Me n My Wife

GA Retreat 08

2008-02-25T02:31:00.002-05:00

Pizza Iron Chef Competition and Group 3 got top points for all 4 categories: Creativity, Taste, Theme, Appearance... =)

Introducing the The Transforma-Ripple Pizza!

Revived...

2007-12-18T00:30:00.000-05:00

Haha... so here I am blogging just to make sure I'll remember these events that happened...

Sunday 16th Dec 2007
Amazing day with the record high (my record in AA) of 1 ft worth of snow... My poor Focus can barely more 20 meters before I gave up. Must be because it's still early in the morning at 8am that I'm not thinking straight. Good that I gave up and decided to bash through the snow-covered pavement to the Bursley bus-stop. Managed to get into service on time but didn't help with the set up of equipment since I'm effectively late for that.

Monday 17th Dec 2007
Dug the car out and decided to change the tires. Never thought that changing tires can be such an adventure. Went to discount tires at Arborland Mall and, like all my first time purchases, was talked into buying a set of 4 Falkan tires instead of 2 Barum tires we initially decided on. Anyway, we are supposed to get 50usd for trading in 2 of the old tires. BUT, the sales rep did not key in the $50 rebate (MISTAKE #1). So we had to wait for an hour before we can collect the car. And we got it 50 mins later. When we got the car, it's kind of fishy since we got Barum written on the tires. Didn't take it really seriously and went home but felt that it is necessary to confirm. Lem found out that they are the cheaper Barum tires (MISTAKE #2). I called in and ask them about mistakes 1 and 2. After putting me on hold for a min, they told me to go back. So I drove 3 miles back. Here is the most horrible part. The sales rep had the cheek to tell me that the ones on my car are actually the same grade as the Falkans I'm supposed to have. So I insisted that the internet showed that the Barums are 20usd cheaper per tire on THEIR website. This is the most dishonest part. Anyway, if we did not do a proper check, we would be paying 50 + 4 x 20 = $130 more when they happily deny any responsibilities... Anyway, I'm really pissed at this point and demanded for the extra 30usd discount we found on the website. and they gave us back 160usd in all. I do understand that businesses can be protective of themselves and deceptive, but all these that they did to me is really horrible since they probably know that I'm new to this tire-changing thing.

Lesson Learnt: Be really careful when dealing with sales and check the products you receive. It can save you almost half of your $$.

Random Photos of Life in Perth (Mostly Food)

2007-08-23T08:29:00.000-04:00

More Details...

2007-07-10T10:00:00.000-04:00

Sorry to disappoint u guys... But the wedding will only take place 2yrs later (if all goes well)... Pop the question a little earlier than most will expect.. cos a really sweet proposal idea came up and I feel it's about time too... I mean I'll either do it this year or next... So I've decided to do this...

Summary:
A seaplane ride from Rose Bay in Sydney to a nice little beach (bout ?50m away, Hallets Beach) to have a romantic picnic lunch... Thank God for the good weather that day (it's been raining the other 3 days we were in Sydney)... And that's where I popped the question (and the ring of cos)... No flowers until we returned back to Rose Bay... Haha... I think that came as a surprise too... =p (although popping the question seem to haf stunned her more than surprise her... haha) This was followed by a nice Jap dinner by Darling Harbour and dessert at Pancakes on the Rocks... Yummy yummy... =p

More details? Okie... The NGs to the whole plan...
- Supposed to do this whole thing on 28th June but got postponed to 29th June due to bad weather... Was so stressed that I hafta check the weather forecast everyday since 1 mth before the Sydney trip... The bright side of things was that the weather on 29th was beautiful... Coincidentally, it happened to be the 15th of the Fifth Lunar month... Not much of a significance except that there was a reallie nice round moon that night which we could admire at during dinner by the river...
- I'm not particularly sure of the way to get to Rose Bay, and almost walked 2kms that morning to get there. After realising that itz too far, I decided to flag down a cab... Phew...
- The flight to Hallets beach was nice with gd scenary... I was told that we would be left on a secluded beach and be "left to our own devices"... But rather than a deserted beach, there were 2 fishermen in their little boat parked off the beach... They were there for an hour before leaving for good... Good thing we were at the beach for 3hrs and we spent the first hour having our nice lunch (roasted chicken, potato salad, crackers and cheese, white wine, bread with some kinda can meat - we left the chocolates and the biscuits untouched cos we were too full for dessert)...
Kept wondering when the fisherman would be so "kind" as to leave us alone and return us our romantic beach... So glad that they finally left and I popped the question... Still had a nice romantic time with only the 2 of us and the world behind us...
- The restaurant at Rose Bay looked reallie shabby and so reservation made earlier was cancelled... Plus we had too much food at the beach and a reallie turbulent landing on the return flight...
- We discovered a more convenient way to transit to the Rose Bay... Via the ferry... And so we went back to the city on the ferry and walked (to digest) to Darling Harbour... Wanted to eat Jap food so chose a reallie posh looking harbour front restaurant to haf dinner... Another less impt reason was that the waiter actuallie randomly guessed that we just got engaged that day... Haha...
- We also got a nice picnic bag and had to carry it along with the huge bouquet of lilies everywhere we went that night... We had to go back to North Sydney (Hornsby which is 50mins train ride from the city) and go to West Sydney (Lidcombe 40mins train ride from Hornsby) with all our barang barang cos we shifted accom from one to the other that night...

And so that ends off our memorable day... Although there were hiccups along the way, God was kind and we had a pleasantly unforgettable time to remember for the rest of our lives...
A new story unveils and let's pray that it'll be happily ever after... =p

Proposal Photos

2007-07-06T00:44:00.001-04:00

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She said YES!

2007-07-04T12:55:00.000-04:00

Will be back to blog more... Back in Perth now...

Singapore Library sucks...

2007-06-01T03:05:00.000-04:00

They provide wireless but not enuff seats.

They provide powerpoints but forbid ppl from using for long.

Wat the hack provide service and den I cannot even relax and not be bothered bout some uncle coming to tell me or others this and that...

Anyway, I'm at Taka's Library@Orchard...

Never had such problems back in school...

Sigh...

Not as if today is some weekend with lots of ppl... It's mostly empty!!!

By the way, the wireless is kinda spotty too... keep getting d/c

First Attempt at Contacts

2007-05-18T10:00:00.000-04:00

Ok... I finally relented n decided to try out contacts. Will give it a try for a month and see how it goes...

Graduation Photos

2007-05-04T21:46:00.000-04:00

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Good Weather, Sick Body...

2007-03-25T23:30:00.000-04:00

The weather these few days have been reallie great. But too bad I can't go running outside cos of the cold CH brought home from Xingtai... Anyway, I thought I'm not going to fall sick after the 2 apt-mates fell sick one after the other before me. But last wed nite, I suddenly felt the symptoms kicking in. Sianz... din do any work from den till now... glad I'm not falling too far back...

Den, no more motivation to study recently... the end of winter sem syndrome... Will be back to serve my internship at DSO this yr. Will be back for bout 7 weeks before flying off to Aussie...

Pi Day...

2007-03-15T02:53:00.000-04:00

Itz 14th of March... And itz Pi Day... Ttz what I realised it is during class today... Was totally unaware when someone said we should celebrate at 1.59pm... Like I'm missing out 0n something... But when I realised wat tt meant a few hrs later, I found tt itz cos I'm not geeky enuff... If you have not figured out by now, itz ok... Initially, I thought they were talking about "pie" day like a day to pie ppl or something... haha... Anyway, Pi = 3.14159... So yah... on 3/14 at 1.59pm... the numbers look kinda neat rite? =p

An interesting article...

2007-02-19T23:53:00.000-05:00

Although I don't love my country with lotz of passion, it is still the place I call home... Read on and see if the below stirs up something in you...

Let's all bash Singapore
Feb 8th 2007 BANGKOK
From The Economist print edition
The rich little place that the others love to hate

SINGAPORE won South-East Asia's football championship on February 4th in a final against Thailand that was mostly peaceful, despite a bad-tempered first leg in which the Thais stomped off the pitch and sulked for 15 minutes. The players were doing no more than imitate their military-run government, which has been in a strop with Singapore since Singapore's deputy prime minister met Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed Thai leader, last month. In protest, top-level meetings with Singaporean officials were cancelled. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, the Thai junta's leader, accused Singapore of spying on Thailand, using the telecoms business it bought last year from Mr Thaksin's family. He told his soldiers to stop using their mobiles and go back to walkie-talkies.
Despite 40 years of expressing fraternal warmth at meetings of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, the region's leaders never miss an opportunity to pick a fight with Singapore. In recent years, Singaporean firms, many of them state-backed, have bought businesses across the region, providing cause for paranoia. Indonesian parliamentarians claimed this month that their military secrets were also at risk because the Singaporeans had bought into a local satellite firm.
Even sand is a matter of national security. On February 6th, an Indonesian ban on sand exports came into force, following a similar move by Malaysia some years ago. Singapore buys the sand to reclaim land from the sea and increase its puny terrain. Indonesia's official reason for the ban was to stop the environmental damage caused by sand mining. But a senior navy man let slip that it was motivated by various diplomatic spats with Singapore. The Indonesian navy has now sent no fewer than eight warships to its maritime border with Singapore to intercept suspected sand-smugglers. At the same time, the Indonesian sand-shovellers' association, facing unemployment, is threatening to sue the government over the ban.
The Malaysians, always up for a row with their estranged ex-spouse (Singapore and Malaysia were in a brief, unhappy union in the 1960s), are blaming their recent floods on Singapore's land reclamation. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia's disgruntled former prime minister, has sought to undermine his successor, Abdullah Badawi, by accusing him of secretly negotiating with the Singaporeans to lift the sand ban. Mr Mahathir also added his voice to the Thai junta's attacks on the Singaporeans: "You'll get nowhere with them either being nice or being tough, they only think of themselves," he said on Thai television.
There is always a plausible-sounding reason for the fights that Singapore's neighbours pick with it. The Singaporeans' kiasu (win at all costs) negotiating style does them few favours in a region where saving face is important. But it is hard to avoid the suspicion that the little country's unforgivable offence is being richer and more successful than its neighbours, and not particularly apologetic about it.

