the cloths are just too pretty! fashion surfing brought me to the fashionisspinich blog, where i just couldn't resist the pretty graphics! i hope they don't sell it at spotlight if not i'll definatelydefinitely [thanks ot-so-anal-yet friend (: ] go bankrupt this time.

today was george's pitch training, under the hottest sun ever. felt a little faint halfway through, but i was awakened mostly by the pitch's water spraying on me. wouldn't say it's my best training though...

crescent carnival yesterday. for nj, i thought it was a good experience, SO CLOSE to get to the next round. we tied VJ junior team, CGS sec 4 team, won CJ 2-0 and won MI 1-0. but according to goal difference, we lost by one goal to VJ, as they scored 3-0 to CJ. hais. perhaps if we knew how close it would be, we would have fought harder, just like all our previous 'so close' matches. i stayed on to help out, although there wasn't much left to do, but well, i enjoyed the day (: 

muses: Being in a group narrows your vision, whereas being alone expands your world. 

don't you think?

my bruise. to commemorate Crescent Club Past vs Present Match today, held at Delta Hockey Pitch. it was one fun, but tiring match, with the end result being 2-1, to the Past team. just wanna thank coach and the team for a memorable hockey year, even though there are times where i really feel regret not taking part in B div.  but i'll continue to work hard and try to improve my skills as much as i can (: onward! to play in U21 next year (:

aye. i always seem to be a little grumpy after my naps. and somehow i just found things really annoying during dinner today. it's just inappropriate to air my thoughts that ran through my head during dinner though.

so anyway, the past three days of since christmas eve, have basically been reading my newest addiction: History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi. a shounen manga that focuses on martial arts and fighting, a little bit of ecchi (since the female characters with all the big boobs), and tons of comedy. really it's funny. 

boxing day was spent uh, sleeping, reading manga, then finally went for my jog through the Alexandra Park connector. bloody rain clouds made my knee hurt, and i forgot  my knee guards.ugh. still the soreness faded after awhile, but my lungs and heart couldn't take the sudden strain, so i had to stop and walk for awhile. but i continued, until crescent! yay me! ok, ran back 1.6 continuously in 9 mins i think. so total was about 3.2km of running. felt so accomplished, so i walked home (: [and now my thighs are aching.] got home, rushed to change since it was NICOLLE'S BIRTHDAY! yay! meeting with wishes at esplanade, where we watched Quis perform on the outdoor theatre. David was part of the band, and surprise surprise nicolle! since the vocalist did the birthday message to her out loud halfway through the performance XD [sidetrack: and guess who i saw at the performance too!! hint hint the hockey people in the 06'batch!]anyway, the vocalist was like WOW. mostly J-rock songs, which rocked, and the half-japanese-rock version of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was so cute!! i loved that one, and Red Hot Chilli Pepper's Otherside, and there was Can't take my eyes off you..i'm like the band's new fan now XD

haha. ok, on to dinner at marina square, where we at kenny rogers! 5 girls ate:

1)Kenny's favourite [half a chicken]

2)Chicken pot pie

sidedishes:

3) 2 mac and cheese 

4) 2 mashed potato side dishes

5) 1 baked rice

6) 1 corn niblets.

yay! super full plus the famous kenny roger's corn muffins, and CAKE! super full. but i enjoyed the day (: we seriously need to go out together more often girls...and sadly we didn't camwhore yesterday ): 

today was one gloomy christmas eve since 3am in the morning.all i did was get myself stuck in a new manga series, and....that's it. i didn't even join my parents out for lunch or dinner just cause i was lazy to change and step out of the house. played a little mahjong, and that's all for my christmas prep.

oh and the manga, LIU MIN GO READ IT. it's hilarious.

History's Strongest Disciple.

its christmas eve! and the bells are jingling to get my homework done.

the completed cream puff (: i need thicker cream though..

i don't know why, but today felt like a good day. i just felt uppity high and happy. even though the day was spent alone, in the kitchen. mostly.

i did tell myself it's no use dwelling on it. just let it go. i felt a brief moment of freedom.

so when i left the house on my ingredients run, well, the walk felt refreshing and with music in my ears, the sky a pretty blue, it just made me smile. and for the first time i was environmentally friendly in the supermarket. i brought my big handy dandy black Cotton On Body enviromental bag which cost me two bucks. and so i didn't use any plastic bags! went home happier, to resume my baking. and so..my baking achievements for today:

my cream puff shells without the cream in it yet.

blueberry streusal muffins, which didn't taste as good as i thought it would have, wasted my two punnets of blueberries ):

butter cake number 1.

butter cake number 2.

butter cake number 3's for my family to eat, and i forgot to take a photo.

