came and join us after our movie..

We mahjonged again.. the night after.. scary~

PSLE marking days... it's like a long weekend to me.. lasted from Thurs to Tues.. and glad that my dear booked in at AMK "camp" for 6 days 5 nights! hee~ a little too demanding of me.. but he compromised anyway! *grin* It's quite interesting to wake up for work together in the morning.. and dinner in the evening.. then do our own stuff.. then bedtime.. hee~ I'm learning more about him as each day past.. and we kinda found a new hobby.. and that's... shopping for groceries! hehe~

LOVE YOU!~

2008-10-15T14:19:00.010+08:00

Have no time to update as frequently as I used to do.. Shall summarise what I've been up to since the last time I've updated, which is like.. 2 weeks ago!

Saw this on my desk when I came back from my lessons.. So sweet of her right! Just when I so desperately needed something to quench my thirst after a day of lesson... and it's been a loOooooOg time since I had bubble tea!~

I'm so proud of my purchases! Went AIA to enquire about my policy, and I dropped by Raffles MRT station to top up my cashcard.. then I saw Bras on sale! yeah! Bought 4 sets at one go! Shan't reveal how c.h.e.a.p it is..hahaha~ wanted to buy more lah.. but it'll be so crazy.. oh! and it comes with a panty too! weEeEeE~

And.. I attempted to tidy up room a little.. and I've decided to throw away my smelly.. Smelly has been with me since secondary school.. and it's quite painful to throw it away.. really.. I used it to cover my eyes when I sleep at night, and wipe my tears when I cry myself to sleep.. Now it's gone.. gone... gone...

Went IKEA and bought myself a white bedside lamp.. Been using battery operated ones for quite some time.. wanted to get a Pink lamp, but couldn't find any at Alexandra branch, so got myself a white one instead. Just last week, I saw a PINK one at Tampines branch! *argh* My Dear's so sweet to get me the PINK one~ yeah.. now i have 2 lamps at home.. haha.

Went Garden's Mac with Ernest.. we're gonna have our frequend meet-ups on Tuesdays.. and here's my fluffy! I love drinking fluffy! coz.. I always anticipate the design they'll do on my drink..hee~ This time, it reads "ENJOY"! *smilez*

Went Jurong to teach the girls and they gave me this!.. chocolates! with wine content.. nice! I haven't had this kinda chocolates for quite some time.. There's Rhum, Martell, Whisky and Baileys! haha~

After Jurong's lesson, I walked towards my car.. and I thot I've gotten a summon. I've been teaching them for almost 2 years! and I haven't gotten any! ... and it turned out to be a note from my bestie! haha~ Pleasant surprise.. He's inviting me to treat him..how nice.. ahaha~

Since all my friends are doing this test........here's mine~

2008-10-15T01:10:00.000+08:00

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Marina at Keppel Bay

2008-10-02T11:52:00.034+08:00

Thot Shaun was going to bring me for some local delights at some food centres. He mentioned he'll bring me for some nice local food when we were suppering at Lau Pa Sat after F1 race. However, he msged me in the late afternoon not to wear sloppy clothes.. hmm..

Drove from his place towards Vivo City's direction. Asked him where we're going, he doesn't wanna say! You know.. I simply can't contain the anxiety within me.. i was guessing throughout the whole journey about the destination we were heading to. Basically, i think I can't stop talking.. hee~ Can't sit still! Then.. i concluded.. it's either Sentosa or Marina at Keppel Bay.. Ta Da~ Got off his car, and went to TCC - The Coffee Connoisseur. He carried his fourskin bag with him. Was wondering why he did not leave it in his car!?!? I ordered Edenic Salmon.. He ordered Chic-Mex pizza.. We shared an Azuki Feeeze and also.. my Tiramisu! I love TCC's Tiramisu! Had been telling him about how much I love TCC's Tiramisu.. and I guess he shared the same sentiments! *slurp*
Went for a stroll after dinner. The night scene's breath-taking.. and it's quite cooling that evening..Then.. we stopped by a pavillion to rest.. when suddenly, he took a scarf out of his bag, told me to sit down, and blind-folded me. As usual, I can't seem to contain my anxiety and excitement. I was making alot of noise till I think, i attracted the security guard over. Neverthless, Shaun managed to win the guard over..hee~

I heard alot of sound..then i felt heat.. I tamed down quite abit towards the end.. no energy already.. hee~ he took about 10mins.. and when he finally took down my blind fold....

Simple lost for words. I just stared at what's infront of me. My faces felt so flushed that i used the blindfold to cover.. touched~ then he stood close behind me.. and said ".................................................................................................................................."
of course i'm not gonna type out exactly what he said here.. drop me a line~ Hee~

There and then.. he gave me a PINK rose and an Anklet.

P/S : Now you know why he brought the bag down.. to contain the surprise! *smile*
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Thank you for the wonderful evening that you whole-heartedly crafted for me.

T H A N K - Y O U.........

for:

1. This day 27-09-2008. (this entry's late!)
2. Kinder Bueno. (it's finishing)
3. Chatting with me for hours every night. (ooPs!)
4. Showing concern when I don't feel well.
5. Paying for my meals.
6. Remembering what fruit juice I like to drink.
7. Finishing up my meals! *hee*
8. Scolding me when I'm in the wrong.
9. Not being stingy with saying "I'm Sorry".
10. Your Tears.
11. Feeding me a bite of your food.
12. Cutting up the food to bite-size before offering me.
13. The dunno-how-many-bottles of Yakult from your house.
14. Sharing your childhood stories and pictures with me.
15. Telling me about your family.
16. Morning calls~ *er hem*
17. Asking me to lotsa drink water.
18. Holding my hands when crossing the road. (Jay-walking!)
19. Opening doors for me.
20. Buying my food/drinks. (I just sit and wait!)
21. Switching off the lights when the switch seems kilometers away.
22. Driving me around.
23. Pressing the "Open" button when I enter the lift.
24. Your Hugs.
25. Your Kisses.
26. Spending time with me.
27. "M-Day"~
28. Sharing your secrets with me.
29. Sleeping beside me.
30. Playing the piano for me.
31. Remembering all details so clearly.
32. Giving me all your sweets if you have.
33. Offering me tissue paper after meals. (I'll make it a habit to bring my own!)
34. Forgiving me when I make a mistake.
35. Changing your M1 plan to get free out-going calls to M1 number!
36. Did not "scold" me when your hp bill suddenly shoots up~
37. Cleaning my utensils before meals.
38. Instilling "Washing Hands Before Meals" habit :)
39. Instilling "Washing Hands After Meals" habit too!
40. Not raking up the past.
41. Washing my Ikea jug and cups.
42. Being protective over me whenever I meet guys.
43. Calling me “欧阳雪".
44. SMS-ing and calling me periodically throughout the day.
45. Talking/Planning about the future.
46. All the Kiehl's sample!
47. Redken's sample and 'Very-Worth-It' treatment + haircut!
48. Willing to talk things out when things go wrong.
49. Being open with me.
50. Touching my hair.
51. Making me laugh.. Director Ow Yeong~
52. Making me cry.. to realise how much I care.
53. Making me angry.. to realise how much I treasure you.
54. Meeting and getting to know my friends.
55. Teaching me how to save money.
56. Being so "childish" with me~
57. Not hiding anything from me.
58. Your Sincerity
59. Going the extra mile to do things for me.
60. Giving me a role to play in your life.
61. Carrying my bag.
62. Offering to wash my car.
63. Giving me advices
64. SMS-es every morning.
65. Going Malaysia with me to buy contact lens.
66. Lending me your white Adidas jacket :)
67. Remembering my HP number by heart.
68. The Anklet
69. The Earrings
70. Making the effort to call me even when you're tired.
71. Taking my opinions into consideration.
72. Bringing me to eat prawn mee!
73. Letting me have cushioned seat at restaurants.
74. Taking Initiative.
75. Putting yourself into my shoes at times.
76. Letting me sit inside when taking bus.
77. Trusting me.
78. Compromising to my ridiculous requests.
79. Singing a song before I sleep every night.. starting 081008 :)
80. Listening to me.
81. Missing me.
82. Countless Yakun coffee you've bought.
83. Carry things for me.
84. Telling me all about cars.
85. Willing to buy me what I want.
86. Pacifying me.
87. Being yourself infront of me.
88. Making sure I'm reach home safely by asking me to msg you.
89. Driving my car below 3RPM~ hee*
90. Not Doubting me.
91. Sweet-talking.
92. Letting me pinch all your muscles *wink*
93. Your Honesty.
94. Making final decisions.
95. Letting me make decisions too.
96. Assuring me when I feel insecure.
97. Your Smile
98. Sacrifices you made for me.
99. Your Love.
100. ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ME!~
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Lauren - age 4. "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix First Ever Night Race

2008-09-30T14:45:00.021+08:00

Friday, September 26, 2008

2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix First Ever Night Race !

