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半情歌 - 元若藍

2012-01-27T23:48:00.002+08:00

花接受凋零
風接受追尋
心的傷還有一些不要緊
我接受你的決定

你將會被誰抱緊
唱什麼歌哄他開心
我想著天空什麼時候會放晴
地球不曾為誰停一停

你的明天有多快樂不是我的

Your happiness does not belong to me
我們的愛是唱一半的歌

our love is an unfinished song
時間把習慣換了

time has changed habits
傷口癒合

healed wounds
也撤銷我再想你的資格

and removed my right to think of you.

你的祝福一半甜的一半苦的

Your blessings are sweet yet bitter
像我手中冷掉的可可

like the cold cocoa in my hands
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的

That which one regrets is always unfinished
我只能唱著一半的歌
I can only sing an unfinished song.

我的明天快不快樂都是我的

My happiness does not belong to me

我們的愛是唱一半的歌

our love is an unfinished song
時間把習慣換了

time has changed habits
傷口癒合

healed wounds
也撤銷我再想你的資格

and taken away my right to think of you.

你的祝福一半甜的一半苦的
像我手中冷掉的可可
最最教人殘念的總是未完成的
另一半的歌

One of the saddest love songs I know of..

Sometimes it hard to translate cos' of the connotation

the chinese words carry with them.

Like how the flowers wither away, how the wind doesnt stop, she doesnt have a choice but to go along with his decisions..

and how cocoa beans are indeed bitter and sweet..

an awesome song in my opinion :)

a sad song that'll tug at your heartstrings :)

Mods this sem.

2012-01-23T01:21:00.005+08:00

HMM. i thought it would be really fun this sem..

but seems like it isnt. BLAH.

this sem, Im taking 3 cores, 3 elects

I thought all 3 elects would be like fun FUN!

BUT. i feel so cheated by the LS GERPE.

BLAH. in the course you are supposed to show active participation.

the course coordinator makes you post any interesting things to do with the course online. AS IN ON FB.

HAI. this kinda life is SO Singaporean.

because now everything is computerized people expect that you reply ASAP.

in this case. NEVER GET A BREAK FROM ACADEMIC LIFE.

THIS SUCKS MAN. GET A LIFE CAN.

and i created another Fb acc to "deal with it"

uber mafan to keep signing out and signing in.

but beats having some people i dont really know stalking my profile...

and everyone;'s SO on the balll.

Everyone seems so nice and all, but. now it seems like a majority are hypocrites.

maybe its too early to say that but as of now.

this mod SUCKS. FULLSTOP.

Im taking my HP1000 intro to Psych this sem too :)

hmm. id say its tougher than HP1100 in the sense that its not smth you can SLACK throughout the term and expect to do well..

but, :) its my interest afterall, so. NO BURDENS :D

interesting but needs hardword ill say..

Im taking a fine arts mod too :)

UBER FUN!!

i learn about Picasso, Monet, Manet, Cezanne, Gaugin, Van Gogh.. the list goes on!

its great to take this course:)

it is very artsy fartsy :) but it really brings light to the art pieces they produce :)

like when i travel, i visit museums and art galleries that house their works

but taking this course,

I value the paintings I see even more, its not simply a "OH. I've seen Van Gogh's Starry Night before" but more like "Van Gogh's starry night is awesome cos it reflects his thoughts and was the illustration of his vivid imagination."

AWESOME :)

well. bu tthe trade-off is that,

due to the nature of this course, youll feel intimidated cos you're not exactly educated in this field..

also you'll be hyper scared by the assignments..

well. i intend to S/U it so its fine!! :)

still looking forward to attend every lesson of it :)

HMMM. oh wells. YES. i guess the aim of this post was for me to rant about some stupid mod i took. that is the "best choice for me" so i cant drop it though im already starting to hate it after barely 2+ hours of it.

AHH oh yea! HAPPY CNY EVERYONE! :)

may the coming year be an awesome year :)

even better than the previous year :)

Another Crossroad?

2012-01-20T01:11:00.002+08:00

HAI. today i pon-ded band for the very first time (NUS Band)

then i suddenly realised im at another crossroad.

TSK. hate stuff like that..

i dont know if i should play for my next concert..

its so weird to not do anything on thursdays...

like. for all my past thursdays there isnt one where im not in NUS.

even if theres no band, im always just there for something...

it just feels weird to not be in the place.

But Mr Ho will be so disappointed..

but.. every sem is a new challenge

because the flute section changes so much.. its like every sem, half of your section changes.

and. its tiring to have to learn to work with a new set of people..

sometimes its really hard to find the "MUO QI" esp when you dont have a long history togther.

take it that im lazy! but ya.. im still someone who doesnt like change..

i dont like the feeling of having something that can potentially slip away to eventually do.

its just sad.

i dont have the confidence that we'd all be as close if we stop band-ing..

i mean. they are at least 2 years older than me, things like "if we have to be less closer, then. thats it, life is like that" might go through their minds.. i hate to feel like im the only one holding on to everything..

i think im not la.. but still. knowing that it might potentially go that direction is scary.

BUT theres no control over who plays in which sem..

i just miss the Austria trip flute section :) that was the best section ever :)

best in terms of everything :)

Places I travelled to in 2 years :)

2012-01-04T21:42:00.010+08:00

Its astonishing to realise the number of places Ive been to over the past 2 years :)
I guess im super fortunate to be able to do so :)
i mean, im still a student, i have an academic life, but haha looking at the photos, thats not my occupation. my occupation should be "traveller" :D HAHHA
and i'm thankful that my parents can support my travelling :)
all our travelling are high expenses travellin,
in family trips, we stay in the best(except japan trip cos i was planner, trying to cut cost!), eat the best, travel the best..
everything best best best, its not easy..
but when im on band trips i scrimp and save
and spend more on gifts and souvenirs cos those are the ones i can keep and give :)
HMMM. MUAHAHA presenting, the LIST!!!!

Dec '09 -- Dec'11
1. Paris
2. London
3. Taiwan
4. Hongkong June
5. Hongkong Dec
6. Seoul
7. Austria
8. Germany
9. Japan

Okies let the recollection begin!!!

1. Paris :)

First A380 we sat, it was ultimate luxury of space! :) Off to Paris :)
Outside the Palace of Versailies where the treaty was signed :) I was frozen till my lips "disappeared from my face" :)

Beautiful sight :) Paris still remains the most romantic city in Europe, for me :) Its like being in a place with beautiful hand-painted cathedrals, awesome museums, royalty like dining places :) what more can i ask for! :)

2. London
Went on the Eurostar to London from Paris :) Taken outside the Windsor Palace, where Queen Elizabeth currently resides :)

The London Eye :) And i caught Les Miserables too :) Honestly, before i watched it i wasnt too impressed with the storyline, but. the play blew me away! to the extent that I feel like i should dump both psych and engine and run off to europe to study theatre studies :).. SIGH. thats a BIG dream that will never come true. in SG, its only "Dream if you have the capacity to." not "Dream big". okay this is depressing. move on!

London :) A great place to be in largely due to easy communication, no language barrier.. hmmm and do check out london bridge and the adjacent museum, interesting interesting :) otherwise, its simply another shopping heaven :) Burberry's and Ted Bakers on lowER prices, they're not exactly very cheap still..

back to Paris on the Arc de Triomphe overlooking Champs Elysee where we stayed at Le Claridge :) We were there during christmas season :) christmas markets along champs were great! Hot wine, Churros, Chocolate, Waffles, Mushroom Stroganoff, Swarovski Crystal Handmade Decorative balls,i its just goes on and on and on... :)

3. Taiwan -- Band Trip with NIE Band :)

Hmmm. dunno where this is, some big important thing :) Everyone who comes to Taiwan has to have a shot here :) its near the place where they have the changing of guards ceremony..

Was on the trip with mainly them :) Mr Ho, Mr Wong, Victor, Shannon, Darrin, ShuJian :) out of which Shujian'e the only non NJCian, he's from Raffles. We all had a great time tgt although this memory seems so far away.. even further than Sec 4 Grad day. SIGH. sadly its been buried to the depths of my mind. Oh well. At least i have pictures of remember it from :)

Honour band clique :) honour band is STILL the best band ive ever played it. BEST! I cant forget how awesome we sounded :) great experience id NEVER forget :) I guess that was the only part related to NJ that was clear :)

ALL batches of NJCians from NIE band :) now tt i look at it, looks like a family portrait of a mafia family :) HAHA but.. generally, good company id say :) it wasnt awesome, but.. good enough :)

4./5. Hongkong -- Most visited place. 2nd home!

I dont even remember which photo was from when.. we've been to HK so many times, sometimes not the entire family goes, like. maybe its just me, my mum, aunt, and my sis? ya. i cant even count.. and we dont have many photos of it cos its like. 2nd home.. hmm im thinking if it should even be considered a place i "travelled to" since visits are more frequent than travellin to M'sia..

This must be june cos we're in summer clothes
This is december :) haha christmas deco! HK is simply a good place to shop and eat at an affordable price.. NO TAX!!

6. Seoul -- A lovely place to people watch :) er. just forget that they did plastic.

I look skinny here!! HAHAHA ps. ignore me.

Sadly i dont quite remember much of it cos the period after this was one of the most trying periods in my life. :(

Having Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) near GyeongBokGung :) YUMYUM. must return!! Im not a fan of korean food though.. i think red food is not appetising.. :( nonetheless, seoul is a place with lovely coffeeshops, good cheap korean shopping :)

7. Austria -- By God's grace, this trip was in time to heal my soul from all the rejection ive faced from both unis. and relieve my stress of thinking about courses, whether to go overseas..

The view from my room in Schaldming. Beautiful paradise. Ivve never seen anything like this.. Speechless.. The beauty of this place is just not describable by words :)

Salzburg, Birthplace of Mozart :) One of the most romantic places in Europe too :) Beautiful beautiful :) I had the loveliest memories there haha prolly due to the fact that Schaldming has not sights though its filled with the blessings of nature :)

On the top of a mountain thats between austria and germany, Hitler's vacation home on one side, Salzburg on the other :) Im glad we had the Saxes bring us around :) at that time the rushing was quite RUSHED. but now thinking back, with only 1 day in Salzburg, if we didnt rush, id regret it !!

8. Germany
Munich :) HMMM. this city was okay i guess. due to the poor lodging, i'm HIGHLY biased against it.. but its gothic sights are beautiful nonetheless :)

Company was the most important on this trip :)my BEST band trip EVER. BEST!

8. Japan

Kyoto -- Lovely traditional places :) Kimono Clad Women, thats Kyoto haha

Nara -- Deerland :)

Hakone, Hot Springs!

Robouchon at Tokyo :) Highly inflated Christmas dinner, 300++ per person.. Shall get to that in another post..

Yups :D Thats the end of my adventures!! :D

WINNERS:

MOST ROMANTIC CITY -- Paris

MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTRY -- Japan

BEST SHOPPING -- Seoul

BEST EATING -- HK

BEST PLACE FOR BRANDED SHOPPING -- Paris (far), HK (near)

BEST EXPERIENCE + BEST COMPANY -- NUS Band Trip :)

AH. maybe i should go do journalism and become a travel journalist!! HAHA

Wedding Proposal Video

2011-12-30T12:28:00.002+08:00

this video has been going all over the net..

http://vimeo.com/33507366

What can be sweeter than this?

the guy in the video is not exactly the charming kind that we always dream of,

but love and sincerity is whats most important :)

"I have died everyday waiting for you

Darlin' don't be afraid

I have Loved you for a thousand years

I'll Love you for a thousand more"

Liszt

2011-12-29T22:52:00.003+08:00

Beautiful beautiful :)

I chanced upon these online,

Liszt's Leibestraum and Consolation :)

both are really beautiful pieces :)

Liebestraum (Dreams of Love) written inspired by a poem by F. Freiligrath

http://www.flickr.com/photos/to_bua/5060776849/

Consolation No.3

its really beautiful :) haha i think many ppl think im weird

well. cos i dont listen to mainstream music.. like kpop and stuff.

in fact kpop is what i hate, almost to the extent that i hate rapping songs that mean nothing.

but classical pieces are timeless. just like audrey hepburn's little black dress :)

maybe music is why i dont have much friends also.. i do actually have alot of friends!

but cos i music i dont have more i guess haha cos we "speak different languages"

i dont understand why ppl like blasting music which has no substance in lyrics and weird chord progressions. just like how ppl dont understand how i can stand such "boring" music. but actually classical music, if you listen closely it gives you alot of space to think about pretty stuff, to reflect and all. a really different experience :)

while my friends may go crazy queuing up for SNSD or SUJU tickets

i'd rather be going to a chopin concert at esplanade :)

while ppl go clubbing, i'd rather be out having practice or staring at the stars (sg has few, im always thinking of the austrian night sky with the bright clear moon)

while ppl bitch about kim kardashian reading magazines, or talk about A&F guys, i'd rather be read scores :)

haha speaking of which. i did that once in the canteen when JY wasnt in school to accompany me, there was no seat but i alrdy bought my prata. so i had no choice but to share a table with 6 guys :( then i plugged in and listened to Liszt's piece, Poet and Peasant. and please! they gossiped about me can! i dont remember what they said exactly but i do remember appearing weird to them. AIYAH. leave me alone la. think im weird for all i care! haha

ya :) but al that said, i still love westlife! :D HEEHEE.

Gathering Tomorrow..

2011-12-29T21:54:00.002+08:00

HAI. 09SH18 gathering tomorrow..

i dont wanna go~~

hai. how shall i put it.

im glad that my classmates were part of my JC life

cos they made the process less painful than what it would have been..

but... i think after sec school i closed myself up,

and they are a group of friends who have unfortunately not stepped into my heart..

so. i guess to a certain extent i dont feel like going to entertain..

its not their fault that its this way la.

i also wished i was closer to them..

but from the beginning it just seemed like we were world apart

they're quite rahrah.. and im not comfortable being rahrah with them..

so ive decided once agian not to go. i think this is the 4th outing ive not been to already.

ahh haha maybe Huiyun will read this post

SORRY GIRL! im sure you'll understand!

tho im not intending to go for class outing, I DO wanna meet up with the 4 of you!! :D

we have never fulfilled our wish of going to old airport road tgt :D

AHHH. but yes :) shhhh dont tell the rest ya:)

i told them im not free~~ SHHH~~ :D

enjoy yourself!!

Indignation. BIG INDIGNATION.

2011-12-29T03:23:00.003+08:00

Hi dear blog :)

Im back here once again when I've tonnes of things to say...

Sometime ago, i applied for transfer from NTU engine to NUS FASS..

Today I received the decision.. once again,

FAILED.

AGAIN. time and again the result is still the same.

i always say i get the feeling of numbness when i receive such stuff

but hai. not having seen the familiar regimental-looking white letter with the orange heading

theres still the feeling of disappointment.

feeling sad is one thing. feeling indignant is another.

i would feel less indignant if I felt that the selection criteria is fair to me.

2 weeks ago, a friend of mine who also applied for transfer

from NTU too.. Engine too.. (shant name who it is tho.)

told me that she received an email telling her to email her results to NUS when she receives it.

I DID NOT GET THAT EMAIL!

WTH?! does that mean that I wasnt considered at all, since the time when i applied for transfer?! HOW THE HELL IS THIS FAIR TO ME?

last time when I worked at NUS LAW,

I managed a conference. during which i needed to send emails to professors about updates regarding the conference. I understand how HUGE a matter it is to leave someone out! when they email you to tell you their colleagues received emails and they havent, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM COME UNINVITED. HOW COURTEOUS!

damn. and its happening to me. shyt. aiyah. sorry about the profanities. trying to be calm but obviously am not.

you

the BEST thing is that, when i emailed the person, his response was damn chin chai. "you may submit your transcripts if you feel will aid in your entry to the university" (smth like that) its sounds so like. "YOU WANT YOU SEND LOR."

SMACK HIMM MAN. damn. i need to chill. I mean. in my friend's email, it sounds like you MUST email it in order for the uni to consider you but for mine is like. "YOU WANT YOU SEND LOR". DAMN.

i feel that their selection criteria is a "black process" no one explains to you why you have failed. (they prolly on judge based on A Levels) when you go down to NUS, they simply redirect you to many many other ppl telling you you can only email to make an appointment with them and come back another day. when you email these people, they give you very chao shuai responses in their email and you dont wanna meet you(well but they dont say it).

What I want is simply an honest explanation. just meet me to tell me! if you cant even do smth simple like that, does it mean there's smth wrong with the selection process?

making someone harbour hopes when she has none, is what they have always done. THIS IS DOWNRIGHT DESPICABLE.

Defensive

2011-11-30T22:10:00.002+08:00

This place is dying~~

HAHA but yup :) its nice to be back here!!

finally exams are over :) i guess ive never mugged like that in my entire life..

even for O Levels (The one and only glam exam that i had HAHA)

yup :) hmmm and now that today marks the beginning of my hols,

i guess im gonna miss my study place quite a bit :)

ive been there for more hours than ive been home!

SIGH. well. ive to accept tat life is full of changes. though i do resist change..

HMM. i think im quite a defensive person

esp to guys (girls are okay~~ girls are harmless~~) HAHA

well. idk. it just occured to me that im quite a mean person. :(

what happened was..

a friend of mine invited me to attend a social night, so i agreed

then just now, he asked what i was doing in the afternoon

my defensive mode was on "auto on" so i was like..

"OH. i have band prac :)" ya. i lied. sorry!!!

but. it turned out that all he wanted tto do was pick me up before the event

he said i shouldnt cab there alone since he invited me there...

HMM. at that instant i instantly felt guilty!

SIGH. so much for being defensive~ shouldnt be evil!

i shall be nice-r to people in future :X

YAY cant believe that exams are over :)

well though i really mugged like crazy.

like you can literally seeing a mad me sitting there staring into space,

well, the period preparing for exams and the exams itself

werent that unenjoyable..

WELL. but i wouldnt say it was enjoyable too! id be psycho if i were to say so!

BUT. the whole experience was pretty nice i guess :)

Cant wait to meet up with all those that i havent met in a longlong while..

i miss everyone :)

AHHH! was in NUS today and i met Zizhao :)

he so uber smart! he's in medicine now! same as Runfeng!

HAIYO. all these scary ppl.

well but it nice to run into him there :)

he's one of the few who i knew through NJ but is not associated with

the utterly gross life there :)

was my dance partner at orientation camp:)

i guess, i shall readjust my memories of nj a bit..

like. to be fair, i would say the first half of the year in NJ was pretty okay :)

a new experience :) and it was nice sharing these experiences with friends new and old :)

HAHA old friends (thats you: Xiaoqian Danlim Alvin Jingrong) HEEHEE

im so glad that they were with my through the toughest of times :)

I hope everyone's doing fine! (Girls: after exams its... PARTAYY TIME! Guys: NS goes by in a blink! *crosses fingers*)

Parting is such sweet sorrow

2011-10-21T00:05:00.003+08:00

Post number 623 such an unspecial number

but these 623 posts were filled with so many

emotions...

events..

meetings...

partings..

i look back at the times when it was fuhua times,

when our emotions were so free we expressed ourselves without any worries and all

but as time goes by, you realise you just dont cry or laugh that easily

or maybe it as just purely due to the reason tt fuhua holds many memories..

SIGH. todays the last band prac alrdy.

dont know why i suddenly feel quite emotional

i guess my heart died when i was in jc,

it got revived in NUS..

so weird. when uni is supposed to be the place you make the least friends..

sigh.. but i dont want like good friendships forged during the austria trip to just disappear like that..

ive this huge insecurity tt ill lose many things after concert ends..

evverything will change,

friends tt are held close to the heart may not see themselves as being that close to you..

i mean.. i hate to think tt we might all be just "passing friends" to each other

who wouldnt like to be missed?..

but somethings just cant be held on for so long..

in everything, there'll be a time when you have to put a fullstop.

whether sooner or later doesnt matter.

it'll have to come.

The Princess' Man

2011-10-09T03:52:00.002+08:00

This the best korean drama ive EVER watched.

BEST!

its so painful..

this show is the classic romeo and juliet story

everytime they get pulled apart whether by circumstances, people, willing or unwilling, its always very heartwrenching.

this show has sadness level 9.9/10

but its so worth watching.

a tale about war, revenge, love, hate, pain, sorrow

it suddenly makes you feel that things like stress pressure etcetc are childish

imagine. its to that extent..

sometimes the exasperation and sorrow and love you feel is so undescribable :)

love it. :D good ending too!

BEST SHOW EVER!

really. must watch! :D

There are quite a few scenes that are really lovely :)

MANY in fact :D

honestly i think theyre only tgt for 20% of the entire show

but everytime they're tgt its so awesome to watch :)

in the front it was all happy

in the middle, it was a mix of love and hate (awesome how theyre able to get these two together)

at the back, it was such painful love.

the love story between jong and princess gyeonghye was also quite touching :)

but not all were fortunate though..

shinmyeon(paris) had quite a sad role.

he loved juliet all along, to the point tt he was willing to kill his best friend (romeo)

although his jealousy blinded him, he was in a dilemma about killng romeo (when the chances came)

well, he loved her all the way till he died.. quite a sad character.. :(

hmmm oh wells..

this is one of the shows where a happy ending is difficult to define..

but im glad the scriptwriter still did the right thing :D

LOVED THIS. do watch it!

