Serene's Thoughts

Year 2011

2011-08-20T20:33:00.002+08:00

Wow..I realised I didn't post anything in the past year.
Loads happened last year. NIE. Ships. Need to move on and forget about the past. Just hope that I can live life to the fullest. Thanks Friends :) Was a good night out yesterday

Random Day Out

2009-12-18T18:50:00.004+08:00

Couldn't stay at home much longer so I decided to treat myself to a movie. Wanted to watch it with the sisters but apparently they only have single seats left. So I went in and watch alone. The movie? Princess and the Frog. Never failed to catch Disney/Pixar movies, lest the movie is really bad. I like how the storyline has a different twist from the original fairy tale. Plus, it's quite funny. Love Anika Rose's voice. Oh, the movie has songs too.

After the movie, we had dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimps

We had the Shrimp Dippin' Broth, Clam Chowder, and a dinner set consisting of Garlic Bread, Caesars Salad and Assorted Seafood. Dessert was Choc Chip Cookie Sundae. Lest you're a seafood fan, I wouldn't recommend this place. Service was pretty fast though. Dinner was on me since I withdrew my "gains" to splurge hehe.

Oh, I had Matcha Ice cream @Kindori's hehe

Haha over-indulged, but at least I'm doing my one-hour workout daily hee.
Yup another boring day. Hopefully I'll keep myself occupied to the brim next year.

It's that time of the year: Christmas Caroling

2009-12-15T14:26:00.007+08:00

If you noticed, I was trying very hard to type properly in my previous post. Going to be an English teacher ma. Cannot afford to type in all the acronyms and excessive punctuations rite?? Oops!

November 09-So from where I left off, I moved into a 3 bedroom HDB flat with Hui-En and her family: sister and soon-to-be bro-in-law plus her brother, total 5 people including me. Living with friends is still manageable, but living with a friend's family needs getting used to.

1: Have to get used to the family lifestyle and habits. Recycling was one of them, but I have to admit it's a very good habit.
2: Have to get used to sharing the toilet, especially so if it's not clean most of the time
3: Have to get used to leaving all the electrical appliances switched on, since back at home we switch everything off when it's not in use.
4: This was during the initial phase, the first two weeks after we moved in: Realizing that my food in the fridge is missing, which was resolved with labeled shelf in the fridge.
5: Have to get used to the "messiness" in and around the house. I have to say in terms of neatness, everyone has a different threshold of neatness. Mine is neat but not overly-neat. Not like those housewives who have very high expectations of cleanliness and neatness.

Hopefully with time, I can get used to their living style, although it won't be easy.

December 09-
Part 1)Had an early Birthday celebration at home this year. Mum bought me the whole Cheese Brownie Cake from Dessert's Bar.

Back in Singapore, went out for lunch with my aunt @ Swensen's and then dinner with Yiny and Zunny, my two juniors from Nat Choir. Yiny used to be my roommate for a few nights in Genting when I accompanied them for an International Choir Competition. Zunny is studying in Singapore and Yiny is here for a 1-month attachment. The two were acting weirdly and sticking very close to each other when we were on the escalators and walking aimlessly while looking for a place to eat at Ion Orchard. We settled for Watami and ordered 4 dishes. After that, we went to Marvelous Cream and shared a waffle ice-cream bowl and that's when they pull out the surprise. It WAS indeed a surprise coz I never realise Zunny was carrying a breadtalk plastic bag and they were sms-ing each other discreetly. Consider it a good job for fooling me ah..Then when I went back, there was something fishy going on as I know Hui-En will have something under her sleeves. Turns out she and Yiny were in contact, AGAIN via sms when we were about to reach home. Had green tea swiss roll as my cake heh..LOVES LOVES green tea. Thanks for making my day a great one.

Ion Christmas Tree

Part 2)This is usually the most exciting part of the year yet the most tiring one. Surprisingly this year it wasn't tiring but it was fun.
Although I only get to sing twice this year, it might be a blessing in disguise since we get to focus on doing our best for that particular show and get to spend more time mingling and catching up with the rest, and of course teasing a few of them in the midst. Perhaps I thought it might be my last year singing with the group (hopefully not), so I really appreciate the time spent singing with them. This time, things are much better and not so uptight and intense like last year. Everyone had a jolly good time up in the "mountains" right?

It started with the long long journey up to Cameron Highlands. Yee Mun was so nice to prepare us a "picnic breakfast" in the car: sandwiches (chicken and tuna) with nutrigen all packed in a cooler bag. And the jokes kept coming especially if you're in William's car. We kept laughing non-stop throughout the whole journey. And in case I forget to tease Will next year, he ate 3 sandwiches (6 slices of bread topped with chicken and lettuce), 1 nasi lemak which he ate in the rest area, and 1 McD coffee. Hahahaha.

After it seemed like forever, we finally reached our destination: Cameron Highlands Resort. For most of them, it was their 2nd trip up since they sang last year. Checked-in and had lunch. The room was typical for a 5-star resort, with a poster bed in the room.

Fish Pond

But I was quite shocked at how exorbitant the food prices were when I saw the lunch menu. RM48 for a spaghetti aglio olio? I can cook myself la haa. Decided to order something light yet special, something that I can't cook by myself. So I went for the Chicken, Mushroom and Leek pie. Boy, it was delicious, the gravy drizzled over the pie was yummy, and the sides: mashed was gooood, cauliflower cheese was OK.

The service was very slow and inefficient though. I'm thinking they only have one chef who is very very slow. They had forgotten one order and the desserts as well. Oh, the guys opted for desserts after their meal. No wonder they are guys. Foo can beat William with his lunch eats: Club Sandwich, His dessert to go with his 2 Espressos, plus an Orange Juice. And he was complaining about being hungry barely 4 hours after we had our hi-tea.

Speaking of hi-tea, we had our lunch at 2 plus and hi-tea at 5 plus, because the dinner menu wasn't available until after 6pm. So we indulged ourselves quite abit with the food haha. At RM55++ per pax, the hi-tea was OK. But it was my first time, so I'm still happy though. Again, they took like forever to serve the hi-tea. Bake some scones also take so long one ah? Make sandwiches also take 30 minutes ah??
We started with the scones, spread with jam and cream cheese?Yummy!!! And then moved up to the sandwiches (tuna and egg). Last but not least are my favourite: assorted selection of cakes. We had strawberry tart, choc pudding, fruit cake, choc cake, lemon cake. Can't remember what's the other one though. Not to forget the tea too. Mine's Lemon with Tangerine, which I barely drank, as usual.

Went to get dressed, make-up and hair. Wait wait and wait till 9 plus then only we got to sing "Joy, to the World" out in the cold. Adjourned to the lounge while the guests enjoy their first three courses. Took the opportunity to snap, snap and snap pictures. Think this year was the only year that we have alot of time to snap pictures while waiting to sing. I don't remember taking any pics last year. We only got to sing the remaining 4 songs at 10 plus, close to 11. Everyone did well, except me :D (Still depending immensely on Wai Kuan jie heee). And then snap, snap, snap again and was asked to sing another two songs. After that snap snap abit then changed and wait while the guys went down to "ying chou" the guests by singing with them. It was about 12 plus or 1 when we went out to look for food to fill our grumbling stomachs.

Yup that was the one and only night that I wished it would have been two, or more. When you have less opportunities to carol, you tend to appreciate that one and only one session.

Thought we could have stayed on much longer up there, but someone has to go to work so he "ruined" my plans to buy strawberries hahaha. Hopefully there's a next time. :D
Before we went off, we had our breakfast at the resort. No pictures though. The waiter/waitress will first serve fruit of your choice from the fruit platter. After that, they brought a basket of croissants, danish pastry and muffins, while waiting for our ala-carte breakfast order. Half ordered the Highlands Omelette (with aged french cheese, smoked salmon and chives) and the other two, including me ordered the two eggs any style. I ordered scrambled and soft-boil eggs to go with my sides which consist of: hash brown topped on a french toast, chipolata sausage wrapped with beef bacon and wild mushrooms. For the drinks, it was coffee/tea and orange/watermelon juice.

Yup, that sums up my christmas caroling for the year. Hopefully, if my jobs permits, I can come back and perform during the school holidays. After so many years, I have grew very attached to the group, and not singing once a year is very depressing in fact. Hopefully next year, when I'm back my mum can let me drive laaaa. In Malaysia, it's quite impossible if you don't drive, unlike in Singapore.

To end the year, will be going to Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi and Wuzhen as my end-of-the-year trip. Flying to Singapore the very next day once I return from China to process my temp employment pass. Looking forward to teach the kids.

Toodles for now. Merry Christmas and a Happy new Year to all!

PS: Pics that we snapped in Cameron Highlands will be up very soon. Stay tuned
Update: Here they are

Reminiscing the past and present year

2009-12-15T14:14:00.001+08:00

2008 has been great at the beginning as well as at the end, but the beginning was AWESOME. I never expected myself to be travelling all over Europe. I think I didn’t really capture much of the travelling experiences and my adventures in my blog but deep down it was a memorable student exchange all in all. As for the end, it sure was a very hectic one. Hong Kong trip, Christmas Caroling etc. Honestly, I didn’t remember much about caroling last year. Vague memories of caroling in Berjaya Times Square (was it last year or the year before?), the Curve?? O f course not to forget Grand Millenium (This one I remembered. The first place we carolled and the very last too).
1: We didn’t snap alot of pics last year. Don’t remember any of them uploaded on facebook
2: Met Wai Kuan Jie whom I had the pleasure of singing again with her once only this year:( (But good enough liao la haha)
3: Too many gigs doesn’t mean its a good thing coz the voice can tire easily and cannot do well for every show, although the money will be good
2009 was a very eventful year and also a sad one. In July, I had my commencement and the whole family was in Singapore. I had a blast interning at Singapore Sports Council, which I had blogged quite abit on the experience. I also envisioned being a part of SYOGOC, which eventually didn’t materialise. At that point in time, I pondered alot on what my career will be like. Going back in time, looking at my on-and-off diary writing, I envisioned myself being a music student in uni, hoping to graduate and most probably teach music and perform ocassionally.
It’s funny how my visions never materialise. When I dreamed of being a music student, I went on to read Business in NUS instead and totally “ditched” my piano and choir. Ok, “ditched” sounds abit extreme, but I tried to keep up by participating in Choir and A Cappella, Piano Ensemble during my uni years. At the same time, I experimented with composition and ended up composing one chinese song, and leading a team of 4 in composing 11 songs for a hall musical. Looking back, it was definitely an achievement .
Studies wise, I could have been better. Of course I can always blame myself for not studying harder in year 1, the year where I was too engrossed in my CCAs and thus neglecting the most important year in uni. But considering that I managed to graduate with 2nd Class Honours from NUS, it isn’t that bad after all. (Right???:D)
After graduation , I set my sights on the logistics field, but the logistics field is very big, male-dominated , and low pay for an entry-level position. But passion is always what drives me and not really the $$. So I just prayed to receive a job offer related to logistics.
September 2009 was when I decided to remove my spinal implants due to a chronic infection at two ends of my spine. Going under the knife for the 2nd time doesn’t scare me as I am quite brave :D. Having gone through a long recovery for the 1st one, I had expected a much shorter recovery than the 1st, and it turned out to be faster than I had expected. But that month wasn’t just about the short recovery, but also the lost of my father. The last time I saw him was on the 14th night, hours after I had my surgery. I was very weak at that time, with 3 packs of blood waiting to be transfused into my body and another 3 packs for the 2nd surgery the next day( There was something tissue thing that resulted in leakage hence I need a 2nd surgery). The next day was his passing. It was definitely a shock as no one expected him to “go away”. At the very least, we knew that he was with the Lord and that he passed away peacefully in his sleep. The hardest thing was that I knew it only after the funeral as I was still recuperating. I still remembered when my mother vaguely told me that my father was in the critical unit battling for his life, but he was already in heaven at that time. Each time I hear my phone ringing, I would think that it might be bad news and started panicking and crying.
October 2009- Still coming over terms with my father’s passing, and getting ready to look for a job. It’s funny how one thing leads to another. My aunt sent me an email asking me to apply to be a piano teacher and I decided to apply for a teaching position with MOE. I also applied actively for other positions . By Mid-Oct, barely a month after my surgery, I went down to Singapore for 4 interviews. With God’s guidance, He chose the teaching path for me, and I gladly accepted it. Wanted to teach music so badly, but unfortunately I got English and Math. Butbutbut, I’m looking forward to teaching kids, and hopefully I will adapt well and enjoy my teaching. It won’t be easy, but I’m sure I can overcome all the hurdles that I may face in the midst.
The lesson I learnt over the years is to never envision what will you eventually be: career, family etc. My experience had taught me what I envision will not materialise most of the time but something new sprouted instead. The best is to leave it to God. Pray to Him and let Him lead the way, the path for you.
Praise the Lord!

Nosy People

2009-07-23T22:02:00.002+08:00

Nosy people got no right to know my affairs. It's that simple.
If you are not close to me, you don't have the right to "laugh" at my inability to look for a job. I never regretted my decision interning with SSC, because I knew from my instincts that this job will open up to alot of opportunities. This is proven from my previous post. I really had the feeling during interview, that I will really enjoy this internship (in which i really did). The people here have been super nice and hospitable.

Sometimes I don't understand why people, not even close to me, not even smarter than me, but yet think that they are better than me just because they got a job offer no later than a month after they graduate. I really think getting a job early doesnt mean you are on top of the world, and securing a job much later doesnt mean u r lousy. I got a job offer in May, MIND you! But I rejected it on medical grounds, and I also thought over and would think that the job is not really my cup of tea. If you are my friend, during these times, you will be more supportive of my job search, and not tease me indirectly. I'm not an idiot. I can sense when somebody is trying to be sarcastic and poke fun of me. Don't think I don't know. I have very strong instincts oK??

Ok, this kind of ppl just doesn't deserve to my friend I guess.

ANYWAYZ,I really thought through about my career path. And I have come to a conclusion that I wanna do LOGISTICS!Yes..I think logistics really ignites my passion. the other option is to do accounting. but for accounting, I din really enjoy my internship as an accounts assistant a yr ago. I can be a potential accountant with my meticulous attitude. But I think there was a reason as to why I din want to take accountancy in NUS. And I think it may be the right choice after all :)

So Logistics it is...PRAY I will land with a good job..decent..good prospects..and its a logistics related job..
If you are my friend, pray for me, wish me well...:)

Opportunities Arised!

2009-07-23T21:45:00.001+08:00

Hehe its a happy day yesterday and today. Partially cause it was the last meeting with the official logistics provider and YOG. Good thing that everything turned out well overall. We even have their t-shirt specifically printed for AYG :D
Of course, the happiest moment was when YOG approached me for my number haha hilarious. And a informal chit chat with the DHL director.
Also had a very nice group photo (hm, not sure how to obtain this photo though)at the end of the meeting.

And then today, I submitted my CV to one of my colleagues, and he feedback to me that very afternoon that I'm over-qualified for the other olympic council job. His friend was quite impressed with my cultural achievements. Honestly speaking, I don't really want to go around telling ppl of my past achievements back at home when I was growing up. Haha it was good receiving this sort of feedback, and it's a relieve at the same time.

I think that at this age, I can be very proud of myself, considering that I have finally obtained my degree from a prestigious university, accomplished alot back at home before coming to the Lion City, travelled around the globe before my exchange stint and during my exchange stint (having a very global mindset), going through pain (through surgery). To me, it has been a whirlwind 22.5 years of my life. And I'm going to live my life to my fullest. All this could not happen without my parents, sisters, relatives, piano teacher, friends back at home, and the one very important person, Lord God.

Although I haven't had time to commit my faith these years, He has been showering His blessings and watching me as I grow up. And i hope in time to come, I will gradually learn and understand Christianity and Jesus. Still stuck at Genesis 14 :P

Yay, hopefully all works well after I'm back!

Post Games-zhobo-4 day long weekend

2009-07-20T11:15:00.017+08:00

Well my title pretty much says it all. Post games means nothing much to do, and with the 4 day long weekend, I thought I would have bore myself to tears at home haha. But that wasn't really the case.