For the intro, click on the link above. I'm too lazy to blog about it.. hee~ In short, I was there on 26th September 2008, Friday! YipeEe~

We can actually enter the F1 race village at 1pm. However, most of us have to work.. met Shaun at City Hall Mrt at about 5pm. We decided to have dinner before entering the race village. We presumed that the food and beverages in the village would be of exorbitant price! We share a foot long Subway sandwich. Soon after, Veron and Toru arrived. They went to walk around Raffles City, while Shaun and I went to Yakun for our dose of caffeine.
Finally QC, Veron, Toru, Shaun and I were ready to set foot into the village! Shaun took a photo of a BM.. to show his brother :) Also, there were many tentages in the village. Mainly..food. Of course, souveniers of the F1 race can be bought here. There'll be a practise session at 7pm. It's about 6plus when we entered the village. Yongjie came shortly after... We then walked together to the grandstand.. at the floating platform. That's exactly where we'll watch the race!

There were 13 of us altogether. However, we did not meet up with the other 7. Oh.. Forgot to mention, the ticket's from beloved Claire! *muacks*
On our way to the grandstand, we could already hear the loud drifting sound made by the F1 cars! Damn high can! Ear plugs and ponchos were on sale... but we came prepared! yeah! Here are some pictures of the racing tracks... and that's exactly where we'll be facing. There's 2 big-screen TV! weEeE~

We had ample of time to take photos of the surroundings.. with the CBD area as the backdrop.. nice~ Don't you think Shaun's green shirts blends rather well with the background? hee~ We're sitted at the green section! Seat 44/44 and 44/45! We were seated away from the rest of the group. Nevertheless, we met up at 830pm.. there's a one-hour interval before the next practise session begins! The practise sessions began with a bang! The sound made by the car... H.I.G.H! it's so loud! LOUD! L.O.U.D!~

Here are some videos taken that day... it's quite a pity that there isn't any sound for the first 2 videos.. but it's so clear! and we have the PERFECT view! haha~

This one below's a more closed up one....

and finally..this one taken by Sony Ericsson W960i! with sound! A whopping 51secs of action!

actually dun need to see the video..just by listening to the sound makes you high!

Oh.. Here's the CBD contrasting shots taken by Shaun. One taken when the sky's still a little bright... the other's taken when the sky is dark~ nice! We were just commenting that it's actually very amazing that the track's set up in the city.. unlike other countries where there's greens all around..

He managed to take some shots of the big TV screen! so clear! We had our ear plugs on after about an hour of watching the practise session. The loudness seemed to get unbearable. We sat with the rest of the group for the 2nd session..at the blue zone.. and honestly, we were all rather tired by then..

Oh! Here's a short clip i took.. the laser beam.. read it~

Here's the 11 of us! Took a group photo before proceeding to Lau Pa Sat for supper :) Didn't manage to meet up with Felicia and Yao Long..dunno why... But there's a french guy..Clement.. interesting personality..

Here.. at Lau Pa Sat.. photo taken by one of the vendors.. so..not very nicely taken...sigh.. we hang out till almost 1am.. then took a cab home..

Eventful day! F1 race.. and the company of the folks! ~

VroOOoOOooOoooOm~

Term 4, Week 4

2008-09-30T11:20:00.003+08:00

Into the 4th week now.. still surviving.. the form teacher came back from reservist and my job's done! now.. taking over another teacher's duty as she just left the school.

found this on my table one afternoon.. Jowie left it on my table... so sweet of her loh! We've no time to eat at all.. busy marking all the assignments. Can you imagine, my red pen's outta ink already! and it's only the 4th week... Miss P was so excited one fine day..she told me she found this wonderful invention at popular.. she gave me and Miss O one each...look like plaster ya?
it's actually a rubber ring.. helps to flip the pages easier. I tell you.. it helps! Giving out worksheets in class's alot faster now.. and flipping the pages while marking's a breeze! Will get a packet for myself soon..and share it with Jowie!
Miss P confiscated a pair of binoculars during lesson. It's very farnee can! students actually used Binos to view the white board. It's a really clever idea i must say.. and the binos really work!

I had fun teaching in the school.. and i have a desk to myself now! yeah!~

2008-09-24T23:31:00.002+08:00

almost 3 weeks.. and yesterday was the first time i stayed in school till 6pm! to mark 3 weeks load of assignments.. no joke! procrastinate till now.. imagine all the work i've given X 40 pupils *faint*

Made quite a few "friends" in the staff room.. got to know this teacher that plays the piano too! We had an agreement that we'll meet up in the music room to play a duet together! There's 2 pianos in the music room! yeah!

One of the HODs gave me this chocolate. She's the most gentle and caring lady in the school. Really! not because she gave me chocolate.. but the words she said to me. It's simply motivating. Well, all other teachers did advise me and talk to me abit about school life.. but this HOD simply touched my heart. Genuinely true.

I need chocolates! My supply of Kinder Bueno's long gone...
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S.E.C.R.E.T
- something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.

I have a l o t
of
secrets.

and of course

kept secret.. kept hidden.. kept concealed
to
myself.

2008-09-23T00:26:00.002+08:00

EUSTOMA

Outgoing, Thoughts, Calming, Well-spoken...

it's already been 2 weeks.. since i started teaching.. fast.. I'm in my third week and still surviving.. manageable.. but seriously lack of sleep. It's a good thing that i keep myself busy.. so that my mind will not wander around.. i used up every hour, every min, every sec that i can squeeze outta my 24 hours..

I'm on an anklet hunt. It's very frustrating.. because most accessories shop does not have a wide variety of designs to choose from.. if not, some shops dun even carry anklets at all! I think i still fancy those at Perlini's.. Tiffany and Co does not carry anklets.. poh heng,lee hwa etc all dun have leh.. sigh~ However, I saw one at AMK Hub.. at SK Jewelry.. they do have this design that caught my eye.. zig zagged chain and heart shaps all around~ cost $199 though.. compare to Perlini's... ANyway, i have a good mind to buy it myself.. this week...

Looking forward to this weekend.. 4 more days to go!
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I'm in the midst of the path that i took
I can't turn back, nor can i move forward.
and I dislike the feeling of being stuck in-between.
I dislike uncertainty.
Tell me...
that I've won.
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The Winner Takes It All

I don't wanna talk
About the things we've gone through
Though its hurting me
Now its history
I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

The winner takes it all
The loser standing small
Beside the victory
That's her destiny

I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all
The loser has to fall
Its simple and its plain
Why should I complain.

But tell me does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say
Rules must be obeyed

The judges will decide
The likes of me abide
Spectators of the show
Always staying low
The game is on again
A lover or a friend
A big thing or a small
The winner takes it all

I don't wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You've come to shake my hand
I apologizeIf it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see

The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all......

Mid-Autumn Festival

2008-09-16T23:48:00.013+08:00

Me and my crazy idea.. i thot of carrying lantern around some gardens or parks.. coz, it's been a long time since I did just that.. was on a children's day 2 years ago i think..

