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Welcome Aboard to The Practically Unsinkable

2012-02-01T00:41:00.000+08:00

It is rare that I go to an exhibition in museums without taking any photo.
Today is one of those rare times.

TITANIC THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION...

is a must go.

The exhibition is worth every penny you spent.

I am a 36 year old woman from Indian, travelling to US to get treatment for an illness of my son.

And... I survived. Thank God.

It is quite a big exhibition. And a little rush for us since Ruimin had to go for her performance at 4am.

If not I would surely wanna visit the Cartier exhibition too.

Who doesn't love watches? Ok Ruimin I know you don't.

That's cos you have not seen any watch exhibition before.

I remember I watched the Titanic movie when it first came out in 1997.

I mean... who could have missed it?

Even back then, in CHINA, the movie was so popular that everyone was talking about it.

From aunties on the street to kids like us (ok I WAS a kid ya), we went around asking "Have you watched the Titanic yet?"

And on the streets, people were selling posters of Titanic and Leonardo DiCaprio.

To think that more that 10 years ago, people in CHINA were actually crazy over a US movie, I mean... that surely mean it must be some fantastic movie.

I watched Titanic once. But once is enough for me to remember the plot.

I still can remember very clearly some scenes in the film.

Then once in a while, I will read something about Titanic, by chance.

All I can say is that those who have not yet gone to this exhibition, you MUST go before it closes on 29 April.

Titanic 3D version is coming out in cinema on 6th April, to mark the 100th anniversay of Titanic's maiden voyage. I shall be in the cinema then.

There is a documentary also directed by James Cameron about Titanic - Ghosts of the Abyss. Worth the time watching. Very interesting.

So on the same topic about museums, I have yet to thank Naima for her souvenir from her Japan trip.

The ManUtd logo is not meant to be there but it is nice to be there (:

Postcards from Japan's National Museum of Nature and Science. Cool. I love telescopes and dinosaurs.

I used to read ALL about dinosaurs when I was a kid. Now I have forgotten everything but still, I think dinosaurs are fascinating.

B.B. Chocolate. Honestly what is that?

This is so cute hahaha. But am I supposed to EAT it?

Gotta sleep now, to be up later at 4am for the ManUtd vs Stoke match.
Oh yesterday I thought this match was last night so I woke up at 4am for it.
Was kinda frustrated when I found no link to stream the match (plus mood can never be good to be out of bed at 4am la).
Then I checked and realised that the match is tonight -.-
I don't know how many times that has happened to be. Hopefully that was the last time.

Night night. Sleep tight. Don't let the bugs bite.
(Mariah you would find this familiar.)

Freaks (1932)

2012-01-31T00:33:00.000+08:00

Ah Jia came into the room and said "You are not watching one of those super old movies again right?!?!?"

Why not.

Introducing Freaks (1932) today.

Taken from http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20579

Director Tod Browning pretty much had free reign after helming the highly successful Dracula for Universal in 1931, and MGM top dog Irving Thalberg went on to bankroll his adaptation of the Tod Robbins short story "Spurs", about a circus midget who takes revenge on the beautiful woman he discovers is using him for his inheritance. What resulted was Freaks, the extremely controversial film starring real-life circus "oddities" that premiered to public condemnation and withering reviews (this after MGM cut half an hour from the film following a disastrous preview screening, footage that is now considered lost). One woman even sued the studio after complaining that the shock of seeing the film caused her to suffer a miscarriage.

Browning's career never quite recovered from the scandal, his stock in Hollywood plummeting after Freaks' poor commercial and critical reception, not to mention being banned in countries all across the globe. In a prolific earlier career that had seen him direct over 50 films in 15 years, his post-Freaks oeuvre is limited to only four, after which he left Hollywood to pursue a career in real estate. Audiences in 1932 simply weren't ready for a film showcasing deformed sideshow performers, and the film was denounced for being vulgar and amoral despite the fact that the circus "freaks" were depicted sympathetically and the average human characters (with a couple of exceptions) portrayed as the true monsters.

Really though, it's that very idea – humanizing the malformed mortals in an age where they were more likely to be treated as objects of macabre curiosity – that likely proved the most controversial and uncomfortable idea of all. It's unfortunate, then, that in a last-ditch attempt at wringing a profit from the picture, Thalberg attempted to re-brand it as an exploitation film, re-releasing it under the new, more sensationalistic title Nature's Mistakes and advertisting it with lurid taglines like, "Do Siamese Twins Make Love?" Sadly, Browning would die before his film received the critical reappraisal and cult status it so richly deserves.

Choice Invective: "There is no excuse for this picture. It took a weak mind to produce it and it takes a strong stomach to look at it." – John C. Moffit, the Kansas City Star

Very interesting movie no?

Sparked so much controversy back then causing it to be banned globally for years.

Now, it is hard to imagine why it was banned.

There was so sex, no cruelty, no violence (not really) in the film... so why the ban?

"Really though, it's that very idea – humanizing the malformed mortals in an age where they were more likely to be treated as objects of macabre curiosity – that likely proved the most controversial and uncomfortable idea of all."

If you missed that from the whole chunk of text up there.

Ok I think this film is worth analysing, especially in the social aspect.

But I am no expert so I would rather keep quiet, sit back relax and enjoy this short one hour film.

For the full movie, click this link:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/5FQFcBg1OHA/?FR=LIAN

The Amazing Thing About Sports

2012-01-30T00:28:00.000+08:00

I just finished watching one EPIC tennis match which lasted for more than 5.5 hours.

Australian Open Men's Final.
Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal.

Not a tennis fan but this is one match that's worth 5.5hours watching.
It makes me like tennis (:

This is definitely the best tennis match I have ever watched.
I remember I watched one of the tennis final between Nadal and Djokovic last year, that was not even close to the excitement it brings in this one.
This is a long match, but not a boring one.

I dont support any tennis players, but I would prefer Nadal to win.
It is always great to see the World Number One being beaten isn't it? That explains why people always LOVE and CHEER whenever ManUtd lose. I shall talk about that later.

I would say it is a deserving win for Djokovic. No doubt world number one.
Even when he was having leg cramp at the fifth and last set, he fought back and won the game.
Same for Nadal. After disappointing second and third set, he fought so hard to pull through the fourth set and extended the game till the fifth set.

That kind of sports spirit is amazing. So infectious.

I always think that Nadal is a great athlete. Even though he lost, his thank you speech at the ceremony showed a lot of sportsmanship.
And I felt sad for him. He fought so hard for 5.5 hours, only to see the cup being held in opponent's hands.

"There cannot be two winners." Just that what Djokovic said.

Other than football matches, I dont mind watching tennis.
Especially matches with these world class players. It is not only the skills that I admire, but also the spirit they display.

Actually, I like watching almost all sports matches/games.
All but... golf? Cos the waiting time is much longer than you see the ball being hit.

I can tune in to sports channel all day long and watch WHATEVER they have.
Be it replay or live, I will just watch.
Sometimes I just like to leave the channel on when I do other things.
I just like to see SPORTS on the screen.

There is something very special about sports which I cannot explained.

Now about last night's FA Cup tie between Liverpool and ManUtd.
Honestly, I dont think that we deserved to lose like that.
It was pretty obvious that we were the much better team in that game.
But sometimes, we have no luck.

Shame on all the Liverpool fans who boo Evra throughout that 90min.
That speaks so much about your sportsmanship (and very much of the club's since they kept insisting that they are right.)

I have already calmed down now.
But whenever my team lost and got an undeserving draw, I would rather not talk to anyone and wish no one disturbs me.
At least not to tease me about the results.
I dont do that (at least not anymore) to anyone now even at times when I am happy about other teams loss. At most what I do is smile to myself and tweet it somewhere where my friends cant see.

When people do that to me, most of the time I will try to ignore.
Cos I know that whatever reply I give at the moment would not be rational and even I wouldnt wanna think of what are the words they may come out from me.
Definitely not something nice to the ears.

But good thing is, I would be alright by the next day. Most of the time.

Often I am amazed by how sports can bring people together.
My 婆婆 loves watching volleyball.
She is as crazy as me in football. Every day you will see her flipping through the newspaper looking at the TV schedule, taking note of volleyball match time.

My neighbour is also a volleyball fan. She used to play volleyball.
And sometimes, you will see her talking to my 婆婆 about volleyball.
Things like who is who... who is in which team, who is in the national team etc.

I think it is really weird, cos my 婆婆 is not someone who talks a lot.

Then there is Austin whom I always talk to about ManUtd.
He remembers that I love Ronaldo (the Brazil one). And I am shocked that he remembers.
I know he loves George Best.
I introduced to him Pele.
He told me about his trips to Old Trafford.

He is nine year old. My tuition kid -.-

There is Rishav who told me about this Australian Open Men's Final.
He is crazy about cricket and always talk to me about it.
So now though I still have not figured out how is the game being played, I have at least the basic knowledge of the difference between cricket and baseball.

If I were ever to get tied to a full time job, I would not complain if it is a sports company.

House Visit; Dreams and Reality

2012-01-27T00:53:00.001+08:00

It is not due to laziness, if that is what you are thinking.
Was sick for the past two days.

Must be all cos of the BBQ style dinner on CNY eve and in Aunty Doreen's house.
That night at Mariah's house already felt something went wrong with my throat.

Today had to postpone 2 morning tuition.
It is getting better now, hopefully all the toxic in my throat will be gone by tomorrow.

Skipped futsal tonight ):
That is like robbing away one of the highlights of my weeks.

初二 was fantastic for me.
Ok just that I had a super early morning tuition.
Other than that, the rest was pretty awesome.

First time been to Miki's new home.
Was greeted by her relatives, all of them are so nice.

I like her new house. Very cosy.

The Hakka Yong Tau Fu was the best.
Now I understand why Miki always says she like those Yong Tau Fu.

Miki's Mum share the same birthday as my Mum.
So we sang birthday song and eat cake together.
Photos in Miki's phone, I doubt she will upload.

Would have stayed longer in her house if I didnt have to go to Mariah's house at night.
Walked over to AMK Hub to join Mariah, Zu Yao and Jaryl before Jaryl drove us to Mariah's house.

Played a few rounds of mahjong but I had no much luck in it.
Won only once. Was kinda confused with the game (no Jia Hao around this time telling me what are those animals for.)
I still perfer the kind of mahjong Mum plays, no need to use flowers and animals.

Played Blackjack and Mariah was the 庄.
That lucky girl, won all our money.

Dexter joined in later and Mariah was still winning -.-

Played Taidee and it was slightly better for me.
I dont have luck, so must play those games with skills.

Played In Between and lost some money again.
Annoying Dexter and Zuyao who always tried to convince us to bet big.
But had a super fun time. Was laughing a lot cos we couldnt believe how suay we sometimes can get.

初三 was spent with Mariah and Jasmine in National Museum.
They had to go for the Dreams and Reality exhibition for one of their modules.
For me, I had always wanted to go to visit.

Museum trips is one of the few times I wish to be students again, cos they have FREE ADMISSION!!!
But then... eleven bucks for this exhibition is definitely worth the money.

Invisible hand haha!

Then my cam ran out of battery.
Now hoping Mariah would hurry up upload the photos in her cam on Facebook.
I wanna see my Ass-Grabbing photos! (Too bad couldnt do the Breasts-Grabbing photo for Naima.)

I love seeing Art.
I love all those paintings in the exhibition.
Especially those Cluade Monet paintings. Yes Mariah now I remember he is the famous one. I can remember his paintings now.

I like his style and brushwork. So refreshing.
I may wanna go again.

This is what I do when I am bored and needed to calm myself down - penmanship. Pretty stupid. Fking ugly handwriting.

Typed and stopped typed and stopped.
Not in the mood of blogging. Heading to bed early tonight.

Need to get well soon. The sickening feeling has ruined my mood for everything ):

Welcome to The Year of Me - Dragon

2012-01-24T02:00:00.000+08:00

I am really used to doing-nothing during CNY, esp Chu Yi.

I am treating today as my off day, for me to stay home and rest.
Good that I bought the jigsaw puzzle, so that apart from watching videos, reading papers and books, I have some other things to do.

Completed my jigsaw puzzle today (:

Something worth collecting.

The picture is so 应节, red and money, arent they the most common things during CNY?

Hope that by completing this puzzle will be a 好意头.

More and a lot more money this year hehe.

Not a too challenging puzzle for me. I would say just nice. Not too easy, not too challenging till I lose patience and give up.

Took me two half-days to do it.

The words on the puzzle are the easiest to do, followed by the buildings.

Deng Xiao Peng did give me a slight headache today.

All the pieces are made up some similar lines.

Not easy to tell them apart. But, I still have my way of doing it.

Actually I think I am really quite good in doing jigsaw puzzles. Yeah.

Ok I shall look for a frame and frame this up.

Huat ah!!!

If only this can be real money haha.

Just like last year, no stores are open during CNY.

I mean hawker center vendors.

And again, I am forced to eat Indian food.

Zzzz....

Eat Indian food during CNY. WTH?

Couldnt stop thinking about how my family spend CNY in Guangzhou now.

This afternoon they, again, went for lunch in some restaurants, booked a room and three big tables and eat till shuang.

With 远房亲戚.

I was there 2 years ago and honestly, I didnt even know who is who la -.-

Really very 远房 ah. LOL.

I remember I met this relative during the reunion dinner and a few days later I saw his family again on the bus.

The awkward moment when I wanted to call him but didnt know how to address him -.-

The more awkward moment when we were stuck in the bus for some time and had to make talks.

All I knew was that Oh he is a relative of mine.

I wish I could just call him "uncle", but you know, we are Chinese we dont go around calling everyone “叔叔”.

But I did remember that when I was young, I played with those relatives before.

After "disappearing" for so many years, everyone has changed.

In my memory, those relatives are still kids at the age of 5 or 6.

Now? I really cannot recognise them anymore.

Dont think they can recognise me too.

Perhaps if you said "Remember last time you sang songs together, played this game before?"

Then... I can recall a little. Just a little.

I think I will be the first of the family to lose all these links with relatives.

And to think about this always makes me feel sad.

I wish I can go to my Grandparents' house to bai nian.

Why my memory of CNY always got stuck at the age of 10?

I dont remember anything CNY-related stuff for the past 12 years.

Talking about that. Today is 24th Jan 2012.

That makes exactly 12 years me here in Singapore.

My Mum's birthday too.

Somehow I cannot believe it that 12 years ago on this day, I left everything behind and came over here.

Twelve freaking long years and I am still here.

Of course, many things had changed.

It is just amazing how time flies. I have spent half of my life outside my country, without my family.

Sometimes I hear people say "Oh I dont miss my famly. Its been so long, I am used to it."

That is bullshit. No matter how long you have been away from your family and home, you will still miss it.

It is just a matter of how well you can deal and fight with the emotions.

I can say that I am used to spending CNY alone, but I will never say that I dont miss the feeling I have when I spend CNY with my family.

That is a lot of difference.

I am fine with spending CNY alone, but I would LOVE it to spend it with my family.

In the absence of my family this CNY, friends really bring a smile on my face.

Thanks for all those who invite me over to their houses.

To make me feel at least a little bit of the CNY mood.

(Do I sound childish here Mariah?)

Tomorrow will be visiting Miki's and Mariah's house (:

After... tuition. FML.

Well at least it is better than visiting before tuition.

P.S. Talked to my parents just now. About EPL -.-

This is called 爱屋及乌, ever since they knew about my love affair with football and ManUtd, they are more keen to watch football, follow EPL news.

Dad will be like "Last night score was 2-1 leh. The second goal was soooo good. What is the name of the guy who scored the goal?"

"Welbeck."

Then Mum, as usual, made fun of the player's name -.-

LOL!!!

Up till today they are still teasing me about my intention to work in that ManUtd shop in Macau when I first saw it there.

Dad was saying I should go be a ball girl (to pick up balls) in Old Trafford.

Mum said "She will love it, get to see all the players every day."

Yes, how I wish. I could imagine myself hugging all the players at the end of every training and match (:

Then they told me to work in the ManUtd shop in MBS -.-

So that next time when ManUtd players come to Singapore, I will have the privilege of meeting them.

Whether they were serious about it or not (most probably not haha), I guess if I really go work there, they will be fine with it.

As long as I am happy. They will be happy.

I would be happy if I can work in Old Trafford one day. Serious.

Reunion Dinner at Aunty Doreen's Place

2012-01-22T01:49:00.001+08:00

Today seems to be such a long day.
Started off with 2 tuitions, one in the morning and one in early afternoon.
Went to cut hair and home to nap before it rained very heavily, but had to crawl out of the bed to prepare to go to Aunty Doreen's house for dinner.

Have not seen her for quite some time, and this year, just like the last, she invited me to her place to have reunion dinner with her family.
(: That is super sweet.
Ah Jia is supposed to go too but she has already gone back to Malaysia for CNY.

Everything was just like last year.
I see the same faces in her family. Everyone is so nice and friendly.
Even talked to Aunty Doreen's niece about random stuff.

It is a BBQ style dinner. You will grill your stuff and eat.
Which is better, means dont have to sit face to face with one whole group of unfamiliar people haha.
I am SHY -.-

Drank 2 cups of sparkling juice, 1 cup of red wine and FOUR cups of soup.
I have not drank soup for more than a year and I MISS SOUP.
Really miss this kind of food, though not exactly home-cooked, but it is a good change from eating hawker center food every day.
PLUS THE SOUP!!!

I am still damn full now hehe
I can imagine me eating like this every day when I go back next month.
Mum told me yesterday "I will cook soup for you every day."

Soup is like a unique culture in Guangzhou.
Cantonese people CANNOT live without soup.
Cooking different kinds of soup is 一门学问.
Cos there is different kind of soup for different purposes.
I am so grateful that my Mum can cook so well.

I was telling Aunty Doreen how much I miss drinking soup and she told me to go over to her house more often for dinner.
How I wish. But I shy haha.

Met the lady who took over my job last year.
First time seeing her though I had already heard a lot about her from Aunty Doreen and Ah Jia.
She is from Myanmar, but is a Chinese, so there wasnt any problem communicating with one another.

After dinner, we three sat in the kitchen and started to bitch about the company and the boss LOL.

So those problems I faced at my time have not been solved up till today.
I am glad that I quitted that job.

But talking about a full time job in office, I kind of miss those times when we were in the office and do all-day-bitching about the boss.
I miss those times when we were so united -.-
And having a stable job, getting to know and getting close to the customers, and making friends with them etc.

It feels good to work together with others rather than working alone.
Like what I am doing now.

But I like the freedom my current job gives me.
And I dont have to see other people's 脸色.

Somehow, seeing how 热闹 it was during the dinner made me miss my family more.

Today borrowed a book titled 《广州旧事》, happened to see it in the library.
Always fascinated by the culture and history of Guangzhou. And the food culture.
I always love Guangzhou.
Imma finish it before I go back.

I Am The Missing Piece

2012-01-21T02:38:00.000+08:00

Half day, half completed jigsaw puzzle.
Glad that I am still good in doing jigsaw.

(:

Like the feeling when I have to scan piece by piece and look for the correct piece to fit into the big picture.
Most of the time, I didnt have to think, it is almost like an instinct, picking up a pieces and so naturally fitting it into the correct place.

Initial plan was to do the jigsaw puzzle during the Chines New Year since I wont have anything to do.
But with my progress, I need at most half a day more to complete it.

Will have to think of other activities to do during CNY.
Feeling a little homesick.
The feeling will never go away no matter how much I am used to spending CNY alone.

The thought of me used to decorating the house, buying out with my parents to buy 年货, visiting relative's house...
Those memories seem so distant.

Two years ago I was in Guangzhou for CNY, but was rather disappointed cos CNY was no longer how I thought it always is.
Everything was so perfect when you are a child.