The Princess' Man

2011-09-27T02:36:00.003+08:00

this show is damn sad.
its the korean version of romeo and juliet
but this is so many times more painful to watch!

im at ep 8 now.
URGH. wanna stab her dumb maid.
if it wasnt for her, then juliet would be able to warn romeo tt her father was gonna massacre his entire family.
AHHHH! EXASPERATED! URGH.
:( sad sad show..
after this ep, theyll not be able to love anymore..

hope the ending would be good though..
please dont give me a typical romeo juliet ending.
that'll be ultimate sadness. :(

Time to say goodbye.

2011-09-22T01:00:00.002+08:00

not exactly now...
but soon.
hais. how can i ever say bye to playing with NUS?..
i made so many friends there..
more than the number of ppl i know in NTU i can confidently say.
but. then again. there'll be a time where ive to put a fullstop to my experience here and all.
SIGH. better do so when feelings get diluted..
if i form anymore new bonds,
id never be able to say goodbye properly. :(
SIGH. this eddiboi and farhan also. make me think so much about this.
HAIS. thi concert shall be my fullstop.
aft tt i shall slowly return to my quiet life.. hmm.

Change. Again.

2011-09-16T00:53:00.003+08:00

SIGH. NUSWS keeps changing..

like i guess.. every year the people change and all.

but its quite sad tt i really hate change..

now la. last time i was very friendly to everyone

but i guess after going through so much in JC..

ive started to become very cautious of everyone around me :(

ya even if someone is harmless,

the person is placed under scrutiny. hmm quite sad uh.

ya, its tougher that groups of friends are coming together!

like. if im closer to a group of friends but

new old friends come and i'd feel like i should be close to them too!

aiyohs. thinking too mch again!

but ya..

it feels a bit difficult tt groups of friends coinciding..

and i still wish to hold on to the old times.

i hate the feeling of something slipping away silently

SIGH. why the Schaldming trip bond us all. :(

causing some kind of havoc in my quiet life.

after this concert, where will i be?

will i ever be able to say goodbye?

Silent Moon

2011-09-13T00:32:00.003+08:00

Happy mid-autumn festival everyone :)

mid-autumn now seems very different from before..

i remember when we were younger,

we'd always run around with lanterns

come back all gross and sweaty

eat some mooncakes, drink some tea, look at the moon..

but now a days, i cant imagine this scene anymore...

chinese garden is so near my place,

but. hmm. seems interesting but i see no point in paying 15 bucks to go in and see lanterns

i bet it wont be as exciting and boisterous as before..

hmm. i hope this wont be a dying culture here.

it'd be quite sad..

i havent seen the moon today..

thinking of the moon reminds me of those nights in schladming

where the moon rose behind the dark mountains

a clear bright globe

hanging silently in the dark sky alongside many stars... :)

it was such a pretty sight :)

i remembered once, we stopped our frisbee match

cos we saw the moon rising.. it was so... captivating :)

on other nights, when you step out onto the balcony,

the silence and stillness of moon hanging in the cloudless sky

makes you think of nothing..

nothing at all.

a very peaceful, comfortable silence dawns upon the land...

so pretty :) i wish all of you can experience this some day..

its a sight that singaporeans will never experience here..

the silence there is REALLY silence..

no sound of cats at your void deck...

no sounds of ppl fighting downstairs...

no sounds from a passing car..

no sounds of doors creaking open..

no sounds of computer keyboard clicking..

no sounds of airconditioning..

just silence. pure and untainted silence.

the kind where you'll think twice about even speaking..

viewing stars and the brilliant moon in this environment

makes you feel "wow, God has given us such a lovely world. so many things we know not about.."

lovely lovely :)

dont know how else to describe it..

but beautiful. simply beautiful :)

Busy Busy week ending on a good note

2011-09-09T20:18:00.003+08:00

SIGH. BUSY BUSY.

next week i have 3 tests

they may seem small, but its 15% each!

and my only hope of changing to an art's course is all depending on it.

i can only have this hope this year..

Its like my entire life is placed on it.

STRESS. i really wanna change fac.

WILL DIE HERE. TOO TOUGH.

went for lab today.. crazy rahrah session again.

sigh. and i almost lost my temper today

cos everyone was in a rush already then a groupmate of mine kept asking questions.. i repeated 2ice already!. URGH. then she kept trying to justify her answer was correct

i was on the verge of saying "AIYAH. if you think its right, then just continue with the workings!"

i think she was expecting me to point out her mistake i really wished i could help her BUT

i really cant understand what she's saying.. and was already having a headache by then. SIGH

lab sessions are a great test of patience.

shall go buy earplugs before next lab..

SIGHSIGH. busybusy!

this week there was sectionals on wed, then band on thurs :)

thankfully farhan taught me circular motion:) mugging is GOOD! SIGH. but still worrying about it! test on monday. :(

fun to have practice of course :) BUT not having enough sleep for 5 consecutive days

aiyoh. makes me quite irritable. much more irritable than usual.. bad bad.

and stress makes me emo.

this week's psychology tutorial, we were all supposed to complete a survey so tt the data can be used for project

it was about self esteem and level of satisfaction as well as mental well-being..

today, the data was released (annonymous) and after looking for my responses

my goodness. sounds damn emo and at the brink of getting counselling stage.

I think i live a double life.

in school, i dont have many friends (only Jingyi).. hmmm. dont really love what im doing, but can live with it.. and i feel that life sucks. uni sucks. everything sucks.

but when im shopping :) LIFE ROCKS! when im in band:) LIFE ROCKS! when im with friends:) LIFE ROCKS! when im reading travel books:) LIFE ROCKS! when im looking at hotels and fine food:) LIFE ROCKS! when im back at fuhua:) LIFE ROCKS!

aiyoh. split personality man.

BUT this week ended on a good note!!!

i forgot tt ive to pass evaluation 10 days before the actual FTT

which is today! i only booked last night after band 12 plus.

GLAD THERE WERE SLOTS LEFT! :D

and as i did the test, i went back to count, id get 6 prolly wrong answers..

to pass we can only make 5 mistakes!

BUT in the end after changing one answer, i got 5 wrong!~!!!!

just nice to pass!! AWESOME! LOVE IT! ~~~~:D

okay guys :D enjoy your days!

no matter if you're in uni or in NS have fun EVERYDAY! :D

The Imperial Ice Stars

2011-09-03T23:35:00.004+08:00

they are a living legacy :)

a true representation of "life on a stage"

so beautiful :) so graceful..

skating and ballet.. the combination is so strong and yet so graceful..

like feathers on a calm lake..

beautiful :)

it must be so awesome to live their entire lives like that..

its something that we can only wish for!

they started training as young as 3 years old:)

what they achieve now is everything gained from the blood sweat and tears they put in

awesome :) so pretty :)

haha and the cool thing is.

in real life, the prince and odile is a couple! their kid goes on world tour with them! AWESOME! :D and there are another 5 couples in the troupe :)

ahh. so lovely, like travelling with a huge family :)

they never fail to charm me with all their "tougher than olympics" moves

honestly, they are really tougher than most olympic moves

the pirouettes, triple axels.. all pretty pretty :)

remember tt they're not just skating! ballet and acting's involved too!

i especially love the scene when prince seigfried met odette under the stars..

beautiful. ahhh. my vocab seems so small suddenly.

its too pretty to express :)

do watch it if they come for here as part of their tour!

or so check their official web for announcements of where they're performing

so tt if you happen to be visiting that country you can plan to get tickets! :D

Chronic Stomachache

2011-09-02T22:15:00.003+08:00

My best friend is back to visit me. -- Gastrics.

i dont even know if its called gastrics, its really random!

its just stomachache.

but i think ive grown used to this burning sensation and pain already!

its always there!

usually its there due to stress..

but now there isnt any particular stress.

hmm maybe its some kind of stress that my subconcious mind inflicted on my psych.

HAI.

maybe my stomach is missing Austria too much!

in austria, cheese is there for ALL of your meals

cream is there for almost all your desserts.. whether cream or ice-cream

milk is there every morning

these was the NORMAL diet! we had this EVERYDAY!

but my stomach was all well and happy :D

din have to pop as many pills there.

WEIRD RIGHT. SIGH. my stomach wants to fly back there!

AND! i was slimmer in Austria too! WITHOUT EFFORT!

really without effort.. i guess cos everyday we walked.. and WAlked.. and WALKED..

but i felt so much healthier!!! WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD SOMEMORE!!

Pizza and burgers and fried fillets and beef and...

ahh. shall stop crap eating.

1. KILLING MY STOMACH.

2. MAKING ME FAT.

i think its SG food too. too oily.

i guess my stomach has gone over to the "good side". ORGANIC.

hais. its not something tt i wanna go see a doc for or anything

but it seems to have been there a LONG time.

i remember in pri school, it was also painful but i guess cos i didnt know the definition of pain, i just sat there and suffered? ya. guess so. vaguely remember myself sitting in a shelter feeling the hot wind.. having a fever and stomachache and even ended up crying while other kids ran around and played..

then in secondary school, the girls were always able to catch the more serious stomachaches..

and i remember sitting at the sit watching the national day parade rehearsal in the parade square.. hmmm. and i remember too that there was someone really nice to me who packed food and brought it up to class for me once.

sigh. all these memories.. Fuhua is awesome :) its a place where we had our best times and had bad times (wanted to say WORST but. nothing Beats NJ to that. NO FIGHT.) dont know how else to express it.. but ya im sure we all share the same sentiments :) i still feel at home when i go back to visit.. though principal changed.. some teachers left.. the feeling of Home does change :) my orientation kids are already sec 4. OLD already. :( even though we were closest during those 5 days, when i happen to meet them now, its so easy to strike a conversation.. i love how it is when you dont need to think of what to say( like how i feel with most acquaintances)..

i shall leave you with this sweet quote I recently saw this on a friend's event wall,

"We do not return to you, Mother,

for we have never really left" :)

Two Words, I Do.

2011-08-26T21:37:00.001+08:00

In a while, in a word,
Every moment now returns.
For a while, seen or heard,
How each memory softly burns.
Facing you who brings me new tomorrows,
I thank God for yesterdays,
How they led me to this very hour,
How they led me to this place...

Every touch, every smile,
You have given me in care.
Keep in heart, always I'll,
Now be treasuring everywhere.
And if life should come to just one question,
Do I hold this moment true?
No trace of sadness,
Always with gladness...
'I DO...'

(instrumental)

Now a song that speaks of now and ever,
Beckons me to someone new,
Unexpected, unexplored, unseen,
Filled with promise coming through.
In a while, in a word,
You and I forever change,
Love so clear, never blurred,
Has me feeling wondrous, strange,
And if life should come to just one question,
Do I face each moment true?
No trace of sadness, always with gladness,
'I DO...'

Never with sadness...
Always with gladness...
'I...DO....'

Lovely song :) i believe this is prolly the 4th or 5th time ive posted this

but its still as lovely as always :)

the lyrics are so reflective of a bride's quiet joys on her best day :)

her hopes and dreams for the many more tomorrows to come..

so so lovely :)

Left Behind.

2011-08-13T11:34:00.003+08:00

:(.
just saw wanen wishing liuxin happy birthday
and she mentioned meetng before Kaywei leavs for US..

SIGH. all these opportunities. but none are for me.
i wanna go study overseas too. i guess ill miss alot of people..
but i still wanna go. cant stand the way SG's education system works.
once you do badly once, youre stuck with it FOR LIFE.
at least if im in US, they'll judge me on SATs..

well. i guess im still the same.
was talking to JY and we realised this..
when I was in NJ and she was in AJ,
we were always holding on to the things we never had.
like we kept wanting to go to JJ, everything felt comfortable there...
then now, we're in NTU but we're always wanting things in NUS.

ALWAYS ALWAYS. wanting the wrong things.

and my parents are not helping at all.
my mum was so mean okay, though she was half-joking. she said "why do you keep going to NUS? you dont even belong there"
:(
SIGH. true though harsh..
i cant decide whether to go next week or not.
SIGH! why do i have to miss the people there?!
if i didnt, then i wouldnt have to worry about not going back.

STILL. Holding on to the wrong things :(

First Day of School

2011-08-13T01:44:00.002+08:00

The queue goes on...
and on...

eventually, it ended right at the top of the staircase

close to where the exit from the mrt is. OMG. scary okay!

crzy. nv seen a scene like this before..

but thankfully, the bus systme was efficient :)

i would say, its not bad :) they dont only send 1 bus,

they send prolly 5-6 at once so the queue goes quite fast..

but theres a high chance youll still be late for lecture..

SCARY RIGHT! so many ppl.. and i took this shot after mannyppl evacuated their seats when the lecture ended.. its so intimidating to suddenly see so many ppl! CRAZY CRAZY.

went to NUS (just couldnt resist it; NUS is like some magnet. and im the iron fillings.)

went to peek at them jamming :)

jazz band, prety cool :) but i dont know alot of songs :( different era.

and the most i know about jazz is michael bubble, diana krall and norah jones thats all!

we've gota bit of generation gap here!

Starbucks at Utown :) i think thats the last time it could be this quiet already..

dont wanna imagine how this place will be when term starts.

cant stand noisy and crowded places!

its good that Jingyi also hates the same things as i do,

so we neednt hang around and make friends too much..

SIGH. AJ&NJ disease. we call it.

i guess we've learnt the art of doinging things alone and away from the noise and people..

its nice too :)

Second Day of School.

URGH. misjudged the time :( woke up too late..

fortunately, JY was in a cab so she gave me a lift from Pioneer mrt :) YAY! dont have to take shuttle bus!

URGH. first lecture was "Introduction to Engineering"

OMG. the LT so small okay! and the lecture had already begun!

SIGH. and there were no seats!

AND! there were no girls!! OMG. cultural shock.

for the first time, im not comfortable with the fact tt no girls are around (usually i feel girls are harder to communicate with because their thoughts can be scary. i mean. they can be backstabbing you in their heads while smiling at you.)

OMG. then some people managed to help me find a seat,

so i scrambled over

then i realised, i couldnt climb the step to get into the small seat at the corner cos i was in skirt.

SIGH. i wanted to just find a hole and hide inside!

i just wanna sit down! omg.

i could only mumble to myself "but i cant get up..."

but apparently it wasnt a mumble, i just couldn t hear cos i had a bad flu..

then someone nice "深出援手" my gosh. saved me of all the embarrasment!

im really grateful for the help, BUT! i was still uber embarrassed and sorry!

i felt like i just placed all my weight on his hand. DAMN PAISE.

and crap. it was a EEE group. means we'll definitely meet agin in school CRAP CRAP. :(

then! after i sat down, i couldnt settle down cos i was blazing inside..

i think i developed a fever cos of the flu

i noisily opened a panadol

and tried to break it, but it just couldnt be broken!!! :(

i struggled so hard with that huge orange pill!

i bet the people around me were thinking "what's she doing"

and best. no girls around me. max weirdness :(

sigh. felt so bad!

and i couldnt stop the heat from spreading!

like. i felt tt the peopl besideme could feel me blazing up.

oh man. i wish i could say more sorries to the guy who helped me. :(

uber embarrassing. :(

i hope we wont meet again in school!

and this JY so evil okay! i told her this and she was laughing like crazy. EVIL.!

Neuschwanstein in the Bavarian Alps

2011-08-12T00:15:00.004+08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twl/322174380/lightbox/
Prettty Pretty :)
i was researching on this castle today :) pretty pretty :)
its the castle which inspired Walt Disney's Cinderella's Castle :)
PREEEETTTTYYYY :D
we din get to go cos our days in munich were too short..
i doutb ill go back to germany..
sigh. but such a waste its really pretty!

the king who built this castle was King Ludwig II of Bavaria
the "Fairytale" king :)
but sadly, he didnt get to finish the castle.
the funds for the building of the castle came entirely from his own pocket
and he oversaw the building process
he only stayed 11 days in it though.. :(
then he was diagnosed to be mentally ill and "unfit to rule"
some sources say this was a conspiracy against the king
but yes, eventually, he was sent elsewhere..
where he died he next day alongside the doctor who diagnosed him "mentally-ill" without seeing him..
their bodies were found floating on the lake near another castle.
mysterious death..

well. i think hes a good king :)
someone who can build such a lovely place cant be crazy..
the castle is located in the Bavarian Alps,
Lovely LOVEly LOVELY! :D
if you ever go to Germny, please do go to the castle!
and tell me how pretty the inside is :)
it is said that the interior is painted with many of Wagner's Plays and Poetry :)
PRETTY PRETTY :)

anw, i went to NUS today
for prac :)
SIGH. so much has changed..
we've all got different commitments back in SG..
but well, nothings "never-changing"...
cant decide whether or not to stay on..
if i decide not to, then i wont go for the welcome tea next week..
ill miss them so much though..
our experience together wasnt smth that you can just forget and imagine that it was just "A TRIP"
it was so magical.. to travel to beautiful places..
:)

ahh. and they're so sweet :)
today Edwin was like "AYE. got anyone hit on you anot"
ME "no la!"
Edwin "PHAIL LA YOU! 3rd day of school already leh!!"
HAHA omg. funny. but after tt he became more serious
"aiyo. really lah. must be careful there" "you like that ahhh, dont GEI REN PIAN"
HAHA ! funny, but so sweet la :)
the last time Farhan also told me the same thing, before school started :) "Be careful, really~~~!"
my cousin also :"Nat dont be Dumb, and let people hit on you"
haha suddenly everyone is very brotherly to me :)
its a nice feeling fr someone who doesnt have a brother :)

haha okay shall zzz now!
got psych lecture tmr! looking forward to it! :D

Stranger PHOBIA!

2011-08-11T01:04:00.003+08:00

HAHA i realised something interesting..
and im starting to think i have double personalitis but they are WORLDS apart!

to people im close to,
when i say ive got"strangerphobia" they literally LOL okay!!!
i guess im to comfortable with them,
they cant imagine what im like being scared of strangers..

but! its really scary to meet people!
i mean. in sec school i LOVED to meet people.
likpersonally do meet the parents day duties andstuff,
or like offer to serve coffee o tea when ministers/VIPs come..
but ever since NJ,
ive liked to live in SOLITUDE.

i loved the times when band room only had me and the sound of piano..
so peaceful.so quiet.so unhypocritical..
the best thing is,you wont need to meet people who might hurt you..
maybe thats why ive got scared of strangers.

some people may be nice to you now..
but in time to come.. who knows?.
time reveals all.

ive come the stage where the friends in my life are more or less settled.

like close friends are the kind where you can not meet for half a year and still talk and laugh away with
old friends like fuhua friends are the kind you'd love to meet once in a wile and you know they'll always be there :)
new friends are quite hi-bye-friends though its sad that things are like that.
and JC was simply a vacuum.
i think my last group of close friends should be my "section" already HAHA :)

If I Never Knew You

2011-08-08T23:24:00.005+08:00

If I never knew you
If i never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be

And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The missing part of me.

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes

And I'm so grateful to you
I'd hve lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true

I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
all they'd leave us were these wispers in the night
But still my heart is saying we were right

Oh if I never knew you
There's no moment I regret
If i never felt this love
Since the moment that we met
I would have no inkling of
If our time has gone too fast
How precious life can be...
I've lived at last...

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I thought our love wuold be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into light
And still my heart is saying we were right
we were right

And if I never knew you
If I never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never knew you

"I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you"

I love this song :) one of my favourites besides Moonriver and somewhere over the rainbow :)
the lyrics bring out the title with such depth
its lovely :)
i love Alan Menken!
if you havent heard it, youre missing out on alot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiuBw_kj1-U
this not the awesome version though.. this the updated version.. i only liked the last few seconds + ending chord..
in the actual show i watched when i was a kid, they didnt sing in the tent..
they played this in the last scene when he had to leave..
it was always a teary song..
anw, the awesome version (i prefer the original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYGEppMwc0

I guess im a disney princess kind of person..
well when you tell Edwin "Disney" he goes LION KING!
well, i totally forgot tt Disney produced Lion King..
but i cant forget that
snow white
cinderella
sleeping beauty
rapunzel(tangled)
enchanted
pocahontas
little mermaid
the frog princess
anastasia (part disney)
beauty and the beast
and quite a few of them are my favs! sometimes i still watch them..

i think every girl wishes to be a princess at least once in her life
well.. but thats not possible.. its fantasy,
but its a nice fantasy :)
BUT. from whatever that happened, nothing like that happens in real life..
nothing at all.

Message in A Bottle

2011-08-05T23:55:00.002+08:00

Saw this in today's news.. so sweet :)
just wanted to share this :)

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing I'd like to do
Is to save everyday
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save everyday
Like a treasure and then again
I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things that you want to do
Once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I wanna go through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory of how
They were answered by you

Im starting to wonder if this was a song..
this guy should beccome a lyricist!

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/found-messages-bottles-183933342.html
Sweet stories of how God brings people together :)

AWESOME DAY AT SCHOOL.

