walking alone...

JJ's New MV (學不會 Never Learn) ♥

2011-12-12T22:53:00.003+08:00

♥♥♥ x 1000

5D4N Land of Thousand Smiles (Day 2)

2011-12-09T12:30:00.010+08:00

breakfast are not included and Wilson was saying we should try the hotel's breakfast, so we bought the breakfast coupon the night before.

we were told to just inform the receptionist our room number and we will be allowed into the cafe, but when we were there, they couldn't find any records of our payment. -_- so we have to go all the way back to our rooms, get the receipt and back again. it's not fun because they gave us our rooms in Tower 3 and the main building is Tower 1 (where the reception, concierge and cafe is) across the street.

breakfast cost THB150 per pax and it's not fantastic. it's buffet, but the choices were limited. in my opinion, not worth it.

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guess where are we going? *hahahahas! Chit Lom of course~

buying the tickets..

Laipeng's shirt goes well with the station signboard.. =p

they have spinach pie at their Mcd. *eewwws~

saw this while we were walking along the bridge.. the man was trying to hook the flower wreath on the top of the statue's hand.

*hahas. gaga over the pose~

the Big C supermarket we went the night before..

the love god,

and the career god.

a man told Wilson about the "purpose" of the 2 gods actually. people would offer roses to the love god and the yellow flowers to the career god. there's only 2 or 3 people praying at the career god status, but 20 to 30 people praying infront of the love god. amazing right? the 2 statues were side by side..

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this is where we wanted to go actually. *hehehehes! ♥

the huge maze of clothes~

some of the shops did this to their mannequin.. scary..

had late lunch at Fuji Japanese Restaurant~ located at a corner on the top floor, just beside the food court actually..

love my watermelon juice~

not very nice chawanmushi.. no idea why must they add the greens.

yummy! ♥

finished!

total bill was THB1800 (approx SGD$75).

everyone was feeling sleepy after lunch, but we still continue to shop. *hahas. the mall close at around 6pm, so we made our way back to the BTS station, stopping by a few stalls at the night market along Centralworld to grab some accessories and food.

mango sticky rice!

very spicy otah which i didn't try..

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the 3 of them went for foot massage while i stay in the hotel. think they were gone for very long because i did A LOT of things while Laipeng was not in~

-shower (very slowly, playing with water..)
-took pictures of all the stuffs i bought over the 2 days~
-flipped through all the channels, finished watching 1 movie.
-falling asleep, so opened a pack of cuttlefish snack i bought from Big C the day before to munch..

belts~ THB50 (approx SGD$2) each only!

love the charm~

shirts i got for my love~

my grabs from Platinum Mall today~ ♥♥♥ THB1900 (approx SGD$79) for all~

when i was really reallyyy going to fall asleep, they came back. *yawns~ and they came back with more food..

think it's prata with condense milk (keep hearing Ping say "condense milk condense milk"), cheese and fillings?

Laipeng bought a sausage for me. swallow it and went to bed. *hahahas~

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that's all for Day 2. look out for Day 3, coming soon~

Birthday presents from ♥

2011-12-08T14:03:00.010+08:00

was telling my love (love using the word "my love" recently because Hebe's latest album is named "my love" and she will goes "my love, 你門好嗎~？") how fun the scrapbooking workshop was conducted by my VP. during the workshop, she took out her Daisy Martha Stewart Edge Punch and i think i went crazy? *lols.

took the punch over when it's available and started punching on a piece of white cardstock.. awwww~~ very lovely. *hahas. it's my first time using the punch, but i have been eyeing it for a very longgggg time. $40+ for a punch is VERY EXPENSIVE! think i did the punches pretty well (have seen videos on how to use it before) and a few colleagues actually come to me, asking me to teach them how to use the punch. *hehs.

later that night, i combed through Maple Treehouse website again and posted some links of the punches. little did i know that my love will go and purchase it! of course he didn't let me know until the products are already in his hands. ahhhhh~ there goes my membership points. =x

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if i had known earlier he's going to purchase whatever i shared on my FB wall, i would have posted the Sizzix Big Shot Machine and a few die cuts~ lolololololol~

the machine!

