Rich Vs Poor

Went out with my Social Studies friends for Frog Leg porridge yesterday. Actually, there were only 3 of us. But next week, we are going to the Satay Club! More of us will be able to join cause the food is Halal. Yeah! Can't wait..

Yesterday, during the chit-chat session, I was so tickled by one of my friends. He was an old boy from ACS and not surprisingly, he is one of the super rich. The things he did with his friends were so funny and amusing! My emotions kept swaying between "So funny!" and "Wah, he is so rich". Their activities were quite different from what I usually do with my friends. It is like a totally different life they are leading.

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So, actually it is true that the rich leads a different life from the average family. It is just like how different our lives are from the really poor. It led me thinking about something in the past. There was once this guy who felt inferior because he did not have a job or money. At that time, I thought, "Who cares? We can work together and create a better future. I can take hardships."

That was when I was young. Although it was only a few years back, I think differently now. I will prefer somebody who has a stable income and who has the same standard of living as me. It will be unbearable to count my every cents in whatever I do or buy. And to think that I bring that upon myself by falling for someone who is not financially stable will make matter worse.

Time can really change a person's thinking. I never imagine I will turn out to be like this - materialistic. Although I am not a rich person, I am able to live comfortably. I like the way I live now and I don't intend to change it. I can always rely on myself.

It is happening...

One of the challenges you will face when you aged is to answer questions of this nature.

"When are you getting married?"

When mentioned that you like to learn how to bake, be prepared that such a statement may pop up.

"But you will need someone to eat what you have baked."

To make matters worse, it is your mother who asks these questions.

Beginning of the Holidays!

Yea! The holidays are here! More time for me to blog.. =)

Today, I went to meet my supervisor for my teaching assistantship for the coming June practicum. Well, I expected to see an uncle with a grim smile, port-belly with a nerdish-look since my school has a lot of those. To my surprise, my supervisor is a slim young man. Hmm.. Maybe not so young as he has laugh lines around his eyes and I believe he is married. (On a side note: I think guys with laugh lines are cute) He seems like a nice guy. I hope he is lenient in his grading. =P

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Anyway, I have drawn up a list of things to do for this holiday. This is because during the last long holiday, I was so bored with nothing to do that I began to be discontented with my life and was quite depressed. You can look at my previous blog entries. So I need to keep myself occupied!

Here is the list:

1) Go to the gym three times a week
2) Tune my piano
3) Learn to drive
4) Learn to draw (I've bought the Einstein (from Kid's Central) book for drawing)
5) Buy some office wear
6) Transfer songs into my ITunes and then into my Ipod
7) Change all my passwords for various online websites (a major task)
8) Learn to cook/bake
9) Swim/Hike/Camp
10) A hike at the treetop trail

Yep, that is all I can think of at the moment. To myself: Work hard!

A New Start

I just received the name of my practicum school. To keep myself safe, no names will be mentioned. Nope, it is different from my contract school. However, it is another methodist school.

The things that gets me excited is that there is a straight bus from my home and it is a mixed school! Yea~ New experience..

Something to look forward to. =)

Ethel's Playtime!

This entry is going to make you go, "Why didn't this thing exist when I was a child?!" Welcome to Ethel's playtime!

Riding Horse

When Ethel was still a year old, everytime she saw horses galloping on the tv, she would start to mimic riding on a horse. Thus, when we saw this in Vivocity, we thought,"Hey, let her have a try at it!" To our surprise, the horses are not run by electricity! The rider has to press the seat repeatedly to move the horse, like real riding!

Although as young as two years old, Ethel managed to ride the horse like a pro. Clever girl.

Roller Coaster

Children roller coaster in IMM! Heard of it? Neither did I. It is a machine with a screen which shows the view of riding a roller coaster. The machine will then tilt up and down accordingly. Super realistic! It was so real that Ethel got scared and scrambled out of the machine halfway through the ride.



Food

Just look at the pictures. Do I need to say more?



West Coast Park

"Playground" is one of the words Ethel knows very well. The others also include "swing", "kick sand at 叔公"and "walk walk". One of her favourite playground - West Coast Park.

I love this picture.

Daddy's Birthday

It was Dad's birthday on Saturday. Due to the rainy weather nowadays, Dad suddenly had a craving for steamboat. So, to fulfil the birthday boy's, or rather, man's birthday wishes, we went to M Hotel for steamboat buffet!

I think M Hotel's steamboat buffet has one of the best selection and quality of food. They marinated all the meat! Thus, the meat was tender and tasty after cooking. They also had whole promfet for you to throw into the pot! Nice~~

My parents didn't know I was taking pictures of them coz I took shots of the reflections in the mirror next to our table. =P

(Ignore my brother's spastic face) I Love my new hairstyle! I wanted to cut my hair and do treatment. In the end, I paid $188 to dye, highlight, cut and treatment my hair. Crazy, I know.. I went to the salon opposite my house and the hair dresser managed to convince me to take their package which includes a free shampoo and conditioner as well.