Freezing out here...

2007-02-06T23:50:00.000-05:00

So the cold weather is just starting over here... has been below -10 deg C for the past week I think... And the public schools (not university!!!) has closed due to cold weather for the past 2 days... Not much snow, just plain cold and wind... plus the wind chill factor, weather's been down to -25 celsius... Horrible... simply horrible... walking out for like 5-10 mins is already very very bad... even with all the layers u can ever put on...

Anyway, the gal is finally in Aussie and I've kinda lost contact with her for 2 days (I did get a miss call a few hrs ago) but wellz... I'm so busy recently...

Gotta work!!! Spring break is coming end of the mth and 2 mths later I'll be back in the warm and ermz, humid island... why can't is be nice weather all the time? jus the right coolness and humidity... hmmz...

Winter Wonderland???

2007-01-18T23:37:00.000-05:00

An ice storm hit us just this past week and here are the nice pictures... The temperature is not tt great though.

In Vancouver...

2006-12-30T04:20:00.000-05:00

Wellz... the boyfriend is nice lorz... keep thinking of the gf and wherever he is, he'll be sure to buy stuff for the girlfriend... Anyway, the last post marks our 3rd yr... Time reallie flies huh...

Anyway, I'm in Vancouver right now, at my Aunt's place... Had the chance to go downtown, chinatown and a couple more places here... Food and post-xmas shopping here is pretty good... Den just came back from Seattle (a 2 days side quest with my cousin)...

Seattle: Had my lunch at the restaurant where Tom Hanks went in Sleepless in Seattle... The fish and chips is pretty good there, but there's this crab meat on sour dough bread with cheese on top that is so so delicious... Den also visited the original Starbucks outlet at Pike Street... Had a cup of mocha and bought some mugs... Also had a chance to visit the Boeing Plant in Washington, about 30 mins north of Seattle... Managed to see the assembly line for the 777 but a pity that the 787 are still not on the line yet... a few more months to go... Den they ran out of the 787 scaled model too...

2006-12-22T09:55:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!!

The boyfriend has gone to Vancouver without me :(

but he did send a package of Christmas prezzies..... hehhee =P

can't wait to go Aussie... freedom freedom freedom...

$50 worth of toilet rolls!!!

2006-12-20T17:09:00.000-05:00

My roommate decided to go on Amazon one fine day and here's the result... He ordered $50 worth of toilet rolls (he actually intended for half of them to be kitchen towels but apparantly selected the wrong option) And den yaya bought 96 rolls for her house... Should we just label them as the toilet roll couple... =p

And below is our 283 pages long report with a purple hard back =) courtesy of me!!! =p

Product of our hard work...

2006-12-15T00:16:00.000-05:00

Here's our plane.

Here's an interior view (comfy leg space for all, I'm sure)

And here's a picture to show that the toilet space is indeed enough

Happy Thanksgiving

2006-11-25T22:34:00.000-05:00

Alrighty... itz thanksgiving weekend and I'm supposed to get a break from work. Didn't reallie go anywhere for this break and wanted to stay home and rest. Not that I reallie rested...

Thurs afternoon was spent in First Congregational Church which has a kitchen for Thanksgiving Dinner prep... So our church seems to go there every year to have our Thanksgiving dinner. Wellz, itz the usual turkey, mashed potato, stuffings, cranberry jello, green bean cassarole, and the $70 honey baked ham. Oh and not to forget the dessert -- we have pecan pie this year, on top of the usual pumpkin pie and apple pie!!! I love pecan pie and dun like the other two so I'm reallie happy with the dinner. =p

Thurs night at 11pm, we set off to Birch Run thinking we will reach there before 12.30am but we end up having to queue a good 2 miles before the exit ramp. We shopped from 1+am till 6am and went for Macs breakfast. Den we went back for more shopping till 8am before we set off for home. The shopping was good though I only got a pair of Levis Jeans for myself (plus the free blue beanie from Columbia). Wellz... I shall not reveal what I bought so that the ppl who will recieve the gifts (ie. gf and nephew -- the 2 ppl I pamper the most now) will not know what they'll get. A bit disappointed with the Nine West outlet though. Didn't find anything worth buying... All the good buys require about 1hr of queuing time each...

Friday I slept almost the whole day away... Doing what minimal work I can squeeze myself to do. I mean the 3 gals in the car got a nice 1hr sleep while poor me-the-only-driver have to stay awake for the whole ride home. One farnie thing is Hongye forgot to bring her HP and wallet for the trip... haha... and shez not afraid that she'll get lost at the outlet... Ultra blur...

Sat I woke up after a 12+hrs sleep and finally recovered enuff to start working on all the hw... the semester is coming to an end soon... Motivation of the day: Roast Duck, Char Siew and Egg Tarts from Chicago thanks to Pearl and Qiongz who delivered it to my place... And the other 3 ppl on tt trip (Gena, Sam, Jon) for bringing the treats back for me... Appreciate it a lot!!! =)

Springroll

2006-11-14T01:53:00.000-05:00

So happy I managed to make my own spring rolls today... No pics to post since they r all in the stomach le... =p took quite a while to make them, bout 3 hrs I think (excluding time spent buying ingredients)

Anyway, I'm having a hard time planning my schedule for next semester... hopefully everything works out and I'll get a not-too-bad schedule... We'll see... think a prof is going to change his class time cos he realised that therez a class conflict for a number of people...

Oh... And I realised that my prof for AE 345 got his phd in 2 yrs!!! things ppl can manage to do... and he was saying something I find reallie interesting... When you reach a certain stage, your mind will work for you when you go to sleep... Sometimes he can wake up in the middle of the night and write down a solution to a problem and the next morning when he wakes up he goes over it and realise that itz correct... I think ttz the level I am hoping to attain but I dun think I'm there yet... I can onie come out with solutions on my bed but in my semi consciousness (before and after sleep), not in my sleep... I'll work harder... I used to not like this prof thinking tt he's to lazy... but maybe we do haf some things in common... being lazy tt is... haha... Beginning to like him more...

Communications?

2006-11-03T02:23:00.000-05:00

Kinda feeling bad now... Communications, though important, has been bad... Almost not talking much recently... This is the third year... The worst year from my prediction... Itz like if we can survive the third year, everything will be fine... I'm sure we can survive... I mean I still miss her, I know I still love her... But being in each other's life is so important too... I'm stressed up and busy this sem, she's tired with work and other stuff... Are these just excuses... And I thought I saw a blog post here a while back and now it's gone... I wonder why... There are times out of the busy-ness of life that one will slow down and wonder... I think wondering is bad when you can simply ask...

Crazy Weather...

2006-10-15T00:16:00.000-04:00

Itz already starting to snow... Had some last thursday!!! And itz only end of Oct... Past 2 yrs started snowing only end of Nov... Wonder how I'm gonna survive this winter...

Anyway, itz Fall Break here, ie. Mon and Tues no school. Some of them went up to Upper Peninsula but I din go cos I think staying here to get some rest is more impt.

2006-10-12T20:00:00.000-04:00

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Acts of Service.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		9
Acts of Service:		8
Physical Touch:		8
Receiving Gifts:		3
Words of Affirmation:		2

Information

Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

Take the quiz

New Toy for Me!!!

2006-10-12T00:30:00.000-04:00

Here's a new toy I jus acquired last week... a HP 3115 PDA... It did cost me quite a bit but I hope itz all worth it... At least I get to chat on skype or msn in class without having to bring my laptop... Haha... but the pocket msn seems to be incompatible with the sch's wireless... Anyway, I'm still waiting for the 1gb SD card to come... den this can double up as my mp3 player...

Of Moon Rock and MAF

2006-10-12T00:24:00.000-04:00

This is a really late post... Anyway, last friday which is also MAF, the department of Aerospace received this piece of Moon Rock from astronaut BG James McDivitt... Reallie find it funny cos itz MAF and well we dun have to look to the sky to see the moon... =p anyway, here's a shot of the rock from my hp... Not a very gd resolution... And the rock it just a tiny grain... And I went for the ceremony thinking itz a sizable piece of rock...

Sick

2006-09-27T11:05:00.000-04:00

Have been sick since saturday afternoon. Started off with a headache, den slight feverish on sun and monday, den I'm having a sorethroat now. Been drinking lots of water, eating some porridge and stuff that are not tt damaging to the body. Glad tt my hw and all still gets done but wednesdays are horrible cos it's the beginning of a new cycle of work. One on wed, one on thurs, one on fri... Wellz... ttz how college life is right. At least I still have the freedom to manage my time.

Oh, and to cheer myself up, I bought a box of mooncakes. White lotus paste with twin york. =p I know itz sinful, but itz MAF soon and I simply cannot resist the temptation.

As a (self-declared) Guest Speaker on the topic "LDR":
"There's definitely the period of strangeness after a prolonged period of separation. Well, one can say absence make the heart grow fonder, but we are not that far apart with the technology we have these days. Calling her everyday is affordable and using the webcam on skype is free. True that there is lack of physical contact but visual and verbal communications can aid in the relationship too. If communication is gd, then there won't be any fear of drifting apart. And to have gd communication, one have to commit him/herself to spend time and effort since therez the time difference and class/work schedules. It may be tougher than normal relationship. However, have anyone think about what will come out of it if it works out in the end. I do believe that a stronger, deeper relationship will form."

Busy???

2006-09-19T15:34:00.000-04:00

Yes, I am really busy this semester. You know what, I'm so busy I feel I should stop working so hard. I am suddenly aware today that I have been neglecting my family. I value my family a lot cos I know that they are the ones who will stand by me in all circumstances. They are the ones I never doubt that love will come from. And I'm really sad that I have to be told to call my dad cos itz his birthday today. I've never called home ever since arriving in US. Not a phone call to my dad, nor my sisters... Though I do recieve emails from them once in a while. Even my daily phone calls to Dear dear has shortened to 5mins or maybe a little more.