oh yes, yesterday, meant to be study day. i fell asleep in yoshinoya after reading 10 pages of econs notes. how embarassing. but then i went to meet up with melody and lavi for bishan park skating! ok, my old skates weren't touched for eons, and was falling apart. and it being beginner carrefour skates, it couldn't go as fast as melody nor lavi's, and so i was kinda tired out just trying to keep up with them. but it was a good workout, i really miss blading.we met christie at the other end of bishan park, with her cute cocker spaniel, ACE. cute thing really. it started raining, and so we dashed for a void deck for shelter, and ALMOST called macs delivery, which would have been a bad decision, since the rain stopped soon after. mel and lavi bladed back to lavi's house, whereas i took the bus straight to the station to go home. and so i came home with like 4 out of 6 straps broken, and my mommy said i should just trash them. but i don't want to be bladeless, so i went online to find skates this morning, which LOOKED cheaper, but with currency conversion and shipping costs, it costs about the same as in singapore anyway.

Rollerblade Speedmachine 6.0 Women's 08 Skate - ideal speed skates that i dream of.

K2 Alexis Fitness Skates Women's 2009 - nice, i want.

K2 Celena Fitness Skates Women's 2009 - nicer, i want even more.
Roces R300 Womens Fitness Skates 2008 - nice skates that is not too ex, but still at $139 + $73 = $212 = S$313

Rollerblade Wing ABT Fitness Skates Womens 07 - what i can afford but still $90 + $73 = $163 = S$240

happy happy day (:

after i rant, the sky heard my request, and brought the sun out at full blast (: oh wow.

just as i am to go OUT and buy ingredients for my baking day, it decides to rain. how timely.

the japanese make falling in love seem so easy.

long post. sat and sunday.

bloody blogger. ugh. retyping 3/4 the post i lost -_-

saturday

last minute crescent friendly against the b div girls, and the theresians who requested a friendly too, which resulted in a nil-nil. despite the supposed monsoon season, that morning was HOT SHIT. yep. met the remaining people who went for lunch at lido after the match (since i went home to bathe first), melody, andrina and tasneem. lido =  fast food. and that day was the first time i've touched mac's in MONTHS. oh wells. i only ordered a cheeseburger, which cost me under 2 bucks. budget = happy (:

went off to Majorlica Majorca's launch party at some bar/the party venue, which was pretty small. about the size of my living room/ the flat itself squeezed 100 plus girls. and a centrepiece table took up a lot of space. those there were mostly girls aged 20 plus, and a few youngsters like me, and the rare few aunties who came was probably motivated by the free gift. dressing wise, most of us were all a little more glam than casual, with a lot in skirts and dresses with heels (definately), and while i spotted a few boots too! it was pretty crowded and cramped, and i didn't enjoy myself that much, since there was practically no one to talk to. besides sitting to watch the show, participate in a few of the activities they offered (tarot card reading, makeup/makeover session, caricature drawing). and eating the food they catered with alchoholic sour/bittersweet grapefruit juice. there was the illusionist's performance, which wasn't very impressive, since i could see through some of the tricks. eek.

however i was most satisfied with the tarot card reading, although i could only ask one question...which is

'Will i get into cooking school in a few year's time?'

and the answer (in cards):

1) Yes

2)Artistic expression

3)Twin Flame

4)Priorities

5)Flow of prosperity

and the guy's interpretation: I would get into whatever i chose to do. I have choices though, and one of paths that i take would get allow me to expess my creativity, and i can only choose one. however, whatever i choose, there will be a constant flow of income from whatever i choose.

tada! i wish it would come true though.

and pictures can explain the rest.

majorlica majorca products on display.
the emblem.

the other display of chapter 18/ majorlica products with the poster model.
me and kate! the person who did my makeip for me at the place.and the person above my head in the background is...PAMELA! haha

my eye make up. chapter 21 - smoky eyes.

the star/wand i exchanged back for the doorgift.
it doubled as a pretty invite too!
the alchoholic drink was in suspension.
chapter 21 model.
my caricature! it doesn't look like me though..

and we spotted this at cine basement (: thought it was cute (:

sunday

i slept, woke up, ate lunch, and slept again. i have no idea why i was so lethargic and tired, but i still had to go to work. today's work was better and uneventful, went off without a hitch = no scoldings or lectures. well i have to thank Ken, the event manager that lectured me on friday, for switching me from doing a 2 staff to 3 tables to having my own table to take care of.  well it's kinda a good thing that he lectured me on friday i guess...such that he actually assumed that i'll be slow and give me an easier job today. haha. as the chinese saying goes.....the cheng yu about how good things can happen from bad things...like a silver lining to a dark cloud? so in the end i was one of the first few each time to serve the dish, it felt pretty good not to be stressed. 

oh and somehow, doing banquets is making me practice my chinese. the staff are mainly China-chinese, and today's table guests, were all chinese speaking -_- . oh wells. 

happy happy day (:

need help finding this song. if you have it, onegai! send to me!

