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Shifted

2009-10-17T21:16:00.001+08:00

Decided to shift my blog over to pixnet. Do relink.

http://neele101187.pixnet.net/blog

Updates and more updates...~~~

2009-10-15T22:27:00.003+08:00

Recently caught 2 movies. Surrogates and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Surrogates was ok, interesting storyline. But i must say, I prefer Meatballs more! Haha... its just so funny. The movie has this little parts that would make you laugh. I won't mind watching it again. =)

Here's one of my favourite characters in the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

I made a trip down to Tampines and bought these toothbrush holders. Cute aren't they?! Haha... I bought 5, so now everyone has one. =) Guess which one is mine? Wahaha

Oh and lastly, some update on my hammies. =) I bought them grass (not sure if that's what they r really called), I'm told that I could put a little in their house and they would love to use them to make a bed to sleep in.

I got the 2 girls out to play. They were fasinated by the bunch of grass i guess. When they first came here, only 3 weeks old, they had these grass in their container too. So i guess they remembered what that is? haha...

And there's Little Fella, Being not so little anymore now! haha... see what a mess he did to the place.

Here's the fattest hamster! I now call him Fatty Bomb Bomb. Haha... He is the one that loves playing with the grass the most. I would use one twig of grass and make him chase it like a kitten.

Its Childrens' Day again!~

2009-09-29T16:33:00.002+08:00

October is coming. So Childrens' Day is coming again. Its the time of the year where I have to spend time and money to prepare gifts. This year I didn't go through the trouble to bake cookies like last year. So, I just got them some simple stationary and tidbits. When I was a kid, like any other kid, I always looked forward to Childrens' Day. Its like one of my other favourite day besides my Birthday! Haha... The whole class would anticipate what gift our teacher would give us. The gift might be nothing expensive or big, but we are still happy to receive them. =) So now its my turn to give. Although most of my students are in Secondary school, I still make it a point to get something for them.

Mooncakes... Yummy~~

2009-09-22T17:40:00.003+08:00

Today's my free day. So I decided to spend my afternoon making mooncakes since the mid-autumn festival is coming soon. Its my second time making mooncakes. I first tried making last year. Just tasted one just now, not too bad! haha... although appearance wise not very pretty la...

真的雨过天晴了~~

2009-09-07T17:57:00.005+08:00

Went for my checkup today at SGH. Seen my report and its good news. The cysts are not cancerous. My wound's ok too, so I'll just have to go back for another scan in 6 months time. And if everything's ok, I'll just have to do a follow-up checkup once every year. Since we will never know when the dermoid cyst will reappear again. All we can do is to do the checkup regularly and if it really appear again, we could do something about it i guess.

Before my checkup I went up to the ward to visit my dad. He's admitted again since last Thursday because of a bad stomachache and vomitting. We went to the polyclinic intially on thursday and after consultation with the doctor, he suggested we go to the hospistal because my dad might need a drip. So yea, we made our way there and a blood test and Xray of the tummy was done. His small intestine was bigger than normal from the Xray. After been admitted, the doctor came again and said that his small intestine is clotted. That explaines his bloated stomach and the bad stomachache. So they need to put a tube down through his nose all the way into the small intestine to suck up all the stuff in the small intestine. Then let the small intestine rest for a few days. He's also put on a drip.

Today, they finally removed the tube and the drip. So my dad could start eating. He started with soft low residue food that is much easier to digest, easy on the intestines first. So hopefully he could be discharged by tomorrow.

Lastly, the only thing i hate about going to the hospital is that we have to wear the mask inside the wards and clinic. And also the rigid visitors policy.

P.S. I have the urge to shift my blog to either wretch or pixnet. Hmm.. should I?

Results are out!~~

2009-09-01T08:03:00.001+08:00

I have been cooping at home without stepping out of the house for more than a week since I'm discharged from the hospital. I don't need painkillers now, movement around the house can be done with ease. So I went out with my family for dinner last Saturday. Had to walk relatively slow compared to how I usually walk.... I'm afraid that if i walk too fast it will affect the wound. Yea.. so I'm fit to leave the house I guess. Will be able to look at the full report when I go for my appointment with the doctor next Monday. After which, I hope everything's all ok and all back to normal.

Oh and the reason for me blogging this early in the morning-->... results are finally out! I don't know i should be happy with it or sad. But well... at least its the minimum that I hope I'll achieve. So ya.. I'm now finally a graduate with an Honors Degree Cert. If there's still no news with NIE, I'll proceed to look for another job sometime starting next week.

I'm back from op..

2009-08-21T13:10:00.003+08:00

Firstly, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all my friends and family members for the care and concern during the period before my op and after my op when I am recovering.

I was admitted into the hospital in Monday afternoon. My dad accompanied me there. Its just all the general formalities, administration matters and stuff. Then was at my ward and the doctor visited to ask a few questions, and then followed by the anesthetist. I thought that by then I would have already calmed down and settled for the op.

Tuesday, the day for the op. My parents came down early coz we din know wat time the op will be at since the doc's scheduled is so full with patients he needs to operate on.. we were told that mine should roughly be in the afternoon. At around 12pm, the nurse came and asked to to change into the blue gown, the one u will wear into the op theatre. The feeling's really scary. Soon, medical staff came into the ward with the bed to be pushed into the op theatre. Just like wat u always see in tv shows, I was pushed on the bed all the way into the op theatre. At tt moment, I began tearing again. My parents, especially my dad kept reassuring me that everything's going to be ok.. I'm going to be out very soon. Hearing those words, made me teared even more. Then i was all alone inside the op theatre. was left there for quite some time as the anesthetist put me on a drip. Then into the actual place where the op is going to be carried out, u can see those bright white lights that u always see in tv shows. I was given an oxygen mask to breathe, anesthetist gave me a jab and then i was asleep. The next moment when i woke up, I was already in the recovery area. I was conscious the moment the ocygen mask was removed from me. The pain was manageable, just like what u feel when u had a stomach ache. I dun know how long i was inside there.. but by the time i return to the ward, it was already evening time. I saw my parents and Murphy at my bedside. I was anxious to know the outcome of the op. But while waiting, i fell asleep again. When i woke up again it was like almost 9pm. The doc is still not here to explain anything to us. My mum when to ask the nurse outside, the kind nurse roughly told her abt the outcome. The op was successful, both my ovaries were still inside me. I'm so not gg into menopause at 22. Hearing that I was so so relieved. That night a few medical staff visited me, although the pain was bearable i still took one injection so that i could sleep better that night.

Wednesday morning, the nurses came to help me change into clean clothes. And I was helped down from bed to sit on the chair. Initially the pain from the wound was quite painful but after sitting down it was much better. Felt a little nauseous and giddy. Was told that it was probably the affect of the anesthetics. I started drinking some glucose water and then i was given pain killers to ease the pain from my wound. A physiotherapist (I think) then came to teach me how to exercise my legs for blood circulation and how to hold on to my tummy when i wanna cough. And also how to stand up and walk easily. Oh and prof Ho, who operated on me came to visit. The full report of the cyst whether its cancerous or not will only be out in 2 week's time. But during the op, they already did a quick test and it wasn't. Oh and they even gave us the pictures of my cysts. One for those on my left ovary and one from my right ovary. They were like several small cysts all stick together, like grapes like tt. Since its dermoid cyst you can even see hair and fats inside. Eww.. I was eating my dinner when they showed me the pictures.

By Thursday, i was able to move about on my own. Go toilet, get up and down from bed on my own.

And today Friday, I was discharged already. =)

At the hospital, I've got Ellie (teddy bear) and Daisy (duckling) to accompany me at night. My cousin and his wife bought it for me. =p

Praying Hard~~

2009-08-13T16:19:00.003+08:00

Well, have seen the Gynae yesterday. Did another ultrasound.. this time report shows cyst on both the left and right ovaries. Both about 12cm. Great.. doc said that keyhole surgery method will take too long.. so going to do open surgery otherwise known as bikini-cut. I'll need to be hospitalized for about 3 days after the op. Date scheduled on next Tuesday 18 Aug, will be admitted on Monday afternoon. My only hope now is that the cyst is not cancerous.. if not all my ovaries will be removed to be safe. If not the doc will try to save as much of my ovaries as possible. Coz for now, he can't tell how much of the ovaries have to be removed together with the 2 cyst. And its both on the left and right side some more. If its only one side at least I'll definitely keep one side of my ovaries. What's my major concern? I'm scared to be on the operation table. I'm afraid that the cysts might be cancerous and I'll have all my ovaries removed. If that's the case, I'll not be able to make the choice of whether I want to have children or not. Coz I don't have a choice to make.

I've stopped asking myself the "Why is this happening to me?" question. I've cried enough. I've heard enough reassurance from others that this is common among girls my age.

I just wanna say...

2009-08-10T19:25:00.004+08:00

Been almost a week since I got the ultrasound report. Report shows that I have cyst growing in my right ovary. Initially, I was really disheartened when I hear the news. I read up quite a lot from the internet. Visited forums, read about other ladies who have the same problem share their experience. Came to learn that this is rather common in today's society. However, no matter how assuring the numbers and information are, the thought that I would need to have a keyhole operation done on me -- still made me feel unease. Nothing's confirmed now. My job's not confirm, what's the doctor would suggest is not confirmed. Regarding the job, I'm rather prepared to accept the fact that they might not hold the position vacant for me, if I have to receive treatment. Without all these complications, I'm in fact scheduled to start work tomorrow! Read up from others' past experience that they would be given 3 weeks' MC after the operation. Since it is stated very clearly in the job contract which I signed, that the contract will only hold given that I go for the medical examination and is deemed as fit for work. Well, perfectly great. Up till now, before going to see the gynae this coming Wednesday, I've been trying to come to terms with all these.

No matter what, I've decided to get my mind off things tomorrow. I don't want to worry about what's gonna happen on Wednesday. I just want to spend my day tomorrow not thinking about that...

P.S. My heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all my friends who expressed their concern. =)

为什么？

2009-08-05T15:31:00.001+08:00

人就是这样，你永远不会知道未来会发生什么事。你是会健健康康地活着，还是会患上什么病。妈妈常说，人有没有发达不重要，就是不要生病。生病不但自己辛苦，家人也难过。这是我很不希望发生的。由其是经过爸爸生病后。但是事实难料，就这么发生了。要不是工作前需要做身体检查，我想我不会发现自己身体有事吧？知道以后，我一直这样安慰自己。回家的路上，眼泪一直待在眼眶从未离去。一切都还没确实，不过报告上写的，骗不了人。

Help? Decided~

2009-07-29T22:56:00.003+08:00

I got a job offer at NIE.

Officer Post In English Language & Literature Academic Group.

I need to sign a 2 year contract with them. And they are offering me 1.7K.

Should I take up the offer?

I need to make up my mind by this Friday!!

Anybody could give me some advice?

I have decided to take up the offer.

Random Updates~~~

2009-07-26T17:53:00.003+08:00

Daddy's Birthday

Daddy's birthday falls on a Friday this year. Bought him a mango cake and we held the typical "sing song--blow candle--cut cake" ceremony. Mervin was able to be home too... since he always book out on a Friday. =)

Dinner with Ghislaine and Sin Wee @ Suntec

Meet up with Ghislaine and Sin Wee last Thursday for dinner at suntec. Had a good time, the food was great too!

The Yummy food...

Us @ Toy'R'us

Little Fella Posing for a Photo
Was giving them a sand bathe last Wednesday i think. Haha... and while waiting for his turn.. Little Fella was enjoying himself in the cardboard that i had 'customed-made' for them to play in! Wahaha...

I bought a Ipod Nano!

Yeap!! I just bought it like yesterday. And what's more? Its yellow!! Wahaha... i think tt its the coolest gadget i had so far... what's more.. its my first apple product.. haha.. it looks just like the player I have in my blog now! =)

Harry Potter Movie~~

2009-07-19T23:28:00.002+08:00

Hehe.. here to blog while waiting for 福气又安康 episode 7 to be out!!!

Met Yan Li after tuition to catch the movie [Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince] today evening. I managed to book the tickets online the night before. So we had dinner at PS then head off to catch the movie. As we were waiting to enter the theater we saw people carry a witch potion pot thingy with popcorn inside. Hahaha... and the drink actually comes with a uniquely designed wizard hat! Haha.. so.. we decided that we want to get it too.. even though we were still very very full from the dinner we ate and Manhattan! Yan Li wanted the cup and i wanted the pot! =)

Hee.. thats the pot.. all the popcorn inside were not eaten at all so i put them all into an airtight container.

Haha... that's another picture of Long Tails inside the pot. She's spotting an Elvis hairstyle this time round.

Updates yet again!~

2009-07-12T19:32:00.003+08:00

Just finished the Korean drama [On Air] last week.. and I'm still hooked onto listening to the OST. Hahaha.. I'm so into Park Yong Ha now! Maybe I'm attracted to guys that have that unshaven look?! Awww.. will I meet someone like that in reality?! haha.. well that look somehow made the guy look very Man? I looked up some other dramas that Park Yong Ha acted in.. the more recent one [A Man's Story] I watched one episode last night.. the storyline is not very appealing to me... haha but Park Yong Ha still looks cute!

Alright, I think I shall not go on blabbering about Korean shows.. back to reality.. I'm still jobless!!! Haiz.. next week besides tuition, I took up another relief teacher job at a student care... its only for 3days.. pay isn't much.. but i guess i could just go down and gain the experience ba...but I really need to find a job la... its so aimless to be slacking for so long already! There's so many things I wanna learn : Guzheng, Korean Language, Driving. And the important fact is that most of those need money right? haha.. and then to have money I have to work right? Zzzzz...

I permed my hair... >.<

2009-07-07T17:41:00.002+08:00

I went to the hairdresser after tuition on Sunday. Been pondering for quite sometime whether to get my hair permed. Well, i decided to give it a try on Sunday. Still trying to get use to the fact that I can't comb my hair after its dry.. haha.. What do you all think? I look better with curls or without? My mum said it was ok.. doesn't make me look old or wat.. and I feel tt its rather nice.. be it tied up or let down... =)

Recently I have been watching korean dramas.. Just finished one [Surgeon Bong Dal Hee]. Very nice.. basically one of the drama genres tt i liked.. starting on another one now.. [On Air]. Well, i'm so free now.. slacking at home besides going to tuition. Applied for quite a few jobs, but still no reply whatsoever... haiz....