I'm very very disappointed in myself. But I think it's not my fault, or maybe only partially. I should not have let an incapable person lead a group of 14. I should have taken the position from the very start. I think I'll do less when I become the leader cos I can utilise manpower much better than him. His standards are so low, it's lower than low. I can't believe it. And he even has the cheek to ask the 5 ppl who did everything to do even more. I wonder why ppl can be so thick-skinned. I've already stayed up till 2-3am for 3 nights in the past week just so as to clear up his mess. If I have to clear up his mess every single time, I'll be better off doing the project with just Lemuel, CH, Charles, and Jonathon... 5 ppl is all I need to do a better job than 14 ppl with that guy as the lead.

If a leader does not even know his specifications, how can he lead? If he can't distribute workload, how can he lead? If he does not know what is required of the report, how can he lead? If he sets a really low standard, how can he lead? I regret my choice now.

No Delta pls!!!

2006-09-05T03:21:00.000-04:00

Stuck, stranded, abandoned, lost, confused, what a joke!!! Delta airlines is capable of abandoning 5 passengers even tho the lugguages are already on board the plane... What an amazing act... Amazingly stupid, irresponsible and crappy services... This is the first and it SHALL be the LAST time I'll ever dare take a delta flight. Now we (KZ & me of course) are staying overnight in the airport. One consolation is that we are still in the checked area of the terminal so should be relatively safe... Unless the crappy security manages to let a few people without ticket or another few armed with some weapons to come in and threaten us... Wellz... I do have to find stuff to joke about when I'm in this "adventure"... Hahaha... I'm so laughing at myself now... Should haf packed at least another T-shirt in my hand-carry bag... Too late for regrets... What a misfortunate situation I'm in now... Lord, it this meant to be a joke? I'll be more obedient from now on?

~by a stranded in JFK

Pluto no longer a planet

2006-08-28T06:37:00.000-04:00

And so Pluto is not a planet but a dwarf planet... Hahaha... The news should be hot now and one source is here.

Anyway, itz so fast and I'll be off to USA soon again... Sigh... Why is it that hols pass by much much faster than school or working days???

...

2006-08-23T00:57:00.000-04:00

Okie... So sad that school will resume in 1.5wks... One can never get enough of the holidays... Anyway, I'm starting to really enjoy the life of bringing a storybook into a cafe, plop onto a nice comfy couch with a cup of coffee and rot there for hours... Nice way for retirement in future... Is early retirement possible for me???

Oh wellz... I spent one of the wks, the N-day week watching the whole series of Da Chang Jin... Yup! All 70 episodes in a week!!! I must be mad... That equates to an average of nearly 8 hours a day...

Revamped Bedroom, Flea Mkt, and Fares Hike

2006-08-04T01:36:00.000-04:00

Finally got down to give my bedroom a complete makeover... Anyway, had to look for screws that will replace the lost ones for the queen size bed... Den have a new tv console for my room plus the new wardrobe I have been using since I got back...

BTW, I also had the chance of going to the flea market at sungei road near sim lim... The first time I actually go look look at a flea market or thatz what I tot it is... Seems interesting with all the old old stuff there...

Oh yah, and the bus fares after a hike last year is going to increase again... When fuel cost goes up, the fares increase, but will it come back down when fuel prices go down? I highly doubt so... I mean if I'm the operator, do you think I'll care? What's a few more cents added to the fares? Itz a few million dollars a yr for the operator... Another observation is that buses seems to breakdown more often these days... I was on one breakdown while Dear Dear got onto a breakdown bus that same day... Den within the next 2 weeks, I saw at least 2 other bus breakdown... If they can't keep up the service, why allow them the increase? But as it seems, the government is stating the terms for the operaters if they were to have an increase... So it seems highly likely that this is another political game to play with the issue a bit den let it pass... So all the Singaporean commuters, be prepared to pay higher bus fares soon...

Hotplate Dinner

2006-07-22T09:31:00.000-04:00

The Dinner Table

Udon, Pork, Prawns and Baby Squid

Bean Sprouts

Some Pork on the Hotplate

A nice and relatively cheap dinner... Nice... =)

Of Holidays...

2006-07-20T05:46:00.000-04:00

I'm really glad to have this holiday after the 9wks of attachment... This holidays should be a simple one to me... I just wanna get some rest and get some things done... The slow paced life I've been looking forward to... A kind of life I'll hope to lead with my early retirement... Yes... I'm still thinking of early retirement... Even before starting work... I mean one has to plan early to achieve one's goal... hahaha...

:)

2006-06-06T08:57:00.000-04:00

God is so good! I just want to share His goodness... n His provision... n so much more....

I'm such a happy girl now!

Got a job in one of the acute hosp for 6 months, with an attractive pay *$$$*
Got a place in one of the top aussie physio sch's honors program...

Now.. is waiting for the 3rd party's reply..

I'm just so excited...

Random...

2006-05-28T22:28:00.000-04:00

I'm at work now but decided to get distracted for a while... Quite a lot happened these past few weeks...

Met up with some ppl:
- Nic, Leng, Daryl for dinner at PS and dessert at Marina Square (the jap dessert is reallie quite nice but ex tho)
- WJ, WX, BZ for mj at my place
- WJ, WX, XK for lunch n pool at bt timah

Sort of celebrated Dear's birthday: sushi n muddy mud pie + Grease and Seafood Platter

Ok... for Grease, itz not reallie tt great a musical to go for... Kinda disappointed with the quality... even I feel tt the sound system is horrible at indoors... conclusion? Never go for any musicals at indoors in future. gd thing we got e cheapest tix n had student discount... but still itz not worth it... so much for all the excitement n anticipation...

Seafood at Marina Square, Fin's seafood restaurant... think they gd for their fish n chips or something... but itz ok only... but they dun serve ice water when they haf all the fried food there... Service is pretty bad too... Maybe itz because they dun charge service charge of 10%...

Of ice water at restaurants... I wonder if it should be the case that restaurants should serve ice water? Personally, I very much prefer they do cos I do drink a lot while having my meal and it'll cost me lotz to buy so much drinks... this is one thing that will probably stop me from going to a restaurant...

*we went to look at furnitures together n I found out tt itz really ex... I think my future home will be quite empty... haha... and something new: smelly toufu*

1.30am wed 250506

2006-05-24T13:30:00.000-04:00

I'm totally irritated!!! I've graduated... n yet I still have to do a presentation this saturday. It's rehearsal tmr and I've just started to edit and add slides that my peer has done. Don't think otherwise.. i did not fail any module.. in fact i think i did well for the final semester (*haha* Thank God!) .. it's just that i got 'arrowed' to present on my overseas attachment in HongKong. Why? coz my grp was the only grp who took a lot of photos at the university and clinic... *!!!!*

*sigh*.. i realise.. it's time to sort the HK attachment photos...and email the photos to the respective ppl.

*sigh* time really flies.. i know this is cliche..but looking thru the photos make me feel as if i just came back from HK yesterday.. (The HK attachment was early this yr...)

*sigh*... I'm into 3rd week of holiday... but still no sign of jobs...coz nobody wants a fresh grad for 6mths. I was offered a job at a BIG hospital near chinatown.. unfortunately i've to turn down the offer because i'm bonded already (who says being bonded is good?!?!) now i know.. why ppl get bonded and try to break bond.. =P

On a happier note, i celebrated my birthday on Monday 22may! Now I'm 2x, into new phase of life. There was no big celebration.. but i was a happy girl. Thanks for all the smses, which came in starting as early as 12am, n frm as far as indonesia, n of course i received my results at 4am via sms tt day, so it's a gd start to the day! =) No surprises that day (except for results n a rose *i'm still afterall A FEMALE*).. just a simple dinner at jap restaurant..and a super-yummylicious choc mudpie at coffeeclub after tt..

n of course, i received a lot of presents.. mainly from the boyfriend.. who gave me the moment he flew back from the angmoh-land.. (= no more surprises on birthday :[ ): 1. ext hard disk (With loads of my fav stuff), 2. ladybug mouse, 3. white GUESS top *which he bought on impulse..*, 4. cute bathrobe, 5. lots of chocolate, 6. more sweet-smelling, moisturising body lotion, 7. more neutrogena-nailenhancer, 8. n lots of LOVE!! n hugs..., 9. "GREASE" this sun...

I'm so blessed...

ok... i think i better stop "day-dreaming" and get back to the presentation... *sigh*

Home Sweet Home...

2006-05-01T05:14:00.000-04:00

Phew... So glad I'm back home... Itz reallie hot here but it feels gd to be home... Tried to control my eating so tt I dun overeat cos Dearie complaining tt my stomach is getting a wee bit too big... But I can take things easy since I have 4mths to indulge myself...

Now Dearie is studying for exams... Shez gonna end this Friday n my attachment is gonna begin next Monday... Wat great timing... not a lot of time I can spend with her playing... But I can save a bit of $$ this way since I can jus go market n buy local fare tt I enjoy n they r cheap... hee... Itz so much cheaper to eat here compared to states...

Anyway, US dollar is dropping in value compared to Singapore dollar... so sad... my $$ worth less in Singapore now... I'm poorer...

I think Dearie is reallie glad tt I'm back... Or rather, the whole bunch of prezzies I brought back for her... haha... ask her if u wanna noe wat she got, cos I dun wanna spoil market here... =p

Anyway, I reallie like the document bag + misc stuff she got for me from HK... reallie nice, sleek, contemporary, youthful, etc... *muacks*

Sick and Tired

2006-04-26T09:14:00.000-04:00

It's the last lap of course already, but i'm so sick and tired...

Sick and tired of the assignments that i've to complete... it's just 2 more only.. but i'm already sick of doing assignments.. having to rush day and night... making sure "it's the perfect one".. why can't i just do a "can pass.. can already" one... and hand it up..