But I still enjoy CNY back at home.
It was the first time after so long (about 10 years) that I am home for CNY.

Was talking to Mum just now and I got to know that she had been so busy recently with the CNY stuff and things with my Grandpa.
Feeling sad that I am not there to help her.

Her birthday is coming on 24th Jan.
But she never remembers her own birthday.
Though she can remember mine and Dad's perfectly well.

Dad is going to take Mum out for dinner on that day, telling Mum not to cook (when Mum didnt have a clue then cos she forgot that that day will be her birthday.)
That is super sweet.

I wish I can be there too.

I miss them.

Happy Futsal and Scary Tweets

2012-01-20T02:07:00.002+08:00

Right, it's after training and I am supposed to feel tired.
This sort of tiredness is so shoik.

Had a lot of fun tonight with the team.
After MIA for more than 3 months and this is my third session back in training, I can feel that I have found the lost touch with football and the girls.

Today we divided ourselves into 4 teams, with 4 members each.
And that is the ultimate test of stamina I tell you.
Cos normally futsal is played 5 players a side.
So now playing only 4 means there is a lot of space and you will need to run super lot to close up to your opponents.

First match was still alright for me, playing as defender.
Generally I stayed at my own half of the pitch.

But later on, I played in the position of midfield/forward.
And I had to make endless run from box to box.
Pressuring the opponent, getting the ball, and run for lose ball.
It was 10 minute per game but first time I found myself screaming "Is the game going to be over soon?!?!"

Quite pleased with the performance of my team.
Especially during the third game when Atiqah played as the keeper and she shouted instructions for us.
That really help a lot especially for a player as clueless as me.

I played forward for two games and I cant say that I played well.
In fact, I was pretty frustrated with myself for not getting any good passes to Ed.
And I missed too many good opportunity to score.
It was only towards the end of the second game that I played as forward that I managed an assist.

Was rather pleased with my free kick still.
Have not touched the ball for so long yet I am relieved that I have not lost the touch on free kicks.
I practiced it for a long period of time last year to perfect it.
Whenever I had breaks in between games, or on my free time after tuition, I would be practicing it.
I like the feeling of kicking the ball as hard as I could (ok not really cos I still dk how to make full use of the muscles in my leg and my body) and seeing the ball hit high up.

I remember how previously no matter what I did, I could not send the ball high up.
Still can feel the joy the first time I could kick the ball up in the air (:

Just now I was managed to kick the ball just under the crossbar from the half line.
Was damn shocked by myself too. Too bad the keeper blocked it haha
Need to work on the speed and spinning the ball.

My left leg is still so useless.
Need to pay special attention to it. Will make sure that I can kick a free kick from my left leg too.

Played as keeper for the last game.
Finally gotten rid of the ball phobia since I am no longer wearing specs during football.
Not a good keeper but still trying my best.

Again, I have to say this.
I have some wonderful teammates who always ask the best from me.
They forgive me for making stupid mistakes.
And always teaching me new stuff.

I love how Nadia always comes to me and tell me what I should work on more.
She is the type of player who always smile and seem so comfortable with the ball.
I LOVE seeing her play. The way she dribbled the way she runs. Fantastic.
She can attack, defend and keep. All-rounded.

"You have to be more aggressive. When you commit, you have to make sure that you go all in, 100%. If not you will get injured easily."

"When you make a mistake, it's ok, don't give up. Everyone is learning here."

Awesome right!

Glad that today Araxes and Peiqi turned up.
Oh I shall talk about them later.

Today is Shakz's birthday so the team sang her a bday song and cut cake (:
Now we are really a team, ain't we.

Happy Birthday Shakz!

Alright so about Peiqi and Araxes.
Both from NY, just like me.

Two of them were from NY football team so they knew each other since JC days.
Peiqi was in the same batch as me while Araxes was one batch older.
If only I joined NY football in JC... Hais.
Perhaps my JC life would not be as bad as what it was.

I always think that sports do people good.
From personal experience, I think the people who play sports are nicer and more easygoing.
Especially for a sport like football, which you need to rely on your teammates to perform, the bond between the payers must be very strong.
Anw, generally, people who play sports are nicer that is my point -.-

Now back to the duo.
Back in NY I didnt know them. Ok I knew about Peiqi cos she is Miki's friend and Miki would shout from one end of the canteen to the other end "PEI-PEI!!!!!"
Just to embarrass her -.- Much like what I always do to Naima. But she doesnt really care now so NO FUN!

I would be standing next to Miki when they talked for a while. But I never talked to Peiqi back then.

It was only last year when I saw her in one of the field training that I found her very familiar.
Then I remembered.

As for Araxes. I didnt know her hahaha!
Perhaps in NY we had walked past each other but seriously I dont recall.

NY was never our common topic when the three of us see each other in training.
Perhaps cos we are the only few Chinese there so it is easier for us to talk to each other.
Though everyone there is super nice too,

Met Peiqi at City Square Mall today just before training.
Was talking halfway when she said "Oh ya you going holiday next month right!"
I was like "HOW YOU KNOW?!?!?" (We dont really keep in contact other than in training)
"Twitter la. I also know you this this this that that that..."

Then I realised that cos of Twitter, I have no privacy haha!

It was later that I found out that Vanessa and Ginny (my lower sec classmates) are now close friends of Peiqi.
Yes how small is the world right!

They today Vanessa and Ginny asked about me -.-
"Hey Peiqi today you going to training ah? Rose going?"

LOL!!! I never keep in contact with them since like forever!!!
How do they know about me going football training? Cos of Peiqi.
How Peiqi know if today I am going football? Cos of Twitter -.-

"She today never tweet say if going so I don't know leh. But last week she went cos she tweeted about it."

Now, what kind of conversation is that -.-

I remember last week, I was talking to Araxes after training and she was like "Oh you going to cut hair ah?"
"HOW YOU KNOW?!?!"
"Twitter lor."

And just now she asked "Oh so you collected your jigsaw puzzle already? What is 1984 btw?"

Ok that is scary.
Cos it never occur to me that people will read every single tweet.
Or perhaps just that I am different. I follow 300+ people on Twitter so of course I cant read every single tweet. If I happen to see their tweets amongst all the news and football tweets, that is by pure luck.
I dont track back on tweets too.
But for most of other people, they only follow friends, which is about 30+ people?
So they can and will read every tweet.

Not that I have anything to hide.
If I can put those thoughts on Twitter, I dont intend to hide them.
But it is just weird when people suddenly come to you and they suddenly talk about something related to you.
It makes you feel like you have been... stalked?
For that one moment, you really wonder... how do they know about all these stuff about me?

LOL.

Everything is alright today.
Collected my jigsaw puzzle and 1984.
Bought 3 bottles of Calcium tablets for Mum and our neighbour (I mean the one in Guangzhou. We have very good relationships with neighbours. That is, of course, another long story.)
Bought Bak Gua for my Aunt.

Broke.

Intending to buy vacuum cleaner still.
Spring cleaning before CNY.

Going to cut hair on Sat, if possible.

That is about it for today.
Tomorrow will be boring. It is stay-at-home-make-no-money day.

The Side Effect of Planning

2012-01-19T01:31:00.000+08:00

Right, I need to take notice of my horrible typo cos some "BIG BROTHER" is watching.

Big Brother...
Tomorrow I am going to get my hand on the classic book 1984 by George Orwell.
It is a classic that CANNOT be missed by anyone.
The books are always on loan in the library, so I have decided to buy it instead.
Worth keeping. Would be proud to have such a book in my collection.

Getting my set of 1000 pieces of jigsaw puzzle tomorrow too.
Limited edition, only 2500 sets in the world. Em... excluding those fake ones produced in China?
If I were to get jigsaw puzzle, it would be better to get something worth the money and value right.

I wanna get those Chamber Arts jigsaw puzzles, still.

It is kinda weird that I am spending time chasing my childhood dream.
Ok not exactly since I still LOVE to read and doing jigsaw puzzles.
They have became hobbies.

It is a good feeling that after years, old habits never go away.
Always with you, just like old friends.

It is 1.01AM and I am tired. Doesnt make sense cos 1AM is definitely not my sleeping time.
God knows what I am typing now.

And just to add on.
I am so tired from planning events esp after the party.
One person taking care of every single details, it is not easy and I am currently feeling so sian about planning anything.
So please spare me from planning anything for the next few weeks people.

I am really sick of planning.
It is like after working in Mediacorp for 2.5 months, you got this sickening and super sian feeling about calling people that even though the money is good, you wont wanna go back again. Not till after you get rid of that feeling.

I am not complaining, I dont mind planning. I enjoyed planning the party.
What I am saying is that I need a break now.

And I dont understand why is it that every time, the "planning part" comes to me so naturally.
Maybe I suggest too much, I asked too many details. So people tend to dump the load of responsibility to me and take that I would accept it with a smile on my face and saying "Thank you for letting me to be in charge!"

Really, no.

I dont like that.
If you wanna meet up, you shall plan.

Whenever I come up with an idea for an activity, I would be the organiser.
I would take charge and plan. I think that is fair to me and others.
If I have an idea, I wanna meet up with others, I will take the initiative and dont mind the trouble of coordinating (of course, a certain degree of help from friends would be a big plus.)

So please, dont just say "Oh lets meet on this date!"
Then leave me with your half-baked ideas and let me do the rest for you.

Ok normally I wont mind. But right now, I am too tired.

Too tired to even type any longer to express my thoughts properly.
But well, it will go away. Hopefully soon.

Happy 21st Birthday Shooters!!!

2012-01-17T22:29:00.000+08:00

If I ever drag on any longer, I would lose the mood of blogging.

Before anything, photos first!

Another doodling with the Shooters. Cross-dressing was a success as far as the photo goes.

Insider joke, or if you had watched X-Men First Class.

Mariah complained about she not in the photos and being a nice person, I edited this for her on my free day. If only you and Jasmine had asked me to go to the exhibition today you wouldnt see this.

Redemption. Just pray that my photoshop skills can improve soon ok!

Ok the party was fun.

Or at least for me (:

I hope everyone had a good time too.

Actually I felt quite bad at the middle of the party (ok even afterwards),

especially to the juniors who came down but didnt do much.

Those activities I had planned beforehand were not as exciting as they seem.

Like the craftwork. But nevermind. At least I am with a bunch of fun people who do not need FUN to be planned.

Next time for whatever event, just bring a deck of poker cards will be sufficient.

Then watch some good movies (being watching movies for the previous three gatherings. Shooters LOVE movies.)

Oh and plus ALCOHOL!

THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO TURNED UP AT THE PARTY!!! (:

Even it was for just a short 3 hours, helping out with the decoration of the room.

Thank you Zi En for the good deco skills, I admit the masking tape sucks cos after you left, everything started to drop down.

Thank you Benedict for the bottle of vodka. It was what keep us through the night. Hehe

Thank you Xiao Fei for the photo printer, so that we can all print out a photo that we will keep for life.

Thank you JingJia and Xiao Fei (again) for helping me carry stuff to the hotel from Orchard, if not I would die.

And of course to all the others for the laughter and fun (:

Oh and Dexter for bring his laptop and external hard disk and HDMI, so that we could watch shows on the big screen.

Yong Le for blowing almost all the balloons (damn I would never buy that brand of balloon again they are so freaking hard to blow!)

And Naima for bringing all the other materials, though we didnt use them much ):

Sean for buying the poker cards and helping me collect the cake! If not I would have to rush down to Orchard again to collect and came back. What a waste of time!

Khee Ern for the drinks. I knew it was in the afternoon and super hot when we walked in from the main road (and missed the hotel!).

The rest for simply giving me face and turn up la!

It has been a super long time since every senior turn up for a single event.

Deco. X-Men Movie. Pizza. Folding Foam Roses. Cake. Photo Taking. Bridge. Photo Editing. Indian Poker. One Frog Jump Into Water. Fuzzy Dick. Big Fish Small Fish. Pinata. Chit Chating. Sleeping. Cleaning Up...

I am sure I missed a lot of things in the list.

I am the only gracious one who doesnt get mad when EVERYONE facejacked me!!!

Oh Mariah why did you come so late? We missed you...

Indian Poker!

Balloon War... at 2AM

Pinata!!!

Pinata Hat.

Look at me!

Well, in case you didnt see it properly.

Touched when you guys called me to be in this photo.

I AM FOREVER YOUNG (:

LOVE YOU ALL!!!

See happiness written all over my face?

I missed how we sleep together at night.

Ok sounds wrong but you know what I mean.

And I was pretty right about the "hotel feel" and insisting in booking hotel instead of chalet etc.

It is just different.

Playing games late at night.

Sleeping in the same room.

All remains me of all the Shooting camps.

I miss those days.

Yet I am so glad that after years, we are still so close.

And Jasmine still remember me and Elaine pouring water on her feet when she slept in the camp!!!

Hahahahahaha

Long time no see Elaine too.

And am super happy that after years not seeing each other, we still can play like there is no tomorrow.

Year end chalet that's it.

And see if we can go back Xinmin for camp activities in the June holidays.

Next activity - go Bai Nian.

Next next activity - go pub together, get drunk together!!!

Jasmine will be the lead. Then we can continue asking her challenging Math questions like "What is 12 plus 17?"

LET'S GET HIGH AND DRUNK HAHAHAHAHAHA

Shooters = Fun + Happiness

And I love all those craps that come out from Facebook after every gathering.

Surely you people will be making fun of all the photos uploaded.

It always seemed like an extension of the gatherings.

While this party ended, I am waiting for the next one.

But of course, the most important thing for this party...

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY, SHOOTERS!!!

LOVE,

CAPTAIN (:

Behind the Party

2012-01-15T00:00:00.000+08:00

(Drafted on 8th Jan, scheduled at 15th Jan 00:00)

Things bought yesterday with Naima for the party:

From shop in The Verge and Daiso.

From PaperMarket. 15% off from Naima's card.

Initially I wanted to make a guest book but in the end I dont know how to split the guest book into pieces for everyone to keep. So decided to buy a book of nice papers and let people design their own card and keep that as souvenir for the party.

I will be bringing laptop and drawing tablet on that day. YuQing will bring her photo printer. So we can do instant editing and doodling and printing.

Hopefully its a good idea.

Things To Get, For Family And For Party

2012-01-14T00:36:00.003+08:00

I have just finished labeling all the food supplements for my parents.
Translated into Chinese, wrote down the use of different bottles, expiry date, dosage etc.

Wrote them on stickers and pasted scotch tape over them, to make sure that they wont fall off and will be waterproof (:

Then pasted different colour of stickers on the bottle to indicate which is for Mum, which is for Dad. And scotch taped them too.

Done that when I was talking to my parents over MSN.
A really pleasant talk and I have taken note of all the things they might need.
Problem is... I need to to a lot of guesswork. Cos whenever I ask them what they want, they will be like "No need la... nothing."

So in the end I asked them separately.
Ask Dad what Mum wants and ask Mum what Dad wants.
That way, I know better what they need.

(:

Mum called 嫲嫲 for me to ask her what she needs too.
So there are quite a few things I might need to get from HK.
But well... they are my family.

Best is that I can get everything in Singapore la, so that when I go HK I dont have to walk around looking for specify things.

Told my parents about the party I will be holding tomorrow and my Mum was like asking me to have fun.
If her daughter doesnt know how to have fun, I wonder who in the world knows haha!

But I love my Mum for always being so supportive of what I do.
Just for simple and small things like this, she will be happy for me and wont be like some parents going "Why waste time go what party?!?!?"

You get what I mean.

I am planning to take my parents out for a holiday.
It is about time too. They had been working so hard all these years for me and it is time to take a break.
Now it is time for them to spend my money.
But I will need to save up (arghhh!!!)

It would be nice for me to spend time with my family, something that we hardly do for 12 years (or is it? I have lost count.)

Fk, let me get rich!!!!
Going to work double hard when I come back after my Guangzhou trip!

Looking forward to the party tomorrow.

After exactly one month of planning, it is going to take place in about 12 hours time (:

Yesterday and today did some last min shopping.
Oh yesterday was tiring.
I only ate bread and burger for the entire day. Cos I didnt want to be late for tuition and for training.
I ate bread for lunch. Then after tuition went shopping for party stuff, then had no time for dinner so ate burger before training.
Lucky I didnt faint on the pitch.

And all those party stuff are freaking heavy.
I felt like Santa Claus yesterday carrying bags of stuff, with my big Adidas sports bag -.-
(That is a sporty Santa!)

I have zero idea how I am going to bring all those for party tomorrow.
Tuition in the morning, so probably have to bring everything to my tutee's house first.
Can die.

Then there is tuition in the late afternoon on Sunday.
I wish I will have some sleep tomorrow night, if not by Sunday, the kid will be teaching me Chinese instead of me teaching her.
Cant cancel tuition now. Financial woe.

Today in between tuition went to Orchard for one last last min shopping.
So hopefully I have gotten all the I need for the party.

Hope that tomorrow would be fun.
After all these effort.

Need to pack now.

P.S. Feeling so stress all of a sudden over which date should I book the ticket back. I cant leave for long having the kids without tuition.
Then now feeling a little stress over the things to pack for party and ensuring everything would be alright for tomorrow.

It has been a long time since I feel any stress and 不自由. What a feeling.

Questions Unanswered

2012-01-12T01:49:00.000+08:00

There is one new tuition today, introduced by Rishav's mum.

It is another Indian kid. In the same grade as Rishav but different class.

So basically what they are learning are the same.

I arranged their tuition one after another one since they live in the same condo -.-

Then... I went through the same worksheet with both.

It kinda feels like teaching 2 classes, same materials but to different kids.

Normally when I teach, I will try not to teach the same thing from the same material.

Say if I have two Pri 3 kids, I will try to buy them different assessment books. Cos I dont wanna get bored reading the same thing -.-

But of course some assessment books are really very good so I had no choice but to buy the same thing for both the kids.

Anw, worksheet for today was on Chinese New Year.

Guided them to complete their homework and then as for Rishav, I had to teach him the lyrics of the song 恭喜恭喜, you know that one that goes like “每天大街小巷，每个人的嘴里，见面第一句话，就是恭喜恭喜，恭喜恭喜恭喜给你呀，恭喜恭喜恭喜你。。。”

As I told him more about Chinese New Year, I suddenly feel the mood of celebrating it -.-

I mean normally I dont even realise that CNY is coming in less than 2 weeks time.

So weird that I feel the CNY mood when I teach.

Then Rishav asked me about how I am going to celebrate it, tactfully.

He knows quite a lot about me. Like I live alone in Singapore etc.

Yup we are close (:

Oh man, I dont know.

"And you are going to have reunion dinner with your Aunt right?"

Ok maybe he doesnt really know alot about me.

Shall not think too much now.

In 1Q84, There Are Two Paper Moons

2012-01-11T23:55:00.003+08:00

這是個馬戲團一樣的世界，一切都是裝假的，不過如果你相信我，一切都可以變成真的。

It’s a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be, But it wouldn't be make-believe, If you believed in me.

—— It's Only A Paper Moon

Finally finished the 3 volumes of 1Q84. It took me one whole month.
But it is worth the time.

Another masterpiece from Haruki Murakami.

Recommended. Though a lot of dedication will be needed.

928 pages for the English version. Three volumes of thick books for Chinese version.

Felt so sad when I turned the last page. It's such a good story that I dont ever want it to end.

Simply love Haruki Murakami's writing style.

I wanna read the book again and again.

Normally when I read a good book, I will tend to read extremely slowly.

Cos I know, every word is worth reading. Every sentence is classic.

And most likely, I would never read the book again after reading it once (there are still too many good books around).

So I always treasure the first time reading.