2011-08-05T17:43:00.002+08:00

okay la. school wasnt so bad.
reached too early, like 9.10 or smth.
then groups of people come in, im so emo!
but i prefer to be alone :)
was waiting for jingyi then she was late!!!!
omg. so emo.

anw, we went through all the welcome speeches and
know where to get psychological help
and how the grade system works and the AUs.
but honestly, i dont really understnad how the AUs work
but i do know you have to get more than a certain amt then can grad.

SIGH.
many things i didnt get to ask/ didnt have a good enough answer.
1. the dumb STAR system. are we bidding or not?! if we bid, can we get the course? if we dont, then how?!
2. CAN I JUST GO TO PSYCH?
3. CAN I JUST GO TO NUS?

busy busy. no one to ask.
but they're much betterf than NUS staff i must say.
thought they are busy they dont just say a few "i dont knows" and make you leave.

iayah. but okay. to be fair,
it was an okay day..
the profs are quite nice and all..
there're overseas trips or you can take minor.
so many FTs.
but our goodie bag had a casio calculator and an engineering teddy bear :)
the teddy bear seemed like a consolation for my not getting into FASS.
once again, i must stress that ive got nth agains NTU and Engine
just that, right now i dont feel like it suits me very well...
SIGH.
A NEW BEGINNING!

Today

2011-08-05T01:31:00.002+08:00

I think recently I'm a bit crazy.
I let my mind wander off to lalaland too much..
I kept using my hotmail account to sign in to yahoo acc just now
And I only realized it after 4 tries.
I should catch my mind, bring it back down to earth.

Today was a nice rainy day :)
I love rainy days cos it's emo..
Met with the trip ppl :)
But also met many other people..
Ya. Quite a crazy day :)
But really nice to see everyone around..
Ya, and I was just looking at photos again :) sigh. Nostalgia again!

Sigh.
Tmr's NTU dAy I shall go with an open heart. :)
I thibk there'll be singaporeans there.. Right?

3 Nightmares

2011-08-03T11:41:00.002+08:00

i just woke up from 3 nightmares.
uber scary/// and my brain's in turmoil and im still spacing out..
the really bad thing is that i dont seem to be able to come out of nightmares
i mean. i'lll get frighten time and again BUT i just dont 3 wake up!
how horrible is that. cant even have the right not to dream anymore..

in the first one..
it was a school camp i think. seemed like a band camp. saw many juniors around like aiyin they all..
then someone was hungry, so the security guard uncle said the storage room had sandwiches..
we went down the brightly lit corridor but could find any storage room.
we went back to the uncle then he said he'll open it for us.
we walked down the corridor again and saw an industrial door having a green-lit sign saying "Exit" but on th door it said restricted access. still the uncle openede the door.
a huge dark room opened in fron tof us.
it was so vvery still so quiet and cold.. without windows..
its like twice the size of ACJC's band room. having all the corners stacked with boxes.
by this time all the campers already gathered outside this dark room..
we all entered together..
as soon as all of us were in, BAM. the door slamed shut.
we start feeling all the "invisible beings"
(recounting is also scary since im home alone..)
after all the crying and running around blah blah blah,
some of us managed to escape.
i ran out with some of the kids
then just as we got out of the building,
i saw like 3 buses or kindergarten kids getting off and they were frantic
i asked one of them "what happened?! DONT GO IN!"
"no! but we must! our friend is injured!"
as i turned to look at the building, it was a very quiet hospital.
the only noises probably only came from the frantic footsteps of the children.. no battle..
OMG.
END.

part 2...
we were having tea at some old cottage house..
the back yard rather. a glass pavillion, like the one in sound of music
we were in victorian clothes tooo..'
there was me and the 3 girls and 2 of the girls from office..
suddenly we saw the sky turn BLACK. not dark clouds,
it suddenly became night.
being surrounded buy all glass enabled us to see the monsters roaming out there..
these were mindless medieval creatures wanting to kill any human in sight.
we hid under the table. then someone caused a knife to drop.
this gained the attention of some monster
and it broke part of the glass to come in
felt like the jurassic park scene where you can see the monster but it cant see you.
the cut made the pavillion reek of iron..
the monster followed this scent and we got eaten. :(

scary. when its in a dream..
now my house lights are ALL on and i just got shocked by some property sale pamphlet which came flying down when i opened the door.
omg. best. please dont rain, it just make it so much scarier.

part 3
thinking about this, was quite funny actually.
cliff was in the dream along with "group 6" and they asked for a mac
i told them it was in the corner n the left, and they headed there.
i think i was with 4E1 this time..
i vaguely remember what happened already..
but i remember Aaron was there and we ran out together or smth.. ya
hmm. queer.

sigh. raining now!!! HOW!
im supposed to go get my passport sized photo taken
and then go to NTU to hand in some late forms
then meet dotty at 4 at bucks
then go for korean class! busy busy!!!

2011-08-01T01:00:00.002+08:00

OMG. just saw some photos of the

"SP" thing!

for those of you who are like me who pon-ded all orientation activities, let me educate you :)

SP = Secret Pal!

guys and grils from the same fac are paired

and they write to each other not knowing who the other party is.

omg. i thought it was like exciting and stuff

well just for fun,

BUT! i just saw some photos!

OMG. they're super poor thing!

i bet the OGLs made them hold hands to take photo

super bad!

im SUPER GLAD that im spared from this :D

YAY :) okay. shall not gloat over others' misfortune! HAHA

haiyo. but i dont get the point of this.

like SDU also..

i mean. i wouldnt wanna meet someone through such methods,

i believe true love will appear no matter how you miss chances to meet..

like.

even in on remotest moutain tops!

or! outside some ballroom where youre made to attend some compulsary school event!

or! the one who meets you while buying hot choc in some foreign land?

okay. sorry. dramam mode here HAHA

okay. if youre reading this now, you should be sleeping!

GO SLEEP DOTTY CHONG! too many camps already you! dont fall sick!

Day 8 --Shopping Day!

2011-07-30T00:41:00.004+08:00

The night after i felt I fought many battles..
tired victory..
was quite cold here, waiting for the rest to come cold winds blowing..
the trams here are quite efficient :)
and as usual Farhan's not in the pic again haha

Roads in Munich.. hmm. Seems a bit lonely.. This was probably 9am in the morn still quiet..

Train Station where we arrived for the tour:) Starting point was at Marienplatz so we had a nice noisy walk over there :D heehee. but guess what. :( we din get to go on the tour. they refused to take us cos our group was too big :( and we couldnt like split the group up and fake it cos we were the only Asians around. :(
So we went shopping instead :) not a bad schedule too!
it'll be good to shop here since Schladming was a small town which sold almost no souvenirs.

Zara dress, din buy in the end was too big. :( and wasnt on offer so. haha forget it! the zara there sells tanks and tee for as low as 4 euros~!! its 4 euros!!! CRAZY. but cos of the CRAZY SALE, the queue is also CRAZY!

Din get much. For shopping, Seoul's better :D well. for branded shopping, Paris has better deals.. We met some singaporeans in Bottega though.. its nice to hear a few familiar "lah, leh, lor"s after a week! haha i think they were probably air stewardesses, seem to be very comfortable with Munich..

SIGH. if this line wasnt so messy, it'll make a good career :)

Fruits stall! selling really cheap fruits!

Raspberries! only 1 euro~! SIGH. but it was also these which soiled my kate spade. :(

Cuckoo Clocks :) have one at home.. din know they were so expensive! ithink we got that like. when i was primary 5 that was my first time in europe. wow. but these are really ex. :( the one i liked alot was close to 1500 euros! MADNESS!

Beer Mugs, OKTOBERFEST!

It started raining.. ad we were getting hungry was close to 3 so we bought some small bites and had them under the tree :) haha well.. though it may seem to be quite a sad experience with all the rain and all our heavy shopping stuff, and sitting under a tree, it was actually quie nice :) the pizza was warm :) and the hot choc too :D

Our last shot in Munich.. BYE MUNICH..

all of us were really tired i think i slept through all of it. the flight back was very bad. a full flight, so we couldnt like run around to kope 4 seats to sleep on and stuff. then it didnt have the head rest thingy for you to bend. woke many times with aching shoulders and a breaking neck :(

OH MAN. then the turbulance was bad. but the guys said its nth to do with the airlines so. shall not blam them. blame the weather! aiyoh. i dont get motion sickness easily but due to the turbulance i didnt finish my food. :( like what ever you try to swallow will try to come back up.. and my drink was jumping at the corner :( well. but thankfully i was too tired to be bothered too much. just except for a nightmare about a plane spinning into the ocean. BURRR. scary dream. then when eeryne was asleep, i couldnt sleep i guess i walked around the plane almost 3 times on both sides looking for the rest too, not all of us were sitting tgt..

At Thai Airport :D heehee after we went to starbucks to play old maid and eat mango sticky rice :)

HAHA!

haha timo finally had his wish! there were tvs on our short 2 hour flight back! BUT. he was too enthu and caused the tv to hang! SO! we went prank calling people HAHA :D so fun!

okays. end of trip..
sigh. now that ive posted till the end of the trip, i dont know what i can talk about already!
sigh. miss those times :) :) :) alot :)
i dont think ive laughed this much in a really really long time already
and after JC which was totally pain and torment, this was a fantasy :)
i just wishe i had brought nicer clothes there
maybe id have nicer photos! :D HAHA
hmm. but now comes the question..

should i join nusws?
i'd love to. but thats also provided that he section stays the same
but i know thats not gonna happen
craig's gonna stop for this year cos he's gonna be busy
I really admire that he can be so disciplined to say no to band :)
studies first!!!
haha i hope timo doesnt permanently change section! he's learning the sax now and he's in love with saxes!
i dont know if val's gonna stay though..
im sure eddieboi will be there but dont know how often..
dunnno if farhan will stay on too since he lives so ultimate far away..
and theres gonna be other people in flute section..
plus this year's incoming batch..
i dont wanna see any batchmates joining actually.
they just remind me of the painful jc life. :(
im very glad that the guys are in NS so life is quieter now :)

Day 7 -- Hello Nightmare.

2011-07-29T00:11:00.003+08:00

no post yesterday
cos i had a bad stomache :(
i think its cos i had
1. Tomyam for lunch
2. Banana Peach Milkshake for tea
3. Satay + Kebab + CharKwayTeow for dinner :(
well. i think the satay + CKT + tomyam were the killers :(
tt time i went to ntu for check up the doctor said
"watch your diet. your stomach problems will go away if you dont anyhow eat"
the key word here is.. "IF"
URGH. being back in sg is killing my stomach :(

Okay back to post :)
WELL. okay Munich wasnt that bad.AIYAH. forget it. was bad :(

Our last morning in Schladming..
goodbye mountains and lovely flowers :)
im glad it was bright and sunny :) Schaldming's way of saying goodbye :)

On the way to munich, passed salzburg already
Our nice tour bus uncle (who drives very smoothly!) told us this is the 2nd largest lake in Germany :)
Many people sailing there :)

Trainstation in Munich..
was totally grossed out by the hostel :(
i will never stay in a hostel again IN MY LIFE!
but now that ive lived past it, i think any challenge is a small challenge :)
just dont tell me to go through it again :(
shall talk more later!

:( the photot was blur :( din notice tt my cam was in "low light" mode cos the day before i was taking the moon :(
boo. i hope someone has a nicer pic :)

Had an hour in the middle, well, cos we arrived early and our check in time was 3pm :(
URGH. they were really strict about the time.. and we placed our luggage in the dungeon.
then we walked out all traumatised and hungry.
went to the trainstation, all shops closed!!! OMG.
sigh. thats europe for you!
good thing a cafe was open, the way things worked was like marche :)
well. something more familiar in this awfully unfamiliar city.
ahh. cities always have this something that makes you feel all lonely and lost.
well. but this pasta may be the best pasta ive had in ages!
it was pepperoni and white wine pasta. so simple, but yet. AWESOME! :D HEEHEE

After our great luunch, we headed back to check in only to find our room ultra scary. :(
and finally we decided to leave the room to go sightsee and shop! :D
and it started to rain a little :D
haha aother candid shot i like :)
AH. but farhan and craig are always not in cos they take these shots for us! :(

interesting. starbbucks off the shelf :)
i think sg used to have.. the ones in glass bottles but dont know if they still do..

haha random nice shot :)
heehee erm. you actually may not need to pay for your ticket..
just hope you dont meet the "train police"!
i would say its a system that goes by trust, but! one ride is 2.50 euros!
imagine you spend 10 euros just to get from jurong to orchard and back!

Marienplatz, probably the only area we know in Munich.

Went up the tower in the previous photos and saw this view :)

Scary watch towers.. its the kind of towers that speaks to you :"Go away. Leave." scary.
haha i remember we were here when we did the chords thing HAHA!

the acoustics were so good i think we were awesome enough to form a choir! :D HEEEHEE

it sounded really churchy and full.. like what you'll hear during carolling on Christmas Eve :)

REALLY Talented Buskers! they sung many well known piece and were awesome! it was open air but the voice projection was GREAT :D their pieces ranged from "think of me" (Phantom), the duet from the magic flute, Ave Maria, a westside story piece :)

PRADA!
Tiffany :) its more romantic to see a Tiffany in Europe than in Asia.. but then again, whats not romantic about Europe? :)

Macs!!! yay! we split up cos our group was too large to eat anywhere..

the rest went for kebabs while we had macs!

AHH. i miss kebabs! ooh. but the one i had yesterday from west coast market wasnt too bad!

Awesome mayo! haah but ultra fatty la. you'll feel really sorry after eating that. but awesome still! its not pure mayo, but mayo with a hint of mustard! really tasty! :D

reminds me of Carl's honey mustard sauce suddenly.. shall have that soon! :D HEEHEE

SEE THE SIZE! damien ordered the one on the right. i had the one on the left! couldnt finish it! in fact only ate half of it! "TOO MUCH ARH!."(Chia, 2011) HEEHEE!

after this some of the guys had i think snickers mcflurry AHH. ultra evil fat food. :(

we met the rest and had a nice quiet walk under the dim lights.. back to the hostel..

well. nothing to look forward to. but. no choice. have to go back :(

haha on the way ** piggybacked ********* back cos her foot was injured..

so sweet :)

plus the setting.. Ahhh.. whats not sweet in europe? :)

Raspberry Chocolate cake :) well. percussion was late for to watch the concert so instead of paying euros they decided to get us some cake instead. good choice! well. but i wasnt in any mood to have the cake :(

This was how our room looked like :(

sigh. ultra ultra scary.

i dont know! just disturbing..

and the people who live here all look shady :(

well. but thankfully kyouun did the bed for me.. at least i sat on it :(

i was serioudly prepared to sit by the table all night! i was really fine with it! really!

but they just couldnt leave me there :(

i was even prepared to go sleep in the lobby! at least it felt cleaner there though it might not be safer :(

the only good thing was that it wasnt like girls dorm and guys dorm thing.

if not ill be stuck with probably the trumpet girls.. who are quite crazy. haha :)

im glad i was with my section :) well.. that was the only thing i was glad for..

well. but sad that val and eddieboi couldnt stay with us cos they were extending.

aiyah. if i knew "our section" was gonna be so close, id have extended :(

miss everyone like crazy :(

well. and the good thing about sharing a room with guys is perhaps a better sense of security?

ya. maybe. the last time in Taiwan too, i remembered i didnt wanna sleep in my room

and eventually went to the guys rooms where i unknowly caused weijie to zz on the floor

but ya, eventually i fell asleep :)

sigh. ya i know it sounds a bit. well. not nice that girls and guys all share a single room

but when youre overseas, it kind of puts you at greater ease..

craig was the first one to KO

then timo

then Kyouun

then regina came in to chit chat with me ethan and farhan :)

was quite nice :) she total knew that i was determined to sleep at the table haha

i really feel better at the table. STILL.

they watched Harry Potter that night :) 11 euros OUCH.

but well, its a good choice considering that it was sunday and all shops were closed :)

OH! haaha i suddely remember we chanced upon langlang's concert in the evening while sightseeing :)

sigh. then after this, it was sleeping time..

before that we sent regina back, aiyoh. so quiet. thats before we reached the trumpets' room!

but the corridors are intimidating.

sigh. and finally. no choice. have to sleep.

i wore tights and jacket to sleep so tt i dont touch the bed.

and covered the bed in my clothes so i can sleep on it. SIGH. poor clothes!

POORER Farhan. :( was close to 1.30 i think

but he couldnt zzz cos val told him "Farhan! Please make sure Nat sleeps okay!"

even i was a bit dazed already but i didnt wanna give up my battle with the bed. :(

well and he just waited and waited. i think the rest slept at 11 plus i took almost an hour to consider sleeping.

seeing as he wouldnt give up, i decided to sit on the bed

then after several times dozing off and waking up, and hearing the trams pass by

in blurred visions i think i remember him telling me to lie down to sleep,

in my tiredness i gave in and finally slept :(

SIGH. i felt like i accomplished a great deal in the morn!

but partially still traumatised. dont. like. places. like. that. :(

sigh. but was grateful that Farhan stayed up to wait for me to sleep.

if no one did id feel like no one cared

and id just cry silently like how i did in Taiwan

and painfully wait for time to pass as everyone slept.

sigh. aiyah. was awfully bad but not awfully horrible.

thats the best it can get :)

God made woman from man

2011-07-27T02:12:00.002+08:00

I found this online but i dont know if its theologically true
but :) if it were true its a very pretty thing :)

Why did God create Woman from Man’s rib, when He could
have simply created her from dust, as He did Man?

“When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke
them into being. When I created man, I formed him from
the dust of the Earth and breathed life into his
nostrils. But you, woman, I fashioned after I breathed
the breath of life into man because your nostrils are
too delicate. I allowed a deep sleep to come over him
so I could patiently and perfectly fashion you. Man
was put to sleep so that he could not interfere with
the creativity. From one bone I fashioned you. I chose
the bone that protects man’s life. I chose the rib,
which protects his heart and lungs and supports him,
as you are meant to do.”

“Around this one bone I shaped you. I modeled you. I
created you perfectly and beautifully. Your
characteristics are as the rib, strong yet delicate
and fragile. You provide protection for the most
delicate organ in man, his heart. His heart is the
center of his being; his lungs hold the breath of
life. The rib cage will allow itself to be broken
before it will allow damage to the heart. Support man
as the rib cage supports the body.”

“You were not taken from his feet, to be under him,
nor were you taken from his head, to be above him. You
were taken from his side, to stand beside him and be
held close to his side. Your eyes: don’t change
them. Your lips: how lovely when they part in prayer.
Your nose so perfect in form, your hands so gentle to
touch. I’ve caressed your face in your deepest sleep;
I’ve held your heart close to mine. Of all that lives
and breathes, you are the most like me.”

“Adam walked with me in the cool of the day and yet he
was lonely. He could not see me or touch me. He could
only feel me. So everything I wanted Adam to share and
experience with me, I fashioned in you: my holiness,
my strength, my purity, my love, my protection and
support. You are special because you are the extension
of me.”

“Man represents my image, woman - my emotions.
Together, you represent the totality of God. So man:
treat woman well. Love her, respect her, for she is
fragile. In hurting her, you hurt me. What you do to
her, you do to me. In crushing her, you only damage
your own heart, the heart of your Father and the heart
of her Father. Woman, support man. In humility, show
him the power of emotion I have given you. In gentle
quietness show your strength. In love, show him that
you are the rib that protects his inner self.”

Lovely :)
I think this should be part of everyone'smarriage ceremony :)

Day 6 -- Goodbye Schladming

2011-07-27T01:57:00.001+08:00

Just came back from a mini outing :D
yay :) was fun!
we still do the same old thing-- laugh till we grew abs!
if only the night was longer..
:( in schlaming we could stay up playing till 2 but back here
its only 11 plus and we've to rush back to the MRT :( BOO.
wel... im just hopeing all these wont change even though some of us wont be in band anymore..
well. and i dont know half the section..
goodtimes will have to pass in someway or another,
nothing can remain unchangeable..
but ya, lets live in the moment :)
okay, back to the post :)

Our last day in Schladming, it suddenly dawned on us that we're leaving soon..
back to our dreadful lives..
i remember us all groaning and moaning about coming back at the dinner table :D
AW. those were good times :)

A Cloudy morning.. we were in that cloud!! :D HEEHEE
that was the 4th day i think the amazing race at the cable car :) HEEHEE.
we were in the clouds!!!!! :D
I remember there was once I was in Switzerland then we were above the clouds, the sky up there was all colourful!
one side was purple and the other orangey..
wa. the wonders of God's creation :)

The bread we ate every morn! okay not we but I :) oh ya Farhan too HAHA
Val would and Eddie and Kyouun will have cereal
Craig would have his nutella
then timo would have his pate haha :)
the only time i take breakfast would be on hols :)
URGH. cant stand it. im missing them already! havent even gotten through the entire post yet :(

AHH. our last day in Schladming so it was the gift frenzie day!
all of us could only think of getting chocs for friends cos theres nth much to get..
and since we lived in a "town" actually "village" seems to be a more accurate word,
there wasnt much to buy, and eating was cheap :) (surprisingly)
but choc are really heavy to bring bach :(
my luggage was overweight so i had to transfer much stuff to hand carry
and i felt so bad. i didnt even handle my hand carry :(

The fruits were so cheap :) really cheap :) the avocados were really cheap too!!