Sick and tired of the coming exams... I can't wait for it to be over. After one semester of projects and assignments... to touch the whole stack of notes =====> just not motivated to study them at all..

Sick and tired of the ppl whom I kept email-ing and calling... Why can't they just resolve my issue once and for all... Is it so difficult? It's saddening and frustrating to realise that the route that you have chosen did not turn out to be the one you really wanted.. Was I too impulsive then?
Does a "paper" matter so much?

Sick and tired having to be the only one doing 70% of the group project.. be the "brain" for the project.. and that you have to do it..coz the others can't do it... *today i went on strike -a-bit*

Urgh.. I'm totally paranoid now!!!

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Conclusion: I think i'm burnt out already....

Yet Another Month... =)

2006-04-22T15:14:00.000-04:00

Itz such agony to "celebrate" our anniversary when we are half a globe apart... Anyway, good news is that itz 6 days to home!!! yay!

I just wanna be home...

2006-04-21T22:23:00.000-04:00

Sheez... 1 exam n 1 project over, 3 more exams to go... 1 on Monday 2 on Wednesday and den off I go... I'm in no mood to study... seriously, I'm jus browsing thru my notes... I jus need to not screw up for these 3 papers coming up to get a gd grade... Why r they taking so long to come... I wanna quickly get over n done with things here and be home... I hate the agony of waiting for exams to come...

arghz... 1 more week... 7 days!!! this time next week, I will prob be lying in bed at home... after a nice breakfast of duck meat and pigs' intestines... muahahaha... 7 more days!!! just 7 more days!!!

TOP GUN

2006-04-18T23:09:00.000-04:00

Here's my LCG (life change group) buddy, BJ

Having fun with our campfire

Another study year is almost over and had our last small group today... Great brats and burgers... Had lots of fun today, or rather this whole yr... Been so blessed by these ppl... Can't believe small group is over... Exams is going to come and go in a little more than a week, then itz back home... One week break and back to work... I mean internship for 9 whole week... Not exactly looking forward to working tho... studying may be tough but I think itz still enjoyable... As for work? I'm not so sure bout tt... Anyway, back to the campfire... I always want to have one like this... Not like the fake one you haf with the whole sch during orientation... a small cosy campfire with a group of close friends... reallie enjoyed myself... Made me forget bout exams for a while... How I wish itz true... but now itz back to reality... Gotta study hard to make this thursday's exam a gd one cos I'm still far from an A... I hate to haf this one subject taint my transcript... but wellz... life is not all about grades... and human is not perfect... so I'll just try my best to do well... For all those in singapore... I'm going back soon... seeya all...

Countdown

2006-04-15T09:45:00.000-04:00

The boyfriend, the bear, and the pig...

They are coming home in 2 weeks' time!

*hip hip hooray*

Childhood

2006-04-11T09:33:00.000-04:00

I had a conversation with the "churning-grade machine" *haha =P*.. no lah.. juz joking... conversation with the boyfriend, based half a globe away, on Skype:

"ME says: anyway i've a question
ME says: if let say your son comes back home one day
ME says: told u his friend stepped on his shirt,
ME says: as in your son wearing the shirt, then probably the friend "kicked" forward at his chest to leave a print..
ME says: wat will u do??
ME says: wat will u tell your son?

HE says: hmm
HE says: how come ask this?
HE says: never tot bout it before

ME says: jus answer my question lah

HE says: 2 possible reactions, tell him to stand up for himself or go sch n kick up a fuss
HE says: must see my son's character
HE says: how to tell now?

ME says: hmmm
ME says: your son the cute cute kind guai guai kind come home report to u everything kind
ME says: he asked u "how to stand up for myself?"

HE says: if he tt kind den jus ask him wat happened
HE says: if itz play play type den will tell him to bring me to friend
HE says: warn tt guy not to play so dangerously
HE says: if itz serious type den tok to teachers

ME says: okie
ME says: really?

HE says: ask him to stay far away from tt kinda gangster

ME says: u would do tt?

HE says: yah"

Hee... u must be wondering why i asked that question right?
I witnessed a similar incident just now in the lift. The primary school kid, probably primary one/ two, told the mum that this friend of his, "left a print on his shirt"... so the mum told him to report to the teacher if that same friend attempted to repeat the incident.

This reminded me of my pri 1days.. i liked to go to the field to run..and play.. i actually went to play with a group of primary six boys *wonder where i got the courage from*.. then i think we were playing hide-and-seek..and me, being a not-so-fast runner :P, fell down and went home with bruises. I lied to my mum that the boys bullied me. My mum got angry and asked me to bring her to school the next day, to scold the boys. Of course she went, but never got to find the boys.. Why? Coz i was guilty and afraid the boys would "revenge" on me... so i pretended and told my mum "the sch very big, can't find the boys anymore." So tt ended the whole "saga"...

Till this day, I can still remb the incident vividly...coz i couldn't believe that i was so naughty then... Everyone thought i was THE "Model student" throughout my lifetime as a student.. but i'm definitely not the way everyone thought I would be..

*sigh* those pri sch carefree days...

Isn't it an irony? When you are a primary school kid.. u wish u will grow up real fast? so tt u can be an adult,...do watever u wan (and for me...eat loads of maggie mee... haha)..

Now that you are an adult.. you hope u're a kid.. no problems... no politics... no worries... no decisions to make...

Those were the days...

Job Attachment

2006-04-10T13:15:00.000-04:00

Finally, I got my posting... Not at all excited about it tho... 9 wks of internship, starting a week after I get back... One week break to recuperate from all the exams n such... Sigh... Anyway, I should be glad tt I'm employed and my education is paid for... Shall not complain...

It sure is exciting to know that I'll be home in 18 days!!! Meaning tt exams will be over in 16 days... hmm... doesn't feel like the sem is ending... Reflecting upon what I've learnt thus far: not much... Itz this feeling of emptiness... Am I just a grades churning machine who just produces good grades yet know nothing???

3 weeks more

2006-04-09T06:44:00.000-04:00

3 weeks more, n i shall be out of this agony.. No more assignment, no more final yr project, no more tests, no more exams....

I wanna go shopping!!!! *I wan my allowance!! :(*

3 weeks more... my "pen-pal" will be back... once again.. the sense of awkwardness...the feeling of nervousness.. it is as tho i've nv met him before! Next yr will be different...coz it will be in aussie.

I need loads of energy to go thru this last stretch!! so tempted to skip school everyday :P

*sigh* 3 weeks more....

Les Miserables...

2006-04-03T00:21:00.000-04:00

So glad I went for the musical... itz all worth it... Great music, songs, plot, props, etc... simply irressitable... Will even be willing to go for it again...

So much for my reward after the long wk tt jus went by... Now to face the coming month... jus a little less den 4 weeks n I'll be home... Looking forward to it...

Weather's been bad these few days, hot on Friday, den rained for 2 days... fluctuating temp is causing many to fall sick... I had a bad headache last Friday... but I'm gd now...

Random Stuff...

2006-03-30T09:24:00.000-05:00

Wellz... weather is getting better here... itz getting to the 60s this week... oh n itz in fahrenheit so do ur conversion... =p weird americans with their huge ego n stubborn enuff not to follow international standards for units...

Anyway, wellz... itz gonna be a mth before going back... looking forward to it... think this sem is not as bad as I think it to be... hope it'll end well...

More importantly, I'm still wondering if I should do IOE or Aero Masters... kinda decided le... but praying n waiting for a firm choice... tho class registration is next week... I'm already so overloaded with wasted credits... 110 of 128 credits to graduate but need 22 more... do the math n u'll see...

On a happy note... I'm looking forward to Les Mis this sunday... I decided to give myself a reward n go for the performance... I still rem wanting to go for many performances over here but din seem to do it... so far onie went for Chicago at Broadway...

Spot the Changes?

2006-03-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

Before

After

Spot the Differences?
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Answer

In no order of merit:

1) Babe Babe... The well-travelled sheep-pig. She's made in China, sold at Australia, brought to Singapore, now in USA, and crossed the borders to Canada... Cities she has been to in USA includes Chicago, Detriot, New York, LA, Washington DC (train station), Phoenix (airport), Toronto (in Canada)...

2) Pinky... Not so much of a difference in the two photos above since he's in the before photo as well, but I just wanna mention him. Has been a great bolster for the past year... Sadly, due to his size, he's not as well-travelled... But sure has a good life sleeping most of the time...

3) A picture printed using Laser Color in school... Wellz... ttz not the main point... haha... the main point is that it says 黄大仙 though I believe itz supposed to read 黄脸婆... =p

4) Mr Superman-wannabe... Think he's supposed to be a turtle or the like but looks more like a gingerbread man... Anyway, the love message he brings is more important...

5) The Lips... How I wish they're for real... Den I can get to kiss my Dearie more... hmm... I not a 变态狂 lahz... haha...

6) Glow-in-the-dark Hearts... They dun reallie give a bright glow tho... But with that many hearts, they can brighten me up any day...

7) The Scrap Book... Contains memories of out first 8 months together... Wellz... itz been over 2 yrs now... Let's collect more fond memories together...

8) The Little Fish (aka 小鱼 or 晓玉)... How I wish you can be packed up and be sent over as simply as this fish...

9) LOTR - Return of The King poster... thatz how it all started... A movie, a cab ride home, a short walk, and a long chat... followed by a sweet story...

10) The huge head... haha... I chose this picture because Dearie is wearing a pair of cute heart-shaped earrings... nice rite? and I just like to see her smile... =)

Now that you're wondering what this is all about... Wellz... we've made it to our 27th month... 2 and 1/4 yrs already!!!

Happy Anniversary!!!

Birthday over n over again...

2006-03-16T00:58:00.000-05:00

Hmm... jus as I'm blogging about not reallie liking the idea of birthday cos I'm feeling old... pleasant surprises jus keep coming at me... Dearie sent me a card with a handphone accessory (with a pic tt seems so ermz...) in her first letter den come a second package with a nice pillow case, her "lips", and some glow-in-the-dark hearts... Too tired to take pics n post... will do tt some other time...