Well, I am happy with the results though my hair is drier than before. Damn... Should have just cut and treatment my hair.

Anyway, I love my bangs! To friends who have a issue with it, my advice - live with it.

Jaw's 22nd Birthday

Once again, I can't believe I have known this girl for 5 years. I first met her in JC when she was in another clique. I wanted her to join my gang but she could not simply ignore her clique. Haha! (Very loyal, huh!) Anyway, eventually she was won over by my gang. (Who can resist them?) And she became one of my very very very good friend. Always there to accompany me to shop, always there to listen to me, always willing to doll us up, always volunteering herself, etc.. I am so happy you are a friend of mine, Jaws!

The Enemies celebrated her birthday at her house. She da pao Zi Char at one of our favourite stalls because of the cereal chicken. Damn nice! All of us clamoured for the seats in front of that dish. Haha!

Look at them, chomping away.

In this post, you may find that there are not many pictures of me. This is because I was the un-official photographer for that day. I just LOVE Jaw's camera! It has a very fast shutter speed and I can capture any moments I want. =D

Jaws also presented us with flowers. She is very good with DIY stuffs. She wrapped the flowers herself!
A daisy for me.

After the dinner, we helped Jaws to clean up her place. We are really nice girls.. On our way to become first rate wives.. Haha!



Finally, it was cake cutting time!




How come everytime we give the presents to the birthday girl, it always look like some award ceremony??


Although it is a bit late, I still wanna say Happy Birthday, Jaws!

DC* MODULE SUCKS!

I am so frustrated with this module!! The rubrics of the assignment is so unclear! My tutor tried to send us a more detailed rubric and I just found out that it contradicts with the one given by the course coordinator!! Argh!! So who should I follow?? I don't know who is going to mark my work!! Can't they decide together and then provide us with a detailed and clear rubric??

AND THEY ARE ENGLISH TEACHERS!!

Judging by the way the module is carried out and the way they set the assignments, they think that we have been Primary 1 teachers for years! Sorry lor! We are here to learn, not here to plan lessons blindly! Argh!! I hate this module! It is the most unclear, confusing, stagmented, boring, aimless module I had so far!


P.S. I feel like splattering this post with all the vulgarities I can think of but I need to save my energy to go and sort out what-the-hell they want from us.

Grief

So many unexpected deaths. I keep reminiscing about the past; their acts just kept flashing again and again in my mind. So do their deaths.

I doubt I will re-read about them in the near future. My hearts still grief over their departures. I will need time to fully mourn the losts and to accept that they are gone.

And then I will read about them again. This time round, I will appreciate their jokes better, applaud their heroic acts harder, imagine their faces clearer, interpret their actions better and then wept afresh when they are gone again. Maybe this time round I will weep harder or maybe I will accept their passing calmly as I know they have not died in vain.

I have lost some friends though I am a stranger to them. I have lost some friends who have accompanied me every night before I sleep for the past few weeks. I have lost some friends who will never return but their acts will always be remembered.

Time for grief.

Mummy's Birthday!

We just celebrated my mum's birthday on Monday. My brother and I decided to spring a surprise for her and bought her flowers! I guess I could not count on my Dad for flowers so we decided to give her flowers this year.


She was super happy!! She kept smelling the lilies and said that they smelt very nice. It was good to see her so happy. =) We also bought her Crabtree and Evelyn body lotion and foot scrub since she kept saying her skin is very dry.



A very happy Mum~

My family

(My brother dunno how to take photo. My picture with my mum damn blurred lor. Idiot. )

I didn't know that the anther of Lily is heart-shaped! So cute. No wonder girls like lilies.

But I like this.

Anyway, next time I don't want to buy flowers again. I don't like holding onto a bunch of flowers. Flowers and me don't match. I feel like a guy holding to a bunch of flowers. Bleagh.

But of course... I will do anything for my Mum. =)

My Quest has Ended

Yup, I managed to buy the book. Finally. And now I am a believer of curses. Not because of Harry. The day after I bought the book, I checked the library and the "Half-Blood Prince" is sitting there. Great.

Anyway, thank you Jia Yu, Birdie and Xiao Pang! Thank you for offering help during my quest. I hereby knight you Sir Jia Yu, Sir Birdie and Sir Xiao Pang! Haha! (Sounds like a bunch of transvestites) I will call you next time when I want to embark on a quest again!

My Quest for Harry Potter

Seems a bit lag, ain't it? Attempting to read all the Harry Potter's books only now. Lucky for me, my school's library has the complete series.