[WED] Sin Wee's Surprise Birthday Party [THUR] Transformer Movie with Sherlyn

2009-06-27T21:00:00.004+08:00

[WED] Sin Wee's Surprise Birthday Party

Last Wednesday was Sin Wee's Birthday. One of her JC friend gathered a few of us to give her a Surprise Birthday Party at her house. This friend of hers even asked us to made a video wishing her Happy Birthday and he complied it all into one video. So touching! Haha... Sin Wee was really surprised. We all had a good time.. =)

A group photo

Sin Wee's friend gave us all a lift home in his lorry.. it has been quite sometime since i sat in one.. haha..

[THUR] Transformer Movie with Sherlyn

Meet up with Sherlyn after tuition on Thursday and we went AMK Hub to catch the movie Transformer: the revenge of the fallen. Its really a nice.. i enjoy every scene of it.. haha We watched the 7.15pm one.. so had our dinner at MosBurger before the movie.

[Part 1] Ghislaine's Birthday Celebration [Part 2] DIY Rabbit

2009-06-21T21:00:00.004+08:00

[Part 1] Ghislaine's Birthday Celebration
Celebrated Ghislaine's Belated birthday on Saturday. We had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market @ Bishan Junction 8 and then catched the movie 'Land of the Lost'. We got Ghislaine Taka Gift Vouchers.. think tts like the most practical gift if you really think theres nothing the birthday girl needs! wahaha..

A group photo

Me and Ghislaine

Sin Wee and Me

Wei Har and Me

[Part 2] DIY Rabbit
I came across this interesting DIY package at Action City last Friday. What's more.. its a rabbit.. so without second thoughts and since the price is reasonable i bought it home.. haha...

Its actually a DIY package where they give u all the materials u need to make your softtoy... So there's the threads, cotton, cloth... blah blah blah..

The materials in the package

The end product which i just finished a while ago. Not the prettiest rabbit but still its cuteeee la.. wahaha

Take care Brothers!

2009-06-15T17:52:00.004+08:00

Murphy went for his school camp early in the morning.
Brother went for his enlistment today at Tekong. So me and my parents together with his girlfriend went to send him off at Tekong.
We went to paris ris to take the shutterbus service to the BMTC ferry point.. and then took the ferry over to tekong.
We were then given a tour around the area and also shown where the recruits will be staying..
In fact I've been there before during my JC days when the school took us there on a tour around Tekong as well.
Anyway... the house is really very quiet now...without murphy and mervin at home.
I guess i would really hate it if i'm the only child!!
Looking forward for both of them to be home soon!
Murphy's coming back this thursday and Mervin on 28 June.

Officially ended my student life~~~

2009-06-12T23:38:00.004+08:00

Had my last paper today.. Strategy.. well the paper wasn't as easy as the prelim paper... some questions were not asked directly... i manage to do the expected no. of questions... should be able to pass.. but to score I'm not so sure...

So that's goodbye to my student life.. and hello to my working life to come... have to start seriously searching for a job.. no more halfheartedly...

My house will be very quiet next week... haha.. my brother's gg to the army.. and Murphy is gg to his school camp... and my tuition doesn't commence until the following week! WooHoo~~~ hmm.. i need to plan what to do next week! must make full use of my freedom!!!haha... people.. ask me out! haha i'm so free!!!!

Random stuff~~~

2009-06-05T22:46:00.002+08:00

Been enjoying my tuition-free days for quite some time now since the end of my third paper.. =) Buuuttt... in another week's time.. my last paper will be over!! Anyway.. i've been actively looking for a job ever since... and have gone for 2 interviews so far.. well.. the first one cannot actually be considered an interview.. its more like a scam la... haha.. dun wanna talk abt it.. today's the 2nd interview i went to.. MayBank's Graduate Trainee Programme... i'm not sure if they will call me up for a second interview.. but still the interview experience was rather pleasant.. haha..

When kovan to get my portfolio file on wednesday.. and also to help my mum buy a gift.. as she was attending her boss's little daughter's birthday party.. haha so was thinking hard what to get for a 3 year old girl.. decided to buy her a pink care bear with diapers.. haha.. not that u see in the picture above.. i was about to talk abt it.. haha I name her Long-Tails... a new addition to my soft toy collection.. haha... so cute right? She is a Fennec fox.. =)

Then went over to my aunt's house.. my cousin have this tiny hamster cage that he got from an exhibition that he wanted to give us.. haha its really tiny.. but its so much fun to watch the hamsters climb the stairs up to the 2nd floor.. and also watch them do 'monkey bars'...=)

Here's a close up on Little Fella.. he's exhausted with all the climbing in the new cage.. haha i called that the hotel where i'll bring each one of them out into it from time to time for them to play.. this little fella.. when i put him in for the very first time.. he didn't want to go home after that! I had a hard time trying to get him to come out of the hotel and return him to his home.. haha...

Happy Graduation Brother!!~

2009-05-27T22:31:00.003+08:00

I went to NYP today, as it was the graduation ceremony of my brother. Apparently the school held graduation ceremonies throughout this whole week. Today's session was for the students from Diploma in Information Technology and Diploma in Business Informatics. Each student is actually only given 2 invitation cards.. so i'm not suppose to be in there.. haha.. but then we went to ask the people at the counter.. and i was allowed to enter.. anyway.. as all ceremonies would have.. the guest-of-honour would give his speech and then there is a video clip displaying the various activities the graduates participated in during their stay in NYP. And then comes the certificate presentation. Aww.. i also feel like graduating liao!! Humph.. at least I'll get to wear the motar board! hahaha..

Its so difficult to capture this moment you know.. coz he can't remain on stage for too long..haha

My parents and the graduate.. haha

I'm Back~~~

2009-05-22T10:32:00.005+08:00

WooHoo!~~ I'm back! haha... anyway as mentioned.. the next time i blogged from my previous post will be after my third paper. Well... the third paper ended yesterday evening... Reflections on the exams so far? well.. good and bad...

MSM Paper: I'm quite happy with it.. questions that i prepared for came out.. so what more can i ask for?
OTIA Paper: A disaster!!! Blaming myself for not preparing sufficiently for this paper.. Its OTIA and FM the day after each other mann..
Financial Mgt: Well.. mixed feelings.. essay questions at least one topic out of the 2 i prepared for came out.. what more can i ask? The calculations part was quite disastrous as well.. I've no idea if I am even on the right track?

Oh well.. anyway 3 papers done.. now I am only left with the last paper.. which is in 3 weeks time.. Strategy.. lots of memory work to be done.. but I can foresee that it will not be as bad as the other papers..

Okie.. now some updates on my hammies!!! ~~ We gave them all proper names now you know.. haha..

Sir 1337 the Brave
Named By Murphy, since he claimed ownership of this hammie
Haha... i caught a moment of 1337 cuddling in his cozy house, nibbling on his favourite sunflower seed! Kawaii!~~

There you see 1337 again.. we call this pose of his, the "ostrich mentality".. haha he just dozed off with his head in the beddings!!!

Ahh.. the new homes for 1337 and my bro's Hamster. His is called Yamashita, in short Yama. Named after the Japanese General that was well known to be a tyrrant.. haha well.. he seems like one when you see him chewing his toilet roll vigourously... =)

Little Fella the Great
Wahaha.. that's what i named him.. since when we first found him.. we were already calling him the little fella.. but well.. his not that little anymore now... even picked up the bad habits! He tried to chewed the threads from my blouse when i carried him out! wahaha.. Here you can see him in his little house sleeping in his own unique posture! =)

That is the two girls. Yumi and Yuki Chan... Yuki is the greedy one, she always stuffs her cheeks with lots of food.. and Yumi is the generous one that always lets her sister eats all the food..! haha.

This is a shot i took at the pet shop which i usually patornise to buy my hamster's food and stuff.. We saw this mummy hamster that has just given birth! so cute! there were about 5 pups..

30th April 2009 Its official --> last day in school

2009-05-04T17:21:00.002+08:00

Yup.. 30th April 2009, which was last Thursday marks the last day i'm attend lectures in SIM. Time really flies.. i've already finished my 3 years @ SIM?! Wow.. it always seems like only yesterday that i just started my uni life... and before i know it.. its ending already... So now what's left is the final exams.. 15th, 20th, 21th May and 12th June. After that its bye bye to student life...

Need to go pray for a miracle!! DuaPekGong, GuanYinMa, any god who's free?! Please help me!!! I need to get lots of studying done.. and i still have alot to do...!! OK... no more blogging until after my 3rd paper!!! Ciao~~

I need to study!

2009-04-29T16:37:00.004+08:00

Almost 2 weeks since my previous post. Well, this week marks the temporarily stop to all my tuitions (well almost all), since i'm having my exams in May! Omg... just 2 more weeks..?! So fast?! Anyway i think i've been like looking forward to stopping my tuitions since i don't know how many months ago! I guess you just dread doing something that u have been doing for quite some time. And plus if its not so enjoyable when u have students that are difficult to teach.. the feelings just became stronger.

Just now over lunch i was having thoughts in my mind. What do i really wan to do after i finished studying? Which is in about a few months time... guess what came to my mind? Haha.. my ambition that i wrote down in class when our teacher asked us to do so.. I wrote this: Open my own shop, selling things that i like. And things that i like.. various things came to my mind, be it clothes, shoes or other stuff..haha naive thoughts when i was young i guess.. Haiz.. you see now, intially i thought i really wanted to get into NIE and be a teacher.. But i have second thoughts when i find myself almost 'cursing' my tutees or basically questioning whether i have the ability to teach.. obviously my second option besides going into NIE (that is if i manage to get in) will be to go get an office 9 to 5 job. Since thats basically what the degree i'm studying now enables me to do...

That aside.. i have more than enough time to worry about those things after my exams... Now.. i really need the concentration to sit down and study!!! But... i find myself stuck on FaceBook! Yes.. i go in daily to take care of my pet, Usagi Chan.

Usagi Chan

My Hammies' Favourite Pasttime~~~

2009-04-16T13:38:00.004+08:00

Saw the picture below? Its the remains of a nice toilet roll that i gave him! And almost every time i looked into his cage, he is busy working on his toilet roll. Busily chewing it. haha... yes.. thats my brother's hamster.. the one that we call Monster. You see i somehow ended up looking after him as well.. i'm the one to do the feeding, getting him to sand bathe and also to change his cage. Haiz... he looks thin so i wanted him to grow abit fatter.. but till now he still seems the same.

Don't think that only Monster likes to chew his toilet roll. This little fella below also likes to do that! And the only difference that separates him from Monster is that he chew his toilet roll from the inside out! And he actually finished chewing the whole toilet roll faster that Monster. So i called him a strategic hamster. He got brains! Below you can see him using the pieces of toilet roll to make his bed! haha.. he just loves doing that! I changed his bedding and removed all of those and he just starts chewing the toilet roll and make new ones!

Another of their favourite pasttime, i called that ET-ing. You see i used a fishtank divider to separate the little fella from the 2 girls. But there's still a little gap at the side where their tiny hands could somehow pass through a little. So each day they will squeeze themselves there sniffing or trying to reach out to one another. They kinda know each other la.. from the time where the little fella somehow made his way over the other side from the other containe i placed them in before putting them into the fishtank. But sorry guess.. i can't let you all play together! I don't want anymore hamsters! Wahaha...

The 2 girls.. peeping out of their house when i opened the cover of the fishtank. I somehow think they srunk in size as compared to the little fella. They still love sunflower seeds as usual.. so i'll give them more of those once in a while. The little fella on the other hand is weird.. nowadays he don't seem to be attracted to sunflower seeds! instead he likes corns and the 'honeystars' that can be found in the food mix i feed them. Haha...

Dinner @ Liang Court

2009-04-15T10:56:00.004+08:00

Had 2 lectures yesterday in school until 6.30pm. After class, went to clarke quay to meet Ghislaine and Wei Har for dinner @ Liang Court. Wei Har wanted to bring us to try out the nice Japanese Cake @ Tempopo Deli and also the Japanese food there. =) I had a slice of chocolate cake and Ghislaine and Wei Har had the Cheese Cake. The cake is nice.. its like sponge cake.. and the whipped cream in top is not too creamy.. its those very light cream...

The chocolate cake i ate.

The Cheesecake.

Me & Ghislaine

Wei Har and the Cakes! =)

Some other updates:
Daddy is recovering well. He's resting at home now. We'll just have to wait for the medical report to be out the next time he goes back to visit the doctor at the hospital. If nothing goes wrong, then after a month's of recuperating he'll be fine. =) Thank you all my friends who showed concern over my dad. =) I'm beginning to accept the changes in our lives and am no longer feeling depressed or whatsoever. When i see my dad facing it with such a positive attitude, i knew i had to have that too. That's all there is to life. =)

爸爸手术成功

2009-04-08T17:05:00.004+08:00

爸爸星期一的手术很成功。我和妈妈当天一早就到医院去，我以为我已经平复好心情，要坚强的去为爸爸打气。可是，当我看见护士来为爸爸在要开刀的部位做记号，又看见爸爸换上做手术穿的衣服，我就很担心，感到鼻酸。爸爸的手术时间是下午十二点多。时间一分一秒的过去，看见护士推手术床进来，看见爸爸躺在上面，他对我和妈妈微笑，应该是他想叫我们放心。我很努力的克制自己的眼泪。我不想爸爸看见。护士们把爸爸推到手术室的路途，我们一路陪伴。然后眼巴巴的看着爸爸被送进手术室。仿佛像我们看电视里演的一样，我们只能在门外等着。手术有4个钟头长，比起护士告诉我们的2个钟头还要长。在手术室外等待的心情难以用文字形容，等啊等着，我们也向那里的护士询问了6次，到了傍晚才得到爸爸手术完成的消息。然后，还等了2个钟头，因为医生要观察爸爸的情况，稳定了才能被送到病房。看见爸爸从手术室出来，他是清醒的。脸色很差，说很痛。我心里真的很不好受。眼泪又流了出来。那晚，我的眼睛一直都红红的。爸爸服了止痛药睡着后我们才离开。

爸爸现在已经好多了。但是，手术过后，就没有办法像以前一样。平时的生活习惯也必须有所调整。我昨天看见爸爸的伤口，心真的好痛。为什么要是爸爸？？又想到爸爸以后生活会与普通人稍微的不一样就觉得.... 这是我们一家人要一起去克服的。爸爸出院后，还得修养一个月才能完全康复。

健康真的很重要，我现在真的能体会到这句话的意思。我要努力面对，快来临的大考，找一份稳当的工作，努力赚钱。在不久的将来，买一栋像我们旧家那样的大房子，让我们一家人可以住得舒舒服服。也要有够钱让我们一家人一起出国玩。

爸爸会好起来的！

2009-04-05T22:48:00.000+08:00

爸爸星期一动手术。

祈祷一切顺利。

。。。

Updates~~~

2009-03-31T14:07:00.003+08:00

Today's Tuesday... no tuition.. so i'm slacking t home.. trying to get some studying done... Dad's admission to the hospital was delayed to the next week.. something to do with the report not being ready yet... My heartfelt thanks to all who have showed concern =) Thanks You really! =)

And lastly, here's the little fella looking for his little treat! Honey and Milk! Yummy!