But who knows, maybe one day, I will re-read this book again.

For now, time to move on to other books (:

End this post with something totally unrelated to topic discussed.
Funny video:

"...even adjust your race." Hahaha!

Still having mild headache throughout the entire day today.
Irritating.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better with futsal.
MUST.WEAR.CONTACT.LENS!!!! HAHA

Leading Hearts Leading Minds

2012-01-11T01:17:00.001+08:00

My Facebook page is currenly flooded with people sharing this video:

I am really proud of Xinmin.

Results should not be the only gauge of how successful a school is.
If a school can make its student feel home and loved, it is a successful school.

I love Xinmin.
I am happy that we are back in Band 1.

Just to see how many people are happy about the school's achievement and sharing the joy over on Facebook prove that we are all feeling the same way.

I have no regrets of joining Xinmin.
That is the place I spent and enjoyed four precious years, getting to know some fantastic friends and teachers.

I love everything about my secondary school days.

The same cant be said to my JC.
I would never say "I love NY."

Never.

Up to this date, I still wonder if NY was the JC for me.
Dont get me wrong, I have met some great friends and teachers in NY too (really love the friends and teachers there!!!), just that it is the school itself that I dont like.
I dont feel any school spirit in NY. That is the biggest problem.

Perhaps it is just that my secondary school days are too good. Whatever comes after will be overshadowed by those best 4 years I have in my life.

Zhou Hao is one of the great friends I met in NY, and I am blogging about him on his request.
Met him for dinner today. AMK Hub Pepper Lunch.
The two of us are equally broke so we didnt even dare to eat anything more expensive, nor go for movies like what we always did.

Anyway, thank you for the book you got from NY.
Was kinda shocked to see the photo of the Beijing Shanghai trip in the book. That was some FREAKING 4 years ago -.-

And sorry I dont like and dont read poetry. Cant appreciate -.-
So I cant say how good your poems are.
Though I like the last stanza of your poem 《博文轩》
Quite well-written as compared to your other poems.
Maybe it is cos I share the same sentiments.

And thanks for 2 boxes of eye-drop.
Though actually my eyes are fine, it was my specs that were spoiled.
And thanks for looking for the jigsaw puzzles for me after reading my previous post.
Wait till you get a job, you better buy me one! haha

I cannot remember what I wanna blog already.
Have been having mild headache since after dinner.
That is what happens when I have no work for the entire day.

Oh and I have decided not to buy the ManUtd jersey.
Mariah was kinda persuasive in terms of talking me out of buying it.
I guess I will be happier to see the number stay there at a certain level in my bank than buying one more jersey and put it in my wardrobe.
Plus the jersey is slightly too big for me and the collar part there looks funny.
Cos I went down to check it again today with Zhou Hao -.-

Somemore today need to pay room rent. Argh. How I wish every month the 10th day could be skipped.

Headache is getting worse.
Need sleep.

Now, should I be glad that there is work tomorrow?

P.S. Just for fun, test yourself how much you can remember these:

The Student's Creed

I am unique and worthy. Within me lies the power to be the best that I can be.

I shall seek to be upright in character, exemplary in behavior and steadfast in spirit.

I shall learn continuously, think creatively and strive for excellence in whatever I do.

I shall be respectful and caring towards my family members, teachers and fellow students.

Above all, I shall be compassionate to the less fortunate and loyal to my school and nation.

The School Song

Dont Be Too Puzzled That I Love Puzzles

2012-01-10T01:18:00.004+08:00

It is not healthy to write a post with a NEW WANT every day.

BUT I WANT TO DO A JIGSAW PUZZLE NOWWWWWW!!!
No this is not random. I have been doing and love doing jigsaw puzzles since I was young, like at the age of 4 or 5.

One of my childhood hobbies.

I remember my Dad bought me a set of jigsaw puzzle when I was at that age, it was a Doraemon puzzle. I can remember it so well cos I did that puzzle over and over again for many times.

Dad taught me how to do it.
Ever since, I have completed god-knows-how-many jigsaw puzzles.

And everytime I completed one, I would challenge myself to a more difficult one.
So the number of pieces goes up from 60 to 80 to 100 to 200 to 300 etc.

Sometimes when I love one jigsaw puzzle too much, I will tend to complete the puzzle, destroy it, and then do it all over again.
I will time myself, to make sure that I can do it faster and faster, beating my own record.
When you are the only child, you gotta play with and against yourself I guess? -.-
(Oh that is another very interesting story haha. Imagine I made up stories to make my left hand fight with my right hand? Something like that. Used to be super imaginative when I was a kid, never would I get bored even when alone.)

Jigsaw puzzles are too easy for me.
Especially those with cartoon images and with high contrast of colours, they didnt even require me to think.

I have not played with jigsaw puzzles for 10 freaking years.
The last one that I did was... I cant remember how big... 1000 pieces or more?
It took me three days to complete.

I framed it up.

When I was young, my Dad always help me to glue my jigsaw on a piece of cardboard and let me paste them on the wall or keep them.
When I was at the age of about 8, I did a Dragon Ball jigsaw puzzle that was about 500 pieces.
Oh you have no idea how I loved Dragon Ball when I was a kid.

I hang that puzzle on the wall next to my bed (:

I always thought that the joy of doing a jigsaw puzzle is the process of doing it.
So naturally I am finding it so ridiculous that people are selling completed jigsaw puzzles online and there are actually people buying them.
Are they out of their mind?
What then is the difference of buying a picture/painting to doing that?

After I have completed my jigsaw puzzle, I would stand back and admire my hardwork, always smile out of satisfaction and have a sense of strong accomplishment.
Cos I know that bit by bit (literally), I made it happen.

I dont know if doing jigsaw puzzles can teach anyone any life lessons.
But I have learned a lot.
Paying attention to small details, yet never lose sight on the big picture.
Slowly and patiently, you will try to fit every unrelated details into your frame and make something spectacular out of what you have.

What I learned shape how I think.
Even up till today, whenever I am planning anything, it is so natural for me to draw up a plan, to roughly know what I want the whole thing to be.
Then I fill in the details. And I pay a lot of attention to details. A LOT.
What are the things to get. What are the things I need to do. If this or that happens, what would I do?
I would think to the smallest details you could imagine, just to make sure that things can run smoothly.
I love details. Details are the most important. Sometimes, it is smallest detail that tend to make the most difference to things.

Perhaps that is the life lesson that my Dad wanted me to learn.
And of course doing jigsaw puzzles is good for the mind. But since I am not really the intelligent kind, I shall not discuss on that.

It's been too long since I have done a jigsaw puzzle.
It's a good hobby, I should have never given it up.

Never too late to pick it up again (:

MOF - Moments Of Football

2012-01-09T01:13:00.001+08:00

Oh where should I start?

Today is a great day (:
It didnt start well but things got better and better.

For one thing, I am those who cannot live without working I guess.
Staying at home do me no good.
When I am at home, I tend to waste time and feeling bored.
Just like today, it was only after I went out of the house for tuition that the day really started well for me.

Dinner with Miki in AMK Hub MOF.
Its been like the 4th time me going to MOF in the past 2 weeks.
But with different people so its ok la.

LONG TIME since last saw Miki.
Which was before last year's Mooncake Festival.
I dont know how she feels la, but I miss her hahaha
Really glad that I managed to catch up with her before her school starts, which is tomorrow, and getting busy with her school stuff again.

Hey remember, we are going to Taiwan and possibly Korea together ok! (:

Mostly talked about our recent happenings etc.
Good time chit chatting.

We need to meet up more la!!!
One more time I dont see you for months and I will go down to NTU to look for you I tell you hahahha!!!

After 2 months, I FINALLY went out to watch a match again.
With the usual people - Kaijia and Corine.
Too bad that Miki was tired and not really interested in football, if not I would surely force her to come (:

Watching the same two teams again. ManUtd and ManShitty.
This time, it is the FA Cup Third Round.

The last time we watched the match in the same bar in Serangoon Gardens, we had nightmares.
The scoreline was 6-1!!!
Before the match, all three of us were secretly and silently praying that the same thing would not happen again.

I swear, if the same thing happened, I would NEVER EVER come to the same bar anymore!

Well, I am sometimes very superstitious when it comes to certain things.
Like at home when watching matches I will try my best to wear my Lucky Pyjamas (it really works!), I will not miss matches so that my team wont lose, if I wear the same jersey and the team won I will always wear the same jersey when out to watch matches etc.
Ok sometimes I dont follow my rules but I try to stick to them most of the time so that my team can win.

Dont even you dare to laugh or roll eyes ok!!!
You have yet to read about all the funny things footballers do before matches for good luck.
Famous ones like John Terry always use the same urinal in Stamford Bridge before the match begins.

I dont like John Terry.
A footballer without integrity.

Anyway this time the scoreline is still ok.
I wouldnt say its acceptable for 3-2 win given that ManShitty was one man down (Kompany) in the early first half.
They somehow managed to fight back 2 goals in the second half.
That proved again that Mancini is a wicked tactician.

One of the most surprising thing was the comeback of Paul Scholes from retirement!!!
I MISS OUR LITTLE GINGERBREAD MAN (:
What a legend of ManUtd. Seeing him playing alongside of Giggs again is one of the best feelings ever could happen for any ManUtd fans.

But again, that shows how poor we are in midfield.

Good performance by Rooney and Welbeck.
Welbeck produced one amazing volley.
And Rooney was quick to react when the ManShitty GK blocked his penalty kick. He headed in his second goal in this match.

The table of guys beside ours was kinda funny.
One wearing ManUtd jersey, one in blue (ManShitty fan), and the one sitting in between them wearing white.
The one in white was like abit heck care about the match, just go there eat and I think to prevent any fighting between the two friends haha!
The ManShitty fan was damn annoying. Keep shouting "GOAL!!!" for his team when they were no where near the goal -.-

Anyway I think the three of us are those very slow get into the game kind.
It is always the second half onwards then we got real high.
When the whole bar was very quiet, it was only us talking and laughing.

At one time we decided to be commentators and started going like
"Carrick. To Jones. Back to Carrick. Scholes. Rooney. Valencia..."

Damn LOL!!!

I think people around us would find us very annoying la!!!

To be honest, the second half gave us quite a few heart attacks.
Sloppy display from ManUtd and a bit of complacent.
Lucky we managed to hold on the the lead.

I think that is the good thing about football.
It is always so unpredictable and exciting.
You can really feel your heart beating (or stopping), you shout you scream you yell you cry you laugh you got fucked up...

The nice thing about watching matches with friends and other unknown people is that all sorts of crap will start to come out.
Like the guys over at the other table will suddenly laugh out loud out of nothing, some people chanting very funny cheers, some people getting irritating.
Then WE will just laugh at them or curse them depend on which team they are supporting LOL.

Told myself before the match that tonight I am not going to touch beer.
Then... what is football without beer?!?!?!
When you yell too much, you need something to drink haha!
Drink and yell yell and drink again. Next thing is that my face is as red as Sir Alex Ferguson's (:

Thankful for tonight. I couldnt ask for more.
I have companies for dinner and for football matches.

Oh I saw the 2007/2008 ManUtd Home Jersey Boy's size L in AMK Sportslink!!!
OMG.... how rare is that?!?!?!?
First and most importantly, it is in BOYS SIZE!!!!!
Secondly, it is the 2007/2008 jersey!!!
Normally for those jersey "leftovers", they are all in Men's sizes of XL or XXL.
It is nearly impossible to find boy's sizes.

When I saw it, my first thought was...I WANT IT!!!

I tried it on and it is slightly too big for me, I wear boy's size M.
$40. Argh.... I dont knowwwwwww recently VERY VERY VERY B-R-O-K-E!!!!!!

Then... Miki Kaijia and Corine all asked me to go buy it -.-
Now I wanna run back to AMK to get it.

Money money why you no come to me?

Party Shopping

2012-01-08T12:47:00.001+08:00

Yesterday went to do party shopping with Naima.

Cos she wanna watch her stupid videos at home first, so I waited for her to finish it before meeting her.
No point of telling her how stupid it is to waste time at home watching videos than going out.

Met her at 4PM in Little India.
Went over to The Verge for the deco stuff, recommended by JiaHao.
It is on the top floor.

Spent quite a long time over there.
Were deciding what to get. Must be cheap and good of course.
I am trying hard to bring the cost down so everyone can have more money to spend on other things like food etc.
Since most of the things are one-time use, so dont need to be very expensive and durable.

Anyway I am thinking letting those Shooters who will be holding their own 21st birthday parties to keep the deco stuff.
No use to me.

That shop is those one-stop party deco stuff shop.
Can find almost everything there.
But somethings are really old. Like those small items for gift packs, those stationery sets are as old as me.
I mean... from my era one la. Cos I certainly remember I used those kind of pencils and erasers and rulers before when I was a kid.

Couldnt decide if should buy a pinata (honestly when I first heard the name I was like "What peanut?!?! I dont like peanuts."
-.-

It costs 25 bucks which is slightly expensive for us.
Since have not confirm the number of people going for the party, we decided not to buy it first.
Should go see if can find cheaper ones too.
And need to estimate the budget.

By the time we left The Verge, it was already 6plus.
Walked over to Sim Lim Square and I intro Naima naan.
There is this foodcourt vendor "Indian and Pakistan" that is quite famous with its naan.
(The name is pretty weird though, history will tell you that India has never been on good terms with Pakistan.)

Remember two years ago went there to eat with Ah Jia.
That was soooo freaking long ago already.
Right now we are so busy with your work that we hardly go out together, not even for a meal. Hais.
Must try to set a date with her to go out for some nice food (:

Naima said the naan is good. Just that the sauce is too sweet, which I agree.
In fact the naan was so nice that Naima wanted to buy another piece.
Not bad ah, recently I intro Naima all those nice cheap food.

(:

Yesterday I was telling Naima "Please no restaurants for dinner. I am broke. Lets eat food court or hawker center. The food can be equally good."

Actually I really do like hawker center food quite a lot.

After that we walked to PlazaSing.
Bought something there. Shall keep that as a secret now.

Went to Daiso and I finally board a board for me to pin notices (:

Home and was told by some people that they cannot make it for the party on Fri-Sat.
Honestly when I first heard it I was like sibei sian.
Hate this kind of things, when I have set a date then people last min telling me that they cant make it.
Either that, they give me no response. It is really hard to plan anything like that.
Other events still not too bad, but this one I need to book a hotel and if too many people are not going, I dont have to book such a big room. And less people means higher average cost.

Really thankful to Mariah and Jingjia for helping me ask everyone if they are ok with changing the date from Fri-Sat to Sat-Sun.
So now that most people can make it on Sat-Sun so I have changed the booking of the room to that.
Feeling sorry for those who now may not be able to make it due to the change of date ):

I really hope that everything will fine next week.
As long as people dont suddenly tell me they cant make it I am more than satisfied.
I dont know how to put this, but for all the events, they definitely will be people cant make it last min.
Or maybe it is just that I worried too much. Shouldnt be too stressed.

It is so hard to plan and carry out a big scale event like this, in terms of searching and booking hotel rooms, thinking of activities, confirming attendance, buying of stuff for the party etc.
And I really appreciate those who had helped.

May 14th-15th be good party days.

Another Unlucky Day

2012-01-07T01:59:00.001+08:00

Almost nothing was smooth.
I just ended a e-chat session with some customer officer at Citibank, asking about the cheque I deposited on 30th Dec and has yet to be cleared.
She told me that it will most likely be a return cheque.

WTF went wrong with that cheque la.
I dont even wanna think about all the troubles to do with a return cheque.

Waiting for that stupid letter, SMS-ing the parent again to explain the issue, waiting for her check and issue me another cheque etc...

Headache.

I hate these kinda unnecessary troublesome things. Waste of time.

SIAN.

And this is not the first call I made customer service today.
Early in the morning when I was trying to reset my phone, I keyed in the wrong Lock Code and my phone was locked.

I had to call Starhub for PUK code. And it was lucky that I acted fast to retrieve all the needed information from my thumbdrive, and Starhub was surprisingly fast in picking up calls today.
If not I would be out to tuition without my phone.

How to survive without a phone these days? Especially when kids and parents SMS me once in a while asking me this and that.

Then these is my spectacle problem.
Wore contacts for a day and to be honest, it was damn uncomfortable.
Took me a long and hard time to put them on cos of my small eyes, or whatever the reasons la.
Felt dizzy at first and worse, every time when I blink my eyes, I could feel the contacts there in my eyes.
I dont need the contacts to tell me constantly that I have eyes, I can SEE it for myself (if you get what I mean).

But gradually it got better.
Just that it felt so weird to be without specs and had this false believe that my eyes (without specs) can see things so clearly.

If putting on contacts is hard, taking them off is harder.
It felt like you have to "pinch" your eyeball to get something out.
I dont know la. It feels disgusted to me.

But overall, this time wearing is much better than the first time.
I need more time to get use to it.

As for my specs, I have somehow superglue it back and it is good as new.
Really cannot tell that it was broken before.
Good, I can save money.

Went to specs shop today to check out some frames.
Ok, Just the ManUtd frames.
Cost $149.00.
I would be buying if my specs really cmi. But for now, everything is fine.

Plan of the day was to go shop for decorative stuff for next week's party.
But in the end no one to come with me and I felt kinda sian after tuition, so I went to walk around in Orchard for a short half an hour.

I wanted to go buy the new issue of FourFourTwo (this month on cover is PAUL SCHOLES!!!)
In the end I decided not to walk that far so I went into Courts, which is near a bus stop.

Wahlao I wanna get a new camera!
I wanna get a tablet!
I wanna get a super thin notebook!
I wanna get....

I walked out before I got anything.

Then I entered this shop that sells traveling and hiking stuff.
I wanna get a BIG hiking bag.

I entered a shop that sells camera lens.
I wanna get a telescope.

This time go back Guangzhou, I really wanna get a telescope.
I wanna look at the stars and fulfill one of my childhood dreams.

Exercised a lot of self control to get myself out of Orchard without buying anything.
(:

Board the bus home and there was this one little girl about the age of 7 who could not stop talking for one moment.
From the moment she board the bus with her mum, she had been talking and talking and talking, not even bothered if anyone listening.
So talkative.
She can talk about how to take care of hamsters, give instructions to I-dont-know-who-since-no-one-was-listening on how to take body temperature with a thermometer.

Ok that was kind cute just that her accent a bit funny.
I somehow can see her grow up to become another Mariah.
Oh then may God bless her!

My tuition kid has yet to reply me about having tuition tomorrow morning instead of Sunday afternoon.
Zzzzz. Guess I will set my alarm to wake up early to check for SMS.

Need. Sleep.

Photo to cheer myself up:

It is in the blood.

Broke And Broken

2012-01-06T01:36:00.001+08:00

I am in a fking lousy mood now.

And where should I begin?

Right from the first tuition in the afternoon, things had not been right.
Then my phone has some problems and I cannot go online. Argh.

THEN I GOT HIT ON THE FACE BY THE BALL DURING TRAINING!!! ON THE DAY I MAKE A COMEBACK AFTER 3.5 MONTHS.
How suay can one get?

My teammate tried to control the long ball but it bounced up from her leg, and hit me on the face.
The next thing I knew was my specs dropped and I felt immediate pain on the area near my left eye.
Specs broken into half and I have some red marks on areas near my eye now, thank god not very visible.

Super sian.

I have this specs for less than a year and I took really good care of it, much better than those I had last time.
And I really like it cos the lens is colour changing. Means no matter how hot the sun is, how bright it is outside, I will still be able to see things with comfort.
Really useful especially I have to travel a lot outside in the afternoon.

Maybe it is a form of punishment for me being so stubborn and refused to wear contact lens when playing football.
I had them made half a year ago but I have NEVER wore them.
I am still dont like the idea of putting something on my eyeballs. Plus contact lens made my eyes really dry and tired.