It has been a long and arduous quest, however. This is what happened to me and sometimes, you just have to believe this thing called "fate".

I have currently finished reading "Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix" so my next read should be "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince". However, suddenly there is no more copy of that book in my school library! Thus, I embarked on my quest.

1st stop - Jurong East Library

Lots of Harry Potter Books, especially "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", but no half-blood prince in sight.

2nd stop - Jurong West Library

The "Deathly Hallows" followed me to this library and the "Half-Blood Prince" is still missing.

3rd stop - IMM Popular

I decided to get my own book. And I was damn lucky! There are copies of the "Half-Blood Prince" on sale! On top of that, DISCOUNT! Haha! I quickly grabbed a copy and made my purchase. VICTORY!

I made my way home happily and feeling a tinge of excitement. I want to know what happened to Harry. I tore off the wrapper, settled myself down and began reading. But... Something is wrong... I looked at the cover. "NOOOOOOO!!!!" It is the "Deathly Hallows" in my own home!! I bought the wrong book!! And so.. My quest has not ended..

4th stop - Suntec Popular

Determined to get my hands on that book, I went to the biggest Popular store I know. Guess what? Loads of "Deathly Hallows" and the "Half-Blood Prince" is sold out.

5th stop - Bukit Timah Plaza Popular

It is getting boring. The same ending as above lar!

Am I under a curse? Is this how Lord Voldemort killed his victims?? Harry and your half-blood prince, COME BACK TO ME!

Donation

I am finally blogging again.. It has been a HECTIC two weeks with all the deadlines and the presentations back to back. I am pretty impressed with myself given my lazy nature. All my assignments are done at the last minute and I managed to complete it. I don't know about the quality though.. *Sad smile* I am so discouraged already I guess it doesn't make a difference anymore.

Anyway, I thought about blogging happy things after my long "break" from blogging. However, I want to blog about this incident that makes me pissed off. Though it is not really my business. It just irritated the kaypo and bossy side of me.

There is a girl in my school who needs a bone marrow transplant. The school posted the message on the school's portal and some of the professors have been emailing the different clubs to get them to find people who are willing to donate their bone marrow. I have received such a email from one of the professors and I was quite angry when I saw this sentence in the email.

"All it would take is for you to donate a blood sample on the days indicated below."

Really???? That's all it would take? That means a blood sample is enough to save the girl's life??

I think that it is so irresponsible for the prof to say that! This is of no joking matter. People will go with the misconception that a blood sample will do, although I don't believe someone will be that stupid. They should go with the mentality that they MAY HAVE TO DONATE THEIR BONE MARROW.

What if someone goes without thinking through and the test shows that he is eligible to donate to the girl. The girl and her family's hopes will be raised. And then, he decides not to donate because "I never thought that out of some many people, I am eligible. I was just there the other day to give a blood sample." That what will happen to the poor girl?? Raise her hopes and then smash it??

I like to think of consequences when I do certain things. Obviously, some people don't. This is not a drive to "collect the most number of blood samples". This is a drive "to search for eligible blood marrow donors". Some people got their objectives wrong.

Thank you~

People has been asking me why I procrastinate doing my assignments till the last minute. Afterall, it was my recess week so I should have a lot of time right? Well, these are the reasons! But I am not complaining.. =)

Friday

Met up with Maggie, Gwen and Jasmine Ba Jie for Sakae Sushi at Heerens. They have not changed much in terms of looks and characters. Still forever talking about boobs. Haha! I have not received the photos from Ba Jie so no photos. Bleagh

Saturday

Steamboat party in my house with my Enemies.

Sunday

My first uncle birthday! It was held at his house which is below my house. Haha! So convenient! Anyway, most of my family members attended his birthday which is a huge affair. This is because there are sooo many of us.. (Dreading the day when I have to plan for my wedding dinner.)

My first uncle and his wife


Of course, I must include a picture of cutsie Ethel.

Baby boy Edgar, another cutsie nephew of mine. I saw him for the first time that night. Too many members in my family. Very difficult to keep track.

Monday

After rushing my Geography assignment, it was time for kbox with my bro!

He was acting cool.

Wednesday

Met up with Wan Lin and Wan Ting. We went Holland Village for dinner. I thought that I have explored the whole of Holland V already but apparantly, there is this restaurant which I have left out. It is the 211 Roof Terrace Restaurant. It is situated on the top of the Cold Storage Building and it is a nice nice place! We dined Alfresco style. I like.

Are you tempted to visit there?

With Wan Lin the hot babe

With Wan Ting the lady

Thursday

Celebrated my birthday with my Family at Grill-Out, a western restaurant located just a few blocks away from my home. The food and ambience is super but there are only a few non-beef dishes. A pity. No pictures though coz Dad doesn't like to take pictures.

