BOO~

been feeling sleepy these days and i can't stop yawning~ the yawning disease is back for another round of attack. shall cure it by sleeping early waking late tmr(:.

twice i've baked/made cake at sher's house, and for both times, some thing or other will screw up. the first time was when ky, sher and i baked cheesecake, yours truly here poked the chopstick a little too far into the blender (while blending the digestive biscuits fr the base) and the sharp blades caught the poor chopstick and snapped abit of it off=/. so we wasted half a packet of biscuits. and ytd, we decide to make tiramisu. and as i whipped the liquid whipping cream, the cream eventually turned into yellow oily BUTTER. so we wasted a cup of whipped cream and had to cut down on all other ingredients to accomodate. oops. the cream really looked super suspicious cos it looked the same even after whipping, so i whipped for another min or two, then it became clumpy and buttery=S. oops. it was me who screwed up both times, ahaha. but that was because i was the one trying to teach them how to make the cake ma. at least for the tiramisu la. this is what comes out of kei kiang-ing. haha..

screw ups aside, the tiramisu still turned out fine(:. stopped whipping aft a very short while fr the 2nd cup of cream. haha. the taste was nice, bt the tiramisu was abit too soft. haha. maybe it was because the cream wasn't whipped enough.. not too sure. the coffee smell was abit stronger! and the rum taste was nonexistent againnn.

and we watched hairspray while eating lunch and waiting for the cake to be chilled. ahhhh. vvvvv nice:). although half the time we were guessing away the lyrics and lines cos there were NO subtitles. i'm like super dependent on subs. even when watching chinese drams, i will read the english subs. haah. and while watching korean shows, i will read both eng and chi subs. ><. but zac efron looks rather bad in hairspray. lol. i prefer him in HMS. lol. yes i did watch HMS (high school musical). i like musicals!!!=D. phantom!!^^

also watched this chick flick starring hillary and haylie duff- material girls. goshh. ahaha. they were bimbotic in the show. they burned down their own house la. didn't finish the show though. i dunno why we rented that show actually. haha. cos the rental shop didn't hv stardust!=(. i want to watch STARDUST.

HAIRSPRAY HAIRSPRAY~~

goood morning baltimore~~

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황 진 이 is such a tragic show=//. always get very emotional while watching it. haha. first it was when her first love was severed and the poor guy died. then it was her teacher who committed suicide after she said all those cruel words to her. then it was her doomed love with the 어반대듬 [礼判大人] (hope i typed correctly lol. realised i've been typing 안 닝 when it is 안 녕=p). haiii. the show is ending soon. but quite happy too. so i can stop wasting tissue and watch sth happier. cos MY GIRL is showing at the same timeslot after hwang jin yi!=). woohoo~

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gtg le cos coffee prince is showing!! last eps tdy.

one last thing: HURRRRAY. yt gonna watch jeffchang concert with me=)).

안 녕~

boo~
















been some time since i bought a cd.. actually the last cd i bought was with yt as well.. and it was 孙燕姿's 《逆光》.. anw this is sodagreen 苏打绿's 《无与伦比的美丽》. it's really a cd worthed listening to:). their lyrics are bonuses as well.. we got it from a cdstore (which we only managed to find after going around in circles) in Shaw Leisure Gallery (in shaw tower). it's quite sad that normal cdstores don't sell their cds.. cos it's less mainstream music so there's a smaller market demand for it.. it's under a category called indies pop (whatever that means. HAHA. but i guess it means non mainstream pop).

okay, here's how wikipedia defined indies pop:

"Indie pop or "Pop indie" refers to the indie music based on the conventions of Pop music. Debido a que el Indie rock es considerado a veces como toda la música indie en general, el indie pop puede ser considerado como un subgénero del indie rock. Because the Indie rock is sometimes regarded as any indie music in general, the indie pop can be seen as a subgenus of indie rock. The pop music is seen as a catchy and simplistic, two attributes that indie music generally rejected. Thus, the indie pop is pop music that moves beyond the limits of conventional pop music.
*translated from spanish*"

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here are some fooood photos~

went in search of changi airport's gelare cafe with yun last tuesday but it proved to be a futile search in t1. ><~ (we realised ltr that the gelare was in the transit of t1.. so there was no way we could hv gotten there unless we are flying oversea.. heh) so we finally found the closest gelare along east coast road..
