The Rosenbergs - Birds of a feather (Department Store Girl album)

heard is in the video montage during last night's wedding. it grew on me.

so much for yesterday's post of not being last. today, i was last.one whole course behind other tables for four courses. it was after the abalone and sea cucumber. they just left the table then and took super long to eat that course, which led to me scowling on the inside. and so, i got scolded lectured by the event manager (the irony of whom i thought was rather nice and charismatic at the start, and well, probably still is) by giving me tips pointers and instructions on how i should be assertive and NOT ALLOW self service/ rush people into eating faster.so that we could actually be on time for clearing up and allow the guests not to eat dessert too late. i figured on the car ride home it's just due to my silent nature and unwillingness to be assertive towards strangers. and so, from now on, i should be more assertive than passive yea? oh, and speed up my service (except the walking..i think i'm going pretty fast there already).

i was thinking, at the start when i signed up for this whole gig, i'll try not to make any mistakes to let the managers scold/lecture/notice me. looks like out of 5 times, i was lectured thrice. er, four times, since i was reprimanded twice today itself by two different event managers.oops. 

well i think i can be a much better waitress if i just improve the following:

1) Be more assertive/ bossy/ pushy.

2) Notice when beer/wine glasses/tea cups are empty 

3)Portion food faster

4) Stop clinking glasses and bowls around (lucky none of them went all the way and spilled anything yet)

5) SMILE more. even when i'm pissed and scowling on the inside, no matter how much my feet hurt.

oh, and almost forgt to mention, i was once again speculated upon my race.overheard this guy saying when i left the drinks bar: '我不知道她能讲华语的。' and later : 'Are you from China?' and then 'I thought you were filipino'. ugh.

Twilight

watched it today with the hockey people. the 10.30am show at cine. 10.30...that's training time right! well guess what, only me, suenli, norman and dolly were at the grandstand by 8am.liu was gonna be late and that's it. and so...(SMS)

me: Hi coach, do you still want to come down for opur training? There's only3 of us, me, suen li and norman. The rest are sick (and overseas).

george: I am on my way there.

grandstand people: *groans* me- "pad up!"

george:Do you think anyone else will come?

me: Liu min will be about an hour late if she still comes. (technically, she was 40 mins late)

george: ok then. I will turn back. See you'll week after. 

the rest don't matter anymore...except that we UNPADDED, and went running 2 rounds with stick and  10 min of fartleks. phooey. 

back to twilight.

ERRR. so much for gorgeous hunk. robert pattinson looked FREAKY and the undead with that makeup. Kirsten Steward was pretty.(except that halfway through the movie she looked as though she haven't slept for three days and nights, till she had both black circles AND pretty bad eyebags. The show was pretty pointless, me and vinnie just kept making comments to amuse ourselves..like pattinson's face. it looked wrong due to the too-low-and-bushy-and-too-dark-against-his-pale-skin eyebrows. then there was the bad/weird expressions from pattinson, a 300-year-old south african with dredlocks and hiphop slang (what happened to vampires being pale and ghostly white?! HA.) and how when pattinson was climbing up the trees, he looked like he wasn't touching the trees even, just being pulled up. steward's great acting stuttering on the hospital bad so that 'edward' won't leave her, and the guy who'looks like he's always in pain' was pretty amusing. 

really, it wasn't that good.

my arm aches ):

-12.26am

Had sushi buffet with melody at the jap place in cathay's basement. Buffet was 16 bucks PLUS PLUS. Should have gotten ala carte instead.at a dollar per plate, it would have saved me about 8 bucks?oh wells. With my super full tummy filled with jap rice and at least 10 prawns, plus the sushi and ramen the night before from Sakae, i don't think i'll be touching jap food for awhile. 

-4.14pm

ugh. i forgot how tiring it is. getting food spilled on my legs and hands, the constant walking up and down, smiling as if there's nothing wrong, and rushing back and forth just so you're not last, trying to keep everyone happy.

-12.32am

sometimes i look back and think. triggered by photos or memories. should i have not done anything? should i have done somethings different? how would my like be right now if i took a different path? life is just full of questions. we can't turn back the time, change anything we want, because it's something called the past.

i just wished maybe if a stayed, i would be a part of them. not a fleeting part, but really with them.

today, and yesterday, was just comprimised of the following-

1) Gossip girl season 2, episode 12

2) Gossip girl season 2, episode 13

3) Private Practice season 2, episode 9

4) Wild Child

5) The sisterhood of travelling pants 2

6) Koizora episode 1

7) Devil May Cry episode 9

8) Devil May Cry episode 10

9) Devil May Cry episode 11

10)  Devil May Cry episode 12

7) Diamond Dust Rebellion (Bleach movie 2)

nights

just finished a jodi picoult book. finally i touched a fictatious book after months since akkarin died. but as compared to the usual lit that i read, after finishing The Sister's Keeper, it is more of a feeling of sadness that engulfs you.instead of the happy, tinkling feeling that just makes you smile even when there's nothing to smile about didn't happen like it usually does after a good romance novel. i miss those. this book however, just makes you think how unpredictable life is. the plot of the story twists and turns, a little more than what would happen in real life, but happens nonetheless. 