爸爸

2009-03-25T16:34:00.003+08:00

爸爸最近人有点不舒服。起初以为只是普通的痔疮，服用了医生开的药就会没事了。但是，病情持续没有好转。医生也看了好几位，最后医生建议到医院的A&E。真的叫人担心。说到这里就生气。听妈妈说， A&E给爸爸看病的医生超不专业的。看病就看病，还一直和别人聊天，做事又很粗鲁。真的得叫那位可恶的医生好好检讨一下。家人生病了，家属当然是很担心，很希望从医生那里得知详细的解释。做医生的就得做好自己的本分，那当然就包括自己的言行举止。你表现的一副不以为然的态度，怎么可以？！

还好今天去看的专科医生，听妈妈爸爸说，他很细心专业。今天去医院，检验出爸爸的大肠那里长了有一块钱那么大的‘瘤’。是不是恶性的，得等报告出来才知道。不过不管怎样，还是得把它割除。所以爸爸这星期天，就得到医院办入院手续。等医生来解释报告的结果，然后星期一就会进行手术。医生说大约要在医院住上九天的时间，希望爸爸做完手术后会赶快好起来。

明天会到庙里拜拜，希望圣神灵能保佑爸爸早日康复，健健康康的！一定要！

Hamster Talk ~~

2009-03-20T18:13:00.006+08:00

Hee... displaying my cute hamsters photos!!!! =) Enjoy~

He's just so adorable.. i never fail to play with him when i have the time at home... i'll always check if he's gg to shit or not before i bring him out.. haha he likes to shit on my hand sometimes...

Haha.. i went to buy a Hamster ball for them so that i could let them run around the house.. the little fella is really gd at it the very first time i let him try the ball.. while the 2 female ones.. not very.. haha

My 3 hammies exploring their home after i've changed their bedding for them last weekend..

I call him the Messy Bushy Pancake Hamster! Wahaha... He's always very messy when he just got out of his house..and his fur is alot longer than the other hamsters.. and as u can see from the photo.. don't he just looks like a pancake batter when u just pour it into the frying pan to fry it?! =)

And here's Messy Bushy Pancake Hamster drinking his water..=)

study study study

2009-03-13T17:50:00.002+08:00

Its Friday again... woohoo!~ haha i'm still in a good mood coz this weekend i don't have to go tuition.. instead i'm going to school! haha yes i'm actually more willing to go to school than to go and give tuition now!!! Ok.. i'm going to refrain myself from complaining about tuition again...

In the midst of my studying i decided to rest for a few hours haha.. yes to watch a movie 海角七号 online... i have always wanted to catch that in the cinemas.. but din manage to have the time and the company to go watch it... its really nice.. the plot is based on a i should say love story with a unhappy ending... then there's a few characters that always add on to the comical effect in the movie.. especially the old Ah Pek.. for those of you who have watched the movie should know who i meant... haha... yup.. so i'm listening to the movie's soundtrack now... =)

There's still a few movies that i wanted to watch.. like the Jap movie Suspect X... but oh well.. i always say i want to watch this watch that... but in the end... all also never watch... =( =( =(

家里...

2009-03-09T21:44:00.002+08:00

上周末，小弟到学校去露营了，老弟出去烤肉，晚餐只有我和爸妈吃。家里突然觉得好安静哦。平常大家都在时，就常常会听见妈妈在崔小弟去做功课去洗澡等等。不然就是俩个弟弟在打闹的声音。星期六的晚上好静哦。我和父母吃饱后，一同去了超级市场买东西。一样的五个人去和三个人去，始终有差别。在吃晚餐的当下，我联想到，未来的今天，这种情况可能就会变得很平常。两个弟弟都交了女朋友，或是已经结婚搬出去住了，家里就会只是剩下我和爸妈。咳哟，一定会感觉很凄凉吧。

Oh man.. I should be studying....

2009-03-09T21:36:00.002+08:00

I really should be studying... but guess what.. i still can afford time to finish a Drama in 3 days? Arghhh... the recent drama "Suspect X" is a sequel of this drama called "Galileo". Its really interesting... normally you see genius detectives solving crimes.. but well in this drama... the female detective, Utsumi, sought the help of a Physics Professor for help with crimes that others view as impossible to happen.. haha you know stuff like a closed room murder, victim teleporting, victim's head catching fire... haha yes.. and this genius physics professor solved all these cases using Physics!! Wow.. i mean if i watched this in my secondary school days.. i might just love physics even more! haha.. although i admit i hated chemistry more... Ahhh.. i can't wait to catch the movie la.... !!! Help me! i have a prelim paper to sit for tml leh!! How to go exam like that?!

Arghhhhh....

2009-03-01T17:23:00.002+08:00

Its pouring outside... been like this for the past few days... weekend's coming to an end soon... i'm actually quite happy... coz my weekends are always used up for tuition... some students are seriously getting on my nerves.. i'm not sure if its got to do with my patience level dropping or its the students that i teach recently all very restless and basically i can't see them putting in any effort at all... I've got this P3 girl whom i just started teaching in Dec 2008... she's basically getting worst each lesson i go... simply horrendous! I mean i gives her homework to be done.. and when i arrive for tuition i see her jumping and skipping around.. basically doing eveything else besides doing my homework.. i said that because the very first thing she tells me is that she forgot to do my homework?! Hello! i mean its only writing vocabulary words in the exercise book... and if she realises that she have forgotten to do it.. she can always do it before i arrive for lesson right? how long is it going to take to write a page of vocabulary words??!!! Arghhh... Then comes her maths... problem sums.. models.. is that really that difficult to comprehend? She can't even do questions that my Primary 1 students could understand and solve?!!!!!

" Siti saves $2651.

Julia saves $2150 more than Siti.

How much do they save altogether? "

Omg?! questions like this.. she can even draw the model wrongly for me leh?!... its really like the first time i'm so pissed off with a student.... Last time i use to think... not a single teacher will truly hate his/her student.. i change my mind completely now....! Arghh..... He english is bad her maths is bad everything is bad!!! How can one not understand a simple gramma cloze with just like 20 words in it? Its a gramma cloze mind u ... not a vocab cloze... even if u don't know what to put into the blanks.. at least should be able to understand what the passage is talking about ba? Primary 3 already leh... i'm talking about a primary 1 kid.... I've taught a K2 kid going primary 1... followed him till his P2 now... he started from a kid that can't speak understandable english to a kid that is able to commumicate to u in english!! Yes.. i admit that its not all my hard work or what.. but going to school mixing with other students will definitly enable any student to do that right? he's alot better than her seriously..I'm considering stopping tuition with her if her Mid Year exam results is real bad... can't take it anymore!!! Each lesson before i reach her place.. i'll tell myself today i'm not going to scold her.. i'm going to talk to her nicely and not lose a least bit of my temper.. but alot of times i failed to do so........... seriously feel like banging my head on the wall sometimes..........

New home for my hammies...

2009-02-26T10:28:00.003+08:00

Haha... you know because of the additional hammy that we found roaming outside our doorstep.. i was trying to think of a way to house him... so since we have this empty fishtank that wasn't in use... (only the top one is used to rear our 2 red terrapins...) so i went to get a fishtank divider and tada... now there's 2 sections to house my 2 female hammies and the roaming male one... initially i din intend to put them in the fishtank.. wanted to just divide the current container that my 2 female hammies r living in.. but coz the divider was not made for that container it doesn't fit nicely.. and tt mischievious male hammy climbed over to the female side!!! walau.. my mum realise tt yesterday morning.. and woke me up at 7am in the morning! haiz... so no choice have to house them in the fishtank... but well since its bigger.. they have more space to run around.. the little fella is already quite settled down now.. eating healthily and running his wheel happily.. but he's still quite scared of my hand.. when i wanted to touch him.. he'll run away.. hmm...

I took this the night before in his temporary small tiny container, before i went to get him a water bottle and other accessories for his new home.. so in tt small tiny container we only gave him some bedding, a small dish of food and a small piece of carrot to quench his thirst for the night... throughout the whole night he just simply can't sit still... seems like he is trying all means to get out of the tiny container la.. then he was tired.. and he just pop his butt into the small dish tt i put food in for him and just stone there!.. aww.. i snapped a picture of him.. he looks so poor thing... well.. he's happy now with lots of space to run in his new home... =)

Can you believe it?!

2009-02-23T22:49:00.004+08:00

As i arrived home just now at around 9pm, i heard a tiny commotion outside my house as i was climbing down the stairs. Then i saw my mum and murphy standing outside... haha.. guess what my mum told me.. she said she saw a tiny hamster outside our house just a moment ago! Yes its that cute little fella in the photo above... so Murphy went to put some food outside hoping to lure him out... and you know my block they are building the lift so there's this part where they walled the place up.. but there's a tiny gap where the hammy went into.. we were still worried that he might lose his balance or what and fall to his death!! But luckily he didn't... haha initially he was quite frightened when we touched him... we gave him food and he was stuffing them into his mouth until his 2 cheeks are so enmorously fat!!! He really a very cute and active little fella... i dun wan to give him away... so have decided to adopt him... that is adding on to the current 3 that me and murphy own and the 1 more that my bro owns... in total we have 5 hammies at home!!! Wahaha... i just can't help it... they r such cute little fellas!! I was just complaining to Murphy why wasn't it not a cute little dwarf rabbit roaming outside our doorstep?! Then i would have definitely adopt him or her!!!! Wahaha.. i was thinking too much i guess....

Feeling Down...

2009-02-19T13:21:00.003+08:00

I lied.. i wasn't feeling sick at all today... i just didn't want to attend school today. It may be a childish behaviour of someone who is turning 22 this year.. and i'm not going to defend myself.

There are thoughts inside me that i don't think would do any good for me to type it and anyone to read it... i tried putting them in words just now.. but have decided to delete them all... so don't ask... i'll soon get over it...

Aren't they simply adorable?!

2009-02-15T22:17:00.004+08:00

My cute little hammy is sleeping so soundly!!! =)

This the male hammy that we separated into another container.. i got him this tiny house that he loves at first sight...

My hammies taking their bath... haha... P.S. i was attempting to study MSM.. so i got them to accompany me.. haha my notes are below them.. can see?...

I'm sick.... =(

2009-02-06T17:08:00.003+08:00

Yesterday night after i got home.. i don't know for what reason i was sneezing away non stop.... yup.. so i'm sick... i took the flu medicine and went to bed early... this morning (or maybe its afternoon le.. haha i woke up at nearly 12pm) my whole body was aching... after lunch i took medicine again and tried to take a nap.. but i guess i wasn't tired at all.. i kept tossing and turning in bed but still can't manage to get any sleep... had 2 tuition scheduled today intially.. i cancelled both as well... wanted to get a little more rest today.. as my weekends are packed with tuition as well.. constant cancelling off tuition would not reflect well on me.. yup.. was feeling abit feverish.. after a cold water bath i felt much better....

Dear brother is bring his girlfriend home for dinner later.. i guess mum will be home slightly early to prepare dinner... i wouldn't be able to enjoy the good food being sick and without much appetite for food now... =(

Some update of my hammies.... know what.. we realise that they are not all males.... in fact only one is male and the other 2 females... so sadly.. we have to separately the male from the other two... now the poor male hamster is all alone in another container.. he seems so sad and lonely...and he isn't eating as much as before =( but then no choice.. i don't want them to breed.. somemore they are brother and sisters... like that will 乱伦! haha...

Happy 20th Birthday Brother!!!

2009-01-30T22:36:00.002+08:00

Celebrated my brother's birthday for him a day earlier yesterday... his birthday falls on 30th Jan... He's 20 this year... one more year also 21 le... don 't know what to get him as a birthday present.. so this year i decided to give him something 实际... cash.. haha.. i did get him a birthday card also la.. haha... so hopefully brother... 20 years old le.. gg into the army in a few month's time.. will learn to be more mature, responsible and sensible k... =)

Happy Birthday!!!

Chinese New Year 2009

2009-01-27T20:59:00.008+08:00

25 January 2009
Chinese New Year this year falls on 26 January 2009, Monday. So, New Year's Eve is on a Sunday. As usual, we had our reunion dinner at home on that day. Mummy prepared lots of food for our steamboat feast. Yummy...

See, so much food! Haha...

We had Sharkfin Soup as well...

Then after dinner, daddy opened a bottle of champagne.. its fruits flavour.. pineapple...

26 January 2009
Yup.. then on the first day of CNY, we went to both grandparents' house to 拜年, had lunch at 婆婆's house and then dinner at 外婆's house... our usual routine for CNY.. and then thats the end of the day.. haha.. we don't visit our other relatives as most of them are not in S'pore...

27 January 2009
Today's the second day of CNY... so we decide to go to Sentosa for a family outing.. haha.. before that we went down to Loyang Temple first... since this year is the year of the Ox, so outside the temple you can actually see 6 reallife ox.. but they all look so lazy just sitting down n eating.. haha...