Sizzix Bigz Die 3-D Flowers

more info on the die cut rose here~

Nestabilities Heart Circles Die Cutting and Embossing Templates

Nestabilities Labels Seventeen Die Cutting and Embossing Templates

Impressabilities Butterfly Die Cutting and Embossing Templates

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my love, if you happen to read this, DON'T BUY HUH! i will save up and get them home slowly~

5D4N Land of Thousand Smiles (Day 1)

2011-12-05T23:44:00.021+08:00

2 months overdue. *hahas.

somewhere in May this year, we bought this FB "deal" to BKK from this particular travel agency which has a lot of different names. under our package, it's called "Connection Tours and Travel" at Orchard Towers. we were very upset with the services provided by their staffs, especially "Shirley" (who is an indian woman). shall not go in details (if not i think i might need to write a few thousand words). basically, every dates that we choose was unavailable, and we only managed to finalize the dates in Oct. yes, we flew to BKK in Oct where the flood has already started (but have not reach the city area)..

here's a breakdown of the cost (per pax in SGD):
$199 (4D3N air tickets & hotel)
$138 (airline tax)
$50 (extension per room per night; we extended 1 night)

so the total cost was $362 per pax.

finally the day has come! on the day of departure before checking in..

our boarding passes..

our plane, flying with MAI.. the aircraft is small. same size as those budget airline planes. the seats might be a little wider and the leg room might be longer (i guess?)..

they didn't allocate 2 by 2 seats, so 3 of us sat together while Wilson sat alone across the aisle with 2 strangers.. *hehes.

fish?

or chicken?

the stewardess asked "fish with steamed rice" or "chicken wing noodle", so i choose the fish. upon opening the package, i was surprised to see the amount of chilli and curry all over. luckily Ping still wanted to have the fish, so she took the package i opened, and we switched the unopened one to the noodle. =p

the mango cake was fantastic! *hehs.

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did we talked too much or was the journey really that fast? the 2 hours passed by very quickly. =p very soon, we landed at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. the walk from the arrival gate to the custom was pretty far, and the queue at the custom was amazingly long too. -_-

collected our baggages, and followed the signage to the taxi stand. taking a cab from the airport was easy; they have a counter so you only need to tell the person your destination and they will get a cab for you.

our handsome driver.

cab fare from the airport to our hotel cost THB350 (approx SGD$13.50).

was already late (behind schedule from our planned itinerary) and the checking-in of hotel is super slow. no idea why, but the couples and families at the counter next to us has come and go, and we were still standing in-front of the counter, waiting and waiting. i'm sure we waited for at least 30 minutes. -_-

Grand President Bangkok
14, 16 Sukhumvit Soi 11, Bangkok 10110, Thailand

*note: there's another THB1200 (approx. SGD$50) for the hotel tax per pax.

and this is our (Laipeng & I) room..

mini kitchen with a big fridge!

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after settling down, we went out immediately~ no time to waste. *hehs.

bought the BTS ticket to Chit Lom..

the first stop was to visit the famous (ahh.. i cannot remember the name) temple.. *letmegooglequick*

yes, it's call the Erawan Shrine.. situated along the main road, there's A LOT of people here! (i think it's a place where Singaporean in BKK can gather too. *lols.)

since all 3 of them are praying, i also joined in the fun. =p not sure what and how to do, just follow and copy the crowd.. cost THB50 (approx SGD$2) for these joss sticks, candle and 4 bunches of flowers.

crossed the road and head over to Centralworld.. there's a lot of roadside stalls on the way to the mall..