for once, i should just go sleep early and cultivate it into a habit.

an accomplishment on my side, not turning on my laptop for 3 days now. well ok, i did once, but it was turned off within 15 mins. not that i successfully restrained myself from turning off the laptop, more like i was too busy to even sit down in front of my desk to continue my daily mind/time-wasting activities on the internet.i've had a lot to load off since friday night, but i just haven't had the oppotunity, not even in my own diary which i've abandoned for a few months now. and now i'm even finding the time to blog in between advertisements of the premeire of Love Actually, one of my favourite movies on Channel 5, past midnight. that's how desperate i am to let off some steam/water vapour.

starting backwards, today was my cousin's 15th birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERENCE! although he'll probably never ever see this from me anyway. there was a bbq at my uncle's house, and he got thrown into the pool by his friends. haha. oh and i haven't mentioned i woke up at 12pm today? haha. cause i got home about 12 plus last night.

saturday was just exciting with anticlimatic events. haha. first off was the friendly match of crescent club vs a japan university hockey team on tour in singapore XD. the guys team played with the ntu guys team, and as usual, there's the gaggle of girls oogling over a few of the suppossedly cuter-than-singaporean-typical-japanese guys.well, i guess i'll admit there were a few cute ones, but i wouldn't get my hopes up to start oogling at them. it's just impolite. and then we did talk about the girls having a much high pitch than us, and their sweet demeanour which singaporean girls will almost never reach. haha. i'm hoping to keep in touch with them and retain a few japanese friends so that i'll have a tour guide the next time i go to japan...eventually (:

and the movie never fails to bring this warm fuzzy feeling back into me (: full steam ahead to blogging now.

got a last minute invitation after the hockey friendly for dessert with long-lost-to-the-outback sue and english-fied kevin and the ever lame andrew.  i only reached about 10pm, since i had left ntu only about 9..after interacting with japanese people.but the rendevous place was amid a cluster of condos, and pretty exclusive. kitchen closed, so i only got a milkshake. out of pure coincidence, we met BERNETTE. my long-lost other twin. she was working at a bar somewhere down the row of shophouses, and so kev and andrew managed to get their fix of alchohol, which wasn't much. after amid some catching up and the guys messing around, they walked me out early enough to catch the last bus home. and my phone was dead. i was travelling home alone at midnight. what a situation to be in.

friday night was another late night to be out. a wedding dinner which i almost forgot about the day before. the bride, is my mommy's old friend's(bridesmaid to be specific) daughter. at shangri-la hotel, the one somewhere off orchard road, was really posh. with about 60 odd tables, dinner was really good as well. in a way, every wedding is special. theirs was made special with the dance they performed for the whole crowd. weddings made me think of how i want my future to be like, a dream, a fantasy, something out of a fairytale.sigh. ah, specifics. besides the pretty ballroom, the bride, the groom, and even the bride's sister looked gorgeous. ok, many of the guests look gorgeus in their suits and gowns too. i was outshined despite the dress i went shopping for in the afternoon. the usual wedding video that depicts the bride and groom, was cute, especially when i saw the transformation of the geeky-nerd groom to one who dyed his hair and wore contacts and looked real cool for his wedding. oh and in one of his pictures, the unmistakeable red blazer and tie equals to an NJ alumni! haha. plus their posed wedding pictures collection were just eviable. i don't know if i enjoyed the wedding dinner, since my mouth was glued shut the whole night with no one to talk to, and my eyes searched the ballroom the whole night for a familiar face to no avail. so instead my attention was averted to the service staff assigned to serve us. a few of them looked familiar. perhaps i've worked with them before? who knows. at some point i was wishing that i was working at the dinner rather than attending it, as i would actually have something busy to do and ocuppy my time. but i guess the upside of being a guest is free food, getting treated like royalty when people serve you, and there's no need to walk around so much and torture my feet. again, food was great. suckling pig, baby abalone, prawns, big abalone, cod fish, roasted chicken, veggies and scallops, and the finale, my favourite, DESSERT. oh yum. the pictures tell all. went home a happy girl in a pretty dress.

talking about the dress, thanks again vinnie and norman for accompanying me at far east plaza to shop for a dress to suit the 'formal' dress code for the occasion. as vinnie put, an 'impatient, fussy, shopper who does not like shopping'. 

and pictures shall illustrate my point here.

the pretty centrepiece lamps.

the sweet ballroom dance by the couple.
and the turn..
and the kiss...awww

and then dessert came to blow my mind away.

pretty ceiling
pretty centrepiece at my table
the table set up and centre piece

my pretty dress

-2.50am

last night's MBTI testing gave me a result of INTP. i don't know if its accurate or not, since i kinda did fall asleep halfway through the test, and rushed through the rest when i woke up. i guess my introverted side does shine after all. 