Initially, it was just me and him.. but asked Veron and YJ along.. then so happened that Ernest and Valerie came too! and thunder!

Anyway, we managed to light up 5 lanterns i bought from AMK central.. and walked around the AMK Ave 4 little garden.. ya.. and we really walked one round~

Wanted to go Bishan Park.. but 哥哥 came back and asked for a mahjong session. Agreed! Thus, we just proceeded downstairs to play with the stuff i bought.

with the 2 little boxes of candles i bought, we managed to line up the steps of the staircase with them. Nice! Actually, Mid-Autumn's more of playing with candles than lanterns ya? hee~ It was really quite a pretty sight~

Should have brought along some mooncakes or some tea.. haha..

Group photo! Asked someone to take for us.. with thunder!

Thereafter, went up to Veron's house for Mahjong!

An enjoyable mid-autumn spent~

Flowers and their meanings...

2008-09-16T00:21:00.008+08:00

SUNFLOWER

Adoration, Pride, Sunshine, Warmth, Happiness!

BLUE ROSE

YOU'RE EVERYTHING TO ME!

Signify mystery or attaining the impossible... Signified hope against unattainable love~

Lily

Youth, Acceptance!

Tulip

Romance, Charity, Perfect lover, Fame, Love, Passion, Royalty, True Love~

2008-09-10T23:17:00.004+08:00

totally not used to waking up so freaking early in the morning.. it's been 5 years..since i woke up THAT early (unless i have a flight to catch).

Even in Poly, i dun wake up THAT early.

workload's fine..(won't even call it work).. it's the waking up early lah..

Thanks to ZW for morning call... and morning calls to come..haha~ Till my bio clock is tuned alright!

3.5 months to year end..oh my.. really fast. Time to plan for my year end trip.
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It's going no where..
Really.
I dun see a direction.
So...
I'll navigate myself away.
s l o w l y.

煎熬

2008-09-07T23:39:00.002+08:00

女：刚好　我们拥有彼此寻找的好
可惜不太凑巧
在错的时候情路上遇到

男：若不是不忍心看你两难中煎熬
不然我绝不肯这样眼睁睁
看你重回他怀抱

女：嘴角勉强撑起了笑
也要让你看到最后一丝的骄傲

男：因为你说　
说到做到
提的起放的下
才有男人的味道

女：我不是不知道
没有你的日子会有多么煎熬

男：就算是我傻的可笑
失去当成得到
只要能够对你好
我都会做到

男：若不是不忍心看你两难中煎熬
不然我绝不肯这样眼睁睁
看你重回他怀抱

女：嘴角勉强撑起了笑
也要让你看到最后一丝的骄傲

男：因为你说　
说到做到
提的起放的下
才有男人的味道

女：我不是不知道
没有你的日子会有多么煎熬

合：就算是我傻的可笑
失去当成得到
只要能够对你好

女：你是否懂我的感受

男：说走却舍不得掉头

女：我不该爱的太重

男：让你我如此难过

合：为何我爱的一切没有结果

女：嘴角勉强撑起了笑
也要让你看到最后一丝的骄傲

男：因为你说　
说到做到
提的起放的下
才有男人的味道

女：我不是不知道
没有你的日子会有多么煎熬

男：就算是我傻的可笑
失去当成得到
只要能够对你好
我都会做到

2008-09-07T23:06:00.003+08:00

FINALLY! swimming's over.. 5 lessons... all over.. it's indeed very tiring.. and how i hoped for it to rain every weekend.. and of course.. it didn't.

Actually, it's kinda enjoyable to teach lah.. minus the tiredness.. no joke.. Sat 330pm to 730pm.. Sun 8am to 11am, 4pm to 5pm.. I remember last Sat, right after class, i slept from 8pm all the way till next morning.. i missed dinner loh..too tired to eat! then i went for class the next morning.. reached home at about 1130am..and i slept till 330pm..then go for next class.. simply..just sleep and sleep.. really very tired. I'm glad it's over~
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Aunt : You bought chocolates from somebody?
Me : (thinking that aunt's referring to Choc Eclairs i got from Claire) Yes! it's in the fridge!
Aunt : No.. it's in your room.. someone brought it over just now.
Me : Huh? deliver to doorstep?
Aunt : Yes! It's a guy with specs..
Me : Who? QC? aye.. but if it's QC, you'll know...so... WHO WHO WHO!
Aunt : He say you'll know once you see the chocolate. Why this guy so weird? Bring chocolate all the way up here..

- I dashed into my room -

*Mystery solved*

It's so SWEET lah~ wah piangz.. was grinning away. You really make the effort to make my day! Thanks dude!
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I've gotten my schedule for my school's time table already..and it's totally to my liking. I prayed so hard before i entered the VP's office. hee~ My piano student's schedule kinda remained unchanged.. just some rescheduling. Glad that some parents are more than willing to compromise. Everything went the way God wanted.
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I think.. i get what you mean.
Still.. it's not distinct enough.

I will go ahead with what i've decided.

Period.

Nike 10km Run

2008-09-02T00:17:00.013+08:00

I can't believe it.i actually completed 10km.. the furthest i ever ran was 5km.. and.. here's the results.. did 10km in 1 hour 30 mins 49 secs.. so proud of myself *patpat* was expecting like 1 hour 40 mins.. and outta the 1 million runners world wide.. i rank 206652! haha~ well, the number's not very "small" lah.. but still..not bad right! ^hee~

The weather's really cool that day.. Not sunny at all.. yeah! made running alot easier!

Ran alongside with Claire.. But this girl, she don't drink water at all throughout the whole 10km! there's water point at every 2.5km.. so i stop by all 3 water points to hydrate myself.. Claire went on the run by herself..

honestly, the first 2km was easy.. the 3rd km to 5km was quite a killer.. so thirsty loh.. thereafter, from 5km onwards.. it was quite ok.. i guess, the momentum's kinda there.. i'm glad i never felt like giving up.

While running, I remembered what J said .. "Don't care about the timing.. or how long you take. Just cross the finishing line. It's the experience!" .. and also, Warrant Ng said to me last Sunday .. "Don't bother about the timing, just Complete the run"..

I think, I'm addicted to running now.. thanks to Claire! hee~ Am signing for Great Eastern Run.. 10km! Shall aim for full marathon and biathlon next year~ weEeeE~

My right knee joint hurts like anything.. was in pain when sleeping last night.. and i can't walk properly today.. Went for piano lesson.. leg's too weak to even step on the sustain pedal! sobz..

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We should just leave that addictive place loh.. damn.. but it was indeed a fun and entertaining evening.. hee~ i think.. a solid 2 hours was spent there.. oops..

And got ourselves 2 new toys! haha~ opened it up.. only to discover that they have different facial expressions!

tada! and ya.. i didn't bring back the whole big bag of sweets! hee~ i still have a container load of mentos can! *faint* erm.. i dunno the exact use of these 2 "balls" you know.. i think, we're supposed to put candle into it.. and diffuse scent outta it.. aroma candles i guess.. i took the one with the smiley face and he took the other..

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it's 1:30am.. and i just got an overseas call! oh my.. how "early"..

supposed to go for "out field" today.. but was postponed. And.. he told me he was DOTA-ing and Command & Conquering the whole day! haha.. so fun loh! Speaking of which, the last time I DOTA-ed was at Pasir Ris Chalet..with the rest of the 7 guys.. Must jio more girls to play!

which reminds me of.. ZW! he called me this morning at 9:55am.. scary.. coz he seldom call me.. or rather, he don't call me at all! but glad he called.. coz I have violin at 11:15am! and i'm supposed to wake up at 8plus to practise violin and piano! i didn't hear my 3 alarms that went off! Anyway, he was too bored at work lah.. it's the school holidays for Pri school.. and the school's rather empty and quiet.. it was a short chat anyway.. about 15mins? talk mainly about the Nike run..haha.. probably coz i didn't return his msg yesterday when he touched down at Singapore.. *oops* I'm still alive lah.. !