the gelare waffles, topped with chocolate overload, rum&raisin and whipped cream. hot waffles + cold icecream~ mmMMmm.

after the dessert, we walked towards our lunch at the 328 katong laksa coffeeshop.. we walked quite a number of bus stops which were quite far apart, and unwilling followed behind a garbage truck which kept passing by us on the road and stopping in front of us =.=. first it was at some housing area, then it was at st patrick's school.. saw this icecream shop where you can mix and match your own flavours on our way.. it loooked like a deserted and forgotten shop but probably cos it was at quite a weird place and it wasn't opening hours yet.. also saw a pet grooming shop, and there were a few dogs (with their backs facing us) waiting in line in the cages.. ahhh. so cuteee. i hv decided that i no longer want a shihtzu. i want a ... ... maltease!! or.. red poodle (红贵宾）.. damn cute. haha. okkay. i'm fickle-minded.
















LAKSA. and lime juice.

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i have huge lumps of bruises on both my calves. thanks to the nice and stable nus shuttle buses. (or maybe it's thanks to my excellent sense of balance) anw, the bus was crammed when i got on it through the back door last friday, on my way to sci fact from fas as7. when it stopped at the com centre, i had to get down to mk space for people alighting. when i got on again, there was still alot of human traffic in front and behind me with people alighting and boarding.. when people finally stopped alighting, i took a step down from the back seats to the steps and slipped=/. damn. i slid from the topmost step to the second step and scrapped my calves. i'm glad i'm a jeans girl, and not the skirts type of girl. so only ended up with bruises but not scraped skin and blood. haii. ohh. and all these happened when the bus was stationary. so maybe i hv maligned the bus. it's my own doing. BOOHOO.

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another week of lectures gone. phonetics really make me drowsy=X. EL1101E as well. but phonetics is worse cos it's a 10am lecture and i would always hv a hearty breakfast before it.. and the lecturer speaks very loudly into his microphone sometimes so it's abit irritating when the lt is very small and the sound travels a short distance into your ears.. on the other hand, my general hist lecturer speaks very softly. he holds his microphone at least 10cm away from his mouth. and his voice tends to decrescendo. but he's better in my prose class (which comprises of only fifteen students), and more interesting and engaging. my american biology lecturer goes "maduel" when he says "module". and bio is kind of very cheem.

tutorials start in the coming weeeek. with EL tutorial tmr and bio lab on wed!! chinese tutorials start quite late.. earliest in week5 and it's week3 in the coming week. ahhh. looking fwd to lab lesson (cos i haven't stepped into a lab since sec4), but abit afraid as well cos i will be alone.. i must keep my eyes open and try to be as unblur as possible. i still remember relying alot on the two guys sitting on the same bench as me and eve during dhs chem lab days. and relying alot on judy during physics lab (fr the accurate lab experiment results). and relying quite a bit on my lab partner during bio lab (one of them was none other than ms wonghy). sheeesh. i sound like a leech. CANNOT. i must be independent. 아 자!

joined arts camp ocomm, in the admin pr.. wellls. still feeling abit lost after the first meeting seeing so many different faces and rah-rah people, bt nvm, come what may~ and i hv yun for company anw:). and i missed the recruitment period for emcc oops. nvm there's next sem..

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안 닝 !!

boo~

got all my balloted tutorial slots.. i get 3day even weeks=). went through the packed friday last week and it was alright(:. stomach didn't start a growling spree after the BK breakfast.
























welcome home to sher and yh!!! hurrrray~!!

((:

莊 子

(http://www.epochtimes.com)
《 莊 子 ﹒ 內 篇 ﹒ 養 生 主 第 三 》

吾 生 也 有 涯 ， 而 知 也 無 涯 。 以 有 涯 隨 無 涯 ， 殆 已 ！ 已 而 為 知 者 ， 殆 而 已 矣 ！ 為 善 無 近 名 ， 為 惡 無 近 刑 ， 緣 督 以 為 經 ， 可 以 保 身 ， 可 以 全 生 ， 可 以 養 親 ， 可 以 盡 年 。

庖 丁 為 文 惠 君 解 牛 ， 手 之 所 觸 ， 肩 之 所 倚 ， 足 之 所 履 ， 膝 之 所 踦 ， 砉 然 響 然 ， 奏 刀 騞 然 ， 莫 不 中 音 ， 合 於 桑 林 之 舞 ， 乃 中 經 首 之 會 。 文 惠 君 曰 ： 「 嘻 ， 善 哉 ！ 技 蓋 至 此 乎 ？ 」