Lunch Today...

2006-03-12T21:36:00.000-05:00

Had a combined bd lunch celebration with Pearl n the Porkie Chops ++ ... For me itz belated, n itz early for Pearl's 21st... I dun reallie feel anything bout bd nowadays... itz like I'm already 23??? Feels so old tt bd is becoming a bad thing to haf... =p

Anyway, itz a nice lunch at Kai Garden, with our usual ice cream cake from Cold Stone... And I got a reallie practical gift from the gang... A web cam, Creative Live Ultra for notebooks... So glad to get this... Now Dearie can haf all the webbie cammie she wants from me, so long as she's willing to come online... Cos itz so tedious to set up my Digital Cam to webcam mode... Plus, Dearie is probably gonna take my Digi Cam next yr since shez going to Aussie... So this is one of the most practical gift I've gotten... Of cos hafta thank CH and Lem for suggesting n choosing the pressie... n also the whole gang for, ermz... pay for it? =p hahaha...

Praise Night!

2006-03-12T21:30:00.000-05:00

Itz reallie amazing how all the small groups put up skits after skits and every one of the skits are so elaborate... Wellz I dun think I did much for mine (compared with the time others put in) but I did contribute a few nights to it. Glad tt itz over n hope to get the dvd soon...

I'm stuck in jail!!!

The Jail

Heart-warming email fr half a globe away...

2006-03-06T11:43:00.000-05:00

A simple email... but it warms my heart thoroughly...n encourages me...

" I just tried another ascii art. Not too great… But it shows my desire to be with you, holding your hands and walking down the path called life…"

You have not done ascii art for me for a long time... reminded me of the happy times we had when you were in sg... Can't wait for you to come back... *tears*

So fast, 8 months gonna be over soon!!

I will hang on... ... ... !!!!!!!!

(Blog post edited to show the ascii image clearer)

Puzzles???

2006-03-05T21:47:00.000-05:00

Just feeling bored n decided to look ard for some puzzles to tease my brain... here's one:

Add a single straight line to make this equation true - the equals sign remains untouched.

5 + 5 + 5 = 550

030306 Happy Birthday

2006-03-02T11:05:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

To The DARLING... ....

*heehee* I pray to God that..

... you will remain as cute as ever...

... as charming as ever...

... as smart as ever...

urm... hopefully next time i get to blog... "as rich as ever" .... hehehe...

I promise to teach you piano when you come back... as a birthday present... special present, isn't it? =P

hehehehhe *evil laughter*

*muacks* May God bless you on this special day.

FON

2006-02-06T01:31:00.000-05:00

http://en.fon.com/
I like this idea n wonder if it'll take off in Singapore... Some computing start up hopefully sees this as an opportunity n implement it in Singapore...

CNY Photos...

2006-02-04T01:05:00.000-05:00

Some photos of our batch at the CNY dinner last week

Little Darius...

2006-02-01T00:07:00.000-05:00

My Little Nephew

Love Story in Harvard

2006-01-30T21:31:00.000-05:00

Happy Lunar New Year!!! It's the 3rd day n i've been staying in the hostel for 3 days.. yes.. since day 1.. u must be thinking.."Huh, HK no CNY celebrations meh?" No lah, it's not tt they dun have.. it's just me... LAZY. HAhah... plus (!) I've a new korean drama serial .. n i'm sUPER DUPER hooked to it.. love the setting the show is set in.. love the background music... *sorry to the bf.. you are still as charming as ever ok?*... I'm super mesmerized by the male lead.. he's such an eye candy!!!.. oh not forgetting the pretty female lead too... *heart melts* The title of the show is "Love story in Harvard". So girls, go catch the show if u can - 16 episodes in total.. Perhaps guys should watch it too and LEARN... hahaha

Ahhhh... I think I need to slap myself back to reality - I've a presentation to prepare for!! It's the most challenging (+ terrible) presentation topic that i've ever prepared for since 1st clinical attachment.. to present on Molecular mechanisms of Pain!!. Now someone, pls kindly offer me some advice.. How am i going to link it to Physiotherapy?? The clinical implications? *why was I so foolish to accept the topic when my CE asked me to change it?* *slaps myself* *ME and my big mouth* With regards to the "big mouth", got into quite a bit of trouble because of it.. the presentation is one big example. Well dun start thinking in the negative sense.. I was making an innocent comment then, sharing wat i learnt before.. How I know my CE is going to ask me, "Why not forget abt Cx instabilty.. do central sensitization..etc n i can revise too.." N few days later, he showed me an article "Pain: Molecular Mechanisms" n asked me to use it as the backbone of the presentation.. you wouldn't believe how i must have reacted then. I think i feel like puking, face turn pale n just faint at tt moment coz tt article is such a difficult paper to read with the details of molecues, etc as the title suggested. Then as expected, I slept over the articles for days, literally slept on the paper at the table for 3 days the moment i reached 3rd page. Terrible right? Sigh. Who say student life is easy? then for the next time with the "big mouth" I really got into trouble.. let's not talk abt it.. I think my CE dun really like me, does he..

Oh well, I shall stop complaining and get started. It''s tmr! Compared to my roommate, I should be given a big label tt says "Terrible lazy student" She started it 3 days ago, finished it.. and now just editing n editing.. but her topic according to my puny brain.. is definitely easier than mine. How I wish i'm still doing "Cx instability". Haha.. see I'm complaining again. Pls pardon me.

God will see me through all these! Amen and amen.

HKG

2006-01-22T12:07:00.000-05:00

11 days to going home.. I can't wait! Not tt i don't like Hong Kong... It's just tt it's nv fun when u're terribly sick in foreign land... the cough just doesn't want to go away... the airway is allergic to the cold and polluted air tt i can't talk fast or get excited.. else i will be short of breath...

Otherwise.... I must say retail therapy is still as good as ever.. going out shopping till 2am every weekend..sightseeing n eating n eating n eating...

See, my face is rounder now :P

So today we went to Wong Tai Sin to do an on-field Sports Physiotherapy attachment for the HK youth soccer team.. Urm they did not win.. coz their opponents were 4-5 years older than them.. the whole process was quite interesting except tt the weather was really really cold, i was only wearing one windbreaker with poloshirt... in 10degree celcius.. crazy me right!! i was so freezingly (i know there is no such word...) cold tt i was hopping ard... haha... anyway some more pictures

Urm blogger doesn't allow me to put up anymore pict prob coz my files are too big.. prob another time plus it's 2am already.. think i shall go read a paragragh of notes..wait for the silly bf to return from shower b4 i go sleep.. Will be updating again next time.. on my shopping trip and terrible attachment :(

Ski Trip Today

2006-01-14T21:32:00.000-05:00

Wellz... have to say it was a fun n ermz... painful experience... will wanna try it again cos still not shiok enuff... Been warm for past few wks n not reallie been snowing so therez not much snow to ski on... n the artificial onez are jus blended ice ttz reallie hard... Den itz onie towards the end tt I started to get the hang of it... So din reallie haf much time to enjoy before needing to head back home at 5.30pm...

Wellz... tumbled down quite a bit n prob gonna get muscle cramp/ache tomorrow... but itz all worth it... hee... n I did manage to take a few pics... haha...

I haf to thank Dearie for the track pants which happen to be reallie gd waterproof material tt act as my ski pants... of cos I'm wear one more layer of jeans underneath to keep warm... tho when u r at it, it doesnt seem so warm...

Hong Kong Week 2

2006-01-13T19:13:00.000-05:00

Hello from HKG! It's been a while since I last blogged. Have been settling into HongKong, adapting to the cold weather, struggling with the huge amt of homework from my clinical educator and not forgetting shopping =P

Have been enjoying myself.. but think i would enjoy more if i dun have to go thru sleepless nights of breathing difficulties. Saw 2 docs within 2 weeks and have been taking medicine since last wk of last yr.. doesn't sound very good right? I was so sick at one point tt i just wanna change my departure date n come home :(... Anyway God has been good, weather these two days have turned warmer and I'm offically off the face mask as I had to wear one for the past 2 weeks in order to see the patients n not scare them off..

Retail shopping has been GREAT over here... Clothes, shoes and bags are really cheap... Trendy tops can cost as low as S$15... shoes at S$12... Because of the cold weather.. n my irritating sickness.. i bought lots of warm clothes... Sports apparels are cheaper than back hm..I went crazy ..not really crazy lah... over Le Coq Sportif.. tt my fren is so amused how I can be crazy over a "myojo-look-a-like maggie mee" sign... well..tt's me.. i think i just transformed into some sua1 gu1 (auntie fr a remote village) hahaha...wat to do.. can't find all these stuffs in sg.. even if sg have...it's super duper expensive..

On the contrary, food, transport and seeing doc is super ex!!!!!!! I spent $52 seeing a doc last wk for just 3 days medicine for Bronchitis... *heeartache* coz it's so expensive i din wan to see doc... I wanted to just wait for my cough to go off n endure as much as i can... tt my CE got strict.. n asked me to get my cough "fixed".. haha.. ("go fix your cough!" he said.)

Friendships were built these 2 weeks too..between me and my coursemate (whom i nv talked to ever in sch) and the student ambassador, Anastasia (pict)... in fact we've gradually built quite close friendships between me and her... She's a Christian tooo..so we've so much to share...

So... tt's abt all for now.. i know the last 2 para are quite brief.. gotta go off soon if not i will be late. I'll update soon if i'm not lazy... oh yah.. i'm slowly getting the hang of understanding cantonese... hohoho.. quite amazed at the speed i managed to pick up the dialect... Thank you daddy God!

okie. Have fun this weekend! =)

Back to School...

2006-01-05T23:12:00.000-05:00

So here's a pic from San Diego... Caifu... He's a reallie nice dog...

(The background is not a hotel room but a guest room in Aunty Gina's place... nice rite?)