Wilson bought a few meats from them..

belts~ ♥

reached Centralworld. there's nothing much actually. we went there for Forever 21 (known as XXI Forever in BKK) but it's a disappointment too..

went over to Platinum Mall for dinner. we thought we could have dinner first and shop after that. but when we finished our dinner, all the shops were already closed! =( there were only 2 or 3 shops who were still open so we went over as Wilson need to buy a pant (he didn't bring extra for the next day)! *lols.

my prawn padthai from the foodcourt at the top floor. super yummy! ♥ THB70 (approx SGD$3)

went to Big C after dinner. i love shopping at supermarket because it's the best place to get my candies! then the 3 of them start laughing at me (say i very aunty, love to go supermarket).. TT but it's ok! because they also bought a lot of things from the supermarket too! they have become aunties and uncle too~ =p

bracoli juice anyone? *eews!

in the BTS, on the way back to Nana station..

my grab for the day. ♥ the tiny ribbons all over.. the guy told us 1 for THB200, 2 for THB150 each. we bought 3 and managed to get them at THB400 altogether. so it's only THB133 each (approx. SGD$5.50~)

bought ice creams from the 7-11 nearby our hotel.. and they are all super cheap!

love my watermelon fruttare ice cream. THB15 (approx SGD$0.60)! only available in Thailand~ *yums!

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that's all for Day 1. read Day 2's entry here~

Maple Treehouse

2011-07-27T23:11:00.007+08:00

after much consideration (was skeptical about their items because i saw the prices of their distress ink at almost 50% lower than market rates), i decided to make some purchases with Maple Treehouse.

school's laptop really sucks cuz there's no way i can sign up for the member or checkout my shopping cart, so we did it the manual way - ordering through emails.

so i met up with them at the mrt station (was lazy to walk to the office under such weather) this afternoon and was happy with my purchases!

Mulberry Flowers: Petunia Garden, Great African Rift Valley & Cinnamon Nutmeg (didn't know this was so tiny).
Distress Ink: Spun Sugar
Liquid Pearls: Petal Pink & Silver Pearl

i need the flowers urgently as i need to get Mummy's birthday card done. the card have been lying there for weeks without progress as i'm short of the flowers..

bought another distress ink in spun sugar. and was a little disappoint thou - the packaging was sticky and torn, the pad was furry and there were droplets of inks on the cover. it doesn't look brand new to me. =(

got 2 bottle of liquid pearls as i think they look really cool in the video tutorial. satisfied!

i'm going to continue with Mummy's card this weekend, and have to get Baby Lucas's card done before this Sat!

Happy Mummy's Day

2011-05-08T23:55:00.006+08:00

Happy Mummy's Day, Mummy! ♥♥

had our brunch at Cystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao, Bugis. first time Meimei foot the bill! *yay~

went shopping at Nex, then head over to Serangoon Garden for durian mousse.. won't be patronizing them in the near future because their standard dropped drastically. there's chunk of fine crushed ice in the mousse which is very obvious - 偷工减料.

then queue for KOI at Ang Mo Kio.. wasted our time because the drink taste horrible. and it's the outlet's fault.

our gift and card for Mummy. ♥

Holland-Bukit Timah GRC

2011-05-08T22:05:00.000+08:00

i'm not a political person at all.. and honestly, i don't really care.. but since i need to vote this time (and it's my first time), i've decided to go for... PAP (because of Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan - i think he's cute!) *HAHAHAS!

for the past few years, i've seen his picture almost everyday while i was walking home (but didn't know he's the MP for my area)..

@Cafe Cartel: Mdm, can i take your order?

giving out flyers at NTUC's bananas section. totally irrelevant, but i don't like banana.

Dr. Vivian: "why this aunty refuse to open the gate huh?"

seems like he likes to put his hand on his waist.. and from this angle, it looks like he's holding onto the 2 green umbrellas with his right hand (but of course the color don't match).. look so "beng" (if only he's shaking his right leg too!)

okok, the captions are for fun only. anyway, congrats on winning!

by the way, anyone agree with me that Sim Ann look a little... irritating? i don't like her mouth and eyes.