And they dont change colour when I go under the sun.

Or I am just too used to wearing specs now.
The other time when I forgot to bring my specs out when I went down to get my lunch, my eyes could barely open cos of the strong sunlight.

I guess I will have to make do with contact lens tomorrow. Hopefully it would be a good second time experience, unlike the first.
Oh and how lucky is that that I made my contact lens without the power of astigmatism (I dont need such a clear contact lens for playing football), and my astig is DAMN BAD.

I will see what I can do with the specs tomorrow. Will try to fix it.
Currently too broke for anything new.

My income for Jan and Feb is becoming a concern for me.
So I am going to say NO to many things from now.
My plan for the next 2 months is to spend on only things like - the party happening next week, museum trips, nice meals that go along with those trips, musical Spring Awakening, perhaps (just perhaps) on beer IF I watch matches outside, and other necessary things.

But I think this plan is doomed to fail. I will surely be abusing the last item on the list.
"Oh I will NEED this cos this will be ESSENTIAL!!!"

Mood is better now after Zhou Hao called me. I know it is near impossible, but perhaps for once, you did make me feel slightly better.
And dont you even dare to laugh at how the ball hit me in the face. I know you wanted to. Lucky you didnt make it obvious.

Thank god that I have a friend who has similar experience, I mean cant see anything without specs.
Mariah told me to use my specs to be magnifying glass so that I can see the bus numbers so I wont miss the bus home.

And this certain someone who did try to cheer me up but mysteriously disappeared from Facebook after I took a bath. Haha. You know who you are!

Still feeling sian but I decided to end this post on a happy note.

Though I only played for less than an hour of football tonight (I cant see without specs so of course I couldnt play once it was broken), I feel good about my body now.
Maybe not so good cos I have a funny stomach but I feel healthy la.

40 push ups, 40 sit ups, 30 secs of plank in three positions.
Now I can feel my muscles. They will start to make me ache tomorrow.

Glad that nothing much had changed within the team. I still see the same faces and they are all very nice to me.
Ever so encouraging even though I committed all sorts of unimaginable mistakes on the pitch.

One last thing.
I have gotten some party decoration stuff from JiaHao (:
Met him for lunch in between tuition and he passed them to me.

Most probably tomorrow I will go down to shop for more.

I am freaking tired now. Physically.
My mind cant think so I believe I have plenty of errors in this post.
Dont bother.

Football Again After 3.5 Months

2012-01-05T00:59:00.002+08:00

I changed my Blogger interface to the new one.
Not that anyone can see. Nevermind.

Tomorrow.is.the.day.I.am.going.to.play.football.again!!!!!!
That is like one of the best things in life.

To be honest, I am starting to feel rather FAT recently.
Especially in the recent 2 weeks when I am in this holiday mood and have so little tuition to teach.
Every night, I will sit in front of the computer, either watch some super old films or trying to clear newspaper debt.

I dont sleep till it is really early, like 2am.
I eat chocolate all the time (what can I do when my Christmas presents are nearly all chocolates?).

That is not the way to go.
I can feel my belly already.

I am so not fit.
Stopped football for 3.5 months and I have not been doing any form of training or exercise.
Actually I am even scared that tomorrow I cannot run for long.
Ok I surely cant run a lot due to my lousy stamina.

):

All the effort I put in into building up my stamina last year goes to waste.

And it is not like I am good in football to start with.
In fact, I am pretty lousy in it.
Right so I started late, but that is no excuse. The fact that I cant dribble a ball, I can do a proper pass, my super weak and stupid left leg, my lousy reading of the game, my ball control YES MY BALL CONTROL!!!!
All suck.

The only advantage I have is that I can run fast and I fight for every ball.
Which are, of course, not really even football skills.

But then again, why so stressed over it?
After all, I am in for the FUN (:

It is not like I am going to fight for a place in national team or what -.-
Oh if it was ManUtd, I would die to improve to get a place on the team sheet!!! (:

I feel happy when I play football, or futsal.
That is the most important thing.

I would jump and scream like a little kid when I score a goal.
I would laugh with the rest LOUDLY when some of your team mates do something funny/stupid on the pitch.
I let others laugh at me too.
I would feel DAMN good when I intercept the ball and get a clean sheet for my team.

Of course, there is sadness and disappointment when I dont play well.

Some people say that football is a boring game and sport.
It is SO not!
It involves so much emotions that you cannot find anywhere else.

Be it playing or watching football, I love how football never fails to arouse my emotions.

I wonder how is the progress of the team and the other girls.
Miss them lots. They are some awesome people I have met there.

Heard that this year the team is going to play in some league.
I would look forward to it. Just that I will need to improve a lot to get a place.

No pressure. It is the beautiful game.
Appreciate the art.

In Debt and An Indepth Explanation

2012-01-04T00:22:00.002+08:00

I have this sudden urge to blog, without having anything in mind.

So here it is, this post.

Thank you for wasting time reading.

Right.

I have 14 days of newspaper debt underneath my table waiting for me to clear.
Time is not on my side.

Money is not on my side (it never had).
I certainly dont need to consult a Citibank economist to predict that my earnings for the months of Jan and Feb will be as bleak as the current market in Europe.
Ok I dont really know what IS the situation in Europe now, cos I am 14 days behind news? -.-

Curb spending. Take austerity measures. Just like the European countries.
And hey, we are in the same boat!

Frankly, I need to find more tuition.
Not that my income is really THAT bad, just that I will be more satisfied if it is higher.

Today I was teaching Caryl the word “挤满了乘客”, which means "packed with commuters".
I asked her, what other meaning the word “挤” has?
She didnt know.

“挤就是squeeze. You know that action of squeezing? 你去农场，农场有牛，你可以挤奶。那就是挤。”

I think I am one crazy tutor.

A Funny Start to 2012

2012-01-01T20:24:00.002+08:00

Start the year well with a funny post.

Inspired by Dexter, I have created some GIF files using the photos taken last night.

Now Naima, you know why it is so important to take multiple shots!

You dont have to shake your body when you smile, you know.

Zi En, you think you very cute hor.

NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM...

Mariah's hair was like some broom. Sweep sweep sweeeeep.

I feel so tired for myself for repeating this action forever.

Jingjia 屁股痒. Kaiyee agreed. Zi En what were you doing?!?!?

Benedict 在弹鼻屎!!!

Like that move your head wont have headache one meh?

Anw, Peter too hungry is it? Eating his shirt.

They must be laughing at YuQing la.

Jasmine playing Tap Tap?!?!

Hey dont learn from Benedict leh.

I couldnt believe what I got!

Naima got present so happy ahhh!

YongLe 抢镜头!

拆礼物也要这么大动作？！？！

HanYu must have very strong arm muscle to repeat this action so fast.

Look at Benedict!!!

HUH?!?!?

WHAT IS THIS?!?!?

Dexter that is very unhygienic you know.

For once, YongLe looks dumb haha!

Happiness was written all over your face. I know you love my present.

Chicken wings one.

Chicken wings two.

Siao za bo.

Can you try not to eat everything?!?!

Now what is this sia?!?! Hahaha

Just like magic.

Focus on YuQing!

Stupid Dexter.

HanYu's hand.

Jingjia your tongue not tired one meh?

Photos edited in Photoshop with a drawing tablet.

Didnt know it can bring so much fun and crap.

First generation.

(by Dexter)

Second, third and fourth generations.

(by Dexter, HanYu and Jingjia)

Dexter's "Rusian Dolls".

(by me)

Benedict with very long chest hair.

(by YuQing, with the help of Jingjia)

It would be nice to wake up on the first day of the new year and see yourself being tagged in this photo on Facebook right!

(by me and YuQing)

Long hair YuQing.

(by me)

In 2011; Come 2012

2011-12-31T12:02:00.001+08:00

As the year 2011 come to a close, this shall be my one last post.

2011 is another very special year.
Starting from the early of 2011, I quitted my full time job and found a job is (finally) bearable for me.
I have never work in the same job for such a long period - for 10 months now and counting!

2011 is the year I become independent, financially.
The feeling of able to earn money and spend it anyway I want it to be is better than anything.
Perhaps just that I am not those who like to get money from anyone (esp my parents), if I am not satisfied with my income, the first thing that comes to my mind is to work harder. Never to ask from anyone.

Yesterday I was thinking to myself, independence and freedom come in a package.
One will never feel free if one's not independent (be it financially or emotionally).
But then again, there is always a price to pay for freedom, in the form of sacrificing your time to work to be financially independent. Not if you really enjoy your job. I cant say that I am enjoying my job, but generally I have no complains about it.
So I am glad that in 2011, I am able to live within my means, even saved up a little, so that I feel financially secured and able to feel free most of the time.

2011 is a year I feel that I have my life totally in control in my hands.
It is a year I learn that I can take charge of my own life and do whatever (shit) I want.
Grateful to parents who expect nothing from me except me living happily and healthily. They are always being so supportive of things I wanna do. Even for decisions like quitting a stable full time job which the boss is a friend of my Dad's, and working in some really not-so-stable jobs like tuition.
They used to teach me, and now always tell me - Do what you find happy in life.

Yes in 2011, I found the voice to scream "Fuck off from my life and let me live it the way I want it to be!"
No one can dictate to me what I can do or cannot do.

2011 is a year I have learned that life is full of possibilities.
Who says that not going to uni is something bad?
At least, not for me.
As uni closed the door on me, many other opened.
This is the year which I started to explore into the different paths I have and start to appreciate life for its unlimited opportunities. Opportunities that I may not see had I went to uni.

I like it when things are challenging, that means they is worth fighting for.
I like it when things are of a little more like trial and error, that brings excitement.

Everything is pre-destined. It is a how one sees the matter to determine if it should be either a positive or negative influence to one's life.
I didnt read that from anywhere, that is what I learned and always believe in.

2011 is a year which I learned how to open up to others.
Thank you for the few individuals who listened to my sorrows, cheer me up, and for the endless encouragement.
Those SMS sent to me the moment you know that something is wrong with me meant so much to me. Including those overseas SMS and calls.
And I will never forget how one of my friend being so concerned whenever I start my conver on FB with her "Hey are you here? Can I talk to you about something?"
She always knows. Something is wrong.

2011 is one year which I let go things that I should have let go long ago.
Especially in the month of December.
I once mentioned that December is one great month for me. It is not just cos of all the fun I had.
But more of Dec is a month which I know, I have let go certain things in my life that are proven to be far much a unnecessary burden.
It is like I have finally found the key to open the lock to free myself from that tiny pathetic cage that I have locked myself up for god knows how long.
I have spent enough time feeling sad, guilty and frustrated over it. It is time, to let go.
Later, I am going to delete something that I have stored for 3 years. That will mark the end of all these and a new (hopefully better) beginning.

When it comes to the disappointment of 2011...
I dont really like to talk about disappointments in life. Shouldnt we just keep to those good memories?

I think rather than talking about what went wrong in 2011, it is better to talk about what I can do in 2012. That is more practical, no?

No new year resolutions. I have grown out of believing in them.

But I certainly look forward to 2012.
I wanna do something in 2012, I wanna try something new.
Take up a few challenges and make myself feel good by accomplishing them.
Turning some of my thoughts into reality and enjoying the process while that happens.

It is all too vague here.
Everything in details is in my mind now.

Come 2012. I am going to fight like never before.

Page One Warehouse Sales

2011-12-31T00:40:00.002+08:00

Talking to my parents now and they are damn looking forward to me going back.
Mum keeps saying "I should buy this this and this and prepare for you."
Mostly food. Yeah~

And they kinda have a planned schedule for me already.
Going here and there. With this friend of theirs or that relative.
Gosh, they have so many friends there for me to 应酬.

Actually I just wanna go back and do those simple things like spending time with them, shopping and EATING HAHAHAHA!!!

Already coming out with a list of people I wanna see what I go back.
Not a lot. I dont really have friends there. Zzzz...

Cant wait to see my 咏春师傅师兄师姐.
Miss those good times.

(And I better go train up my 咏春 in these 2 months. If not when 师傅 asked me anything about 咏春, I cant answer him.)

Best thing is that I may get to go back to 塘底 to 拜山 when I go back in Feb!!!
I miss that place where I can see mountains one after another, the green field, chickens running around everywhere, me sitting next to the river thinking about nothing.
Those simple countryside life.

Not to forget the FOOD!

Food is nicer than even Guangzhou.
Wanna eat chicken tonight? Ok, go take a knife from the kitchen and let's kill one.
(Plus those chickens 是用米养大的, so the meat is superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr nice.)

Need chill for any dishes? Go the field and take some back in.
Want veggie? 去拔就有了。

Not that it is convenient, it is more of everything is fresh!!!
Food heaven.

Can imagine me eating a lot everyday and getting fat hahaha!
I dont mind getting a little fatter as long as there is nice food (:
Anyway, 回来新加坡后就一定会瘦回的，不用担心。

Should start to draw out a list of food I must try when back in Guangzhou.
Dont know where to start.
Hehe (:

Talking about food, Naima agreed with me that Bedok has some very nice food.
Ok I feel kinda bad for dragging Naima from her school all the way to Bedok to the Page One warehouse sales.
Plus that she was super tired.

But like I told her, I would be super angry too if she ps me when she had already promised me to come and had me waited more than 2 hours for her.
She knew that I would be angry too.

Today is one fking unlucky day for Naima.
She was so frustrated with so many stuff that she actually said "SIBEI" leh. TWICE SOMEMORE!!!
Can never imagine Naima saying anything more vulgar then "ass" lor -.-

"Sibei suay".

I love that.

The trip to Page One wasnt smooth anyway.
We were waiting for shuttle bus from Bedok MRT to the warehouse when I check the link my my phone and realised that shuttle bus is only provided from tomorrow onwards.
For a moment I thought Naima would really say "Fuck".
But sadly, she didnt.
Would love to hear her say that. That will be a personal achievement.

Took bus down to Kaki Bukit and lucky for the driver to tell us to alight, if not we would only alight 4 more stops later -.-
Oh maybe then Naima will say "Fuck".

Page One warehouse is an experience I would not wanna have again.
I think Naima feels the same way too.

First, we had to queue for like half an hour to go in.
(Honestly, to think that Singaporeans dont like books? I couldnt be more wrong. But... love books and love reading is different.)

Then... it was super crowded in there.
The staff tried their best to control the number of people entering the warehouse, but still... I could hardly breath when inside the room.
But the good thing is that, the people who went for the sales are all very civilized (读书人就是不一样).
So there wasnt any snatching of books, pushing and shoving.
You often hear people saying "Sorry".

The most disappointing thing about the sales was that most of the books are design books.
Those to do with graphics, logos, interior designs etc.
Not much use to people like me.
Ok they are nice to read, but not something I would find very useful.

And like what I told Naima, my house in Guangzhou very near to the best Arts school in the province, my cousins studied interior design so I am grew up with books like these.
Not something new for me really.

Bought something as a gift for tomorrow's countdown party.
I love what I bought and initially I wanna keep it for myself.
Thought of buying 2 of the same thing then I think it is pretty dumb.

Naima bought a gift too.
And one very cute book that teaches how to draw plants.
(Lend it to me when you finished reading!!!)
And her Eco pencils that promised to be "guilt-free" cos it is not harmful to the environment.
But it was quite an irony since Naima was feeling nothing but guilt when buying it.

I felt quite sad that I come to a bookstore warehouse sales and I didnt buy any books!
I even felt like buying New Moon to make myself feel better cos it was only 1 buck! Yes like wtf right? Only 1 buck.

But I hate the Twilight series. Not even going to spend a penny on it.

When queuing up for cashier, I happened to see some books at the bottom of the shelf that says "World Cup".
My heart stopped. I was praying that it is not some rugby World Cup book, but FOOTBALL WORLD CUP.

Yeah so I have gotten my ESPN World Cup Companion Everything You Need to Know About the Planet's Biggest Sports Event!!!

(:

Hard cover, full coloured. Only 5 bucks!
Published last year.
That made me trip worthwhile.
Absolutely love the book.

When queuing, there was one woman brought a design book over and asked her husband, who was standing behind us.
"Hey will you learn this?"
“No."
Then she reluctantly put the book down.

Kinda funny isnt it?
Seems like people tend to pick up hobbies when going to bookstore warehouse sales.

Ok. I am too tired to blog long.
Anw, thing is that we two ended up back in Bedok for dinner.
Cos after I left, Naima was told that she has to eat out tonight.
She didnt have any cash left and I alighted at the wrong stop.
Naima walked to find me and we went to Bedok together.

Sorry if that doesnt make sense.

Treat Naima to dinner at the hawker center which has pretty alot of good food (Shooters can come next time!).
Xiao Long Bao and Shui Jiao.
Hopefully that made her feel better after all the unlucky things.

Walked around in Bedok Point which has nothing to see.

Ok I am tired. Lights out.

Looking forward to the cooking in Mariah's house with the girls and Countdown Party with the Shooters in Jingjia's house.
That would be 4 generations of Shooters!

Awesome way to end 2011 and welcome 2012 (:

To Kill A Mockingbird

2011-12-29T22:00:00.000+08:00

To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the best books I have ever read.

If I dont remember it wrongly, I read it when I was in Sec 2.

The story is so powerful that I can remember the plot and the theme up till today.

The movie is touching.

One of the best movies I have ever watched.

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

Highly recommended.

Now I feel like reading the book again.

We'll Always Have Casablanca

2011-12-28T23:19:00.000+08:00

Dont know what has gotten into me recently, been feeling so tired when I hardly have done a thing.
My body is showing signs of aging.

Halfway watching this movie, I could go to the bed and nap for an hour before coming back to it -.-
Not that it is boring. This is one of the greatest film of all time.

Casablanca (1942)

"Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By'."

As Time Goes By

You must remember this

A kiss is still a kiss

A sigh is just a sigh

The fundamental things apply

As time goes by

And when two lovers woo

They still say I love you

On that you can rely

No matter what the future brings

As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs

Never out of date

Hearts filled with passion

Jealousy and hate

Woman needs man

And man must have his mate

That no one can deny

It's still the same old story

A fight for love and glory

A case of do or die

Though I will always welcome lovers

As time goes by

Moonlight and love songs

Are never out of date

Hearts filled with passion

Jealousy and hate

Woman needs man

And man must have his mate

That no one can deny

It's still the same old story

A fight for love and glory

A case of do or die

Though I will always welcome lovers

As time goes by

Timeless song. As time goes by, this song will still be a classic.

I guess I really love watching old films.
Especially for films like Casablanca, Gone With The Wind etc, which they are based on history.
It is always interesting to do a little research after watching these movies to find out more about the those history.

Done a tuition via Skype today with Rishav again.
He is away back to India for a short 2 week holiday.
Took a screen shot of us (:

Zhou Hao and I were discussing the prospect of doing tuition via Internet in the near future.
Coincidentally, that idea came to me this afternoon too.

We'll see, we'll see.

I am still damn tired.

"Where were you last night?"
"It's so long ago, I don't remember."
"Will I see you tonight?"
"I never make plans that far ahead."

Too tired to think.

Breakfast At Tiffany's; Dinner At Midnight

2011-12-27T21:48:00.000+08:00

Life is a pleasure when I can watch one classic film a day.

Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

Audrey Hepburn.

Quite a popular print on T-shirts.

Moon River. Beautiful song.

I like the way my schedule is right now.

Start tuition in the noon time, and end at around 4 or 5.

Go home eat dinner as I watch some old classy films.

But it will only last for a week.

School is starting next week! (faint)

Horrifying memories of reaching home late and eating dinner at midnight.

zzzzzzzz....

If only every month is December hehe.