San Diego is a really nice place... There's this big chain called Ranch 99 which should be here too... They sell all sorts of Chinese stuff... Much bigger than any stalls we have in AA... And wellz... if u ever think that Ding Tai Feng's or Crystal Jade's Xiao Long Bao is nice, wait till you try the Ding Tai Feng at LA... I doubt any of the ones in Singapore can match up to it... We initially wanted to try for lunch... Reached the shop at 3pm and they told us they r closed n we haf to go back at 4.30pm (they open at 5pm but suggested the time to return cos they r expecting a crowd)... So we went back at 4.30 n got to be 2nd in line... Went walk walk n found a huge crowd when we returned at 5pm... They r reallie fast n the food is reallie gd... A must try for all Singaporeans out there...

Anyway, LA is much more complicated in terms of roads n I got lost twice... Haha... but all is well n I still found my way in the end... Went to Legoland, Disneyland (both parks) and Seaworld... I din go Universal Studios since I believe tt I can go there another time... I'm looking forward to going back there again, and I can finally understand how come both my sisters keep wanting to go there...

And shopping is wellz... not too bad... din find anything much at outlet stores but bought a Trench Coat at GAP in the main store... plus 2 turtleneck to go with it... =p a bit expensive but nice indeed... feel quite satisfied with those buys... haha...

And Aunty Gina & Uncle Loren kept feeding us... From the Seafood Kway Teow in Superwok to Jap Buffet and home-cooked fares... I probably put on a few pounds (few being an understatement cos I refuse to measure my weight now... haha...)...

Anyway, itz back to school now, and I'm still deciding if I should do 15 or 18 credits... First day is not too bad but tom will be crazy... 8.30am class!!! arghz... Tell me why I should hate mon, wed n fri... Wat to do when itz a core module n therez onie one class...

SG to HK

2005-12-29T13:54:00.000-05:00

I'm leaving sunny humid Singapore for dry windy (winter) HK in about 12 hours time!!! Kinda sian though, not as excited as I felt few months ago.. Think it's coz of the classmate i'm going with? or the clinical educator.. not sure how he's like. Think i'm going to dread the 5 weeks of clinicals again coz musuloskeletal (spine) PT is not exactly my forte, but i shall look forward to shopping! haha.. i'm such a bad student.. to add on to the name of bad student, it's 3am now... i'm coughing non-stop... as if i'm suffering from some pneumonia or terminal disease :( <>... trying to complete my pre-clinical assignment coz the deadline is 15 hours later..which means i will be on the plane already... Why is the lecturer so evil? hmmmm... oh well...

lalala i'm so bored. I've been squeezing lotsa stuffs into the small luggage. I hope it doesn't decide to rebel and burst open suddenly. hee.

Anyway, I shall take this opportunity to wish everyone an early "Happy New Year!" I shall update more when i'm over there... .... .... ...

*coughs coughs coughs coughs.........*

This is the day...

2005-12-22T00:30:00.000-05:00

This is the day we first met... or more like itz 2 yrs ago...

I'm glad to meet the gal... and now the journey continues...

Bored

2005-12-12T21:27:00.000-05:00

My boyfriend is in America... and I'm here... super bored in rainy Singapore...

Maybe i shd go for knitting classes again..

or go sit in some cafe and rot...

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Why am i so stressed even when it's holidays?

I'm such a weirdo.

Personal Project???

2005-11-25T05:34:00.000-05:00

Wah... I merely mentioned it n someone can think so much into it??? I said itz personal liaoz wat, not a present for her but for me...

Ta-da!!! A new look for my wall... (Notice the difference? and check the size of tt pic...)

I remember saying that my wall is too empty but someone fail to respond (or she did but Mr Superman-wannabe-Turtle, aka the Thing, is a bit too small to cover that big space) so I hafta do something myself...

5.30am blog

2005-11-25T05:33:00.000-05:00

It's 5.30am now and i'm online to make up the talking hours with the boy overseas. *I wan my sleep zz* But it's not his fault for making me wake up early. It's mine coz i made (read: forced) him wake up early on thanksgiving holiday to talk to me coz i was in a lousy mood yesterday. Unfortunately, before i could log on, get ready my laptop everything, i found myself waking up from bed just few minutes ago. =p anyway, though he din get to talk to me last night, something sparked him off to do a personal project... which i believe.. is for me! hahaha. I'm a happy girl today.

I just got my results via sms! I'm so overjoyed and thankful to God tt it has improved leaps and bounds from the last semester! - at least something to report to to my "rice bowl". hehehee. My bank acct has been hungry for months and i can definitely shop in peace in HK now. haha.

I'm dreading my clinicals. I think i nv hated (?) my clinicals so much. I often dread going to work everyday... no... daily not often... and often "drag" myself there... It's so ironic tt i've been looking forward to clinical attachment at this place and now it turned out to be not as great as i thought it to be... sigh.. in one hour's time i gotta get my butt out of the house. sigh. i can't wait for it to end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want my holidays too but i think it's gonna be spent on the final year project which is super-screwed-up-right now. well at least God is great, wonderful coz i gonna get my pseudo-holiday (as my friend termed it) in Hong Kong. *yippeee* For those who have been with me all this while would know i need this holiday very much. I think i've been working like a mad cow since after As. I must have been crazy but sometimes u can't predict what circumstances can do to your life. I can do nothing but only TRUST... and TRUST... and TRUST...

so God is good..
1. blessing me a man&boy-in-one human with a gigantic loving heart
2. provided me financial blessings
3. bring me supportive friends
4. see me thru all kinds of super-duper-bad situations
5. cheer me up when i'm down
6. guide me when i'm lost
7. mold me to become more patient and understanding
8. the list goes on.

i think i better go wash up now. NEed to iron uniform too. I'm growing fat from all the emotional-eating due to stress.

By the way, the boy doesn't know i'm doing a personal project too! hehehe

Shocking...

2005-11-16T01:09:00.000-05:00

Seems like I get lotz of shocking news these days... From Lem and QY getting attached, to someone breaking up with bf and getting attached to another guy here, and today I jus got another shocking news... A fren of mine got married more den a yr ago after she came over to USA... She's the kinda guai guai gal you'll never expect to be married with a child at the age... Anyway, she's one yr younger...

Wonder if there'll be more shocks for me...

Weekend...

2005-11-13T02:04:00.000-05:00

Not a very productive saturday I have to say... Been watching movies on my lappie and napping whole day... Anyway, therez a new dish that we can cook here... CH's fried hor fun became Char Kway Teow which is actuallie quite nice... And so I found the sweet soy sauce... meaning I can start thinking bout fried carrot cake again... hee...

I've been wondering about home... I hope everyone, esp my family, is doing well... I still remember that home is back in Singapore, no matter how busy I am...

Anyway, it's true that things only get worse... Courses are all getting tougher as the semester comes to an end... and it seems to get worse over the next few semesters... Hectic life of a typical engineer... haha...

All gone...

2005-11-09T07:11:00.000-05:00

I feel like crying now... i think my bro formatted the comp... and now all my precious documents are gone.. my STAR program research reports, my CVs, my essays and reports... all gone ... ... ...

I feel like calling him now... but it's too early... :*(

Random

2005-11-04T09:39:00.000-05:00

I can't believe this... everytime i watch a show where either the bf leaves the gf, or the gf leaves the bf, i will tear.. like "mad" and with the least effort... it's as if this whole tearing stuff at the sight of separation has become an involuntary reflex... wierd. *Sigh* i thought i've gotten over it - the separation part of the relationship. I think i still havn't. I still need him as much as I know him first day. Oh well...

Exams finished *hip hip horray* but competency test next mon, pre-clinical assignment to be handed in by tmr, and another 5 wks of intensive (care unit) clinical attachment... I wan a break!!! N I'm rather stressed coz it's at s-g-h. Dun noe why.

lalalalalalalala. I'm completely overwhelmed by the amount of workload i'm going through now esp the 5weeks of clinical attachment (neurology) closely followed by Exams then now another 5weeks of clinical attachment. * God, pls help me.*

Ok i shall stop complaining.

I think i have proximal shoulder syndrome.

Occupational hazard :(

SLOW???

2005-10-30T20:24:00.000-05:00

I jus want to dedicate some time to thank the person who has changed my life so so much... I really thank God for letting us have this chance to be together...

You are the one who can make me smile
and of course cry
You are the one who stands by me all the time
and I will gladly do the same for you
You make sure my temper is kept in check
and patiently apologise to others on my behalf
You are such a cutie
and sweetie
You try so hard to please me
yet can be such a workaholic at times
You have such a kind heart
and always thinking for others
You are so so much more to me I wonder how I can put them all here...

I seriously wonder why I'm blogging now... should be studying for AE 245 exam tom...

The mail

2005-10-29T08:05:00.000-04:00

Phew..the mail finally reached him. Stupid me got worried and asked him yesterday, so no more surprises... *sigh* It's not my fault when the person told me, "It takes 9-12days!"

Well that thing you see hanging on his wall is supposed to be a turtle...but turned out it look like a gingerbreadman-who-attempts-to-be-a-superman...

Oh well...

Finally paeds paper over! One down.. three more to go...

Pls pray for me...

=] better go study now.

Feeling great... =)

2005-10-28T19:45:00.000-04:00

Admiring at the newly added member of the room...

More admiring at the newly added member of the room...

This is how my side of the room looks like now...

Advanced Happy 22nd month! :)

2005-10-21T21:30:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow marks the 22nd month we are together!

I thank God for strengthening our relationship till this day, even though we are separated by distance and time.

Sometimes, I really envy other local couples. I really hope they appreciate each other... coz you won't realise how much you need that person until he's far far away. Absence indeed makes the heart grow fonder, and not the other way round.

Normally, couples go out on dates, receive presents or flowers on this day... I guess for us, it's phonecalls, msn and skype. No flowers. No presents. I think i'm getting used to that. Yearly anniversary (for past 1 yr) was spent alone at a certain jap restaurant...with him on the line. Kinda innovative huh? You must be thinking we are crazy.