according to the same test done on 21 feb last year in nj [i searched through my GC file just to find the results again, i was a ISTJ.comparing, i'm still as introverted as ever, intuition and sensing were pretty close then, and i guess the difference in results is pretty close this time too. same thinker, but i was apparently more judging then, with a 19 to 9 comparison. well, i don't see how this test helps me much, but credits to matt for allowing me to kill some boredom by taking the quiz off his blog. i'm gonna take another one off soon, as soon as i unload the thoughts swimming about my head the whole day.

firstly, CONGRATULATIONS valerie anne lim shan for that amazingly high final grade score on your final exams. i'm so proud of you, and should have expected as much anyway! we had our talk about uni and wells, i'm still pretty much undecided on going to uni or not after As. it's still a year away, and i know i should be working hard for it no matter where my decision is to go after it. Using the singaporean mindset thinking, i should be putting my pastissier-dream on hold first, and go for it after i get a degree in something first. then hotel management, business management, hospitality and tourism courses related to F&B started popping into the picture, since its somewhat related to my dream. my aspirations seem to keep changing because of the prospect of hard work and long days of studying, that i don't exactly want to go to uni. it's a little depressing that my motivations are so little. but even if i do go to uni, local or overseas? the cost would be a  really big issue. but locally, the options of NUS and NTU aren't very promising. SMU looked a little better with Bachelor of Business Management, with the option of a double degree if i'm hardworking enough. and then a search on my bookmarks, i found Edupoll, which gave me a list of private universities and private institutes in singapore that offered post-JC options in the courses that i might be interested in. ruling out the diplomas,   there's

1) NTU - Master of Hospitality in Management (i'm not really into NTU...but its still an option)

2)SIM -Bachelor of Arts in European Culinary Management (errrrrr....)

3) MDIS - Bachelor of Business in Hotel and Resort Management

-Bachelor of Business in Convention and Event Tourism Management

-Bachelor of Science in I"nternational Tourism and Hospitality Management (seems a little intimidating)

4) James Cook U - Bachelor of Business in "International Tourism

5) U of Nevada, LV - Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration

6) APMI Kaplan singapore -Bachelor of Commerce with Double Majors - Hospitality and Tourism Management and Marketing Managament (WOAH......)

7)Raffles Academy - Bachelor of Arts in Business Management (Hospitality and Tourism Management)

8)Raffles Education Corp College - Bachelor of Arts/Arts in Business (Hospitality Management) [is there a difference?]

9) EASB Institute of Management - Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management/Hospitality and Tourism Management/ International Hospitality Management (/+Casino Managament/+Events Management)/ Management and Retailing.

10) SMU - Bachelor in Business Management (the most tempting so far..)

oh wells. that can take the backseat. today on the ride to school in my dad's car, i was thinking about my own personality.i'm a pretty cynical, short-tempered, easily irritated person. I thought, its probably the influence from living with my dad. what if he was still working overseas like before in the past. would i have turned out to be a much nicer, better person? from him, i've becomed more short-tempered, impatient, easily venting my frustrations on others, even for small matters, and i felt that i'm becoming less outgoing. ugh. bad influence can stem from the family too you know. who knows, the laziness factor could have come from there too.

QUIZ. from matt.
I. Put your iTunes (or any other music player) on shuffle.[arrogant assuming apple supporters' propaganda.my com's gonna lag if i use all the songs i have in my harddisk, so i'll make do with my phone's limited playlist player.]
II. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
III. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
IV. Tag 11 friends who might enjoy doing this.

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY", YOU SAY?
If I ain't got you [alicia keys]

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Single [New Kids on The Block] 

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Dancing Queen [Mamma Mia! -Meryl Streep...]

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Last Train [Lost Prophets]

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Dear Jamie....Sincerely Me [Hellogoodbye]

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
The Call [Regina Spektor]

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Ice Pops [Matthew Corbett, Mike.....]

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Rockferry [Duffy]

9. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Serious [Duffy]

10. WHAT IS 2+2?
Games [Jonas Brothers]

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
I don't want to miss a thing [aerosmith]

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Wonderful Days [Pull-tab to Kan(Jap)]

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Bad Day [Daniel Powter] (THIS I HAVE TO LAUGH AT.)

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Am I wrong? [YUI]

18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
If you see Kay [The Script]

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Hasta La Vista [Camp Rock...]

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Lay all your love on me [Mamma Mia -Dominic Cooper and Amanda...]

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Better Together [Jack Johnson]

22. WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Distant Dreamer [Duffy]

23. HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Life is Short [Butterfly Boucher]

24. DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Naimidairo [Yui] < liu can you translate this for me?

25. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Flashback [Danity Kane]

26. WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Lights, Camera, Action [New Kids on the Block]  the seniors' grad dinner?

27. WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

Delayed Devotion [Duffy]

All done (:

an update on the testy thingy. my multiple intelligences didn't change much, last year the top 3 were kinesthetic, visual and logical. oh wells.

today meant to be rest day, but it turned out to be just chilling and celebrating DEAR MELODY'S BIRTHDAY around orchard. HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU STICK-THIN SHIT! haha. swensons, played pool, then slacked by istana park for cake and camwhoring. 

i had two different dreams this morning, both of which i forgot the contents already. i really need to erase this amnesia of mine. oh right. now, you know how rich-foreigners go to countries like africa and china to adopt children?my dream was a couple from china coming to singapore and wanted to adopt my brother back to china or something. the dream was set in my neighbourhood, but it eventually evolved to being in njc, where the people being adopted became my friends and i, and we were trying to run away from the chinese family. and i know i did manage to escape by hiding next to a wall , lying flat on the floor along a pavement, and prayed that no one spotted me as they walked past. ludicrious, but hey, somehow it worked[ and then i suspected maybe i was wearing the grey nj uniform that may have enabled me to blend in with the ground.]

but its a whole different thing when last night, you see one side of your own family. the tired, worn out side. at one am in the morning, i woke up from my accidental sleep on the couch in the living room, to find my brother sleeping on the floor in front of the couch, and my mommy sitting on the floor, resting her head on the coffee table sleeping. and the TV was on to the history channel. i felt guilty for taking the couch, but seriously, it's as if the chua family's bodies have been accustomed to sleeping late/staying up all night, hat even when our minds and bodies are dead tired, we still don't want to succumb to falling asleep on our own beds. instead, we try to find something to do, so that we don't fall asleep so early, only to zonk out in the middle of that activity whereever we are.

having such a job is tough. too tough. too demanding for me. maybe that's why i don't aim to aspire nor achieve to be one.or maybe because i just can't. but its not that i can't, i chose not to take that path to be one, and when i chose, i chose because i thought i couldn't do it. but what if maybe i could? if i just work harder, hard enough to make it work? but i don't, because i think i wouldn't enjoy it. that's why they are called dreams, but its not my dream at least. 

so many buts and maybes, to hide the fact that i'm just lazy.

doctor.

my public holiday was spent lazing around the house as usual, with the added luxury of brownies and 'neiman-marcus cookies' which are really delicious despite the troublesome recipe, freshly baked in the morning. night was spent uh, cooking not very nice food mindlessly, chatting with some old friends, and watching jumper, before they left. good to see you guys again, but i don't know why i still feel as distant as ever. i have friend issues. i think.  along with discipline, self-control, lazy, responsibility, judgemental issues.

training today, was pathetic.

today was the try-to-do-something-useful-like-pack-my-room day, but no surprise, it was impossible. ended up stoning, and taking my usual sunday afternoon nap to kill the day away. my homework that needed to be touched wasn't touched yesterday, and neither today. 

just wanted to thank yu sheng for the delicious kinder bueno from hong kong (: [it's one of the many things people need to start importing to singapore] yum :D

today was one weird eventful day.

starting from when i woke/think i woke at five plus in the morning, then six plus, then seven plus. you see, i'm not too sure if i really did wake up at five plus, because i had a dream that seemed too real: WS called me at five plus in the morning, i answered even though i was half asleep. I conveyed the message and lecture i've been wanting to deliver to her for a really really long time, and then i went back to sleep when the call ended. that's the dream. when i really woke up and remembered the dream. i had actually thought that it happened. but no, a confirmation with my phone log denied the hope that she actually bothered to call me.

so i woke up. wanted to pack my turfs, and to my utter horror, there was a mini ant nest in my right track shoe, hundreds of itsy bitsy bvlack ants crawling around.shudders. and so went my ant-drowning-escapade. that incident showed me that ants are VERY efficient, at moving so fast into my shoe(it was stagnant for a mere 17 hours, and that many ants could move house. plus they are really clingy. water isn't even enough to flush them out. 

the second animal encounter was when i alighted the bus at the bus stop and walked past the mosque to delta. first, i smelt...zoo. then i turned my head to the right, where i saw a truck - with SHEEP, yes, LIVE SHEEP stoning around in the truck. they were nice enough to not even go MEH. heh, pretty interesting.

so off to delta, where i thought it would be a day of light, fun, just-hit-around-crash-crescent training, it turned out to be training with some MI guys, the sec 4s, and a friendly match with the MI guys and B div girls. muscles ached, but nothing can kill the joy of enjoying a full-pitch game (: [except maybe terribly hot sun]. so then it was NORDIN'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE! sweaty smelly pictures were taken, a great big chocolate-banana delicious swenson's cake with candles spelling 'YOU'RE OLD', laughter, chatter all abound.