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Bestie speaks his heart to me no more.. honestly, it's bothering me quite abit. I truly, wanna know what's going on in his life.. but never did i get an honest answer.. or rather, i can't differenciate what's the truth and what's not.. it's quite disturbing.. i can't discern..

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My mind has never been so clear before.
Outta sudden, the fog's cleared..
or rather, I cleared it myself.

Let it remain this way... a l w a y s.
I choose to

g
o

a
w
a
y
.
.
.

c.a.r.e bear~

2008-08-31T01:58:00.007+08:00

took some pics, but decided to post this one.. because.. QC's like grabbing.. er hem.. not on purpose lah.. it was all so natural..haha..~ look at his cheeky smile! hee~

It's been a long time i took photo with bestie.. thot this photo's quite nice.. I remembered.. i think.. 2 years ago, i bought bestie a blue care bear blanket and i have a similar pink one.. wanted to ask QC to snap a photo of the blanket, but it's in the closet in his mom's room.. another time then..

Miss talking to you, bestie.. though you dun tell me much now... you know.. there was once when i wanted to call you, and i actually forgot the last 3 digit of your HP number! I was bloody depressed i tell you! know what i did? i went to phone book and start memorising it all over again. I make sure i won't forget loh! so.. in order not to forget, I'm gonna dail your number more frequently! haha~
Another teacher's day pressie I got today.. Just yesterday, i was bloggin about students giving me chocolate.. and i received 2 boxes today! keke~Yi Xuan gives me chocolate every year.. and i LOVE the macadamia one! I got that last year too! She's been with me for almost 4 years.. now in grade 5 too.. oh man.. i'm old!

Got this Pink Happy House little pouch. I think, they all know i like pink.. i have so many pink stuff this year. This little pouch is so cute lah~ I'm going to use it.. just that i dunno what to put inside..

going for my 10km Nike run tmr... *cross fingers*
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5 more days......

You guessed it.
I dunno how to react.

let it be.

2008-08-29T23:11:00.009+08:00

had dinner at Crystal Jade.. and the bill amounts up to $94! it's been a long time since we ate good food like these. We've been meeting up alot in AMK.. finally, we're dining in town! hee~ didn't wait too long to get a table..

Went Heerens as QC wanna get slippers.. nice slippers i must say. Very matching to what he wore today! good buy! The guys went with QC... Claire and I went ahead to do some shopping.. i miss shopping with girl friends loh! Claire said i'm so enthu when it comes to shopping..haha.. of course lah! well..i think..because i talk alot lah.. then i keep getting clothes for her to try..and push her into the changing room..haha..

went for Durian chee cheong fan.. was quite "turned off" at the sound of it.. was telling WJ that i've eaten durian fried rice.. but...durian ccf... er.. nevertheless, we went to try it. Walk VERY far loh.. still say very near.. behing what building..argh~! wanted to order one plate.. ordered 2 in the end.. my goodness... it's very heavenly! too bad.. V is not around..if not, she'll love it! It's more like eating Durian, than the chee cheong fan lah.. look....the durian paste is SOOOOOOO thick! yumz.........

I have a serious fetish for bags..how.. i buy one every week... shit loh.. how? and i've so many bags at home now.. i bought one last thurdays.. and i almost bought one today.. luckily they're closing.. anyway, this bag's big enough to put A4 sized stuff.. so i can used it for school! ya ya .. not very "formal" looking.. but dun care lah.. i like means i like.. wanted to check out my APPLE scent today..but cannot find! argh!

anyway, here are some gifts added to my Teacher's Day gift collection... 2 flowers! the smaller pink flower's a memo clip.. and the bigger blue flower's actually like a "wind mill" thingy.. that can turn round and round and round and round and round........................... when the wind blows. Then again, the window in my room's never opened since I slept in it.. maybe i should put in infront of my aircon.. hee~

Pink Hp Pouch! I think.. those students that have been with me for years, probably know i like pink and blink blink stuff..haha~ but honestly, i won't use thie pink pouch lah.. i will.. after i pluck out the golden ribbon in front.. *oops* and..my HP might be too big to fit into this..

This one's nice! Letter "M"! 2nd gift i recieve from Mini-bits.. I did see this at Mini-bits before. Well, something i'll like to have..but will not use my own money to buy.. coz it's a want..not a need :) glad to own it though...

Well.. i'll be expecting more gifts to roll in. Was JUST telling QC, that i rather students not give any pressies.. coz.. some are not quite cheap..and.. storage space. I don't mind chocolates! hee~

So sweet.. was chatting with one of my "older" student whom i once taught..

Student says: happy teacher's day! since every teacher is celebrating it today..
Me says: Thank you!
Student says: actualy u're more of a fren den a tchr la. its true nor. i'll wish u on friendship day. nt tchr's day.

2008-08-29T12:20:00.002+08:00

ripped open the letter last night.. finally, the long-awaited posting letter.

posted to a school of my liking! yeah~ happened to be the school that my interviewer's teaching in. She must have liked me alot.. haha..though my answers given were crappy~ shall not name the school though..

Best of all..it's 5 - 10 mins drive(no traffic) from my place! and.. no ERP! yeah!
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7 more days...that's all you've got.

2008-08-28T22:16:00.000+08:00

C H I L D I S H

Teacher's Day~

2008-08-28T11:49:00.007+08:00

In a few day's time... 4 days to be exact.. is Teacher's Day! Somehow, it just didn't occur to me that it's Teacher's Day already.. like so fast! Sept 1st.. So, i was really shocked when my student gave me a pressie.. i actually asked her what's the occassion! haha~
1st pressie was given to me on Tuesday by 7 years old Janelle :) taught her for about 2 - 3 months only.. she looks like snow white! very very fair.. and speaks with a slang.. but pure chinese lah.. Mom said she learnt the slang from cartoons! keke~ A lovely pink towel! I've gotten quite a few PINK towels over the years.
2nd pressie given by 11 years old Phoebe on Wednesday! again, i was taken aback when presented with a gift. Coz, it totally slipped my mind that it's teacher's day soon.. haha~ SO PRETTY right? the earrings? she made me open infront of her, and i wore it there and then :) Taught Phoebe for about 3 - 4 years already.. with me from grade 2.. and she's in grade 5 now.. so fast.. and.. the price tag's not removed..hehe.. didn't tell her lah.. for me to know :) $14!
3rd pressie from 8 years old Wendy! this apple memo clip~ so red! and 22kt gold...er, dun really know what's that.. Wendy's with me for 2 - 3 years..from beginners.. to Grade 3 now. I folded up my IKEA boxes last night.. and start to pack my stuff, also to clear some spaces for teacher's day gifts. Unlike my bestie who choose to donate or give them away to people who needs it more, i keep them. Coz, they're bought for me. So.. can you imagine.. having about 30 - 40 students.. each giving you a gift.. over 4 - 5 years.. i have so many boxes now.. and i just bought 4 more boxes to contain them.
This is from Wendy too! she gave me earrings last year.. and pendant this year. It's so blink blink lah! Love it~

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Gonna start teaching in 2nd week of Sept, and i definately got to give up a few students. So sad.. can't bear to leave them. Wonder if they'll remember me in future.. like how i remember those teachers who gave so much for me!

You know..if there's ever those 寻人 programme on tv, i'll go sign up for it. I wanna look for my higher chinese 黎彬彬老师。No matter how she punished me, somehow.. i still like her..hee~ i used to NOT do any of her homework and flunk all my spelling.. coz i really dun like chinese lah~ anyway.. i really hope that i can see her again!

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NO, i DID NOT get any TWO OVERSEAS calls last night.

So interesting.. that a friend from overseas actually know the commotion that's going on here. Leave me alone. Wanna hear nothing of these ever again.

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I still did not hear the words i wanna hear.

Or rather, i did "hear" half of it.