This is one of the ox... the only white one there...

Then we are on our way to Sentosa.. this time we drove our car in.. so we got there pretty fast...

There's the flower exhibition again this year at Sentosa, just like the one we went to 2 years back... yup.. and as expected we see alot of people from you-know-where country and also alot of foreign workers there... seriously Singapore must to so small and boring with no other places to go.. so thats why all those people go to sentosa... haiz...

There's this place where you can see animals performing.. like parrots and such.. and well, the admission is FREE.. so well you know... lots of people gather there..

My Dad, Mum, Me & Murphy

We were waiting for the ride up the Tiger Sky Tower... 2 years back it was called the Carlsberg Sky Tower.. haha so i predict that soon it will be called the Heniken Sky Tower!!!

Inside the Sky Tower.. My bro, Mervin, Mum & Murphy

Murphy, Me & Daddy

Murphy insisted he wants to take a photo using the camera... so that's me and my dad...

Some of the scenery i took from the sky tower... there you can see the Merlion...

This is the construction site for the casino...

Look at the crowd below...

Then we went to sit the Luge and Skyride... this is the skyride, which is something like the cable car.. but the scary part is that you are having your legs hanging in midair!!! So scary!!! I don't think i'll ever sit a second time!!!

Haha.. I'm very proud of this photo.. because i finally manage to snap a photo of the tiny little bee that is flying around a bush of flowers...

Us while queuing for the Luge ride.. haha... we look so funny with the helmets on...

The flower exhibition... very crowded.. with lots of people from you-know-where country.. so we can't really be bothered to squeeze with them...

I compiled some of the photos of the flowers there...

Another one more compliation...

So that's how i spend CNY this year... tomorrow everything will be back to normal... so i feel that this year's CNY is really nothing much... unlike last year's....

Anyway... Happy Lunar New Year to you all!!!!

恭喜发财!

2009-01-25T10:35:00.001+08:00

JC Class Gathering ^o^

2009-01-17T16:42:00.005+08:00

Friday Evening.. met up with Shi Yun, Pei Qi, Shan Fu, Jasper, Eng Tian and Vincent for dinner at Sudoku @ Raffles City.... the topic discussed the whole evening/night was abt the guy's girlfriends la... haha.. but then it was funny they way they said it... so we all had a good laugh and enjoyed ourselves...

Shi Yun, Me & Pei Qi

Top Row (from left) : Eng Tian, Jasper, Shan Fu, Vinecnt

Bottom Row (from left) : Shi Yun, Me, Pei Qi

Shi Yun & Me

Shi Yun, Shan Fu & Me

Its always enjoyable to have gatherings like these once in a while... =) although i don't dare say that JC life was one that i truly enjoyed.. but the part about knowing these friends from then and to have been able to keep in contact even after like 4 years.. is really something i'll really cherish... =)

Baking Kuih BangKit & Dinner with WeiHar and Ghislaine

2009-01-16T13:05:00.002+08:00

I tried baking Kuih BangKit.. you know the cny cookie that is white in colour and make use of coconut milk... =) yup.. the steps from the recipe were pretty simple... but u guess coz the cookie cutter i used was abit too big... so the cookies need a longer time to bake... overall its ok.. taste just like how the kuih bangkit should taste like.. wahaha

Thursday evening after class.. met up with WeiHar and Ghislaine for dinner @ AMK Hub.... we ate at New York New York... i had the usual Cardonara with bacon pasta.. and we ordered a side dish.. fried mushroom...

The fried mushroom

Ghislaine's Fish and Pasta

My Carbonara with bacon pasta

WeiHar's Pasta with mushroom bacon and olive oil...

Then we hang out @ Mac to chat awhile before heading home...

The highlight of the day!! a new handphone pouch i got from minitoons!!! So cute right?! wahaha... its unique ok....

Pineapple Tarts!!! >.<

2009-01-12T22:52:00.002+08:00

Pineapple tarts that me and my mum baked yesterday night... this year's one was much prettier appearance wise compared to last yr de.. haha... but we din make alot also.. coz the pineapple jam is limited.. and also we have quite alot of other cny goodies at home le... (ppl 送 one).. wahaha.. so mum said that new yr also not alot of ppl will come visit.. so dun need to make alot.. wahaha.. but anyway.. we already started eating some of the goodies le...

The Pineapple tarts in the oven baking.. =)

This is the pineapple jam that we used...

The final product! =) i was so proud of my camera u know... see doesn't this photo looks like some cool advertisement shot!!! =)

Haha.. the 3 little fellows have been in our house for abt 2 or 3 weeks for now le... getting fatter n fatter each day... i got them this extra long kitchen towel roll and cut 2 holes in it.. see.. they seem to love it alot more than the house i bought for them...

So kawaii!!! this is to 纪念 the first them the 3 of them bathe in the bathing sand... =) so cute la... at first they just don't wanna go in.. but up till now.. i haven gotton them to bathe twice and only at the 2nd time.. they were already enjoying themselves... doing stunts like rolling their own bodies over the bathing sand!!!

Wow.. 0.o

2009-01-08T13:04:00.003+08:00

Its already Year 2009!

All my tuitions are resuming this week or the next...

I counted and omg! i have 10 kids on hand!

Sounds alot but actually.. most of them only have tuition once a week..

Most of them i put it at night or in the evening... so am getting quite use to reaching home late most of the week...

That is also the reason why i can take in so many of them...

I always prefer to teach kids that are older like upper primary and higher...

Well... with 10 kids at hand.. i must make sure that i'm still able to cope with my studies..

Haven started revision yet.. has only been doing assignments and preparing (sort or) for the tests...

加油！加油！

Happy Birthday Mummy!! ~~~

2009-01-01T21:11:00.004+08:00

Woke up early today to bake a birthday cake for my mum.. haha... looked for a basic sponge cake recipe from the internet last night and tada... i baked my very successful spongcake! haha... and as for the decroations, i bought some fruits like canned peaches, kiwi and strawberries for the toppings... ah and before that of course i need to apply the whipped cream.. =)

The recipe can make a cake to serve 10, but since i'm using a small baking tin, i made 2 small sponge cakes...

The fruits that i will be using for the cake.. there's kiwi, strawberries and peaches.. the strawberries i kept a few to be chopped finely so that i can mix them with some whipped cream for the centre filling of the cake...

the cake when i just put in the strawberries with whipped cream in the centre... =)

Yup, this is the whipped cream with strawberries... i think it looked like yogurt.. haha

The cake before i add the fruits on top...

Yup.. almost done... with all the sliced fruits nicely placed on top... for the sides of the cake, i decided to do little patterns using the pipin jelly and chocolate... and using a fork, i just draw lines vertically upwards against the side of the cake...

A cross section of the cake... the taste well.. is overall okay.. but coz i put a little too much baking powder.. so the after taste is weird... yup.. so next time i shall improve on that!!! =)

Happy Birthday Mummy!!

P.S. Murphy insisted on putting my yellow birthday bear (which he claims to be a mongoose) in the photo...

See.. my birthday bear bear is still there...! =)

Anyway since CNY is just round the corner.. its time to start baking new year cookies... we are going to make pineapple tarts and peanut cookies again this year... might be trying the coconut one.. forgot wat it is called.. haha

Happy 2009!!!

2009-01-01T00:00:00.000+08:00

@ Mind's Cafe & Some Updates...

2008-12-30T22:39:00.005+08:00

Last Saturday... met up with Sin Wee, Ghialaine and Lilies.. we decided to go to Mind's Cafe @ Raffles Place.. and it was the first time there for all of us... we had fun.. playing boardgames.. there they had a large collection of a great variety of boardgames and we get to select those that we wanted to play.. and the good thing is that if you don't know how to play a certain boardgame.. u would ask the staff there to teach you...

Sin Wee & Ghislaine

Me & Lilies

This is the Chicken platter i ate there.. not very fantastic.. but still ok la.. haha

Some of the boardgames we played.. this is the first we tried.. its like a strategy game for 4 players.. and you are suppose to follow certain rules and try to plave as many of the colour pieces on the board..

The last game we played before we left... its Taboo.. very fun! haha...

Pictures we took outside the UOB Plaza.. haha coz there's a big christmas tree there..

A group photo we took at Mind's Cafe

Another one with the Christmas Tree...

*****

Had lesson in school today.. despite the fact that some do enjoy a 2 weeks break.. but that doesn't apply to me.. and although some decided to self-declare a 2 weeks holiday break.. i decided to go to school.. MSM today was kinda making me sleepy for the 1st half.. but i guess i did pick up a thing or 2 from the topic taught today.. the lecturer wrapped the chapter and did some tutorial questions... Strategy lecture today was surprisingly understandable today.. i guess it had to do with the chapter being taught today is easy to understand i guess... although it is all theory as well...

Well.. 2008 is coming to an end soon.. tomorrow's already New Year's Eve... but as usual.. being a wednesday.. i still have tuition... although i'm hoping that one or two parent will call up and cancel tuition.. haha but then again.. i'm gg to collect money from 2 students tml.. so its better if they don't cancel right? wahaha... i'll need the money for CNY shopping ma... yup.. so tml i'll have to leave house slightly early as well coz i need to go photocopy some worksheets for my students.. they are almost done with the set that i've previously prepared... and then i'll go for tuition.. 1.15 to 2.45 then 3.30 t 5pm and then finally 6.00 to 8.00pm... and then after that i'll go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients.. coz i wanted to bake my mum a cake for her birthday on 010109..=)

Kawaii Desu~~~

2008-12-26T22:21:00.004+08:00

Our 3 young hamsters arrived at their new home today... they are born on 8th Dec 2005.. =)

3 of them exploring their new home... The one sucking the water bottle is the smallest one... then the one behind the wheel is the second smallest.. he is always eating.. so we predicted that he will grow to be the fattest among them.. the one in the wheel is the Big Bully.. he is always running around disturbing his other 2 brothers...

This is the tiny one.. so cuteeeee!!!!

Haha... the tiny one again.. we tend to be paying more attention to him.. coz he's so cute and tiny!!!

This is my bro's hamster... he's like a monster compared to the 3 tiny newcomers... he is like x3 their size mannnn.. =) There u see him doing his daily pull ups...

Merry Christmas Everybody!!! ~~~

2008-12-25T23:29:00.002+08:00

We took a picture with Ponyo... the japanese animation that is showing soon.. haha

HoHoHo~~ Merry Christmas....! haha... although christmas is ending real soon... spend my day today at Plaza Sing... watched a movie with Ghislaine... we watched Bedtime Stories... very funny movie.. haha...

We had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market.. they have this saefood platter that is similar to Fish & Co's one...this is the first time i ate there... but i liked the fish from Fish & Co better...

I met my friend Bolt the dog there too! See he's smiling so widely at me!!!!

My Christmas Present from Ghislaine!!! Thanks alot! Its a light yellow shawl...! =) and its thicker than my current one.. and the yellow is not as dark as the one that i bought earlier online... =)

New members to my softtoys family.. my latest craze... Care Bears!!! Wahaha... of course i love the yellow ones!!! So cute! Don't you think so?!!! =) I let them reunite with each other today.. (i bought the small one first and only when to get the bigger mother one today~)

Baking Session.. Woohoo~~

2008-12-21T21:40:00.005+08:00

My legs are aching!! Haha.. have been standing the whole day today... well almost.. doing what? baking! haha.. YanLi came over to my house late in the afternoon and after our late lunch we started our baking session. one of the things we baked.. cupcakes with lots n lots of chocolate chips!!! Yummy!!!

First we have to beat the sugar and butter.. since we are using the creaming method to make the mixture for the cupcakes...

The first batch of cupcakes in the oven....

WooHoo... doesn't it look nice and yummy?!

The second batch of cupcakes... we decided to make chocolatey ones... so replaced some of the flour with cocoa powder... =)

Next we wanted to try baking log cakes.. since its the Christmas Season.. As you all know... log cakes is just made of swissrolls inside.. so first we need to make swissrolls.. and since they are rolls.. we have to roll them up!!!

This is the swissroll or spongecake mixture.. here we don;t use any butter.. just eggs and sugar to beat till light and fluffy... after that we just add in the sifted flour and cocoa powder..

After that, we adder the mixture into the baking tray that is lined with greasepaper... and oops the first time i actually forgot to grease the paper! so the paper sticks to the cake when we try to remove it after its baked.

Yup, so here's the cake when its done... now we have to turn it over and remove it from the baking tray..

Remove the grease paper first... and then we'll have to trim off the uneven sides using a knife...

We had to join 2 pieces together as the bigger baking tray we bought today doesn't fit my oven!! Arghh... so angry.. so have to make do with the 2 small ones that i originally had...

After trimming... we spread the blueberry jam generously over the top... before rolling it up...

And tada! Thats the swissroll! This is the first one we made.. so its kind of ugly.. and we were quite disappointed.. but then when we started applying the whipping cream over it... wahaha... you'll see..

This is the whipping cream.. so of course you'll have to whipped it first!

Then we spread the cream thickly over the whole swissroll... see.. doesn't it look like a real log cake now!!!!

Then we got some chocolate mixed with piping jelly.. and use a fork to go over it... woohoo! A real log cake now!!!

The very first log cake we made today!!! Then because the swissroll inside we added a little too much flour.. causing it to be too hard.. so we decided to make another 2 more... wahaha...

This is my finished log cake... so pretty right? I applied whipped cream and then shifted some cocoa powder it!!! so nice!!!

This is Yan Li's one... her's is bigger with 2 extra 'branches' at each sides... and then she saw how nice mine turned out to be when i shifted the cocoa powder on it.. so she decided to do the same too! wahaha~

Mine with my Santa on it for decoration!!

Yan Li's finished log cake~~

Then we packed her's into a box that we bought earlier so that she could bring it home... haha.. doesn't it look just like one that you buy from a shop outside?

Curling My Hair...

2008-12-19T15:09:00.002+08:00

I bought a Watson's Curling Iron recently.. so have been experimenting with my hair.. haha.. and after a few tries.. together with the loreal curling spray tt i just bought... here's how my curls look like...