went home, got ready to go to orchard with half-confirmed plans. charvi cancelled, so chunkfest plans took over, after i queued to get my party invite, and then paying a visit to dear working nanthini at wisma [without leaving before buying more cotton on body stuff]. B&J's CHUNK FEST was disappointing. a rainy day killed the fort canning ground, turning it into mud and slush.still, hoards of people showed up, making it a hot, humid, sweaty, loud-music, slippery, muddy, mosquito-feast event. pui sheen and i were at the event for a mere ten minutes. 5 were spent watching the eating contest, the other 5 looking around and deciding where to go next. and then you think 'what's the point of going to a B&J's chunk fest without any ice cream?' well, the answer's HUNDREDS-OF-PEOPLE-LONG-QUEUE just for the new ice cream flavours. even if you queued for an hour, i don't know if you'll still get the ice cream.and so we left, for plaza sing to window shoppe. oh oh and there was this nice vest me and ps wanted, but it was 60 bucks ): save money save money....

i was tired by 6, and so me and ps left ps. i guess i was tired enough to take the wrong bus. 14 instead of 16. and so i had to walk home from river valley, with my shopping below..which i am going to hope it lasts till i move out on my own and can wear it around the house (: 

bathrobe!

my nice new comfy scruffs to replace worn out bedroom flipflops (:

me and ps at chunkfest!

this isn't the queue for ice cream, its just the pavement for entry into chunk fest!

chunkfest ice cream tent's on the two pointy ones on the top left corner, and you can't even see the queue from here!

the crowd in front of the stage just after the 20 scoops of B&J ice cream eating contest. 3 mins??

the crowd@ fortcanning.

yesterday/this morning's training was tough as usual, but despite the uncontrollable wheezing (which amanda and suenli finds amusing enough to laugh at even when they're out of breath) and tears coming out of my tearducts, i rather enjoy trainings after about an hour into it. the worst is over, which is the runs, and i don't really mind the strength component of trainings, it's thrilling i would say. but my endurance is still shitt. according to today's fitness test, i'm one of the slowest on the team, doing 20.52mins for 10 rounds around the soccer field, and according to wiki, that's only 2.7 k, which would mean that that was a SHIT timing. but i do believe it should have been about 3k? ok, plus my muscle aches, and carrying the stick in one hand under the hot sun, MAY have extended the time by about 5min to NAPFA standards. 

i really need to start on my work. no more stoning in front of the laptop, no more dramas, no more animes, maybe the occasional chapter of manga, but THAT'S IT. no more wasting time on designing, i should be designing my homework schedule instead. FOCUS. 

we'll start tomorrow...evening (:

today was one of those days. where i go out with no intention of buying anything, but ended up spending. and i haven't even collected any of my paychecks! 

intention no. 1 for going out on a after-rainy afternoon. to fix my phone cover which should have been under warranty but isn't. so i didn't fix it. so instead of wasting the time i took to travel to orchard alone, i went shopping at the scrapbooking shop. ugh. bloody expensive shops make me commit sins all the time. and although there was nothing to celebrate about, i bought celebratory-worthy dessert home from Canale, a dessert chain i've always been wanting to try for its famous macaroons. well i did, and it's bloody SWEET.

oh yes. and procrastination and the deep distaste to conform to the Singaporean's kiasu-ism cost me a free drink from starbucks. not wanting to clump into the long queue outside starbucks at 6 plus, and looking like a typical kiasu singaporean, i just walked on to the nokia store. and after, when it was past seven and my curiousity got the better of me, the sign put 

'Celebrate this christmas with Starbucks on 4th December 2008, and we'll treat you to a drink of your choice on the house, between 5pm and 7pm!' 

oh great. i missed a free vanilla frappe.

training's in two hour's time, under the full blast of the bloody hot afternoon sun. 

i slept early last night, before midnight, which is a really big accomplishment. but no, my whole family is the opposite. and so when i ALREADY fell asleep, my brother came into my room to take his laptop and had to wake me. after another 15 mins, when i had drifted off AGAIN, my parents came home, and my mom SUDDENLY yanked the blanket. of course i was pissed at such an interruption, but was too tired to do anything about it. fine. but my parents and brother home = TV on, cutlery clanking against glass plates, talking. omg, i just had to wake up, climb the steps down my bunk bed, before slamming my bedroom door close. well it helped a little, but the traffic sounds that drifted from the groundfloor couldn't be helped. sigh.

and then my body's too accustomed to sleeping less, i woke at 5, then 7, before i gave up and woke now. when i could have slept for at least another hour. 

sleeping woes. i hope i can run later.

ah yes, yesterday was self training cum our first study session for MATHS. omg, it was so bloody unproductive. my math is a single digit grade now, and well, more of a slacking sleeping session. derek's got proof of that. and as compared to everyone else, i just realized how SLOW i am at doing work. no wonder i dread it so much. and so, as a very undeserved reward to our mugging, we went all the way to bishan to watch WILD CHILD madagascar 2. haha. i was a little hesitant about watching the movie at first, but i'd rather not impose. as it turned out, madagascar 2 was bloody freaking hilarious, a great movie choice. and i think our row did the most laughing and shrieking throughout the movie. haha. 