Today walked past NYJC.

And I walked the exact same path as how I used to walk from NY to Serangoon central.

Really got me thinking a lot.

物是人非

Even I myself had changed a lot.

I am glad for the changes.

Singin' In The Winter Solstice

2011-12-26T21:48:00.004+08:00

Just finished this movie -

Singin' In The Rain (1952)

Yes another old and classic movie.

I enjoying watching classic films.
Cos at least I know they are guaranteed to be good.

The song Singin' In The Rain is from this movie (like duh)

I love Gene Kelly's voice and dance in this clip. Can you believe that he was having a 39 degree C of fever when filming this song?
(While I admire his professionalism, he really shouldnt kiss the girl when he has fever, no?)

This song is ranked number 3 in the AFI's 100 Years…100 Songs list.

It is a list of top 100 songs in American cinema.

(Guess which is the top song??? Answer at the end of this post, if I remember to write.)

Yes it is the same song Mr Schu sang in Glee Season 2.

Mashed up with Rihanna's Umbrella.

Singin' In The Rain is a comedy musical.
And I LOVE COMEDY. I LOVE MUSICALS.
LOL.

The movie was set in around the 1920s, when "talkies" (sound pictures) was taking over silent films.
Just nice that two days ago I watched Charlie Chaplin's last silent movie, Modern Times.

The song Smile was from Modern Times, the favourite song of Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson's version of Smile.

I think my blog has suddenly become some movie review blogs -.-

Today is pretty boring.
By boring I mean I have to work on a public holiday.

Though two tuition and three hours can hardly be said as long working day, but I suddenly feel so lazy.
This is already the last week of 2011, and I dont wanna do anything related to WORK.
Why cant I just PLAY AND PLAY AND PLAY?!?!?

I NEED MORE FUNNNNNN (:

Today is 冬至 (Winter Solstice).
I shouldnt be alone today working and watching old films when eating my dinner ):

I miss my family who are most probably still in some restaurants eating and chatting.
Really hate it when I am always the one missing such family events.

Feb, please come fast!!!

"High on Wish List: A powerful telescope. I loved astronomy... when I was a kid, so much that I had considered being an astronomer.
Still fantasizing that I can go to a plain with my telescope and a foldable lounge chair, looking at the stars in the sky, discovering planets, identifying constellations.
Everything would be so serene and calming."

My Facebook status.
I wish I can see the stars tonight.

Though I dont think the Singapore sky is worth seeing.

Been wanting to have a telescope since young.
Just like many other things.

I will leave that to the next post.
If I ever remember.

(Answer: Over The Rainbow from the movie The Wizard Of Oz)

Iron Out The Details Before You Use An Iron

2011-12-26T00:37:00.001+08:00

Christmas suddenly doesnt seem so bad after dinner with Yuqing (:

After foul mood over the iron incident (refer to previous post), I went to nex to look for a new iron.
I cannot let my pile of clothes stay crumbled. I dont wear crumbled clothes, unless it is part of the design la.

And just nice I was meeting YQ for dinner.

Dinner at Lenas.
(Photo credit to YQ)

Thank you YQ for the Christmas present!!! OMG I didnt expect you to give me present leh. And it makes me feel so bad for not preparing one for you.

Whenever I unwrap a present, I would be careful not to spoil the wrapping paper... until I got impatient and start ripping.

Really thanks for the merci chocolate, Kit Kat, 2012 planner and the card! (:

I love presents that have practical use (so I dont have to put them aside and dk what to do with them).

Especially the planner, I think it is really a thoughtful gift. Would be super useful for me as a tutor.

In your language, Sie Sie!!!

(Anw, time to learn pinyin already la!)

No worries I would pick up a gift for you soon (:

Meal in Lenas is very worth the money. Or perhaps cos it is Christmas, the chef decided to be generous with the portion. After all, it is the season of GIVING.

YQ's Shrimp Pasta.

AHHHH-FFOOOO-GAAAA-TOOOOOOO~

My affogato. Favourite drink for the moment. Cant get enough with the combination of ice cream and the strong coffee (: Comes with Oreo.

This is what I meant by being generous with the portion. Grilled Dory with Mushroom Sauce with one side dish of Whipped Potato. Honestly, the fish is... HUGE? So is the whipped potato can.

Now I look like those who eat A LOT!!! Oh, maybe the chef see me so thin wanna get me fat or what.

I think this is the first time when I eat till so full in a restaurant with the main course with only one side dish.

YQ said that I should go check out irons in FairPrice instead of Courts, should be cheaper there.

So we went up to FairPrice.

Wahlao I think I damnnnnn outdated with irons. And I should be right? Since I am not one of those housewives -.-

I still thought that there is only one kind of iron now.
Those dry irons. You plug in, then wait for the iron to be heated up, then press your clothes.

Wahlao... now have what steam iron. Then steam irons also have different kind.
Seriously?!?!?!
The iron I used to use (the spoiled one) is like steam iron? But I actually I also dont know what it is la.
I dont study irons.

Anyway, I am not very conscious about what kind of iron to use la.
We dont go around telling people "Hey I use the new $100 iron to iron my shirt leh!" right?

So I was looking for something that is cheap.

And there was this Taiyo cordless steam iron having discount on display.
Went online to check if Taiyo is a China brand (Sorry I dont buy things that are of Chinese brands. Zero confidence in them. I dont wanna buy something which gets spoiled after three use.)

So it is a Japanese brand.
Means can buy -.-

I thought cordless is going to be convenient.
I thought.

Home and couldnt wait to try out the new iron.
Plus I cannot stand a pile of crumbled clothes lying on my bed.

I tried reading the instruction manual, but it was poorly written.
No step one or step two etc.
So I just put it aside, thinking that it is user-friendly.
I mean, how difficult it is to use a cordless steam iron? It is an iron after all.

And I am very confidence in operating with electrical things.
Be it a phone, laptop or anything, when they come to me, I somehow can figure how to use them very quickly.
So... what is the use of reading manual?
(Though most of the time I will read cos I like reading -.-)

Then I realised I was damnnnn wrong.

I actually plugged in put my iron on the power base to "charge" my iron.
Honestly, with the term "cordless", I thought the iron can be "charged" like handphones, or batteries -.-

Perhaps I am too tech savvy already -.-

I was still thinking "Oh great. Since this is cordless, next time I can just charge my iron near the power socket then go over to the other side of the room to iron my clothes."

It never crossed my mind that there is no battery in an iron!!!

When I realised how stupid I was, I poured water into the steam iron and patiently waited it to boil.
Only that... the light on the iron was not lighted up to indicate boiling.

Frantically, I phoned YQ, asking for help.
I really thought that I was so suay that even the new iron is spoiled in my hands.

"Read the instructions la!"
"But it is badly written!"
"Just go read it!!!"
"Ok... so it says need to plug in, then pour water, then....OHHHH NEED TO SET THE TEMPERATURE!!!!"
"...................................."
"IT IS WORKING NOW!! THE LIGHT IS ONNNNN! YEAHHHH~"
"...................................."

So after ironing my clothes, I read the instructions thoroughly.
I never knew that operating an iron can be so chim.

I am not even sure I can remember all the steps lor.
There are functions of dry iron, steam iron, surge of steam, vertical steam, water spray etc.

Somehow I know, I can never be a housewife.

(Kinda reminds me of the book The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella, the author of Shopaholic series.)

Ok, it is proven that operating an iron is more challenging than using high tech stuff.

Anyway, I am glad that there is something like this for me to laugh at, though it is much due to my own silliness.
Best part is still thinking that I can charge an iron -.-

And really thankful for YQ's accompany tonight.
Christmas had gotten a whole lot better cos of you (:

Now on the separate matter.
After watching Gone With The Wind last night from 7PM to 11PM -.-
I watched another great movie of all time.
Featuring this man, guess who he is:

Hehe dont know right?

It is him - Charlie Chaplin.

Movie Modern Times (1936)

Classics never go out of style.

That is what I believe in.

Another amazing movie.

This is the last silent movie Chaplin made.

Yes it is a silent movie, though there is still some sound effect and background music.

And it is in black and white.

A very unique experience. Different from all the movies nowadays.

After seeing only black and white for 1.5 hours, I appreciate the colour display on my laptop screen haha.

There Is One Big "F" in Christmas

2011-12-25T16:45:00.000+08:00

Christmas has been super bad for me so far.

Two power multi-plug adapter failed to work.
AT THE SAME TIME.
And one of them is new, bought only 5 days ago!

I wanna iron my clothes then MY IRON SPOILEDDDDDD.

What kind of luck is that?!?!?!?!

FML. FML. FML.

Not forgetting people telling me not meeting me today.

One way or another, every year, there seem to be different kind of things happening that will ruin my Christmas.

It is like a spell or what.

Still waiting for the Christmas which I can enjoy myself.

Well, at least I know later I can shop for a new iron. Give it to myself as Christmas present.

F.

Christmas... Gone With The Wind

2011-12-25T00:25:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

I have never liked Christmas.
Partly cos all the Christmas songs sound pretty sad for me, and I always spend it alone.

Boring boring Christmas.

I spent 4 hours today watching the movie Gone With The Wind.
Some 1939 movie, but it is a classic.
C'mon, who doesnt know about Gone With The Wind?
Perhaps the poster will remind you of the all-time classic pose:

Very impressive movie.
I always knew that the movie is long, but never knew that it is 4 hour long.
Lucky that I had chosen today to watch it, if not I would have to stop it halfway due to work or whatever.

I have so many old and classic movies in my hard disk (downloaded long ago), and I really must make time to watch them.

Oh and those books that I bought long ago.
I bought Gone With The Wind and Jane Eyre more than 10 years ago, and I have not read them!
I miss classic Literature books.

Anyway, I wasnt able to sleep last night, so I came out with these photoshopped pictures made using my drawing tablet:

How lame can one get.

Stepped Into The World Of Narnia, Escaped From The Land Of Oz

2011-12-24T14:15:00.003+08:00

I wish I live in the Clock Tower like Elphaba, possess the book of Grimmerie, so I can cast the spell to let time go back to yesterday to experience the magical day once again.
(Drafted on 23rd Dec 2011)

Booked the ticket to Wicked a few months ago and had been looking forward to the day ever since.
Random came to know about the Narnia Exhibition in MBS when reading newspaper so we decided to go see it before the musical at night.

Lunch at SwissBake with Ruimin.

Tiramisu coffee. Pick me up pick me up -.-

What is up there?

Classic pose.

So I asked her to change pose, and she did this. What is the difference -.-

Rosti.

Mariah came LATE!!! After her lunch with her family.

But I forgave her cos she bought us presents hehe.

And I managed to trick her believing I am Ruimin when talking over the phone till I said something really ridiculous.

Bazinga!

Hello Kitty chocolate from Taiwan. My allgery.

This photo looks nice. One of those few which I will dig out when we are old as a reminder of how young we used to look.

Height is deceptive. Height is deceptive. Height is deceptive. How exactly can Ruimin be taller than Mariah? Mariah should have listened to me and wear heels too.

Another nice shot.

Narnia Exhibition! Very excited about it until...

We saw how small it is.

Wicked costume on display.

Anyway, photography was prohibited in the Narnia Exhibition.

A major BOOOOOOOO plus a THUMB DOWN.

They set up such nice settings and then tell us "No photo is allowed"?!?!?

Whatever, we took some sneak shots before caught by the guard.

Stepping into the Wardrobe - Susan and Lucy?

For 5 dollars, the exhibition is ok la.

Still a major disappointment that we cant take photos.

But again, it is just 5 dollars in MARINA BAY SANDS.

I remember reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe when I was in primary school.

I like it as much as I like the Harry Potter series.

Read the book for at least three or four times, so I can still remember a fair bit of the story.

Secondary school was the period of time when I stepped out of all these fantasy lands.

No Harry Potter, no Pevensie kids.

Even stopped reading a lot of classical literature books (in primary school, I read one per day).

Time to start reading again (:

So for 5 bucks, the exhibition is worth seeing.

There are even display of original props used in the movies.

But if you wanna save that 5 bucks to.... what can you buy with 5 bucks in MBS?... then you walk one round outside the exhibition, you will be able to see about 60% of everything.

After stepping out of Narnia, oh actually we didnt.

WE DIDNT COME OUT FROM THE WARDROBE!!!
So technically we are still in Narnia!!! O.O

-.-

Wanna go to Robinsons to see the Wicked costomes.

But......

We were hungry people looking for food.

My affogato from Coffee Bean.

Happy faces when there is food!! (:

Ruimin's favourite Chai Tow Kway.

Every day matcha.

All Day Breakfast is what we need (:

Coffee Bean was supposed to be tea time.
Just that we were full and ended our "tea time" at 6PM -.-

Walked out of MBS and wanna go to the garden.
Couldnt find it and walked back to exchange for our ticket.
Too lazy to walk then so entered the theater early.

Height is deceptive.

Awesome stage.

Kinda regret for choosing the first row, with the restricted view.

But other than that, the musical was awesome.

No one would argue that it is not the "Best musical of the decade".

I dont know how to describe it here and I believe any description will not be able to match with the actual performance and how I, or we, felt.

Gotta go there and experience it yourself.

A flawless 5 out of 5 stars kind of performance.

Plus the story itself is really powerful.

A few of my favourite songs from the musical

Dancing Through Life

Popular. One of the funniest scene in the musical. Galinda is really funny.

*Toss toss HAHAHHAHA* (not in this videa though)

Defying Gravity. Love it since Glee Season 1.

For Good. Glee never made it sound so good.

(Elphaba):

Im limited

Just look at me - Im limited

And just look at you

You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda

So now it's up to you

For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda):

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason

Bringing something we must learn

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

I have been changed for good

(Elphaba):

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made from what I learned from you

You'll be with me

Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a skybird

In a distant wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

(Glinda):

Because I knew you

(Both):

I have been changed for good

(Elphaba):

And just to clear the air

I ask forgiveness

For the things I've done you blame me for

(Glinda):

But then, I guess we know

There's blame to share

(Both):

And none of it seems to matter anymore

(Glinda):

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

(Elphaba):

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

(Both):

Who can say if I've been

Changed for the better?

I do believe I have been

Changed for the better

(Glinda):

And because I knew you...

(Elphaba):

Because I knew you...

(Both):

Because I knew you...

I have been changed for good...

"So much of me; Is made from what I learned from you; You'll be with me; Like a handprint on my heart"

When I heard this, I thought of the two friends sitting next to me during the musical.

One big theme of Wicked is friendship, and I am so happy that I have great friends like them.
And what a perfect night watching a musical about friendship with two of my "besties"
(Now you two, esp Ruimin, dont mention what I blogged in my face, I will be very 不好意思.)

Felt so touched after the finale.

The feeling was so strong that even after watching the musical, everything felt so perfect.

Movie, MOF, HK Trip

2011-12-22T00:00:00.000+08:00

I need to blog about this now.
Cos something exciting is happening tomorrow.

It's ok if you cant see the logic (saying you LRM).

Finally one of the posts not about Naima.
New character - Ruimin.

Watched Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 with her after my third tuition of the day.
I dont know why she is like deprived of watching movie like that, that day when I talked to her over the phone, she was telling me she wanna watch (basically all the) movies showing in the cinema now.

Ok whatever makes you happy.

Cos we only bought the tickets last minute, so there wasnt any good seats left.
We had to sit in the first row.
Maybe not a problem for my short friend, but a MAJOR problem for my neck throughout that one and half hour.

I am not used to looking at things at that angle.

Anw, that movie is kinda lame.
Not the funniest movies ever, the plot is like... ok only.
Lucky I watched it in the cinema, if I watch it at home on Funshion or what, I will surely stop it in the first 20 minutes.

But overall the experience is good la.
I mean, some people fly all the way back to Singapore to watch movies leh, so better say it is good haha.
Alright, it is more like me enjoying the experience of watching a movie with a friend. So I would say, any movie is fine la.

Walked about in Nex after movie cos it was too early for dinner.
Nex to me is like... a super boring place already.
I go there at least 2 times per week. There is nothing there that excites me anymore.
Normally if I have a long break in between tuition in Serangoon area, I would be in the library reading books.
Not that I wanna do that, but cos really nothing to shop over there.

MOF for dinner.
Cos Ruimin put a knife to my neck asked me to choose between Taiwanese food or Japanese food, so I chose the latter.
(I scared she will drag me to some 8 Degree for Taiwanese food.)

Only I can take photos of you and not making you look FAT. HAHAHA!

Unagi Toji Xtra Large

Soft Crab Maki

Macha Sundae

Food is good, the standard is what a normal restaurant should have.
(Prease learn from them 8 Degree!)

Talked super a lot.
Started dinner at 6pm and talked till 930pm when they wanna 打烊.

Talked about almost everything in life.
From school to work to future etc.
It is good to have friends whom you can talk to. And you dont have to hide anything from them cos you know that they wont judge you in any ways.

Now thinking back, I cant believe how we actually can talk for so long -.-
But I guess both of us felt very good.
At least for me.

Oh and it is sorta confirmed that I will be going to HK for a short 2 day trip before I go back to Guangzhou in Feb.
Yeah means play time and FUN! (:

Thank you Ruimin for being a host hehe I will surely ask you bring me to places you cant even think of going.
Lets explore Hong Kong!!!!

And I would super love it if you can really come to Guangzhou with your friends when I am back in Guangzhou.
Bring you to all the nice eateries and EAT TILL YOU DANCERS FATTTTT HAHAHA!!!!

Ok I shall go book air tickets NOW (:

Just when things cant get any better...

Wicked the Musical tomorrow night with Mariah (imissyou) and Ruimin!!!
Been looking forward to it ever since we booked the tickets.

Before that, we will travel to Narnia and take some awesome shots.

HOHOHOOOO. This December is too good for me.
Yes, this is the best Christmas present ever, it will last for 31 days (:

Jobs

2011-12-20T20:54:00.000+08:00

Skipped work tonight.
I feel kinda bad, cos I should be there still trying to close the project;
but really I feel much happier that I am at home now typing this.

I am so sure that I am not those who can do those 9-6 jobs.
I remember when I was young, I saw my 姑妈 working in those jobs, I told everyone
"Next time I also wanna be like that!"

Em... in Cantonese of course.

Now, dont even bother asking me to work in those jobs.
It is like the sian-est thing ever on Earth.

Desk bound and doing the same over and over again and again for days and weeks and years.

Even this Mediacorp freelance job is getting sian for me.
Yes I can go in anytime that I want, and leave anytime (though I generally will try to work for the maximum number of hours), the calling part is getting so boring.

"Hello, may I speak to whichever-the-name-is. This is Rose calling from XXX, on the behalf of YYY to conduct a ZZZ survey."

Then going through the same survey that I can already memorized by heart, even able to rap it out.

It is so bad that now I silently pray that no one pick up the phone -.-
Which is stupid la, cos I am paid by the number of surveys done.

So now whenever I am waiting for people to pick up their phones, I would be on Facebook and Twitter, finding things to read.
And read my book at the same time.

Making full use of time.
And multi-tasking.

As long as a job doesnt require the use of brain, it is a boring and meaningless job.
Sometimes I think to myself, if only those jobs like security guard and salesperson allow workers to read books during working hours, I dont mind working in those positions.
Cos I dont understand what is the point of sitting/standing there when there is no customers/vistors (esp for retails).
Waste of time right? They should allow workers to read books to kill time and enrich themselves.

Sometimes I get sian of tuition, just wanna stay at home.
But then stay at home for what?

Plus kids are really cute (when they are not naughty and do my homework and listen to me and do stupid things that make me laugh or say sweet thing to me).
I am still thankful for this tuition job that I have right now.

At least I dont stay on the same spot for 8 hours a day, involve in office politics.

