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ITS FINALLY THE CHINESE NEW YEAR BREAK
and i'm really thankful for the break cos it seems all deadlines and reports are to be submitted right after this
its so scary to have deadlines looming over you all at one go...
but who cares
say hello to pineapple tarts, pineapple tarts, oranges, and all junk! i love you all!!!
i had trouble getting new year clothes this year
i was so desperate!!!
But lucky Yihan asked me to go over to her pushcart and i settled everything once and for all..
i promise to wear something bright next year to make up for this year.

haha..anyway
i didn't mean to wear a cap this year..but my biaoge Jon called to challenge me to see who would command more attention tomorrow, outfit wise...so i dug up this to WIN!! :P
i'm so proud of myself.




















anyway look at the reunion dinner first
i made the yu sheng! cut the carrots and everything! =D good housewife right.
haha..anyway my grandparents cooked too much food ( chicken, roast duck, pork, tofu, vegetables and aiya...just a lot lah) we didn't finish even like 1/6 of the food.
didn't have time to go to chinatown to really experience new year to the max..ew..

















okay new year's day started with grandpa's house as usual..where everyone takes loads of pictures and do funny things.















ushering the year of the pig =D

haha..look at us...we are trying to imitate grandma's "miss-universe-pose' =D


After that its time to go to some aunt's house at bukit panjang where us cousins would have a tradition of leaving when the adults start gambling to do our stuff.this year...we went to K-BOX!!!heh. it was amazingwe sang all the new year songs and everything for hours =)
yay..surprisingly it was the time i enjoyed the most
ohya...I LOVE HONGBAOS..
Actually i'm enjoying new year less and less now that i'm getting older...














=) anyway. marco's parents were really nice.
let's just say they gave me the biggest hongbao that traumatized me.haha=)

OH NO...NEW YEAR'S BREAK ENDING :(
I still wanna do so many things!!!

busy like a bumble bee

I've been so lately recently time never seems enough
there are countless deadlines to meet
and i'm feeling so drained
i need the new year break
thank goodness for yihan who asked me down to the pushcart she works at to settle my new year clothing....one stop.few minutes and everything's settled.
ew i hate rushed shopping

anyway
i love my kickboxing teacher
i think she's one hip auntie
today we kickboxed to new year songs and valentine's day love songs.
everyone was howling in laughter when we heard the new year cd being played
so fun.
working towards less fats!
yay.
it saves money too =D
i want hong bao..

beauty neglected

After 3 days of hard work, no sleep, missing lecture readings, messy hair, paint all over the body, skipping meals and pure discipline...
Beauty neglected!!! =D my art piece hoping to work its way to NUS art exhibition! *cross fingers*
Artists can be really scary sometimes....the fervour in which they can sit down and paint and paint and paint...
you practically don't ever feel hungry until its done.
i was freaking out because i hadn't finish the series even till the day of submission..
worked all the way till 11pm that day and sent it in right before midnight.
what a day..
now i don't have any more excuses to miss lectures and skip readings..
i'm going to hate painting for a week then i'll miss it again
haha.
back to lectures!!!!

happy 8 months

On a happier belated note...

HAPPY EIGHT MONTHS sweetheart =)

smiley face= happy; donuts = 8; pokky = months

童话故事的情节
只有相爱的人才了解
仿佛天天情人节
夜夜圣诞夜
幸福是望着你微笑的脸

有个小小的心愿
希望拜四会快快不见
期待拜五的相见，牵手逛大街
不想你离开我生活里面

我们走过了八个月
欢笑泪水各尝了几遍
不想见吵吵闹闹天
只想静静陪在你的身边

我们相爱了八个月
知道这段幸福不会停歇
多麽美丽的八个月
记得你和我要厮守到永远

on our way to the discovery centre

the day ended with my favourite seafood platter at fish and co =)

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Back to school and kickboxing class!!! =D

i'm loving it.

time

parents..
sometimes you love them.
sometimes you feel so fed up with them you wish you didn't have to live with them
i guess that's why i actually like living in the hostel
it gives me much more freedom and breathing space
away from all the traditionalities and all the formalities of family time.

family time.
just when i was learning about it.
we attach so much meaning to family time like its a crucial element of bringing a family together
so much emphasis until it backfires sometimes.
why did you get pissed and call me asking for family time, when whenever i get home you're either not in or sleeping...
why did u ask me to go settle dinner myself, and when i do, u call asking for family time.
what is family time?
you could have called asking for company...
but family time is so overused i'm beginning to question why is family time all the time good.
we have nice dinners all the time and the whole family is happy
that's family time
quality time, happy times.
coming home to an empty house on the basis of family time isn't
coming home to a sleeping u isn't
more quantity of me being stoning at home eating instant noodles at home all alone isn't family time
i'm so fed up...
argh.
FAMILY TIME?!