Friday 17/7: I went to harbourfront Centre to buy my Bus Ticket. coz Firefly 10pm flight was sold out WTF...if not i wud have fly. Haven't tried flying for a long time SG-KL. Plus I wanted to see T3, eat and shop:P after that went over to Vivo to use my Godiva voucher:P I wanted to buy chocs instead coz I can keep and the drink is too rich for my tummy as I nid to conserve it later for my dessert(more on that later). anyhow chose two chocs at first, then the Godiva staff stared at me like some toot aunty (I chose to dress down that day. Anyhow wear and wus sweating hee). She told me that I have to purchase at least 10 bucks to enjoy the five dollar discount, two chocs ain't enough, suggesting me to choose another one. So in the end three chocs@50 grams for 12.50.minus the discount making it 7.50 (One piece for 2.50).Seriously, the chocs are freakin expensive!!if it wasn't for the discount,i would definitely not buy it. Can live with other cheap chocs..as long as it's choc:D

Later, I head down to Bugis,Liang Seah street to be exact coz during our steamboat gathering on wednesday, we actually passed by that street to have dessert @ Crystal Jade. However I went there to specifically try Ah Chew desserts, which we couldn't go there the other day due to the massive crowd.
Firstly I ordered the Mango Sago Pomelo, coz I knew that was what i wanted to order, although I want to order aloooot more other things:D(red bean, steamed milk something..mmmm)Ok admit, that mango sago is not really my favourite, coz its too creamy for my liking, or maybe I just din like the addition of pomelo. Should have done it without the pomelo, and 30 cents cheaper somore (though the Pomelo is freshly peeled and cut). Was about to leave, then asked my housemates whether they want any dessert. WT wanted his peanut and seasame paste, so i also packed barley beancurd with gingko nut (love this coz of the barley and gingko hahah)

Saturday 18/7: Nothing much. Spent the afternoon karaoke-ing by myself at home, until one of my housemates came home haha..Shy shy..she heard me singing from outside haha..This is how i Kill time. Then at night, took my housemates to Old Airport Road. CY had prawn mee, SY had korean food, I had *yawns* western food (donno why i keep choosing dumb food when im supposed to choose true blue hawker), then WT and Kelly went for a few rounds i think, Hainanese Curry Chicken Rice, then the Hougang famous Wantan mee, CY also treated us Charsiew and prawn Chee Cheong Fun, then Kelly with hainanese satay..was really fun bringing them to the hawker Centre.

Sunday 19/7: Hehe looking forward to this day. Coz am goin Tampines 1 to shop with Sze and dinner. Reached there slightly before 4. Felt very insecure without my mum accompanying me shop. Wait for Ah Sze to come, then basically teman her shop. She felt abit "guilty" coz she doesn't want to be the only one buying or trying clothes. So I had to join her haha. First up was Uniqlo, this very popular Japanese apparel shop. Seriously, dun think those clothing are my type haha. After like 2 hours of shopping, we finally settled down for dinner at F.I.S.H. Sorry, no pics. But it was really a good dinner. For starters, we had Peri Peri Squid (Which was pathetically small for 6.90). Our bruschetta with smoked salmon wus freaking late, by then our main course was here. I had the Barramundi with Cheesy Crust, while Sze had the Sambal Sting Ray. I jokingly told her that hers remind me of the grilled stingray sold at hawker centre. Luv the chilli to bits. The bruschetta came half way thru our mains, and it tasted strongly of garlic (Reminds me of my garlic bread) plus some pathetic pieces of salmon.
It was good overall, but really hate the pathetic appetizers portions. Mains was decent, but I donno issit because we had starters so it was just nice after downing our main.
Later on, we went shoe shopping at Schenkers. Girl has problem deciding between two green shoes hahaha.
After that, we head to Say Cheeze! shop for ..cheesecakes!! Ordered the six cheesecakes sampler haha. Coz we wanted to try the main ones. Pics for ur enjoyment

From left: Cheesecake, drunken Raisin, Raspberry White Choc, Marble?, Choc, Oreo

Cheesecake wus std, drunken raisin wus well...drunken!!After we left we kinda felt woozy lol, Raspberry White Choc wus good..Sze's favourite. I polished the Choc and most of the Marble as girl din like choc cheese :D Oreo shud be my fav, but somehow it tasted like the normal cheesecake. So nothing special haha
That place is interesting lor, they even sell green tea red bean cheesecake (which Sze was craving badly for. Still haven't got over ur Jap trip hor? actually i love green tea red bean too), Lychee Cheesecake, KEY LIME cheesecake (I luve lemon lime blabla whatever), and many more la..this is seriously the place for cheesecake lovers!
Ok by that time it was 9pm olredi. We had dinner about 6:15pm so it wus eat shopping eat haha. After that, we went straight to esprit hee. Found some tops that I like so in the end i bought two. Sze wus worse!She liked so many tops, she had a hard time choosing lol. I was quite hesitant buying this top. Yellow wus M and the white was L. I wanted to buy L yellow since yellow looked good on me, but sze said M fits me..but i wasn't very used to wearing this kind of top haha.Makes me fat!But i still bought it in the end. Donno whether I will wear it or not teehee.

Had ECC, so on top of the discounts we had (30% for one of my tops), we had 10 % discount on all items as member. Then Sze's top was a regular priced top, so I used the $10 voucher haha. Five tops for 140.78 :P The damage was big haha but only 50 bucks wus my share, the rest is the rich girl's one (Banking jobs are good $$) Then donno la as member, u get alot of crappy vouchers from Dome, Browhaus (hehe can go thread my brows). Wooh, by the time we reached the interchange..it wus like...10pm!! Can't believe i spent 6 hours in a mall. I guess eat shop eat really does kill time..sweet!

Yep, that sums up my weekend but not my Monday haha. So here am I wasting my morning blogging, checking mail and the latest news. Then later see if i wanna go out shopshop look look. Or shall I go back uni and watch choir concert, which I haven't done for a long time haha.

Tuesday will be exciting coz I can't wait to catch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince :D..Till then

toodles

AYG- Games time!

2009-07-20T10:52:00.005+08:00

I last blogged before the games. Pre-games was definitely hectic according to my friend, but I was rather busy coordinating post games haha.
Surprisingly, games time was the most zho-bo time and was the time that we enjoyed ourselves to the fullest.
There were definitely lots of "perks" that came together with it:)
Almost everyday, we clocked in half day only coz by then, we wud have nothing to do. Then we would ponder which location should we go and watch the games. board the shuttle and watch the excitement!
We watched all of the sports, except shooting sailing and swimming as well as diving..all the boring ones..but would love to look around and see how's the competition venue like.
Learned quite abit on sports :athletics and football (verbally vulgar game hee). Get to experience the atmosphere wooh.
Haha the best part was, we get to go Swissotel to dine hee..think we were there for more than 5 times i'm sure..So got to eat good stuff haha..

K nothing much, let the pictures do the talking..Stay tune for post games

Football @ Jalan Besar Stadium

Athletics Prize-giving (Victory) Ceremony

Hard at work :P (Am in orange, supervisor in black)

Siloso Beach @Sentosa (beach Volleyball)

Wonderful Vacation

2009-06-28T21:22:00.006+08:00

Long time no blog..
Well I was one of those few who started work super early. Not that its work, but attachment at SSC.
Most ppl would be wondering why a graduate would do an attachment.
Well it's simple. I got the internship offer before i got a full time job offer one month later. As a person who adopts the first come first serve principle, I gladly accepted the internship. I donno what got me so pumped about the internship. I really felt myself being super enthu during the interview that during work, which is now, my supervisor told me that I was enthu till I asked about the post games job scope.
Then came the full time job offer. Shall not talk about it
My attachment at SSC started off very slowly, so slow that I kept complaining to my fellow intern friend that we have nothing to do!!!
Now that the pace has accelerated, time flies, and heck i'm into my 8th week of my internship. Job is very challenging but yet fun,. Somehow I feel very pumped when I go to work, even though I have to travel about an hour to work.
My supervisor aka boss is our BizAd senior, very nice person. First day already treat us lunch. I have lost count of the number of times he bought us drinks, lunch or whatsoever, even breakfast this morning too.
My very first impression of him was he's bright, inteliggent and he knows what he's doing. And he has very very good memory, all thanks to his dependable filebook (donno how to call it).
Ppl's first impression of me: I seem quiet according to them. I think it's just my personality. I am shy to strangers during the first few weeks. And as I get to know them better, I gradually show them my personality. And sometimes, my personality can differ according to the people I mix with.
With my fellow intern friend, I'm still ok, normal. Just that sometimes, we will have our disagreement over things haha.
Ok and then just about two weeks ago, after I attended my GE interview. My boss suddenly said I'm sibei high that day hee. And that's how it started...The suaning between my boss and me. I think I over-suan him that week, and the next week, it was my turn to get it. :@ And my dear friend would say that both of us are nuts haha. It's really fun man.
And speaking of this internship (my third olredi), this internship is challenging because it progresses, and it's never routine, unlike my previous two internships.
Time really flies, with the games starting tomorrow. Am gonna enjoy my working hours 8am-9pm lol. And after the games is over, it would be just in a blink of eye, before I bid goodbye to my fellow colleagues, and move on (hopefully not coz I'm thinking of applying for a perm job there).

I guess that should sum up what I have been doin for the past 7 weeks
After which, I will go back and go for my spine op to remove my implants blablabla..To me it's just another procedure. I have endure the first one, which was really painful. To go for the second one does not scare me. I am brave enough to weather the storm, and hopefully with God's blessing, everything will be smooth sailing.
And after that, hopefully come back here and secure a full time job, get a place to stay, and stay with my bestie

Ok, if there's anymore will blog in my next post..

Toodles

End of Uni Life

2009-05-04T15:44:00.002+08:00

Yay..it is the end of uni life..but the truth is I'm not interested about that.

Instead I came to my blog to get rid of my chatbox after some PARASITE decided to talk trash on my chatbox. Yes..you would be suprised if u heard what I tell you..surprisingly the PARASITE is related to me and we are not on good terms..
YES BITCH!!!!!WHOOT

so till this parasite learns its lesson, i shall call it parasite..GOOD FOR NOTHING ONE!

Recess Week is approaching

2009-02-17T22:29:00.003+08:00

Ok another blog post just to keep it updated.

Well I just cleared two tests yesterday and today. I guess its do-able, but oh wells i have tried my best lol
Oh i just hope that our group made a right choice in choosing Delinquency for Decision Modles in Banking. Dont want to screw that 40 percent!

Yup and while I'm typing, just hope to finish clearing my notes for Decision Analysis and move on to Psych: Memory

Then I will have like readings, Psych textbook
Two assignments and one test to prepare, and one ppt.

Heh, my blog is my homework checklist eh...

Till then...Am going Penang this wkend..here comes the beach and FOOD!and JOGOYA slurpslurp :D

PS: My english has improved eh. Not bad for an old woman. Eh still got two full stops..$(%*^&)%)(_!)@(
SMILES

Thought of the day-Deal or no Deal

2009-02-17T22:23:00.002+08:00

Hehe. It was so funny that I just had to blog it.
My lecturer on Managerial Decision Analysis mentioned about Deal or no Deal on Monday's lecture. So i decided to google it
I clicked on this link to play the deal or no deal game online.
I chose bag no.16 and started playing
My offers were like this:26000,69000,200 plus k, then finally i gave up at 100 plus k
And when they revealed my bag, it contained 1mil BUCKS!Oops not like that it's real, but I wonder do they do that in everyone's bag or its just plainly random. I think it should be random, if not people wont play that game again huh.

What's interesting is, since people play this game for free, meaning no entry fee, they tend to be risk seeking even when their offer goes really low, since they have nothing to lose. The same went for me. I didn't even want to take the 200k offer although its alot, only to admit defeat the next round.
Hehe greedy me, or not i wud have been a "millionaire"..Indeed!

oh another point is, I realize that this is either based on the US or UK version, and man the banker is generous. IN class, one of my peers said that the banker's first offer is at least ard 20k, which is wayyyyyy alot than in Malaysia.
Malaysia's version ah, starting offer only like few hundred or maybe 1k plus.
I guess, action speaks louder than words.

Nuff said

Happy 2009, Happy CNY

2009-01-30T23:41:00.000+08:00

Been quite "bz" ..will be on hiatus..wish me luck till i graduate..and find a job..else i will be heading to graduate school:(

I want $$$$ :D

I had enough!

2008-10-05T14:24:00.002+08:00

Let's c. I'm 21 years and 10 mths old. Minus 6 years, meaning i spent like 15 plus years studying and getting all the knowledge I could.

When I was in Primary 1, i used to dread having morning classes. All my classes were in the morning throughut those six years, some kids had at least two years of their primary school life in the afternn.I hate waking up in the mornings. Back then, me and my neighbour used to love walking in the rain, but for me i enjoyed it coz I hope that the rain would give me a bad cold and flu so I can skip school :D

Come secondary, I was thinking bla..need to study hard to do well in PMR..then after that, bla..nid to study hard to do well in SPM (Back then everyone was saying u dun do well for SPM you will ruin your future..bleks)
SPM came and went..did well..now on to college..woh..must do well in this..or not u wont get a goood uni..
Did well in college too..(atleast by my stds)..so went to NUS!
Ohkay....NUS har..good uni what

First yr..slack..did so badly that I had this wake up call
Second yr..chiong like mad..did well by my stds..but not good enuff to fight with peers..whatever..
Third year..was in a transition phase...din like what i was studying..hate studying..did badly..second sem..enjoyed the slack life in Europe

zoom...Fourth Year
It will be Week 8 tomorrow. But I had to blog this. Why?
I have to admit after 15 years of studying..I'm FINALLY tired of STUDYING!
I was looking at my Sci of Music notes..it mad me sick..although half of it was music stuff..it just doesn't interest me. Why? It's just plain studying..just to get freaking A's so u will end up with a good degree..and then what?You just get a bludy better job..but it doesn't matter now that the market is so bad.

Hopefully, after I finish blogging this..I'd better push myself to finish those SOM notes..i will definitely study for my exams..except whether I study it properly..or do last minute work or whatever
I have the slackest sem ever, but yet I'm not putting my all in it..I just dun feel like it..I hope I will have the energy to push myself

Wk 8: Consulting CA, SOM exam, Chin mini quiz
Wk9: Chinese mid term, Consulting presentation
Wk10: Report due
Wk 11: Presentation*2
Wk13: Hell week..4 Exams in three days
Wk 14: FYP presentation
Not to mention FYP in process..
When i list these down..it seems the weeks will pass very fast. But I don't know. Until Wk 13;s over. I will be still sad depress..and what not

Oh, and did I mention that I'm worrying bout getting a call for interview. I guess if I have a job offer right in front of me now..I would be carefree after all

:(:(:(:(:(...Nid to sigh big time

Tough Year Ahead

2008-08-23T21:28:00.002+08:00

I foresee a tough academic year ahead. Job hunting also in the process, which is tough especially when the economy is sooooooooo bad..ok la not so bad

And i really hate how 4th year is going...all becoz of one sick module..i just cant believehow i excelled in this dumb module when i was in yr 2..only to find myself lost now..am afraid coz my individual assessment is half of my CA...

Nid strength!

will go on hiatus for the time being..ciao

Music is my Life

2008-02-20T05:00:00.002+08:00

I really had to blog this coz I was feeling abit emo reflecting the number of years spent on piano, music and choir. And I'm starting to miss playing classical pieces, learning a great deal from my teacher of 9 years(since 12!).
Remembering how I used to hate practicing, only like one hour a day(by pianists standards, its super LITTLE)..remembering how fun concertos were with two pianos.
Ok, the reason why im starting to miss this is because I've stumbled upon classical recordings with concertos, starting to remember the yummy Grieg concerto, Beethoven...so cool I've played most of the repertoires that are really common.
Ah....so sad...haven't touch the piano for 2.5 years..(only playing simple pieces at NUSPE once a year)

:(
And i wonder whether I WUD EVER START STUDYING..and I WUD EVER COMPLETE MY NOTES BEFORE SATURDAY COMES:(

Happy V-Day and Belated Happy CNY

2008-02-18T01:40:00.003+08:00

Ah was thinking of a title but it's quite unrelated anywayz.
CNY celebrations here was good, with the good food, I guess its sufficient enough to satisfy me:D
Been quite "busy" these few days. Either bz watching tv, catching up on studies(ONLY one lecture and I'm barely half way through the notes, not to mention the readings and text:O). So with that, I'm gonna stop travelling for the time being till Easter comes(Prague!!!). I even wanted to go Oslo and Stockholm right after Modern Banking exam, but it's too much hassle. Plus I need to plan my two or three week travel with mum. The booking of train tickets, hostels, the itinerary..what a headache!!!
Sometimes I wish i have more than 24 hours.
Glad that my dad went to church, haha speaking of which I still do not practice that religiously. Sighz..lol..anywayz sisters also went there..so we'll see how it goes when I get back.

Brussels wasn't that great, but Bruges was. I really have no time to elaborate on the whole trip, except that I enjoyed looking at chocs, and buying them to the expense of my poor wallet.(Kinda got sick of the smell though )..and of course had a taste of mussels and fries( moules et frites) ...kinda got sick of it also..since i had like 30 mussels..spent alot..so blablabla

So my only trip left Prague followed by 2-3week Europe travel. And if i dun get a job here, another 10 days just on Germany and time to pack up n go home. If I get a job(yippee!!!IF), then Germany trips during weekends, which means a very lethargic me..no good no good..but good salary 800 euros per mth. Comfortable life in Germany, which is what i want to experience as well.