庖 丁 釋 刀 對 曰 ： 「 臣 之 所 好 者 道 也 ， 進 乎 技 矣 。 始 臣 之 解 牛 之 時 ， 所 見 無 非 全 牛 者 ﹔ 三 年 之 后 ， 未 嘗 見 全 牛 也 ﹔ 方 今 之 時 ， 臣 以 神 遇 而 不 以 目 視 ， 官 知 止 而 神 欲 行 。 依 乎 天 理 ， 批 大 卻 ， 導 大 窾 ， 因 其 固 然 。 技 經 肯 綮 之 未 嘗 微 礙 ， 而 況 大 軱 乎 ！ 良 庖 歲 更 刀 ， 割 也 ﹔ 族 庖 月 更 刀 ， 折 也 ﹔ 今 臣 之 刀 十 九 年 矣 ， 所 解 數 千 牛 矣 ， 而 刀 刃 若 新 發 於 硎 。 彼 節 者 有 閒 ， 而 刀 刃 者 無 厚 ， 以 無 厚 入 有 閒 ， 恢 恢 乎 其 於 游 刃 必 有 餘 地 矣 。 是 以 十 九 年 而 刀 刃 若 新 發 於 硎 。 雖 然 ， 每 至 於 族 ， 吾 見 其 難 為 ， 怵 然 為 戒 ， 視 為 止 ， 行 為 遲 ， 動 刀 甚 微 ， 謋 然 已 解 ， 牛 不 知 其 死 也 ， 如 土 委 地 。 提 刀 而 立 ， 為 之 而 四 顧 ， 為 之 躊 躇 滿 志 ， 善 刀 而 藏 之 。 」

文 惠 君 曰 ： 「 善 哉 ！ 吾 聞 庖 丁 之 言 ， 得 養 生 焉 。 」

one of the prose(s?) from my ch2222. it's actually part of the whole 養 生 主..

wellls. cheem 是 cheem. but i think it's still an interesting module:). but there will 8 assignments (5m each only._.) thereby got to 译 all these 古文s.. and got to 译古文篇章 for exams too. hopefully, by then, i would have become friends with all those 古人s and understood their written language. it's not their fault why their written prose are all so cheemified. just imagine, the days when paper was not yet invented. nor were pens. they had to either carve the words (and so many 笔画s!) on wood or bamboo or write with 毛笔s on 竹片s. hence they just had to find a way to do efficient summaries.

hmmmm. am supposed to go pore over my 養 生 主 and try to 悟出个所以然 so that i can do my first assignment. but in the end, after completing bio assignment i started to slack and now i'm going crazy with a friend over iswak2 aft disturbing choccy.

好吧。

안 냥 !

彩虹 - 周杰伦

哪里有彩虹告诉我　
能不能把我的愿望还给我
为什么天这么安静　
所有的云都跑到我这里

有没有口罩一个给我　
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药

看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着　
你的声音这么近我却抱不到
没有地球　太阳还是会绕　
没有理由　我也能自己走

你要离开我知道很简单
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱
当作我最后才明白

有没有口罩一个给我　
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药　
也是我现在正服下的毒药

看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着　
你的声音这么近我却抱不到
没有地球　太阳还是会绕　
没有理由　我也能自己走

你要离开我知道很简单　
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱　
当作我最后才明白

看不见你的笑　
要我怎么睡的着　 你的声音这么近我却抱不到
没有地球太阳还是会绕会绕
没有理由我也能自己走掉
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药

你要离开我知道很简单　
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱　
当作我最后才明白

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listen to it HERE. =)

boo~

finished reading jodi picoult's nineteen minutes two nights ago.. felt quite depressed after reading.. [hmmmm. using the word "depressed" reminds me of my first lect of semester two. during EL1101E tdy, the lecturer was talking about different new technical jargon different mods may introduce to the students.. for example, from EL1101E we learn the true meaning of "grammar", as such that everybody who speaks a certain language will hv an innate knowledge of that language's grammar so there is no such thing as "poor grammar" (or something along that lines). anw she said that she used to tell her best friend who majored in psychology that she felt depressed. her friend would go nono, you are not depressed, you are not depressed as in clinically depressed etcetcetc. OKAY. but that wasn't my point. =X]

anw yaa. after putting down the book, i just had this bleak feeling coming over me.