2D1N Batam Trip ( ♥'s Birthday Surprise)

2011-05-01T23:21:00.000+08:00

i planned this trip in february, before the Chinese New Year.. but due to laziness bla bla bla.. i only managed to get ♥'s passport number (without alerting him) at the very last minute. so instead of staying at my initial choice of hotel - iHotel, i booked The Hills Hotel instead.

woke up very early in the morning and took the bus down to Harbourfront. collected out tickets without much hassle and decided to have our breakfast at the so-call kopitiam beside the counters.

went to queue for boarding but the queue was tremendously long! and by the time we reach the gate, it was 8:26am (1 minute past the gate closing time) and the personnal refuse to allow us to board the ferry anymore! *angry* there's another family of 4 who had the same problem with us and they argued with the staffs saying that the queue was too long. they started to exchange nasty words so we decided to let them continue their arguement while we go back to the counters to ask for help.

the aunty (from JA Travel) helped us to change our tickets to the next available but we have to pay an additional $20 for it. *angrybutnochoice* so we are going to reach Batam an hour later than the original scheduled time, then another car will come pick us up to join in our tour group. there's still another 45 minutes before the departure, but the aunty walked us to the boarding gate and told us to just go in and wait.

*Note: if you are leaving for Batam from Singapore, people, please queue up damn early if the queue is very long. if not, i think you can cut the queue too, explain to the people infront of you that your gate is closing.

finally.. on BatamFast ferry towards Batam~

when we reach the ferry terminal at Batam, this lady picked us up and told us that the tour bus is still waiting (WHAT? the entire group waited an hour for us?) at the carpark. she explained to us that because it's the peak period, many others were late too, so between 8:30 - 9:30, there's a few other ferry arriving Batam, and these people were from the tour too, just that we were the last couple to arrive.

the bus set off to our first destination - a local snacks store selling all sorts of keropok etc.. we bought 2 packets and it cost us SGD$10! (not very cheap huh?) then we went to savour the famous kuek lapis and it started pouring heavily while we were still in the shop. the bus driver was so nice that he took out his gigantic umbrella and sheltered us onto the bus one by one. and we didn't order any kuek lapis - wasn't great fan of it.

next stop was the largest temple in Batam. it was still pouring, but we still alighted and did some snapping.

lunch was at Golden Prawn Restaurant as usual. tour guide told us the reason why it's always that place is because that's the only place that can cater to so many people. other restaurants are not so big and they can't handle the large crowd.

we skipped the magic show and went to the Batam Miniature Park - a place where they display all the types of houses they have in Batam.

while exiting, we saw this harimau!

we skipped the massage too because tour guide says it's only massage. i prefer to do some scrubbing instead of massage. so while those who opted for the massage went for their 1.5hours of massage, the rest of us went shopping at Batam City Square (BCS). pretty much the same compared to the previous time i was here.

shopped around but didn't bought anything.. so we end up buying McDonald's sundae then went to the waiting area to wait for our tour guide to arrive. when she came with the group that went for the massage earlier, she dropped them off for shopping and picked us up to go to our hotel.

she left shortly after informing the hotel's staff about our check-in and telling us about the pickup timing and location the next day. after she left, the hotel's staff attempted to cheat us regarding our room. he told us that the double-room we booked was not available and told us to upgrade it to the superior one instead (which will cost SGD$15 more). WTH i don't want to give it to them. it's your fault for not having our room and now you want me to pay more for another room. so after much "talking", he told us that our room was ready. the deluxe room where you don't have to pay an additional $15. ridiculous right?

the only downside was: it's not a double-room. we got a twin-room instead. but it's ok with us. beds can be easily pushed and combined together. anyway, it's only for a night.

reception was good. we can watch Singapore's channel too. wifi reception was good too~

after washing up, we went to Nagoya Hill Shopping Mall which was just across the street for dinner. somehow i think the location of our hotel is better than iHotel. iHotel is situated beside the shopping mall but it's still quite a walking distance.

had Ayam Penyet Ria for dinner, Rp58300 (SGD$8.50). yummy and cheap!

mango and orange juice. my mango juice was fantastic! they blend the entire mango and was served to you immediately. the only thing added was ice. 100% mango! cool!

we walked around the place after dinner. nothing much. there was a theatre at the last floor, but they were all showing horror films which i have never heard and seen before - looks local. the basement was the hypermart and lots of electronic stalls (like our Sim Lim Square).. so we went to the hypermart and bought some snacks.