Hm, I'm thinking very hard as I write coz I dowan to msis out anything. So yep, off to mosre studying hopefully..

Oh yea, wus abit absent minded when i type my previous post..Trier-Vallendar ..WTF..supposed to be Trier Luxembourg

ok till then toodles

Trier-Luxemburg 27/01/2008

2008-01-28T04:32:00.001+08:00

Well the Stuttgart trip din quite work out for me. Awww..really wanted to go to the black forest though. That was my MAIN reason..

Well, there's still good stuff. Me and Jen went to Luxemburg today..it wus great
We had abit of a hiccup meaning that we had to stay in Trier for one hour. So it was another opportunity to visit Trier and its Roman Ruins.
Headed to BK for lunch(My second time in Deutschland..how odd!!!)
Well, the tickets from Trier to Luxemburg is 10.40 return..how cheap is that???
So the total fare wus 23 euros per person. It could have been only 15 euros if 5 ppl went sigh:(..savings of 8 euros..shucks..( so far i've wasted 26 euros..and i'm pretty darn sure i'm gonna earn it back some how..angpow??)
But it's still pretty cheap though. I was so worried that by 2pm we will only have like four hours to see the "whole country". Still it was amazing we managed to finish everything by 5pm and took a train one hour earlier back to vallendar. Well, i will let the pictures do the talking..So there you go, photo bucket link please

Wonder why i had so many well's in this post

Luxemburg is a really tiny country. They speak French most of the time. But there are some Deutsch sign posts and also in menus. Since its super near to Germany as well.40 minutes to Trier.
The sight was really amazing. I'm sure there should be more to come in other countries. Went to the cathedrale of Notre Dame..which i think wus really nice..but Jen said that the Saint Peter's Basilica will blow u away man..nice buildings..
and when we sat down for tea..we went to this crowded cafe..where they serve crepes, tarts, and ICE CREAm..well had the hot chocolate( my very first in Europe..stingy me) and apfelkuchen..i din find what i wanted..the torte..but the apfel kuchen was the closest i cud get to..Jen had fruit crepe..which was Ok..

Well I'm going to Rome tomorrow. So i pray for a safe trip, no ppl near me ok( I swear I will blow my stinky breath to perverts and thieves if they dare to). Oh pray i will be able to see almost all of ROme..They say you can never see the whole of Rome in one day..I will prove them wrong..by doin three days:P

And then maybe a break for CNY dinner with friends.its so gonna happen..with jen around:)
And probably Belgium and Cologne after..or somewhere in Germany..

Meanwhile...pls hope i can get a dang JOB in Europe..or at least Germany:(
Im waiting for replies:(

Toodles

Off to do more travelling

2008-01-24T05:23:00.000+08:00

yep i've photo bucket now too..since facebook doesn't upload my damn photos. So i will alternate between photo bucket and facebook for now..FLICKr still has my old photos..so i will just leave it there..if u access all this three places..u will have the complete list..anywayz, an update

I'm going to Stuttgart on Friday. Everything's abit messy coz tonite there's a toga party and the girl im goin with might be partying till dawn..lolz..so we wont have time to discuss till around noon..we havent got the car ready..hopefully we can settle it soon..and the car is still available..and ..hope more ppl will join us..so we can save money..
Of course Stuttgart isn't enough without a trip to the...BLACK FOREST..to eat their torte (called Schazwarld Kirchetorte..) or the BLack forest gateau..im so gaonna try that..and of course..the cuckoo clocks
And if we are still goin to have the car..perhaps drive to Luxembourg the very next day and spend a day there..sooo tiring
And On Monday I will be off to Rome:D
Perhaps next week..Belgium and Cologne..shucks to the max..gonan spend alot..but hopefully i can try to budget as much as possible..:D
Okies toodles

Hiking Tour 19/01

2008-01-22T07:10:00.000+08:00

Yay, the International Relations office organized a "hiking" tour..to Marksburg Castle. First time touring a castle for FREE!It's four euros btw..haha..nice tour..then after that off to a nice meal..see the pic

There's rice in the middle, Ribs, TOmatoes with cheeeese, sausage big and small, and drumstick with baked potatoes slurp!!!Now do u feel like salivating..appetizers aren't that bad either..nice salad.top with dressing of some cream stuff with basil i guess..chilli(which is actually salsa that's not even spicy) and yummy garlic butter..wiht bread..slurpslurp..i ate two plates...and what a way to end the dinner with dessert CHOC pudding..im officially in love with desserts here..yums..din order any drinks tho..alot of them order white wine..but ewww...

So that ends my Hiking Tour..with a hug i gave to Viktoria and a handshake to Kerstin..haha..really nice ppl..

Interview on Wednesday..job's at Munich..my second possible chance..if i dun get Mediobanca..crosses fingers*

Today i went for a company presentation, Monitor Group. Turns out that the guy Nicolas who went on exchange to NUS wus there. And so happened he was going to work for them after graduation..Ahh, getting a job before graduating, no wonder he speaks up tonnes during strategy class..smart ass..
I think there wont be a Tauschies running dinner tmr..which is a big waste..coz u get to have free food, more friends(I mean german friends here)..and more company:D
Well after the company presentation it was dinner time..weird meat I think turkey with cranberry potatoes and carrots, salad and brot with garlic dressing or thousand island..
YAY..desserts again..and this time i have the pics.YUmmy vanilla pudding with cranberry or berry sauce..hahahah yums..i want to buy all the dessert in lidl but one..i cant control myself..(it has been proved true, when i started buying cakes for breakfast..and ate it during other times of the day urgh)

I hope there will be more company presentations in English..that way i can have free food:)
better if it's a finance or SCm company heee..this one's a consulting co..bliak

Going to Rome next week..So excited..going on my own..and i dun feel that bad..im sure i can do it on my own..gonna go Vatican museum..Colloseum..and many more places..as long as i can snap them on my cam..also to EAT man..what's Italy for without any food..pasta, pizza, gelato, tiramisu, cappucino..ahhhhh YUMs.....
gonna do my research before i go:D...must save alot of money for other trips too...and get more money for internship...HOLLLA

Anywayz, my pictures are all on facebook..so add me to view them..She Ai Ling Serene

toodles for now*lazy bum*

Frankfurt Trip

2008-01-22T06:48:00.000+08:00

Gonna elaborate about the trip..

Started the journey by car at ten plus. It was a PAIN sitting in the middle TO and FRO..Frankfurt in an hour plus..considering the distance around 100km or more..but with a speed of minimum 110km/h..shud be able to get there quick enough..
Car pool is definitely cheap..but parking is not..tried to find cheap parking..and ended up parking somewhere for two hours..went to the Hauptbahnhof to get maps info..
Oh btw, toilets in Frankfurt cost a bomb..a whopping 0.70 euros for a visit..SYbille joked that she will be rich by opening a toilet in Germany..
After that, I kinda left on my own coz i had an interview at 2pm and it wus 12.30pm at that time. I kinda found the company after one hour of walking. Coz i overshot and then grosstan..when i found the right street..i realized that i wus at the opposite end of the street..so had to walk forever to get to ther other end
The interview went ok, I wus surprised that I'm not nervous and managed to answer questions smoothly. I am still awaiting their reply btw. Mediobanca S.p.A...investment banking job, long working hours, but i supposed good pay..(got another interview on Wednesday..sigh..hope more ppl contact me lar)

Ok later after almost one hour of gruelling interview, I went to meet the gang..They were at main tower. And again it took me some time before i cud find them. Also I cudnt find the way into the main tower..lol
Anywayz, i paid 3.10 euros just to spend like only 10 minutes looking up there..The lift took me to 53rd storey..can feel the pressure by then..the view wus magnificent..but wus really cold up there..i din noe that frankfurt wus soooo dense..maybe paris is also liddat
Next we went to the old opera house of Frankfurt..took some pics
Frankfurt Stcok Exchange wus next..we went there too late thou..or not we wud have been able to make reservations for the next day tour to the stock exchange..outside there's this big bear and bull..which signifies the bull market and the bear market(good and bad times for the stock market)..walked abit throughout the streets at 6pm(NIGHt time) before heading to the hostel..hostel's nice (nice beds..and oh so gooood breakfast)
we had dinner at some damn ex restaurant..had pork ribs and sauerkraut with mashed..sauerkraut is soo sour..pork ribs sooo salty..bliak..apfelwein too sour and alcoholic..i had a few sips..and my cheeks and face are burning and i went red..meal wus supposed to be 10 euros..but paid 13 euros for convenience of all(geeeeesh!!!)oh we went to a pub..and played texas hold em poker..nice..i won once..but i din win the whole game:(..wus fun

Next morning, did somore visiting..went to the cathedral to snap some pics inside the church..beautiful:)
Next up..the historical museum..where we saw some frankfurt and northpole stuff..and history botu frankfurt..so borrrringg..blek..nvr like museums in the first place
the second stop wus another museum..but this time i had enuff..so no more mueseums for me..the others went to Goethe Haus to visit the museum while i wander off in the streets..
After walking a while..I started to familiarized myself with the streets..counting a total of 3 Mcdonalds, 4 Starbucks..2 Zaras, H&M, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Hugo Boss..and what not..all the brand names there..Swarozki..hm..got alot of brands there la..good for shopping..got BK also..i havent spotted KFC in deutschland yet...
Well i din do any shopping..except for "shopping" at the asian supermarket..asian supermarket is quite ex la...considering the cheap stuff i can get back at home..no clothes shopping till i wanna go home..probably do some shopping in italy..or other countries..OH yea..btw..so lame..tried to take some photos of the red light district..but scared la..those perverts go in to the place can edi la..but come out still want to stare at me like one kind..already so suey go in and do so gross stuff..come out stare at ppl like ppl wanna take ur pic liddat la..ok whatever..u may not understand me lol

So i guess that's the end of my Frankfurt trip..OH btw, the gang that i went with..Loves to trink Kaffee..we had coffee drinking(or rather alcohol or whatever) sessions everyday!Oh and i found out a great recipe..Honey and Milk..try it!
Oh and i had karamel ice cream at Mcdonalds..wanna try BK's ice cream too..yums..MOvenpick icream i want too..at Rewe..but sooo big..i scared it will melt since my fridge got no freezer..bleh

Ok Mediobanca faster call me..Im desperate for a job in Dang Frankfurt:(

Financial woes

2008-01-21T05:58:00.000+08:00

I believe this is not my first time talking about this issue.
Anywayz, back from Frankfurt. Really good time with the ppl who were in Frankfurt. Great opportunity to meet ppl and of course went for the interview.
I thought the interview was ok till they asked me questions like cash flow etc. which obviously I forgotten about it and probably some I havent' even learn since its related to corporate finance. Investment banking job is really tiring. They mentioned that the working hours will be from 9am till probably 7-8pm..sometimes u can only go back home at 10pm-1am..urgh..sounds damn tiring..but it will be a damn good experience..And probably good pay too hopefully..will get the phone call tmr
Don't expect anything much from it. Another interview on Wednesday and two more pending applications.

Sighz, din know its sooo difficult to apply for an internship in Germany.
Wells, speaking of my "woes", I booked my air tickets to Rome thru Ryanair.com and guess what..I din realise that I bought travel insurance for 12 euros..*cries*..I quickly sent an sms to my mum asking her to call the cc company tmr and call me as well..but since the family is fast asleep..so..yea
To me, 12 euros is a HUGE amount..I kinda "rugi" abit in terms of money from the trip of frankfurt..and realised that i've been spending aloooot..which i need to really control from now on..else i wont have enuff to travel..but then again 12 euros is only like RM60..which means it can be earned easily, judging frm my capabilities of earning money..Haiz..i guess, you shud just accept and dun fret over the stuff u HAVE spent..but being the kiamsiap me..i cant help myself from stressing over this stupid issue..
So Rome next week..most probably SOLO..which is good n bad..hope i have a good time..
And the two weeks in europe shud be somewhere around Germany, and visit to Freiburg plus switzerland..and what not..

EESH! >.<

Busy days

2008-01-14T21:58:00.000+08:00

I don't like it when I'm so occupied..it makes me really tired..n i cant concentrate on my studies blablabla..
this is when i have stuff to do like applying for internships..eesh..and also doing stuff like visa..urgh
Anywayz on the bright side..after spending my whole of Saturday afternoon applying for internships. ONe replied this morning. Ahh..feels good..but then again..i dun like it when i nid to spend money 40 EUROS..to frankfurt just for an interview..and stand a chance of not getting it..so i just hope that I will successfully get through the interview get a good pay..and worry bout my accommodation later
URGH Frankfurt is damn ex la wei..but good opportunity lies..
and somore the job is an investment banking job..yea talk about irony somore..(i swore nvr to apply for investment banking jobs) but hey..this is what i got ..so hopefully everything will turn out all right..
So i will just need god's help and strength to go through this few days..and hopefully everything will be fine
And erm..as for traveling..i will follow whoever's goin where..nid to consider carefully as to what to do etc...
Yup that's all i guess...toodles

NO classes in January

2008-01-13T00:37:00.000+08:00

YESH!But i dun feel happie though..coz this means the month will go wasted..So probably Im gonna plan out something..but it will definitely not be fun..coz im sure my Tauschie friends have classes..this is tentative though..if its finalized..yep then i must realli go somewhere and get out of here asap!
Thanks to that purchasing lecturer la..geesh..
So i will have classes only in Feb and March...that's odd rite..but well whatever..i dun give a darn

Parties and more

2008-01-11T20:25:00.000+08:00

Ohkay, we had teambuilding yesterday(Thursday, 10/01), which was quite interesting as the name goes. Team effort is needed here.First we had to climb the spider webs(something similar back in TH orientation). Second was lifting the pail together as a team and drop it into another bucket blindfolded. Third was building a tent blindfolded(how lame!) but i totally stood there doin nothing. Fourth was to lift ppl up a wall or u will get electrocuted. yea..quite interesting
fifth wus fun too..communicating with ur teammates with noises.

at 7pm we had intro again from tauschies along with their culinary dish from their own country. I cooked curry chicken, in which I shudnt have brought so much. They ate my chicken but not the potatoes, considering the vast amount of potato being served that night, potato salad and mashed. and of course the curry, in the end i threw the curry away, coz very unhygienic but yet again regret coz im wasting my food in which i cud eaten..(well the woes of a stingy women)..i wus so hungry by then, so i had bread, two pieces of pork(which i realized its too much)..and abit of potato salad and mashed potato. Then we move to the international food table. I tried a few odd sweets, like pepper sweets and what not, tell u it's super weird..ate Wei Chen's tea eggs, Mari's fried rice yum.Took some chocs the US ppl brought, had tuna salad, bakgwa and pork floss Ian brought. Some sweet cakes from I donno where. Peanut butter and banana sandwich. I can't remember what else i ate..but the thing is i ate alooottt..hee..oh nougats from taiwan..slurp
lucky they had other drinks than beer, which was bottled pepsi and bottled sparkling mineral water. my first taste of the water:NONO!Dun like the gassy taste. If want gas must be sweet like pepsi. In germany, they use glass bottles for drinks, so weird har. Got to meet three German guys, nice ppl, stayed with us to chat for abit so its fun.
Tonight there will be a party at WHU organized by the Quietschies, the first years. There's gonna be alot of booze, but I'm goin there hoping to meet more ppl i hope..and take more pics haha..Yep just hope everything will be smoothsailing from now on. more traveling, more saving,more enjoying.

toodles

Tuesday, 08/01 and Wednesday 09/01

2008-01-11T20:18:00.000+08:00

So, to continue..
We had another info session on visa,(which made me wonder, I should go apply for internships now ok)
Tauschie Rally was next, where we took a ferry from Vallendar(yes i forgot to bring my camera urgh) to Koblenz, imagine how many pictures i cud have taken of the view from the Rhine...ARGH!
The rally was basically games at station, getting know Koblenz abit better, mingling with the ppl there and getting them to participate in our activities. Of course we Tauschies did not fail to attract attention since we were dressed up in balloons and lidl plastic bags haha. Managed to make two Mexican friends in my team, Ricardo and Bernado. The first was to run around the famous Koblenz statue, then beer drinking which i stayed out, third was to ask ppl to write welcome notes in german and other languages, fourth wus to take picture in a photo booth with strangers, dance with strangers, we missed out one activity though. And it ended with dinner at Enchiladas, had tacos for 8 EUROS!!!Well nvrmind, had good company. Sometimes, having fun comes with a price eh..