Will try to see if the curls can last for a day... haha... then i can basically curl my hair every now and then when i feel like it... so fun! wahaha...

P.S. Do i look ok with my hair curled?

Woohoo~

2008-12-13T21:06:00.004+08:00

Haha... just some updates..=) Last Tuesday i manage to survive the 3 lectures in school again!! (*give myself a pat on the back!) But still.. i know i shouldn't just be contented attending classes.. have to start revising my work at home... which i honestly haven started! All i have been doing is attending class.. giving tuition.. this is bad...

Tuesday's Strategy class was boring as usual... haha...

haha.. went NTUC just now.. and i think this banner they hung up is so eye catching.. Christmas is just round the corner... in a few weeks time... as you know the lightings at Orchard Road are already up... nth special this yr i suppose...

Anyway.. thursday night, i decided to clear up my almost exploding wardrobe.. haha and i'm happy to say that its so much neater now!! haha n less squeezy... i took out all those clothes that i'm no longer wearing and folded them up.. so i have more space.. haha more space for my new clothes that i'm going to but for CNY!

My mum's colleague is gonna give us 2 baby hamsters in 2 week's time!! haha... i'm like finally a pet owner myself... after 21 years of my life!!! So excited!! wahaha... anyway that's my brother's hamster.. the one he's keeping for his girlfriend (though i think they r no longer so enthu abt it.. my bro no longer bring it out to her house n stuff.. so i always tell the hamster.. eat n drink all you can now.. u don't know when you will be neglected! haha.. but the hamster still gets fed la.. n also got his beddings changed... its getting fatter n fatter as well)

Kai Yu's 21st Birthday~~

2008-12-08T11:54:00.004+08:00

Hee.. I when to photoshop to print out some of the photos taken from my camera.. and came up with this clever idea of creating smth like a photo gallery on my table... haha... but i still kept some of my 5566 ok.. wahaha...

I decided to put some bling-bling on my handphone.. hmm.. it turned out quite well ba.. wahaha =)

Kai Yu's 21st Birthday

Attended KaiYu's 21st Birthday party chalet at Downtown East yesterday. =) the whole evening was full of laughter and fun.. haha.. the birthday girl KaiYu is well know around her friends for not being too feminine in her dressing.. haha But... she decided to doll herself up yesterday... very pretty!! haha that also matches the hair extension that we all the sec school friends fork out to give her as a birthday present!!! =)

Taken before KaiYu makeup.. haha

Top row from left: Jolleen, Ying Hui, Ghislaine, Me & Wan Ying

Bottom row: Kai Yu

Kai Yu bought her hair curler to the chalet to do her hair.. so after she was done.. the few of us decided to curl our hair too.. haha i tried curling my hair and the result wasn't too bad leh... hmm.. should i go curl my hair? or should i go get a hair curler? suggestions?

Me & Ghislaine

WooHoo~~ the pretty birthday girl KaiYu after she doll herself up!!!

Top row from left: Wan Ying, Jolleen & Ghislaine

Bottom row from left: Yi Min, Ying Hui & Me

The birthday cake!!! Haha.. we were all saying that kind of cake design is more suited for guys ba?! wahaha

Ghislaine and WanYing were complaining that they didn't have a chance to take a photo with each other on their 21st birthday... then pulling in me and Ying Hui we decided to take a belated one! Wahaha...

From left: Me, Ghislaine, Wan Ying & Ying Hui

Lots of Photos..... =P

2008-12-02T22:39:00.006+08:00

Lots of photos to update... been home late for the past few days.. so no time to update.. haha so here they are:

Monday 011208 - Met up with Alison, WanYing, YingHui, KaiYu, Jolleen and YiMin for dinner after my tuition. Its like a little farewell dinner for Alison as she will be going to Japan to study this Thursday. We had dinner at a Japanese Resturant at Orchard... The food was not bad.. especially the desserts.. very unique... like this one below.. its the Toufu Cheese cake... very yummy.. and it was served in this 'birdcage' like thing.. haha... i don't know y either....

We were trying to imitate the little figures at the background with the Christmas Tree.. you see they were each holding a book.. wahaha!!!

Saturday 291108

Met up with WeiHar, Ghislaine and SinWee to celebrate WeiHar's birthday.. haha although we were celebrating a very belated one for her...

We went kbox and movie so by the time i got home its was already Sunday morning...

Haha.. so we met up for an early dinner at Fish & Co. at AMK... we ate the seafood platter... as the serving was large.. we shared and was still quite full despite of that...

This is the carrot cake that Ghislaine brought from Novena... its yummy.. but then the slice was quite huge and we were all very very full after finishing it... haha

WeiHar the birthday girl opening the present we got her... =)

Next stop: Kbox... wahaha.. i think recently i have been visiting kbox way too often! haha... still remember i was complaining sometime go that i have never been to kbox before can you believe it?!

A group photo

Our movie tickets for the movie "City of Ember"... we got the 4 tickets at a real 'cheap' deal! haha.. dun ask me what i meant...

Haha... make a guess which feet is mine! (no present though if you guess it correctly...)

Below is my birthday present i got from my neighbour, the one from my old house... Thanks Auntie Shirley for remembering my birthday! Haha.. she is actually Murphy's Godmother.. She got me this very pretty necklance...

Photos: Some credited to me some credited to Weihar..=)

我以为我放下了....

2008-11-27T21:48:00.002+08:00

今天下午去了一趟Bugis... 然后因为3.30还有课，就从那里塔巴士去学校。从那里去学校，我得在NUS国大外的巴士站换车。在国大外等车的同时，也看见因该是国大的学生正在等车。那瞬间，我仿佛觉得自己也是在国大念书的学生。心里还暗爽一下下。过了一正子巴士来了，踏上巴士离开国大车站的那一秒，我从幻想中清醒。我以为我已经看开了：不能进国大或是任何一间本地大学的事实。我想我太高估自己了，我没有自己想象中那么放得下.... 心里的遗憾还是存在的，不能体验大学宿舍的生活，没办法体会以前小说里所描述的那种大学生活。如果真的能在国大就读.... 当初就不用忍受亲戚或是朋友或是外人的‘异样’看待。告诉人家你在念大学，人家第二个问题一定是哪一间？说是NUS和说是SIM，所会有的回应会不一样吧我想...

Wow... lecture was full of laughter today!!!

2008-11-25T23:44:00.002+08:00

Haha...Today's Tuesday and as you know.. i have 3 lectures today... and sometimes its really painful for my ears as I have to endure the accent for the MSM and Strategy lecturer...

MSM :- The lecturer has a very heavy indian accent... and seriously without the notes.. i will not be able to get what he was saying... like today... we kept hearing the word POSITIVE as PROSTITUTE! Wad e hell....

STRATEGY:- Lecturer whose native country is 'you-know-where' and they all suffer from the same problem... wanting to speak the English Language with a Amercian or British or whatever western country accent.. and finally failing badly in attempting to do so... the lecturer... its funny to hear him as he try to read out the lecture notes word by word in class... Today's extreme joke..: Boeing pronounced as 'Bo', Airbus i kept hearing 'Elva', host as 'horse', same as 'sam'!!! OMG.... so being bored in class.. we came up with a short story to illustrate his point across...

Bo and Elva rode on a horse and they met Sam and Jasmine. All four of them decided to go Orchard shopping. They found two dresses that cost the 'sam' price. Suddenly, Elva said that she was hungry. Sam said, " If you are hungry, you eat!"

I bought a pack of empty message cards from Diaso yesterday.. and thought of creating a namecard for myself! wahaha... so i tried it out just now and printed it out on to the cards.. and woohoo... they turn out quite nice you know...=)

Enjoyed Myself Today....

2008-11-24T22:08:00.002+08:00

Top Lefthand Pic: Jia Hui & Me

Bottom Righthand Pic: Kevyn & Me

The Rest: The food we ordered & also the Christmas Tree we can see from where we are sitted =)

Went for tuition in the afternoon as usual, and then met up with 2 of my P6 students. Promise to give them a treat if they do well for their PSLE.... and well considering that they got a B for Maths.. i suppose i can keep my promise.. haha... We went to Plaza Singapura... for a movie and dinner. We watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua... so funny the movie..! We had popcorn and my favourite nachos to go with the movie as well! haha... Before the movie we still got some time so we went to the arcade..! haha...Oh and the movie, its really worth watching it! I especially love the songs that were played at different intervals of the movie.. suits the plot to the max..! haha... and then we headed to swensens for dinner... had fun chatting and enjoyed the food...=) and then they started to make a joke saying that their 'Mummy' is footing the bill.... walau....! I'm not that old yet la... only 9yrs older than you all what.... so i insisted that they call me 'JieJie' Wahaha.... correct what...right??! =) Anyway.. it was a nice evening to spend with my students... to me they are more than just students.. but friends or even like younger sis n bro whom I can chat and have fun with!!

Updates ~~~

2008-11-20T20:34:00.005+08:00

Today's thursday, so i only had one FM lecture in school. Went out around 11plus to study for abit before going to school. There's supposedly a class test today during lecture... haha.. but well.. i didn't really prepare for it.. but since its open book.. i still made an attempt to answer the question..=)

Ooh... present from Yan Li... haha thanks friend! It a very pretty pendant... haha =)

Yesterday (Wednesday) after tuition, went to meet Ghislaine to shop for a friend's present... can't post the pics of the present.. if not no more surprise liao right?! haha... we went for dinner after that at Bugis... Its a Japanese Resturant Called Ministry of Food.. haha its the second time i dined there... the food's not bad... but slighly costly... haha... we were quite full after dinner... then shopped around for a bit.... I saw lts of nice clothes at the retail shops there too... maybe will go there to shop for new year clothes =) Then we went to catch the movie Madagascar (i hoped i spelled it correctly)... the movie is really funny.. i love the little penguins... haha...

Thats the food we ate... Yummy.. its fried chicken in the pot with gravy and egg... together with the Japanses Rice and also some more fried chicken at the side.... haha..

In the movie theatre... haha...forgot to bring out cameras... so Ghislaine shot with her Handphone... mine doesn't have flash light... so the pictures didn't turn out well...

Today's the release of the PSLE results... I'm overall quite relived when i know my students results... One of them i expected him to get at least an A for Maths.. but he only got a B... well... still not too bad... the rest all did quite ok.. taking into consideration their results for the prelims and their previous exams before the actual PSLE and all... Quite ok la.... Still got 2 kids i din know their results yet.. but i guess.. i'm not getting a student with an A for maths after all..=) never mind.. I'm still happy for them.. to have finally passed the first major exam in their study years... Guys PSLE is really nothing.. the real test will be 4 yrs from now.. the Olevels! haha.. I'm speaking from past experience =p

More presents!! ~ Thanks friends!

2008-11-15T23:28:00.003+08:00

Presents that i recieved from my friends... awww.. thanks guys once again.. 让你们破费了! haha... Thank You Sherrie my primary school from for the very kawaii mug... and also Thank You WanYing and HuiShi my secondary school friends for the shower gel from body shop!!! =) Thanks alot!!!

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Got OTIA assignment due next Tuesday.. so i spent today's afternoon to finish that up. Haha.. i know its kinda last minute.. but still.. i managed to get it done ok... wahaha...

Watched 2 episodes of 超级星光大道(4) today after i finished my assignment.. and i was like waoh-ing all the time.. haha i'm not a singing person.. so will always 羡慕 people who can sing very well... haha...saw 潘裕文's singing again in that episode.. ahhhh... so nice! haha... Below's the video embed from YouTube.. enjoy~~

My Birthday =)

2008-11-10T23:09:00.007+08:00

Celebrated in advance on Sunday with my family. Cut cake at home and then we went for the Kbox Dinner Buffet at Kallang Leisure Park. =) Mum and Dad bought me a digital camera as birthday present, so was busy snapping away with my new digital cam!!! wahaha... lots of pictures coming up...

@ Kbox.. P.S. ever wondered how we can have a picture with all of us inside? Haha.. ans: use a mini tripod!!!

Went for tuition in the afternoon and then head down to Orchard to meet Ghislaine. There a couple of close friends : Ghislaine, Wei Har and Lilies celebrated my birthday with me. =) Wahaha... intially i thought that i'm just going to have a simple meal with Ghislaine whom I have not meet up with for a long time.. but who knows when we reached Swensens, Wei Har was there! Haha... so thats the 1st surprise i got from them... then was the present.. haha... they got me a very nice yellow bag!!! Thanks guys!!! I really liked the bag... then Lilies came in towards the end with a birthday cake!! Wahaha... I really din know she was coming! Had been a long time seen i meet up with her too!!! Awwwww.... i really miss u guys!!! All the good old days we had together during our secondary school days!!! =) A big thank you to you guys for all that you all have done for me!!!!! =)

Murphy's Birthday 021108

2008-11-06T23:21:00.002+08:00

Yup last Sunday was my little brother, Murphy's birthday. Sadly the pictures were of very bad quality coz of the stupid camera!!! Anyway, we went for Dim Sum in the morning and then cut cake in the late afternoon and then had crabs for dinnner!!!! Yummy!!!

The birthday Boy =)

Murphy and Mummy

The 3 of us...

Us again.. we decided to take a more formal shot.. wahaha

The whole family... so sad the quality of the photo is soooooo bad!!! =(

But anyway we all enjoyed ourselves that day=)

Arghhhh~~~ (Updated with pictures on 7th Nov 2008)

2008-10-31T22:10:00.005+08:00

Its been quite sometime since my last post. Yes as you all know I have been quite unlucky this month. So hopefully next month my luck is gonna get better!!! And i seriously hate it when i can't take photos using my phone!!! See i got lots of things to talk about.. but without the pictures i don't see the point in blogging!!! But i'll try to illustrate using words and bring my point across...
Tuesday as usual i had sch the whole day. and just before i left the house, my brown bag's zip spoilt!!! see what i meant when i said i was unlucky, very unlucky this month?! (arghhh.. see! no camera = no picture to show!!!)

