29 jan 07

Being the mighty girlfriend that needs variety in her life, marco decided to bring me to the airport to camp one day after work.
i was pretty excited at this thought so ta-dah ...we went the next day..
we wanted to have dinner at some "bird-don't-lay-egg" place (niao3 bu4 sheng1 dan4) so we went er...ponggol to see see look look , and explore the unfamilar territory and human beings walking around..





















we then went to the airport and walked around the terminals.
i love the airport!
even the toilet auntie says hi to me and gave me a big smile =D
then we settled down at some viewing mall and played the game we two sorta created after our trip to Settler's Cafe..
couldn't play bridge cos he said public places cannot play cards! whine.
so after hours.we decided that the airport was eerie and uncomfortable to sleep in so we went back.
haha! next time maybe? =D
i'll bring a sleeping bagg.....
















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Had my Best Buddies training in school that day... its the one-year volunteering contract to be paired with a challenged girl with obligations to call her and take her out on a regular basis..
we went out that day to jurong point with marco...
let's just say i realised, after having done so many forms of volunteering...that this breakthrough takes a lot out of me... its a breakthrough project in volunteering in Singapore cos of the regular contact and exchange of information between the 2 parties...
it was a trying period...and i'm amazed how one meeting can tear me apart.
feelings you can't control...feelings you aren't supposed to feel because she's challenged..is trying at times...
sigh. lets hope i can survive this.
i need strength.




























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i forgotten when was it but i went to marco's house to play boardgames one afternoon
played stuff like "who's the boss" and the "Game of life"...
eeks.
life so stressful still play game of life and face all the stresses of life when games are supposed to help us destress right? heh. so traumatising...keep paying money

haha! = D but we're both in love with board games these days














then we went to have dinner with daddy and mummy at jurong point..
every restaurant have long queue lah. so we decided for crystal jade! nah pictures
look at the last picture! got to pardon marco for that funny expression, i asked the two guys to act cool, and while my brother bo-chap me...marco could only manage that expression while i clicked away. =D




















































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shall leave with a last note, that i just read off my lecture readings while waiting for all my photos to load ...

" people delay marriage not because they are anti-marriage, but rather they are anti-divorce..."

how true....

sociology of family

Studying the sociology of family this semester has made me see myself in a different light.
Are we women getting greedy nowadays?
We not only want to find a husband that loves us...
We not only want a husband that brings home the money...
We want to find a husband that is taller, that is not fat, that has a degree, that has a good job.
And in addition to that, we want MORE..
we want our man to have talents...to be rich (hopefully), to be caring, sensitive, romantic ...to give us a nice home, a nice wedding yada yada....
We do these so unknowingly like its the cost the men must pay to be with us.
am i selfish?
probably...
am i asking for a lot?
not as much as many...but yea..still more than love...
am i still asking for it?
yes
OH MAN...

i shall justify my selfishness by saying that the men are asking more from us women too.
haha!.

photos

PHOTO GALORE!=D
marco and i went to vivo to have dinner and we decided to try this restaurant called "2hot" or something cos its bright red and looks nice. haha.
see..actually the food looks pretty nice!

we also went to the i-future exhibition at science centre!!! heard of it? haha. it looked pretty exciting on Tv..talked about experiencing new technologies...but heh. it was really a very small exhibition hall.. with mechanisms and all that.. but we enjoyed ourselves mocking the silly automata and playing playstation games that are not out in the market now. heh.

you all see this cute little thing. its damn amusing. its a sleep inducing automata. at the push of a button, the sheep will keep going in circles (like counting sheep) so as to make u go to sleep...HEH.

My mother's side of the family celebrated grandpa's birthday at singapore island country club some time ago! haha. there was a bowling and pool session before that but blur mummy thought it was the one near macritchie when it was in bukit timah..so we were only right in time for dinner! but dinner was like WOAH. good food! but good price as well i heard. :P mummy has stomach trouble the next day and she says she's not used to good food. heh.

ohyah..i just put this picture up cos i like what it says:
i'm in a might not needit, might not wear it, mightbuy it anyway kind of mood!
yay .going shopping with yihan in a few hours =D

sian

sometimes i wonder why i'm so disappointed when that someone isn't...