Still, it wasn't direct and c l e a r enough for me.

i want it audibly clear!

doubt you'll know what I want exactly.

you probably won't chance upon this post too.

Even if you do, you won't know it's for you.

That's the difference between US.

I mean.. you and me.

2008-08-27T02:02:00.002+08:00

How would i know you'll be affected? I don't even know you. OMG..you still don't get what i mean.. ok.. just take it that i PURPOSELY blog to spite you.. coz i'm have so much time and I've nothing to do.. to spite someone whom I haven't met.. so fun.

Whether you give up or continue to love him.. is seriously not my problem. Please don't get me involved.

2008-08-27T01:56:00.001+08:00

You can't make someone love you.
All you can do is be someone who can be loved;
The rest is up to the person to realize your worth.

2008-08-27T00:19:00.007+08:00

This was written FOR ME:

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For You:

seriously.. I dunno what is ur motive of doing all this things.but gonna tell u that, yeah u win! coz I seriously get affected by all ur words..

I dun understand what is the need of fighting so much bcoz of him. I dunno the relationship between u guys are really that simple not. either it is really that simple, or u just falling in love with him again.

I know I cant love him the way I used to love.. so If u can, please go ahead! I dun find a need to do all this jealousy thing with u frankly.. I know both of us are very nice gals.. but we are being ''weird'' these days! This is not what I want!!!

Whatever I blog, is truly from my heart.. If u take it as I am doing all this to ''win'' u, then I am sorry.. U got the wrong idea! coz I already lose him.. so that is. I am real tired. pls let me live happily. I am trying real hard in case u dunno..

anyway, in case u dont realise.. If he is really that good.. he wont make us feel and do all this shit COZ OF HIM!! He is not who I want anymore.. He really make my life tough by guessing what is he really thinkin about.. who he really wants...

Last, I hope u dun misunderstand this post. I would beg u to read it neutrally. thanks m!Though till now, i still haven meet u.. but somehow I wish u are doing fine.. Take Care~ =)

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Before I get started, I wanna tell you that I've someone else in my life.

So I've no idea what motive would I actually have. I'm merely blogging the daily events that happened in my life. "He" only takes up about 1 or 2 sentences in my post.

I'm seriously not very interested in winning you, and I'm honestly NOT fighting because of him. Oh man.. you really think too much. That's probably why you get affected by all my words.

I don't see the need either to clarify with you the status of our relationship now. Whether simple or complicated. Obviously, your definition "LOVE" is totally different from mine.

You can love him all you want, I honestly dun give a damn. and I'm definately not playing childish jealousy game with you. But of course, you might be jealous of me... and what's with the "we are being weird these day, this is not what i want" thingy? am i being weird? what did i do boy!

i don't really SCRUTINISE your blog like you did with mine. Please DO NOT assume what I am thinking and what I'm doing. You can go ahead and live happily. Am I like stopping you? I've never even seen you before. Your trying 'real hard' or 'real easy' has nothing to do with me.

He definately did not make me feel shit or do shit. He's making your life tough, not mine. I'm totally ALOOF to it.

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Anyway, the ABOVE is to oppose your entry.

BELOW is what i wanna say.......

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You're thinking too much, young girl. What I write in my blog might not be referring to him. You're reading and thinking too much into it. That WHOEVER i talk about, you'll think it's him. Is he like the ONLY guy in my life? I'm dun usually NAME pple in my posts. So don't assume all the "HE" and "HIM" or "YOU" or whatever i mention.. is him.

You and I see things differently. I'm rather open with platonic relationship. I can date many guys at one time. Dating DOES NOT equate to being IN a relationship. It's merely.. "getting to know each other". I don't call myself flirtatious(as many would term me as that).. I am just..friendly.. extremely friendly.

We haven't met before. I would term our relationship as "strangers". Not even acquaintance. all the shit about jealousy, winning, fighting..etc.. please, do not get me involved. I'm not a teeny bit interested.

I'm rather liberal. If we ever get "acquainted" or meet on the streets.. I'll wave a "Hi" if you did.

2008-08-26T00:39:00.006+08:00

Had family dinner yesterday. The ambience is really quite nice, and looks kinda posh. With this kinda setting, you tend to expect alot. Well, the food isn't that great. According to my dad, it has always been quite good..when there's occasion.. like National Day, Olympic Opening.. maybe Lantern Festival or Teacher's Day they'll prepare nicer food! haha~

Also, the manager(i think) was telling the waiters/waitresses off..right infront of us! i think it's not very nice.. and embarrassing for the staff too.. it's kinda loud you know! pity them..

how how how.. i wanna get this lah.. but dunno which one.. i've been eyeing on this since Dec 2007 loh.. can i have both? hee~

Which is more 'delicious'?

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Thanks for calling every night.. i've opened all the "post-dated" letters already.. haha.. you think too highly of me.. i can't resist it.. sorry.. haha~

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"No one can go back and make a brand new start.
Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."

tell me

2008-08-24T12:51:00.002+08:00

Please do not take too long to say... the words I wanna hear..

because,

I really don't like to wait.

I'm giving you.. a few more days..

till............ (not telling you when.)

thereafter, I will walk out of your life..

and never return.

2008-08-21T03:33:00.002+08:00

He took this picture in my car.. picked him up from Seletar Camp back home.. evening time.. that was yesterday...

He drove today.. picked me up, and we went Beach Road today to buy hammock and field chair for Thailand trip.. ate prawn noodles and fattening waffle fondue.. argh..

went back to his place to return car.. but in the end, dun need le.. end up playing his keyboard till it's time to meet Sam and Terence..

Meet Sam & Terence at about 1030pm.. it's been a LoOooOoOng time since i talk to them.. saw both of them at YCK pool on Sat.. but both coaching, so didn't get to chat much..

Went OCC to play number ball. Watch the first round.. then joined in the 2nd.. must see their skills first..hee~ Terence lost the 1st round and treated us to a drink each. I lost the 2nd round and bought Fries. I lost the 3rd round too.. bought them curry puffs. J lost the 4th round and bought fishballs.. J lost the 5th round.. etc.. think we all lost 2 rounds each except Sam! hmph! next time.. sure must make him treat us to something!

Anyway, Sam's the guy behind the bike. Just realised his arms are quite muscular *hee* I'm on Terence's bike. Thot he'll drive his purple car today.. but he rode instead. Went for a drink after number ball.. on his bike! yeah! i love sitting on a bike.. so thrilling and windy!!

Sam drove his Kangoo.. i like the way he "decorate" it.. like the pink "Billabong" decal... so girly! haha~ think he spent quite abit to "zeng" his car.. dunno change what parts lah...etc...

we drink and chatted til almost 215am! then Terence sent me home. Though Sam stays in AMK, but i prefer riding bike..so, trouble Terence loh.. hee~ no joke.. Terence took 3 mins.. from Yishun to my place.. it's freaking fast loh! 120km/h!! i don't dare release my hands leh.. scared i fly away! anyway, it was a good time catching up with them. Hope to swim with them on a weekly basis! wait till J's back from Thailand!

2008-08-20T15:24:00.004+08:00

Bought this book at Popular yesterday.. I finished reading my books at home, and I'm searching for a new book to read..so I got this. I've seen this lecture on YouTube before.. quite some time back.. (think QC gave me the link).. there were so many meaningful quotes from there..

I watched the video on YouTube again last night.. at 3am, after i read 2 chapters of this book. I love the book! It's so detailed.. and i'm glad i bought it. You know, when you read and watch this in the wee hours, you get really Emo.. there's just so much to think about and reflect upon. Probably that's why I woke up at 9am today.. my mind's churning like mad..

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my room is in a MESS now.. the more i pack, the messier it gets.. simply because.. i've too many things! and i can't bear to give them away.. i already threw away 3 big bags of rubbish.. well, hoping to have a nice and neat room by this weekend.. will need to drop by IKEA soon..

stomach's feeling better.. still dun have appetite for nice food though...and i lost 2kg..

students are having school CA tests, thus.. i've alot of time for myself this week..and next week.. gonna do alot of catching up! starting from now... friend's picking me up at 430pm............................