Going through the 2nd cycle right now.. if any of u reading this noe wat i mean... realised it's getting harder to bear the separation... one thing being both of us are getting busier, so lesser phonecalls now. Being stressed over work but the other party is not ard. Getting sick, but no one to take care of you... there's just so much to say.

But wat's holding us together is perseverance, the thought of the future.

Sorry, my blog sounds a bit sad today.

Coz I think i'm seriously lovesick now...

Katsu Curry?

2005-10-15T23:43:00.000-04:00

Another successful meal... Hee...

Anyway, itz fall break... ie. no school on Mon n Tues... Din plan anything for this break tho... Wanted to do project n stuff... Also wanted to rest... Last yr was crazy n I dun wanna do tt again... Too tiring...

Slept in for the day n watched 2 movies... "Divergence" and "Yesterday Once More"... Both are not tt bad...

Tiring Day...

2005-10-03T15:22:00.000-04:00

I'm in the middle of a reallie long day... Have one more Lab from 5.30pm till 7.30pm... Sigh... Reallie wanna sleep now... Wondering wat to say on Blogger...

Oh yah... I'm getting used to driving ard and I wonder if I'll feel reallie handicapped when I return to Sg...

And I was checking out the info on Australia n getting all excited about the trip... Haha... hopefully all goes well n I'll be having some major fun exploring new land...

Thoughts

2005-09-30T22:45:00.000-04:00

Sometimes, I really marvel at how our lives can be so unpredictable, they always turn out not what we expect them to be... It's never according to our plan...

I can still remember very clearly, my last week of medical attachment 2002, I told myself, "i will never take up physiotherapy." "It requires a lot of patience and I don't have that" while shadowing a physiotherapist at the stroke rehab ward. Amazingly 3 years later, I'm a physiotherapy student and going to graduate in few months' time! And going to Aussie to get my degree. As I'm doing my Neuro clinical attachment now, I'm getting more and more excited about Neurology, treating stroke and brain injured patients coz they are such a challenge. What irony eh? To think i was so adamant about not going into this profession and immediately eliminated that on the spot from my list of interested careers at that point of time.

Then there's thing about me, which deardear knows very well- I really hate techie stuffs like computers, IT. I wouldn't even care about the latest hardware, software, laptops, etc. Coz I find it complex; I really detest and dread the computer "language". If the computer is spoilt, I wouldn't know how to handle it. Everytime he tries to teach me... my brain immediately goes into selective learning and listening mode. *haha :P* To think now, I'm so dependent on my PDA and lappie, forcing myself to learn all the troubleshooting, coz he's not around and my bro's in NS. If ever i lose my PDA, i think i will panic and cry not juz coz of its value, all my clinical notes and reflections are inside.

There's just so much more examples that i can talk about...

What prompted me to blog abt this is because my classmate is currently seeing a patient who used to be a genius (IQ = 182) and she was the founder of a particular organisation. Unfortunately, she has infacts in her brain and now cognitively, she's affected, not able to answer questions accurately although she can still speak fluently. She can't even tell or feel the discomfort when she has stools in her pants, etc., and she will attempt to cover it over and talked about other topics. She has weakness on her right side and needs rehab. The saddening part we found out was that she actually had several chronic "silent" infarcts along the years.. but symptoms were not noticeable until a few years later. She grauduated with an English Honors but now she requires a speech therapist to help her with her speech and language, and a psychologist for her cognition. What irony! Now u see, how our life/ fate can take a twist and play a trick on us?

*sigh* As my friend and I see more patients each day, we came to the conclusion that we must treasure our lives. Hee we also realised that we should marry early! (Don't be naughty...No hint meant!!) and have kids early. Coz if anything happen to us in our 50s, our kids can still take care of themselves and continue their studies. There are several patients who are in their 50s, got stroke, can't move thus can't work. Unfortunately, they are the only sole breadwinners in the family. So it's a burden to the other partner who now have to worry about finance and the kids' education.

Hmm... learnt a lot from my attachment....

On a happier note, my clinical educator makes our attachment really exciting. I learnt a lot of treatment techniques for different patients, esp one patient who can't talk, totally weak and heavy on one side and towering over me... I also did my first casting on a patient yesterday and learnt how to treat and assess head spinning (something to do with the ear). What's most exciting was we got to do "tai chi", "cha cha" and "tango" with these patients. Haha, please don't take my words literally. My CE likened the techniques to different dances... 3 weeks more and I hope for more exciting things to come...

Ok I better stop now. Getting a little too long. *heehee* Need to do my assignment too...

Busy weekend here i come..

Tiring Weekend II

2005-09-26T00:09:00.000-04:00

As I was saying... this is a reallie tiring wkend for me... As shown below, we have our CAR!!! Anyway, I'm sharing this car with my 2 apartment mates cos I'm a poor scholar n dun wish to get a reallie junkie car... Itz a 2000 Ford Focus SE sedan, 4 Doors, Auto and itz 2Ltrs which is the average size for engine in USA... Okie so now I'm broke, and I already spent the Saturday due to this... BTW, Chenghao made a little video clip (~10mb) of the car.

Den today, we had a potluck at our apartment to celebrate Qunya's, Allan's and MC's birthdays... Was up e whole day n have been running ard, blah blah blah... now I'm dead tired n I wonder why I haf energy to type this... Haha... Actuallie, I haven't called Dear dear for quite a while cos I am partly busy n also ermz... woke up late for church n stuff =p Anyway, I'm keeping myself awake in order to make sure tt I can talk to her.

By the way, life with an apartment is much better den dorm except for the slight inconvenience to get to school n maybe the 4 point 1 Creative speakers playing classical in my room... haha... but itz been a gd experience so far... There are always pros n cons to things n itz been pleasant so far...

We haf been cooking everyday, simple meals ranging from porridge to noodle soup, to more complicated stuff like frying meat or veg, making curry, n my fren even made Mee Hoon Kway... Haha... so dun worry bout my stomach...

As for my studies, itz been ok so far... Having a house of 3 aerospace engineers doing similar classes has its advantage... haha...

I do miss home n Dear dear... Thank goodness tt therez Pinky n Babe babe over here with me... Wonder how I'll survive the 200++ days before going home again... Anyone who wish to visit this quiet "city" (more like a univ town) pls do let me noe... =p

Tiring Weekend

2005-09-25T23:54:00.000-04:00

Curry and Prata...

2005-09-17T13:51:00.000-04:00

Yummy... I am very happy now tt I noe I wun miss roti prata... Well... cos I can haf it right at home... takes a bit of effort to prepare but itz all worth it... hope I can improve on the taste...

Anyway, we've been eating proper meals almost everyday... haven't even started on my instant noodles... hee...

If nothing goes wrong, the car e 3 of us are sharing will be coming on Tuesday... Think itz a pretty gd deal... Hope all goes well...

I've survived!

2005-09-16T23:04:00.000-04:00

Finally it's all over.. Prac exams, assignments, lit review, proposal... sleepless nights trying to get all of them done! I can finally take a breather now n relax... not for long though.. coz it's clinicals next week... for 5 weeks - Neurology. Dealing with the brain - not my forte :( Then it shall be exams, followed by another 5 weeks of clinicals in the Intensive Care Unit (where it's life and death)... how to relax?
*Breatheesss....*
Nonetheless, I can always look forward to next year... if nothing goes wrong... I will be in Hong Kong for 5 weeks for an overseas clinical attachment... so i can shop and shop and walk n play... with whatever meagre savings I have... haha :P *I need sponsors... hint hint* When I return from Hong Kong, it will be super busy weeks again trying to complete and present the final year project, and whatever assignments there are, and it will be graduation... *sigh* ok. I've just shared my year's activities in a nutshell... so this leads me to my next "headache" - which uni to apply to... Tossing between Curtin and Uni of South Aust... which one? Choosing either Uni will determine when i start sch - july 2006 or Feb 2007... As you can see I've very limited choices coz I'm only allowed one year to complete my degree in Aussie... so no Melb, no Queensland, etc which requires two years. *Dilemma* *Disappointed* and nope, I will not apply to Uni of Sydney. IF you find all this confusing, don't bother trying to understand, i just need to get something off my mind. If you have suggestions, can always let me noe though. haha.;)

Think I shall retire to sleep now...really tired. Oh yah.. silly deardear who ever since returned to US, made me so sad, plus all the stress from school caused me to lose 7kg!!! Dear girls, don't envy. Those 7 kilograms were gained when he returned from US, and we feasted almost everyday...so I still look the same. :( haha. Sigh. lalala.. i shall sign off...

Refreshed Blog...

2005-09-10T13:42:00.000-04:00

I jus did some updates to my blog's source code n removed most of the redundant stuff I copied from other websites... Hopefully it will be easier to load... And now it is made for 1024 by 768 display... Plus if u noticed, I changed the background pic...

Anyway, here is jus a msg to those considering to buy dell products... The 700m that Dear dear is using now has a faulty microphone in socket... which means I can't use skype to talk to her unless she gets a usb mic... This is a manufacturing defect n is a common problem faced by 700m users... Dell refuse to address to this issue and has bad customer support... which is dumb cos they'll rather replace someone else's motherboard and send technicians down to their places den to agree to send a quick fix of a sound card... Dun get cheated... if ever thinking of buying Dell, do check out the reviews and the possible defects that comes along to decide if it is reallie worth it...

2005-09-03T07:51:00.000-04:00

Sigh... Back in USA and back to school...

Anyway, here's 2 more pic of our new boy...
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~freddyng/kids/newboy.jpg
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~freddyng/kids/newboy2.jpg

And here's a clip of my new house... (big file warning!)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~freddyng/willowtree/

Do stay tuned for more...

We spent bout 2+ days setting up and now itz more or less there...

New Kids from UK

2005-08-04T10:06:00.000-04:00

And so Dear-dear presents our new kids (just flew in from UK)... Here's the clip... (Taken using my new hp... yup... itz e N7260 I've been eyeing)

Silly Gal... (and a dirty one)

2005-07-31T09:57:00.000-04:00

Indeed dirty n smelly... Refuses to shower, wash hands, wash legs, wipe mouth, etc...

haha...