Tired it might be, I like to travel around.
As long as I dont get stuck in the MRT for hours.

But then again, that would be another totally different kind of experience.
One that I dont mind having.

Food Review - 8 Degrees

2011-12-18T02:05:00.003+08:00

有些餐馆，你去了一次，不会想再去第二次。
有些餐馆，你希望一辈子不会进去。
因为食物是在是。。。太、糟、糕、了！

Today went to this cafe-like restaurant and I believe it is so far the worse meal in my life.

Cafe name - 8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro (八度空间)
It is along Yio Chu Kang road, next to a petrol kiosk.
(Thank god that it is a small restaurant and kinda "hidden" beside the petrol kiosk so that many people wont notice it. Unlucky for me and Naima who saw it and decided to try it.)

I had such a bad experience in this restaurant that I am sacrificing my EPL time on a weekend to blog about it.

I dont even know where to start.

Ok. Perhaps talk about the relatively good things about the restaurant first.
Which was before the arrival of our food.

The theme of the restaurant is "Taiwanese".
Though I had not went to Taiwan before, but well... other than pasting and hanging Jay Chou's photos all over that the place, playing Jay Chou's songs in the background, and having a menu that consists of Jay Chou songs/album names DON'T make it more unique than other Singapore cafes.

I mean, if I put up a mini Statue of Liberty and paste Lady Gaga's photos all over any cafe, named the cafe "Poker Face", does it mean that that cafe is very "American"?
I would probably asked if the cafe had paid for the image right of Lady Gaga.

(Funny idea - perhaps we can set up a cafe in other countries, paste Steven Lim's photos all over the place and called it a Singaporean style cafe?)

That doesnt work can?
It just make me feel like the cafe is trying too hard to pull people in using the Jay factor.

Oh right, supposed to write something good about the cafe.
Em.. ok they have Jay Chou's photos in the cafe... very Taiwanese.

Right.

Ok the interior design aside, the food is totally awe....~~some~~ , I mean, ful.

The first dish we ordered was this...

Sauteed French Beans and Brinjal with Sakura Shrimps, cost - $8.80

Both me and Naima were pretty shocked when this was served.
It is such a small serving!!!
The brinjal and french beans were spread sparsely on the small hot plate, like hair spread sparsely on some middle-aged men's head who badly need some Beijing 101.
We could even see the bottom of the plate (look at photos).
I mean... hello, try to cover the bottom can or not? Not like it has some floral patterns that are worth seeing.

And presentation of the food was bad too.
Looks no difference from the dishes that my mum scoops up from the wok.

I tried the brinjal first and thought that it was not tasty enough. Perhaps it is just personal preference, I prefer brinjal with more salty taste, means adding much more sauce.
Naima also commented that the brinjal is not really that good.
No it was not aweful, but we expected a much bigger serving and better standard of the food with that price.

My food was served shortly after the first dish.

Stir Fried Udon with Black Pepper Chicken, cost - $8.80

Look at the dish name.
You would think that how can you go wrong with such a simple dish?
Just fry the udon, serve it with black pepper chicken will do right?

Hohohoooo... you have underestimate this cafe.

Look at how the food was being served?
I cannot tell the difference between this and those 3 dollar char kuey teow from the hawker center near my house.

The first taste I had when I ate the udon was... I DONT TASTE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE BLACK PEPPER SAUCE!
The cafe is really very generous with the black pepper sauce, I suspect they somehow use one bottle of black pepper sauce for one dish of Fried Udon (hence the price).
Black pepper sauce free of charge?

I told Ruimin about this later and she was like "Good what! I like a lot of sauce de leh!"
I was like "NOOOOoooooo... You have no idea man."

It is of no difference to eating black pepper sauce alone.
Might as well go NTUC buy a bottle and eat it like how you scoop ice cream when watching TV.

Just when you thought that nothing can get worse, here came the third dish...

Tomato and Egg Ramen Soup, cost - $6.80

Again, I have to ask... why does the dish look like as if it is some leftover food?
(Btw, all the photos were taken before we touched the food ok, the food was presented to us just like shown in the photos.)
I mean look at the photo la, it looks EXACTLY like leftover food Mariah cannot finish and after she had played with.

Honestly, if Naima went to toilet and left her food untouched like that, I think the waitress cannot even tell if that is eaten food or leftover food.
She would probably come to me and ask if she can clear the plate already.

Second thought was (cannot tell from the photo), why the noodle looks like maggie mee?

Spoon in and tried the soup, which I believe is the most important thing when it comes to noodles.
If you dont get the soup base wrong, then the noodle should be fine, or at least... edible.

Shoked (though shouldnt be).
Not only the noodle LOOKED like maggie mee, the soup TASTED like maggie mee too!
So was the noodle.

Poor Naima, you have just spent $6.80 getting a dish that taste no better than those maggie mee I have at home.

Come to think about it, my udon was very worth the money!
$8.80 for one bottle of black pepper sauce plus udon and chicken leh.
It is a must try for people who LOVE black pepper sauce.
Dont worry if you dont like chicken or udon, cos you cant taste them anyway.

I think the good thing about this cafe is we laughed a lot.
Ok, it was Naima who laughed a lot.
Cos she was looking at how I eat and the face I put on when eating my udon.

Laughed till got headache, she said.

Which pretty much was an irony given that... fk, that was really terrible food leh.
Why were we laughing so "happily"?

I dont know if the waitress in the cafe noticed my expression, which I believe was totally comical.
I really dont mind if they came to us and ask if there is anything wrong with the food. I would be super honest with them.

“You ever watched Fear Factor? You know the second round is always to eat those disgusting things right? I would nominate this cafe lor." I said.

Naima couldnt stop laughing and kept nodding her head.

I never. NEVER. see her laugh like that before.

I ate my udon piece by piece.
That was the ultimate test of bravery.

Hey that is $8.80 spent ok, so better not waste.

I ate my udon really slowly...
and the food like never can be finished one leh. WTF.

And Naima kept laughing... kept laughing... KEPT LAUGHING....

I invented a new way of eating udon. The sauce was really too much already, I had to slowly put the udon piece by piece on the side of the plate to dry them before eating.

As for the veggie on the side of the plate, I actually spit it out of my mouth the moment I took a bite. Cos it was all "wrapped" with sauce. Or it wrapped the sauce. Whatever.

In the end, it turned out that the first dish (the brinjal and french beans) was the nicest of all.

We looked around try to see if any other customers were unhappy with the food.
But surprisingly, there wasnt anyone like us.
There can only be two possiblity, one is that the problem is with us, and the other one is that all the other people in the cafe at that time were hired by the cafe itself to fill up the seats.

We strongly believe that nothing is wrong with our taste buds.
Though we dont go to very very super high class restaurants for meals, but we know what is the standard for food.
It is no longer about the price or the value, it is more HOW CAN YOU PRESENT SUCH STANDARD OF FOOD IN A RESTAURANT?!?!?!

You know what is the funniest thing?
All the dished that we ordered are "CHEF RECOMMENDATIONS"!!!

See the Chef Hat?

Sauteed French Beans and Brinjal with Sakura Shrimps

Tomato and Egg Ramen Soup

Stir Fried Udon with Black Pepper Chicken

With the noodle tasting like maggie mee, the udon tasted like black pepper sauce, we had to order a drink.

Perhaps it was because we didnt order drinks at first that was why they cook like "tasty" meals for us. I joked.

Thank god the bubble tea (milk tea) tasted alright.
I think anything normal would taste alright after trying those udon and noodles, no?

We could only laugh at this.

Total bill - $28.00

I think with that 14 dollar I paid, I would so a million times happier if I donate the $10 to those needy kids in China (refer to previous post), and spend the remaining $4 on some hawker food (perhaps char kuey teow). Oh then I will have one dollar of change (char kuey teow $3 only), can use it to pay my bus fare home

NEVER. EVER. GOING. THERE.AGAIN.

(Even if they change Jay's photos to Lady Gaga!)

It Is Not Just S$10 That Simple

2011-12-16T00:18:00.000+08:00

Earlier today I read a piece of news article and I cant stop thinking about it.

There is a recent event in China Gansu (Qinghai) that a nine-seater van packed with 62 (yes freaking sixty-two!!!) kindergarten kids collided with a truck.

Two adults and nineteen kids dead in the tragedy.

The commentary mentioned that there is a serious lack of investment in preschool education in China.

Only less than 2 per cent of its education budget and just 0.4 per cent of its GDP goes to preschool education.

And since preschool is not compulsory in China, and preschools do not get to enjoy government subsidies, schools cannot afford to have more vehicles.

It is not uncommon for schools to squeeze as many children as they can into modified vans or buses to cut costs.

And then there comes this sentence in the article which got me into deep thinking.

"Each pupil's family can barely afford to pay more than 50 yuan (S$10) per term for school transport."

50 yuan. How much is that to me?

Perhaps just a meal's worth of money.

S$10. How much is that to me?

Perhaps just 2 days of transportation fee.

Yet somewhere in this world, there are people who cannot afford to pay 50 yuan per TERM for transportation.

I am not rich. But at least I can afford most things that I want.

I cannot imagine having 62 kids squeezed in a van.

They just wanted to get to school and study.

Already poor, and now dead.

Whenever I read news like this, I feel so disheartened.

Something is seriously wrong with the country (I can write a book on this based on my personal accounts).

There is a sudden urge of donating money.

But how?

Through whichever channel, I am sure that the money will not be handed into the hand of the needy.

Blame corruption.

And why cant the government actually have proper regulation towards preschool transportation?

There is a special place in hell reserved for all the corrupted officers.

The next time I am going to pull out a $10 note, I will be thinking of those kids and their families.

Hope that they will have a better life.

Step One - Finding a Decent Hotel

2011-12-15T00:13:00.000+08:00

It is not easy to plan such a big scale event.

The first step to find a hotel has already give me enough challenge.
It is not easy to find a hotel that is cheap, big, and in good location and fits everyone's budget.

Just hope that people can RSVP to my event so that my planning can get smoother.

Still have to think of activities.

It is like planning a camp all over again.
-.-

And I dont even have a committee this time LOL.

Talking about camps, I opened the files I saved for years in my thumbdrive and everything about the Shooting camps 2005 and 2006 are stored inside.
I miss those times when I planned the camps with the Shooters.
And to go through the camps with them (:

I really hope that we can go back to Xinmin this June for the Shooting camp to play some games.

Oh and I have those DB minutes in my thumbdrive too!!!
Even your White Shirt System document. Naima you want? (:

Harry Potter Movie Marathon, Chilling Out

2011-12-14T12:40:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was one super fun day with the Shooters (:

One tuition in the morning then went over to CompassPoint for lunch with Dexter and Yongle before meeting the rest.
Dexter was DAMN funny.
When the whole gang was walking to KaiYee's house, we were the two laughing non-stop at the back at our own jokes.

HAHAHA

The event was called "Harry Potter Movie Marathon" but we did not watch Harry Potter movie when reached KY house.

Dexter and Yongle started playing the Xbox game Lego Batman.
The game was not say very interesting, but Dexter playing Batman was.
You will never see such a useless Batman who died a hundred times over the same mistake.

Lego Batman.

Re-watched Harry Potter movie one.

Most of the juniors were playing Bridge at the other side of the room.

I wanna play too, but I have forgotten how to play and was too lazy to get my butt up from the sofa.

Though everyone had watched movie 1 before, it was shot more than 10 years ago and no one could exactly remember every single scene.

I remember I used to be this huge Harry Potter fan when I was in Primary school, re-read and re-watched all the books and movies a thousand times.

I need to pick up a Harry Potter book soon, I need to finish the whole series.

The sofa really VERY comfy!

Headed over to Old Airport Road for dinner.

Cheap and good food that is what I called.

Everyone pooled money for Dexter and he bought food for us while we sat down and chat.

Dinner time was when we started chatting about those old times in Xinmin.

Dexter was the joke (still is).

And we talked about secondary school camps.

Yes I love Shooting camps! (:

Suddenly those memories of planning and going for camps made me miss camps so much.

Activities like outdoor cooking competition, robbery in the school past midnight (firedrill) and the all-time-favourite candle-lit soccer became the talking topic.

And I am so proud that I was involved in the planning (:

Debbie caught in the middle of the road with her bubble tea.

In Dakota MRT, on the way back to Nex to "chill out". Nice photos. You see three generations of Shooters here (:

It feels good to have your juniors telling you they love those camp activities and still remember them after so long (:

Photo exclusive on this blog. I dont wanna feel bad for Naima haha. Actually you look ok la!

Dexter's first yawn.

Jingjia "See my nails so nice!"

Debbie "Rubbish, mine nicer lor!!!"

Zi En thinking "Tonight I shall paint my nails too, must win them both."

This is a nice shot. Best seen when you turn 80 year old, look back at your wrinkle free faces.

Zi En knew that I was spamming photos so she had to wear her smile ALL THE TIME.

Wendy's.
That was when we discussed the possibility of my idea of a joint-21st Bday party for the shooters.
(I mean seriously, where to get such a nice friend like me who help you guys plan 21st Bday one!)

Came out a lot of stupid and funny ideas.
But generally we agreed to hold it in a hotel and we are going to PARTY ALL NIGHT (Debbie's fave).

I came out with the idea of dressing up and acting as another Shooter of the opposite sex and they all said it would be fun.
Then Dexter and I started to show the rest how to act like some Shooters.
Super funny. Especially with Dexter's face.

Date is tentatively set on 13th Jan, Friday. (Black Friday)
I will need to search for cheap and good hotel already (already started last night when home).

I cannot wait for Jan!
Hopefully it will be as fun as how we plan it to be (:

Dexter's second yawn.

Come Next Feb, It Would Be Fab

2011-12-13T01:30:00.001+08:00

I am planning my getaway in Feb next year.

Definitely I will be flying back to Guangzhou.
But I am planning to stay for one or two days in HK before I travel to Guangzhou to meet my parents.

If I went over to HK, Ruimin BETTER accompany me ok.
The last time I went to HK was 2 years ago with some tour and it bored the hell out of me.

NO MORE TOUR FOR ANY KIND OF TRAVELLING FROM NOW ONWARDS.

I wanna hunt for good food and good place to shop.
Ok actually the food is not much different from Guangzhou, just more expensive?
Or maybe go museum.

If Ruimin is not free, I might just tour around myself.
Not like I cannot speak the language LOL.
But of course it would be much better if she is free too (:
So she can help me take photos of me HAHAHAHA
Ok take photos together. I no cam-whore.

I am already so excited over it (:

I miss my parents. I miss the food. I miss the weather?
Oh shit it would be DAMN FREAKING COLD THERE IN FEB.

That gives me reasons to buy winter clothes haha!

HOLIDAY HOLIDAY HOLIDAY.
WHO DOESNT LOVE IT?!?!? (:

Unproductive, FB Conversation with Mariah

2011-12-13T01:05:00.000+08:00

Alright I am tired so this will be a simple post. Story told by photos.

New tatoo done by Naima. Yesterday was really very VERY not productive. Me and Naima totally not feel like doing work at all. Oh perhaps it was me who affected Naima.

VIP. For Naima.

End work early when we hit our target. Went to Nex for dinner. Ate the one for one Filet-O-Fish. Then went to SwissBake for Rosti cos Naima had a sudden craving for it.

Playing with the camera after the meal.

This photo is exclusive on my blog. Naima prohibited me from posting this on Facebook.

Naima claimed that she had taken a lot of pictures for potential FB profile pictures for me.

Yawning ~

Hehe (:

挤奶！(:

Anyone wants milk? (:

I asked Naima to take photo of me squeezing milk from the cow into my mouth. She refused.

Working with Naima is getting better and better.
Got to bully her every single day.
Messing with her newly rebond hair, saying disgusting things to provoke her to say the F work.

Yesterday alone, I made her feel like saying vulgarities for two times hahahaha!

Actually I am glad that December is really great with Naima working with me.
She brings apples and bread for me nearly every day.
Auntie prepared two sets, one for me (:

So nice.

I think I will miss her when she starts her school next month.
It will be back to me working alone again.

Facebook Conversation with Mariah at night and it was pretty funny.

Mariah: hahaha my mum just asked me to ask you to sign up for teaching

Me: why

Mariah: cause i told her about you talking about the bonuses just now

Me: the bonus is read from papers one

Mariah:she say it suits you

Me: no intention of being tied down to be teacher as yet haha
why suits me hahhahaha

maybe we can go nie tgt nxt time!

omg
are.you.even.serous.abot.this?
haha ok give me 2 or 3 more years, i think i will decide then

hahahah WHY NOT?

haha
u wanna be teacher?

if nth better to do lor
lol

then i think we will be perfect
u teach eng i teach chi

yeah!
hahahha
wow
our lives hor!

our lives what

interesting lor
hahaha seems like we're gonna be friends for a really long time

omg you mean you dun plan to be friends with me for a long time one ah
O.O

lol
!!!
OF COURSE NOT
AS IN OF COURSE NOT DONT PLAN
HAHAHHAA

你越描越黑
then explain yourself what you meant by that

hahahahha clear already hor!

what friends for long time

hahah we are going to be friends for a long time!!!
LA
LOL!
AS CLEAR AS THAT!

no you didnt mean that...
you were saying... if we become teachers together, we will be friends for a long time
so what if we dont become teachers together leh
?
AND WHY YOU START USING CAPS？X心虚？

hahaha ok even longer time ok!
hahhaa
NO I LOVE CAPS!

omg

(:

then you mean if we become teachers together, we wont be friends for as long as if we wont be teachers？
why!!!

WILL STILL BE FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME OK
LOL
PFFT

but not as long leh
):
im so gonna blog this man hahhaa
im laughing mad

lol you really damn annoying leh!
hahaha i burst out
and my sis thought i siao
hahahah then i was like Oh! i'm talking to my friend
and cause she told me smth ellen said so i said tt was funny too lol

what friend, i have a name lor
not like your sis doesnt know me

Ok... Time to sleep.
Early tuition tomorrow and Shooting gathering in the afternoon and evening!!! (:

Seeing Naima every day haha!

DIY Korean Cooking

2011-12-12T01:57:00.001+08:00

A friend of mine was telling me she skipped most of the content of my previous post cos it is in Chinese -.-
Hello Naima, that is NOT a lot of Chinese, and I even put them in stanza like format for easy reading already.

But since this is not the blog I post my Chinese posts in, it doesnt matter.
So yeah back to my lousy English which everyone is so comfortable with.

This post is slightly overdue for 2 days.

It was a super fun day so needa give it a super long post (:
What kind of logic is that -.-

10th Dec 2011.
Yong Chang's house.
ShiHua's cooking session.

Initially I was thinking it would be everyone deciding what to cook then buy ingredient from the supermarket then go YC house to cook.
But it was decided earlier on between YC and SH that Hua will cook us Korean food.
Fine, as long as someone is cooking, as long as it is not me, I am ok with anything (:

Met at 11pm in Causeway Point.
The rest of the story will be told from photos taken on that day.
(Full set of photos will be available on my Facebook account soon.)

Before we bought anything.

Selection of fresh ingredient.

The 食谱.

Whether it was done on purpose or not, JiaHao somehow always be able to turn his head to the camera at the finest moment when I pressed down the shutter.

The inclusion of pork in our dish means it will be a non-halal meal.

After.

By the time we reached YC house, it was already 1pm.
But before cooking, we need to make the chef happy... cos happy chef means good food, good food means happy friends.

Thinking that it would be chocolate?

Happy 20th Birthday Hua!!! (: I know you love this purple Northern Face jacket shared by me and YC. Endorsed by Big Bang somemore!!!

Cooking!!! (SEE, JH looking into the camera again!)

Tigress holding chopper. No jokes allowed.