Fanny's Birthday's on 24/08.. and Ernest's on 02/09.. means, we're gonna have family dinner soon.. the last family dinner we had was in May.. my birthday.. 3 months ago.. been's a long time since i meet my parents.. Getting bags for Ernest, as he's in NUS now.. and wonder what Fanny wants from me this year.. she's grown sick of the IPOD classic i got for her last year.. wanna exchange it for my pink PSP.. haha~ i don't mind!

anyway, she passed her Grade 8 Piano! so happy for her! No easy feat! Iris's gonna take her on 19th Sept! was just chatting with her till 3am last night! then i went to look through my Grade 8 piano results slip which i took in 2001.. 7 years ago!! anyway, i passed on the DOT lah.. 100/150! (passing mark's 100).
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i'm so not myself.. this is not the way i handle stuff.. i wonder what happened to me.. what's holding me back.. what changed me.. this is so not my style..

i don't love the current me..

P.S ...................

2008-08-18T23:48:00.005+08:00

watched the movie "P.S I Love You"? or..read the book? hee.. i've got 3 post-dated letters too! it's on my piano now.. i tell you.. i simply cannot wait to open all of them loh.. i hope i can control myself! the person who gave me the envelopes has the same name as the character in the book.. *grin*

it's on every saturday.. must be something to do with the favour he asked from me loh.. i know him inside-out.. it SURE has something to do with it.. hee~

don't think i will read at the stipulated timings lah.. can't possibly bring the envelopes out right?

yellow and blue envelopes.. dunno how many years already loh..these envelopes..

anyway, i went into an "unplug" mode since Thurday.. it's been 5 days.. and i'm so darn deprived of clicking my mouse and typing on my keyboard! my internet's down SUDDENLY on friday.. and i called up the singtel guy and he came on thursday.. he said my modem's faulty.. so i went all the way down to kallang to replace it.. came back that night..and still could not work loh! i tell you.. i was so frustrated that i cried like anything.. managed to get through SOM(Samaritan or Michelle) hotline~ *grin* called singtel again.. and they sent another guy to my place this morning.. replaced some wires and cables thingy..and like FINALLY i can blog!
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watched table tennis match at Bernard's place last night.. it ended.. too fast.. anyway, i'm happy for the girls! It's a Silver for Singapore! cheers.

Went out for a drink in the end.. coz it's only about 9plus when the match ended.. and we ended up chatting till midnight! thereafter, went to meet J to collect something from him.. coz he's gonna serve the nation for 3 weeks in Thailand.. wish him well.. safety first dude!
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did not touch my piano for 2 weeks.. since Batam.. *sigh* had piano lesson today.. once i entered the room, i told Winnie that i totally have NO MOOD to play.. and everything i play is gonna sound like shit. Usually she'll scold me like anything lah.. but today.. she can tell.. i'm really in a bad mood.. I'm glad my piano teacher's so sensitive to my feelings.. and care as much for my emotional welfare.

This piano teacher of mine is... i dunno how to explain leh.. she's very very strict with my piano technics..and her voice is VERY LOUD! really.. however, i can talk to her about ANYTHING.. EVERYTHING.. about family... friends.. work.. money.. TV.. religion.. relationships... and sex! haha~ I told her, I'm never gonna leave her.. gonna learn piano from her forever.. hee~
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thanks to the JB trip.. my stomach's been "upset" for almost 5 days now.. lost appetite in everything..and i've been drinking ALOT of water in case i dehydrate.. sobz......
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i miss you.. b.e.s.t.i.e~

2008-08-14T22:53:00.002+08:00

there's really no need for comparing ..and thinking too much..

some things are JUST the way they are. you think too much.

Maybe you don't understand the meaning of 'f.r.i.e.n.d.s'.. even after a relationship.. friendship will still exist.

yes..i need to train for my 10km run.. and he wants to play a song for you.. that's what friends are for.. helping each other..

Definately not replacing your position to go JB for petrol.. dun make me sound so cheap.. why would I ever want to replace you? you are not me, and I am not you. I'll never want to replace you.

Bring me to places where you used to go? like where? perhaps..he brought you to places that WE used to go.. and not the other way round.. think about it..

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what i wanna get across is.. simply..

we're f.r.i.e.n.d.s~

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so, go ahead and hug him all you want.. kiss him all you want..

i have my own life to lead.. so lead your own.. i'm just passing by..

Batam- SsssssssssKiiiiiiiiiii~

2008-08-10T23:57:00.015+08:00

slept at 330am the night before.. and supposed to receive morning call from him at 630am..but the call came only at about 650am! anyway.. i was already awake by 610am.. was kinda excited..can't get to sleep! hee~ his parents drove to my place at about 740am..then we took a cab together from my place to Harbourfront Centre.. everyone's so tired and hungry.. so we had Delifrance breakfast!

i kept thinking that.. i wanna have "Egg Ben".. but dunno why the menu dun have.. it's only TODAY..then i realised.. that Egg-Ben's from Coffee Bean, not Deli.. BiSh~ anyway, while waiting for food.. he took this photo for me..haha.. ZW commented that it looks kinda creepy..

oh! I was very pissed with the guy who settled all the documents for us.. my IC number, passport expiry, etc.. everything's wrong! and he actually told me "It's ok"! freak.. i dun wanna be stuck in Batam loh. Finally, he changed it for me.. and it's still wrong! My IC number is wrong.. how can i freaking accept it? and he refused to change it for me.. really very pissed loh. I have a good mind NOT to go Batan already.. but J was nice enough to change it for me lah.. *smile*

We waited and queued like mad loh.. we reached Harbourfront at about 8am.. and got onto the ferry at about 10am.. and set off only at 11am!! argh.. waited onboard for SOOOOOO long.. all the gummy bears melted loh.. sad.. anyway, we got to Batam about 45mins later.. and Batam's behind SG by an hour.. so when we got there, it's still 11am! keke~

We were so blur when we reached.. everyone there's like so pro.. and we're so beginner.. but after a short briefing.. we finally got started.. and i'm glad i didn't fall at the starting point..haha.. fell at point 2.5... there are 5 points altogether.. managed to complete one whole round at the 3rd try.. i tell you ah..one round this lagoon is no joke loh..

gotta hold on very tightly..and your arms will ache like nobody's business.. went for 4 individual rides..and tried double with J..wah liaoz.. tried like 4 to 5 times.. and we can only get past point 2.. finally the last time, i throw myself into the water lah.. then let him continue himself.. coz my arms really no more strength le...

We started at about 1130am.. and stopped at about 2pm.. for lunch! nice.. i had mee goreng and the guys had nasi goreng.. and played pool.. i won! yeah! bleah~ also.. it rained.. took photos while waiting for the rain to stop.. then went back to try "ski" this time.. by then, my arms feel totally detached.. i can no longer feel them.. tried ski 3 times.. and i fell right at the starting point loh! finally decided to stop.. the rest carried on for one more hour.. till their arms detached too..haha.. i think..what i enjoyed most was.. the individual rides.. but 2 of us together.. was so exciting! so much splashes! and ya.. we went one round.. fell at the ending point.. anyway, this picture below gotta be the BEST shot taken.. by ME! haha~
No No..he's not doing stunt.. yepz.. fell right into the water.. haha.. purposely post this picture here..who ask you to tease me for "bouncing".. hmph! now everyone knows you fall right at the starting point.. keke~.

got back to SG about 9pm.. very very tired.. brought my detached arms back.. thankfully.. it's so painful..that i can't even hook my bra! anyway, took a cab back to AMK and his dad came to pick him up..

one word... B L A S T!