My bag's spoilt zip =(

Updated on 7th Nov 2008 ~~~ taken with my new digital camera!!! woohoo~

Wednesday i went for tuition as usual. Ans as usual i enjoyed teaching my 2 pirmary 1 kids. Haha.. they are actually only K2 this yr so gg to P1 next year. 2 girls cousins to each other. Very easy to teach as they had a good foundation no matter in Maths itself or even in the english language. So they had no problems reading and understanding the maths questions and stuff. =) Then I pasted these very cute rabbits stickers on my ruler and they told me they also wanted one. Haha.. they are kids that are so easily statistified i tell you. =) So today i went to buy some other stickers that i could use to reward them everytime they did my work well and neatly. Ahh, then after tuition i went to get birthday present for Murphy. His birthday is this coming Sunday. Haha.. that boy is finally turning into a teenager! 13 years of age le.... (arghhh.. see again! no camera = no pictures to show!!!) and i also came across this very cute rabbit pencil case!!! ( see!! i really would love to show a picture of it!! but how to ? you tell me!!!! arghhhh)

My new pencil case!!!! =)

Updated on 7th Nov 2008 ~~~ taken with my new digital camera!!! woohoo~

Thursday met Yan Li at the Mac near school to complete our FM assignment! Haha.. we only realised that it is gonna be due next week on wednesday night!!! Wahaha.. see what good n hardworking students we are!!! But anyway we managed to complete the assignment and we even rewarded ourself with a McFurry for our effort well done!! Wahaha...

Friday, today, after cleaning the house (our usual routine) i decided to bring murphy to compass point for lunch. Then finally something lucky happened (hmm maybe my luck is starting to change for the better?) the person from the spectales shop called me up to inform me that my transition spects are ready for collection!! Haha.. so since i'm heading down to compass i will also go down to collect my spects... lucky for me i put the reciept inside my wallet....! (see.. again! again! i would really really want to show you a picture of my new spectales!!!! how to show!!? =( ).... anyway, i decided that instead of eyeing on a digital camera, it would be more realistic for me to get a new phone with a better camera? So yes recently i'm looking at the Samsung F480. Its a full touchscreen phone... and I'm in love with the Gold edition!! But the thing is my service provider M1 doesn't have that. M1 only has the brown and pink ones... So if i wanna get the gold one.. i was checking out the prices online even those where ppl are selling 2nd hand but in brand new condition... cheapest still need $450!!!! Arghhh... isn't it abit too much to spend on a phone? Somemore even if i wanna upgrade and get the phone, meaning paying about 300plus i think.. my line is still not ready for upgrade!! only 13mths!!!@#%^@#@!@

Oh and something happy to share.. my P5 student got 71/100 for her maths for SA2!!! Haha.. very happy for her as well.. coz when i started teaching her around middle of this yr she is failing her maths... =)

The Samsung F480

真倒霉！

2008-10-26T22:15:00.004+08:00

Yes following my spoilt spects, now my handphone's camera is going haywire!!!! Arghhh.. what is going on? Why am i so unlucky?! I don't wanna change away my yellow phone, and what's more.. the phone's warranty has just recently ended last month!!! Haiz....

So... my latest most wanted item on my wishlist is a DIGITAL CAMERA!!! yes!!! have never really own a digital camera of my own... Am looking at this SONY CYBER-SHOT T77 digital camera... nice right... love the design... =) But i have yet to go and check out the price though...

I found a new game to play on my PSP!! Haha... DJ Max Portable Emotional Sense Clazziquai Edition!!! Have been playing that for these 2 days... so nice... =)

boohoo~

2008-10-22T23:11:00.003+08:00

I bought a new pair of shoes last Sunday. Then wore it on Tuesday the whole day. And the shoes are cutting my ankle. This time round the wound was the worst. Then i decided to put plaster today and then because of the rain, i think my wound was wet and then it became worst!!! I myself when i look at my wound, i also feel that it is disgusting!!! Arghhhh.... Then my mum couldn't find any other medication to apply on my wound, so she put 青草油. Those of you who know what that is, would surely know how painful it is to apply that on any wounds!!!! =( When my mum applied for me, I was crying with pain, as the wound was quite big you see. I think i scared Murphy as well, who was at the side looking. He quickly came over to blow my wound to let the pain subside. Buuuuttt... it is still very painful!!!!! =( I guess I'm going to be "Bai Ka" for sometime.

I don't want to post a picture of my wound in itself, I guess you all will be digusted by it as well. So here's how my poor left leg looks like after dressing.

青草油 --> the culprit!!! actually no la... applying that will actually make my wound heal faster.

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This week I've been rather unlucky. First, I dropped my spectales on the floor and the lens chipped off at the bottom. Then now its my leg. What's next?! =(

^0^

2008-10-16T22:51:00.003+08:00

Had Financial Management Lecture at 3.30pm today. And i declare that the lecture is my favourite lecturer for now -- because he ended class half an hour earlier!! Wahaha =) I actually planned to go school early before class starts to study in school. But then because there's no one to accompany me, so I did not reach school very early either. Reached at about 2.30pm. Today's lecture was alright, understandable, partly because I have had sufficient sleep and that's the only lecture i have to attend today. Haha, comparing this to Tuesdays -- BIG BIG difference.

I'm currently watching this Japanese Drama. I knew it came out quite some time ago haha, well, I've only decided to watch it now. Its called "Absolute Boyfriend" aka "Zettai Karesh". Since its adapted from a Manga, the storyline is quite absurd. A robot manufactured, equipped with all the criteria that you ladies seek for in your perfect boyfriend. Can you imagine that happening in real life? Hahaha.. All i can say is that this drama or storyline is so female orientated? Not sure if that's the way to put it, but it simply draws more to the female crowd? maybe? haha.. Oh and I love the ending song to the drama the first time i heard it. And the singer was Ayaka, the same person that sang to one of the songs (Why) in the PSP game Crisis Core! Haha, I was once very engrossed in that game, you see. =)

Hmm, the Pashmina Shawl seems to be the IN think now I realise? haha, or maybe its has already been so for a while already. Just that I'm too slow to realise that. Anyway, I decided to buy 1 (make that 2..haha because I just wanted to have a yellow one as well!!). Tried using it for the first time. Its really comfortable and its could keep me warm as well. Haha.. or maybe its too comfortable, feels like you are wrapping a blanket around you. If you are feeling sleepy in class, I think you might just fall asleep!!! Haha, anyway i bought 2 shawls online. One grey and one yellow. Grey because I don't want to get a black one.. everyone seems to be using black! And yellow because I like yellow! Thats why! Wahaha. But then when the shawls arrived on wednesday, the yellow one is actually the same shade as my Yellow Bunnies! Hmm... kinda difficult to match with my clothings ya? Humph!!! I'll try to see what clothes I can use it with.. In the meantime, I'm still happy using my grey one and keeping my yellow one in my warerobe for the time being!!! =)

Jolleen's Birthday 10.10.08

2008-10-12T21:32:00.004+08:00

Attended Jolleen's Birthday Celebration on Friday. Met up with some friends that I have not met for a long time. The night was filled with laughter and more laughter! Wahaha...

Taken with the birthday girl in the middle =)
Back Row, From Left : Wei Har, Eugenia, Yi Min, Chee Dong & Bobby
Front Row, From Left : Hui Shi, Me, Jolleen, Ying Hui & Zuo En

From Left : Ying Hui, Hui Shi and Me

Wei Har & Me

All photos credited to Wei Har =)

Another Taiwanese drama that I'm currently watching. Can't say that its very worth watching, but still just for my entertainment sake..wahaha... A few songs inside the OST was very nice though..=)

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MSM tutorial is so difficult! I tried 2 questions and I'm stuck already!!! Arghhh... =(

外公

2008-10-08T18:20:00.002+08:00

星期一傍晚回到家，从妈妈那里得知外公住院的消息。一直到今天才有空到医院去看外公。想想，我已经好几年没有踏进医院探病了。这因该是件好事吧，因为这表示家人亲戚朋友都很健康。 =）外公暂时还得留院观察。妈妈她这几天都很担心。叫我们有空就到医院去看看外公。我今天和小弟到医院，阿姨也在那边，医生来巡房时，得知已经为外公检查了肚子和大肠，发现都没事，所以出血的原因还不知道。我星期五会再下去医院一趟。希望外公能赶快康复。

P.S. 老弟令我很失望，现在放假又没工作，时间因该多得是，也不见他去探望外公！简直当那女朋友是神一样，每天都得去陪！等到他去当兵，我倒要看看那女的有多么忠心！

不良笑花

2008-10-06T21:21:00.006+08:00

昨晚才开始真正坐下来观看的一部偶像剧。剧情的走向其实还蛮普通的吧。一如往常的两男两女当主角和配角。两男都喜欢女主角的戏码一再上演。但是为什么我们都爱看呢？哈哈，我想是因为主角们的不同个性，在戏里所会擦出的火花吧。我其实很难接受丞琳在戏里的发型（就像被雷劈过的贵嫔狗！）和口音。不过还好到后来口音就没有那么重了。还有还有！变态的我，被潘帅的角色唐门给吸引住！哈哈，尤其是他的毒舌！真的很厉害，可以噼里啪啦的一直骂骂骂！哈哈哈！昨天和今天，我就把所有的5集都看完了，厉害吧。 =）

...

2008-10-03T22:40:00.002+08:00

I got home,

Bathed and sat in front of my computer.

I realized that I've got nothing to do.

No emails to check,

No shows I want to watch,

My phone's silent,

Msn stagnant,

Nothing...

Is this the free time that I've been yearning so much for?

All that is left is the dreadness of the weekend ahead.

That's all that is left?

Is that it?!

Updates ...

2008-10-01T23:19:00.003+08:00

29 Sept 2008 (Monday)

Went for tuition as any other Mondays have been. One of my students got me something nice to hang on my handphone as my very early birthday gift! Haha... because after next monday when her PSLE is over, I wouldn't be having lessons with her anymore. She's a sweet girl, I've been teaching her for almost 2 years now and I have never once lose my temper at her, not even once! Haha... she's very cheerful, always with a smile and as we go along during lessons, its really enjoyable to teach her =) Ok her results might not be very good but then to me a student with a good attitude and character is much better than a A* student with bad character and always playful and un attentative right?

This is the hp strap that my student got me! Haha, on first look i love it already. Like what i told my bro, its a combination of all my favourite things! Wahaha!! If you know what i mean la..

30 Sept 2008 (Tuesday)

Another long long approx. 12 hrs spent in school. I'm really starting to admire myself even more to be able to sit through all the lectures! 3 in a row! But then... till the last lecture, not only is the content uninteresting to me, even the lecturer is making me lost interest in that unit! So most of the time i'm like staring at my watch or the clock on the wall but not the screen!

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A short write-up/comments of lectures so far:-

ORGANISATION THEORY : AN INTERDIAPLINARY APPROACH

Its a sunny day! Wahaha because the lecturer is called Sunny Goh! Yup, he's the one that taught me for the PSOC remedial classes in year 2 as well. OK la, Sunny is a funny lecturer, his lectures are not that boring and some more its 12pm in the afternoon not a lecture at the end of the day.. so not too bad.. But .. yes.. BUT.. the thing is.. the unit itself: OTIA is horrible! Imagine that, a unit that comprises on 3 disciplines - Sociology, psychology and economics!!! Woah!!! I don't what to comment anymore, you all judge for yourself.. haha

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE METHODS
Haha.. this one.. hmm.. how should i put it? The lecture is Indian, so he speakes with a very and yes i mean VERY thick accent.. and sometimes its very difficult to catch what he was trying to say.. so seriously, without the notes and screen where he is explaining from, I don't think i'll be able to understand him at all! But still i'm not very rejective towards MSM la... coz at the least it is still maths with some calculation in it... but then why must there be statistics? I just saw probability and normal distribution during this tuesday's lecture!!! Oh no....

STRATEGY
Okay... this lecture happens to fall on the tuesday 7pm slot.. and worst to add on to that, the lecture is CHINA if you know what i mean... i seriously hate the say he speaks English with that fake donno American or British slang!!! Ok maybe i'm just biased towards that certain group of people.. whatever.. and the unit itself is like a shadow of MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS! I still thought that when i passed my ME, that would be the last time i will be seeing anything to do with that unit.. but who knows... its back again to haunt me!!! And when this lecturer teaches those things again like Game Theory and Cournot and Bertrand and stuff.. I'm starting to miss the other lecturer that taught me ME and Intro to Economics! Haha.. Ting! why didn't you teach STRATEGY?! Haha.. I'll forever remember his joke about the "millionaire with a pocket full of air"! Wahaha.. so funny!!!

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
This unit is just like the shadow of PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING! haha.. yes just when i thought that i passed my POA and will not be seeing it again... yes yes.. its back to haunt me again with all the cashflow... balance sheet... NPV... arghhh.... Oh and did i mention this before? this lecturer is ok.. no accent or what.. and the interesting thing is that he had exactly the same name as my dad! wahaha... maybe this will bring me good luck for this unit!!! Wahaha....

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On Tuesday they were having a graduation tea ceremony for the students from the Universtiy of Sydney i think.. and i took this photo from the 2nd floor where we could look down at the Atrium. Haha.. qouting from my friend YanLi, "they look like ants!" Wahaha.. ok la... i have to agree they do look kind of like ants.. most of them wearingthe black graduation robe too...

Look at what i drew during STRATEGY class on tuesday... ME back to haunt me!!!! Nash equilibriums... AHHHHHHH!!!

Today~ 1 Oct 2008 (Wednesday)

Its a public holiday due to te Hari Raya and coincidentally its also Children's Day... Yes so all the kids get to enjoy their holiday and so do the working adults.. but not ME!!!! I still have to wake up early for tuition.. but then my students also have to be up early for tuition la.. so I can't really complain much can i? Got a 2 hour break between tuition so went to Compass point to meet Yan Li for lunch... while waiting for her to reach, I bought a pair of white shorts wanting to get it to go with a yellow top that i bought a few months back but have not had a chance to wear it because I can't find a suitable shorts or pants to go with... haha...