ALL THAT for only 2 euro. in sg that could easily be 8 or 10 bucks!

choosing chocs!

A small portion of what we finally bought in the end :) SEE THE RITTER?! its the rum and raisin flavour one! sg doesnt have it anymore! :D its awesome! the taste of the rum is really ahh. all in the raisins :) and. no! im not an alcoholic! i always forget rum is alcohol, but as part of dessert, its an awesome alcohol :)

bouquet of roses :) wanted to get them for my section.. but i didnt want it to be so mafan cos we'll be lugging all our stuff out of schladming the next day :( so didnt buy :( FYI. this bouquet was only 3 euros. so cheap!!! and they were pretty :)

shopping gang :D HEEEHEE had fun shopping with them that day even though it was short..

me and our 1.20 euro ice cream! :D
uber cheap! and its good ice cream not like the crappy kind:) i think we had an ice cream a day in schaldming :D even when it was cold and at night in the drizzle~~~ hmm. ya but in austria hot choc isnt the craze on a cold day, beer's still everything to them!

vintage car :) i love vintage cars.. awesome. between a vintage and a porsche i'd take the vintage!

the crazy japanese band.

so together, awesome intonation, a display of many tone colours..

crazy.

but it heard they prac everyday la. so. haha i wouldnt want that!

so nice right! for some reason this reminds me of someone getting married. i dont know! like you can imagine the newly weds on the flower carriage with nice brown horses :)

our lunch! haha the rest of the band was having buffet but we settled for this cos we didnt wanna eat buffet. hmm. actually thinking back i dont know if the guys wanted to eat buffet, me and val just dragged "our section" out of the buffet place. oops :X ya but we didnt wanna eat a rushed buffet la. the point of eating together is to have time to talk, but time as so tight im glad we settled for bread :)

beautiful :) i remember on day 2 here was also this shot, but due to the extremely warm weather the skies were not blue, they were white with no clouds..

ahh. look how beautiful the countryside is :) Lovely :)

nice photo :) everything's lovely in the outskirts :)

timo can do the play-second-anytime thingy! i also wanna do it! but so tough! your interval listening's gotta be awesome! i think craig can do it too! awesome la. jealous!

YAY :D awesome!
i love the colour taken on my cam. it doesnt lie :)

this was used in the matric fair at band booth :D

nice photo! if only i was more photogenic..

Craig with the bike :) we finally got to go back after taking lotsa photos :) well. im still more comfortable with candid shots or shots where you dont need to feel like you need to prepare for them. being a "model" for band publicity was not awesomely fun, waited so long! watching passing trains were funner :) finally can go back :) YAY :D

climbing back up... well it'll be a nicer walk up if we werent burdened by our concert stuff.. like instruments, files, heels. ahh. speaking of heels. i brought 1 pair of heavy heels just to wear once!. ugh waste of luggage weight!

farhan and timo walking up! though the green suitcase was small, it was heavy. esp up slopes..

the barri is worse :(

Criag attempted to teach me to bike! HAHA for a while :) cos there were many slopes there. then i remembered the horror when i biked down slope at weirong's place and got my big toe nail all broken up :( GROSS.

AHH. but if only i could bike. then we could have travelled around faster.. well not that the walks were not fun but it'd have been faster..

HEEHEE. after our unintentional bitching session, we went to play polar bear! and Eddieboi was an awesome narrator with the harry potter story :D HEEHEE

VAL: "i know who already, its timothy! Must be timothy!"

the last moon in schaldming...
the moon's really bright there..
never seen a moon brighter than that in schaldming
and to see it rise from behind the mountains is lovely :)

timo just smsed everyone to say "cya next week!"
but. next week seems so long..
when we were there, we laugh all we can at the dinner table
then after bathing chit cht or crash rooms and play games
then finally go to bed..
before you know it, the sun rises and you see everyone at breakfast
half stony but happy :)
then you carry on with the day
conquering slopes and passing happy houses :)
ahh. aiyoh. cant emphasize the beauty of the countryside..

i used to think they were boring and all
but. it really brings out a different side in me
i guess, for everyone its the same :)
okay. but time to face reality. singapore is a city city.
our winds are too hot to be called winds
our table flowers can barely be compared to the flowers on someone's balcony
our highest point (bukit timah hill) is miserable compared to the mountains in Schaldming :)
i need to learn to STOP wallowing in EMO-NESS!
GOTTA COME BACK TO REALITY!

Secret

2011-07-26T03:48:00.001+08:00

Went to watch secret..Again
ahh. sad movie.
with some loopholes..
but their ost is awesome though :)
GREAT :)

Day 5 -- Salzburg Time passes so fast.

2011-07-26T01:33:00.003+08:00

BLOGGER IS ULTRA COOPERATIVE TODAY! :D
this post has many pics cos we only had 1 day in Salzburg
and we had an amazing race. HAHA
ya, but though it was rushed, it was fun :)
enjoyed it alot :D

sig. day 5 already.
so fast! i still feel the pangs of nostalgia..

OFF TO SALZBURG! with NOBO!

This is thir post box :D so cute right! reminds me of mignions!

University of Salzburg. AHH. imagine studying here.. so beautiful :) Salzburg is a very pretty city :)

WeeChong: "the whole world is playing Mahler!" yes. agreed. SAF and Philwinds have been playing quite a few mahler pieces of late.. they're so classical and LONG. there was this piece had 8 movements okay!

Their buses run on rails :) like those in HK but they dont have non-rail buses :) a different sight :)

DOESNT THIS PLACE LOOK LIKE WHERE THEY FILMED IRIS???!!! HAHA. but ya. europe's architectures are quite similar. i think that one was in Budapest not Slazburg though..

Pretty horses :) although they stink. poop smell everywhere. EEE. stinky!

Pretty Carriage! :D

Cool black horses :) i like lighter colour horses better :) black horses look slightly intimidating haha..

the pretty city hall :) but there wasnt much there..

Pretty pretty :)

HERMES. :( din get to go in! wanted to get a scarf or smth for my mum but ya. din get to go in eventually. the store close so early! branded or not, they close early..

Mozart's birthplace museum :) a nice cozy house in he middle of a busy street :) i guess this is their form of "Kampong" lifestyle :) everyone lives so close to each other :)

HUGE pretzels! well. they din taste wow. but the size was WOW. HAHA

a nice pic from craig! haha i love the colour of the rose :)

pretty :)

pretty pretty :)

We took a bus to get to the mountain :) the passing scenes of Salzburg were so beautiful :) we travelled along the river..

HAHA. us getting lost. the mountain was too far. it was way off the map but :) imglad we had huimei who knew how to read the bus timings :) and liz and jiaming who ran to the next bus stop to find out :)

fianlly, aftr taking bus25.. i remember!!! heehee we managed to get on the cable car up :)

goes up higher and higher.. salzburg getting smaller and smaller..

going into the mist...

i din get to capture any shot here but the view was AWESOME. the mist was the middle part of the cable car journey. after passing that ridge you see in the photo above, while in the mist, a whole different planet existed! we were hanging over a deep ravine! LOVELY LOVELY. but all of us were too busy shrieking to take the pic haha but even if we din, it wont be pretty cos our cmeras wouldnt be widescreen enough to capture all that beauty.. it can only be remembered:)

beautiful right.. :) i think i liked this more than the dachstein.. well i guess its different. theis place was so serene...

i didnt dare step close to the edge to capture any of the shots. i foresaw that the view would be so pretty your subconcious mind wants to be with it.. haha ya it was really high up.. and at least dachstein had railings; this had none!

nice cozy warm cafe on the mountain top :)

nice pic! i took it! HEEHEE!

a wolf... scary creature. i was below and it walked past me and stared me in the eye before walking away poised-ly. scary, but magnificent..

YAY :D top of the world shot! thanks Huimei! :D and thanks farhan too! poor farhan, din get to wear his jacket :( it was pretty cold! and the winds threaten to blow you away!

This serene scene matches this image of a cross so well... i dont know if the cross has any special meanin there but ya. makes it so peaceful and quiet..

:D LOVEEEE!

LOVELOVEEEE!!! :D our one and only group shot of the day!

went for kebabs! :D hmmm. but schladming's was nicer :D heeehee but we wolfed it down all the same! that was lunch at 5.30!

Next we walk-ran to mirabell castle :) drank water from this! well. only i did haha the rest were suspiciosu about the water but! it was totally drinkable! :D HAHA

Pretty salzburg~~ I love salzburg. shall go back soon!

We din spend much time at the castle cos we wanted to catch the river cruise :) we RAN to the river cruise! it was crazy!!! another running session like how we ran after the cable car ride the day before! haha but yet again, it was an experience! Eddieboi said my steminar very good! :D AWESOME! this is what gym does for you! AW. i miss gym sessions with OBA!

we got thee but missed the cruise. was totally full.. so couldnt get on. well, but at least we tried! :D nice pic :)

we watched sadly as the cruise left :'( haha dunno. felt a little disappointed that time since we ran so far and so fast.. and the clarinet guy was playing sad music in blues.. this scene looked like a came from a postcard :)

ya there you see him! :) his clarinet was already full of rubber bands but it was still working fine! great :D a good player doesnt need awesome instruments to play well :)

a lady with 5 dogs.. wow.

We went up the sound of music tower :) they came here :D pretty pretty :)

OH! this shot!! funny shot! we were quarelling which was left which was right! timo literally pulled us into position and made us sit where he wanted us to HAHA then we were still in midst of conversation haha!he wanted us to slant our legs to the "left" so we were quarelling that slanting the left is weird! HAHA turned out tt we were all interpreting the "slant" wrongly haha! as in.. slant (knees) left or feet to the left?!! HAHA ya. tts why we disturbed the peace there HAHA

Nice natural shot :) i love these neatural shots were we dont need to pose much (im totally bad at posing!) these are "talking shots" in the midst of a convo and craig says "everyone look here!" sigh. the only thing bad about it is that craig's not in this photo!

our last pic for the day :)

mission Salz Accomplished! It was a fun day :) even though we din get to go shopping...

well. i wasnt upset la, just tt when i heard earrings were going at 1 euro! i almost went crazy!!! but thinking back, i'd still prefer running around and spending time together, since we were only in Salzburg for a day.. shopping can be done anywhere! :D no regrets :D

everyone was tired. the journey back was quiet
the ran poured silently on the outside
well. bus journies happen to be the best emo times..
esp so when its raining outside..
i remember Timo asking me (typing chinese) "what are you troubled about?"
"about school?" ya..

well.. i was thinking.
would i be able to just leave these memories behin and continue life in NTU?
theres so much to hold on to..
we make awesome memories today and the next day and the day after.. but eventually,
there'll be a parting day..
ahh. im seriously considering if i wanna joing NUSWS as guest player..
i mean. when i signed up for this trip i didnt think much, i thought it'll be a one-event kind of ting..
like when it passes, it jsut goes t the backof your mind
but sigh. the times we all spent together meant more to me than i thought.
scary huh.
hmmm. really hope FASS will FINALLY SERIOUSLY read my appeal :(

Rainbow (Jay Chou)

2011-07-25T22:55:00.005+08:00

I'm in love with this song :)
was pianoing the instrumental
when my sis said theres a vocal version by jay chou
the lyrics are so sad..
got the lyrics from somewhere but editted the translation a bit :)

周杰伦-彩虹
Jay Chou- Rainbow

作曲:周杰伦作词:周杰伦
Lyrics:Jay Chou

If I can turn back time, I just wished that I had never stepped into your life.

哪里有彩虹告诉我
Na li you cai hong gao su wo
Tell me where the rainbow is

能不能把我的愿望还给我
Neng bu neng ba wo de yuan wang huan gei wo
Can you still return me my wish

为什么天这么安静
Wei shen me tian zhe me an jing
Why is the sky so silent?

所有的云都跑到我这里
Suo you de yun dou pao dao wo zhe li
All of the clouds are running to me

有没有口罩一个给我
You mei you kou zhao yi ge gei wo
Is there a mask for me?

释怀说了太多就成真不了
Shi huai shuo le tai duo jiu cheng zhen bu liao
Recalling too much of the past can accomplish nothing

也许时间是一种解药
Ye xu shi jian shi yi zhong jie yao
Perhaps time is a kind of antidote

也是我现在正服下的毒药
Ye shi wo xian zai zheng fu xia de du yao
and also the poison Im taking now

看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着
Kan bu jian ni de xiao wo zen me shui de zhao
How can I sleep without seeing you smile?

你的身影这么近我却抱不到
Ni de shen ying zhe me jing wo que bao bu dao
Your silhouette is so close to me, yet I cannot embrace it

没有地球太阳还是会绕
Mei you di qiu tai yang hai shi hui rao
The sun still circles without the Earth

没有理由我也能自己走
Mei you li you wo ye neng zi ji zou
Without reasons, I can walk alone

你要离开我知道很简单
Ni yao li kai wo zhi dao hen jian dan
I know that is very easy for you to leave

你说依赖是我们的阻碍
Ni shuo yi lai shi wo men de zu ai
You said dependence is our obstacle

就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱
Jiu suan fang kai dan neng bu neng bie mo shou wo de ai
Even if we let go, can you not steal my heart away

当作我最后才明白
Dang zuo wo zui hou cai ming bai
I'm the last to understand

so emo. but so nice:)

Day 4 -- Slack day stuck in Schladming

2011-07-24T01:05:00.014+08:00

The 4th day, we woke up to winter :)
i stepped out to my balcony get my air-ed jeans
and the floor was UBER COLD. UBER.
it seemed like the rain had just stopped but a slight drizzle was till on..
the once bright and vibrant landscape seemed to be asleep in the cold..

These flowers, bloomed OVERNIGHT! :D i think the first 2 days' weather was too warm it couldnt open.. but look at it now! so beautiful! smiling at the world :D heehee :) Summer in Schaldming is just way too interesting :)

HAHA! memories. this was us waiting for the bus on the wrong side of the road! we forgot theirs was left hand drive OOPS:X ended up having to walk down AGAIN. we have NEVER taken the bus down before. HAHA this scene was quite retarded. ALL of us were dumbfounded as we saw the city bus drive down the other side of the road!!

We went for prac early that morn.. was raining.. drizzling quite badly and me and huimei kept switching hands taking the 7kg frenchhorn.. and prac was BORING. haha i mean. prac can be fun, but just that when youre overseas and you have the whole world out there for you to explore, practicing seems like a waste of time haha. but anywae, nothing was open la. so not that bad :)

OOOH! our cute emcee! :D haha he's not bad looking right!!! well, thats about all the town has to offer. there are like. MANY elderly and many married couples with kids, no teens! teens were usually from the festival bands ONLY. AW. haha!
OOOH. cute band!! cute uniform~~~~ they're from austria, a local band but not from schladming :) schladming's too small to have a band! everyone would probably play an instrument! HAHA okay. not so small, but quite alot of people play instruments :) a music community!! the lady at the tea place plays the flute and quite alot of random strangers tell us what they play too haha :)

OOH. lunch time!!! Kebap store!! the kebap's here are awesome! i think better than the one we had in salzburg, this one was really good! tasty tasty yum yum!

Craig and Eddieboi watching some old MV. the kebap place only played OLD MVs!!! they were super excited! but for us girls, not our era one. haha! :D YAY. young people!!

The kebab~~~ :D

BEST CHICKEN WINGS EVER! the sauce used to marinate the chicken's really nice! :D and its nicely fried. like not too oily, and not over cooked as well :) and! FINALLY! chilli sauce! Val was like "can we bring this back? ASK FOR MORE PACKETS!" HAHA it was really toug finding chili there~ din even have tabasco!

AHH. our brewery visit. BORING. the tour was in german okay! blah. :( we din know it was in german. and we wanted to leave 5 mins into the tour BUT we couldnt find a way out. the factory has way too many pipes and hidden doors! :(

stayed on till the end of the tour 1 hr okay! we spend the time planning the next day's itinerary :D heehee! the end pointof the tour is beer tasting. beer is GROSS. it not sweet la. not nice. can do without it, dont know how people can get hooked onto beer. :( but the guys who love beer said schladminger bier was good, i guess i dont know how to appreciate beer. THAT's A GOOD THING! :)

Pretzels~~~~ YAY I was preoccupied edating this and drinking fizzy raspberry flavoured water :X craig drank so much okay! im glad he was still find enough to talk sanely and take straight photos HAHA oh. damien was FLUSHED. i think he drank too fast, completely red and slightly crazy.

YUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM SSEEEENNNNGGG!!!!! So embarrassing okay! they yum seng-ed UBER loudly there! and ours was the longest table! seldome see this cos my relatives weddings dont have yum seng, christian weddings cant drink! (which is good, why do you want to spend your best day all drunk and semic-consious?)

ooh. this was the raspberry water i was talking bout :) NICE LOR~!

After the brewery, me and val wanted to go up the SKI-WM mountain very much and were afraid we couldnt get to do it som other times, so, WE RAN THERE! thats like. from the head to the end of the town!!! finally reached the place :)

FUNNY PHOTO! Timothy: "HAND...!!! HANDD!!!!!" he wanted val to put down her peace sign HAHA!!! FUNNY LA. see his expression!

Cable car... hmm... empty cable cars descending from fog... scary eh.. dont know what dangers lie beyond........

We were uber dumb. we got off at the middle stopthinking it was the end, good thing we still managed to squeeze some time out to get up!

THEN. PARADISE!! this looks a little sppokky, but it was like that, like fairytale land :) it wasnt sunlight, it was pure fog and vapour! cos.. WE ARE IN THE CLOUDS!!! its not rain either, all that moisture is CLOUD!!!! :D LOVELY!

RUSHED SECTION PHOTO! (at least we had one!)

one of our regrets was to not spend enough time there :( aiyah. should have skipped the brewery. damn. we din know the tour was in german, couldnt understand a word! and other sections had really nice photos here! and they had tim to play on the swing~~~ AND some even had time to eat fish and chips in the cafe bythe playground :( BOO. yes. this was one of my regrets :( well! thankful still that we went up once!

THEN. as soon as we camt down, we RAN to our prac place to pic up instrument for our next concert, we made it there in less than 5 min okay! we charged through groups of people and ran across roads! SMU people were like. "are you guys on an amazing race?" we were all lke "CANT TALK NOW!!! FASTER GUYS! GONNA BE LATE!" every minute you're late you have to pay 1 euro. we didnt wanna pay euros!!! RAN LIKE CRAZY.

we panted so badly! BUT. HAHA it was a fun experience running like crazy people! like we were part of some action movie or smth! :D HHEEHEE FUN~~~~ oh. the phot above was us setting up for the long night concert :)

setting up :)

the crowd! SMU's in there too, at the far end near the stalls :) well, i thought it was quite nice of them to come support us :) HEHEE

this concert was the best out of the 3 we played :) i mean. dont know why, but we all got the groove for jazz (miller mood), and we've got enough pain for drama (der vogelhandler) and enough pride for Austrian music (Poet and peasant-- franz von suppe) :D it was great! i was so happy after the performance! :D oh. but thi was the coldest performance too.. the temp suddenly dropped while we were on stage, and the winds were chilling our bones. :( COLD. (but cant get off stage) the first thing we did after we got off stage was run for our jackets!

Der Vogelhandler here was the best ive EVER played. ive playd it with NIE, NJ, Uni Band Convention, and rehearsed it may times with NUSWS. BUT. this was the most fabulous onw. i guess we blew ourselves away with this piece :D Mr Lam conducted it awesomely! :D my best der vogelhandler! so filled with spirit, pain, colours and musical direction :D

Cold and hungry, we stopped to buy a BOSNA. mustard sauce with hotdog basically :). this uncle scammed us abit! cos in the afternoon when we were here, the prices were different! i guess in expectance of the crowd for Long night, they upped the price. pro.

Japanese band! this girl is crazy awesome. the guy too! they are not reading notes, only chords okay! they were improvising the whole time :D great! :D :D haha eventually, i managed to used my broken jap to speak to the flautists :D TONNES of fun! we could actually understand each other without saying much! HAHAH :D Indeed! music is the language that binds :)

HAHA this is the shot everyone's been looking for! guess what man. they all saw me camwhoring and were silentlyat the back laughing at me! i was completely oblivious okay! only knew about it after dinner that night! AHH!. my gosh. embarrassing can!

haha okay. nothing much already.

night shots are horrible so they're not up. at night we had ice cream in the slight drizzle uber cold that night. long night lasted till 12.30am, we couldnt take it, 11.30 left to go back to zzz. dead tired after all the amazing race. the walk back in the dark was quite enjoyable :)

they dont really have street lamps cos its in the outskirts, everyone's just walking shadows! and the guys were singing to army marching cheers as we trudged up the mountain! CRAZY. but fun to listen to HEEHEE

Day 3 -- Down to Business!