JH was the assistant of the day. Taking care of all the veggie for the meal.

Putting in pork.

YC forced me.

Me trying to tear out the leaves of the lettuce very carefully. Hua had to teach me how to do it properly. Ok la I suck in the kitchen! -.- I dont live in Aussie and have the whole kitchen for me to cook Korean food all the time. And SG outside food is not very expensive also, so... why should I cook? Rather earn more money if had the time right!

Buy beef must buy from Cold Storage cos their beef is from Aussie. This is the brand strongly recommended by Chef Hua.

This pose looks scary. 有杀人的潜力。

Adding in rice cake.

This is a long post, so read till here should try to tilt your head to the left already to exercise a bit.

Nah, something is wrong with the rotation la.

The one on left is rice cake, the one on the right is kimchi soup.

YC frying the beef, his 拿手好戏.

牛肉是我切的！

Chef Hua with her dishes.

To be honest, the food was really not bad.
Or I should say, the food is not the most important thing, but it is more of the cooking part.
If we want good food, it is so easy for us to walk into any Korean restaurants and dine in.
I like the way that the four of us putting in effort in making this meal possible (most credit to Hua of course).
It is so much more meaningful than just eating out.
And best part is that the food is really not bad (:

YC's younger sister and his cousin ate with us.
Then Auntie also.
Auntie 很健谈, no awkwardness with us at all.
First time seeing YC's Mum too. That time went to his house her Mum was not around.

Next activity...

Mahjong!!! One of my favourite!!! (:

YC's set of Mahjong tiles is super tiny can. Bad for me with the equally tiny eyes.

Had to thank JH for teaching me how to play Mahjong the proper way, or how most Singaporeans play.

I managed to win 6 times in a row hahaha!!! Somemore got 2 rounds is 自摸 one. According to JH, I could have won like 18 bucks. But we didnt play with money la.

YC asked “那我要等什么？”

Hua said “等别人胡！”

Chocolate from Hua, imported from Aussie.

Spammed 10 shots of Polariods. Cos Hua had to finish them all so can lend her camera to her friend the next day. Shoik max. Miki and KaiJia should be here too lor!!!

Acting like 阮经天 in the poster. Unsuccessful.

I look like those victims appear in the news, eyes being masked to protect the identity of the person.

我比旁边的两个男生还帅哈哈哈哈！！

ROAR~~~ Like Tigress Hua.

In the mood of Chinese New Year when Christmas is not even over.

I showed this to Rishav my tutee (to show him how a Chinese version of dragon looks like), he told me he couldnt find me in the photo -.-

JH had to leave for his SNSD concert, YC had to leave for his dinner with other friends.
Left with me and Hua walking around in Yishun North Point in the end.
In the end went to Bishan J8 to meet Naima.
Every day must see Naima, whether got work or not -.-

Time to sleep.
If I wake up at 4am for the Chelsea vs Man Shitty match, I could be continue blogging about what happened today.

Upcoming post: Work with Naima, Facebook conversation with Mariah.

小赌怡情，大赌致富 (1)

2011-12-10T02:43:00.003+08:00

（以下内容含有些许粤语，若读不懂，就是你笨！）

今天的麻将，让我想起妈。

自小在我的记忆中，妈常常打麻将。
有时候半夜回来，我在睡梦中被吵醒，揉揉惺忪的眼睛，问：“赢了吗？"（不可以说“输”）
如果妈说赢了，我会十分安稳地继续睡觉；若不，我会有点微微的不知所措，但当然，还是继续睡觉。

记得有一次，妈赢了300多块（那是的300多块算是大数目了），隔天就带我和我的堂哥去吃了餐好的。
所以我很喜欢妈赢钱，妈会心情特好，我要什么就有什么。要的通常都是书。(我怎么这么乖啊？！？！）
更重要的是，我不需要提心吊胆，怕因为做“错”了什么事情“导致”妈输钱。

说到“书”和妈输钱，不得不提这件事：

妈很迷信。
在我家里，是不可以提”输“这个字的。就连是同音字也得避免使用。
可是，我却偏偏爱读书。
一天到晚捧着一本书，一天到晚闹着要去书店买书。

有时候妈输了钱，就是赖我：“不可以说‘书’！每天“输输输”的，什么运气都没有了！”
“不说‘书’，那说什么？”我十分不服气。
我爸也插了一句：“说‘赢’啊！！

从那以后，为了不要食死猫，我把“书”叫成“赢”。
到我家的人都觉得很奇怪，每次听到我说“妈咪，我去买赢了。”或“我去读赢了。”（然后要跑到远远去读），都会问我什么是“赢”，我就又得不厌其烦地跟他们解释一番。

不过其实，妈那种有得赖就赖的性格，是不会只因为我把“书”念成“赢”而有所改变的。

至于这一点，我蛮像妈的。
上一次我一人爬起身看曼联的球赛，看到一半我爸也从房间里出来跟我一起看。结果曼联输了。
我很赖账地说：“都是你的错！你没有来之前是赢的，你一坐下来，我们就被攻进一球！！！”
从此之后，我爸不敢再半途杀入了。

每次都听人说“小赌怡情，大赌亡家”。
这句话不曾应验在妈身上。

反而“小赌怡情，大赌致富”确是真的。

每次都听人说“我啊。。。逢赌必输。我要戒赌。”（虽然戒不戒得了又是另外一回事了）
这句话不曾从妈的口里出过。

反而常常听到妈对爸说“你啊。。。逢赌必输。没有赌命。”

说了是赌，有赢有输。
多数人输，少数人赢。
妈的赌命就十分的好。

有时我问她“今晚楼下开桌，没叫你吗？”
“今天不去了，经常赢会惹人讨厌的。”

去年，我家和嫲嫲，大伯，姑妈几家人去了乡下扫墓。
搭了大半天的车，当我们一群人每个拖着疲累的身子正要走进村子时，猛然发现村口的一家铺子竟然是麻、将、馆！！！

妈当晚就玩了一晚通宵麻将。
“小赌怡情，大赌益身”。一个能够撑得住大半天路程和通宵麻将的人，显示出多年来以麻将强身健体的功力。
当晚酣然大睡的我，望尘不及。

我们在乡下呆了大概4天，每晚妈的伯娘都打通宵麻将。是每、一、晚、呢！！！
打着打着，一不小心打响了知名度。

就以那4天来看，去麻将馆的人数只有增多，没有减少。
因为，村里来了一个“雀后”，逢赌必胜。
打着打着，一不小心变成了打擂台似的打法。

村里人轮流上阵，不信就这么邪，赢不了妈的钱。

四天下来，妈光荣地赢回了我们一家这旅途的所有费用（还有多出来），抱着依依不舍的心情回广州。

妈应该是爽死了，有得玩，又有钱赚。

那次回乡下，是我第一次玩麻将。
妈没有教过我玩麻将，虽然我也没有特别的哀求，她也懒得教。
后来长大了，有一次我叫她教我，她说“不要学啦，会上瘾的。”
叫我爸教我，他也给我同一个理由（感觉上他对解释“什么是越位”这种问题比较有兴趣）。

很不服气的我就自己申请了一个QQ账号，在QQ学。

有一次妈看到我在QQ玩麻将，很讶异我会玩，竟然坐下来叫我如何出牌。
就是一直骂我笨就对了。

要不然就是一直投诉其他玩家出牌出得慢。

那次之后，每次我坐在妈身旁看她玩麻将，如果她的心情好，都会过我几招。

从小我除了喜欢读赢，也喜欢“粘”在妈身旁。
读赢读累了，就坐在妈的身旁呆呆地看她出牌。
在学会玩麻将前，我根本捉摸不到怎么才是“胡”。
可是如果问我哪一牌叫什么，我一定叫得出来。

我从小就是从那些“一万”、“白板”、“碰！”和搓麻将声的背景音乐中长大的。

跟妈玩麻将的人都是超级口臭的（也包括妈），所以那些粤语脏话就是副歌歌词。
这也正好解释了为什么我对粤语脏话了如指掌。

就是这样子，我喜欢坐在一旁放空，头脑空白一片，静听着麻将的声音。

Without Me

2011-12-07T23:35:00.003+08:00

A night to think about how my parents are living without me physically being there with them.

I feel so bad.

Why I Blog

2011-12-07T11:35:00.004+08:00

(Edited)

There are three things I ask from blogging, as long I achieve any of the three, I am happy.

1) It is a record of my life. I want this to be a place where I can read about what are the silly things I did, with my friends. I want to write about my feelings and how I fought through them.

2) I want my friends to read my post with a smile on their face. Even if I call them "dumb", they know that I dont mean it and only to say it to make them go like "Wth Rose I am not dumb lor.", with a smile on their face.

3) Years down the road, I wanna be those who suddenly dig out a blog post I had written and start telling my friends "Hey you know when we were young... we did such a stupid/embarrassing/daring thing." That is why I always try to blog about happy things, I wanna read about it to make myself to feel better too.

跟奶妈的白痴对白

2011-12-05T23:36:00.000+08:00

Me "See... you work for 3 hours can earn so much already, better than prostitu-..."

(Pushing me away)
Naima "Every time talk to you I must turn my face away."

Me "I didnt say anything horrrr!"

Naima "Then what you said? Pr.... what?"

Me "Is P-O-S-I-T-I-V-E! I mean must have positive thinking. Positive thinking will give you positive outcome."

After a minute later, on a different topic...

Naima "Hais. I got so many things havent do. Like watching videos, dramas, do my prostitute."

(Awkward pause)

Me "WHAT. DID. YOU. SAID? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Naima "I mean puzzle."

Me "Nooooooo... you said that word HAHAHAHAHAAA."

Story Analysis

2011-12-04T23:35:00.001+08:00

If you are worrying about me, thinking why I would come out with such a ridiculous story like that in the previous post (if you dont know what I am talking about, then you should read my previous post first), I can assure you that I am mentally sound.

If I were to tell you that...

1) The other 4 girls willing to go watch a boring football match with me (one that I found boring),
2) That we went to a super ulu place to watch a super boring football match,
3) That Jasmine and Xinyi are not mugging, but going out with us,
4) That Naima could stay behind ALONE when all of us left,
5) That there is a sport that allows kids hit worms with golf clubs, riding on mobility scooters,
6) That Mariah brings an umbrella,
7) That she CAN share the umbrella with me given the width of her body,
8) That the entrance to a stadium is a dog hole,
9) That Mariah would just leave like that, and
10) That we didnt chase after her.

What would you say?

Hopefully you will say...

OMFG ROSE YOU ARE DREAMING!!!!

-.-

Yeah that was my dream last night.

I think out of the whole ridiculous dream, only these resemble to the reality:
1) Xinyi can make us lost our way,
2) I can be so blur to buy a magazine without checking, and errr....
3) The sky can rain?!?!

I sms-ed Naima after I woke up that I dreamed of her and she is still as stupid as real life in my dream.
She replied "zzz you want my textbook? It'll explain to you why you dream okay? It's not my fault tt i'm dumb in your dream la!"

HAHAHA

That is what you get when you talk to a Psychology student!

I insist, it is cos you girls miss me so much that you appear in my dream to meet me.
See you at next week's movie marathon!!! (:
Ok other than Mariah who is stuck in Taiwan with all the nice food.

Havent heard from her since yesterday afternoon, hope she is having fun.

As for me, it is another hard working day.
I can no longer tell what is weekday and weekend.

Like just now after work with Naima in Nex, I couldnt understand why there were so many people.
Now thinking back, it is cos TODAY IS SUNDAYYY!!!

The way my mind worked in the past was...
Oh today is Sunday, Nex surely a lot of people, better avoid at all cause.

Now the way I think is...
Ehh, why today so many people? Ohhhh its weekend!!!

Anyway. Ate baked rice with Naima in one of the Japanese restaurant.
I remember the last time me and FYQ went there, we finished TWO bottles of cheese.
Cheese lovers.

Bought books for Austin.
Checked out Timberland shoes.

OMG THERE IS ONE PAIR OF BOOTS I LOVE SOOOO MUCH. IT COSTS $199. I WANT I WANT I WANT BUT WHY SO EXPENSIVEEEEEEEEE ):

Checked out bags with Naima also.
And also Body Shop body cream.

I think we both are damn pathetic.
We had to restrain ourselves from buying.

Naima is right, when you start to work, you will be much more conscious of handling money and wont anyhow spend money.

But sometimes... just sometimes... you would still want to give yourself a treat.

So Timberland shoes or not? Hehe.

Welcome to My World

2011-12-04T12:04:00.000+08:00

Scene Location: Some ulu football field in a sports hub
Time: Late afternoon/evening
Characters: Mariah, Naima, Jasmine, Xinyi, Rose

(Ok I dont know how to write script but the story goes like this...)

The five of us went to watch a football match.
Cos it is a SUPER ulu place, we spent a long time locating the field.

But anyway... it was a boring match (must S-League or what la!),
Xinyi and Jasmine left halfway and walked around the sports hub.

I realised I misplaced something when entering the field so I left to look for it.
Mariah went to accompany me.

Saw Jasmine and Xinyi out there.
Walked around a little (poor match, no one wanna see it), and decided to go back to the field to join Naima.

Only that we got lost -.-

We walked to the badminton courts and the place where KIDS riding on small scooter, holding a golf club in their hands.
We observed for a while and realised that the aim of that sports was to use the golf club to hit hard at the worms (?) on the ground and collect them.
So we saw many kids riding on the scooters and trying their best to collect as many as possible in the quickest time.

Xinyi guided us to the wrong place and I smacked her head -.-
Then somehow, we saw a red building near us and that looked like the building we walked pass when we entered the football field the first time.

When walking there, I saw a newspaper store (owned by Indians).
I bought an issue of FourFourTwo. I paid and left without checking.

Some time later, I realised that issue was dated Oct 2011 -.-
Hello... now is Dec can?
Then I thought of me actually had already bought the Dec issue, so I didnt bother to go back to change.

Then it rained.
Mariah took out her umbrella and shared with me.
We called Naima and she was already at the entrance waiting for us.

There was a man guiding outside the entrance.
We approached him and asked him where is the gate.
He shifted his body and point to a small hole behind him.

It was a fking small dog hole and I couldnt imagine what would happen if anyone of us were stuck in there.

Mariah saw what happened and decided not to go back in, and she left for HOME!!!

Also leaving the rest of us thinking about what to do.....

Giggs Biography, ManUtd Jersey, Timberland Boots

2011-12-03T21:21:00.003+08:00

Watching the Newcastle vs Chelsea match now as I am typing this.
Cech just made a awesome save from Ba.

Not that I really care.

I hope my team will have better luck later when playing away against Aston Villa.
The mid week lose to Crystal Place was such a shame, though I didnt watch it.

I would be reading Ryan Giggs' biography later.
Yes just borrowed it from the library this afternoon, together with 1Q84 book 1 and 3.

Not that I have not read Giggs autobiography/biography before, but I wanna read his story again.
One of my favourite ManUtd players all time.
What a lengend.

Other than that, today is another boring day with work.
I bought another piece of ManUtd jersey cos I have too much money and dont know what to do with it.
Yeah very funny, that is a joke of course.
I am damn broke currently.

I wanna get a pair of Timberland boots/shoes.
Those waterproof ones.
Checked out the prices in SportsLink today and the cheapest waterproof one was about $130.
Already a discounted price.

Hais. Anyone wanna get me a pair for Christmas present?

I already miss Mariah.
How am I to stand 3 weeks without SMSing or calling her for nothing?

Hope you have a pleasant trip!!!
Da bao nice nice food for me ok hehe.

Wisdom Tooth?

2011-12-02T13:20:00.000+08:00

Was too tired to blog last night.
Doesnt want to make blogging an obligation, it would lose the fun and purpose of blogging.

Went out with Shi Hua and Jia Hao yesterday.
Shopped much, and Shi Hua asked me to canceled my tuition at 4pm.

Did it very reluctantly (haha) cos recently really very broke.
And I dont really have much tuition in hand already.

But since she only comes back next year again, jiu suan le.

Shopped from Ion to Far East to 313.
Hua wanna get a bag for her 3 month stay in Singapore (she was using her laptop bag to put her stuff now -.-).
Jia Hao wanna get a belt. And check out winter wear for his trip to Taiwan in Jan.
I wanna get a pair of decent shoes, preferably water-proof.

But didnt buy anything in the end.

Met Naima for work in the evening.
Thank you for helping me buy dinner!!!
As long as go out with Naima, surely I wont get hungry (:

I thin I have wisdom tooth and it is hurting me.
I know it has been there for about 3 months already, but it didnt cause me any problems.
It was only 2 nights ago then I felt slightly numb over that area, and when I try to close my mouth tight, I could feel the wisdom tooth and little bit of pain.

Mariah said I should go check it up, the worse case is it grows to the nerve and causes semi-paralysis.
OMG that sounds serious can?!?!?

Shall wait for a few days see how it is.
The pain may be caused by me sleeping late at night every night?

It is scary to go see dentist and let them extract teeth can!!

The Plain Marche

2011-12-01T00:25:00.001+08:00

This morning when I was on the bus to Bishan for tuition, I saw this girl walking on the street with a jacket.

It reminded me of autumn in Guangzhou now.

The weather should be chilling and if I were there, I would be wearing jacket too, with jeans.

I miss autumn.

And I totally hate this rainy season now in Sg.

Every night I am dedicated to washing my rain-soaked shoes.

For today and tomorrow, my meeting with friends are sandwiched between tuition and work.

Today I had tuition early in the morning, meeting the Shooting girls for lunch, and another tuition at night.

Tomorrow will be having a tuition in the morning, out with Shi Hua and JiaHao in the afternoon before another tuition and work in Mediacorp.

Ever since the primary and secondary school holiday started, I have much more free time (though I chose to spend most to work in Mediacorp).

I am actually glad that I dont have a work that requires me to work from 9 to 6, sitting in front of a desk.

I like travelling around.

Like when I have some free time in between tuition, I can do anything I want.

Since I am already outside, I would be walking around and exploring different places in Singapore.

Today I made use of the time I had in between tuition and the meet up to settle my OCBC NTUC card matters.

I know I wouldnt have time to do it any time soon.

And I dont like to drag this kind of things any longer. So yeah, one less thing I have in mind, more RAM for processing other things.

Borrowed 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami in the library.

He is one of my favourite authors.

Right, I know most of my friends dont read a lot (what a pity), but for you guys out there who are having holiday, go try out his books.

If you are not awed by the stories itself, you would be surprised by his style of writing.

Borrowed the Chinese version of the book.

Since it is originally written in Japanese, it doesnt matter if I read the Chinese or English version, cos both are translated.

Just that if I read in Chinese, I can finish the book faster and understand deeper.

But for books like these, it is worth reading more than once.

So I would like to read in both English AND Chinese version.

A little disappointment now that I realised that the book that I borrowed is Book 2 -.-

Means I need to get my hands on Book 1 before I can read this.

There is still Book 3 (:

Shall borrow Book 1 soon.

Been wanting to read the book since 2009 when it was out.

Met Mariah and Xinyi shortly after 130PM.

I was slightly frustrated at that time cos the whole planning of the event was really messy and disorganized.

And IT WAS JUST A 5 PEOPLE MEET UP!!!

Before Xinyi arrived, me and Mariah took turns to express our frustration.

Even though we争论得有点脸红耳赤 (exaggeration if you cant tell), it is good that we let each other know what is on our mind.

I would say with 100% that we felt better after that.

Seven years of friends, and I think we each know too well each other's character. And we know that even if we were to argue on anything, we know we are not doing it to hurt each other's feelings. More of to exchange different opinions and to clear the doubts in whatever we are arguing.