OH i had German on wednesday..seriously, i can't remember a shit. JUst vague stuff..and boy it got abit boring 3 hours of class. I'm just gonna take this class not so seriously coz im not transferring the modules back hee..Supposed to go for PUb Crawl, but I don't drink so...yeap my frens had fun at Koblenz Pub Crawl

First day at school 07/01

2008-01-11T20:06:00.000+08:00

Hello world, haven't had much time to blog since school started. Was pre occupied with quite a number of activities.
I don't know if I mentioned in my previous post but I have started to make a few friends at the dorm as well as in WHU considering how slow I open up to ppl. Hopefully, when I start my classes, I will get to meet even more Tauschies and perhaps regular students at WHU.

Another thing, my camera's not always with me and I donno why I don't make good use of it ..sheesh
On Monday, we head down to school for an introductory meeting at the chapel. Tell you, the journey to school is undescribable..The dorm is frricking far frm the school..like 15 minutes of walking..if that wasn't enuff..the way back to the dorm is the ultra killer!This is because, when you walk back up to the dorm, you are climbing gazillions of steps and steep slopes before you finally declare "home sweet home"...ahhhh such life..i shud have gone for krautkramer..since its the nearest..geesh
Ok after that..we had a tour of the university, which i wudnt call it a university..since its like SUPER SMALL can!i thought i may get lost in these buildings at first but turns out, its quite ez to navigate ur way round. The shops are super near..and most impt of all, Lidl is nearby too..So everytime when I'm at school(the past two days), I try to make good use of this opportunity to go Lidl and do some grocery shopping.Oh and Germany(and perhaps some parts of Europe) are serious about the environment, so NO PLASTIC BAGS when u shop, unless u pay for them.And we have to sort our rubbish when we cook, like bottles, plastic, paper and organic stuff..geesh
after that me, sybille and jane head down for lunch at a vietnamese restaurant where we had fried rice with chicken.Honestly, the meal wasn't that good compared to our stds back at home, but being the one who is not fussy, i gladly ate it all up since it was my first taste of rice for days, and mind you the portion is HUGE
yeps, then we went back for more info sessions on courses, german test..and VIP welcome dinner..
the VIP is basically a small committee in charge of organizing stuff for us Tauschies(exchange students) to make our life at WHU more fun!Dinner was great i guess, my first taste of the long bratwurst, super long can like 20cm or maybe even more..the meat wus tough cuz the sausage had a coating outside..together with bread and potato salad..yum..it made me full..oh plus beer, i had two sips and i gave up

First meal at the dorm

2008-01-04T21:36:00.000+08:00

Haha i know..i just blogged a while ago huh. Well i did told u i am gonna cook spaghetti..so i wus suprised to see that the kitchen is ultra cool(as mentioned earlier)
best thing is, there were loads of condiments(which i donno am i allowed to use or not) that were probably left behind by past students, olive oil basil ketchuo pepper salt ahhhhh and many more..heee...that's super awesome cool
So my spaghetti turned out well:) kudos to me..and am gonna have it tonite ler...

ok toodles

Dormitory-Vallendar

2008-01-04T19:53:00.000+08:00

Okie the title of my post now refers mostly to the location of me. Im freezing in my room. Donno whether my heater spoil or what:(
Anywayz i luvvvv my new room..As usual, photos are up on flickr.com, but not for long as flickr limits uploads to 100 mb per mth..ptui!
I'm uploading on facebook as well. and photobucket once it's settled. stil messy now la

the room's really cozy, but i wish it were abit warmer..wuper cold la..the coolest thing is the kitchen. it has everything!!!Now that's what i call a true blue kitchen. i hv my own cupboard to store my food stuff. cutleries, evern my own space to put stuff in the fridge!Whoooopeee:)
ok but i donno how to use the washing machine tho:(..will learn how to soon..

yep i gueass that's it for the day. gonna cook spaghetti la soon hee...haha..yums..my first noodle in days..
and more movie watching and drama watching

toodles

Last Day in Frankfurt :)

2008-01-03T21:34:00.000+08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8246182@N05/

Here's the link to my photos. For an easier way, you can go to flickr.com search for people and type my user ID sheserene. I will uploading all photos on flickr.com

Enjoy

PS: I've been walking a short distance around Frankfurt. Too chilly. Prefer surfing the net in a warm environment. Wanted to take more pictures especially those sex shops...That's what Frankfurt is about ma..NOt like i'm a pervert...
But i tooo PAISEH lei...
so nvrmind lor

watching moview and probably dramas..i just finished watching date movie and i wanna watch sweeney todd now:)
k will post a link on my photos under friends section toodles

Holla from Frankfurt

2008-01-02T19:59:00.000+08:00

Hello world
Its 1.01pm in Frankfurt. I've been online since this morning. The comp had some crazy problems, so i had to reformat my comp:(
Tried to go out..but the weather is killing my pretty face. Its super cold larrr...
There's alot to see in frankfurt i supposed but its tooooo cold..I will try to go out later la..
First, I dun even know how to open my hostel door..well who cares, im leaving here in three days.

Ok let me give u a detailed account about my trip right from the plane till now

My flight wus supposed to depart at 11.05pm however it took off only at 11.45pm. talk about punctuality huh.since no liquids were allowed, i din bring my favourite bottle of water on the plane. I get thirsty easily, so by the time supper came, i gladly gobbled my orange juice. Food was soso only la, my last meal of rice with fish.The steward and stewardess were sooo unfriendly lor. IMagine the stewardess asian with specs short hair and no make up( so like me!!), means i can be stewardess lor i supposed?And there is this aussie steward who is so chuan..$%^&him la..:P
Soooo thirsty and no water, they ask me to wait till the snack bags come..and inside:only a 330ml evian water..WTF
Breakfast wus a normal fare. And we landed on time. Oh did i mentioned that their in flight entertainment system sucks. I was soo tired that i slept before enjoying my first movie. Sucksss...

After i landed in terminal 2i had to go to the loo, and at the same time i was very thirsty..
so i went in. later i just follow the crowd out, took the skytrain to terminal one..and bam..I WUS LOST!!!!
Not knowing how to get out, i asked the service guy at the terminal one, he pointed just in front of me..phew it wus just infront of me..WHAT an idiot..
so i went out..go to baggage claims..but i cant find my flight..after asking(AGAIN!) the guy said my flight landed in terminal 2..which means my baggage had to be in terminal 2...arghs...so i exited into arrival hall in terminal 1..took the skytrain back to terminal 2 and collect my baggage..in btwn i was panting like mad and sweating thou outside the weather is super cold.
so when i got to terminal 2..i cudnt possibly go in and get my baggage since i'm outside of the departing gates.so for the third time, i had to ask a person to give me a permit to get my luggage. PS:ppl there are scary looking and shiong looking:(
so i got my luggage after getting in, by which everyone had left, and the place wus quite.
wow i took about 1.5 hours to clear everything. despite that my nightmare wasn't over. i had trouble purchasing tickets to frankfurt main station. dun understand any deutsch that spurt right there sighz. till i asked someone again and he showed me. but got no small change!!!so again i asked this nice guy from new york for change. then later he chatted for a shortwhile with me.usual old man chat

oh btw, i saw some old man peeing on the railway.gosh..that it ultra gross la
the train looks old. and with all my big luggage i even have to lug it up the train since the platform is lower then the train step. an indian guy helped me with the luggage and also helped direct me to the station.thanks indian guy
after reaching the station..i wus super super super tired..with all the carrying and lugging
i wus still very very thirsty..imagine hours without water..i felt like..err dying..plus im hungry too
so..yep i couldnt find my hostel.. although they say it wusopposite the train station..in front..i cant see it..
wanted to ask ppl..but i abit thick face la u c..so i went to the service counter..wanted to ask..but i saw this map..and saw kaiserstrasse..then yay..so i headed there la..think i reached there at 8am..amazing right..i took such a long time since i landed at 5 plus to get to somewhere which is only 17 minutes frm the airport..dumbass
so lugging all my fat luggage up the small elevator. i reached the reception, only to find that i can check in at 2pm...SIGHZ..which means i had to go lurk around for another 6 hours..so went and walk around the train station..the food there is exxx..
they sell mainly bread cheapest i saw wus ,99 euros. a tomato and mozarella bread costs u 1.50 euros aroun there la. there are some breads with cool fillings which costs around 2-3 euros.now that's ex. asian food also available 4-5 euros, anyone?burger king and mcd are also available, but the prices are almost the same as in singapore albeit different currency. now that's crazy. But i saw a chicken wrap at mcd which costs 1.99 euros..maybe i can consider guah

So miss clever went to buy her 1.5 l water first coz she wus dying of thirst. that cost 2 euros..ex, but water is a necessity. food is actually a necessity, but i still went to the supermarket and buy a loaf of bread which cost 1.59 euros..not that bad..i wus sooo hungry that i ate 4 slices of bread..the last one with belacan..:)yum..then i went to sleep at 4pm frankfurt time to recover my lost of sleep on the plane
oh, i share my 8 bed room dorm with 5 italian guys. They are nice, but abit loud, especially when i slept..they were in and out of the room.talking really loud..omg..and only returning to sleep at 5am????gosh..are u kidding me..oh the remaining 2 ppl are taiwanese one boy one gurl. dun see them often tho. would like to know if they are going to whu for exchange. that wud be nice.
oh in the middle of the night, stomach growled like crazy..

i ate alot for bkfast. cereals, tea, four slices of bread one weird bread..with nutella and honey. and i drank honey with water too..not bad..but im hungry now..maybe eat more bread with belacan or my salmon..yum..
so this is thus far my adventures in frankfurt..i will tell u more when i get to koblenz..

this is long-winded me signing off for now.

PS:photos will be uploaded on flickr.com. will provide the link once i get it uploaded.

Toodles

Disappointing day of the year AGAIN

2007-12-26T12:47:00.000+08:00

Yep the title says it all. Today is D-Day.What other venue than the Mall to check my results. It was the second most disappointing result after my first yr sem 2 results. Well a 6 month "holiday" will definitely bring my fighting spirit back.
I'll be back with venegance in my final year!!!!

PS:If you fight hard in NUS, u can only manage a mere two A's. That's for idiots like me...SIGH:(

HoHoHo...Merry Christmas

2007-12-23T22:59:00.000+08:00

Hello world. Haven't been blogging since i came back home. Well, I did enjoyed being pampered at home. Daily routine has been the same: Sleep, Eat, Computer, Sims, TV till wee hours in the morning combined with ocassional rehearsals and caroling sessions at various places( Genting, KLCC, and some high class restaurants)

It has been very stressful in terms rehearsals and all. Sometimes having different opinions in which people do not always agree is tough. But with only two days of caroling left, I'm so gonna miss caroling with the gang. Considering the next year my final yr(meaning my last chance), I shall consider whether I want to..and of course whether I'm asked to!!!!

After Christmas, my i-don't-wanna-know results will be out. I really hope that whatever my results be, I won't be disappointed since I reallllly tried my best studying the "shit" out of it, and pass through every painful finals.

Urgh...Exactly a wk more till I leave for Deutschland...
:(:(
Toodles

Sem 1, 07/08: Reflections

2007-11-29T22:22:00.000+08:00

Ah, today marked my freedom. Not totally free though. I realized i had so much to do, and i wanted to stuff it all in a day.
First I collate all my files, since i wanted to reformat my comp. I'm finally done with that. This is sucky if you done really clean up ur comp that often. Next I need to prepare a checklist, pack..AND READ UP my Harry Potter..its soooo overdue.
Hm speaking of which, I have some overdue pics which I will show later.
Hahz, here are my holiday plans lemme list down so I dun forget

1. Finish the Deathly Hallows
2. Revise German 1 (Urgh, Study!)
3. Christmas Caroling plus rehearsals(sure is gonna be fun)
4. Celebrate my belated birthday with a key shaped cake or whatever :)
5. Pack my stuff and hope everything turns out fine
6. Buffet @Jogoya (a mustmustmustmustmust)
Shall update the list if anything pops up

Well since the title said reflections so now i shall do one
This sem...phew...is really a rough one..I'm glad I'm over with this sem
There were obviously many ups and downs, wished I could turn back time and turn those bad things around.
It started out badly, when I found out that in week one, I wasn't as keen to study as i was the past two sems. I remembered my yr 2 days was spent at the library daily..non-stop RBR-ing...haha those were the days..i remembered returning those RBR books 2-3am everynight just to chiong..Glad it did paid off..
So I hoped when week 2 or 3 came, I may slowly get the pace..but NO..it still din come through...Sighz..so i tot..maybe change this sem's strategy a little
so i decided to implement the CHIONG LAST MINUTE Strategy..while still reading lecture notes after every lecture(Immediately after one)
Unlike last sem, I did not touch the textbooks as much as I did before. It was very minimal, which worries me
So came the day in wk 6 where i had two exams. Surprisingly, they turned out quite ok, and I was very surprised with Biz Policy. So i thought studying last minute paid off huh.
Then right after sem break there was this VERy DIFFICUlT Financial Market mid term which had a 40 percent weightage. Immediately after the exam I had a bad headache, thinking I did badly. But a month later,I got the results and was quite satisfied:)
Then came the wake up call, when I screwed my Investment mid term. Coz i got below the class average, which made me supppper worried.
From then on I sooo hate investment banking that i vow not to take up a Investment Banking job (Banking job like in OCBC still can ler)
Then after those crappy exams were the projects. Out of 5 modules, four had super loadful of projects, which I suppper hate...
Then the feeling of working with ppl u dun like makes it even worse..BAH..shall not elaborate here
Then came the final exam: Investment wus OK, Strategy totally sucked, Today's Service ops..I'm just speechless man..Oh i forgotten Cybercrime and Financial Markets totally sucked as well..i tot both was goin to be easy..but NONO
So with all the sucky exams, I guess I'm prepared to get sucky grades huh
But I took away some lessons to be learnt this sem
NEVER STUDY LAST MINUTE
STUDY RIGHT FROM WEEK 1
Hehe, i will follow this religiously in my final year, after I enjoy my lovely holiday
I guess the challenges this sem was the transition from level 2 to level 3 modules..and loads of projects, it made me totally worn out lor

Ok i guess that's it..nid to map my modules, harry potter, so mannny things to do...PLS give me more time..and alot of pppl to meet too

PS: If you try very hard to read my blog, then u know why I always get B+ for essays and never A's coz I never organize it properly muahaha
we will see my results soon to prove it :(

Oh shucks i forgot my overdue photos hehe
I rewarded myself by having a sirloin steak at Aston's Express, PGP with pasta salad and baked potato as my sides. Tell you the steak was quite flavourful, but I was rather impressed with the baked potato which had butter smothered over it and the pasta salad..MMM..i LUV steak..i heart steak..so now I'm goin to try Hog's Breath set lunch keke..soup steak and MUD PIE..yums..gona be fat now..so bler.Hm but i cant afford to eat there anymore, until my SEP is over. PGP's so happening now lor, got good food, probably during my final yr will ask Ah Sze go PGP every Saturday night and try their Hongkie Baked Rice(mmmmmm), Beijing noodles super yummy slurp
and SOYA BEAn YUMMY my favourite..will go back to Aston's..will eat up the whole PGP..but make it cheaper la PLS>..i'm so poor..:(
Oh there's chong pang nasi lemak and cheese prata shop too..hehz

Two weeks Two weeks

2007-11-17T21:04:00.000+08:00

Hm Today is me laundry day. So when I do my laundry, I always thought to myself" Wah, one wk flies har"
Anywayz, that terrible day is over. Two modules cleared in one day. What can I say?First I screwed my FM presentation, coz i totally went blank that day. So damn embarassed. Hope I dun leave a bad impression on prof, since I was his "good" student with "good" mid term results :D
Then came the so called "easy" 20 percent final exam. I mean it was OK. Expected questions like this, but can don so twisted or twisty or NOt. I don understand forwards and futures la wei...So that's the end of my crappy FM..Donno can get A or not, was counting for an A since i got "hee" for my Mid Term.
So my other potential cybercrime, guess what? Tony Chew did want us to fail. I studied "quite hard" for his part, and yet those answers which I was pondering between A and B. In the end, i got wrong since I circled A then B later on...FIVE QUESTIONS potentially gone!!!I cud have gotten 45/50...sobz..Well what to do
But good news is everyone did much poorer in their second test. So median 73 ME 8- U think can score A or not?A minus at least la plssss

So there you have it, three more papers, 13 more days, one survivor, who will survive??? MEEE!!!I've been slacking. I can't even study properly for one hour then i will either go down and read newspaper, go toilet and walk walk ...do whatever it takes to make me happy..sighz..i will try God i will try...