2008-08-09T23:17:00.002+08:00

"有時候,不是對方不在乎你
...而是你把對方看得太重要"

from now on..
不会了~
不会把你看得太重要。

or rather..
我不要~
不要把你看得太重要。

5km

2008-08-08T00:42:00.006+08:00

...i ran about that distance today.. took about 40mins..

siao liaoz.. imagine if i run 10km on 31st Aug, 40mins X 2 = 80mins.. 1hour 20mins.. IF I DUN WALK at all... but i think i will lah.. will probably finish in 1hour 30mins, or 1hour 40mins.. liaoz...
wasn't tired when i'm actually running.. it's the body ache that comes after that..

my objective.. for the Nike run..is to run my 10km without stopping.. even if i run darn slowly.. i just dun wanna stop!
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had small talks with a friend today.. met him in the afternoon..then again at night.. basically just some catching up.. but when i update him about my recent happenings...somehow.. i 're-think' about what I said.. and pondered over what had happened over the past few months..

can see very clearly now.. everything.. and this is important.. coz i'll know the next steps to take..
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am going away to Batam.. for cable-ski.. no, i didn't plan for this.. it was to replace someone's place actually..

shall take it as a national day trip for me! and i'm going with 2 people that i'm so comfortable with.. and 1 new friend.. kinda looking forward to it already.. hope for good weather!

2008-08-06T22:32:00.005+08:00

*(Pls do NOT tell your mom after you read this. 谢谢~)* -- yes.. this msg is for you...

got a traffic summon today.. 3 demerit points and $120 fine...freak.. just for not wearing seatbelt.. i JUST turned outta carpark only loh.. anyway, i was very cool with the traffic police lah.. i took down his name and i'm freaking gonna write in and appeal.. argh..

my friends got warning for first offence.. and i get these shit.. i have a good mind to tell him off on the spot loh! hmph! wanna tell him both my parents' were TP before..and bet their rank's much higher than his.. talk about good traffic values? i've been hearing them since young loh! argh.. angry lah..

student's practical exams coming up soon.. stressed.. really very stressed..

and there are so many things on my mind now... so many things to do.. and plan.. and think..and ..and..and.. argh.. dunno if i can handle them on my own.. siao liaoz..

H E L P~

tired...

2008-08-06T00:15:00.000+08:00

so tired.. very very tired..

tired of E V E R Y T H I N G

2008-08-05T11:38:00.002+08:00

Went MOE for briefing today.. lasted for almost 2 hours! anyway.. was an informative one.. ya.. and i signed all the documents.. which mean.. i'm gonna wake up at about 6am everyday..starting from 8th Sept!

I'm kinda excited.. there were about 110 pple at the Edutorium.. i was 94th.. we were supposed to go up stage to sign the stuff.. so we can clearly see ALL who went up.. all shapes, sizes, gender, race etc.. had a good one hour of people watching..hee~

anyway, i'm kinda ready for a new change..

thrilled~

2008-08-04T23:54:00.002+08:00

i had my dosage of Kinder Bueno .. just 5 mins ago..

perhaps, i'm too sensitive.. i'm like so affected can.. unknowingly, i went to get my Bueno (i've 2 left).. so i just sat on my bed.. and eat it.. i tell you.. i almost teared loh.. and i just stared blankly at my blanket..

cheer me up.. someone..

my weekend...

2008-08-04T00:33:00.005+08:00

was a fulfilling one! I got home at about 4plus on Sat.. wanted to go REDS to do my hair.. but, taka REDS closes at 7pm.. so, went to the one at AMK Kbox centre at 630pm instead.. guess what? i got home at about 1130pm! my soft rebonding was 3 hours.. and hair dye took about 1.5hours to settle.. and they all stayed back for me.. so paiseh! my hair's so manageable now..yeah! soft soft.. dun need to comb!! keke~

Went back to the salon again this morning at 11am to do hair treatment and trim my hair.. another 2 hours.. *faint* but the guy's really nice lah! he asked for my number yesterday.. but i didn't give lah.. tried to brush it off.. but he asked for it again today.. and he took a pen and paper for me to write..sigh.. can't escape.. dun really wanna give coz.. he's a China guy that just came to SG to work.. scully he come and disturb me how? but honestly, he's quite good looking with quite nice build.. but with a tatoo on his right arm.. minus marks.. tsk tsk.. i think he smokes also.. anyway, i highly recommend the salon lah.. come ask me where it is!!
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i had a very nice talk with a very special friend today.. kinda cleared my doubts i had the past few weeks..

simply like the way you are..

"如果我們之間有1000步的距離, 你只要跨出第1步...
我就會朝你的方向走其餘的999 步"

真的~

Expired

2008-08-01T23:01:00.004+08:00

sometimes, all I need is some cajoling..
why can't i speak my heart anymore?
always felt most at ease with you,
will pour out my feelings to you no more.

expired.

I Think Of You~

2008-07-31T11:48:00.006+08:00

When I'm down and all alone
When nothing seems to matter
When I lose my hope
When I'm sad and confused

When it all gets turned around and round
I can't seem to reach for solid ground
When everything I've believed in seems untrue
All I have to do

(Chorus)
Is think of you

I think of you and it's gone
Like you chase away the storm
Making it all okay

I think of you

I think of you and I'm strong
And I know I can go on
It's like you set me free
When life gets the best of me
I just think of you

Now I know what love means
And whatever life may hold for me
Through the fire
Through the rain I believe

Cause there's nothing I can't bear

Knowing that you will be there

If I fall I won't break

Through it all I'll make it through

Cause all I have to do

(Chorus)

And when I think I'm all alone

I can't see the way to go

Lost in the rain of my own tears

To wash away the pain and fear

(Chorus)

For the good times and the bad times

I just think of you

Cause you know you get the best of me

I just think of you

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this song is so nice lah.. was choosing my bye-bye-ring-ring tone and i came across this song.. wanted to make this my ringing tone.. but thot i'll choose "Collide" .. specially dedicated to my bestie..who is.. going thru a "rough" time now..regarding to some issues "up there".. *oops* okok.. dun joke around with him le.. just a random choice lah.. anyways, gonna make "I Think Of You" my next BBRR tone!

Thanks to ZW! found the mp3 for these 2 songs.. 原谅我 and I Think Of You.. then he extracted the chorus part for my handphone.. to use as my ringing tone! yeah! you're the best! shall reward you the next time we meet! weEeeEeE~ the songs got him emo-ing too.. tsk tsk..

Last day of July.. 5 more months to year end.. so fast.. i'm aging!!! *faint* really gotta make plans for the years ahead!

and..i finally found my Wasabi Potato Chips! i've been munching on them at student's place..so pai seh... now i can buy them myself! hee~ at amk hub NTUC! so near!! how convenient! and i found my shampoo also! yipeee~

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Read some stuff from this certain blog.. in chinese.. thot it was quite meaningful..

"沒有一百分的另一半　只有五十分的兩個人"

like..so meaningful can! how we always go searching for the perfect half.. but i guess, there's no perfection to anything.. thus, it's how 2 people compliment each other.. 50-50 each.. makes 100 in the end!

2008-07-29T13:10:00.002+08:00

freaking lost my car key while shopping at AMK hub this morning.. and the only shop i entered was Levis.. i had to call Jiayi for help, to bring my ONLY spare key.. thank you for making the effort lah.. but, i saved you a trip in the end.. because, i found it! near a stack of folded clothes.. thanks to the peeps in Levis.. the 2 guys were EXTREMLY nice!!!
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extremly moody today... dun ask me why... i won't utter a word!

2008-07-29T12:53:00.003+08:00

you know..i love mondays and tuesdays.. i have all the time in the world to myself.. especially when there's sat and sun before mon and tues.. it's like a loooooong weekend! weEeee~

started with mahjong session at jie jie's place on friday night.. wasn't really expecting to play mahjong.. coz we didn't plan for it.. just thot of going over for dinner.. then chit chat.. but..we ended up playing mahjong till 4am! *faint* the BIG winner for that night is JAMES! he won like $68! and i won only $8 after playing the whole night! well..it's not really the money lah.. it's the fun! and the company! jie jie the most 可怜.. play until no more chips left.. QC play until use coins loh!