long long list of movies to go...

today's training wasn't too bad. its just usually the 20 minute run that kills me. but after that was just running up and down stairs, which killed my legs, but i found it fun, more likely the adrenaline rush and brought back memories of primary school.haha. The SUN though, is a different matter. as suen li put it ' we probably turned TWO shades darker today.' got dizzy doing a little of the drills, 'round & round & round....wobble wobble' then we got to do hits! slow long-grip hits though. more power i guess, which i probably would never use in a game, even for 16-yard hits.

slacked off a few hours, but the weird part of the day was on the bus ride home. an expat/foreigner sat next to me on the bus. either he's A) a fat ass or B) he's a total leg perv. throughout the ride, i just felt more squashed against the side of the bus with the window, as he relaxes, his legs opens wider as usually when how a guy sits, but he has ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE OF PERSONAL SPACE. his thigh was already touching mine, and his bloody hairy calf just kept coming closer to mine. i had no idea what to think throughout the ride, whether he's a perv, or really is just touchy-feely-with-no-sense-of-conservation in him.oh best. we i wanted to get off the bus, i 'EXCUSE ME' very politely, and then he turned only 45 degrees with his ass still on the seat, there's like NO BLOODY SPACE AT ALL for me to move out. so with my bulging bag and shoebag in hand i just bulldozed out the seat, having to graze against those icky hairy legs AGAIN. EW. and his body posture was as if he was gonna catch me if a fall, which i definately did NOT want to happen AT ALL, which thankfully didn't. and without looking back with an almost-cramp in my leg i hobbled off the traumatic hairy bus ride.

ugh.

its been a week without words.only memories to sustain me.

Yogplait's original creamy vanilla yoghurt is just too addictive. i've taken three servings of it within the last 24 hours, and my tummy's been quite active ever since, with three different live bacteria churning about inside.

quizzes.

STABBED by travis.

The rules:
Bold the statements that are true to you
Italise the statements that you WISH are true
Leave the Fibs alone
Then, stab 5 guys to do the same test.

I miss somebody right now.
I dont watch TV these days.
I own lots of books.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I have been in a threesome.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.-used to-
I'm TOTALLY smart.
I've broken someone's bones.
I'm paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I love sushi.
I talk really,really fast.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D
I like the way I look. -at times-
I am usually pessimistic.-or realistic if you put it in a nice way-
I have a lot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar i have
I have a lot of friends.
I am currently single
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
I enjoy window shopping.
I would rather shop then eat.
I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I have no idea what i want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I have tried alcohol before.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I would die for my best friends.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and i like it.
I have dated a close friends's ex.
I am happy at this moment!! -five days ago-
I'm obsessed with guys
I study for tests most of the time.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever i can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in a musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules. -for drinking-
I went college out of state.
I like sausage.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colours.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I don't know why the hell i just did this stupid thing.
I usually like covers better than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes. -farouq thinks its freaky-
I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that i work with.-usually-
I am a caffeine junkie.
I know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsesical, the better.
I'm an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex.-my best friends(: -
I love being happy.
I am an adrenaline junkie

STABS 

1. valerie

2. anne

3. felix

4. christine

5. you who just read it.

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TAGGED by val.

My Top 5 Most Favorite Foods;
1.Shokudo's japanese pasta -tomato cream sauce-

2. Creme caramel custards

3. Whisk Bakery's cakes & muffins.

4. Famous Amos's double chocolate chip cookies

5. Cafe Cartel's New York cheesecake 

10 Things I Love Doing;
1. Eating.

2. Playing full-pitch hockey matches.

3. Going out with people i love.

4. Baking new/favourite tried-and-tested recipes

5. Cooking.

6. Making stuff.

7. Reading nice books.

8. Reminescence-ing in good memories. 

9. Sleeping.

10. Indulgence.

Things I Love Doing When I'm EMO;
1. Shopping therapy.

2. Be alone.

3. Wish someone was beside me.

4. Sleep.

5. Eat nice stuff.

5 Things I Love Doing When I'm Happy;
1. Eat nice desserts.

2. Go shopping.

3. Talk to friends.

4. Bake

5. Start on my various projects.

5 Things I Wish To Happen;
1. I'll be a successful, happy pattisier or hotel manager.

2. Be next year's National Champions.

3. For me to balance my time well between studies, CCA and personal activities.

4. Be a better person.

5. Be with someone.

My Top 5 Most Addicted songs;

1. The Call by Regina Spektor

2. Rule the World by Take that

3. A little pain by Olivia inspired' Reira

4. Beautiful Love by The Afters

5. Hana Kimi JDrama opening by Orange Range

TAG

you,you,you,her & him.