summary of the storyline:

The main male character, seventeen-year-old Peter Houghton was a victim of bullying since kindergarten and the bullying ranged from taunting to physical exchanges like being shoved into a locker. He was targeted simply because he was different from the other kids, and he just could not fit in anywhere in school. Peter used to have one best friend, Josie Cormier, but their friendship came to an abrupt end somewhere in the middle of high school as Josie wanted to fit into the popular crowd. One day, Peter went to school with four guns and tow and started shooting. He killed ten people (including Josie's boyfriend) and injured many. He got arrested. The story went on to alternate between recounting the past (e.g. what had happened years ago, months before, days before, hours before) and narrating the present (e.g. the trials, how life went on for various people after the shooting). Finally there was a slight twist at the end which I hadn't seen it coming. Go read the book if you want to know how it ended:).

had been thinking. just so how different peter was from the other kids/teenagers. and how the difference led to the incessant daily bullying which eventually climaxed into the breakdown of the bully victim and the drastic revenge taken. sighh. but it was quite saddening to realise that you could not point fingers at one party alone, be it peter's parents, peter's brother, the bullies, peter himself, josie etc, cos everyone had a part in contributing to the ultimate outcome.

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also read the Northern Lights. the first of His Dark Materials trilogy. the Northern Lights was filmed as the Golden Compass (which I didn't watch). the story just got more and more riveting and thrilling as i read on:). one part that grossed me out was the fight between two polar bears, for the King's (i.e ruler of Svalbard- the region of the polar bears) throne. the polar bear who won (Iorek Byrnison) ripped open the loser's chest and ate his (its?) heart.

=S.

stomach felt abit queasy after reading that part.

lol. i wonder how it was filmed. or maybe that bit got cut away in the movie.

but then again, it would all be computer graphics if the gory scene had been filmed.

other than that gross bit, the book was great. and sis just lent me book two and three. HOHO.

but school has started. *groans*

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so those were two books that left rather long lasting impression(s?) is there a plural form for impression?- on me.. that's why i prefer trashy novels sometimes. ahha. trashy novels that just provide pure entertainment and once you finish the last page, that's it. no overarching after effects. the shopaholic series is one example. hehe. shopaholic series is trashy yes, but really extremely entertaining. i'm always surprised and amazed by becky bloomwood's shopping prowess, letter writing hobby (mainly written to her bank managers regarding overdrafts or investments) and overactive imagination=p.

dean koontz's books fall under the category of bone-chilling thrillers. everytime i finish a koontz book, i will tell myself i would stop borrowing his books, which never fail to creep me out. but the nxt time i step into a library and not find an interesting trashy romance novel, i will borrow another koontz book. bleargh. also because i don't know many authors. heheh.

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school HAS started.

bleargh. and just got creeped out by C H 2 2 2 2. with its greekish readings and my module mates and potential tutorial mates. (fyi, there are only FOURTEEN students taking this module. i pray that the two tutorial slots would stay status quo and not merge...)

sighh.

a new semester has begun...

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BOO~

i love going ikea!! went there last fri with sh and yun. love ikea for the food and the furniture and other random stuff:). first up... FOOD!













asparagus soup. dubious colour but yummy taste.





















THE meatballs=). meatballs were perfect, with the sauce and the cranberry jam.





















salmon with a generous scoop of mustard (+ X + Y) sauce.

the meatballs and the sauces can be bought from ikea as well to mk them at home.. bt it still felt good munching on these delicious food at ikea itself..




















chicken wings! (supposedly with curry flavouring) the chicken was crispy on the outside and tender, succulent, juicy on the inside, but a bit too oily.. heheh. in other words, sinful.

so after the food, we ooh-ed and aah-ed at the different sofa sets, bedroom settings, dining room settings, bathroom settings, single apartment settings with a bed area + bathroom + small cooking and dining area, and other random things like...






















this spastic looking green fish. and its orange friend.
































we took turns on riding a horse! *gallops* *sings “我虽然是个牛仔，在酒吧只喝牛奶~”*













now you see me...












now you don't!





















sh and me. yun and me.















colouring game!















first you choose the picture..













then you start colouring!





i had a fun time colouring. fingers were not very nimble so took a few failed attempts before this successful one:).

hehe.. there are somemore photos but i'm really too lazy to continue uploading..

ikea~ i will come again^^

yo~

my timetable if tutorial balloting goes well(:



























real sleepyy now after copy and pasting worksheets for tmr's tuition.