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I'm trying to get myself back into studying mode...
but the rain dampens my mood and makes me sleepy all the time.. haha.
alrights, i shall admit i'm just lazy
but i've been seriously mugging ahead for lectures, to pull up my CAP this semester. get a 4.0 and i'll give myself a hundred and fifty bucks to go shopping =)

Anyway a lecturer of mine passed away even before i could get a chance to attend his lecture on friday so the module is cancelled, leaving many frantic students desparately scrambling to beg teachers to let them into other alternative modules. its so scary and depressing to know of his sudden death. its like not knowing when would be the last moment of your life.

and i've always wondered what the last moment of one's life be like..
would you think of all your love ones and regret not telling them i love you once again before you left the house?
would you regret not telling someone how much he or she means to you?
or would you leave knowing your life was beautiful and you'll be remembered?

so i asked myself if i would leave this world happy if my life happened to be cut off so suddenly.
and i think i would.
there may be dozens of things i haven't accomplished in my life just as yet.
i haven't gotten my degree, my phd, i haven't got a chance to put on the wedding gown, or be someone's wife or mother
And neither have i done my skydiving, bungee jumping, and travelled the world yet...

but, i guess i would leave knowing i'm remembered and loved, my friends would know how much i love them., and i'm sure he would know how important he is to me. i guess my life is beautiful because of the love around me, and not the degrees and certs i'll get.
whine..i sound like i'm going to die soon. choy.

to whoever bothers to read my ramblings to this point... i love you! and thanks for being the reason my life's beautiful =)




















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i saw an ex-classmate dance and perform in school yesterday
lets just say something happened in the past that made me compare myself constantly to her from then onwards..
its been years now
but i realised...
i never stopped comparing.
KO.
she wins.
again.

happiee new year!~

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

its 2007 already...and i suddenly got reminded that i'm gonna be turning 20 in say 5 months or so.. i used to tell lala its really not that scary to turn 2-0....
but now that it's really approaching...i'm overwhelmed by the fact that major life changes are probably going to happen to my life in this decade, in my 20s... and its almost time to face the real world... this means no more faking MCs when you really don't feel like going to school...this means holding real responsibility.. office politics...struggle up the career ladder...few time with friends...and for yourself...and a lot of things that i don't wanna face yet..
i never keep to my new year resolutions every year...and its really probably the same old stuff every year: to lose weight, save money, and be a better person..
so school's starting and i'm getting a lil' sick of the holidays...cos lazing around makes me feel fat. :P
CHRISTMAS PARTY

the christmas party was quite fun! i guess i just missed the getting together of friends. how heartwarming.
BEST BUDDIES SINGAPORE

i joined this voluntary programme in school called "best buddies" where i'm paired with a challenged youth for a year, with obligations to call them and bring them out frequently, so as to let them learn new skills to survive in their working environment, and to mix with people outside their social circle! My buddy is sharon and i was one of the organiser of this christmas party for them. its so heartwarming to see these group of people so happy, bursting out in laughter at the smallest things. it really takes just so little to make them smile. she was really warm and she hugged me and held my hand all night...aw..

CHRISTMAS

me and marco spent christmas together at the settler's cafe! haha. it was such a pleasant experience!!! good food, good ambience and good company. i love the games! i enjoyed this particular one called BLACKMAIL... its quite evil. you are supposed to put hidden cameras around to spy on the other fella and send him a blackmail when you snap photos of him... then you're supposed to negotiate the blackmail price and all that. haha..it exposed the evil and greedy side of us. :P

LOVE

ooh yea..remember not long ago i mentioned that marco met my parents? well he met lala, cheeks and mao on sunday! its proposed by mao and well..we met up at mac and ate breakfast!! when i got home... dad asked me if marco wants to come to this party at our house on the 1 of Jan..where A LOT of my relatives would be here.. even i'm freaked out at the thought of suddenly introducing him to so many relatives at one shot...but oh well.. it kinda worked out! =D introduced him to grandpa grandma and my aunts and uncles..he got on really well with my cousins and we played loads of games together! bridge...some weird game jonathan told me cheeks invented..bowling..pool...*relieved* i'm really glad it worked out... let my life be a little less exciting for now please....a few days of peace... =)