Ok try hard...
Ohz, the main reason i blogged was to show my mum this (Yea like she ever reads my blog, but will show her the pics nevertheless)

I want either this or this ok for my bday Ok..heee...so LOOOk up there properly and look at the design properly..NO mess ups :P

OK lucks for exams everyone, and ME TOO..i want all A's or 3 A's la..at least better then my forever 2 A's per sem..PUI

Counting the days

2007-11-06T20:26:00.001+08:00

Haih 24 days..seems short..but yet so dang far
well..i'm taking a long and slacking tv break..
I got one more Financial markets report
I managed to overcome the super tough mid term
Now I'm just worried about the report, worrying how the lack of communication with four exchange students will jeopardize my chances of getting my Apple.
Mid-term shud be quite do-able
I really hope everything turns out fine eventually
Then comes cybercrime, argh..second half is terrible..what is the hell with hash functions, signature algorithm..its mashed..and i dun geddit..none at all
I know what is currency crises, but u call me to write some crappy report on it..i dunno how to start..and lack of cooperation just makes me worse..
NO HELP..NO TEAM WORk..SO FACK..
I will worry bout IA, Biz Policy and Service Ops later man
I dreamt that i got 43 for IA test 2..sucks..hopefully that its the opposite in reality
Let the the 14th come sooner..and 29th too

Project woes

2007-10-08T21:29:00.000+08:00

I'm so facking sick of Project and the fact I have to face project members with different facking personalities....AH FUCK!
Today there was this small issue over me "wrongly accusing" some ppl for HEAVILY PLAGIARIZING...i mean DUH...its HEAVILY PLAGIARIZED alrite...so do i give a fuck?
I was soo tired from editing the crap u gave..so duh..i have to say its plagiarized..word for word copied from the article
Isn't it the same as copying someone's work...wth...anywayz
This person gave me the first impression of arrogance, think she's on top of the world, smarter than anyone's ass...
This is what u get when you work with ppl who are also studying in the so called top ranked university in the world..or at least the top 20 in the world
Well i had woes too with my second project group
It's not like I'm an unapproachable person (My other two projects group presently is doin fine)
So i don't see why I can't work with other ppl. Or it's just that I'm having a badbad sem
Working with shitty ppl. Whom i think are fucking arrogant, act like they know everything. But inside their shitty brain they know nothing

Muahahah...nvr have i felt and think so badly of project mates..NVR IN MY TWO AND A HALF YRS IN UNI
Probably i hated someone last sem. But it wasn't the hate that i'm feeling this sem
Well, i guess i just need to pour myself out here. And well if someone comes shooting at me the next few days. I will just say..Fuck!I didn't mean to say that..
And its just a vicious cycle coz i will start bitching about this person who said things bout me etc

OKAYZ...More project stuff to do and lecture notes to catch up
52days more to end of school and arrival of Germany
:)

2nd Half of Torturing Sem

2007-10-02T19:28:00.000+08:00

Summary of recent happenings:

-Had a gooodie mid sem break. Topped with good food, ice cream, and loads of TV, tonnes of movies...bleh..and ZERO Study how nice
-Had my SEP stuff done. Only left insurance and dumbo visa. Settling it in November i guess
-Two terrible mid terms weren't that bad. The results says it all:)
-Hm, i have tonnes of projects to catch up and two more mid terms
-Currently revising my third lecture out of fourth for the coming 40 percent mid term
- Dad had his Op on Monday, vomiting and nauseous, not feeling well, head has to be down al the time. So wish him lucksss..Nop...as in bless him, Dear Lord.
-Hm, i can't remember what else...Too many things happened i guess...
-OHZ, British American Tobacco contacted me for this Asia Pacific Treasury Intern. Whoots. I applied for fun, and din expect them to say that they were impressed with my resume:)
quote:Hi Ai Ling,

Thank you for expressing your interest in joining our organisation as a Treasury Intern. We are highly impressed with your resume and would like to get in touch with you.

-Well looks like i'm going to get a good job in the future...Crosses fingers:)

To sum it all up...I LUV MOONCAKES
*Doesn't make sense but well heck, Serene is always this unpredictable so is her blog*

Just another day

2007-09-10T19:10:00.000+08:00

Well it's wk 5.

I suddenly had an inspiration. By staring at my "goals of this semester" hoping to get myself Apples, I had not much probs Studying(grammar error intended, pfffft)

But, Today my spirits had gone down.

U might probably wonder why????

Well. First, I was being sensitive, when I'm the LAST ONE TO KNOW about smthing petty. And my Good fren told me "You din even bother to ask"
WTF???U MEAN I DIn BOTHER TO ASK????
WHEN I ASKED No one can give me a reply. And when I try not to be so kaypoh, then no one even have the COURTESY to tell me. AND SAY i dun even BOTHER to ask...HOW NIIIIICCEEE....
So yes, i will be extremely sensitive, if you as a friend, dun even bother to tell me stuff...which is actually pppppeeetttyyy:P lol

Now then, came the nxt petty thing which made me a lil pissed. WHY would you choose to dump me all at once??HUHHUHHUH???
If I'd knew, I would have gone down with someone else, INSTEAD OF PATHETICALLy WAITING, and in the end , expecting NO ONE To TURN UP???

GRRRR....anywayz...back to Studying mode...

Gonna catch HairSpray tonight.

Two mid terms nxt wk:am gonna mug "hard" i guess...weee..mug smart

Air tickets this Saturday. Hope I land on a gooooodie deal...then followed by much detested Insurance purchase and Visa and TADAH..Ohz stupid application too

Toodles

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If anyone of you happened to drop by, pls go to this link and click on the stars. Make it FIVE STARS OhKAYZ???
I nid tonnes of vote

Loves

Pledge

2007-08-26T20:29:00.001+08:00

I, Serene She Ai Ling, pledge to start studying REALLY hard from tmr onwards till 29th of November, which is ard 95 days from now.

Libraries, mugging friends, books, pls look attractive for ME!!!!

May you all readers be my witnesses!

Toodles

PS:If you see my slacking real hard or chatting on messenger or watching TV or ..SLEEEPING...Pls smack me. Thx

Boarwing Day

2007-08-25T22:07:00.000+08:00

Wk 2 has ended. And I'm already stressed like mad. I really hope i can chiong all the way frm Wk 3 onwards till 29th November.Really MUST!!!

I'll just develop a bad headache or somewhat after only one-two hours of studying. And that's not it. Sleeping is my NUMBER one enemy. The computer is my number two. I will give myself at least till tmr to destress myself and switch on my study mode. Really hope I dun screw strategy for starters. The 26 pg Starbucks case is killing me.

I am thinking alot about SEP. Huuuurrr...about how nice life will be there. All the eye candies I can spend looking at...Huuuurrrr...*Slaps self* Better focus.

Ok. Here's wishing me(and you, if you need some) LUCKssss for this semester OkayZZZZZ

Toodles

update!Sem 6 is starting soon

2007-08-09T23:51:00.000+08:00

Hello world. I blogged this after being shut out by my comp for three times. I was like "wth???wtf???I can't lose my comp till after my trip to Germany is over. Seriously cant afford a new lappie" Yep luckily, i logged in using my other username instead of using the NUSSTU domain...fuh ....turned out to be a trjoan horse...yea good riddance huh

well after some disinfecting looks like its ok.well get my comp frens to check it for me.

guess what?its almost a yr since i started blogging. well, looks like there's no progress but heck i care. and of course its also one yr since my infection started. yep and heck it hasn't recovered. URGH!I seriously wish i cancancan make it healllll. speaking of which, i started out blogging about sem 3 starting. Heck its sem 5 edi.(Stupid tot it was sem 6)...and HECK i shud stop saying the word "heck"!!!
Here are the list of modules im taking this sem
BSP3001B-Biz policy
FNA3103-Financial Markets
FNA3102A-Investment and Portfolio crap(Tough shit)
GEK1531(Easy shit...but hard to score..SHIT ...totally)
DSC3203(Ah...hope this shud be the surprise)

yep there u have it...im trying to kill myself this sem. but heck, if i can conquer sem 3 with 5 lvl 2000 modules. heck i can do 4 3000 modules. shud be a piece of cake
nid high self esteem..yep competitive ppl taking tis mods with me. but i wont give up. i wanna go to deutschland with high feathers of CAP...heeee
wana do internship there. wanna get EUROS..wanna get good pay..wanna enjoy myself

God, pls make this happen

Poof, it happened haha..

With strong will and determination. I'm sure i can do it...So I shall proclaim from now on this will be my self motivational blog...(Yea riiiiite)...I have the sudden craving for formula 1 now...

yeps..and dun ask me bout harry potter.got sick of the slow reading and tired glacngin at the pdf file

toodles...HELLO SEM 5:)

Transparency in HALL-Payments should be made clear!!!!

2007-07-30T22:09:00.000+08:00

Yo dude. Three days to be exact till the end of my internship!
Still hate my XXX though, last wk supposed to enjoy somore give me more work. She's gonna miss me coz no one goin her dirty old work. I still got loads more to do tmr. Shall do it like a tortoise.

Anywayz, I'm here to rant...Yea i know AGAIN...shall call this a rant/complaint/whatever blog

So this is the story. Saw Raymond's MSN that says temasek website is up. So being the curious me, checked it out. Went through the committee link, looked at tech crew, then rag, then DND
Found out that the theme this yr is Heroes. Checked out when was the bash(Although I'm not a bash goer). It was on the first wednesday of school. Hm in zouk somore. Then i read on..."Tickets are available $12 for girls and $16 for guys" Well obviously coz Wednesday's ladies night.
So then something came into me...I was so FREAKING PISSEd(AS USUAL :P)
WHY, u asked?

Well coz the orientation pack since yr one includes a bash ticket. Not to say like i LURVVVVVVVE bashes or what BUT HECK I PAY FOR IT DUDE. So, the OC member even have the guts to tell me "OC welcome pack price also din increase what"
My business instincts tell me that, distribution of bash tickets by first wk is technically impossible. Moreover they even put the price on it, so i guess that it's not included? I may be wrong. And if so, i shall recall this post then.
BUt until then, I am not satisfied. What if the $70 does not even include a bash ticket, worth around $14?I guess DND wouldnt be so $%^&@ not to make it compulsory by collecting the bash funds. Or probably they want us to pay more!!!

So what is inside the $70 welcome pack. Piece of crap( Although i must say this yrs goodies are good)
But what the heck..THE GOODIES ARE STILL FREEBIES sponsored by companies. I dun expect them to be charging for teeny weeny samples rite???
Content inside the goodie pack: Biscuits, Cosmetics...
The ex stuff are the orientation T(I dun mind that, it changes every yr), POLO T(3rd one and counting. I'm so not goin to receive my fourth one), URGH LOUSy TOWEL THAT DOESNT even absobr water...
TTS ALL!!!!
And heck i havent even started complaining about the hall meals. $40/ week for ALl MEALS EXCEPT SAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH...WTF?????
Lets do the math. I'm charged $21/wk for six bkfasts and dinners. Which is also ex by stds.Coz i dun nid to spend $1.1 for bkfast nor $2.4 for dinner.
So there are six bkfast, six lunches and seven dinners in total
So the six bkfast&six dinners=$21...CORRECTY?
One dinner is equivalent to $2.4
So take the balance which is $16.6 and divide it by 6 (Coz six lunches ma)=$2.76
WHAT $2.76 for a piece shit of lunch..WHICH IS EXPENSIVE THAN DINNER???
OR THE MEALS ARE OVER PRICED DURING ORIENTATION?
Whatever it is, I dun get the theory and the logic.
Is it fair, for the seniors to pay $200 for two wks of orientation, where its not obligatory for them to show up. But it's compulsory to pay?I know convenience for Hall office n all. But shudn't the Hall Office, and so some holiday comm involved in this thingy, think of the seniors' welfare?
HOw many ppl can afford this? A hall is still a place for ppl to stay. Not to wallop ppls money and all. AND AFTER THREE YEARS, (Erhem shud be two yrs) NOthing has been done to stop this. I'm sure MANY PPL have already made their point, complained like shit. BUT TO NO AVAIL!!!!IS THIS HOW THE HALL OFFICE AND WHOEVER can earn their money out...to cover losses or whatever in their comms or bla???
I'm sure the caterer only get their $$$ based on the number of coupons they have received. And what about those who din check in? Where does the money go???

Sensitive issues like $$$$ irritates me. Dun blame me, I'm a practical person, and money means everything to me. Sounds like a true BUsiness Student INDEED....

HOpe someone can enlighten me out of this.
I'm so not gonna stay in hall nxt yr...and i bet no one cares HAHAHA...

Day 59@Work

2007-07-26T22:29:00.000+08:00

Sighz.Work was terrible today. Had non-stop work till 4.30pm, where I can finally read like A FEW PAGES of Harry potter...Dang slow lor...

I was quite sad

1)Someone told me my written English is bad for a typical NUS Business Student. Lousy std...Sighz..but i think it was the sake of my good..(Grrr...took so long to think of this sentence, which explains my LOUSy english)
Ok i'm still thinking whether my last sentence is correct
Anywayz, Haihz...i can nvr score when it comes to essay questions, which shuns me away from Taking essay based cross fac modules..to avoid these at all cost. Scared might get a BIG FAT C or D...nvr want that to happen anymore...FIRST yr academic memories BEGONE. So i guess, i nid to read more harry potter..even i nid to read it over and over again(just that sentence) to understand what it reall means...SIGHZ...WE WILl SEE...i will work hard on that and improve

2)My frens make me wait HALF AND HOUR FOR THE DINNER!!!!....But it was damn fun lar...more on that when the pictures are ready...Im WAITING XXX HEEEEE

Happie thing (But abit sad) is I got my SEP results
I got my fourth choice(AGAIn!!!!Last sem too) which is Koblenz otto Beisheim School Of managment Germany. Unlike my fourth choice last sem, which was otago University.
Come to think of it, I donno whether abandoning my choice last sem kill me or benefit me. We shall see when i end my sep experience...Hopefully

Think i'm gonna accept it. I am "quite...abit" disappointed...probbaly coz i din even get my first three choices
Uni Melbourne...sighz..fat hopes of getting into that one..coz there were only like two places and i had to fight with the whole of NUS...grrrr...so there goes my melbourne chance
Uni of otago...apparently not offered according to my coordinator..but i still applied..looks like it's not offered then...since i din get it
I TOT i was goin to get UNC...since it had FIVE places..and was only open to business Students..But goin to US is not easy..and the chances of being selected are slim..especially when it comes to UNC, Kenan Flagler Business School...(Reputable one lei)HAIHZ
So Here(Insert fourth choice)
Followed by fifth choice Manchester Business School
My colleague said Manchester GOod wor..well I nvr fail to choose the best schools in the world:P:P
But looks like they want me to go Germany..or maybe they just dump me there..i realli hope got khaki with me lor
And i always trust what God gives me...He knows best as to where i shud go. I shud say its a blessing in disguise.
1)Uni of Melbourne is a good plc.Near and all..butttttt...i think all my first three i din get..it all comes down to money. Melbourne is freakkkkking expensive, I cant imagine even just an apartment costs u about 180-200 PER WEEK...so u go figure the monthly rent..and it doesnt include meals..WHICh ARE QUITE Expensive in melbourne...then u Know la..what it adds to..heeeee
2)Otago was really around my budget(Oops sorrie for the mistake in number one) but it was definitely out..Din know why it was listed under the university choices though
3)UNC was also another expensive place. The air ticket, needless to say is exxxx...to and fro..but it was a good choice..and i thought i cud actually go to new york..catch a broadway show..and if possible, meet Hugh Panaro:P
If i compare it to Melbourne, I'd rather go to UNC. but my mum asked me to pick the nearest place first, so....:)
UNC's accomodation is about 2400 per sem..considered cheap compared to Melbourne(DUH)..but the exchange rate for US is slightly higher than australia, so with air tickets..and food..yep i will have to spend around the same as Melbourne. Which makes it abit uncomfy for me
4)the blessing in disguise. This school only has one faculty business...Not really sure about the school..(simply chose it and read through their biography) I always choose schools with"reputation"..and I think accomodation is my main criteria..Coz accomodation makes the bulk of where my money goes..together with food...So monthly rent here is 230 euros..and when u compare to Melbourne and north Carolina...freaking cheap rite..which means..i can even think of travelling around europe..Bad thing is..i nid to start "loving" europe..coz i was more keen in Australia and US...which is something i can "relate" too...unlike Germany, where their first language is not the language i speak
5) Manchester Business School(Bleugh) Out of my topic

On the brighter side. i can travel. I've studied basic German(Mum asked me to brush up my Deutsch)
So yup, i guess it will be a anew beginning..start learning to love Europe...Ich liebe Europa...blablabla

Yups till then wish me all the best

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHU-Otto_Beisheim_School_of_Management

PS:This post was written unintentionally long to improve my English. hope it helps YOu and ME:)

Genting trip for sale

2007-07-25T17:02:00.000+08:00

I know it's lame.But I'm putting up two rooms in First World Hotel (Deluxe Rooms) for two nights 3rd Aug and 4th Aug(Fri and Sat), FOR SALE!!!