There's still tuition tml... added another one as well, a makeup for not being able to have the usual lesson on this coming saturday.. coz have to go sch for FM class.. haiz... so well.. but i still manage to create something to look forward to!.. after the 1st tuition tml which ends at 3.15pm.. i still have sometime before the evening tuition at 6plus.. so i'm going shopping at Toa Payoh for just a little while!!! Yippee!!! =)

Children's Day

2008-09-28T20:18:00.004+08:00

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

~Franklin P. Jones

I got home at around 5pm after tuition today. And decided to finish baking the last batch of cookies that i was preparing as Children's Day presents. Yup, so by now all's done and all that's left will be be acting part time as Santa Clause for the upcoming week giving out all the presents! Children are really weird beings, funny thinking that i too was once like them? maybe yes, maybe no. Haha... they make you so angry and frustrated at times that i feel like banging my head on the table or just vomiting blood and die of anger. But at the same time, I still have the unknow urge to want to do things for them. Maybe its all due to the little things that they did? Little concerns like drinks for you before lessons starts, or their funny little jokes that we would share with each other, or even their small small improvements in their results after each examination...

See that's like only half of the presents that i prepared. There's bags of cookies and sweets. =)

The cookies that i packed into the cookies bags that i bought earlier on. I hope they like them. =)

Oops! wahaha! I'm still playing around with photofunia! So fun really! Haha.. this time i had my face on the US dollar!!!! ^o^

Just some random stuff....

2008-09-25T22:07:00.004+08:00

I'm so hooked on to this game! Just completed the game this afternoon before tuition and I'm like totally in love with the theme song now! I even did some read up on the net about the Final Fantasy Series! Wahaha... And I'm replaying the game again! But this time in Normal mode =)

Baked some cookies this afternoon, tried a different recipe this time. Turned out quite well, but initially i had some difficulty handling the dough, because its too soft! But for the 2nd batch, i put the dough in the freezer 1st and it became much much easier to mould it!! Haha.. stupid me, should have done it on the 1st batch too!

Have never tried sprinkling Hundred Thousands on the biscuits before, so here's the first time.. =) They make the biscuits look very pretty and attractive!!

Haha, I saw pQ's blog and went to create one photo using www.photofunia.com too! Give it a try, its so cool! Wahaha!

老弟

2008-09-21T22:55:00.001+08:00

今天傍晚难得一家人到齐，在家一起享用晚餐。因为平常老弟都不见人影。而我也是今天才注意到在老弟的身上有一些明显是用手指甲抓伤的伤痕。尤其是在手臂上，脖子和脸颊。我想就算是再白痴的人，想也知道“因该”是他的女友弄伤的吧？问题是，为什么类？好好的一个人，干嘛去搞成那样子？？就算有多生气，吵架吵得有多凶，也没必要动手吧。老弟左看右看，也不像是会动手打女生的人。所以无论是为了什么原因争吵，谁动手打人就是不对！更何况她还是女生呢！难道就占说男生不会动手打她，就能动手打人吗？？我妈八成也猜到老弟那些伤痕的来源，我看她好像很操心的样子。我也不知道该怎么办。只能希望老弟能懂事点，别再让妈为他操心了。就算我们要管他，我们又能怎么做呢？难道把他锁在家里啊？烦！烦！烦！

What a day...

2008-09-20T21:08:00.002+08:00

Today was quite a tiring day for me, well as it has been for every other weekend for me though. I went to school for FM lecture at 12pm which lasted till 3pm. Oh, and know what, the lecturer has exactly the same name as my dad! haha... except the surname is different. Haha.. anyway, thats what the lecturer said the most today i guess, everytime after he tried to crack a joke, he'll use 'anyway' to continue with the lesson.. wahaha! Then i went to tuition which starts at 4pm near Kovan and then another one at 6pm. The one 6pm is suppose to be in the morning at 9am. But apparently the student has to go back to school for extra classes so changed it to 6pm.

Don't click the following unless you care to share my frustrations....

Just for fun... ^o^

2008-09-17T21:41:00.003+08:00

My Happy Bunny Family...

The pet turtle out of its stinking tank...

Bro's pet hamster... getting fatter each day...

Hana Yori Dango OSTs

2008-09-14T18:21:00.006+08:00

Some of the OSTs from Hana Yori Dango ~ the drama series 1 and 2 as well as the Final Movie..

I've uploaded them to a website, so if you want it just get them from the links =)

Hana Yori Dango Drama Season 1 ``

Theme~ Arashi-Wish.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/395272/h6e6nvbkmv

Ending~ AiOtsuka-Planetarium.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/395271/g7g3lzdq8m

Hana Yori Dango Drama Season 2 ``

Theme~ Arashi-LoveSoSweet.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/395270/xt7d80xn89

Ending ~ UtadaHikaru-FlavorofLife.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/394986/fjvvq31mov

Hana Yori Dango Final``

Aiko-KissHug.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/395227/dhczfyh0ah

Arashi-OneLove.mp3

Download: http://www.files.to/get/395228/fyapkndatk

Thanks pQ for pointing out the error =) I've got it amended...

School's starting soon ~~~

2008-09-12T14:43:00.003+08:00

Time passes very quickly, next week I'm starting School! Haha, should I be happy? I guess so. Firstly, that implies that the PSLE is starting soon and my heavy burden will be off my shoulders very very soon. Secondly, I get to enjoy school life for the very last year. Again I wished for nothing else but good grades so that I would obtain a reasonable certificate at the end of my 3 year course.

I went shopping around for abit before tuition yesterday, and i finally bought myself a sling bag! Haha, yes the one that I have been looking for. Shall use it when school starts. =) Bought a new jacket as well, haha. In SIM you simply cannot attend lectures without a jacket! You will sure tremble so badly that you might have difficulty writing!!!

The OST from Hana Yori Dango Final is still constantly played on my PSP and computer. Haha, would really love to watch it again if i have the chance. I even considered buying the DVD or VCD for the drama season 1 and 2 to rewatch them. But when i visited some of the TS, BlueMax and Poh Kim outlets, I can't seem to find them?! Only saw the season 2...so where's the season 1?

Oh! I recently came across this cool blog that have a whole lots of recipes!! From cakes to breads to cookies to others!! Have a look at it if you are interested! =) `http://wlteef.blogspot.com` I'm going to try out one of the cookies recipe in there as the Childrens' Day gifts for my tutees. =)

Screenshots from Hana Yori Dango Final!!! enjoy~~~

Hana Yori Dango Final

2008-09-09T21:54:00.004+08:00

Hana Yori Dango -- although the storyplot itself is not very realistic, but i guess we are all attracted to it because of the cinderella-like plot. We all wish that we were Makino, having a prince charming like Domyoji falling head over heels in love with her. Although he seems to be arrogant and self-centered, sometimes childish, but there is still a lovable side to him. And we also have the other 3 members of F4, always coming to her rescue when she needed help. Of course, lots of us were also drawn to Hanazawa Rui. The cute and always sleepy guy. =)

In the movie, similar to the 2 seasons of drama before that, Domyoji is always emphasizing that his feelings for Makino doesn't change. However, Makino is always having doubts about the marriage. Its a pity that the rest of the F4 doesn't make their appearance much in the movie. But i like the ending when they did a little explanation on what each of them are doing after the wedding a year later. Makino was pregnant! Haha... its funny when she was shouting out into the sea by the beach that she doesn't want their child to inherit Domyoji's character but his curly perm!!! Haha.. and then we have Nishikado always running away from Yuki when she appear =) They make a cute couple too. Oh and the part in the airplane (F4's wedding gift to the 2 of them), Rui stood up and because of hie height, he knocked himself against the ceiling! Wahaha... the movie overall was really enjoyable and and nice neat end to the whole Hana Yori Dango series. =) Although I'm sad that its all over... I might go and rewatch the series again!

"When you share all the bad things together, it all only seems half as bad. When you share all the good things together, it all seems twice as good."

This line was said by Makino when the 2 of them were stranded on the island in the movie. I think its very meaningful, and awwww so sweeeeet=)

White Lotus Snowskin Mooncake

2008-09-08T21:41:00.002+08:00

Ingredients
250g raw macadamia nuts
150 icing sugar
150g cooked glutinous flour
50g shortening
160ml cold water
1/2 tsp pandan-flavoured green food colouring
500g lotus paste
Extra cooked glutinous rice flour for dusting

Method

1. Halve the macadamia nuts and toast them in the oven for 20mins at 130 deg C. Flip them over half-way through toasting to ensure even browning. Set aside to cool when done.

2. Place the icing sugar and cooked glutinous rice flour in a mixing bowl and rub the shortening into it with the fingertips for two minutes until a crumbly mixture forms.

3. Add cold water and pandan-flavoured green food colouring to the mixture and knead for 5 mins until a soft dough forms without uneven spots of colouring.

4. Cover mixing bowl with cling wrap and leave dough to rest for 30mins in fridge.

5. Shape 15g pieces of dough into a ball before rolling it out into a 3mm-thick circle.

6. Shape 21g lumps of white lotus paste into the balls and press three toasted macadmia nut halves into the ball.

7. Wrap the dough skin around the filling and shape it into a ball.

8. Dust mooncake moulds measuring 5cm by 4cm by 2cm with cooked glutinous rice flour. Press the filled dough ball into it gently, making sure the surface o the dough in contact with the patterned-face of the mould is smooth. Stop when te dough skin is level with the top of the mould.

9. Knock the mooncake out of the mould gently.

10. Repeat steps 5 to 9 for the other mooncakes, adjusting the amount of the dough skin and lotus, if necesary, when using a mould with different dimensions.

11. Refrigerate the mooncakes for 2 hours.

12. Allow them to sit at room temperature for 3 mins before serving.

Makes 25 mini mooncakes.

Adapted from: The Sunday Times 31 August 2008

P.S. I didn't use the nuts, because my family doesn't like it.. haha

Its mooncakes this time round.. ~haha

2008-09-07T21:12:00.003+08:00

Since the mid-autumn festival is coming..

I decided to try my hands on making the snowskin mooncakes.. =)

Its actually very easy to make... no hassle at all..

Don't have to bake or what.. its just the moulding part that is more time consuming..

=)

Utada Hikaru - Flavor of Life

2008-09-04T01:20:00.001+08:00

Arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
sayonara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horo nigai
The flavor of life

tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de
shuukaku no hi wo yumemiteru aoi furu-tsu
ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de
jirettai no nan notte? baby~

arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horo nigai
The flavor of life

amai dake no sasoi monku ajike no nai doku
sonna mono ni wa kyoumi wo sosorare nai
omoi doori ni ika nai toki datte
jinsei suteta mon ja nai tte

doushita no? to kyuu ni kikareru to “uun, nan demo nai”
sayounara no ato ni kieru egao watashi rashiku nai
sinjitai to negaeba negau hodo nandaka setsunai
“aishiteru yo” yori mo “daisuki” no hou ga kimi rashiin ja nai?
The flavor of life

wasure kakete ita hito no kaori wo totsuzen omoidasu goro
furi tsumoru yuki no shiro sa wo motto sunao ni yorokobitai yo

daiamondo yori mo yawarakakute atatakana mirai
te ni shitai yo kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai
“arigatou” to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai
sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai
The flavor of life

[ English Translation: ]
When you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesn’t
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness.
The flavor of life

Stuck midpoint between friends and lovers,
like an un-riped fruit dreaming about the day of harvest
because of being unable to just move one more step forward
what’s causing this frustration baby

When you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesn’t
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness
The flavor of life

Sweet talk and tasteless conversations.
it sparks no interest in me
even when things do not go the way you want
it doesnt mean you’ve thrown your life away

When asked ‘ whats wrong?’
I answer ‘its nothing’
The smile that disappears after goodbye
It’s unlike me

The more i wish to believe in you,
For some reason it hurts even more
‘i like you a lot’ instead of ‘i love you’ sounds more like you
the flavor of life

the period when you suddenly remember the scent of someone you had almost forgotten
I want to be able to openly and honestly cherish the white purity of the falling snow more

A future tender and warmer than a diamond
i want to grasp it, in this limited time we have, i want to spend it with you

when you say thank you to me,
for some reason it hurts,
Like a magic spell that doesnt
get undone even after the good bye.
a hint of bitterness
The flavor of life

The above is the theme song from the second season of HYD. =) Enjoy.

Hana Yori Dango Final!!! I'm so going to go watch it. I really liked the Japanese Version of HYD. Much better than the Taiwanese version i must say. =)

Here's the trailer:

Someone please say that you will go watch it with me...

Results are out

2008-09-03T10:58:00.003+08:00

Yup, results are out yesterday.

I managed to passed all 5 units!

Which is truly a relieve.

Immediately cleared away all my notes and study guides from my room yesterday.

See, that is how happy i was. =)

A friend asked me, why just aim for a pass?

I answered, because i expect myself to do worst.

A pathetic mentality of a student i know.

This time its chocolate cookies ^_^

2008-08-26T15:00:00.003+08:00

This time I tried adding some cocoa powder to replace some of the flour in the recipe. And in order not to let my cookies become too hard like the previous times, I did a little adjustments to the ingredients. Instead of 1 egg, I added 2 eggs. And I decrease the amount of flour used by a little. When baking the cookies, I also shifted the baking trays to a lower case in the oven and also slightly reduced the time used for baking. From the 15mins stated in the recipe to only 12mins. And I'm happy to say that my cookies this time turned out to be softer than the previous times. But then, because I used 2 eggs, the batter tend to be slightly softer than before. Thus making it abit difficult to shape the cookies on to the baking try for baking as the soft batter will kind of stick to the spoon. Maybe next time I'll use a squeezer (I'm not sure if that's what you called it?) then maybe my cookies will have a nicer and more even appearance. =) I also decreased the amount of white and brown sugar so that it will not be too sweet =) So tada! There you have it, my very own chocolate cookies!!!

this is how the batter looks like...

the cookies...!

Oh my Tuesday.... how lovely art thou...