2011-07-23T02:49:00.009+08:00

We woke up early for the reading session :)
hmm speaking of that. where are the photos withe the conductor?
he's quite a fuuny guy :) and he know's what he wants, clearly.. :)
>so it was easy to follow :)
well it was an interesting session :)
Austrian muic is so different..
the intervals are weird but nice :)
there was this 1st and 2nd flute duet in one of the pieces
and val passed it to me (she's always giving me all the nice stuff!)
it was nice :) very calm..

THIS WAS HOW STEEP IT WAS. we were all shocked to see that the path down was SO STEEP! Farhan had to give up trolley-ing his instrument along the rocks. walking down there with a huge barisax is no joke! i pity Damien too! he cant wear the straps of the tuba on his own cos he'll get thrown off balance.. good thing cliff didnt have his double bass then :) CRAZY walking trail.

It goes on.... and on....

well. our efforts paid off! at least we see something nice :) ahhh :D railway tracks are always very nice to look at :) dunno why.. :)

FINALLY the theatre! ARRIVED!
HEEHEE i check this today, its translated as "the bathing walk" ER. i guess this signwas meant for the swimming pool nearby HAHA OOPX :X

Breaking for lunch after our tiring reading session... it was loads offun! but Austrian music has loads of time changes like alternate 68 and 24 bars.. confusing and mentally taxing!
heehee tis lasagne was bubbling when it came :D
it still burned my tongue even though i tasted it 15 min after it was served.
CRAZY CERAMIC BOWL!

OOOH. great pizza! it was only 6.7 euros!
there were artichokes iniside! OOOH. i love artichokes! :D
oh. this was the meal wehre we EACH ordered ONE pizza!
cos the guy told us its very small! we ended up having to dabao 2 entire pizzas back
TOO MUCH TO EAT!
but still, it wasnt pricey :)

The music people! te town loves music alot :) theres this old couple, i saw them for both our outdoor performances! :D HEEHEHe so sweet of them :)

CUTE GIRL! this was after her mum forbade her to play with twigs
she was seperating the twigs from the dry leaves UBER CUTE :D
ahh. i really envy a kid's world :)
a world where you can dream.. and no one tells you that "dreams are just dreams"
how wonderful tt is :) :)

Cliff and his double bass. aiyoh. poor him carrry this up the hill :(
but! ANW! i think walking so much has caused me to lose weight haha a little i guess..
and the good thing is that, i cant stand the oily-ness of sg food now.
that may be a good sign!

the 4 strong guys! sigh. donnno how to help them except to be part of the cheerleading group!!
its really no joke carrying theese up to the hotel..

tired and hungry, we finally got back to the hotel. the heat was CRAZY! and the worse thing is. they dont have airconditioning!!!! AHHH~ we were all sunburned and warm :(
hha anw! i love this table :) cosits where laughter is the loudest :) and at times the softest(when youre laughing till your stomach hurts and you cant make a sound. er. close to the feeling of childbirth i think HAHA)!

:) im confident to say tat my section is the FUNNEST :D
FUNNEST! :D YAY! haha and yes, of course that includs Farhan HAHA :D

Day 2 -- The Dachstein

2011-07-22T22:06:00.012+08:00

As my Facebook gets quieter and quieter..
it worries me..
like we're gonna lose contact soon.too sensitive. BUT. sigh. i hope it wont happen..
well.. guess there'll be a second HIGH period :) when the next group gets back!
hmmm i guess everyone's just emo-ing away thinking back on the good times we had..
now that a few days have past,
Schaldming really seemed like a fantasy land.. like a dream.. or something..

This what we saw when we drew the curtains, sunlight streamed in at 6.30 am!!!

Aint this beautiful? :) wonders of the world :) God's Masterpiece :)

Our small cozy hotel :)

Lok how bright this looks! it wasnt editted to look nicer or anything! it looked JUST like that :) pretty right? :D

Me Damien and Weechong out at the benches in the warm weather. the wind is cold, but the sun's awfully warm. warmer than SG's sun actually..

:D Thanks to Yimin who took this shot :D a cool shot! but if her face could be seen it'll be much better :D
This was where the Uncle gave Apricots :D really sweet of him :) this is the beauty f living in a village.. youre not calculative and you take care of others :D reminds me to "Pulau Fuhua" :)

A river! i think this is one of the only real rivers i hve ever seen in my entire life. the sun on the rver surface just makes it so beautiful :) like glass~~

and a church :) well.. we din get to go in to take a look though.. but i bet it'll be beautiful :) maybe it'll look like the Notre Dame de Paris filled with multicoloured and carefully placed stained glass :)

after runnning around town and wow-ing at all the beautiful flower filled houses (they din even look real okay. like doll houses :)) we were hungry and decided to grab a small bite so we could spend the time walking around :)

OH! haha this is Khee Ghuen with the apricot the uncle gave :D haha :)

after lunhc, me and my section decided to eat ice cream! we had cornetto(ya, its the one with the chocolate at the bottom)! it was only 80 cents~~ and the supermarket sold pretty fruits! :D oh man. ive ran out of vocab to use to describe the beauty of this place~~

hmmm. then we used our awesome sommercard!!! :D and DING! we arrived on the Dachstein :) the ride to the dachstein seemed to have popped out of an awesome postcard.. none of the photos taken were nice enough to capture the beauty of it.. like what timothy said "some nice things cant be captured by camera, we can only see and remember" :) so true :)

me and my snowman! haha im glad this shot turned out okay! i was squinting too hard to tak a proper photo, everywhre was WHITE and GLEAMING! left my sunglasses at home :( the night before i was sick so, din pack properly :( din bring iphone charger too :(

haha we wnt down and saw this.. SEE! we're there! on the programme sheet! NUSWS~~~ :D YAY!

Tea at Artisan :) it was really warm that day.. im glad we chanced upon this store:) (was attracted to the ben and jerries outside) HEEHEE. they sold cold choc with 2 large scoops of vanilla ice cream for only 4 euros~! CRAZY AFFORDABLE!

the owners are a really sweet couple :) afte hearing us mention tt mybe we'll come after dinner for dessert, they offfered to stay -- "we close at 7 but we can stay if you want us to! we are the owners, we decide!" sweet sweet couple :)

Oka shall continue soon.. hmm. maybe later :) maybe ill go watch Secret again :) im still looking for official piano sheets! dont see them anywhere~~ their soundtrack is awesome :)

Hello Stranger

2011-07-22T02:59:00.002+08:00

AWESOME ROMANTIC COMEDY!! :D

this show is ultimate FUNNAY!

but from some point in the show,

you'll cry buckets of tears

very touching :)

oh man. good thing we din have it on the plane if not id have watched it

and would have been a mess..

BUT STILL! awesome show :)

btter than some hollywood movies i would say :)

a MUST WATCH!!!!

Day 1 -- Basically Travelling :(

2011-07-21T23:38:00.010+08:00

It was a rather wasted one day cos it was all spent on travelling..
we met at 4.30AM at airport T1
I WOKE UP AT 3.30AM!!!!
EEE. dont like T1 still.. but departure hall seems more decent than arrival hall..

ANW, back here :) hmmm we tagged luggages and Went in!
YAY! :D

Had our first breakfast together :D Val was complaing that the kaya toast and eggs were ex! it was 4 bucks for 2 eggs and toast.. hmmm. slightly steep! and cos it was time for me to take another panadol, i wanted to get water.. water was $2.50. guess what. it wasnt even branded evian water :(

So, i settled for a small bottle of fruit juice instead :D ooh! my cute pouch! Jonny got it when he went to korea :D UBER cute! :D and! super convenient. its a must have for travelling!

After a short breafast, we hurriedly rushed to the gate (we didnt wanna pay the 1 euro per minute fine!) Waggles is finally flying!!! :D

Thaiairways feels different from SQ in terms of plane..
the service was quite good the flights
but they have limited choices and stuff..
like theres no "apple spritzer" on the menu
or in cases where its short flights, there's no menu at all
they just ask you what you'd like on the spot..
but their meals are not bad actually..
they serve normal food, like chicken with rice and some sauce or something
nothing too fancy (and scary) :)

taking off and landing..
well cant comment too much
cos it might be difference in plane that's a big factor
SQ flights seem to land smoother and quieter :)
but still, the experience on Thaiairways was not bad :)

Eugene playing monopoly deal on the left and Timothy paying Guitar on the right haha :) we chilled out at starbucks :) comfort food! :D Oh ya! we sang Happy birthday to Farhan! who had 30 hrs of birthday due to time difference :D AWESOME! :D 30 hrs!!!

back on the plane~ finally to Munich now!! :D another panadol.. good thing i passed customs :D YAY :D this flight seemed ENDLESS.It took a VERY long time! i think 12 hours...

What made it worse was.. there was no TV!! OMG. only one shared one.
that only guys can watch. the seats were too tall! OH MAN. so ya haha we played cards :D heehee
and went all around the plane chatting with other band members :) it was a very empty flight YAY! :D

HAHA the kidwho played "bang bang"! super cute! haha he amused all of us :D ENTERTAINMENT! he was having fun too! couldnt seem to stop running after timo told him to run twards craig hand (London Bridge) HAHA :D

OOH. and thaiairways were rather sweet :D
they made corsages for us :D
so sweet of them :D

i think they made them inflight cos the area around the wire hasnt darkened yet :D

We stopped to get Mac :D The cheese burger here is AWESOME! Mac cheese and beef NEVER tasted so good before! er. but fries wise, SG's marginally better :) OOH and of course! mcspicy! :D

The beautiful Sunset :) this was at 9.20PM~ so late!
but it plunges into darkness very quickly like in 10 minutes, its dark already..

As we traveled past many mountains and the cold glass got colder, we arrived schladming:)
when the door opened the cold was biting
our tired bodies were battered by the icy wind
really drama cos in Munich, it was about SG's weather..
poor guys gotta carry the luggages up the stairs to the lobby
and eventually into the rooms :(

upon arriving at the lobby, we found that SMU was staying in the same place as us
but OH MAN. they came down in wine glasses.
and guess what? Raphael came down holding a wine glass too
HAIYO. i didnt know he had that side of him.
but it wasnt so bad, at least he could recognise me from the top of the stairs..
but oh well.. for Business they'll need to drink in future so.
count this as a learning stage bah.
well even though they were drunk and all,
it was nice knowing that other Singaporeans were in Schladming with us :D
its like hmm. bringing a part of home to schladming? haha
ya smth like that :D

we travelled for almost hmmm lets see.
SG-- Bangkok 2 hrs
transited 4.5 hrs
flew again 12 hrs
land transfer 3 hrs..
thats a whopping 21.5 hrs of travelling!
CRAZY. CRAZY TIRED.

A Summer Romance

2011-07-21T22:49:00.009+08:00

This afternoon I was on the phone with Alvin (Like. FINALLY.)
then he asked "Whats in Austria? Have anything meh?"
ya that was what went through my mind before i went there too..
i thought id still like Korea London Paris better
but, Schladming was a "place with many treasures" I would say :D
Its really lovely:)
a different kind of lovely :)
countrysides offer things that cities could never offer.
Just Lovely :)

This trip was like a Summer Romance,
Unfamiliar people embarked on a journey together
and you reach an enchanted land...
you fall in love with the place and the people,
and before you realise it,
it ends.
Such short-lived happiness..
hmmm. like what edwin wrote in his article,
"Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow" :)

He explained parting as "Sweet" because you know you'll meet again
but i see it as "sweet" cos the memories were sweet :)
but that just increases the depth of sorrow..
hmmm. im a pessimist haha sorry.

well.. before the trip i didnt know my section that well,
i mean i didnt think we were capable of laughing so HARD! :D
you can laugh till the point you dont even have strength to beg them to stop making you laugh HAHA
It was nice to have Farhan with us too :D :D
well, it didnt feel like he was from another section.. weird but i guess we all click VERY well!
I can never forget Ethan saying "Farhan, take your section and go!"
uber funny! HHAHA AIYAH.
dunnola. it was just CRAZY Fun :D :D :D

Everyone's been quite emo..
and Val and Edwin's not back yet!!
cant wait for them to come back..
we need to meet up! :D
but it suddenlyseems weird to meet in a city,
i guess it'll feel more normal if we were to have picnic at botanical gardens:)
it'll b just like the trip where we sang to guitar tunes
and ate sandwiches out in the open
surrounded by tonnes of green :)
yeah. i think that'll feel normal :)
or! we can watch harry potter :D something we missed doing during the trip
haha :)

haha okays. shall stop emo-ing and update about my trip! :D
i had an awesome time
even though we missed out on alot of things we were used to having :)
stay tuned!

Austria

2011-07-13T05:52:00.002+08:00

Lovely vlovely place!!!
After a long and dreadful flight, we finally arrived at Munich
Then the land transfer (was awesome!!! The bus driver drove VERY smoothly)
Apparently it was traveling at more than 110km/h
It was SO SMOOTH! Totally impressed :D perfectly comfortable!
Hmmm but daylights are really long here..
The current time now is 6:04 SG but in Austria it's 12:04
Pretty tiring, yesterday we checked in at 1am Austria time dreadful.
And the poor guys had to carry all our luggages up to our rooms:(
But today was great!
We woke up to a breathtaking view
And went to see a glacier awesome awesome view-- top of the world!
Scsry and beautiful :D

We live in a small village kind of thing
It's very homely!
Early this morn while strolling nearby
On of the people staying nearby gave us apricots he grew!!!
They were VERY Sweet:D
Haha plays update with photos soon!
Gotta zzz now, having a concert tmr :)

SICK

2011-07-10T22:19:00.002+08:00

HAis.
dont know why.
always on the day before i fly, i always get a fever.
i just hop i vcan pass through the customs tmr without getting caught for having a fever!
shall have a panadol before going to the airport..

Take care guys!
i shall try to get stuff for you all but i doubt there'll be many things to buy!
sigh talking about things to buy i think of Seoul again~~~!! :D
heehee okay i shall tune my mind to the european side :)
coffee.. macaroons.. sweet cakes... rum cakes.. pralines..truffles..
waaaahhhh. drooling right? HEEHEE
i shall take photos to let your drool more!! :D HEEHEE

the temp rather dreadful there
i didnt bring lotsa warm stuff cos the temp is about 15
but once it rains it may plunge to 4..
and our luggage cant be more than 13 kg
mines already 12.6 kg.
when i come back i shall hand carry another luggage :)
and this time my relatives all gave me alot of money
so much tt i dont even need to change the money tt i earned from working!
AWESOME haha but. its quite cary to carry so much money around..
hmmm. may everything be alright :)

Leave me alone.

2011-07-08T23:47:00.003+08:00

today was my last day at work..
this was supposed to be a happy post where i can recall the good times..
but.. i got stalked.
and i honestly dont know if i got m******d.
URGH.

i was at city hall mrt,
i took the long escalator up to raffles city shoppin centre
and the guy behind me stood very close to me
and when i turned to glance he smiled an eerie smile at me.

as soon as i got to the top
i broke into a run.
i decided to stop by the directory board to see if he was really following me,
and indeed he stood there waiting.
i gave him at least 5 chances
5 benefit-of-the-doubt that i was simply hallucinating
and i kept stopping and going stoppign and going..
as i went through raffles city i felt someone tappign my shoulder and elbow.
and i got jostled by so many people i wouldnt even know if i gt m*******d
my god. please save me. someone. anyone.
i wanted to call like dotty or alvin or someone but what can they do?
this stalker was very daring.

I felt so helpless..
its like the you're in a place with people but no one sees the trouble youre in.
it was damn scary. very,
he kept following behind me closely.
when i ran a bit
i could hear hurrying footsteps and fast breathing.
oh gosh. its really very scary.
i wanted to stop him and ask him "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU FREAKING STALKING ME DAMMIT?"
but i didnt have the courage to see his face.
i could only see him from the corner of my eyes everytime i turn back.

there were so many people around and he was opening stalking me.
but no one was gonna help me. and i couldnt locate the information counter.
no security guard.
no police.
tonnes fo shoppers but they were like just moving bodies and i was only aware of his presence.
its damn scary.

thankfully i saw a FB booth.
and there were a few people there so i went to ask the guy
where the taxi stand was. and if it was crowded. or if i needed to queue.
i dont know. i just didnt wanna be left alone. :(
the stalker kept tailing me like no one's business.
i finnaly told the guy that some person was following me and i didnt know him..
he stared at me like i was crazy
but eventually went with me to get a cab..
omg. after i got into the cab, i saw the stalker stand there and watch the cab leave..
it is such a scary experience.
and in a crowded place atthat.. :(
who can help?...

I was pretty shaken.
my dad waited for me at millenia walk taxi stand..
i said "BITCH Someone followed me" in front of my parents.
and while they had dinner i just stoned at the corner..

the last few times i got stalked the stalkers werent walking as close as the one today.
and the other times happened near my house at night
when it was quiet and soul-less...
i mean. that was scary. but this is.
the feeling of being chased after. utter scaryness.

the last time something like this happened,(was in 198 from JP)
i remember colin saying "if someone does anything like that just look for some auntie. they will help you and scold the person."
that time was scary too. i was so traumatized i came down the bus
2 stops after JP and i cried and walked all the way back home from there.

PLEASE. LEAVE. ME. ALONE. :(

Parting is such Sweet Sorrow

2011-07-06T09:36:00.003+08:00

Edwin wrote a piece about his experience is the band :)
AWESOMELY written :)
wow. if only i had the power to write like that..
so sweet la his essay..
ill just quote a few phrases :D
"retrospectives are for dead people"-- Abbas Attar VS. "Before you discuss your future, remember how we got here- the past"-- LKY
such a thoughtful comparison here :)

"is its ironic that Da Capo marks the end of so many things. It is supposed to translate to "Back to the Beginning", no? But yet, to me, it seems to mark the beginning of many ends that is to come"
lovely lovely my fav sentance of the entire essay :)

wow. im quite surprised edwin has this side of him..
he's always fooling around in band haha
wow. AWESOME.

STUPID.

2011-07-04T23:24:00.003+08:00

I did something really dumb today. :(
i registered for driving in March and immediately after
i booked the BTT. it was already very late. on the 4th of July.
then toda, cos i didnt bring my IC, i couldnt take the test.

I didnt notice at all!
the ic was always there.. i had a photocopy, but they just didnt let me.
guess. what. something dumber happened.
i went out of the room and down the stairs suddenly tearing..
AHH. crazy already.
dunno whats wrong with me today.
after tearing for almost half an hour in the toilet, i went on 187 and continued.
blah. i think im crazy.
or am i slipping into depression?

i mean. whats so sad about not taking the test?
but of course. its really very mafan. m next test date is 27th Aug. :(
sigh. not like i can control the system. :( :( ts so late okay.
i wanna start driving NOW.
dammit. i hate public transport. including taxis.
and these few days the uncles have been cheating money out of me.
i think in the past 5 days ive spent close to or more than 100 bucks on cab.
cheating customers by travelling further is just not respectable.

aiyah. or maybe its the journey and the weather..
the weathers driving me crazy.
cant wait to go to Austria..

aiyah. i dunno...
maybe its the stress..
gettting into a Uni in Sg is so stressful..
:( whats up with all the social stigma and everthing?
why do people look down on others when they choose not to get into NUS or NTU of SMU?
damn. im not being like jealous here or what.
but on what basis are they comparing about?
the sg education system is in chaos. so materialistic. :(
i dont have the courage to give up NTU for SIM still..
but i really think SIM is good too, just tt cos of the social stigma it doesnt seem so good.

i met this guy today at NTU office
then he was submitting a LKY scholarship
so i spoke to him on the bus out..
he said he was an NT student who went to Poly who finally made it to Uni..
he got awarded the LKY thing 3 times already.
success story...
awesome right.
hais who knows what life has in store for us?

:( missed POP

2011-07-04T01:16:00.002+08:00

urgh.
uber disappointed today i missed the POP :(
there was church.. and its holy communion week.. and sunday school anniversary..
service ended esp late today..
wanted to go and see.
i enjoy watching parades,
esp when ive friends in there..
:( really wanted to go.
Alvin, Chuan, Xinyan and Ikhwan pop today..

hais. shall not look at anymore photos.
it makes me feel like i got left out of a really huge schoolmates gathering :(

The Saddest of Days

2011-07-01T00:47:00.002+08:00

The weather today makes everything so sad :(
Don't like overly gloomy weathers
It doesn't only make me feel sian, I get emo too :(

I left early from band today cos the briefing for the trip went on too long..
On the way home,
Xiangyi told me Tt Mr Ho's not travelling with us.
Ahhh. Sigh. Sigh. So sad. :(
Before I left I even messaged him to tell him to take care cos I heard him sniffing throughout today's prac..
No wonder he told this clarinet girl (Mr Lam's fiancee I think) not to switch to playing 3rd (she initially played 1st)
:( now we know why.
Cos he can't go, Mr Lam needs to conduct so she'll be playing his parts..
Oh man. Din see it coming!
So sudden. Can't register that in my mind yet.
Sigh. Gloomy sad day. :(

Oh but today Timothy finally came to practice!
He disappeared for almost 2 weeks already!
Glad he's back, his flute tone is so nice and it doesn't make you feel lost
Rather it guides you...
Nice to have him back :)
He was quite shocked I got into NTU instead of NUS
And he said that it's 'NUS's loss' :) guess that made my day a bit :)
Ahh. But still such a sad day...
Mr Ho din tell even the excos.. He just told the whole band together :(
Ahh. Okays shall zzz soon..
Night! May we all wake to a brighter day :D

2011-06-30T11:46:00.002+08:00

I got NTU's acceptance to triple E..
but.. its triple E... :(
aiyah. but really, better than nothing.

and though im accepting NTU first,
im still FERVENTLTY waiting for NUS to respond.
my appeal failed :(
i asked if i can appeal again then the woman on the line was FREAKIINNG UNHELPFUL.
and she was so pessimistic okay.
if i wanna continue appealing is my business l0r!

aiyah.
i dont have anything against NTU
in fact i think NTU has been very nice to me
but its just tt from young the ending point has always been NUS
and now that its not,
i cant accept it and am still fighting hard to get in.

ya. ntu has always been nice..
but. i have always not been nice to them..
even before writing anything on the acceptance form,
i already filled up the withdrawal form and signed it..
(in the case that i do want to withdraw -- gonna be in Austria for more than a week i need my parents to send this in if NUS accepts me)
Sigh. This kinda reminds me of the 'fated to love' scene
Where he made her sign the divorce papers even before they got to know each other
Haha weird comparison but. Ya!
Like being so mean to something which has been so nice to me :(

Swing Girls! And a boy..