It's selling at an incredible price. The prices are wayyyy lower than their stated peak rates. Somore its the wkend.

So whoever is interested to go up on the hill. Do let me know

Ask me for more details. Price is negotiable. If i'm nice i might even offer you vouchers...

PS:Most probably can't go due to unforeseen circumstances. So any good Samaritan do help out. GEnting is FUNFUNFUN

Log on to www.genting.com.my for more details. Bet u cant get the price im quoting :P

ANGRY!!!!

2007-07-23T09:14:00.000+08:00

im blogging at work. And the reason why im doin it coz IM SUPER BLUDY SHITTY ANGRY
anyone who makes me angry in the morning deserves a big smack on the head.
Its true that someone might get angry irrationally without thinking and all that. BUT I SERIOUSLY THINK IM NOT IRRATIONALLY ANGRY
Imagine someone who leaves u when promised to meet, and din even bother to apologise.Worse thing is that person doesnt even appreciate the stuff u give, and NVR EVEN SAY THANK YOu....Oh God

If u wanna push my buttons..PUSH it the RIGHT AWAY...so damn pissed now...

Friday the 13th-BAD DAY

2007-07-13T17:49:00.000+08:00

I think the title pretty much says it all. Loooong story. But am not gonna disclose. It will be etched in my heart...for at least at yr?

Think what Sze said is right.I nid to toughen up. if i'm gonna be a woochibaby when i'm still working then it will be bad. probably tts y i dun like being under the control of ppl. I like doing things myself. I feel quite at ease when My XXX is nt ard most of this wk. So at ease, but stress, but feeels not bad. When i did HR last sem, i did this survey thingy. And it came out that my emotional stability is 2.5/5, which is very true for my case. I'm so emotionally unstable, when will I ever overcome this?Seems like it will never happen.COI!!!Haha will la. Well, I shall reflect this during th wkend.

On a happier note, I'm going East Coast tmr for some time with friends, enjoying life. Life is short..REALLY...
Bad things just need to go away frm me. I don't want them near me

So about the east coast thingy, hm about more than 5 ppl..having fun cycling, probably picnic or bbq if that is gonna work..chatting away in lalaland..
I feel that I start to spend more, which is good in a way that i enjoy myself with my salary. bad is..spend too much

Haiz..feel so ...dead..

well good days are coming ahead...JOo Chiat here i come!!!
Goodbye perverts, idiots and what not!!!!Grrrrrrr

Short Update

2007-07-09T21:17:00.001+08:00

Ah
Today's current craving: DURIAN PUFF and MORe DIMSUM (Uhuh, NOt Yampau la..that day i ate the ou ni till i wanna pook hee)

Weird thing is...I can be soo random that I love opera one day..and Today my favourite is Michael Buble today.So i'm gonna listen to everysong frm his new album Call me irresponsible..yesh..Uhuh..no videos for u folks. Go look for urself.Hmph!

I don wanna any chatterbox near me tho im one the chatterbox..hee

toodles

Raffles Place with friends

2007-07-08T21:47:00.000+08:00

Argh...I'm whining now coz I didn't put my camera phone to good use eh. Sometimes i just forgot that I DOOO have a camera phone. Or maybe i'm just not a photo person/person who doesn't like to take fotos...

Well, we were supposed to meet at 5pm at Raffles Place MRT. So i left at 3.45pm frm Hall. I know I know.It's so stupid that I left so freaking early lor. Coz if i leave half an hour later, It might be too late, plus i wanted to catch the NUH Free shuttle.
So went to NUH. GUess what?STupid BUS doesn't operate on Sundays...DAMN..have to walk back to the same bus stop. Good exercise tho lol. Then wait forever and ever for 95 to come.Reached RAFFLES MRT sooner than i tot 4.49pm.

Passed by Mr Bean http://mrbean.com.sg/product.asp
Slurp, (btw i dun fancy Soya Beans, but....) So i went to check it out. Slurp, I bought a Soya Bean ice -cream. Taste exactly like soya bean, love the cone too. I must start loving soya bean now, coz i wanna have good complexion.Siao!

So I walked one big round and got lost around Raffles Place. the place is so freaking quiet during the weekend, and it is very busy wkdays la coz ppl work der ma.Finally saw teahouse@China Square. saw Erik. was so happy:)

Teahouse wasn't open for dinner till 6pm so...we went to Village Wok to eat PoPiah..6 pieces for 18++ lo..EX!!!
BUT!!!! It was super nice lo.Haiz, I wished i took the DAMN pictures. K imagine it visually urself, got prawns, eggs, chinese sausage, dried stuff(sesame, blablabla)
OOh i love the chilli and garlic, the garlic especially(so garlicky and hot, mmmm)
Then there's the black sauce, the POPIAH skin was so aweeeesomeeee....and the turnips not to forget..was nicely done and not to overly tasty. And YESH!!THe popiah skin din tear this time..coz i think that kind dun tear easily. As usual our special guest Erik gets to eat the last one (Bwahaha, Im waiting when I'm on exchange, then i can be treated like royalty too!)
Slurp, so nxt round-went to Teahouse Lo. Slurp the DimSum is like aweeesome can?
Too bad we din go for the buffet coz the price is abit steep $28. Hi Tea shud be better at less than 20 dollars. we ordered the usual:HarGao, Siew Mai, Char Siew Sou, Prawn Mango thingy, and Turnip Cake(which was a pathetic one piece), Oh then the nxt round we ordered less: Char Siew pau and Beancurd Skin Rolls with Prawn(wow so yummy). I sinned:Coz i ate lots of prawn and yam. Dessert wus: Ou Ni( Yam Paste thingy with pumpkin thingy with Gingko Nuts(my fav Gingko) and Creamy Peanut Paste with Tang Yuan. Quite a decent meal for five of us. The price:$8.40 per person. BUT STILL: I dun mind paying $28 for it. But some ppl would not pay for that price, and that i CAN UNDERSTAND. Haha, coz when u pay that much, u can have a more satisfying meal i guess. Blurgh, took photos and head home.

Talked alot to Erik and the rest(Hui En, Steph and Kok Soon) about life at UNC, US and in general. Haha, it's quite fun and knowing that all of us can still manage to talk and talk and talk. It's good. Coz the problem with me is, when i dun see that person for a long time, I will have two worries: I will have damn alooot of things to tell them, or I donno what to talk to them. This will depend on how close you are to that person, and whether u can open up and talk this kind of stuff with them, and how sociable they are.

Well if u wanna head for good DimSum go to :Teahouse @China Square...i ... MUST...bring my Mommy there...provided she eats more

Toodles

Kristin Chenoweth-Glitter and Be Gay

2007-07-08T01:01:00.000+08:00

Music speaks louder than words.

This is from operetta Candide by Leonard Bernstein. THere are other notable opera singers who did this: Sumi Jo, june Andersen, and Natalie Dessay. But this is the first for an American Broadway Singer who is a coloratura soprano too. Her voice is light but very interesting, maybe not as dramatic as the other singers interpretation wise. Mind you, this song is super difficult. If u listen to the hahahaha part, very fast and all the sliding notes in scales.

Toodles

Video!!!Good stuff

2007-07-07T22:00:00.000+08:00

Home by RJ Rosales

She by RJ Rosales(Solely dedicated to SHE Ai Ling:P )

Ah Miss and Johanna-Hugh Panaro

Phantom of the Opera-Hugh and Susan Owen

Music Of The Night-Hugh Panaro(VERYYYY GOOD)

Point of No Return-Hugh Panaro(This is damn HAWT..visually:P)

Final Lair-Hugh Panaro

tts all. Please enjoy the sizzling performances. Hm..I have a new interest now, FEMALE the first in my 20 yrs.Kristin Chenoweth. NOt so gaga over her yet. Glitter and be Gay...
Yumz

Tulad Ng Dati

2007-07-07T21:58:00.001+08:00

Thanks Ah Sze(Da Shu).Hm...wondered why it didn't work that time

Idol Part II

2007-07-06T21:42:00.000+08:00

Grr i suck at embedding youtube videos on my blog. I donno how to do and i Just dun bother to learn. Oh mymy. Pardon me for being such a long and winding story teller. I guess yam pau would be interested since I'm talking about ah peks here. But they are hot lei mind you, as hot as char siew pau k:P

Hugh Panaro:Ohz, this is the guy i adore so much.My recent idol. His voice just give me the chills man. RJ has been my idol for five years. And somehow this new one is so amazing that i can find nothing wrong with his voice.his path was abit similar to mine but the later part was different. His mother was a piano teacher(like me), so he started on piano very young (organ too!). Developed a penchant for singing. Has a BA in Voice frm Temple university. So yep, that sums it all. It's just i took(and still taking) a BBA and RJ ad BS in Maths. So this guy is a well trained super duper singer, which explains why his voice is sooooo flawless. Hahaz.

How it began: Phantom of the OPera like duh!No, he did not come to Singapore for that. Apparently it was Brad Little who starred as the Phantom. Unfortunately, he didn't give much of a goosebump like Hugh( But I still love u n ur voice, Brad)So that was when I went to do my "research" right after phantom, about the show, the cast, who were the singers. Using youtube and the www as my powerful tool, I stumbled across Hugh's Phantom scene. PS:I have this BADBAD syndrome after a musical, that I will go agaga over it, keep looking for the songs, learning them by hard and LOVELOVELOVE them even more. So once i heard, WOW this guy's voice is cool. So as usuall google the feller's name to c how good he was, profile and all. Haha the picture showed up on Google Images. WOW HOT, since then he was my all time favourite phantom thought I din get to c him in action.
So u Know la, my modus operandi is the VOICE first, THEn if that person LOOKs damn GOod..Voila, he becomes my idol eventually LOL

Well if you're gonna youtube him Hugh Panaro. You're to find manymanymany songs on him. Yumz. Unlike RJ only got four, sobz. Lemme recommend u the best ones.

www.myspace.com/hughpanaromusic

Woh u better listen to Make our Garden Grow on the myspace player. ITS DA BOMB. MY Favourite of all his songs. Even including the phantom..WAHSEH..this is frm Candide the operetta. So it might sound abit operatic but not the heavy ones. But by far his operatic side..VEry Good..then you can compare when he sing other songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AolVLEysOcY
This is from Sweeney Todd. Some broadway stuff la in US. PLS LOOK at how much energy he use Sing ah..look at the veins on his neck..ewww. i hate his hair and style there. But the voice is SUPER DUPER GOOD..wah..two songs..two contrasting mood. Ah Miss dies down to Johanna. Pls listen the whole thing. Very GOOD!!!

Trivia:Hugh was in Lestat, Elton John's broadway musical about vampires. But it closed after one month.WTF!He was really disappointed. and i Hope he does come back and star in POTO. If he does i confirm go watch one. hugh said acting as a phantom is FUn BUT VERy TEDIOUS..the make up and all
Ohz he touring Barbra Streisand now all over Europe. So break a leg, Hugh. He's one of the brodway Boys singing with her. Cooooolio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75hBIIHLYk
Haha Hugh is hideous here in the Final Scene of POTO. BUt he sings it with full of emotion. Very different from the movie(Movie version sucks). When he explains about his poisoned face blablabla, i love the way he expresse it, with Singing. the last part with the music box, he sounds all childish, singing to him self. Yummy. If u wanna watch the whole thing letme know la HAha.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uj1KEi0pv7Y
Woh dude this is a must..Slurp..Anywayz Susan sucked.Hugh rocked.That's it.Oh dear i had goosebumps after listening to it..ALOT

i send the links to my friends and all were positive. So those who say he sucked.Go dig up ur ears reall clean!!!!

Till then tata booboo
OHz pictures:My favourite headshot there. Got more hot pictures but go google urself.

Idols are for me to look at

2007-07-06T21:17:00.000+08:00

RJ Rosales: I got hooked to him after Chang& Eng in 2002. The musical originated in S'Pore and it went on tours to China, Bangkok and (phew!) Malaysia. The show ran for one wk in Msia, and guess what? I got last minute free tickets(Courtesy of National Choir Msia) and it was the LAST SHOW to watch Chang and Eng lo. And i remembered that time, my granny just pass away like few days before the show, so myy mum was too depressed to come(and she missed it haiz). It was like something gifted sent frm my granny from heaven:A new idol to worship
He played Chang. So I was naturally attracted by his bright, tenorly voice...(Slurp! But of course i couldnt get any closer and c how'd he look like coz its too far). I remembered at the end of the show during the curtain call, I cried coz i was so moved, considering the play was just simple, came from Singapore. Anywayz, din get his autograph after that coz i had skool the nxt day
So the following day, Monday, I went for choir rehearsals at the same place. This time the sneaky me, went to this room, unlocked, and i saw many post show pictures (I SHOULD HAVE STOLEN some of his pics HAHA), and of course the programme booklet inside there. Yes i stole the booklet (Coz it wus on sale prior to that at RM25). So basically I saved RM25 and I committed a crime(Oops, guess I'm going to jail soon). And toodlelah, so happy read his biography BS in Maths..wow i love math too..siao me

So later i was desperate, so i went and get the album at RM80 nia(till now i donno where the heck it is sobz). I had to go all the way to One Utama to get it lo, coz i wanted it desperately and the show's over.Luckily they still have the CDs for another month

2003:That was when i got my internet, then only i got to know much more bout him. Google la (That time no youtube). Since Chang and Eng originated in Singapore, he was in S'Pore for quite a while. Prior to that was Sydney and after that was back to Manila(Now he is back in Aussie doin Miss Saigon as Thuy, Kim's husband from an arranged marriage).

What makes him hot: He is sooo sweet. I almost had chances to go watch him perform. Eg. Esplanade performances, or maybe even work with him.Coz he needs accompanist from time to time. AND he is doin Miss Saigon in Aussie...and I MIGHT be goin there nxt yr...sobz..wasted opportunity

I think that's what i wanna say bout him..Before I Go nah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRaMqxqs2rA
I managed to youtube this song yesterday. Its very Filipino, and it's a very different side of him. Coz when i listen to him singing English, he will tend to have this bright high clear crisp voice. IN this song Tulad Ng Dati, his voice is sweet but not too overpowering.Coz u wudnt want a bright theatre singer showing all his poweress in a Filipino pop song Haha. But it's not my favourite, although I love the tune...so soothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaA9o03Zmo
Hm i like this song, Home(conincidentally he sounds almost like Michael buble, another fav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBHOZmmO0p0
ShE my SURNAME..he performed solely for him HAha...just kidding.This is nice too
yup another one coming soon. Oh he's handsome. What a good thing to go with that marvellous voice
He's the on on the left ok..Taken in 2002. I even have a Hotter picture for him.Erhem, but not for public show yah..DUn think sideways..it's a decent one but not decent Haha
nxt is hugh

Wednesday Update

2007-07-05T00:03:00.000+08:00

Haha i finally have some attention on my blog. I realised ppl do read my blog. But maybe some din leave comments la. (Yam pau came too. I'm glad)
So the weird thing that happened today was, YamPau and big Tree acted weird..Yup weird. Coz they felt uncomfortable playing tennis with Kim(my not so close friend-senior). So i was practically in a dilemma. And in the end the game was the best we've ever played since the first day(when we din even noe how to serve that time). So Wasn't that bad after all rite.
Then hor somore want me to treat them ice-cream when we played so well today. Wanna grow fat and lose it nxt wk again ah, then how to lose the cutlet we ate today wor lol?

And the best thing of all my back din hurt as it did last wk..Double yippee, still praying for it to heal though(haiz)

NOw, I'm being frank here. Although i wrote so much about how i detest this internship with crappy work. I realised havin intern friends has made my life so much fun-NER..yes i have 3 more friends. BUt what makes me so special is, after two months, we act like we know each other for quite long.(BUt ah sometimes i donno what to talk to yampau HAha kidding only la)
It just makes my internship even more meaningful. We had the GooD..and Bad Times (Yalah the day they made me cry, Yep Go On and call me a crybaby la)...Nevertheless..i will always cherish this friendship(mothership,pauship,sistership or whatevership la) we've had forever

Haha c this is a dedication post lei. Anywayz I still havent finish my research on Harry Potter Soundtracks. Can't wait for the fifth movie soundtrack to release on the 10th

Oh , I got into the BBA Honours Programme upon my mother's request. Also, I did that for the sake of goin on exchange given that i rejected it last sem. So my last chance lo. Like i have a choice liddat!!!So two more boring years(minus half yr of fun at some angmoh country la)

Wish me luck and nitez

PS:Nah Yampau, dun say i dun write about u...Maybe I should open up the Story of the Pau blog la..Coming realll soon!