Anyway, her scholarship must be a blessings to my finances... =P Since I've been her atm all this while, I suppose it'll not hurt for me to swap roles with her... *evil grin*

Had a great day at West 1 Family Day today... Did a silly 1 min performance with my cell and with Dear-dear... But itz all worth it... Cos we got 3rd!!! Hee... I think out of 30-some groups...

*I jus want you to know that I love you...*

*muacks*

Tired

2005-07-31T09:44:00.000-04:00

*yawn* I wanna sleep but there's so many things to do... the feeling of being a scholar is totally different from being a normal student, now tt i gotta be responsible for producing good results, i've to worry abt exams earlier than others, produce better assignments, and work doubly hard for pracs and clinicals. Since me being not so smart....unlike the boy who puts in minimal effort but has been on the dean's list for 2 consecutive sem... means i gotta work harder. sigh. On the contrary...as a consolation... i can look forward to my final year at aussie... yeah... i shall shop til i drop dead... and if possible... fly to US in secret. heehee :p *muacks*

Tough Period

2005-07-16T12:19:00.000-04:00

Been through a really rough patch recently and still going on small humps here n there... Wellz... I suppose itz reallie been an experience... I need to control my temper...

There is a silver lining tho... I appreciate you... for being around... for being a mediator... for being the person who pacifies me, calm me down... for being patient... for being you...

Sorry for shouting at you or scolding you unnecessarily... I love you...

By the way, we jus added one more member to the family... so the list goes:
Pinky, Babe-babe, 4 little bears *we adopted during sis's wedding :)*, Eeyore...

I need a new phone soon... Eyeing N7260...

BORED

2005-06-26T03:25:00.000-04:00

It's a hot sunny sunday afternoon and i'm bored to tears...coz no work, no tuition, this is so-not-me right? This june hols was spent slacking, growing chubby, and sleeping... coz i'm not allowed to work or give tuition... on the contrary, he's working real hard coz of the exhibition coming up... :( ...so i ended up cooking, doing housework for him, providing massage.. and he still tells everyone i bullied him *humph* Nonetheless, he's still very dear to me.. wat to do.. =p

sigh...wat shd i do now?

*off to read my journals... *

Dreamcars Asia Motorshow 2005 anyone?

2005-06-15T02:16:00.000-04:00

Dear fellow car lovers,

Thanks to all your supports, Dreamcars Asia 2004 was held successfully last year. This year, the show is back with more cars, babes, highlights and programmes!

The Dreamcars Asia Motorshow 2005 will be held from 30th June to 3rd July at the Singapore Expo Halls 1 & 2. The opening hours are from 10am to 10pm and 10am to 8pm on the last day.

Some of the highlights / Programmes:

- Dreamcars Sound Challenge (First time ever to be held indoors)

- Wheels Asia Race Queen Seach (saturday & sunday)

- Dress Up Cars Showdown (Co-organized by D.U.K.E.)

- Japanese Exhibitors with their souped up race cars

- Japanese Race Queens

- More souped up cars

- Tamiya Asia Cup (Singapore) Qualifying Championship Finale 2005

- Dreamcars SuperSpecial Rally Round 3 & 4 (saturday & sunday at carpark J behind Expo)

- Stand a chance to win attractive prizes and a brand new Fiat Punto in the lucky draw (draw on Sunday)

There will be a 10% discount for bulk purchase of minimum 20 tickets and maximum 100 tickets. Each forum will be entitled to 1 multi entry Moderator Pass. Name of the Moderator and Forum will be required to be submitted together with a passport size photograph by 20th June 2005 to our office (Email also accepted).

For more details, please visit our website at www.dreamcarsasia.com or call us at 64474588.

See you there!

Spending Spree...

2005-05-31T09:58:00.000-04:00

Seems like I'm on a spending spree... blew away a couple more hundreds in jus 2 days... I better watch my spendings... else u wun see me out of my hole next month... hahaha...

*practice hard okie? I love you*

Back for a post...

2005-05-23T12:56:00.000-04:00

Back at home for a while already... Done so much yet seems so little... There's much more to do I think...

Major Highlights:
1) May's Wedding -- Meaning I get the whole house for myself, which means more household chores to do =(
2) Dear's 21st Birthday -- Broke but glad that she like her gifts
3) Meeting up some friends -- onie some for now...
4) A family trip to Malaysia on Monday -- A nice break... with Dear-dear around...

Kinda still trying to recover from the rush here rush there days of my finals and packing for home last month... Next big thing I need to do is to pack my room... HUGE mess!!!

I Love the boy...

2005-04-24T01:15:00.000-04:00

I love the boy who has been so sweet to me in each and every aspect of my life, and touched that he has included me in each and every aspect of his life too ( tt includes the mention of me in all his anthropology assignments..heehee :P)...

I love the boy who always secretly plans surprises behind my back or when i'm talking on the phone with him, resulting in me scolding him for multi-tasking and not concentrating on me...

I love the boy who always scolds me when i do something wrong but immediately apologises after tt for throwing temper on me when it's obviously my fault...

I love the boy who always calls me "laopo" on the phone and eagerly yearns for me to call him "LG"...

I love the boy who has parted me for 7 months and 24 days but he has never failed to call me everyday -- morning and night; to send me to sch, cell, church or work...

I love the boy who willingly volunteers to be my alarm clock although i always grumble at him for not breaking the record of miss-calling "42" times which my friend did :p

I love the boy who always makes me so touched resulting in me crying as i'm typing this...

I still wanna say I'm VERY NERVOUS mtg him tis sat, *STILL!!*, just as the first time we went out, coz he's coming back...

I can't wait for this reuniting-parting cycle to be over...

"Happy 1 yr ,4 months n 2 days and still ongoing!!"

From ur dearest dandan

"Concentrate and study hard in ur exams k..only allow u this time tt exams 1st place, i 2nd place..hehehehee :p"

2 Casinos???

2005-04-18T09:25:00.000-04:00

As expected, they gave the green light... But unexpected, they changed the news from one to two within the past week or so and went ahead with two!!!

Stategy?
1) Announce to public
2) Public outcry
3) Waits reallie long
4) Gives all kind of funny reasons
5) Public lose interest and can't be bothered to complain anymore
6) Makes annoucement to proceed as planned

As with all the other times, eg. banning chewing gum, implementing ERP, etc...

**10 more days to flight and 12 more days to home...**

Countdown...

2005-04-11T11:18:00.000-04:00

It's 20 days from now... Somehow I can smell the air from home but the urgency for Finals has not set in yet... hmm...

Retail Therapy...

2005-04-04T01:45:00.000-04:00

Wat can one do in 7hrs?
I (with Lem) bought a dining table & chairs set, 2 stools, a futon (sofa bed), 2 floor lamps, a leather roller chair... (plus 2 free glasses...)
And we moved 4 boxes into our new storage...
Plus a new lock for tt storage room...
Spent less than 300 in all... reallie glad to settle the major items for the new apt...

Next big worry... Will I be able to get a junk car???

Someone said she'll send me to sleep... end up she's already asleep... sheez...

WAR

2005-04-03T20:32:00.000-04:00

I'm declaring "WAR" with deardear's cartoons, anime and movies..They are dangerously taking over my place!!! Not just this, his anime has even attracted girls (!!!) to his room...

How powerful is that..

*Can no longer get his attention anymore..sobsob*

:(

*off to devise strategies* :p

Random (too..)

2005-03-31T04:20:00.000-05:00

Just 4 weeks more..to mtg the owner of this site..*haha :p* I'm so looking forward to it.. i can't believe tt we actually breezed through the last 7 months..no more phonecalls in 4 wks time.. yeah.. finally can talk face-to-face..frankly, I'm quite nervous *heehee :p* Sounds like some internet dating, hor? lala..

Average of 4h sleep for the past few nights, rushing assignments, last min studying.. n I think this will persist till end may coz my next clinical's at Changi General Hospital!!! It's so far away fr home, so no more dilly-dallying in the morn :( More dark eye-rings and 5 weeks of stress into holidays..no wonder my tummy has gone on strike.. going NUH to see Gastroenterologist at end april..sigh..think i'll be on long term medication again..*sian :(* n did i mention? I've to eat 7 SMALL meals a day..

Now it's studying and studying, waiting and waiting for me... n I hope NCSS will reply soon..need to do some psychometric test.. i hope they'll schedule it b4 my clinicals..

*sigh*.. i'm sorry this whole blog is so incoherent, just had prac exam just now - I was asked to perform a technique and explain a syndrome not taught in prac class.... *traumatised and speechless*..

Technique: Bobath
Syndrome: Pusher's Syndrome

I pulled through though, somehow...thank God! :)

Random...

2005-03-23T21:52:00.000-05:00

I dunnoe wat to write... wrote some stuff but decided to delete them n start over... itz been a reallie tiring walk so far... in all aspects... spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, etc... I'm glad I made it to this stage... Thank God for the many blessings... 5+wks more to go and I see that nice 4 mths break waiting to embrace me... I'll make it!!! This yr, the next, and the one after and the following...

It's been 15 mths (n 1 day...) already! So many moments we share... even tho we r so far apart... I hope you r feeling better...

Lost n Found!!!

2005-03-09T23:15:00.000-05:00

Something I lost two days ago... itz my favorite of itz kind... itz something very impt... Guess???

Haha... itz my eraser! =p I lost it in lecture 2 days ago... Found out and went back to FXB (aero engg building) for it but therez an EECS lecture going on n I haf to wait till today to see if itz there... I tot it'll be lost forever liaoz... to me this is a miracle... thank God I can get my eraser back... I'm this freak who likes everything in place before I can get to work... I'll feel uneasy if I dun haf my favorite eraser when I go for exams and will not be at tip top condition to fair well... ttz wat I feel lah... hee... anyway, I'm jus glad...

*U deserve everything... 7.5 wks to go...*