Mid July

This year, as most of my classes are going to start in sept after the release of 2^nd yr exams result, me been a good gal and went home for dinner almost every week day for the past 2 months after work. Do i sound like "zai nu" ? Haha...

I don’t want to be lured by the sales temptation and spend more money as I’m saving hard for my Europe trip in Oct. As Meizhi and me are going on a free and easy tour in Paris, we found out that the lodging and spending over there are so expensive!! So better save more $ now and enjoy my trip at ease.

So far, we already roughly shortlist the places that we can visit but still need to find out the exact route on how to go about Paris. Thanks to tripadvisor forum, the content inside has helped us to have some basic understanding of Paris. It’s a great place to read up other’s pple experiences and encounter they experienced during their stay. Anyway will be meeting David, sihan’s friend, who will be meeting us for one night out. Hope he will bring us to some special pubs or restaurant then~ Counting down the days....

This trip is the only motivation that keeps me going in this boring job!

Company retreat

Went Bintan with my colleagues last wkeend and honestly, at first i wasn't very keen and looking forward to it cause my wkeend is wasted n couldn't have a good rest!!! But luckily, it was quite alright except I couldn't sleep much on the first nite again..
Only sat morning meeting was boring ... The rest of the days were relaxing but tiring as activites are all planned very closely.

::The ladies ::

:: Mr Leong, Lili n Tuan ::

:: Us making funny pose ::

:: This shot is the funniest... Hahahaa ::

:: Tp Acting as the driver ::

:: Group Photo ::

UK trip

Counting down to 4 more months to the UK trip! The tickets have been booked and we choose SQ flights (after comparing the different airlines pricing) because apparently, it was cheaper than BA pricing, which was weird. But who cares! Hahaa.. the deal and timing were great and the best part is that we are taking A380 - the world’s biggest passenger aircraft ever built! Wohoo~ definitely going to be a special and exciting experience for us.

It’s going to be 13-14 hours on the plane flying directly to London. Gosh. Not sure will I be able to catch some sleep during these long hours or not as I have difficulty sleeping in unfamiliar places. It will be a 2 weeks plus trip and Han will only be accompanying us for a short trip during the 2^nd week stay. So Meizhi and I will have to arrange our own free and easy tour planning for the 1^st week and Yes! Paris is one of the places that we have decided to visit. LV, Gucci, Chanel, Louvre Museum, Effiel Tower… Here we come! Haaa..

Shall update more about the itinerary in July when the plannings are confirmed. Yeah~ My first long distance oversea trip!

BS and Cindy's Wedding

My first wedding dinner for 2008 and it's one of my besties- cindy's! This year, been hearing lotsa of people around our age tieing the red knot ( luckily, so far i only got 3 red bombs. Phew).

Guess it's the right age to get married within these 1-2 years too.

:: Me with Cindy ::

:: 3 sisters with the bride ( 2 of them couldn't come in last min) ::

:: The couple with the sisters and brothers ::

:: Monkey Dolls (Unique!) ::

:: Funny shots of Cel and BS ::

:: Nite - Aihuey and me ( I dun really like the makeup) ::

:: Cel, Ziv & Kevin ::

:: Cindy's classmates ::

Overall, the whole day and nite events had gone on smoothly. A great success as every sections ended on the right timing. BS's brother gang deserved the most credits! Guess Cindy will be very much relieved that everything has ended too and she can finally have a good rest after so many months preparations on her wedding preparations.

Well, hope to hear good news from the 2 of you soon then! Jiayou wor~ Haa....

Regain freedom

Exams are finally over but yet, I’m still dreaming of studying material last night. What a nightmare… What is my mind trying to indicate to me? Anyway, I’m really super glad that it’s all over for my 2^nd yr.

My hopes are not high but still, I hope for a miracle to happen that the kind examiners will pass me for all the modules I took this year.

I was struggling so hard during that 1 month of preparation for exam.. Arghh… so torturing! Esp when after finishing the first 2 papers, I read from the SIM forum that the examiners are trying to increase the standards for UOL from this year onwards, no wonder most of this year papers were set up so much harder as compared to previous years papers. So much difference! My morale was so low at that period. But I told myself to try my best and move on till the end since it’s already in the middle of the long race.

In the meantime, I just enjoy while I could. Next year would be much tougher and I need to buck up more and be more hardworking as it’s the last year ( I hope).