Left jie jie's place about 430am.. went AMK mac with QC.. slept only at 5am! *yawn*

Went JB the next day, and went to Claire's place in the evening.. Honestly, it's quite a cosy place for 2.. but, a little too stuffy.. and i simply can't live without aircon lah.. anyway, i heard they finished the whole bottle of Johnny Walker! damn high can! i was sooooo zonked that i had to reject my friend for a movie.. went home.. chat on the phone.. and slept at about 1230am.. and i got woken up by a call at freaking 2am!! joshua foo!!! *faint* he msged me to asked if i'm awake.. and if i never reply, obviously i'm sleeping right!! ya.. and he called.. asked me out for supper..

and i really didn't expect QC to call me at about 930am.. to tell me he's on his way down north.. anyway, i'm glad he called! dragged my lazy body outta bed and we went Orchid Country Club for gym..from 1030am to 12pm.. then went tanning til 2pm! so shiok lah! almost fell asleep! took some photos, but highly censored..*oops* QC was tanning his front, and i was tanning my back.. luckily he brought his Ipod along.. at least we have some music to listen to! went lunch.. and came to my place for awhile to check his email.. then we went AMK hub to shop around..then went for sushi dinner.. that guy can really eat loh.. *bow*

very very tired.. came home at about 6pm and slept til 8pm.. gotta meet up with bernard lah.. complaining that we haven't met for 3 weeks already..okok sorry.. we chat all the way from 830pm to 12 midnight! so much to bitch about loh! looking forward to our next holiday trip together! *wink*

pretty much sums up my weekend :)

simply HyPeR~

2008-07-25T18:29:00.009+08:00

went Orchid Country Club yesterday.. wanted to swim.. but ended up taking soOoOooO long to take photos and video! haha~ the weather's so hot!! wasn't quite keen at first to meet at 12 noon! .. but after awhile, photo-taking's so fun loh! was laughing throughout the whole session! haha~

anyway, haven't seen Jiarui for a long time too.. and it was his birthday yesterday! Happy birthday!! took this while waiting for Jiarui to get my pink shades from my car.. i'm too lazy to walk over.. keke~

Jiayi's complaining that my hands were blocking his face..bleah.. too bad.. and thanks to his Olympus camera.. it's waterproof! so fun loh! We took photos underwater too! haha~

It's tiring lah.. to take photos in the water, coz gotta keep getting in and outta the water to adjust the camera.. on timer you see~

Underwater! I had a hard time trying to NOT stay afloat loh! That's why i'm behind the 2 guys lah.. they'll sink down..and i'm like pulling their wet suits so that i'll sink down with them too..haha~ but not for long before i pull them all up the surface..haha~ we laughed like anything trying to take these shots.. and when we start laughing, all the bubbles will cover our faces.. then have to take again and again and again and again.. damn tiring can!

Finally.. we've decided to stop taking photos and start to swim.. and i think.. me and my crazy idea.. we started to video our butterfly stroke.. almost died loh! we tried to swim in a synchronised way.. like all come out together, then go down together.. re-take dunno how many times.. outta breath can! nevertheless, we managed to take a nice video! but suck lah..my fly not as nice as the 2 guys' ones.. HMPH!

The camera's battery died before we reached the wall... argh.. but ok lah.. managed to take like 4 strokes of my housefly..i mean.. butterfly..hehe~

very very tired.. after all the "flying".. *keke* Rewarded ourselves with Sakae Sushi!

Durians

2008-07-25T18:28:00.000+08:00

Help!! stop my durian craze! it's all your fault lah! I wanted to go home straight after gym on Wed evening.. But you.. you.. you..

Ok lah..not exactly your fault... we went 848 for yong tau hu.. so healthy loh! upon finishing my last fishball, this aroma just.. got into my nostrils lah.. wanted to buy just ONE.. really! just one.. but hor, one for $5.. 3 for $12.. of course buy 3 lah!

Ya..it's your fault.. because.. you're supposed to stop me from buying 3! well, we went to a void deck to eat.. just one.. and a half durian.. and he brought the rest home for his parents.. simply crazy loh.. but nice lah.. it's been a long time since i ate something at void deck.. he asked me if i remembered when was the last time we had food at void deck.. i simply can't recall a thing!

It was at my 619 house.. he bought prata over.. with curry somemore.. and i brought utensils down..and feast on it.. oh man.. he said i was simply crazy that time..

ok..no more durians for now...

*unsatisfied

2008-07-23T02:24:00.006+08:00

after typing this entry, i realised that my title is the exact opposite of my bestie's entry title! haha~

It’s really quite interesting.. that somehow, we just feel something for somebody we're quite close to... to find that when we get to know that person, we’d be emotionally trashed. The thrashy feeling fills the void of curiosity and interest. The clear blue(or pink!) sky, is suddenly filled with dark clouds, leaving us confused. Seems like..the more we know, the harder the heart gotta withstand the blow. Telling the stories to close ones.. somehow makes us feel more 'diseased'.. haha~

It's really difficult to express the feeling we feel D E E P inside us. Sigh.. Certainly, we would wanna know.. if the 'other' felt the same way as you too.. at that exact same moment.

Tsk tsk.. there's always hope for a better love.. Free to choose/move.. away from anyone who cause us harm.. who hurt us... *ouch* How can we literally tell the difference?! obsession, anger, sadness, hurt...etc...

hah~ maybe we weren’t really in love with that person in the first place. Probably... its just a SHORT connection of interest between our fantasy and reality.

MAYBE... I Love You.. for a short while.. not for long i hope..

Love this Remix version... just happened to come across this song in youtube.. no other special meaning attached to it...

Only last June when her old man ran away
She couldn't stop crying cause she knew he was gone to stay
10:35 on a lonely Friday night
She was standing by the fire and ooh she was looking alright

I asked her if she wanted to dance
And she said that
All she wanted was a good man
And wanted to know
If I thought I was qualified

And I said baby don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
I may be qualified for a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man

It hurt me so bad when she told me with tears in her eyes
He was all she ever had and now she wanted to die
He left her with a baby and another one on the way
She couldn't stop crying cause she knew he was gone to stay

She asked me if we could be friends
And I said oh honey baby that's a dead end
You know and I know
That we wouldn't be satisfied

And I said baby don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind baby
Wouldn't be satisfied with a one night stand
And I could never take the place of your man

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KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 3

KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 2

KOREA - JEJU ISLAND DAY 1

Brownie!

Spongebob!

Teacher's Day

@ AMK garden mac

Breakfast~

Prawning~

Toy Story!

Yappie Birthdaeee!

Happy 26th :)

From Annette

A Homely Affair

First pressie received!~

Touching..

My Cactus..

Wawa

Jing Shuen's 1st birthday!

Spongebob Eraser!

MULAN

Japan Day 5

Japan Day 4

Japan Day 3

Japan Day 2

Japan Day 1

Japan Day 0

Happy Halloween!

OCTOBER~~~

No doubt about it

Drama Madness!

This is REALLy VERy FUNNy!

I'm Alive!

Left 4 Dead

Super Star Virgo

IT's MARCH already.......

Weekend at JB~

Japan-Day 5

Japan-Day 4

Japan-Day 3

Japan-Day 2

Japan-Day 1

Japan-Day 0

Super back-dated Post~

Christmas!~

TODAY's MALE 2008

Flower Balloon!

1st Month-niversary~

Since all my friends are doing this test........here's mine~

You are The Sun

Marina at Keppel Bay

2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix First Ever Night Race

Term 4, Week 4

Mid-Autumn Festival

Flowers and their meanings...

煎熬

Nike 10km Run

c.a.r.e bear~

Teacher's Day~

tell me

P.S ...................

Batam- SsssssssssKiiiiiiiiiii~

5km

tired...

my weekend...

Expired

I Think Of You~

simply HyPeR~

Durians

*unsatisfied

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