2008-08-25T22:21:00.005+08:00

I'm currently listening to 蔡旻佑 Evan Yo's new album. I realise that I'm really very slow, just realised that he had a new album today! I liked his 1st album, still remember that it was about the time when i was watching 小猪's 转角遇到爱. Then he had a few of his songs as the OST of the drama as well. Once watched one of the episodes of 娱乐百分百, where Evan was the guest. And guess what, after that episode I decided that I can only admire his talent in music. Haha. That is because the old-fashioned me is kind of put off by the fact that he is not a 处男. Wahaha.. oi oi.. don't think pervertedly ok.. Its just a casual remark ok...

I just went for my first lesson of tuition with my newest student just now in the evening. And I was told that he only scored 9/100 for his maths in the just over prelim exams. Do i feel up to the challenge to help him pass? I don't know.. I think i can only try my best to revise and do lots of sums with him in the next 5 lessons we are going to have together before the PSLE. Indeed I do feel worried for him, but I can't really do much when its time for him to go sit for the PSLE. If its possible, I'll want to help him sit for his paper!

Tomorrow's tuesday again. My free day. I'm still pondering about how I'm going to spend my day tomorrow. Whether to stay at home and bake cookies or to go watch a movie alone, but the later seems too emo, so maybe not. Or maybe I'll go Temple bai bai then after that go walk walk around in bugis area? But then, I don't really like shopping alone. Although i keep telling myself that lots of people does that, but still to me, it seems so weird. Anyway I think the first option will have the highest tendency of happening. Hahaha.

Bad Weather ~~ =(

2008-08-24T19:27:00.003+08:00

Giant Bunny : "Weehee~~~!"

Its Sunday evening and it marks an end to my hectic tuition week! Why do I say that? Because this week was examination week for my students, so besides all the stress on their performance, I also try to squeeze out extra free time to give them last minute lessons before their papers. I even have to give up my long time determination to have my Tuesdays free, just for that. So from now onwards I'll still be keeping my Tuesdays free. I always believe that it is important to have one day of free day, where you have all the time to yourself. Haha... Since I have tuition on every single day of the week, even weekends are all packed. So a rest day on Tuesday is a must for me!!! Wahaha...

Got home from tuition just now at about 6plus. The rain was horrible and i don't know why but i got into a bad mood because of that. But after a hot bath when i got home, I'm feeling happy again!

I took in another new P6 student, first lesson starting this coming Monday. Since its like about only a month left for PSLE, and so we have like about 6 lessons, I think all i can do is try my best to revise with the student what he have learnt for the past 6 years. Of course i can't possibly perform miracles and let the kid pass with flying colours in just 6 lessons when he has been like doing very badly all along. But I'll try my best to help I guess.

当狗爱上猫

2008-08-18T10:33:00.003+08:00

当狗爱上猫

小巴和cancan

另一部TVB剧集，结局让我哭残了！为什么又是悲惨的结局啦！后来男主角因为鼻咽癌过世了，留下女主角，还有小巴和cancan..... 亏我还看到今天凌晨两点，就为了看结局，可是看完了，有点失望。 =（

I saw it and knew i have to bring it home... wahaha=)

2008-08-13T22:31:00.004+08:00

I went round shopping abit before tuition this afternoon.. and as i was walking around.. i saw Mini Bunny!!! I knew i have to get it!! Wahaha... another new member to my bunny family!!!!! Then just now.. my bro murphy.. cracked a joke about.. Giant Bunny being 1GB and the rest being 256MB and 512MB... i think it was really funny!!! So there above is the photo to introduce to you all the members in my Bunny family now!!!!!! =)

I baked cookies again... haha

2008-08-12T20:48:00.004+08:00

Today's tuesday again.. so its my free day!! haha.. i believed those of you who have been reading my blog will be getting sick of me saying that I love Tuesdays.. haha.. but still.. i must emphasize again... I LOVE TUESDAYS....

Alright... didn't plan to go out today... coz no one to ask out also.. haha.. so afternoon i went to the supermarket to topup some things that i need for my baking session later.. haha.. like the brown sugar and self raising flour.. then i went to buy lunch home as well... After lunch.. i started baking my cookies... this time i didn't try anything fancy.. just wanted to bake the original cookies.. i tried to make the appearance more presentable.. and also reduced the amount of sugar as i got feedback saying that my previous batch of cookies were too sweet... =) But then.. my mum said that the cookies were a little too hard... hmm... maybe i'll not put so much flour the next time... hee...

The cookies that are still baking....

The outcome... =)

I was thinking of selling the cookies that i baked... anyone interested? I haven thought of the price and stuff yet.. but then the cookies are available for testing first!! Haha.. anyone or if you know anyone that will be interested.. do inform me...=)

Mummy encountered some unhappy incidents at work.. so she decided to resign... her eyes were a little swollen just now when she was home... i was thinking what i can do to make her feel better... =(

070808 Kbox session!!! Till 2am plus...

2008-08-10T20:01:00.002+08:00

Met up with Ghislaine, Jolleen, Sin Wee, Ying Hui and Wei Har for dinner on Thursday night after tuition at Bugis...=) We ate at a Japanese Cafe.. the food was not bad.. and i love the dessert... haha... after that we shopped round till abt 10pm.. and we decided to go for a kbox session.. haha... but the one near bugis was full house.. and after a round about trip.. we settled for the kbox outlet at suntec...by the time we reached there.. it was already 11pm plus... I think its the first time i stayed out so late.. haha... and was surprised that no one called to ask me why i'm still not home so late.. haha but then again.. i did inform home that i'll be home late... haha.. Wei Har wasn't feeling well so she left first... then Ghislaine and Sin Wee left at around 1am coz Sin Wee still has work the next day... the ones remaining were Me, Jolleen and Ying Hui... we kept saying that we will leave soon.. but then.. Jolleen wanted to see her 仔仔 before leaving.. and the we realised that we din sing any 林宥嘉's song.. and then after all that we finally left the place at about 2am... haha... shared a cab home and at about 3am.. i was home...=)

I really enjoyed myself that day.. and hoped that we will be able to meet up like that again!!! Its really not easy for everyone to be able to find time to meet up.. so it makes the session even more enjoyable!!!

A group photo we took outside Bugis before deciding to go for kbox... taken with the help of a kind passerby... haha

Masterpiece of Ghislaine..=)

Me and Wei Har=)

Sin Wee, Ghislaine, me and Ying Hui

All photos credited to Ghislaine =)

说说而已...

2008-07-29T19:54:00.004+08:00

Today's my free day for the week... have all the time to myself.. no tuition!! Always felt very happy before Tuesday comes.. but now that Tuesday is ending.. I'm feeling sad...=(.. tomorrow there's tuition all the way till 8pm... Thursday there's tuition till 6pm.. Friday have tuition till 10pm.. Saturday there's tuition till 5.30pm.. and Sunday... tuition till 4pm!!! Alright.. maybe I'm exaggerating.. my tuition doesn't start in the early morning.. but still its a dread to think that i have to end my day so late... I'm not like my brother... having gotten himself a girlfriend.. he still reaches home so constantly at 12am plus every night without fail... haiz...

I went down to Seng Kang Compass Point this afternoon after lunch.. went Popular to get some materials that i need for tuition.. and also to get the gift wrapper and card for my friend's birthday present.. i hope she will like the present that i chose.. haha... It was quite crowded down there... being a weekday afternoon.. it is a common sight to see large group of school kids in their school uniforms loitering around... some dining in costly restaurants.. some shopping around.. so yup.. just shows that kids nowadays are rich... even if they are not.. but given the pocket money that their parents gave them.. it made them feel rich... so most of them would just spend up till the last cent they have.. without leaving any left to save... alright.. i admit that i use to do that when i was young too.. but as we grow older.. we learn to understand the importance of saving... i just hope those kids would understand that fast enough when they grow up too... meanwhile spending more once in a while is find.. but definitely not fine if you over do it...

Was blog browsing just a while ago... one of my friend mention something about females being better suited to be teachers compared to males... Hmm.. haha.. thats a sensitive topic.. anyway my stand would be that yes indeed females are better suited as they are naturally equipped with the required criteria needed to be a teacher... that being patience.. this i think is a very important criteria that a teacher must have... i myself sometimes would also lose my patience sometimes with my tuition kids... but if i can.. i will always try to control myself... because for me.. losing my patience.. equal to me going to blow my top.. and that again equals to me not being able to deliver the rest of the lesson properly.. and that equals to the parent paying me and not making full use of their money... yup.. but i guess we must still give guys the benefit of the doubt.. i mean.. in my life as a student in school... i have to admit that i have met male teachers that are very dedicated in their teaching.. you can see that they really have a passion in teaching... although for me.. i would prefer a female teacher rather than a male teacher.. that's just me la... but no matter what a good teacher would be someone who has the passion in the job.. and truly cares for the students... When i first started out as a tuition teacher like about 1 year ago.. my initial motive is to earn some pocket money for myself through my 3 years in university... as i taught on.. i envy those people my age who are so carefree.. just having to care about their studies an nothing more... soon after.. i began to really care about my students... about how they do in school... why are their results dropping... what is it that they don't understand.. i try my best to guide them along in their studies not only because their parents pay me to do so.. but also because i know that the role i play is as of importance.. as every phase of their life as a student is important.. i want to help them to achieve what they can... as that would definitely benefit them in their future... that is what my life experience tells me... some of my students look upon me as an older sister.. sharing with me what they experience in school and stuff... I'm happy to listen... some treat me as their friend.. I'm happy too.. in all.. I'm glad that i met all of them.. and is able to help them in their studies as much as i could...

That aside.. i gave some thought into what I want to do in a few years time after I graduated... teaching would definitely be an option for me.. but also not the one and only one... we shall see.. =)

I'm looking for....

2008-07-24T22:38:00.003+08:00

I'm looking for a sling bag like these... anyone knows where i can get one? =)

Yet another baking session~~~ =)

2008-07-22T17:40:00.004+08:00

Today's Tuesday... which is my only day free of tuition for the entire week.. so being in a relatively good mood.. i decided to try baking cookies again.. wahaha.. this time round i tried to make the appearance of the cookies better... i used the biscuit shaper (i'm not sure if tt's what people call it) and made the cookies into shapes of rabbits.. gingerbread man.. and ships... haha... but then it still looked home made.. nothing like what we can buy outside right...

P.S. This is my recipe if your are interested =)

260g self raising flour

70g clustered sugar

70g brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

175g butter

chocolate chips * i forgot the amt.. but just added how much i wanted! wahaha

~ if u are really interested to bake some urself... and need the steps.. just let me know =)

真情满天下~

2008-07-14T22:18:00.002+08:00

最近在看的一部台湾八点挡的据集。《真情满天下》... 很好看的！！演员群还有5566的协志呢！可是我不是纯粹因为协志才去看的哦！我是真的觉得这部剧的故事大纲很有意思。它是一部台语的据集，虽然说台语和我们本地的福建话很类似啦，但是我也只是听得懂很基本的，不过没关系，还是能明白，因为有华文字母！哈哈！戏里的另外两位演员，我也很喜欢。曾经在好几年前的另外一部八点挡看过他们精湛的演出，就是《霹雳火》。不晓得大家有没有影响？那部剧，曾经在我们本地电视台播过的。而两位的其中一位，陈昭荣，就是演出另外一部，当年，所有的妈妈们都超爱的戏剧《阿成》，有影响吗？还有呢，台湾偶像剧的《微笑Pasta》，记得在里面演女主角的爸爸那位吗？他也有参与《真情满天下》的演出。只不过，这次的角色是反派。还有偶像剧《格斗天王》里演段宇桥的哥哥的那位，也有在《真情满天下》演出哦，也一样是演反派。啊，还有在偶像剧《终极一班》里，演亚瑟王的父亲，那位也有演哦！我觉得超有趣的说。 =）

好了，就想说这么多。只是想上来，把相对人说的话，打一打罢了。因为，现在是学校放假，和常见面的朋友见面的时间好像都没有了。只是能偶尔通过sms或msn联络一下。心里又是会有很多事情想找人分享。也不是说，现在不在一起念书的朋友就不重要啊！可以的话，真的很希望，大家在格忙格的同时，也能抽得出时间叙叙旧，感觉一定会很不错的！

Its a historical moment!!!~~

2008-07-07T23:18:00.003+08:00

I haven been trying to bake cookies that will not go flat everytime i bake them... so today i decided to give it a try again using butter... coz in the past i used margarine coz they are supposedly healthier... and guess what?! I succeeded!!! Wahaha.... so now i know what is wrong with all my previous attempts...=) But i guess the outer appearance of the cookies still isn't that wonderful... so that's something that i'm going to improve on!!! =)

Hehe.. My PSP =)

2008-07-05T16:40:00.002+08:00

Hehe... a pic of my new PSP... i'm so in love with the skin now.. wahaha...

Just thought that i should update a post....

2008-07-02T22:09:00.002+08:00

I just bought a PSP slim on monday... haha... yup... am like soooo obsessed with it now.. haha but just feel obliged to update a post on what's going on recently... and since its now a new month already... July!! Haha.. yes... Dad's birthday coming as well... my tuition kids exams are coming too.. and my holidays are still on going as usual...

Past few weeks i have been doing like the same routine week after week.. eat sleep wake up go tuition play computer.. and now plus my PSP....

But i'm sure my PSP will come in handy.. like when there is a short break between my 2 tuition.... could use that to kill some time.. instead of walking around aimlessly in a shopping centre.. as that gives rise to the tendency to spend money....

Yup.. that's all for now.. i suppose the next post will be quite some time later... unless i have something special out of the usual that i want to blog about.. haha... Ciao....

没电脑用的日子~~~好难受！

2008-06-28T18:12:00.004+08:00

前阵子，我可爱的电脑坏了！那几天真难受....才发现自己是那么依赖它的！糟糕了！哈哈... 没电脑用，在家里走来走去，不知道该干什么好...一直没看完的书也已经看完了，一直没打扫的厨也打扫了。现在，电脑好了，但是储存在电脑里的档案，照片，歌曲等... 全都没了！！！啊！！（伤心中~~~~）

Anyway，今天真是难受的一天。为什么呢？因为，一共，从早上十点多，到刚才傍晚五点多，都在补习！！！天啊！周末，不是因该用来享受，做自己喜欢做的事情的吗？怎么会是这样的呢？！明天，又是难熬的一天！！！啊！啊！