Looking forward to this Friday as it’s Cindy’s wedding and I’m one of her sisters! Going to have tons of fun during the gatecrashing session as Cindy already gave the green light to tease her hubby in whatever ways we want. Hahaaa .. Esp when Aihuey is the sister- in charge. She will make sure BS dun have an easy time passing through the stages. Anyway, I think I’m gng to be the ugliest sister among the sisters gang as I’m having horrible breakout(after exams effect) and having so many unsightly scars which will not disappear in time for Friday. Sianz…

Dun care. I’m gng to use photoshop to edit them away. Been such a long time since my last-photo taking session with friends. Hope I be able to take and upload some of the nice photos with those lovely ladies and the bride-to be then.

Long battle

1 paper down and 3 more papers to go!

Can’t wait for the whole exams to be finish…

Actually, this year, my exams dates are all spread out nicely which is like 1 exam in a week. I should be happy that I have plenty of time to revise and do preparation for it. But I think I have a tendency to worry over exams too much and storing all the informations, formulas, study cases in my mind for too long.

It is making me stressed out and tired, fearing that I would forgot them easily while juggling between work and studies. Maybe it might be also due to the fact that I’m struggling to finish my shipments to hit monthly sales during the 8 days in office during May.

Will my colleagues be able to help me to cover my job duties when I’m not around? Worry this worry that… Sigh… Never mind. I just have to trust them whatever they can do.

Tomorrow onwards, I will be on leave again and this time hopefully, can focus on accounting paper and Finance paper properly within these 9 days and after that, one more last paper to go n I’m done!

Quick! Get this over and done with! Can't wait!

Mugging starts

How I wish I am a full-time student at times! I would have more time to prepare for my exam slowly on the days when there is no class. Being a part-timer student, I must say it’s really tiring to go to class or to revise the notes at night esp, after a day’s work. Is it because age is also catching up that my mind cannot absorb information easily as before? Haa...

But I try to keep in mind that有耕田才有收获 which is very true. As there’s no tips provided by the examiners as they live far far away in the UK, unlike in the poly days. So it’s only up to individual ability to prepare and score for UOL exams. I can feel the stress building up as the days goes by nearer to the first paper date! *Gosh*

At least in the midst of the mugging period, there’s nicole’s bday chalet and nelly’s bday gathering to look forward. Try to work hard but also need to play hard, to make my life easier to get by these 2 months. Sounds like I’m forcing myself to study hard. Sigh ..

Who’s like to study, anyway ….. but what to do, rite? Esp, when I invest so much money & time in this degree(such an expensive piece of paper!) I need more doors opening for my future as what Dawn mentioned.

So

as the saying goes : "nothing can defeat u if u set ur heart on it", I will strive on till the very last min!

Surprise

Had a pleasant surprise when I opened the mail box this evening.

It was the V-day present that Gs told me during her last stay in sg last Dec and I nearly forgotten her promise. Well, I do not mind the late gift at all! Gs, so no worries about it!


Hahaa… Love the lip gloss very much! Will use it to make my lip very glossy and shiny!



Hope you are having lotsa fun skiing over at Canada now! Ahhhh… So envious! One day, I would want to try it as well! In the meantime, I shall look forward to meet you in UK first in Oct then! Remember to plan the itinerary soon if you happen to read this entry wor.. Muacks..

Can’t wait for the trip to arrive soon but I will have to face my May’s exam first… Sigh…

好吧, 那么就先苦后甜!! Hopefully rewarding myself with the UK trip is going to be the drive and motivation for me to focus on my exams during these 2 coming months!

My new blackie gadget

I hasn’t been going to the IT show for quite some time. It just happened that I might have something on like for example : mock exams or that I can’t fork out the time to go coz I already have plans with friends.

I always wanted to buy a external hard disk as I find that my computer hard disk storage space was not enough. Too many videos, movies, photos! N I need a backup too, just in case if my computer went cranky, my data are not affected as it already been safely backup beforehand. Has also been hearing that it is going at a cheap rate as compared to before. Hahaa.. Actually all gadgets prices plunged quite fast after some times in the market. It just a matter of whether is the price within your budget and afford it. As usual, priorities differ from individual.

Anyway, thanks to Cindy and Bs, they offered to help me look out and went through all the trouble of queuing up and comparing the different hard disk brands and prices( I have a budget to keep to). Really appreciate their help as I know the crowds can be quite overwhelming over at the IT fair during weekends. Hehee.

Great! Just got my hard disk from them. Now I can start storing all my precious data one by one then. Did I mention that I like my hard disk size? It’s really very small and handy!

CNY gathering 2008

The plan of having steamboat at Nelly’s place was unsuccessful because her hubby was on duty today, thus she’s unable to prepare the ingredients as she got to take care of Yan yan. Therefore, we decided to meet up for lunch at Sembanwang Sakae Sushi today.