2011-06-28T01:09:00.002+08:00

Yay! Just watched this again!
NUS's playing in the miller mood for the trip and I heard some familiar tunes in it
Yay so was inspired to watch swing girls!!!
Awesome la~~~~!!!!!!! :D
We watched it twice for 2 band camps I think :)
Brings back good memories!

But watching it now
You feel so much more touched by their love for big band music :)
They work to buy cheap second hand instruments
But through those old tarnished metal are able to produce such great music :)
I dunoo, just feels so sincere and true :)
So like Fuhua :)

We live in a world where alot of times
Music is:
1. A basis of comparison of status
2. Stupid cca records
3. Dumb portfolio
4. Your high flying school expecting a GWH from you

Ya I mean, sometimes we no longer appreciate music because of what it is, but are more concerned with the other 'benefits' they bring
Sigh. I miss Fuhua..
Wanna relive those times when band was so innocent
So passionate, so pure, so sincere :)
We can't turn back the clock, but I'm glad we have memories :)

Academic Woes, i thought they were over

2011-06-27T00:54:00.003+08:00

SIGH.
i thought i can finally slack a bit.
not worry about uni admissions and all..
so far, NTU and NUS hasnt responded to my appeal yet..

well.
NUS has always been a school which let me down.
i guess its like a second NJ kind of thing.
NTU on the other hand, has always been the nice one.
all along.

comaring the taiwan trip to the austria trip,
the austrai trip was the one which needed some persuasion on my part..
but the taiwan trip was "we need you to play" (when they already had like 7 more flutes of smth)
but still, im glad i "fought for my chance" to take part
well not really, not so kua zhang, but you kinda get the idea..
and everyone there's nice, not like i mian qiang wanna go with them
just tt maybe they were not as prepared to take in non-NUS members..

hmm. the trip is in 2 weeks time
we're left with officially 2 pracs ONLY.
and the pieces are CRAZY DIFFICULT.
like preparing for 5 SYF pieces at one time!
Poet and Peasant is the KILLER.
then comes soaring high notes in Der Vogelhandler
then 5/8 timings and CRAZY FAST tempo in Armenian Dances
then fierce running notes in el camino real
and many more :)
sigh. too bad we dont ave time to have a conceert before we go..
it would have been nice :)
and for such a small band, i wold say we are not bad :)
we only have 3 horns, 1 of each for trombone eupho tuba and string bass.!

AH. deviated from the main topic
yes, i took the SAT in June, and my scores are released.
hmmm. i would say, its a better than average score
but im missing maybe 20 -30 points in order to get into Harvard or Stanford's 25th Percentile
hmm. so actually i guess i did not bad :)
i think i can get into US's top 35 universities
my math was 92% nation-wide so :) :D :)
sigh.
now im thinking,
since my SAT scores are so much better than my shitty A Level scores,
should i get myself out of the british system and study over there?
SIGH. but i really dont wanna go overseas
so many things to leave bhind
and once im overseas, im left to face the world on my own :(
and i dont know if im prepared for that :(
being overseas without friends and family makes you feel so vulnerable
esp when you're not a guy, makes things even worse.
cant go out late, cant make friends. cant i dunno.. cant alot of stuff..
and its really expensive.. bout 30 K a year?
i know tt the money can be earned back, but as of now, this amount seems too big for me!

this amount can take my entire family on a europe trip again!
imagine the cost of my entiredegree,
we can tour europe for 3 weeks again for 5 times. :(
SIGH. FAN NAO!

A Scary Colleague

2011-06-23T11:00:00.000+08:00

hai. SIGH SIGH.
now my department's planning for the next conference
it happens to be held in Sg
so ya, we've started preparations..

i came out with lotsa good ideas
and i realised when it comes to things like events planning,
im very quick to want my efforts to be SEEN.
like. i want people to know that it was MY IDEA.
this is esp so when it comes to event planning..

and okau, not be chou mei about anything,
but im confident i came up with som pretty good ideas
BUT. im still ONLY a causl staff.
i got a casual email from my boss saying that i should let my other staff do her job too..
well, she didnt complain la (as in my other staff)
ya. and shes not really of the same "ranking" as me
she's supposed to be my boss,
but since she's new here (its only been 3 weeks?)
my boss told me to tell her the stuff i know..
and ya, i didnt keep any info from her or anything..

she tells me to do stuf for her.
and im not used to doing stuff for someone else except my boss
cos i dont knwo if my boss will know..
like. i dont wanna do stuff and let someone else claim the credit. GET IT?
well.. she's not the kind who will complain about me stealing her work
but she's been telling me to do things and didnt acknowledge that i did it.
then all other departments are getting me to do stuff
cos they dont know that im actually busy helping her with smth.
URGH. i just dont wanna be taken advantaged of..
SIGH. i think in future ill just be a scary colleague to work with.

LONG AGOs.

2011-06-22T10:36:00.013+08:00

MILO DINO!!! I miss ENAQ :D HEEE
we always used to go there for PRATA and TEH TARIK :D
This is at prata cafe! Near my workplace :) just behind CCAB :)
me and dotty went for prata!!
just like the old times! :D

OOH. OILY. aiyah. but worth it la :D
just dont STARE at the OIL. HAHA :D

ICE CREAM!!! :D this was when Jingyi OBA mic dotty and me went for ice cream!
YAY :D it was fun! the mud pie ALWAYS steals the limelight :)
haha we tried teh tarik. not bad! :D
ahhh. im starting to think of the boutique cafe i went to the time i went Haji lane :)
the rum and raisin there was awesome :)

Hatched :D
this is also near my workplace :)
the first time we went, Liz treated me and Michelle :)
that was like michelle's first day here!
uber long ago! Now, we are already nearing the end of our term here..
well it was nice working here :)
summore theres doty mic and oba :) so its like going to school all over again :D

Shirokana Toritama :D :) :D :)
AWESOME!! the food standard here is quite high :)
its the pricey-er and nicer version of Nambantei at Far East Plaza
well, Nambantei is good too! its a place id go with friends cos its good and cheap :)
Toritama is a place where you should go with your parents if you dont wanna burna hole in your pocket..
each stick is 5 bucks? and each person eat an average of 7 sticks?
so including whatever whatever charge, it can go up to 300 for a simple dinner
but at nambantei, you can keep the cost below 150..
yup, you pay for what you get bahs :)
ITS REALLY GOOD!
MY FAVE YAKITORI PLACE IN SG :D

HAHA i like this :D but blogshopping always bring you clothes that DO NOT look like that AT ALL. SCAM ONE. so the solution to this?
Go straight to Seoul to buy!

wow. this was from an even longer time ago!
my phone cover was still pink :)
i liked this cover :) my cousin bought it for me!
it was close to 80 bucks but the colour was good and it was "drop resistant" HAHA
doesnt crack La. good for me :) ppl like Jingyi should use it too,
she always abuses her phone!

i love this polo shirt.. but after 50%, its still $130. HUH. for some T-shirt? and its only polo?! sigh. their prices have gotten so inflated. i remember when we were younger all our normal non dressy clothes are from polo.. but now that its so inflated, we've stopped buying them.. BUT allie just came back from US and she said she got a polo DRESS at 80SGD! OOHS.

Zara's Spring season dress :(
didnt buy it cos it was quite mis-fitted.
:( nice dress, nice colour, nice design.. BUT.
ZARA has become so mass produced now that i dont quite appreciate the cut.
the very basic for good clothes is the cut.
only after comes comfort and material
then colour and design.
well. not all are this way, just alot of them are right now..
URGH. i needa get out of SG to SHOP!

Interview

2011-06-21T15:51:00.002+08:00

NTH TO DO ALL DAY.
aiyah. not really la. BUT.
Its been really boring. WELL.
NOT TILL JUST NOW!!! OMG.
i was trying to upload that photo above
when i received a phone call.
OMg. din know it was from NTU.
Triple E's professor called me to ask if I was truly interested in Physics.
so YA. WE SPOKe.
and I WAS DAMN STUPID.
I agreed to a phone interview :(
DAMN STUPID.
he ask me "so, whats ohm's law?"
SHIT. my mind was about EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT OHM's LAW!
SHIT. caught off guard!
its something that i havent been reviing.
if you ask me whats Velocity, or displacement or smth
i will know, but you ask me "OHM'S LAW"
omg. couldnt remember the definition!

URGH. OH MAN. OH MAN.
DUNNO WHATs GONNA HAPPEN TO ME.
hey guys MAYBE next time youll only see me in YELLOW BOOTS and a WHITE HELMAT/HELMUT
why does the HELMAT/HELMUT look strange?!

OMG. today was supposed to be my slackest day, i even
drew the trafiic police thingy out.
OMg. WHATS GONNA happen to ME?!

:(

2011-06-16T09:07:00.003+08:00

BLEH. SIGH.
omg. to Austria, we're not flying by Lufthansa anymore :(
at first Mr Ho was saying fly Emirates..
I was So happy! cos I know emirates better than Lufthansa..
BUT!
OMG.
turns out tt we're travelling by Thai Airways instead..
hmm. havent travelled with Thai Airways before..
SIGH SIGH.
I wanna fly Emirates!!! :(
ive only been on SQ or Cathay
there was one time Silkair and Evaair and united airways but thats about it!
dont know how Thai Airways will be..
but its their international airline..
so i guess it'll be fine?
hmm. at least i think its better than some other airline.

Jingyi was on board B airline
and guess what. when they arrived SG,
the staff couldnt find her entire luggage.
there were many valuable items inside including a DSLR.
MY GOSH.
but fortunately, the next day at 3am in the morn,
someone delivered the luggage back..
AIYOH.
thinking about how other airline freaks me out..
well. but as long as the service staff are polite and attentive,
it'll still make my day :)
i hope it'll be fine :)

Unstamped Passports

2011-06-15T09:08:00.002+08:00

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/porean-women-file-complaint-against-m-sian-immigration-133629510.html

see. told you.
SIGH.
there were a few instances when one of my family members' passports wasnt stamped.
we had to walk back to get it stamped.
tts why for the past 10 years we havent gone to Malaysia.
Its such a pity.
We used to like going to Melaka for peranakan food
but if its going to continue being so unsafe,
thats not possible.
there was this article a few years back..
There was this Man, he went to JB to fetch his girlfriend from work
on the way, they got followed by many motorcycles
they ended up driving into some ulu turn off along the highway
and i think the girl got violated and the guy died in the fight
SIGH. and they were planning to get married soon.
So sad.

My girlfriend is a Gumiho

2011-06-14T03:15:00.004+08:00

:) nice show! GOOD ENDING! :D

YAY! :D

Love Theme, Fox Rain

Staycation II!!

2011-06-13T22:53:00.013+08:00

HAHA the next day, we decided to live like tourists~!
so, we went to Haji Lane :D
my first time there actually,
LOVELY PLACE!! :d
if theres anything close to Apgujeong in SG, its gotta be Haji Lane!! :D
they sell really cool items!
unlike the BORING GSS stuff.
YAY! bought quite a few things :)

I LOVE THIS SHOP. :D Bought a pink polka-dot dress here! UBER VINTAGE! :D LOVEIT!

FUNNAY! :D if you cant read the blue slip.. heres what it says :)
Bold Words: Please Pull! Small Words:

ANOTHER POSER.

We stopped at pluck after we saw ppl eating ice cream inside :D

OOH! Banana Crumble with Choc and Rum & Raisin

A COOL DRESS! tt was a tad bit too retro for me... so i din get it.. :(
Im starting to regret a bit!

Got this! :D YAY :D my cousin took this shot, he's really good with cameras!! This looks like the kind of wedding photography thing :) AWESOME! Its a skill im still acquiring!

Lovely scenes of these old places :) I was transported to London :)

HMM. our beloved VCH.. currently under renovation..
well, might as well :)
i guess ill like the place more after renovation, when memories of NJ have been washed away.

VietLang, my family eats here when ever we they needa go to VCH to watch my performance :)
its a quaint little quiet place :)
2 years ago, ,we watched the NDP fireworks as they lit they sky above us :) :)
those were the nice times.. before NJ got more and more horrible..

They served this, lovely! :D YAY! Vietnamese food is so CLEAN for the stomach cos its all veggie and spices :)

HAHA dad and mum :)

anw we met this Japanese couple, they were dressed in punk style and held electric guitars! Turns out tt they were taking a wedding photo! :D COOL STUFF.

The happy shoes :) bought this for my sis! :D I like it! but not my style.. so got it for her! :D

Next day's breakfast! SIGH, this amount was more or less alll we ate for buffet..
we ate too much the past few days, SIGH. couldnt enjoy all the courses.
but it was good :)
the only disappointment was the tea.. how can the serve lipton tea?
5 Star restaurants shoudl serve either TWG or twinings..
okay. maybe i expect too much. but ya, the breakfast spread was good :)

The view from the outdoor :) We wanted to sit outside! but the birds flying around were too freaky. :( This place would be very romantic at night though :) when the birds are asleep haha

YAY! great timing!

everyone goes to fullerton to take photos :)

everyday and everytime you go to the cavenaugh bridge you'll see a lovely couple

staring into each others' eyes :) LOVELY!

Eating ice cream from the pushcart uncle is really fun!

esp when youre in a retro dress with retro glasses! :D :D :D :D

STAYCATION I

2011-06-11T03:09:00.016+08:00

HAHA i took half a day off today!
hmm, now its YESTERDAY already haha :)
I had prata with mic dotty and OBA :D
LIKE. FINALLY. so near yet so far, our plans to eat there were always THWARTED!
HAHA YAY finally got my prata craving settled!! :D
then, i went for second lunch
at One on the Bund, Fullerton Bay Hotel :)
its a place tt we go more often than we go hmm.. crystal jade haha
its awesome i love the atmosphere here :) and the food :)

Carrot Cake in XO Sauce :D YUMMY!! :D

LOVED THIS. slightly oily, but the taste is awesome :) :D

My sis thought it was cod fish okay. cos the carrot cake's consistency was so smooth!

HAHA UNGLAM! my sis. HAHA!

hmm then this is handmade noodles with fried duck :) NICE TOO! but I would prefer if the soup wasnt the clear kind, i dont like clear chinese soups..

nevertheless, it was good :)

Hargow.. hmmm they're very generous with the filling, but i think i prefer East Ocean's better cos their skin is thinner :)

YAY! awesome chicken!! Fried Chicken, crisp skin and moist meat :D
YAY :D was good :) and the sauce is great, i think there's some kind of wine in it,

but its so nicely blended tt i cant take the taste apart, dunno what else they use in it :)

Softshell crab with sichuan peppers :) NICE!!
in fact, best in Singapore!! :D

well, but Hu Tong in HK serves this very well too! :D

One on the bund :)

i seem to say the same things everytime theres a post on this :)

yesyes, this was the one tts housed in the old clifford pier :)

aiyoh. we were uber paise.

their last order was 2pm, we ordered at 1.50 pm

and all the waiters were standing around watching us eat

cos they werent allowed to take their breaks till we left

AIYOH. uber paise.

Then after, it was... STARBUCKS!! :D

YAY! :D I LOVE STARBUCKS! :D

coffee does give me a headache sometimes but ill still take it! :D

do try "Irish Cream Latte" it has a little alcohol in it,

but not enough to make you tipsy or siao.

so dont worry and drink it:)

the after taste is awesome :D

or take their teas, the hibiscus tea is not bad :) just dont overdo the sugar.. :)

POSER! Thats my sunglasses and necklace!

finally went to check in :D

The room's like that, plain and simple..

well, i wouldnt say it's awesome,

ive stayed in places better than this, well in terms of technology and poshness

but it has everything you need and the staff are friendly :)

still enjoy the room!

i guess, its more of a no nonsense business hotel kind of thing

its luxurious, but they dont overdo the luxury..

free WIFI! :D

luxury hotels alwasy charge approx 80 for wifi each day, but they're so nice here!

POSER. AGAIN.

LOVELY! :D

the nightview would be beautiful..

i have this urge of going out to take a pic of it in the dark..

but that would be insane haha

im not crazy enough to run out in the dead of the night to take photos!

This is a cake!

SO IS THIS!! Imagine the amount of effort put in to make these...

Went to Garett's to get popcorn! :D

my gosh. do get the macademia caramel popcorn!

its only a dollar more than the regular caramel and it has FULL (not finely chopped) macademia nuts in it!

Can you hear them scream out to you?! "EAT ME! EAT ME!!" HEEHEE. -- this goes out esp to Dotty HAHA!

OOH. we bought some cakes from the bakery downstairs

their balck forest cake was lovely! :D

its a very light cake, though i like the kirsch to be stronger,

the balance was fine :)

EXPENSIVE WATER.

for this price you can get san pellegrino water already! and 2 bottles at that!

i feel like telling tourists

HEY!! Raffles Place MRT has CHEERS!!! :D

My NEW Kate Spade Bag!! :D

a gift from my older sis for my birthday!

KAte Spade has stopped online sales to SG

so she had to get it shipped to Andrew who was coming back to SG :D

YAY! I LOVE IT!! :D

HAHA!! OMG. we took so much effort to take this and our laughter almost tore the place down~ HAHA. OMG.

the last event..

we caught the 11.45pm slot at Lido..

uber late.. got back only at 2 plus nearing 3..

but the show was good! im glad we watched it!! :D

YAY! i LOVE this couple in the show!

So romantic :D

and she's so pretty :) Pretty Spanish Girl :D

heehee.

yup and he was like my "Dragon" HAHA :D so handsome!

only Shannon will understand (HAHA inside joke)

HAHA okay update part II soon!

Choi Sung-bong

2011-06-10T11:47:00.000+08:00

SIGH. This video is uber nice and uber sad :(
dont watch this in office, ppl'll think youre crazy.

SIGH. a very very sad video.
the poor guy was just literally left "out-in-the-open"
for the past years..
his parents passed away as he was left alone..

and when he sings this song, the words are so suitable for his situation..
makes it even sadder.. :(
theres so much contrast but its so suitable.
he's living in such destitute and he sings such a lovely song about hope and a better place..
i really like this song, its appeared as posts for i think 2-3 times already..

just some song background so tt you'll understand better..
this song was originally an instrumental from a movie called "The Mission"
its a very famous piece called gabriel's oboe
a really lovely serene piece :)
the missionary played this on his oboe while on a mission trip to South Africa
which attracted the tribal people to him and then he could try to spread the gospel..

after the movie,
Sarah brightman sought the consent of Ennio Morricone to turn the piece into a song
after many "no"s he finally agreed
it is rumoured tt she wrote the lyrics in english and another lyricist tranlated it into italian on her behalf.

the lyrics in italian and eng:
Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo giusto,
Lì tutti vivono in pace e in onestà.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano,
Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima.

Nella fantasia io vedo un mondo chiaro,
Lì anche la notte è meno oscura.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano.

Nella fantasia esiste un vento caldo,
Che soffia sulle città, come amico.
Io sogno d'anime che sono sempre libere,
Come le nuvole che volano,
Pien' d'umanità in fondo all'anima.
In my imagination I see a fair world,
Everyone lives in peace and in honesty there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like the clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul.

In my imagination I see a bright world,
Even the night is less dark there.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly.

In my imagination there exists a warm wind,
That breathes on the cities, like a friend.
I dream of souls that are always free,
Like clouds that fly,
Full of humanity in the depths of the soul

lovelylovely song :) im glad Kolleen said she'll still tutor him regardless of whether he gets the top priza :)
ahh :) lovely lady :)

Dreadful rain

2011-06-09T02:58:00.002+08:00

The rain was pretty scary just now..
Raining in the night just makes the night spookier than it is..
Once you exit the mrt,
It suddenly seems so dim everywhere
And there's not a cab in sight..
Then as you walk past the quiet market,
You turn back every few seconds to see if anyone's following you..
Finally reaching the 333 market bus stop you'll see tt there's not a person in sight..
Then walking past the huge carpark brings you to quiet and dim void decks
With metal doors and danger signs (lift upgrading) and countless pillars
And you wonder if someone's going to suddenly appear behind some hidden corner
And cover your nose with a handkerchief soaked in chloroform ..
FREAKY.