After the dinner, my family went to the pub, Sunset Tavern, next to the restaurant for a chill out session. We have not been to a pub as a family for ages. Glad we did it during my birthday.

My Mother and Bro gave me this for my birthday. Wanna guess the price? You'll be shocked. I was.

Friday

Went ktv with my roomie, Pei Wen, Xiao Xi and Pei Si at Chinatown 10 dollars KTV place. Very cheap! It was really 10bucks only!

After belting our hearts out, we went to the Chinatown Food Street for dinner. Cheap and good!

Are you hungry again? Haha!

Blowing candles at Vivocity.

Before I end this entry, I want to show my new bag given by my NIE friends. I really like it alot! It is so "me"! Haha!

So now my dear friends, you know why I could not complete my assignments. I did not even have time to go shopping. I am getting embarrassed of my tattered slippers.

But I am not complaining. =D

I rather be a Caveman

I wanna tear my hair out! The stupid NIE portal is down! I have my assignments to upload and some lecture notes to download. The deadline? Tomorrow! Actually, it is "tomorrow" now..

If they want us to do all this IT stuffs, then make sure they have the necessary infrastructure for us to do so! Don't ya ya papaya, tell us to upload and download assignments on our own when the f***ing system keeps hanging! It is not the first time already..

Ya, we can upload earlier right? But it is my habit to upload on the night before. There is no marks penalised for uploading at the last minute right? How do I predict the system will hang?! I am no Master Khor..

Bring back the days when we use pen and paper. When everything is so simple.

It is that Feeling

I do not need to find someone better than him

I just need to find someone who can make me feel the way I felt for him

Memories that Wouldn't Let Me Go

I am a very happy girl who feel so loved by my family and friends. It is especially touching to see what your friends did for your birthday. I received so much, not just presents, for my birthday that I can't wait to give back to my friends. You are the ones who keep me sane and help me through rough times. I can't thank you enough for it but to be there by your side should you ever need me.

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Why, oh, why, was I reminded of him during this happy time?? Memories of him just suddenly came back to me.. Maybe it is because a lot of my friends are getting engaged or falling in love and I just miss that kind of "heart-thumping" feelings. Maybe I built up such a perfect image of him that I was clouded by it and lost touch of reality. Maybe I was haunted by "what if"...

It has been 5 long years. So so so so long ago... Maybe he is married with children now. If I really dwell on that, tears will flow.. What if I...? What if we...? What if that...?

Back to my dreamland.. Where I will meet him again.. Where things will have fairytale endings.. Where I know it is impossible to make my dreams come true in reality.. That is what makes my dreams so beautiful........

Bound to Myself

What do you see?

You people gazing at me

You see a doll on a music box that's wound by a key

How can you I'm

Under a spell I'm

Waiting for love's first kiss


You cannot see

How much I long to be free

Turning around on a music box that wound's by key

Yearning

Yearning

While

I'm

Turning around and around......

My 22nd Birthday with my Enemies

Time seemed to pass so quickly! My birthday is around the corner now and I am 22 this year! Gosh... It seems like I have just graduated from JC but that was about 4 years ago..

Anyway, I celebrated my birthday with my Enemies on Saturday. We had steamboat, my favourite, at my house. I told my mum not to prepare a lot and yet she went to cook one full pot of soup. However, we managed to finish the whole pot! I was so surprised! Haha! They are finally learning to eat. =P



The food that my mum prepared together with me. Are you feeling hungry?


Jaws started her little manicure shop in my house during the party. She is getting very good at it! I think we should organise a slumber party very soon.. =P

Look at the smiles from her satisfied non-paying customers!

I don't know why but Ah Bun seemed very choked with emotions during the party. Ah Bun, I know you love me but don't have to display your affections in front of the others. *Blush*

(Actually, she was choking on the chilli but I prefer to think otherwise.)

The birthday cake and me.

I am super pleased with my presents! They bought a pencil case, a make-up bag, espirit vouchers and a pair of earphones for me! It is amazing how they can read my mind.. I am so impressed....

I really love my girls... I think I don't need to say much here. But I am confident they know how I feel about them. =)

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XP, all the best to you! You know what I am refering to.. I am glad that the thing took place like what you had hoped will happen. =)

Being Thick-Skinned

To: My dear enemies,

I decided to be a bit thick-skinned about my birthday this year. Haha!

To help you all out, here's a list of what you can for my birthday. I really have the intention of helping you when I decided to blog this. Haha!

1) Pencil Box
2) Make up Bag
3) Sports Tee
4) Ear phones

Hope this helps! (Please please please don't give me billabong, OP, 37 degrees, etc, stuffs.. I am way over that age.. =P)



Anyway, you all can pop over from 2pm onwards on this Saturday. The Mahjong table is waiting for players. =)