::Chio Mother and Daughter ::

After that, we "ta bao" yusheng to her place! Our first and my first"lo he" of the year sia! I thought it will be my one and only one during CNY 2008. But only then i realise that I'm having the 2nd "lo he" session at home too when my mum called me to go home earlier to "lo he" with them.

::The gals preparing to pour the ingredients::

:: Looks Yummy::

Huat ah!! May all of us strike 4D,toto, big sweep! May those who are married and getting married have kids soon and for the rest of us who are still single, find our Mr right soon! Hope I can pass my 2nd year modules and have flying colors! May all of us have good health and also have a good career path from now onwards! Last but not least, may good luck follow us in whatever we do!

Alin

失戀無罪 sang by 梁文音 during 超級星光大道 PK competition season 1, caught my attention when I first heard it. Her vocals were damn powerful and good. Even the judges were impressed by it and commented that she’s a natural n could reaches the high pitch easily unlike other people who need to practices level by level according to the professional training. And I think she's one of the contestant in 超級星光大道 season 2 too.

Sang by 梁文音


The original singer of this song was Alin, 黄丽玲(quite a common Chinese name) and she has an amazing voice like ah mei. Maybe because she’s a原住民歌手too, that’s why she has such a natural powerful vocal.. But the funny part is for such a good vocal singer, I never heard her song often in 93.3 as she wasn’t quite popular. If I didn’t heard this song during competition, I wouldn’t have know her existence.

Here's the song 失戀無罪.



Here's another of one of her nice song. 四季

P.s : pls click on 失戀無罪 to view the music video of Alin in ASOS instead. The user didn't include any video embeded code in youtube.

鼠年大年初一

Not much of 新年气氛 this year sia. Maybe I’m getting older le and there isn’t anything much to anticipate during the house visiting excepts the ang baos. I remember when I was young, I would be playing toys with my cousins at one corner while our parents play mj or blackjack. But as we grew up, we seem to be stranger as we only met once a year, thus gradually there was nothing much to talk with them. I expect it will be another boring CNY day 1 again. But I was wrong. Haa…

My cousins and I decided to play MJ as they also just learn how to play it recently. As we are all beginners, I dun feel much stress playing with them as MJ can be quite mind taxing when playing with 高手. This becomes our ice-breaking game as we make causal small talks during the game. We didn’t manage to finish the game as one of them has to go off with his parents for another house visiting. Oh well, I think for the coming years, MJ can be included to play to kill time during our CNY gathering at granny’s house le.

I also went to watch Kungfu Dunk alone (My first attempt) at AMK hub. Jay chou acted very mischievous and 耍宝in some scenes but I feel that zeng zhi wei is the most funniest character in the show. He’s a natural comedian! Watch this show if you are interested in basketball and Jay chou then.

祝大家鼠年快乐! 事事顺利! May lady luck smile on us more!

Movie price increase

From 31^st Jan onwards, I heard from the radio this morning that there will be a price increase for Cathay cinema shows. Gosh.. the movies tickets are getting more and more costly. Watching a general movie during weekend is going to be $10! Pengz…got to be selective to watch movies from now onwards.

Well, the general ticket prices are upped by 50 cents (a 6% increase) while a new Blockbuster tier has been introduced where tickets to selected movie titles will be increased by an additional 50 cents. Can refer to this link for more updates

: http://www.cathay.com.sg/news/news_jan30_2008.html.

Why is the prices increasing everywhere? Even the food that I’m having during my lunch break has increased price recently too… Why aren’t our pay increment increasing tremendously? Sianz…

Although I’m not a big fan of watching movies but it’s one of the few entertainment activities that sometimes we can go for during gatherings. Maybe hanging out in café and gossiping with friends is more cost-saving than going for movies in the future. Lol

But meanwhile, even before this price hikes news, I’m already thinking to watch either Stephen Chow(长江七号) or Kungfu Dunk acted by Jay chou. See how first... if I can find kaki to go along, I might watch it.. haha

2008 brides

These last 2 days had been busy accompanying Cindy & Shufen to choose their wedding photos and wedding gowns respectively. I love giving my opinion on these kind of stuffs. Guess it's my interest to 研究.

Looking at Cindy’s wide range of photos selection, we knew it will be a challenge to choose the 65 photos out of 200+ photos. Ahhh, dolling up like a princess and having a chance to be treated like a celebrity, is really seems so fun. Esp when the photos turned out great, can see the happiness on their faces. According to them, the whole thing lasted from morning till night fall. But it was definitely worth it even though they were tired and Cindy fall sick after that too. If one day when my turns comes and if got chance, it would be cool to have the photoshoots oversea. But I heard it's rather ex la. Just hoping again...