The case of the missing black shirt

2011-06-03T00:07:00.001+08:00

URGH. tmr's honous band concert
GUESS WHAT?! i cant find my shirt sudenly!!
its always been in there, i dunnowher it disappeared to!!
and i havent worn it for so long!!

im starting to wonder if i had lent it to someone,
but that'll be highly unlikely!
i seldom lend clothes to others..
where can it be?!?!?!

Band

2011-06-01T23:29:00.003+08:00

AHHH!.
OMG. tiring week.
been shuttling between 3 bands.. TIRING!!! :( okay but fun :)
Mon -- Universities Honour Band
Tues -- Universities Honour Band
Wed -- NJ bad (most tiring :( )
Thurs -- NUS band
Friday -- Universities Honour Band Performance
Sat -- SATs
Sun -- Maybe NJ prac..

hmm. excluding sat and sun, which are days tt may not have band prac,
im seeing Mr ho EVERYDAY this week..
Sigh. poor Mr Ho, so busy :(
and Universities Honour band and NUS band ends at 10:30 earliest, 11 latest. :(
LATE LATE.

SIGH. but as of now, NJ's prac is the most stressful :(
sigh no wonder Mr Ho kept asking me to go back to play :(
:( tough! and my fingers are kinda retardard. esp on the left
i hope i can help them..

but at the same time i dont wanna be a senior who
goes back at such a late stage, then expect the juniors to play
the way that i see right.
i also dont wanna be a senior who immediately steals solos away..
:( but the way that they're playing it is.
ER. not the way i want it to be..
they kinda lost the feel for music.
well a bit
but they are trying hard,
just that this concert repertoire is very taxing on woodwinds..
VERY. and i cant join tem for more pracs..
next tues is concert already :(
I REALLY HOPE I CAN HELP.

and i realised alot of ppl hve been trlling me that the repertoire is not nice..
HMM. well, i mean understand why they say that..
no popular band pieces or japanese pieces, no bert apermont, no alan menken
ya but MrHo has this very sophisticated taste of music..
like poet and peasant, armenian dances etc etc..
piece wher youve gotta get VERY GOOD bands to play before you fall in love with the piece..
after playing with Uni bands,
I realised tt playing with NJ somethings missing.. and its rather noisy..
HMM.
i think it might be that cos its not very tgt and the intonation is not there yt,
we are missing the nice overtone ( i guess i hear this subconciously)
yup so i only realise when its not there..
SIGH. YES!!
God, please give us the strength!

BAD DAY.

2011-05-30T09:14:00.002+08:00

:(
OMG. uber embarrassing :( SIGH.
guess what, i fell down in the bus today :(
AHHHHH!H!HH!!!! OMG. EMBARRASSING!! :(
took too manny things, scores flute and huge SAT book
and i was desperate to get on the shuttle bus so i fought my way out of the crowded bus
AHH!!! OMG. fell at the steps!
SIGH. but wasnt tt horrible, cos alot of ppl help me up in the instant i fell, so i only fell on one side..
URGH. HORRIBLE BUS JOURNEY.

i thought getting onto the earlier bus would get me a comfortable place to zzz
couldnt zzz last night till 4 plus..
it was so packed okay!
i was left with no choice but to take the last seat right at the back.
URGH. and guess what, just 3 stops before the shuttle bus stop,
this fat man had to sit in the middle of the last row.
:( how to get out! and i was holding too many things :(

then finally when i squeezed through everyone,
i fell at the steps when the bus moved
didnt get to grab onto the pole in time.
OMGEEEEEEEE! EMBARRASSING!
dunearn road is not a good road for me :( (to take bus)

Blissfully Married

2011-05-29T01:21:00.002+08:00

I,_____, take thee,_____,
to my lawful wedded Husband,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better for worse,
for richer for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love, cherish, and to obey,
till death us do part,
according to God's holy ordinance;
and thereto I give thee my troth.

Lovely :) Wedding vows are always so beautiful :)

Today was Kitman's and Christine's wedding!!
tiring day, but it was nice :)
HAHA
in the morn we rushed to church after the 'jing cha' session
i didnt know they were from Life Church too,
my parents were from there haha and they seem to have many memories of the place..
it was an old and small church,
but it was filled with warmth :)
haha and Kitman was so handsome!
HAHA!

not only was he very handsome, he was also very steady throughout the entire day :)
WOW haha, proud to have him as a cousin!
when he speaks, he sounds like the type of guy who will lead in a relationship,
one who's stable dependable and God fearing
and is also one who is good natured and sensitive:)
Oh ya! he used to play horn too! in ACJC.
SIGH. guys like this are extinct already. he was the last!
and he was so sweet, christine mentioned tt she felt like dancing again,
and he surprised her by adding a small dance segment
just for them :)
AHH. so sweet :)
if only all guys were like that haha:)
okays. shall upload photos soon! :D

2011-05-27T17:40:00.003+08:00

Urgh! I HATE the far east area so much!!!
I sound like a snob but WHATEVER!!!
URGH. the people are SO.

I was supposed to go cut hair,
My salon's at Goodwood park hotel.
I am stuck here now cos orchard is so gross.
Ahhh! I wanna Go overseas!!
I was carrying some heavy stuff, thankfully the salon offered to keep them..
I'm at the lobby now with many well dressed people
Probably a wedding going on:)
Even the kids are in suits :)
Sigh. Shouldnt have left office so early.
Nth to do at orchard!!!
Everything is quite ugly.
And the nice things will be almost a quarter of my pay.
Sigh. Sigh.
I wanted to go sit at starbucks but it's fatty!!!
Tar's my cousin's wedding, I've een working hard at the gym
Dun wanna be fatty!!!
Sigh. Please 6.30 come soon so tt I can cut my hair. :(

:)

2011-05-25T16:07:00.002+08:00

YAY. feel happy :)
God must have made me work here for a reason, today i know why :)
i met Prof at the corridor and he spoke to me about my uni admission
so i told him honestly tt i got rejected by NUS
then he spoke to me about all my choices and everything
well after speaking to him i feel more at ease..

then last time he asked me i told him i havent received,
actually i got it last wed..
but i just couldnt face the fact tt i got rejected and was quite shaken up inside
and there are people who arent sensitive enough (for me to listen to what they have to say)
so i didnt tell anyone
and esp law professors cos they are all so brilliant..
i mean, its law..
but he told me tt one of his relatives retook the A levels.
i was quite surprised.. as in usually genes run in the family.
but ya, point proven. NOT TRUE!
so theres hope for everyone :)
if you've gotten rejected, do think of a back-up plan
but at the same time, remember that God will provide :)

I wrote to psychological and counselling services in NUS to enquire about appeal since office of admissions din pick up and counsellors are way nicer to speak to. And he sent me an encouraging and thoughtful reply. I hope this would be an encouragement for all of you out there too :)

"Thank you for your interesting query. I appreciate that you want to make the most of the appeal process and are motivated to work through this setback. Unfortunately at the Counselling and Psychological Services we do not have any detailed insight about the appeal process. Admissions would still be the best department to answer those questions.

Speaking as a counsellor the only way I can be of assistance is to provide my opinion about what NUS might look for in a future student. Of course academic grades are important though NUS does consider the life experience you have which is related to your suggested field of study. I suggest that you let it be known that you have been involved in many various areas of interest regarding the arts and maybe even some of your future plans.

I'm not sure of your chances of getting into NUS but do remember that though one door closes (if you don't study in NUS) others really do open, a lot about being a successful person is learning from what life throws out at you. This is a cliche that is true, I have experienced this for myself in my life and in the lives of my clients in counselling. Whether you are in a brand name uni like Harvard or any less famous uni, the key thing that will get you where you want to be is still perserverance, confidence and hardwork. Believe in yourself, ultimately that will help you get a good education wherever you study. Good luck in your appeal, feel free to contact me if I can be of further assistance, apologies for rolling out all the cliches but they really are true!"

Poet & Peasant

2011-05-19T23:49:00.002+08:00

haha just had prac at NUS :)
YAY! im so totally IN LOVE with Poet and Peasant :)

In the entire list of pieces, the one i dreaded the most was this!

but it was AWESOME!! :D YAY!

i had fun!!!

YAY I LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT!
The beginning is so stately, so european :)
at 1:02 theres this lovely melody :) love it esp at 1:16 :)
so calming..
then at 2:05 the woodwinds are so waltzy :)
they contemplated making me play picc, but still undecided haha but flute's fun too :) (though picc's funner!)
3:32 changes the mood so quickly!!
when we sight read it just now, it was SO FUN!!!
haha brasses all tremolo-ing and woodwinds are so reaady to attack! FUN FUN!
HAHA but later on in the piece it gets CRAZY. shall go prac it!!
before tt i shalll go find out more about the piece :)
YAY! SO FUN!

SIGH.

2011-05-15T23:56:00.002+08:00

sigh. tmr i was supposed to take leave to go shopping..
but i guess ill skip that..
shaun and the rest asked if im going..
going for the burial service instead :(
sigh. i dont wanna go for things like that
but i think we should be there for Daryl..
sigh.

on thurs when his mm passed away
he wasnt even out of ns yet :(
we all knew about the news within the first half an hour..
sigh. SIGH.
dont know what to say :(
so sad..
i din wanna go back with oba that day cos my heart was literally still shaking
but the good thing was that i could get my mind off this a bit..
sigh.

then at the funeral,
sigh. i dont say much during funerals cos im scared i cant control my emotions
hais. dont know how to console him.
oh well. tmr's gonna be a very dreaded day for all of them :(
i think i should go.

BBDC

2011-05-10T23:42:00.002+08:00

this morn i was supposed to go to the gym
but i hd a night of MANY NIGHTMARES so i decided not to go..
sigh! i wanna go gym!! cant find the time and energy to though..
ooh haha :) but in my nightmares, a 'knight in shining armour' appeared
haha :) to my delight :) his hands were so warm and assuring
haha a very real dream i had..

ive been watching too much of the detective show alrdy
the scary images from the 'memory-palace' case in "every move you make'
appeared everywhere in my dreams!
scary. hmmm good show though, should watch it :D

today, i went for my theory lesson 1 :)
and OMG. i was LATE.
CRAP. the stupid bus had to take like 30-40 minutes stuck between kings centre and coro.
CRAP. a very bad jam :(
then upon reaching bukit batok, i tooka cab to bbdc
and got there 10 min late for lesson :(
Now i know why they say dont be late.
you'll be the only 'thing' which moves in the room!
there are many peopl!! about.. 50 students?!
and when you open the door, everyone STARES at you
but it wasnt so bad, at least someone offered to take another seat and give up his seat to me
BUT. sigh. ALL EYES ON YOU.
plus the instructor scans your ic
and you ic no. flashes across the screen once
and my goodness. everyone's STARING.
so many ppeople will know how old you are by the ic no.
EMBARRASSING!
I will (try to) NEVER BE LATE AGAIN!

Raffles Dual Economy

2011-05-05T16:45:00.003+08:00

URGH.
I went to find out more about this cos it sounded interesting..
but the more i think of it, the more i find it a scam..
and the fact that he called to check again if im coming seems like they are trying to grab on to anyone they contacted so that they can start a class..
aiyah maybe not la. but im full of doubt.

they are kinda weird.
i went there, all their students are international like only 5% are Singaporeans?
then their school building owns a land area of maybe just one huge bungalow?
er. then they dont have brouchures one, you must speak to their consultants (sounds like trained people who know what to say and what not to say)
okay, but the guy who spoke to me was very nice
and he was honest about the course, like he said he doesnt know much about it.

reason being, it is a new course.
they havent even finalised their entire list of scholarship providers..
i feel its a bit risky..
then the consultant just called me to ask me if im going for the interview tmr,
i told him my parents are not keen
and he said i caninvite them down to speak to the german professors. ER.
i was thinking CRAP. DIE. cannot get out of this.

the thing is that, the degree is awarded by a spanish university (it was once buit in a church :)) BUT! the professors are all from germany.. ER. HUH?

and your can choose to take a language, wither spanish or german.. he said german's better cos its more widely used.. BUT ill definitely choose spanish. and they cant confirm what language the lesson will be in.

THEN. they say we can go for interview and if possible, clinch 100% full scholarship for the degree, education FREE. Their sponsors include traders hotel, orchard hotel, mercedes, lufthansa.. etc etc. and he said they are good.
SIGH. Well. yes no doubt they are good, but the good that im thinking about is
not 5 but 6 star hotels like raffles and fullerton
and awesome airlines like SQ or Emirates or smth..
european airlines are generally not as high profile..
before this meeting, i didnt even know lufthansa airlines existed i thought there wa only the agency...
ER. so its like.. even the best this programme can offfer me is not what i want to do.

amd like what Jingyi said.. private Us are risky cos they might just close down anytime, like what UNSW, havent even open closed alrdy.
i dont wanna risk it like that.. scary.
sigh. now ive to think of what to tell the guy.

http://www.raffles-european-dual-academy.com/

SYF

2011-05-04T23:17:00.002+08:00

omg. Nj got silver for SYF..
sigh. everyone was very sad..
it really came as a shock.
as in, from yesterday, all of us unanimously concluded that NJ would get a gold
no more, no less..
and it was quite an 'uncontestable conclusion'
SIGH. SHOCK.

URGH. when they were all crying and stuff, and marcus wanted to make a speech,
the poly kids (sorry for this stereotype, blame THEM.)
they were like "AIYAH! WE GOT NO TIME FOR THIS KIND OF THING! JUST PACK UP AND LEAVE LA!"
i was DAMN IRRITATED by them.
freak. cant they be more sensitive?
i mean, if you dont even know how to act during, before and after a competition
then you shouldnt be in charge of the event at all, or even participate, as any kind of volunteer.
damn insensitive.
and more than half of all the schools there were very sadd and disappointed.
they really shouldnt have acted this way.

this year..
we got only 1 honours,
3 golds..
well congrats to those who got them.. it wasnt easy at all.
honours: ACJC (CONGRATS!! clean as ever :))
3 Golds: SAJC, CJC, RI
the rest: Silver, Bronze or COP
AHH. quite bad...

but i honestly think they played well,
i met ms doreen tan (i was happy! she called me and said that she remembered me!)
she said NJ band had a very nice tone, they played 'northern mother earth: praise for all living things'
its a satoshi piece which has a voice, a voice of living things
alot of beautiful harp parts :)
its expressive and warm and majestic.. i guess you get the feel..
they played it well..
but seems like the judging criteria has changed.

we all didnt understand why we got a SILVER while walking to the MRT.
like.. all they missed were a few trumpet high notes (maybe 2/3?)
there may be a few seconds where they miss the tempo by that mere fraction of a milisecond
but they werent thrown off tempo totally, just not compact enough..
we thought this was not enough to get them so many deductions.

then Charity came to meet us after the dialogue,
after she went in, satoshi had already finished speaking, so the other 3 judges were saying

1. that SYF now, is judged with international bands as their benchmark
which include japanese bands and european bands. they expect alot more from SG bands,
so i guess, to get a gold: everything written on your score must be done to perfection and played tgt + expression gives you the honours.

2. intonation is a given in playing. its no excuse that your intonation was off by a bit or whatever.(i think this is AC's winning point, they are so precise with intonation and balance i LOVE their chords) it has to be PERFECT. and the balance must be correct, its not relative balance only, but the entire balance of the band. ie (downwards). piccolo,oboe, first flute, second flute.. clar 1, clar 2... ...double bass, tuba..
YES. the ENTIRE labyrinth of sound has to come together as one which perfect volume, thicken and intonation. NJ's intonation is not as good cos we put more emphasis on phrasing and expression but not on technicalities.

SIGH. okay, if you wanna just on these two techinical aspects, then yes, NJ may not get a gold compare to schools like AC, but i still think they had a good performance,
and im not biased okay! there were many positive comments.
cheer up!! :D

WORST & BEST

2011-05-03T00:42:00.008+08:00

worst.
in my life. the worst one ive EVER stayed in is
the one on Taiwan trip with NIE band.
well,it wasnt their fault, cos thry had no choice in hotels..
we went there to perform as a festival band in one of their smaller cities
so the hotel was.
YUCK. i am not even bothering to save some face for it.
staying in 3 star hotels are very uncomfortable
staying in 4 star hotels can be comfortable, well nottoo bad i gues..
but this one was NOT EVEN 1 STAR.
be glad i dont rememebr its name. i'd have gon around writing bad reviews about it..
it was a really scary hotel.
as in seriously..
i was so traumatised by it that I went to cry in the toilet..
wel, cos the guys were fine with it see.
and i din wanna be like some spoilt brat, who cant settle for something that wasnt so good..
BUT it was bad! im sorry, but YES, IT WAS!
well, the guys were perfectly fine, they all played cards and everything..
ya, i was so scared okay..
like it was a nightmare coming through, i even started to think if they were like real (as my friends on the trip) or are they like monsters who are possed by some evil spirit.
aiyah. but no lah, not so 跨张。 it really freaked me out..

its the kind of old hotel where each room has a key, and they ad 6 beds in a room.
psycho. its psycho to have 6 beds in a room.
okay. the story.
1. we entered the room ,it was dark and scary, and cold.. draft wind..
then we realised cos the window was open, so we settled down and got changed .. then one of us locked the room while all of us waited for the person..

2. concert over. we got back. me and regina went up the latest cos we din wanna snatch for the lift with the rest, so in the meantime, we went to get our room's key.we took the lift up, and found out that the other 4 people were already inside,

3. WHAT?! that is NOT POSSIBLE. because, the ONLY key to the room, was in my hand. me and regina came up the latest. HWO COULD THEY HAVE GOT IN?! theysaid, that they thought we came back to unlock for them and left it open. WE WOULDNT! our passports were all inside!! AND! i saw the person LOCK THAT door befoe we left for concert, cos i was fearful for my passport and stuff.

4. "why is the window opened again?", "i dont know, it was opened when we came back"
OMG. i totally freaked out okay. i was SERIOUSLY considering going to some cafe to rest there for the night. but Mr Wong didnt allow it..

5. i opened the slightly eaten wooden door and the bathroom was quite a huge one, WITH NO WINDOWS.
it was a freaking closed toilet, like those you'd see in locked-door murders on kindaichi files. the best thing is that, the toilet tiles were old blue tiles. and the mirror's those balck spotted broze ones you'll see in "little nonya". i was totally afraid to bathe.

i totally freaked out. it was my scariest experience ever,
thats why i dnt believe in settling for cheap lodging, i cant sleep.
out of the 3 days and 2 nights in Chiayi, i slept for less than 3 hours in total.
after sleeping that half an hour, it was very difficult to get up
someone made tea for me at breakfast i dont even remember who.
i just remembered that it was terribly cold, well if you lack sleep you'll fell cold in the morn.

the second night i only slept for 20 min i think,
cos fortunately, we played "werewolf" into the night :) YAY :) and i fell asleep after xinhua was playing piano on my phone, so i guess thats fortunate cos i didnt have to TRY to fall asleep.

the first night was quite bad..
but good thing Mr Wong was understanding..
i was very traumatised. which th guys played ard games and made alot of noise,
he noticed that i was staring into space for a long time
and i refused to get out of my winter coat.. eeew. the entire place just felt very dirty..
then finally when they all wanted to sleep,they offered to send me back to my room first,
but i was deadset on not sleeping,
and i know its inappropriate to like "share" a room with 5 guys
so i decided to just sit there. on the chair. i mean really,
i didnt intend to stay there like that, but i felt so helpless.
sigh. someitme i really wish i had a brother, that'll fell so good :)

well, but they were nice to me,
weijie was supposed to sleep on the couch (cos louis was sick, best not to share room)
but i think he ended up taking the floor cos i fell asleep ont he couch..
and Shujian was really nice,
i vaguely remember him telling me to sleep properly cos i think i rememebr that i slept with my feet on the floor but head on the arm of the chair, in a very awkward position (i got aches everywhere the next day)
ya he was quite nice, and he even got me a spare blanket
in my subconsious state i felt someone placing a spare blanket on me,
and it felt nice, he had no motive for being nice..
that was when i saw weije sleeping on the floor
SIGH. was quite apologetc to all of them.
SIGH. yes. that was really my worst experience.
IRREPLACEABLE NO.1 OKAY. NEVER EVER settle for anything too cheap.
who knows if its not just dirty physically, but "DIRTY"?
ahh. the place still gives me the creeps..
i didnt take ANY photos in that hotel.
IT WAS TOTALLY DISTURBING.