oh yes, they allow you to choose your grapes! you can simply snip off those you don't want and throw it back. luckily SG didn't allow this.. if not it will be chaotic..

tried the highly recommended J.Co donuts too.. yummy! =p

Day 2

had breakfast at the hotel since it's included. buffet style, nothing fanciful. luckily i'm not a breakfast person too.

returned to our room after breakfast. did some packing then we decided to go over to Nagoya Hill again to do some last minute purchases at the hypermart.

the view from our room with the shopping mall just opposite. fantastic right? =p

HOT!

found a frozen-to-death fly at the frozen meat section.. poor thing.

lelong lelong durians..

you can choose your own fries too!

Magnum is cheap! half price compared to SG! Rp10000 = SGD$1.50 only!

we checked out before noon and sat at the lobby waiting for the tour guide to arrive. there's 3 other family who were with us, and when the tour guide arrived, we board the bus and head straight to the ferry terminal. got our tickets etc... but our departure was 5:30pm (Batam time) so we went over to Megamall for A&W~ =p

i love curly fries~ ♥

bought half a dozen of J.Co donuts before leaving too. can eat it if we are hungry while waiting for the ferry..

after an hour of ferry ride, we were back to SG! plus another hour of time difference, it was already 8pm when we reach Harbourfront. went over to Seah Im hawker centre for dinner.

my ♥♥ slice fish beehoon~ ♥♥

one last picture:

my grabs from Batam.. SNACKS~~

안녕하세요

2011-03-24T13:26:00.002+08:00

환영 홈

4 more days and Meimei will be back from Koreaaaaaaa & Bangkok~ can't wait you know.. i mean i can't wait for the stuffs i asked her to buy from Korea. =p

my polaroid films, polaroid albums, polaroid bag and pouch, gim, various products from Tony Moly, Holika Holika, Skin Food... ♥♥♥

Childish.

2011-03-05T23:10:00.002+08:00

I just happened to get to know that she is so so sooooooo childish to call others a "spy" when he entered the room while she's badmouthing about me.. Aiyo...

Dating.. at the.. coffeeshop!

2011-03-04T23:38:00.001+08:00

Meet Laogong for dinner after work at Jurong West.. Supposingly we are to meet at Jurong Point, but we ended up at the coffeeshop near his place because he wanted to eat tzechar. So I had my sliced fish beehoon, yummy!

After dinner, we bought bubble tea from the usual bubble tea store then walked around the area to finish the drink (because we wanted to go to McDonald for fries).. While we are walking around, we saw this tutu kueh stall at the hawker centre and Laogong wanted to try.. So we bought 3 for $1 and sat down infront of the stall to have tutu kueh while sipping away on our bubble tea.

At McDonald, we ordered a large fries and sat down to chat. But when i took the first bite of the fries, i concluded that my stomach can't contain anymore food. *hahahas. After that, we bought some fresh cutted fruits and sat down at the playground.. eating and chatting again. =p

What a nice place for dating right? So "sweet" of him~

Belted High Collar Dress (White)

2011-03-04T09:36:00.012+08:00

Click on image to enlarge.

Bought this from a livejournal blogshop, Agneselle some time ago.. Didn't have the chance to wear it so it's still brand new! Letting it go at $21, leave a comment if you are interested!

Pit to pit: 13 - 17 inches
Length: 32 inches

Material:
Thick structured material.
Fabric belt included!
Stretchable with small smock centre piece at the back.

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Here's a close-up view:

Pictures credit to Agneselle.

Irritating.

2011-03-03T12:05:00.001+08:00

I opened up Facebook on the way to work this morning and saw some damn irritating comments which make me feel like smashing her head against hard concrete wall.

If a person don't know how to respect others, then I don't think he/she deserves to be respected either. For me, it's simple, you treat me like shit, I'll treat you like diarrhea; your show me disrespect, I'll show you my gracefulness while not respecting you.

Grandma's 76th Birthday!