As for Shufen, it was a pity that I forgot to charge my camera and my Hp that day, otherwise I would have took some photos of shufen in her gowns. Hahaa…It’s quite rare to see her in girly attire as she has a rather weird fashion sense and she seldom puts on makeup. Hmm, I would say she’s more of a sporty kind of gal, who is rather different from the rest of us in the gang. Thus, we are rather glad to accompany her along to choose her gown. Anyway, I left for class in the midst of choosing and met them again after my class ends. Turned out that she only managed to choose 2 sets and had to go back again. Blame it on their few selections. Well, it’s better to choose the nicest gowns if there is chance since already pay for so much.

Both of them asked me to be their sisters and tt will be going to be my 5th & 6th time le. OMG! So many times liao. Pengz. Sigh… actually I do mind being sisters so many times. But for my two good friends, I agreed.

Hahaa. Oh well, my last time will be reserved for Sihan as we both have discussed it before. Lol.. Shall look forwards to the sisters meeting to sambo their hubbies then. Hiak Hiak….

Hopes for 2008

A new year. A new beginning. Times flies fast when people are getting older. That’s how I feel. During school times, the June & Dec school holiday always seem to take very long to arrive. But now, one year passes very fast after another. And my age is going to change from 2X to 3X soon. I don’t wannnntttt!!!! Can time stop?!?! Hahaa..

Anyway I’m going to set some resolutions for this year so that when I looked back my life, at least I accomplished some of my goals in life.

a) Lose 5kgs by exercising. Swimming is probably the best form of exercise for me. I can’t jog as I pant very easily.

b) Pass my second year modules and get some of my desired gradings.

c) Visit Sihan in UK with Bee & Meizhi this year. Hope that this trip will not be delay anymore.

d) Try to read widely as many as possible to improve my English and knowledge.

That’s all I can think of now.

For 2008, I also look forward to attend my 3 close’s friend’s weddings. Friends are important to me. I don’t need many of them. Just a few close friends will do and I really cherish them. Only close friends will share the happiest and sad moments in your life.

I do feel the gap widening when some of my close gal friends got married or even have kids of their own. Although we are not close as compared as before, hope that at least we can try to catch up during gatherings at times.

But seem like during gatherings, the topics brought up were very different too, somehow feel very distant and strange to me. Because nowadays it’s about renovation, buying furniture/flats and discussing about their kids talk. The topic might be common to discuss for those couples who are getting married or already married. At times, I do feel alienated. It’s not a very nice feeling to be sitting there listening to their talks when you do not know what to contribute.

When I try talking about my own stuff, seem like it was gone unheard. Esp when most of them are in pairs n I’m the only single. Oh well, guess that can’t be helped. Just don't ignore my presence.

Anyway hopefully, I will be able to fulfill my resolutions this year. Achieving it will give me a sense of achievement and makes my life happier. Cheers!

Dinner gathering

Yesterday buffet dinner at dawn's house was really delicious! No kidding! Every dishes were so yummy. Next time can just order from this cater(neo garden) for future house gathering.. Haha..




Oh ya.. Sihan is back in sg for a short vacation too! Just in time to join in the annual xmas gift exchange. She even bought us mini cute "cake" lipgloss. So sweet! Mine is the cream tart.

This year, I gotten a green sling bag from Bee. Something different from my bags collection.

Xmas mood

Yeah~ My xmas shopping is almost done! Looking forward to this sat & next weekend xmas gathering with friends. Most exciting part is the yummy food that we will be having and of coz the gift exchange session which is a must every year! Oh well, so much for dieting. That one really got to wait till this lovely season is over first.

Anyway for this year, the budget has been set to S$20 for every present which is easier to get rather than having a headache to think what to get for a S$15 present. For cel’s house gathering, I still haven’t thought of what to get yet coz it need to be a unisex item. Duhz. One week left for me to get. How how? *Panic*

I haven’t seen little Ziv ever since his baby shower in August. Looking at the recent photos of him in cel’s blog, he turned to be so chubby le! So different! Really feel like pinching his fat fat cheeks( Haha.. typical auntie behavior! Opps). Meanwhile, I can’t tell who he resembles now. Perhaps wait till he’s 1 year old, it will be easier to tell. Babies grow up real fast with good nutrients! :P

要快乐得活着才是对的

所谓「己所不欲，勿施于人」，就是用自己的心推及别人；自己希望怎样生活，就想到别人也会希望怎样生活；自己不愿意别人怎样对待自己，就不要那样对待别人.