And exactly cos of the seven year of friendship, I have to be frank that it was stupid that Mariah asked us to meet in City Hall then changed the location to Tanjong Pagar -.-

Alright, credits to always finding nice food and restaurants.

But then again, it was that dumbhead who led us the wrong way to The Plain!!!

Maybe the dumb ones are us.

After the incident of her bringing us to walk one U shape in the road junction seven years ago in Yishun, we have not learned our lesson.

It goes to show how that even a smartphone like iPhone 4 is USELESS when held by not so smart people who cannot read maps.

In the end, me and Jas had to laugh at the trio who walked in front of us.

Laughing at how happy they look when they found the correct direction to head towards to.

Walked past the restaurant unknowing.

I was still saying "OMG the smell of coffee in this shop smells sooo good!"

And it turned out that it was the place we were searching for.

I like the plain design of that place. Is that may they called it The Plain?

I will try to put some photos up here once Mariah uploaded the photos in Facebook.

Meanwhile, just try to imagine, it is one of those small cosy coffeeshop which you can sit down, stylishly take out your MacBook and do some typing on it, with a cup of coffee placed next to the Mac.

The food is not too bad. But cos I dont really prefer eating bread as lunch (or dinner), so I think it is Ok only.

Cant blame it too since it only served all day breakfast.

The affogato was very good though.

Keeps me well awake even at this hour hahaha!!!

Food wasnt and shouldnt be the focus, I am sure that even if we were to eat crap, it would be a equally enjoyable time spent with the girls.

Jas and Xinyi are both going for some overseas programme next year for NUS.

Jas to Ireland and Xinyi to Hong Kong.

Maybe cos we are all too familiar with Hong Kong, we were not too excited about the Hong Kong trip.

But Ireland is different!!!

All of us 'cept Naima were to excited when talking about Jas trip to Ireland that we talked as if we were the ones who are going haha.

Especially me and Mariah, kept telling Jasmine where to go and what to do.

Xinyi told us about the how she plans to travel around Asia when she goes to Hong Kong since the air ticket is cheaper there.

And all of a sudden, we were discussing the possibility of going for trips together.

Me and Mariah agreed that if we were ever going to the US, we would watch all the musicals in Broadway (:

Then we talked about going South Africa etc.

About the current economic crisis in EU, and joked that we hope the EU collapse so the currency will drop and we can afford a trip there.

All in all, a very nice conversion with the girls that I bet no one took note of how much time we spent there talking.

Somerset 313 next in agenda.

When out with Mariah, a meal is never complete without proper dessert.

We were planning to give Xinyi a surprise by celebrating her upcoming 20th birthday too (oh shit why you sound so young?!?!?!)

Shopped a little in Uniqlo, played with the winter wear.

I put some on and was once reminded for the second time of the day that winter is coming.

Went down to Marche for the surprise.

Ordered 2 slices of cake, 1 Bread Butter Pudding.

I was extremely hungry by then so I ordered 1 Swiss Rosti for myself.

It turned out that everyone favoured my Rosti out of all other things.

LOL.

Played with Siri on Jasmine's new iPhone 4S.

Dumb Siri, it was not working properly.

Then took turns to take photos and let some Apps to measure our ugly level.

I scored 0/10 HAHAHA means I am not ugly at all (:

Took lots of photos at the end of the meal.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY XINYI!!! (:

And I will miss Mariah's voice for the next three weeks.

Poor girl, I dont think you have the chance to talk to 4 people SIMULTANEOUSLY when in Taiwan right.

This is such a long post.

Write till the end become so 流水账.

Why Always Me?

2011-11-30T00:55:00.002+08:00

One thought leads to another.

Sometimes I feel so sian to organise anything anymore.
I am not trying to complain here, but it isnt very fair that I am always the one planning and trying to get people to gather.
I dont mind planning and all provided that everyone can cooperate and reply my SMS.

But in most cases, people dont (while I thought it is a form of respect to reply SMS?)

That is why before every big scale events I am about to plan, I need to ask myself if I have the courage and patience to do so.
It is really not easy when you are so eager to set a date yet people are giving you those "whatever I dont really care" attitude.
In the end, I will have to SMS them one by one, call them one by one to ask them simple questions like "So can you make it? Which date can you make it?"

I mean, they are all my friends, I wont hate or dislike them if they are acting this way.
But sometimes I doubt if they know how difficult it is to plan anything if no one replies or seem to care about what you are asking.

All these gatherings dont JUST take place by themselves you know.

I would be a lot more happier if people can reply me "No I am not free", "Em... let me check and I will let you know again on (insert date)." than getting no response at all.

I feel very frustrated and sad at times cos while I am putting in effort to try to create some fun events for everyone, not everyone is being appreciative.
And in my mind, all I can imagine is that after I typed some long messages on my phone and making sure I will send to everyone in the list, people read my messages and treat it as if they have not read anything.
Perhaps it is not important for them. I dont know.

Give and take.
I am not sure that I can always give.
And it is not wise to always take.

I have millions of ideas for gatherings, something other than the usual meal plus movie gatherings.
But I am so sick and tired of planning already.

Or maybe I am plain stupid.
Thinking that it is fun to gather once in a while.

Hopefully I dont have to plan the next event, would like to purely ATTEND.

When Debbie Meets Naima (At Work)

2011-11-30T00:21:00.001+08:00

I really think I 拜神拜不够多 or something.

If not can someone explain to me WHY does it always rain when I end my tuition?!?!

Recenly days I feel so "under work".

Last Friday skipped work. Sunday did not do a lot. Yesterday skipped work too.

Feeling broke all of a sudden.

I think I am more suited to working from 10 to 10.

Like today.

First day Debbie and Naima at work together.

And it was really funny when the first thing Debbie said after she sat down was "Hey wanna go down get a drink?"

Then Naima is the super serious one lor, keep calling and calling and calling.

Very different kind of people.

Meeting Mariah for one last time tomorrow before she flies off to Taiwan for some freaking long 3 weeks.

Then meeting Shi Hua on Thursday for the first time she comes back from Aussie for this holiday.

P.S. Sorry for losing my temper just now. You girls know me well, I will get super irritated when things are getting messy and me having no clue what is going on. Sorry.

Where My Money Goes

2011-11-29T01:26:00.000+08:00

Warning: My blog is about to get boring.
Every post is about Naima, Naima, NAIMAAAA -.-

Today was supposed to go to work in Mediacorp with Naima after my tuition.
Something happened which totally changed the course of events.

The heavy downpour.

I dont know why I am always ALWAYS so suay.
Whenever I step out of a building, or just before I go out for tuition or what, it would bloody rain like there is no tomorrow.
Either the rain will start the moment I am out, or it will turn from drizzle to heavy downpour.

我拜神拜得不够多吗？

@^%@#$%#@$#$%^#@$@#%@^^*&^*^&^*

Was trying to get to the MRT from Rui's house.
10 minute walking in the rain (with umbrella of course), I was drenched from waist down.

Hateeee that feeling. Especially I am wearing covered shoes and long jeans.
That irritating sticky disgusting feeling.

Went to Tiong Bahru for the next tuition.
No time to buy new clothes to change into something comfortable, so had to bear with it.

After tuition, Naima wanted to eat dinner with me and I wanna get new shorts and shoes, so she traveled down from NTU to Tiong Bahru.
Our plan was to eat and go work.

Walked around looking for shoes, found none that suits me.

Ate at Mos Burger and I suddenly remember I had to check out a store in Tiong Bahru Plaza.
Some retails shop for supplements named Holland & Barrett.

Mum has been complaining about her hand joints getting more and more painful these days so I wanted to check out if there are some good supplements for her to take to lessen the pain.

And what happened afterwards was inexplainable.

I purchased a total of $250 of supplement products (ok that includes the membership card I signed up).
Naima purchased a total of $65 of supplement products.
And yes. I signed up for the membership card -.-

Exactly how crazy was that?
Dont ask me. Ask the student who is currently studying Psychology please.
That can be her holiday assignment already hahaha.
Analyse the mind of consumers.

Alright, lets take a look at what I have gotten.
(Quality of the photos are not very good cos taken at night plus objects in front of light source)

For joints.

Blue bottles - Is the powerful one that reduce joint pain. For Mum. Total cost: $88.90 (UP $239.80. Promotion of Two for One. Then there is a further 5% off for member. And I used my new $25 voucher given to me upon signing up for member)

Orange bottle (with my name on it) - Not so powerful, mainly is for prevention. For Dad. Total cost: $40.95 (UP $81.90. 50% for new member)

For balancing blood pressure.

Mum has low blood pressure while Dad has high blood pressure -.- Ya two extremes right.

But these 2 are for Mum, cos the salesperson Jane (who is very nice) told me that all other other supplements can help to reduce blood pressure. So I guess my Dad has enough of supplements already (you will see later). Total cost: $35.90 (UP $71.80. 50% off for new members)

For myself.

Actually also dont know what exactly it is. But Jane said this is a very popular product and has multi-functions.

The reason of getting something for myself is that, when you go into supplement drug stores, you will have this feeling of being malnutrition. So.. yeah.

Total cost: $21.45 (UP $42.90. 50% off for new members)

Please ignore the background (more on that later).

NO This is NOT a supplement -.-

Free gift for being a member haha.

Oh there is a funny story behind this (the free gift).
Initially I only wanted to buy the two bottles for the joint for my Mum, then Jane told me about the membership card.
Which was very attractive. It costs $60 for a year. But upon being a member, you will receive two $25 vouchers. Then for everything in the shop, you will receive 10% discounts or further 5% discounts on products on promotions.
The card can be used as NetsFlashPay (EZ Link), and enjoy same discount from shops like Levi's, New Look, Denizen etc (not like I will shop there but still..)
For renewal, three $25 vouchers will be given (or is it? Naima help me recall!!!).
So I was thinking if I always buy supplements for my parents, it would be quite a good deal.

So anywayyyy, as I was filling up the card, Naima asked "Is that your umbrella?"
"Ya. If not what you think it is? Free gift ah?"

"Oh yes there is a free gift!!!" Jane said.

Me and Naima just looked at each other and laughed.

LOL.

Alright, so I am very broke now.
And you know where all my hard-earned money goes to.
I bought these too:

My parents mentioned to me once that they like it. So just buy for them lor. Bought last month.

Fish oil. My Mum asked me to buy seal oil but I couldnt find any so far. To make up for that, I bought LOTS of fish oil. Should be enough for Dad? Jane told me today that since my Mum has low blood pressure she cant have omega (dk what number). Oh man, I need to do some research on this now, see if my Mum is suitable to eat or not. If not, my Dad has to finish all these. AWESOME.

(But when I bought these fish oil, those other salesperson told me any blood pressure can take fish oil. Confused.)

我卖补品的。

Hahaha.... 有点夸张？

I have some good influence on Naima too.

Since my membership card entitled us to a one time purchase of 6 bottles of supplements at half price, we fully utilized it.

So Naima bought 2 bottles too, one for her Mum, one for her Dad.

I think I will be permanently removed from their parents' "Black List" hahaha (:

Ok, whoever wants to buy supplements can ask me for the card too.

Learn to be 孝顺 like me hahaha.

But seriously, I just hope that my parents are doing well.

When my Mum complained to me about the pain she had in her joints, I felt so sad and useless.

I cant be with them when they are growing old.

Recently my Mum is not feeling well and has low blood pressure, suffering from joint pain. All I could wish for is to accompany her to those medical check up and remind her to take her medicines.

But even for such simple things, I cant do for them.

This is not supposed to be a sad post.

After buying all those things, it was slightly too late for us to go to work.

Accompanied Naima to buy her eye masks.

Walked around Tiong Bahru Plaza again (it's a wonder how we can keep walking in such a small mall which sells nothings interesting).

Went into John Little and Naima wanted to buy some makeup stuff.

I played with all the things there.

Decided to use those dark colour foundation to make bruises on my arm.

Ok cant really see. But they all look like real bruises and I kept saying "Naima why you pinch me till like this?!?!", "Ouch very painful la, dont touch!!!" -.-

Taken by Naima. Potential Facebook profile picture (suggested by her).

Ok I need a camera that is million times better than the current one to capture the beautiful art I did to my arm. Em... but you still can see one patch of dark areas on my hand.

Totally failed.

Ok this one can see a little.

Can see the red patch?

Drawn with eye liner. Which is really good cos cant smudge one!!! Can do tattoo next time.

Imagine this is my ManUtd tattoo (:

There were 2 small girls in John Little too, playing with the makeup stuff.
THe younger one took those testers and started applying them to her face and eyes.
So cute hahaha.

Naima said that I am as childish as those kids.

No? I think I am more childish.
I win! (:

Stealing Eraser

2011-11-27T22:41:00.000+08:00

I managed to achieve half of today's few hours of work in the last half an hour of work.

That is the difference between good and bad listing.

Dinner with Naima in Thomson.

Ordered 2 different kind if noodle and shared (:

Hopefully she doesnt have any transmittable diseases.

Throughout the whole dinner I was the only one talking, mostly about the food in Guangzhou.

Naima was complaining her jaw hurts after calling.

I never experience such problems before. And I called a lot more than her.

All I feel is the pain in the ear for wearing the headphone on for hours and constantly pressing it hard to my ear to hear clearly what the interviewees said.

Walked around Thomson Plaza after dinner.

Aimlessly walked into Popular.

I wanna get my 0.7 pencil lead. Then Naima commented on some erasers (cant remember what she said. Not important anyway hahaha).

She as dragging me out of the shop (literally) cos she... wanna go toilet? -.-

As we approached the exit, I said -

"Wait!! I put an eraser into your bag just now you walk out now the alarm surely go 'de de de de de'."

"OMG. ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

Then she quickly searched through her bag.

That expression was priceless haha

When I told her I was joking, she immediately pinched my shoulders.

Wahlaoooo damn pain ):

Take a joke la hahahahaaaaa

Later on when waiting for bus, when I mentioned that I was serious about the eraser, she went searching for her bag again hahahaha

Though not so nervous, cos out of the shop already ma.

(Ok so now Mariah will understand the SMS I sent her just now telling her me and Naima in police station cos an eraser was found in Naima's bag.)

I think as long as I work with Naima, I will not get hungry.

She always has bread and fruits with her! (:

And her bread is all so nice. Normally I will HELP her eat finish everything.

So she could only eat my Oreo biscuit.

Hey Oreo biscuit is also very nice!!! Try the new Ice Cream Blueberry flavour!!!

Now after dinner always have fruits yeah super healthy (:

Quote of the day - "There are so many people called Rose in the world, I am the only nice one!!!"

Waste of Time at Work Today

2011-11-27T16:06:00.001+08:00

I am in Mediacorp now and I am so bored.

Came late today and I could only take the damn lousy recycled listing that is without home telephone number.
Those handphone numbers had been called like 5 or 6 times, so what makes one think that they will pick up the call on the 7th time?

Total waste of time here today.
Yawn.
Had I known this earlier, I would not be here today.

I havent been enjoying a rest day for a long time.
A proper rest day.

Sibei sian.

This morning had tuition at 8am, work up at 7am.
I am really amazed with myself. Every morning I can adjust my body to wake up at different hours.
When I have tuition only in the afternoon, I can wake up near noon time.
When I have tuition in the morning, I can wake up at any time to make sure I wont be late.

My body clock is just like my working schedule.
Flexible.

Now I am sitting here and accompanying Naima.
Yawn... I need some hugs.

I regret I didnt bring out two books to read today, the book I am reading is about to finish!!! ):

Fking Undeserving Draw

2011-11-27T01:25:00.004+08:00

I am fking angry now with the scoreline tonight.
Should have killed the game.

Blind linesmen and referee. It was so easy to tell that that tackle from Ferdinand wasnt a foul.
That penalty was totally unacceptable.

And the last minute Chicharito goal wasnt offside.
I dont know, my conclusion is that both the linesmen are from Newcastle and maybe people from Newcastle are FKING BLIND.

Boiling mad now.

I have tuition tomorrow morning at 8AM, I am so angry now that I cant sleep. F!

Sometimes when I feel very awful about the match results, I dont know where to let out the anger.
Most friends I know are either non-football fans or anti-ManUtd.
I dont like hearing people tell me "Oh it is just a match."
It is NOT just a match. If it is just a match I wouldnt be so emotional.
Just like if your pet dies, no one will say "Oh it is just a pet." to comfort you. Right?

Naima's First Day in Mediacorp

2011-11-26T22:59:00.001+08:00

Alright, I need to finish this post fast before 11PM so that I can watch my ManUtd match in peace.

First time working with Naima in Mediacorp (though not first time working with her, we did that at the end of O Levels in the Book Fest, with Mariah too).
It feels really good/weird/nostalgic to have her sitting next to me.

Felt like going back to secondary school days (though we were never in the same class).
The thought of I am going to see her more often and perhaps every day made me feel so... "wah, its school all over again!"

Remember back in the old days when we went for those early SL meetings.
And in Sec 4 after I quitted SL, she would accompanied me to get the class attendance book (was chairman for the class then).
She would always be eating her BREAD and sometimes, I mean most of the time, shared with me.

Gosh this is funny, I think throughout my four year of secondary school, every morning I will "steal" food from someone HAHAHA

Today she brought bread (Thank you Auntie for the butter bread!), fruits and some other stuff like chopstick (for eating our instant noodle for dinner).
As usual, I love all her food. Cos... has got that "home" feel.

It is a much more productive day to work with Naima than with Debbie.
With Debbie that clown, she will ask me go down to "walk walk" with her all the time.
But with Naima, she is the one kan cheong about making money hahaha.

I cant wait to see what happens next week when I go work with them TOGETHER.

One of my colleagues said that me and Naima look alike and asked if we are sisters.
Oh my god.
WE WHERE GOT LOOK ALIKE?!?!?

Anyway, that colleague of mine is not reliable one la, she actually guessed my age as 27 last time, and believing when I said I am 30 year old leh.
OMG CAN YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE SOMEONE SAID I LOOK 27?!?!?!?

I fking wanna commit suicide.

Most people say I look younger than my age can? -.-

Good that Naima is doing well for her work today.
Doesnt seem she needed a lot of time to get used to calling unknown people.

I mean, though I never praise her before, today I am very impressed with her.
Perhaps that is cos throughout all these 7 years of knowing her, I have been bullying her (HAHA!) and she doesnt seem mind to be bullied.
And I know her well enough that she is someone who doesnt like speaking out her mind, and doesnt like things that are too adventurous.
So it kinda surprised me when she just gets so well with that survey job.

No longer is that shy Naima that I used to know.

Perhaps university had finally changed you.
Perhaps the responsibility of work changed you.
Perhaps money changed you.

Whatever it is, I know it is something good (:
Yes I only say this once, and never in your face so dont ask me to repeat it to you: I am so proud of you today.

Now I sound like she is my little pet HAHAHAHA

Anyway, Naima said that I am a nice person to her friends!!! (Well, that kinda explained why I praised her)
Yeah, she finally speaks out the secret she keep for these 7 long years.

She was telling me that she was talking about me to her other uni friends and she suddenly slipped out of her mouth that "She is very funny and very nice."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. YOU SEE, NAIMA SAID THAT I AM VERY NICE LEHHHHHH!

I mean, that is a fact la, but to hear Naima saying it is soooo shiok.

Somemore she said it to her friends, which means how she really think about me (:
If you can tell your friend that your another friend is nice, it cant be a lie right?
Same for if some of your "friend" call you "bitch" at your back, you know that cant be a lie too.

Work is much more fun with friends (though I am also ok working alone, which is something I think most people cant, especially in this considered "boring" survey job).
Today is like a picnic day with so much food around.

Mariah you missed it.
I mean, Mariah you missed the food! (:

C'mon dont pretent! I MEAN FOOD LEHHHHHH!!!!