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...

110107

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... =)

happenings

HAPPENINGS

DINNER WITH THE "IN-LAWS"...

what a scary day. its the first time my parents are having dinner with my boyfriend...and i'm scared yet excited... marco was equally jittery and we met for a movie before that to calm our nerves first before dinner.. we watched " THE HOLIDAY"... thanks to lala's recommendation and yea.. it was a good movie... i got no idea why i was still so nervous so we went to the arcade to shoot some monsters and hit some random buttons to relieve stress.haha. dinner was at some place called IVIN and we had a great dinner lah.. not exactly flowing conversation but i was trying my best to make things OK... =) loads of pushing food here and there to each other.. so ke qi...

GARDEN FESTIVAL06

we decided to go to the garden festival after marco ended work one day! so we went to the hongkong restaurant near suntec for dinner. dim sum's GREAT...then we made our way to the convention hall.. 6 bucks for a great arty night! i couldn't find stefanie sun's orchid though..

look at this piece of huge black "shit" behind me... its so black and scary right! but its actually quite beautiful inside..its got some scientific reasoning behind the design which i didn't bother to read but look at the next picture...its so magical inside... there's really water dripping from the roof..and sunlight streaming through these tiny holes to create the feeling of being in the forest! its so pretty! there're occassional mist sprays too. haha..:)
love the flowers!


i started to get abit high at the oriental design by a person called "huang fei hu" haha =) see...what a cheena pose..

EVERYONE LOVES XUEFEN

duh...OF COURSE everyone loves xuefen= ) so i went down to support her at jurong point! it was a a short sweet performance and i really enjoyed it. bought her a sunflower. hope she likes it.. she's always been such a darling so how could i not support her...

i really actually wanna mention about the dancing christmas trees performance before their performance. it was so lame lah! trees turning and shaking to like guo meimei's songs... SOMEONE SAVE ME....

genting!

we're back from genting!!! =D what a nice little retreat out of the sunny Singapore to a breezy hilltop. it was a great stress reliever for me...just away from all the hustle and bustle...without anything on the agenda..except to have fun, food and more fun! even though the journey up was way longer than expected..i was really happy to just chill out and look at the beautiful scenery out of the window while grooving to the music on my mp3. i also finished the new storybook i brought there! so contented...

we're on this stop for lunch before we reach genting! ate weird noodles there..yay! we reached genting finally!!!!! waiting for our keys to the 23rd story..shiok ah.we're at the FIRST WORLD HOTEL!!! =D look how happy we are...becausewe're going shopping later.haha :P we three shared a bed peacefully without much kicking from each other and no snatching of blankets! *yay*we went shopping after that! wah.jing was the shopaholic! :P she bought the first and the most stuff!surprisingly i was damn mild there...so i only bought a shirt there on the last day of shopping because i was damn gek that i didn't buy anything at all.haha.ohya! we caught dejavu there! it was such a good show..but that jamie fell asleep through most of the impt parts and in the end complained she didn't understand...-_- we tou pai this boy on the merry-go-round! who does he resemble?!!!! YESSSS... jonathan leong!!! *shreiks*
the duo made me muster up the courage to take this free-fall ride TWICE.. they were like " not high lah not high"...and it was only when we went up that they started realising it was "DAMN HIGH LAH" ...gosh! freaks out... twenty over story lor..i feel like dying when i was waiting for that thing to plunge down when i was at the top....my mind went blank and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i started saying weird things i don't recall.haha :)

we took the pirate ship too! hehe..AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
and the motion master!! which made everyone wanna puke...
look at us..blissfully eating icecream...it was such a sinful enjoyment.. =D only 4RM!!!
hehe..we were taking photos in the theme park before it started raining heavily..our last photo in there with our hoodies and jackets =D

ohya..while we were taking this indoor rollercoaster i had this small boy sitting beside me who kept a straight face throughout the ride and said "wooooah" and " xia4 si3 ren2 le4" ...and evil me kept saying "so fun! hao3 wan! where got scary!" in response :P

hehe..our last buffet breakfast before we get home!!! yummy! truckloads of honeystars, eggs, ham, bread!
i love my grandparents! =D they were amazed with the timer function of my camera. haha :P

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