Harry Potter Fever

2007-07-03T20:13:00.000+08:00

Ah...i Hope Ah Sze temans me to watch Harry potter..i'm crazy over it now..So scroll down to listen to the music.

*Runs along searching for harry potter soundtrack*

Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix Movie
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

current favourite sountrack:Another Story(Recurring Hedwig's Theme) dark and yummy...Slurp!

Monday Blues

2007-07-02T15:36:00.000+08:00

Yep as promised..
I woke up this morning, contemplating on whether should I go to work, since i feel abit drowsy headachy bludy..whatever!!! I decided to forgo my$31.8 per day work, sms my frens and told them to pass the msg to my supervisor. Then sleptsleptslept till about 11am only dragged my ass out of bed. So my phone had sms-es (so sweet of you two, u know who u are), Mei Hui Jie told me my supervisors havent come. One actually came late coz she just arrived from Tuas, then the other holiday guah. (Crosses finger that HR wont Know i din come, so i got yummy pay still:P:P)
Well I finally solved my SEP thingy. My rankings are as follow
1)University of Melbourne
2) University of Otago
3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4) WHU Koblenz Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany
5)University of Manchester Business School

Of course, I would diedie HOPe i get into Melbourne, coz I have Not so close friends there..at least easier to have a social life...Though cost of living is like DAMMMMN ex...of course i also wish i was in Otago, but the plane ticket costs me a BOMB...and yadah yadah yadah
North Carolina is so freaking far.....butttt...i can go to New York(provided i do SAVE up enough), Go LOOk at Statue of LIberty, Trump Tower, BROADWAY...(Haiz, wish Hugh Panaro was performing somewhere), Pensylvannia(HUgh's hometown)...blabalbal...again ...NC is also EXPENSIVE...not to mention the plane tickets la
Germany...I think cost wouldnt be MUCH of a problem..but HECk German..i mean i did German 1 before..but still i dowanna talk and speak in German..GUten Tag...Ich Liebe Hugh Panaro...yea riiiiiite...and European Education might not suit me...Manchester...good place...BUT looking at the exchange rate..i had to put it as my last choice..the Pound just keeps appreciating against SGD..WTF...and the modules there suck

So why I wanna go on exchange? CAN SU la duh, Fun, Travel, Social, More FUn
So Why i Detest exchange?The process is a pain in the ass, have to save up since I'm going to angmoh countries...MAPPING MODULES is a pain toooo...ERRR..the conclusion is, if i Got a personal assistant and tonnes of $$$..i wouldnt have a bad headache regarding SEP and SKipped work today...URGH
Ok whatever...I just hope that God will show me which number is the one for me...:D
When the time comes, I will be ready to commit and so forth

Speaking about work. I'm so freaking happy that i only have ONe Month, before the dumb internship ends. Means money..and :(:( SCHOOL!!!Dang, three months FLIES eh?
Why do i detest work now?Work is boring(so enjoy school life now)
As a Logistics intern, You can't hire them for long. Coz they only need you to do those stuff that is needed urgently. Ok at some point, I do things wayyyy too fast. So it probably accounts for me being efficient:), so that u give me anything, I finish for you before u blink.
So what happens after two months of work there, You HAVE NOTHING TO DO...SIghz...I wus just waiting for work...And then boring work..until my eye balls wanna pop up liao
Then after that got work..but ITS SHIT WORK..i cant believe I'm ask to go IT work..like testing the SAP system??WTF is that?Then testing some other crap. Then i heard the other day that I'm supposed to do what the Company's help desk is doin now. So i guess, being free is NOT a good thing at all har..if I'm free i will be given shit work..and u know that..I even once sorted recycle paper..coz i realli got nothing to do???BLABLABLA
Of course I cant wait for the stinking month to end.

Hopefully at the end of the year. I will have more lobangs..Probably a short stint as a Finance Intern would be good. Good pay is a must..I nid more $$ for SEP
Hope the Christmas thingy is still on..
HOng BAo frm CNY..heeee

Yep that's about it

I had a bomb back Home..went to celebrate the cousin's bday.Which means KFC Pizza, noodles yummy but i din have much ler...Yummy Cake..too sweet

Ok i guess that's it...More Update if i feel like it

PS:PLS DUn EAt US's Kitkat. Hershey's produce Kitkat there..and i Tell U ..Nestle's still the best
If You Don't believe, get a US kitkat and Msia KitKat..Eat the msia first, then u will puke when u eat the US...But i guess it might be individuals taste. msia has wafer inside. US is just two gooey gross chocolate..EWWW

Toodles

Short Update.Another to follow soon

2007-07-02T00:44:00.000+08:00

Bus lag from KL. Reached hall at 11.30pm. I had a big headache all the way, so I slept for about three hours on the bus. Much has happened (INDEED...) since the last I blog. So many things to blog about, and so little time. Well results were out, (gosh i even forgot the exact date), hm 26th may. And the post bout Finance Sucks??, I think i can retract it back..Haha..the unxpected came up. But I sucked big time for Asia Pacific Business. Well, life's like that. U do darn well for one paper, and u sucked the other one. Lucky I din get %^$#$. Hm, well its excatly one month (25 days) till I say sayonara ass hole internship. More on that later...Long Story...Haha..And more on my SEP...(someone even asked me to go to Hell Uni for exchange lo, WTF)...and YES, I olredi update my blog on someone's request.
More on SEP, Work, and leisure later. Got to do more SEP research...tata

Why are people so picky?

2007-05-17T20:25:00.000+08:00

Be it food, job offers/choices, People are just picky. I had to write this cause as of late, people around me are so freaking picky that it just gets on my nerves. No offence. But I'm quite a fuss-free person unless its so bad/horrible etc. that it just puts me off.

Scenario 1:I have a fren who is really picky on food. She will comment anything on the food each and everyday. So IRRITATING la!!!Altho she is my fren, i would be quite irritated by this behaviour. Coz maybe for him/her, he/she lives to eat. BUt ppl like I think i Eat to live. Therefore I treasure food, and I dun waste food, or dont comment much on food UNLESS its so inedible that a rational human can puke his/her food out.(Although I do waste some itsy bitsy stuff which are small in size)

Scenario 2:Pick when it comes to job choice. (Err..i mean internship).
Yep, now tis the season for internship coz we are 2nd years(sophomore year)...oops i mean end of 2nd yr goin to 3rd..So everyone's hunting for a good internship. For me, this is my very first internship, so I was very eager to get any internship i could get my hands on. I thought i lost all hope when by late March I tried applying for more than 10 Internships but No reply. Soon, all came calling one by one. To be frank, some companies are unheard to me, unlike those KPMG shit and blablabla. But I still tried, knowing I could stand a chance and i dun give a damn(wanted to say f***) whether its a big or small company. Tadah, two were logistics company, one pays about $900(good money eh) another which Im working now is and MNC listed in NYSE (current stock price$50.48)...beat that...also there were one for finance intern at some art exhibition company and another from Singapore Sports Council. So now i Know the job market isnt really hard to break through, and come to think of it, i remmebered my resume was like a piece of shit when I submitted to these companies and yet four offers come in. Imagine if I submitted my newly improved and pretty resume the nxt time round.
Now the thing is, I nvr knew that the company i work for, CommScope could turn out to be an MNC listed in NYSE. You see, nvr judge companies by its look. There maybe many MNCS lying all over the world, some are big, some are small, some are unheard of, but in fact are very successful but they just nvr build their brand name as memorable as PnG or Ernst and Young.(LIKE I CARE!!!) And for me getting an internship is already an experience. So PLS dun go saying u wanna reject ur internship bcoz the job scope sucks..doin admin job...or it doesnt match YOu...
I despise People who are so picky. And i can imagine them being jobless even one year after they graduate. If there is an opportunity for you, just take it..OR LEAVE IT...dumbo...after all ITS JUST A DAMn INTERNSHIp...accepting and doing it for three months wund DIE my dear. This is to my so called friend who is so picky about his/her job choice. That it gets on my nerves.And please dun keep looking at famed companies...U KNow what happened to Arthur Andersen do you?Enron case was related to it. It used to be a big five of all accounting companies. So i tell you, working in famed companies doesnt mean anything. Accept what God has to give you and DUn BE PICKY OR FUSSSY>.....PUSSY CATS!!!!!

Toodles *stomps off*

PS:Apologies for past and present emo posts..I just feel like blogging when I'm angry

Mother's day Gift/Before and After

2007-05-12T19:10:00.000+08:00

Went to IMM again(Yes again since I went there the night before. Had dinner at Bay Street..Yummylicious) to shop for Mother's Day Gift. Was supposed to meet the aunt at Clementi but apparently shesaid some jewellery shops were closed down for renovation. You see, they wanna match their newly renovated shop with the newly renovated Interchange lol.

It was noon by then , so we headed to the Kopitiam. Had mushroom creamyspaghetti..slurp..

So off we go shopping for Mother's day prezzie. Had asked Momma what she wanted.coz i dun really pay attention to what ppl wear and bla.

Exterior

So i got her this REALLi expensive..(according to my definition) earrings. Its realli unique..i show u..its got pearls, blue topaz, and also a tiiiiny diamond. the aunt thinks it unique, so I followed her preference and bought it. price ard $150-$200 shall not tell u...The aunt got herself a slightly cheaper earrings too..heart shaped earrings with pale red on one side and diamond on the other half.

Mum's present

Didn't hang ard IMM coz i did some walking yesterday night already, so boarded the bus to Vivocity..Yes again this place(I went there last week with my hallies)

Went to Candy Empire(my fav hangout)...argh no more Kitkat Mint..sold out..coz the family back at home wanted coz it was soo nice..and they were sooo nice they didnt leave for me ah thx...Later i bought me bus tix Harbourfront Ctr (SGD94) lucky there were seats left for the wesak day Holidayz

After tt i went to check out Daiso..super hate that plc..so packed..looked for smthing the hallies wanted..laptop bag at $2..but i think it looks small so i din buy it. Before that I wus in Daiso talking to my mum for half n hour. So i was just walking ard Daiso aimlessly for 30 minutes. Talked alot...I called her 3 Times a day can u believe it?(I just bought my $10 call card last wk, and tadah left $4 only damn!!!)..She was talking bout the shitty day they(and her) had on the stupid Public Holidayz that govt take as Wesak Day..so bludy dumb..i mean if Wesak Day is on 31st then let it be that day la..what for put on 2nd May and make that day so Suay..since all the foreign workers(construction) will hv fun during holidayz and go house breaking...Pissed man

Apologies..got distracted..so chatted about family problems ..the ups and downs..No family has a perfect life OK...there are bound to be problems..If you say ur family is sooooo perfect with no bumps at all Good for You...OR Probably you are just lying...

Well put those worries aside. I went to Carls Jr, and finally got a decent burger..i havent eat it ..its still bside me waiting to be eaten for dinner. I wanted a famous star combo, the greedy me wanted to super star..HUh?No la not enuff..Portabello Mushroom burger...damn $11..EX...but american food what..this price one..thEN i DONNO why i Wus so DAMn BLUR...and it seems the counter girl wus trying to make me pay more..

"Single, Double or Triple?"

Clear minded me said "Single.."

"Do you want extra Bacons and Mushroom sauce"

"err...yes?"

"so that will be $13"

WTF!!!!!Damn ex la..so i showed her my proudly displayed NUS card...donno what stupid discount i got..in the end is $13..later i checked the receipt..extra $1.50 for the dumb bacons and mushroom sauce...damndamndamn...but nvrmind la come to think of it, its just $1.50 tho i can have a decent lunch in NUS d...bla....

Hope it will taste good..tho i heard its huge..so probably nid to work out now haha...

Well that sums the day. OH...yes my old passport photo sucks to the core(terrible face, winnie the pooh lousy t shirt) I imagine how wud PSA think!!!Yes, in life, image is very impt. I objected this view till i came to NUS...working is all about image..and later job performance..so i brought my top and blazer to Business School...(Yes my faculty) and took a passport photo at the photo machine..what to do so desperate..but photo machine quality sucks..and i purposely wear nice..do me hair..put on make up HAha..so it bcame like this..Before..After..

Before After

Tts all for nw

Toodles

Oh i hope my uncle bring me out for dimsum and good stuff..and sponsor everything..when they come for POTO..and Scholarship..still wishing..realli wishing

Friday..end of the week

2007-05-11T22:41:00.000+08:00

I love friDayz.Weeek one hass passed. Eleven more to go.I'm pretty sure it will pass real fast.
Haiz i nid to take TWO no pay leave days lei, one for smthing good one for goin home

Work has been very hectic for me. It's non stop the computer five days a week. Good thing is I get to go home super early like five can..but usually i will hang out in the office for a while..paiseh ma...either play internet or drool along..The office culture is so relaxed..but today not la..coz got two ppl arguing over the phone when they are just two cubicles away frm each other..wierd..but i realli had ppl who argue at the top of their voices...soooo distracting

so my realli nice supervisor went on leave today...GREAT!....NOT!!!!
Coz my the OTHER supervisor made Friday my Hell day..i tot casual attire compliments CASUAL work ...apparently NOT!!!
I had non-stop work the whole day till 4.50pm..NOn STOP..i wus like WTF...when is she going to stop asking me to do stuff..PHEW luckily..finally...phew*sweats*

then coz i mentioned earlier that i had free time coz i finish really early. I checked my phone.
TWO miss calls..as usuall i go check who missed call me..some fixedline number.I thought "Must be that perveted automated machine going to ask me on a HOT DATE just like yesterday F*ck!!!".So i called up lo..phew someone picked up "Hello PS? corporation" then I wus abit deaf as usual "PS WHAT?" I only remembered PSB that time as PSB was in Science Park
But i couldnt get the idea. I was not affiliated in anyway with PSB or blablabla...neither did i applied some internship or smthing...then after awhile OH PSA AH???Then i guessed someone miss call me twice. Then the person say this place damn big like i know ah..i said NUS logistics scholarship la...then she said doris?Yep luckily i Know the HR in charge..Doris Chia..
So yep they transfer me over...hm *waits*waits*

Yep "Hi Doris"
so blablabla...she talked about this port tour..then i go sighing about needing to take no pay leave for another day..sighz..but happy at the same time..coz fate prompt me to call that number who i thought wus sm perverted prank call or smthing..so PRAISE THE LORD
I talked to my mum..and she faster went into conclusions bout sked these companies pay very little coz they give u 8k...im like .........speechless

blablabl...so went back and check the email...6 ppl in total including me applied..means i got FIVE RIVALS...hope 3 of them CHIAO...or some lousy arses..which i doubt...one or two i know quite qiang..CCA and also STUDiES..but me also what...NOT!!!HAha

So I realli HOpe fate will get me the scholarship..LOADS of research to do ...INterview..it will be the final process..i hope ppl dun show up during the port tour..then YESh la..i will get bwahaha..only 3 awards...i NID that money..after all the burglarry thingy..its time for RETRIBUTIOn...Thank you GOD...i cant profess how much i appreciate this...(Ok it really sounds like I already got it but in actual FACT i havent..so shut up)

Oh..n only today i realised..my Company is an MNC...y i so stupid..i memang noe their company wus frm US originally what..got branch in so many countries...somore not call MNC one meh??BOdoh Betul..looks like job propsects are Good there..got travel expenses la.employee benefits(14 days per year at least)...so cool lei...wah...
For me work is employee benfits, good salary compensation blablabla...more money better..so i realli dun mind woring for PSA..although working in containers will be a challenge..PLS GIVE ME THE SCHOLARSHip...wish me luck..and wait for my good news:)

Ohz,my intern company is CommScope Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd. U can go google commscope. I know it doesnt sound familiar..but its REALLi a huge company in fact..but not that big in Singapore i mean the office size la haha
but i presume they have a big fat ware house in Tuas, Tianjin China, Australia. Vendor centres in Ireland, Omaha, Claremont(last two in US)

interesting right..MNC lei..dun pray pray..i also dun mind if they offer me a job after i graduate..i learn bout SAP..somore the guy frm finance sitting beside me thot i expert in SAP..coz i type like i know everything bwahaha...my excel's improved..refreshing my memories of yucky IT...but it wus useful..and i realli felt like an Excel Expert haha..BUt good thing no codes..i cant do codes one..its those sort la filter la drag..damn ez one haha..Ok better stop talking..Oh Commscope alo listed on the NYSE woh todays' stock price went up to 50.51 USD dun play play man..it went up
that day only 49..coz i work hard today ma..so rajin sent the report to US..to Chui them to deliver the goods asap liao ah..HAha..n the HR personnel told me that my supervisor very sked the day i will leave..ok im getting more self arrogant..

final note:CommScope is a company dealing with fiber optic cables(mainly), other cables in offices wherever u c..even plugs..www.commscope.com