조 머 새 요 ~!

nites~

lala.

ohyeah so i finished 换换爱 ytd after 3 days of watching (slowly). 贺军翔是帅的。but read some 负面报导 on him and got abit turned off. haha. 毕竟偶像剧的故事骨架就是必须编出唯美的剧情，而各个演员都扮演着带有瑕疵却又完美的角色。可是真的很吸引人。我承认我的肤浅。但，梦可以很美丽嘛:)。

but i still think iswak is the best tw idol drama.

alright alright.

i'm still addicted.

addicted to zs and xq's love.

hahaha.

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boo~

tdy bidding round 2A and i'm kiao ka-ing away cos unrestricted electives are up for bidding in round 2B, breadth modules in round 2C. this stupid bidding gonna drag till friday. damn irritating. and we are starting school nxt week. grr.

bleeeeeee. running late. update again when i get bckk.. jaaaa!

BOO!

muahaha.

back from piggies chalet!((:

yet to kup photos from hj, so no photos to upload.. haha.. anw it was real fun playing with all the members of the pig family straight from ytd 2+pm till tdy 11+am=). around 20 hours spent together to make up fr all the months:).

dear piggies, it's rather amazing how different our paths are right now.. i feel really old, after all these years since the dhs years. haha.. but it's okayy. piggies will always find time somehow to make our paths converge again=DD.

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dozed off around 6am this morning and woke fr a while.. slept from 7plus to 9plus. when i reached home, lazed about before hitting the pillows at 2.30pm. woke at 8pm. now i'm feeling darned sleepy again.

and i hv tuition with DA KIDS tmr. wah sian. with my swollen big ulcerrrr.

*grumbles*

nvmm.

will be fine after catching up on sleep.

(:.

BOO!

first day of the new year 2008!!!

JIANG!

*photo lei?!*

ehhh.. yar, just imagine a clean room without any clutter or rubbish or dust~~

(my room isn't exactly spick and span now so there are no photos for me to show it off. lol.)

but i felt good cleaning up my drawers, cupboards etcc. many bags of used paper (without staples! removed them. haha..) waiting fr the next yellow recycling bag to come along~

lalala~

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okay, 2008 is a brand new year. i have good vibes about this yr.

so ST1131 will mk its grand reappearance on cors website.

yoohooo!

it's really there.

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and i hv a baking session with eve tmr~ lalala. yt! hurry recover den we go eve's house play agn! yaay.

and there's piggies chalet on thurs.

MAHAHAA.

although there's bidding as well, sadly.

but it's okkkkkkay.

cos friends always brighten up our days eh?

=).

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stomach keeps on growling.. SHHHHHH!!

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我的房间有三多。

多 stickers，多文件夹，多还没开张的 notebooks.














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HAPPY 2008!!!

may the new year be a better one for all of us:). filled with joy, hope and happiness and love as well=D.

honestly, not in the joyous festive mood.

i mean.. yaa so 2007 left and is replaced by 2008.

hmmm.

first thing on my mind.

my room is in a mess!!!!!

lol.

like always. (hmm it was clean fr a while during the period my bro got married)

haven't cleared out the sem1 rubbish notes. oops.

k la. don't have any major complaints about my life right now.

it's just that...

i hate the shitty ST1131 already (cos it likes to do disappearing tricks).

i hate timetabling nonsense and am stuck with only one alternative timetable.

i hate the bidding which will commence soon.

i don't like my results.

i don't like varsity life.

i don't like having no goal in life.

i don't like being average.

i don't like not feeling confident.

blahblahblahblahh.

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ehhh.

it's the new year after all. so let's put on smiles and say

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY 2008!! GOODbYE STUPID 2007!!!!

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a passing thought: i don't like hospitals. i hate the sterilized smell of hospitals. i hate the clean air which feels artificial. i dislike the feeling of sickness/ helplessness/ despair that hang about in the air.

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another passing thought: i shall spend my first day of 2008 cleaning out my cluttered drawers and shredding tearing throwing papers (useless sem1 notes). muhaha.

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