换句话说就是:自己不喜欢的就不要勉强别人.

Some people are just like that! They themselves do it without noticing that they are causing hurt to others. And if someone else does the same back to them, they will flare up. There is such a person in my company. No one can tell her what to do and there’s no room for discussion. Oh well, there will always be give and take situation. We are just giving her face by giving way to her. If she is happy, we will have a better life. The others like to please her by giving her gifts during her birthday but not me. I don’t do that as I don’t see the need.

Everyday, I look at her. She’s always in a grumpy face and complaining that she’s being ill-treated by our bosses when she got the upper hand controlling the flow in the company. A person who always like to compare and never-satisfied with her own life. Everyone has problem of their own. It’s how you deal with it. Hmm, although that’s a common problem in all of us- always comparing with others, I think if staying positive and trying to be self-contented with it, life wouldn’t be so bad. In fact, she’s living in a landed property and holding a high post with 2 clever kids, yet still wants to complain more and make people’s life miserable when she’s unhappy. Anyway money is never enough. Even if she strike lottery and have a few millions on hand, I guess she still never be satisfied. I conclude that it’s the character problem as she 看不得别人好过她. So Petty, selfish and unreasonable!

说者无意, 听者有意 also apply to her too. She get mad up at that person when she misinterpret the conversation. Thus talking to her is quite difficult as she gets the wrong idea at times. Sigh. Only she is right. All of us are wrong. No one can out-talk her. Winner loh.

Life is short. Seeing her like this, she seems to be living everyday in frustration and in pretence. 何苦呢? I definitely wouldn’t want to be like her at all. I just want myself and my friends to be happy living on and show care and concern for others.

Dreamy state

I hate Monday! First day of the week for work. Sometimes I tends to have Monday blue n today is one of the days that I’m feeling really lousy. Although I slept all the way from 11.30pm to 6.30am this morning, I still feel really exhausted. Why? Because I’m dreaming the whole freaking night! Well, I still remember some bits & pieces of my dreams last night. That’s not a good sign. It means I haven’t been sleeping well as the mind is working actively.

Sigh.. I think there’s something terribly wrong in my body. I always feel tired no matter how long I slept. During the day, I can only stay awake for a short period of time and sometimes after some hours later, you will realize that I will become very quiet and don’t talk much. It’s because my mind is “shut down” and don’t wish to comment much. But my ears are still opens la. Sometimes during gathering, I went home early as I don’t have the mood to hang around as I’m so tired. No point damping other’s people’s mood, looking at my "sian" face. Of course, it depends on the crowds I’m hanging out with as well. For example, for my poly gang, I’m closer to Ade and Jess. So if they are not around, I wouldn’t want to hang out with the other guys.

Anyway, I thought of taking Chinese herbs or medicine to strengthen my body. It’s not good to feel tired all the time. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. I’m supposed to be actively interacting with people and be chirpy! N not like someone who looks tired with panda eyes (I think it will be there for my whole life). Hmm, I do know that Chinese medicine have to take for a long period of time like 1 or 2 years, depending on the body condition. So it’s better to consult a doctor who’s good and if you happened to know of any good doctors around, do let me know then

Battles between the sexes

Met up with fen-mei for gym work-out at california yesterday. Such a long time since I've been jogging. But mi start at a low speed and managed to jog for around 20 mins. And now my tights is aching... Hahaa.. Guess I need more time to get used by jogging more frequently.

After supper at coffee-club, we came across this special event "MediaCorp Radio Subaru Impreza Challenge 2007 " held outside NAC. I remembered reading the newspaper that the final winner will get to win the car if he/she was to endure placing his hand on the car till the very last min. But of coz it wasn't so easy. It was a test of tolerance and patience.

My first time viewing the actual battlefield for this compeition. There were also supporters of the participants over there. The first rows was meant for male contestants and the 2nd rows for the female contestant. All total, there was around 10 cars. We noticed that some of the hand prints are already empty. Oh well, it was not easy placing your hand at a pt for hours and 9 hrs had already passed.

That guy's thights was already numbed for standing so long .


Imagine there is only a break of 5 mins to eat and go to the loo for 4 time intervals within a day. It's 1am, 7am, 1pm and 7pm! Duhz... Lack of rest, water, sleep and bath is really torturing, esp for gals. So, determination and preservance is really important. Let's hope there will not be rainy days for them durin this tough period. Otherwise it will add on to their misery.