Ok tata...luv ya ppl..goin to clementi tmr to buy my mum a pair of earrings for mothers day..she said i wont be giving her tis sunday anywayz:)

Till then
Toodles

First Day at Work/House Burgled

2007-05-03T20:11:00.001+08:00

So today's the first day of my work as logistics intern. Got up at 7am works at 8.30am. Spent bout 10 minutes waiting for the free internal shuttle lo. Dress way toooo formal But still love it tho. But seriously, I had to stare at the computer during my work. I almost fell asleep zzzzzzZZZ...guess Im just tired. Sooo boring just key in data lei...then sked make mistake. But quite fun la. Got to sign some contracts blablabla, got my card so i Can get into the office. Got my own computer, stationeries, got own email account, computer account etc.Good thing is i finish my work at 5.15pm and my supervisor said its enough for the day. And my stupid comp just wont shut down so i turned off the power from the plugs to save trouble. Was doodling happily called home and told father bout my work.Then later my mum called just before dinner. Did u know what happen yesterday?? she said.I was FUCKINGLY shocked i tell u. FARKING burglars went through the back (Speaking of which, I wonder my VERy FARKING inconsiderate neighbours didn't even bother to help out or listen, or the burglars were just to quiet??), broke down the grilled door lock, removed the window glass pieces, and open the door from the inside with thEIR FUCKING hands.TADAh...so what they stole har:FARKING LAPTOP, which means MY sisters CANNOT Go ONLINE LO. So NO COMMUNICATIon NOW...FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK..K Im just angryThe whiskey or alcoholic stuff my parents bought in LAngkawi...FILTHy THIEVES...AND OF COURSE THE GOLD JEWELLERY and ALL...ARGh!!!!AND SING DOLLARS...WATCHES earrings...So there You have it. Ppls indecent act of stealing. Sometimes I wonder why People just LOVE to steal. Our family is sooo short of cash and assets. And yet u take over our very basic/essential needs. For example:I saw this calculator (Texas Instrument somore)lying at our pantry, (obviously someone doesnt want it), but I had no intention of stealing it. I just saw and try whether it still works. Last time someone left her hp in the pantry. I downright knew who the owner was, and she's so bitchly arrogant BUT STILL I returned her hp..I cud have take it and USE IT..Since i lost my damn hp at that time. FARKING THIEVES again..this Time in Singapore. Lucky i assumed that my Phone is "free". Coz i paid nth for that bludy new thing.BUt the fact is now so much of the jewellery AND LAPTOp...thats my concern..dun care they drink the FRUKing whiskey, coz they will die drinking it anyway. So i think insurance, alarm, strong grill door, renovation might help. BUt it will depend on my father lo..very grumpy la he anywayz. JUst hope no more mishaps this year PLSSSSSS...need good luckAND GOD BLESS MY FAMILY PLS...CURSE UR ASSES THIEVES...tell u...if i ever c u IM GONNA#$%%)^((!@#@)#($%

Signed,
Freaking pissed lady

Finance...SUCKs??

2007-04-30T23:48:00.000+08:00

Finally had the guts to check out the FNA2004 solutions posted by lecturer.
Three mistakes for my mcq.6 marks gone.can shootmyself.somore its only 25 questions
Then for the last two questions I really have no idea what my answers are.Din bother to check also.But very confirm that i lost at least 2 marks. Then abit here and there. Pray everyone had the same fate so I will be at the top of the curve!!!*Evil grinz* If i dont get good grades probably will switch to logistics major instead

*Sighz*

I got frightened by the Phantom alright

2007-04-29T16:05:00.000+08:00

Ah finally had enough energy to blog on my yesterday's outing and abit of todays.
Well we headed to Esplanade for Phantom of the Opera. Quited excited coz 1)I havent been to the Durian (Blame me for being ulu after 2 yrs in SG) 2) the show DUh!
Collected the tickets and do a bit of shopping. Did some window shopping and no sooner, had lunch at New York New York. We didn't have much choice tho, coz CityLink Mall is such a small place, not much eateries around, and mum doesnt fancy American/Western food. No pics to show coz this restaurant no website de.
By my mum's request, I ordered the BBQ Spare Ribs. She doesn't want it for herself but wants me to have it instead grrrr. She ordered Penne Aglio Olio with mushrooms. Being the greedy me, I ordered Roasted Mushroom Cappucino Soup. Sounds wierd rite??Being the greedy mum:P, she ordered a waffle with honey ice cream.
The spare ribs tasted like char siew la. Donno why is it called "american" food when the food's so oriental. Oh dear and the ribs were HUGE!(k la with quite alot of bones). Imagine big ppl like me cannot finish what more YOu!!! The soup wus...err..creamy??Wierd taste tho, coz there's cappucino with the froth and cocoa powder on top. Confirm lose to TGI's. Mum's waffle was good though although abit sweet (Honey ma). Waffle wus nice( the very big squared waffle not the semi-circle one). I like the honey and the ice cream too!!Total:$40 plus. Mum said "If we everyday it liddat pokkai loo" I wus like "Haiyah, today we quite greedy ler" She said "Yahor"

Then it was just time to head back to Esplanade to catch the show *Warning:long story below*
I got the restricted view tickets at $40 each, so you can predict how our seats were like. LouSY!I just have no idea how the heck did i chose the seats and pardon me coz i havent been to esplanade so i dun really have a good gage on the stage and all (BUt NOw i DO).
The balcony "restricts view" on the left side of the stage. So yea i couldnt watch what wus happening on the left side. I had to sit side ways lo, no leaning. So u can imagine the backache i had after 2.5 hours of the show. Programme booklet was $25 la. Ex..but I would love to have it tho,Din buy. Ok so the show started off with the auction scene, and when the ppl displayed the Chandelier (I cant remember whether it popped or smthing) and the Chandelier went right up with the orchestra playing. Really amazing man that chandelier. Although this is a musical, their singing is more towards to opera direction. NOtice that the female lead herself is a lyrical coloratura. I really love Brad Little as the phantom. He played Raoul when he started out and he's the phantom now. The Phantom needs this very loud and deep voice and of course, TECHNique la! The ladies:Christine and Carlotta were very operatic one lo. I think their highest note they hit was probably C or E. Carlotta tho good singing, disappoints me. When they start hitting their high notes then confirm cannot hear what lyrics they singing. When chrstine sings in her normal speaking range its ok. Then when she starts going to the high notes, using full vibrato then her lyrics will sound very muffled. This is really tricky but it's the amateur who is COMMENTING here. Raoul looks handsome guah (cant really see their faces from my view). BUt his voice cannot beat the Phantom's. BUt i guess its meant to be liddat coz Raoul's voice is supposed to be sweet. There were quite a few scenes where many people sing together: One is where they were questioning those whether those similar looking notes were from the Phantom (Raoul, Carlotta, Christine, the managers,etc) and the memorable one towards the end (Raoul, Phantom and Christine). Nice chords and all, BUT yet again disappointed, they somehow just sound muffled to my ears. Oh and did I mentioned i freaked out during certain scenes?Chicken me lo. I mean the Phantom is quite a dark musical, even u read the novel you will know that.
There were blank gun shots during a few scenes. Scared me la, poppop sound (That's why I'm afraid of balloons too). Then the Phantom will just appear out of nowhere scary la. And the best part wus the last scene. Got magic somore. the Phantom covers himself in the cape. And when Meg opened the cape he was gone.Magic hor.
Anywayz the sets were also amazing. One thing that intrigues my curiosity is how do they move the sets so swiftly and how are they built blablabla (I know technology la). Coz in hall they built by scratch looks..errr..nvm.then all manual one. The river scene in the undertunnel was nice la. They used loads of smoke.Guess the conductor smell so much for two months also will faint la. Then there's this bridge that leads to the undertunnel. Then the MIRROR-which has the phantom's image but he's not there. And it flips too. So freaking cool la. NOt to forget the chandelier. the phantom also hides at the back of the stone angel and SO MANY places. Ok shall stop now.Pictures...

The magnificent Chandelier.Notice the golden statues at the side

Interior of the theatre

These pictures weren't easy to come by as supposedly No PIctures were allowed in the theatre. There wus even a security check in Esplanade. They use sticks to check what's inside your bag. It's a good thing they have security, which i thought was totally LAME though. So during intermission i took some pictures la or not i wont have pictures to show. And these lady usherer came over "Excuse me, can you delete the photo that u have just took coz it will infringe copyrights" WTF!!!i took a few olredi, and i thought that was my last shot. Anywayz *evil grinz*, I pretend that i Wanted to delete but in the end i didn't. Dude or AUNTY or whatever, if you think stopping ppl from taking pictures due to COPYright will lead to less IP disputes, then go act on YOUTUBE first la BIatch. *K nvrmind just trying to act angry* And if the photos are going to be used for personal reasons, then I dun see the need for us NOT to take pictures. Unless we were going to sell the photos or whatever. Then later she went happily catching ppl who flipped their phones open. Like nothing better to liddat. Then I observed, every level got those usherers fixing their eyes on those like me. Then when the show resumed, the guy bside me kena too. she tot he taking photos but he said "BUt i didn't take photos". In summary, the whole balcony got saboed ler!!!So i think rite this usherers are downright stupid!!!Really STupid..Baka..blablabla..*End*
More info on the musical:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_%281986_musical%29

Next up we went shopping la of course. Went to Marina Square see see looklook. Then later went orchard coz aunt said OG has a 20 percent storewide discount. It's a good thing i went there coz i bought a dress from Arthur Yen there. Nah show u. Dress cost $63 after discount. Considered quite reasonable. BUt Today at VivoCity they have dresses at $39 ok!!!Dang!!!

Me new dress. Pls say it's nice

So later I saw ISLand Creamery in Orchard, issit Centrepoint or smthing? Then I quickly dragged my mother, she was about to leave the shopping area. "Wey got teh tarik Ice-cream, the one i wanted you to try" Then we had ICE CREAM b4 dinner..(dun do this pls) Teh tarik and chendol.
Authentic flavours rite. And nevertheless, we had problems finishing our dinner. Teh Tarik and Chendol Ice Cream

Today, we went to VivoCity cum Harbourfront Centre. Went windowshopping, seriously starting to get sian with shopping. Had lunch at Sushi Tei with Mum's old friend. Chicken don, Oh the salmon so small lei, but was a nice restaurant, the ambience and all. The view is amazing la, overlooking Harbourfront. Keke you can see the sushi belt and the guy making them. My mum says their Sushi looks bigger than those at Don Sushi. argh and I had Macha ice cream.*Mum said too much ice-cream these days*

Yep I'm quite tired now. Going to do what I'm supposed to do in the next few days: Haircut, work preparation(hope it won't be too bad), Desaru trip with friends. Till then

toodles

Friday marked my freedom

2007-04-29T00:21:00.000+08:00

27/04/07: I stayed up till 3am just to finish my chinese revision and past yr papers and woke up at 9am. Later I had to visit the doctor at NUH. Argh, I forgot to bring CASH!No money to EAT! so can taupau for me and my mum who's coming later. Blurdy doctor ask me to take blood test, and i thought i wus supposed to take it the next visit. I angrily thought to myself"u want me to pening my self b4 my 2.30pm paper meh?". it took blurdy long b4 i got back to Hall at 2pm and my mum was already waiting for me.Passed her the keys and went for my exam.
Dang the exam was damn hard la dude!The susun ayat part ah...KILLER..anywayz wus so happy when the thing's over. Went and had subway with mum since we all din have lunch.
Met up with aunt and family for dinner at IMM. Dinner sucked-Can u imagine pan mian cooked halal?The pan mian (or rather, mee hoon kuay) were like in lumps, good MHK don't stick together. Later went shopping, donno spend how much. Two skirts, two pairs of contact lenses, and a pair of shoe. Speaking of contact lenses, the optometrist checked my power, it wus 4 yrs since i changed my specs. So, my right eye had a 50 increase in power. Left eye 100 increase.WTF???When i always change to a new set of specs then few years it will increase. So i rather not change it..so after four years it will stay the same.
Ok might be a stupid plan but STILL...
Very tired.Altho exam's over, i slept for like 6 hrs a day. So many things to do, so little time. Dun even have time to blog also.

Shall reserve the good stuff tmr:Phantom of the Opera, Orchard spree, more Island Creamery haha

Toodles

PS:I needed tonnes of support lei. Know my blogging skills not so good. But keep the comments coming.:)

Yesterday's trip

2007-04-21T15:38:00.000+08:00

Yesterday(Friday ler), me and Hui En went to BTC law library to Study. I woke up earlier than my usual wake up time and we left at about nine. Ok, the real reason for me going there is to err..look at the beautiful campus AND have some ISLAND CREAMERY ICE CREAM. More on that later:P

I thought I cud catch some sleep on the bus but apparently the bus was so fast (like 15 minutes) and tadah, we were in BTC olredi. I realli love the buildings, looks colonial, like heritage buildings when the British was here. I guess it was there since their colonial rule haha. Just that the buildings were given new douse of paint, better architectural design, abit of touch up and fixing..a BEAUTIFUl CAMPUS. I thought I would sulk coz at first BUsiness and Law were to move together to the new BTC. BUt after that, they decided the only LAW will move there. There's a really big field in between buildings, used to be a soccer field. Back in those days where SMU and NTU had BTC as their uni campus, i think that served as a sports field.
It's really so quiet and comfy, but boo I didn't snap any pics.
You shud go take a look at their seminar rooms: the exterior, nostalgic interior so modern.
But the law library not as good as old one la..plus i dun like the chairs..so not comfy
The food there...SOSO..i went for the makansutra stall, apparently they were on Channel U b4 and serve BeefBall Kuay Teow and the like. I really love the beef balls, but consider overall not very good la..sososo..Variety of Food also very limited, chicken rice stall, chai fan, and this noodle stall plus drinks..BOORING rite?
Anywayz, I wasn't doing much studying that day. I'm just so bored circulating the same topic APB, i really think reading further won't help cuz its an open book exam. We're supposed to think on the spot.
The highlight of the day:ISLAND CREAMERY got me really excited. Feel so bad for pulling Hui-En into eating ice cream with me b4 dinner(and that definitely spoiled our appetite during dinner haha). I was quite shocked to see that the parlour was damn FULL. All the JC kids having secondary school reunions according to Hui En. We got the TEH TARIk Ice cream and HOrlicks Ice cream. The TEh Tarik ice cream is their signature flavour-and this was the one that wanted me coming to try. Where else can you get Teh Tarik dude? the Horlicks was well, HOrlicks la nothing special, but its interesting. Teh Tarik really has this strong Teh plus Condensed Milk taste in it, every bit ur Teh Tarik drink made into an ice cream.
Hui-En said it was equivalent to going to Mamak, but in ice cream portions lol. Besides, they also have burnt caramel(funny name), black forest(ooh i wanna try), soursop(hui-en's nxt trip flavour), nutella, reversO(chocolate with oreo bits) and many more la.
I heard they even had TIGER BEER sorbet which was only available during NDP. BUt i dun fret not having it coz i dun take alcohol. Ohoh i forgot they also have PULUT HITAm flavoured ice cream, but i dun recall seeing it yesterday.
Single Scoop$2.50;Double Scoop$4.00;One tub$8
If you want to share with ur fren get the Double Scoop (Duh!) and i think the Tub is really worth it. I donno how many ml's the tub but i cant imagine only having four scoops in that tub considering two scoops is $4.
I'm so determined to bring my Momma when she comes next week so she can have a taste of Teh Tarik Ice Cream.

Ok back to study mode. bored to the max.

Next trip: Botak Jones, Deep Fried Mars bar at Chippys plus THREE MONTh INTENSIVE WORK OUT to burn those unwanted calories:)

Pre Exam Syndrome

2007-04-17T23:01:00.000+08:00

Mum just cant wait to be grandma.Erhem guess it will depend on her three precious ones Cousins minus the Boy

Cousins of the Chong, She and Loo clan

Hi all welcome to my new blog. First and foremost, I have to say i absolutely HATE windows

live space. Coz it looks like shit and smells like one, ewwww.

So I'm moving into this nice and cozy blogspot and hopefully it serves me well le
And as I'm chanting along *counts* wooh i have exactly 7-8 days till freedom (not that official la) coz i got Chinese on Firday afternoon. Then will get to spend the weekend with Mumz and watch the Phantom of the Opera. Followed by a few days of freedom and .......*Drum roll plz*

Sighz==>Internship la 3rd May-3rd August donno i shud be happy or lamenting how unlucky am I to start work so early and finish so LATE!

well lets take a look at some smashing pictures shall we. Very belated CNy pics frm me Aunt frm Sg

Hope u guys enjoy them. See all of you(the world) in a weeks time

Oh and pls do let me know how do i insert picturesin between blogging means text picture text.I'm super dumb at this.:)

Toodles