OKAY. FINALLY, BEST!!
WOAH. long post.
well, there are 2 which TIE-D :D

okay. give up. smth wrong with blogger's photot uploader..
next time! ZZZ WELL EVERYONE! :D

updates :)

2011-05-02T23:55:00.003+08:00

Sakae Sushi's delivery bento :)
not bd, they gave jap curry katsu, and soft shell crab avocado salad
with chawanmushi and miso soup :) haha
food for the lazy. an alternative to pizza or fast food :)

My mum camt back with this!!! Robouchon!!
it opened in Sentosa 2 days again :)
and i heard joel robouchon sent his best pastry chef over to sG :)
AWESOME!
shall go book for tea there sometime soon :) HEEHEE :)

CUTE SLIPPERS RITE!!!!
they stayed at madarin oriental :)
well, i think i'd still prefer upper house, swire hotels
but mandarin oriental seemed very nice too! :D

YAY! FRESH~~~!

URGH. my mum bought my sis a chloe bag!!! SO UNFAIR!!!!
and y younger sis go a 350SGD senheisser or however you'd spell it, ear phones..
CRAZY.
THE MAIN POINT IS! UNFAIR!!!!
i dont have anything :( sigh.
needa go shopping soon!!!
haha i suddenly feel like posting about hotels :D HEEHEE next post!

hais. sigh.
suddenly it feels like alotof peopl are gonna be missing!
as more and more close fiends go into ns, it feels a little different..
at first coln went in , then johnny,
hmmm, then now, chuanheng's going in tmr, alvin and xinyan on mic's birthday..
hmmm. ya, i guess it'll feel slightly weird.
ya, but take care guys! its only gonna be 2 years!! :D
not long la :) HAHA

AND OMG. LEE XINYAN CAN DRIVE~~!!!
OMG. FUN!!!! he drove chuan, alvin and me home :) YAY!!! :D
its the first time i sat in a new drver's car, who's a close friend!! :D :D
FUN STUFF!!
ITS DAMN COOL. I WANNA DRIVE TOO!
but joseph's always telling me "aye. you dont drive lah. SAVE THE WORLD."
ASS MAN.
I think i'd look cool in a car HAHA!! :D
oh man, and i cant help but say that
guys look quite charming when they drive i guess..
DONT GET ME WRONG!
just that well, i think maybe psychologically,
being able to drive make a guy look very dependable.. haha
okays, i shall go write about hotels HAHA :D

A Time to Remember

2011-05-01T03:54:00.003+08:00

Awesome show :)
but its a really sad show..
from the time she said "but i love him, dad"
he replied "then you should be fair to him"

it was quite obvious what was gonna happen..
ahh. a really sad show..
but they eventually got married :)

"im sorry she never got her miracle"
her dad replied "she did. you are her miracle"

when i was a kid, i used to love
"only hope" &"cry"
didnt know that they were part of the OST for his show..
after you watch shows, songs have a new meaning to you :)

"our love is like the wind. I cant see it, but i can feel it"-- Jamie

Lovely Wedding :)

2011-04-29T23:51:00.004+08:00

so lovely :) ahh. uber envious :)

Horse carriage :) absolutely lovely :)

i like horse carriage whichint open, the vintage one

there was only 1, i forgot who sat in it, i think an old couple:)

lovely :)

Sentosa is the only place one can go to for horse carriage wedding photos :)

Ahh so lovely :)

we were here too!! 2 years ago :) a reallylovely place:)
and the police ride on lovely horses too :) ahh! love london :) wanna go back again! SOON!

lovely wedding :)
she's married to a prince!
omg. every girl's dream :)
well, its a bigger dream to marry someone you love and who loves you back
and she has both love and a fairytale at the same time,
lucky girl :)

'to love and to cherish, till death do us part'

Rally~

2011-04-29T23:26:00.003+08:00

\ I ordered Domino Pizza through the online thingy! omg. FAST OKAY! and their 'GPS tracker' thingy doesnt like show you the actual position of the pizza but its cool enough!!! :D The bar really moves from one box to the other

from "order made"--> "preparing" --> "baking" --> "boxing" --> "packing" then finally "delivery" :D yay, cool stuff :) and i used a voucher, it was 3bucks fora second regulr pizza only. ended up having free twisty bread cos making an online payment, apparently give you this privilage :D My sis alone, ate an entire pizza. crazy.!

Oooh, on the way home i saw this!! its the SDP!!

anw, i almost caused an accident just now!
theres this slip road going into parc oasis right,
i was totally preoccupied with the traffic light which was gonna show a green man soon,
so i just crossedwithout looking
the car JAMMED BREAK! and the car behind him JAMMED BREAK TOO!.
PHEW~. good thing they didnt get into an accident i'd feel so bad!

back to the rally, the vehicle i saw, was use to go around publicizing their rally location, JE Sports complex~ they used the soccer field
quite alot of people went,
and i guess it was an experience :)
quite noisy and stuff, but wow. sometims they openly critisize stuff..
and you dont usually see ppl doing that in SG,
so well, its a breath of fresh air, i would say haha

cute kid~~~~!!! really small!!
and was running around the entire time haha! UBER CUTE~~! :D

this afternoon, i was just telling mic that whenever my mum goes overseas, we'd have some new gadget at home, be it coms, lappys, phones, apple products, dvd players..
and true enough, when i got home a new member was added to the apple family, the ipad2.

this morn we sent my mum off at the airport, shopping trip with my aunt and their friends
( I GOT UP AT 5 okay! and reached office really early , like 7. cos we cabbed everywhere.) then my dad went orchard to shop while i went to work :(
he said he was too boredwalking around aimlessly, so he bought the ipad.
AWESOME. what a 'GOOD' reason! NONSENSE!
but its cool and light :) good for travel :) much heavier than the ipad..
but i shall not neglect the ipad.. thats will be too ke lian already!

BORED.

2011-04-26T23:19:00.003+08:00

hmmm recently ive been considering studying in US and Australia
but ive given up UK alreay,too ex~~!
well, thats unless i get the accounting and finance course by University of London under SIM
then maybe i can study there for 6 months :) yay :) shorter and more enjoyable :)
sigh. but im still prejudiced, to be honest.
well just that upon graduation my cert will only read University of London,
so.. i shall just live with life there, if i should get in.

hmm! anw,
this post is about facial cleansers!! :D
cos im t.o.o. b.o.r.e.d.!
ive got a relative who's going to US soon so i wanted him to help me get face wash haha and i think he's looking at the wrong product..
there this gift set which costs 125USD. ex. but Fresh is very good!REALLY. though the product smells funny.

I really like fresh! :D YAY!
http://www.fresh.com/skincare/cleanser/soy-face-cleanser-50ml
well, if it comes to SG its gonna be VERY EX. i doubt it'll be worth it, but ill still buy it!
it uses alot of natural products, (well i guess thats the reason why its smells funny)
i gives your skin the moisture it needs :)
Fresh is from US, it is cheaper there :)
it doesnt 'over-cleanse'and strip your skin of its natural oils..
i used to use RMK's facial cleanser but after sometime i realised my skin's very dry..
cos i dont have oily skin, so maybe RMK's cleanser is too strong
but i think its a good cleanser for people with slightly more oily skin :)

http://www.rmkrmk.com/products/
ooh. their toner smells very floral-lee :) nicenice
and their moisturiser's very good when yourevisiting dry countries :)
in Taiwan Shannon asked me "why do you keep touching your cheeks when you sleep?"
haha so i said "COS THEY FEEL NICE AND SMOOTH"!!
really! in very dry weathers, RMK's moisutriser gives you enough moisture for you to feel like you skin has the feel of a peach's skin :)

http://www.kiehls.com/Hydration/face-dryness,default,sc.html
and Khiels' has a good range of moisturisers :)
they're moisturisers are good for weather which are less dry
its not sticky and oily and gross like those that all drugstores sell
its nicely absorbed :)
their sunscreen too :) its quite good cos it doesnt make you smell weird. (sunscreens always have this thing in them that stinks)
and its not sticky too, its like absrob, but not absorbed :)
absorbed well enough so that any splashes of water wun let you taste the sunscreen..
but not absorbed so that your sin doesnt have to take in all the chemicals which sheild your skin from the sun :)
hmm but i seldom use it, unless i'm gonna be out for very long like to sentosa or smth..
very 'leh-che' (mafan in chinese)
Kiehls'is from US, i guess its cheaper there,
but dont expect the price to be low, they're one of the oldest skincare around
and are the by far the only ones i know of, which has dermatologists in each store to give you the best advice you need :)

http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/Home.aspx
L'Occitane has very good natural products :) esp their grapefruit body milk :)
the smell is AWESOME! :)
out of all, L'Occitane smells the best, if you like stuff like wood
their fragrances are very woody florals or the rich woody fragrances
very nice :)
its birthplace is in Franch :) Paris sell its cheaper :) but not by alot it was still rather pricey.. but worth it!

i tried the 'baby lips' from ettusias cos the baby on the packaging was way too cute!
didnt work on me at all. wasted 30 bucks on that tiny tube.
the stuff inside is supposed to improve blood circulation to your lips, thus iving them a natural colour..
er. i guess my lips are very well coloured already..
things like lipstick doesnt work on me at all cos i dont have pale lips..
having pale lips may be good, cos you hve the liberty to play around with colours..
and my lips go even pinker in winter when its dry,
the corners of my lips were so 'inflammed' cos of the dry-ness in seoul
good thing there was Fresh's lip balm ( worked in 10 min) when my neutrogena (used for a few times in a day) failed me.
UBER pain. Fresh was a gentle pain reliever :)
HAHA. Fresh is good!

AHHH. and i wonder how the guys in NS are doing..
that day when a few of us met to celeb Alvin and my birthday
the way Colin talked about ns aiyoh. makes life sound sad inside!
i cant get the scene of uniformed guys out in the jungle in the night after rain..
SO COLD. 1hmm. TAKE CARE people! dont fall ill!!

Les Miserables

2011-04-22T03:16:00.004+08:00

AWESOME Production!
5 out of 5 stars!! :D
the one i watced in London was 6/5 stars!!
It was the first time i was in a standing ovation! :D
cos this one lacks hmm the full play set up, cos this is just the concert,
BUT its still GREAT!

I LOVE, "Do you hear the people sing"
"In my Life"
"On my Own"
"come to me"
and "I dreamed a dream" :)

great put together of music, singing and acting
and the lyrics written are so thoughtfully
in a song, there can be multiple conversations,
multiple emotions from different people
a beautifully and thoughtfully put together masterpiece :)
in your life you'v gottaat least watch it once!

A Maundy Thurday Song

2011-04-22T03:10:00.002+08:00

This has been in my head ever since service ended..

Jesus Paid it All

I hear the Savior say
"Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness
watch and pray
Find in me
thine all in all"

Chorus:
Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe
Sin hath left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

Lord, now indeed I find
Thy power and Thine alone
Can change the leper's spots
And melt the heart of stone

For nothing good have I
Whereby Thy grace to claim
I'll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calvary's Lamb

And when before thy throne
I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat

Collection of my key! :D

2011-04-22T01:23:00.004+08:00

haha i took this on the bus, the sunlight was GLORIOUS today :)
after all that rain and gloominess, havung sunlight is great :)

Met my sis and we went for TOAST :D

love this salad, unbeatable :)

the balsamic vinaigrette is awesome :)

OoooH! FAV. haha Masala Chicken wrap, a must at TOAST :)

yay! FINALLY WENT TO COLLECT IT! :D

it was repaired yesterday :) yayhappy! LOOK the "T" is straight again!! :D

and they did free polishing for me :)

i paid only 30 for the repair, then i asked the staffhow much it would cost for polishing, she said tis 3o too! means they did complimentary polishing for me! AWESOME!

i cleaned it before sending o them, but it was no where as shiney as what it is now :)

i havent touched it yet! dont wanna leave fingerprints on!!

haha this light makes it look slightly rose gold :D HAHA

i saw th rose gold open heart it was so lovely:) but its $1129..

wanted to get for my mum, but as of now, its a bit too pricey.. and she' gotthe silver one alrdy..

so mayb she wouldnt want the same thing again..

AHH. i found out tt the classic chanel i like it 5k+

the prices are sky rocketting okay!! sigh.

but it really is a timeless beauty :)

the new ring i bought, so cute!!

nicer thn the bar one i had :D

YAY! :D

Important period in the Christian Calendar

2011-04-20T23:52:00.015+08:00

hmm alot of my friends are not christian..
if you happen to be reading this,
hmm you may wanna read on to find out why the few days (from Maundy thurday to easter) are so important to Christians :)
and i hope this can perhaps speak to you,
i hope i can bring more friends to heaven :)
OKAY! enjoy!

I think most or all of you agree that we sin.
"the wages of sin is death" the only way to rid of our sins is to die.
Christians believe that only through the blood of Jesus can we be cleansed from all sin,
well provided that we acknowledge and repent.
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me"

first the week starts on

PALM SUNDAY

this is the day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem,
people laid palm on the roads in joy
palm signifies the triumph of having Jesus in Jerusalem

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Maundy comes from a latin term, mandatum which means a commandment
he commanded his disciples to love each other just as he had loved them.
then he washed his disciples' feet all 12 of them this is an act of humble-ness
its like, hving a King wash his servants' feet.
then they had the Last Supper (the famous Da Vinci thing, ya, but we dont believe that a lady was there, well its high controversial so lets leave it as that).

This is when Jesus broke bread and said "This is my body, which is broken for you; this do in remembrance of me" and his disciples ate it. Then he poured wine and said "This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many, drink all of it in remembrance of me" yup this is the time for repenting and your sins will be cleansed. Then Jesus told Judas that Judas will betray him; and that he'll die and rise again on the 3rd day. Judas denied. Then Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsamene to pray for all our sins.

GOOD FRIDAY
Well, Good Friday is the saddest day in the Christian Calendar because its the cruxifiction day. In the end Judas really did betray Jesus, he handed Jesus over to Pontius Pilate, a Roman Governer of Judae. yup they caught Jesus and humiliated him, mocking saying that if he were God, he can stop them. They gave him a crown made of thorns to pierce his head and whipped him. urgh. okay. the image is quite horrifying. ive got a good imagination. Then in the morn, they made him carry his cross along the street for all to watch.. \then finally nailed him to the cross between 2 theives. oh gosh. scary image. one thieve believed in Jesus and after death he went to heaven, the other did not. Then a mighty voice spoke, God spoke. Jesus replied saying "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do". He died on the cross to pay for all our sins (thats why Christians now, do not need to sacrifice animals for their blood unlike ancient times). After being pronounced dead, they placed his body in a tomb, with a huge rock and 2 guards outside

EASTER

3 days later, they went who came to visit the tomb, found the huge rock rolled away and the tomb inside was empty! they met an angel who gave them the good news of jesus' resurrection :) Some disciples saw him and checked his hands, they were indeed pierced by nails...
yup, Jesus rose again! :D and he has gone to be with the heavenly father :)
but before that, he gave a commandment "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature".

isnt this a lovely story, well not story, but a belief,
that our sins ar washed away by the blood of the lamb
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life"

I hope this has been an encouragement for all of you:)
although its a sad period but it ends with a promise :)

SIGH.

2011-04-20T23:32:00.002+08:00

The bad weather isnt of any help to my mood..
some of people i know have already gotten offers from univrsities..
no one has even called me for interviews yet.. :(
sigh.

Ive been researching for overseas unis..
worse case scenarios ill go overseas..

well, there are distance learning schools in SG
but i heard tt they're not as prestigeous as for say, studying in NUS NTU or SMU..
and some dregrees that SIM offer are not recognized..
SIGH.
And i dont wanna apply SIM too, i guess its reputation..
its the same reason why i'd still choose NJ for its prestige.
URGH. sucks.

and studying overseas can go up to 40k A YEAR. not for the entire course, A YEAR.
meaning 4 years = 160k!!!
WHAT?!. thats alot of money!
well, i dont know if we can afford it, but even if we can, i dotn wanna spend that kind of money
on things we will forget!
LIKE. knowlede is always forgotten after some time.
its like we cant answer primary school science questions anymore cos we've forgotten how to..
HELLO. i really dunno what they do with all the moeny after robbing international students of it.
and that amount isnt inclusive of accommodation and living expenses.

160K! you can buy a car! or even , a small house!
AND like 40 Chanel bags!
and mayb 12 Europe trips for 5 people!
thats WAY alot of money.
URGH. i really dont wanna spend all that money just for some stupid piece of paper.

and i dont wanna go overseas alone!
life will be so sad..
eat alone everyday, during holidays, stay in hostel..
and if you meet new friends, they might just stick to you like glue, and maybe you dont wish to make friends..
aiyah. life seems quite sad..

but a church friend, who was from NJ too
(we always talk about Mr Yong! and how *J SUCKS. haha!)
he didnt do too well i guess.. heard he was quite sad
but now he's out of NS alrdy and he got an offer from Kings College i think..
so good..
and he was telling me that i shouldnt close other options, like going overseas..
he said overseas unis dont set as high academic requirements.. URGH. sucks la.

and during message, my teacher said this
"At times, God wants us to walk in mountains with no paths, but he will be beside you, guiding you, like a lighthouse in the darkness"
is this a sign for me to go elsewhere?
maybe sticking to the norm (entering SMU NTU/NUS) isnt something that i am supposed to do?
SIGH. SIGH.

urgh! and there are so many pests around.
FB seems to be the breeding ground.
SHOO! LEAVE ME ALONE!

LONDON!!!

2011-04-20T13:53:00.007+08:00

i wasnt too impressed with London the last time I went,
well, except fro the Le Mis show :)
IT WAS AWESOME. nothing beats that!
hmm cos Paris was a more romantic city.. i felt..
London was lovely too :)

This new hotel is really rustic style :) looks really nice :)

The last time we stayed it was an apartment,quite cozy
haha ooh. but Paris' was a suite :) tt was my first time ever cooking on a holiday :)

wow. but check this out!
i dont know why we didnt stay in this,
its AWESOME TOO!! oh, this is in London :)
LOVELY!!
OH, and the LUXE is very good :)
it gave me this http://www.go-british.co.uk/women_en/category/jewellery.html

">link :) awesome!
they have Paul smith and vivienne westwood stuff
YAY! sigh. how i hope the pound was weaker!
if you go to London, dont ever try to convert things back to SGD.
its very painful!

I LOVE europe!
going to a european country transports you way back into time,
so beautiful :)
SIGH. i NEED to go europe AGAIN!!

MY BIRTHDAY!!! :D

2011-04-18T00:07:00.004+08:00

Haha on wed after SYF, i met dotty, mic, chuan, colin, xiaoqian, jingrong and alvn for dinner at carls :D oh gosh! i thought the party was for alvin, i totally din suspect anything! they decided to celeb for me too! :D OMG. surprise! HAHAH :D STUNNED! :D heehee it was a good night of chatting :D YAY! :D DOMO!!! COLIN gave me a DOMO!! :D HAHA im gonna use it for random note taking and stuff haha! :D both XQ & JR gave me these!! :D HAHA :D SO CUTE!! :D I love the elephnt! and the bananana!! :D 10150152825707918_617267917_6754749_3017225_n.jpg">

HAHA! this is a funny shot!! :D i bet dotty took this!

My aunt baked choc brownie for me!! :D YAY! LOVELY!!! :D

AND. OMG. 3 crazy girls POP up at my house this morn!!!! OH MY GOSH!!! SURPRISED LIKE CRAZY!! it was very early! poor them! woke up so early to pass me this!:D so sweet of them~~~!!! :D MUACKSS!!! omg. then i went to church, i heard the speaker say 'so do you have an apple of your eye?' then it happened tt i thought about them coming to find me so i smiled! then he stared at me! i immediately gave the "NO I DONT!" face haha! omg. i must have looked crazy! i kept smiling to myself during the message.. oh man. like some crazy woman. aiyoh! infected by those 3 crazy women!!! :D HEEEHEE :D it was a sweet surprise :D muackss!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!! :D

JY bought me this! she said tt when she first saw it she immediately thought of me! HAHA! its such a GAY bag! but i love it! GOT RIBBON! :D HEEEHEE :D

My sis bought me a cake! she came back at like 11.35 and gave it to me before 12! :D HAHA :D
hmmm i sall think of what birthday gift i sould ask from her.. HAHA!! :D

YEEPS! today has been a fun day!! :D
i went out with mag and shaun, haha played gooseberry a while!
but i bought new pink pants!! :D YAY! :D
my first ever pants i buy on my own! it was only 18bucks!!! :D:D:D:D YAY! good buy!
my brown zara shorts seem so unworth it suddenly! YAY! :D

and today, I recieved many birthday wisheson FB!! :D HAPPY~~~~~!!!!
i replied ALL of them! :D HEEHEE :D
some are close friends,:D
some fuhua schoolmates,:D
some nj schoolmates,:D
some AC band members :D
some Honour band members:D
some Juniors :D
some Primary schoolmates :D HAHA :D
yay! it was nice hearing from all of them :)

esp peopl who you dont hear of for like. more than7 years!
HAHAH :D
then i went to see notifications,
FB said i had 183 new posts!!
i replied 183 people today!!
OMG. thats alot! :D HEEHEE!
YAY! I GOT ALOT OF WISHES TODAY :D
MUACKS EVERYONE! :D LOVE YA! :D
NS guys, TAKE CARE!
Working girls, SHOP MORE! :D