2011-01-23T22:28:00.002+08:00

Went to my grandparent's place with Mummy this afternoon. Mummy mentioned that it's Grandma's birthday today so we went to plaza to get a cake for her.. Just a small one as there isn't a lot of people around..

Happy Birthday Ah Ma!

also gave Berlynn her belated birthday gift (4 months overdue!) and Jolynn's advance birthday gift..

more pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=271319&id=707174821

Musee Platinum Tokyo - Treatment #1

2010-09-22T23:42:00.018+08:00

click on image to enlarge

YES! it's only SGD $188! no additional cost at all. i was deciding between Regina and Musee initially, then Musee came up with this promotion, so i decided to try it then.

so i went for my first treatment after work today. the appointment was at 6:30pm, and i was stuck in the traffic jam at town. the bus i took was a "hottie" too. most probably because it goes all the way to Bedok, and many people who work in town will be catching that bus back to the east.

when i alighted the bus, it was 6:30pm sharp! so i took quicker steps to get to Centrepoint and catch the lift up to the 3rd storey. i have been reading in forums that if you are late and you didn't inform them beforehand, you will be forfeited 1 session. so when i reached, i told the person that i was late for 5 minutes as my appointment was at 6:30pm. they didn't penalize me for being late at all! *hehes. i was told to take a seat while waiting for therapist. within 5 minutes, i was being ushered to the room for changing. i would say it's pretty fast, not a lot of waiting. =p

if you are wearing a top and a bottom, they will give you a tank top (as shown above) to change into. and if you are wearing a dress, they will give you a robe that look like a tube maxi dress to change into.

there's a locker for you to keep your belongings, and after locking it, just wear the key around your wrist (the key is actually tied to a rubber band like those we use for tying hair).

the towel and sunglass are used to cover your eyes during the treatment, so i suppose those bottles are the gel etc..

the treatment bed..

the therapist, a very nice malay girl came and we started the treatment which lasted for about 30 minutes. again, unlike what i have read from forums, i don't hear staffs giggling and chatting to their colleagues when they are doing the treatment for customer. the only conversation was between you and your therapist.

i was told to not shave 3 days before the treatment as the therapist will shave for you when you come for treatment. the shaving was very itchy for me so i was giggling away. *hahas. so my therapist realized that it's my first time. *hahas! after shaving, she applied the cooling gel to my underarm and constantly check if the gel was too cold for me. so we started zapping after applying the gel. it's not painful at all, but i can feel the heat and there's some stinging feeling while she's zapping. don't worry, you won't be crying in pain. *hahas! after the treatment, she placed a cooling pad on the treated skin to soothe it, then applied moisturizing essence to smoothen the skin.

treatment will be done every 2 months for the first year, and subsequently every 3 months. it's totally worth it! so if you are keen, do call them up to make a appointment, and remember to quote my member id (#81001838 Rachel Tan) to get a free upper lip treatment!

Musee Platinum Tokyo - Consultation

2010-09-12T22:40:00.002+08:00

http://www.musee-pla.asia

after about 2 months of waiting (make the appointment in July and the earliest slot for me is in September!).. i just went for the consultation earlier this morning at 10am. i believe i'm the first person for today. *hahas.

the person at the counter is a japanese, and my consultant is a very nice malay girl. despite hearing a lot of negative comments about the staff at Centrepoint outlet, i was amaze by their politeness today. =p didn't get to do the treatment today, but she scheduled the earliest on the following tuesday for me.

on friday, they actually called me to confirm this appointment, and told me that consultation would take about an hour. it really took an hour today, but i guess the waiting is longer than the consulting. =x you might get a little bored in the empty white room, so for anyone who is going for the consultation soon, you can consider to bring a book there. for me, i was reading my ibooks while waiting. =p

can't wait for my first treatment the next week. in the meantime, feel free to quote my member id (#81001838 Rachel Tan) to get a free upper lip treatment. =) i received a mirror (about the size of 2 iPhones) as welcome gift too!

Dinner at V8

2010-05-14T23:59:00.003+08:00

meet up with Shifu and Shimu for dinner together with Nick. i thought we were running late because my lesson ends at 6pm, and the meeting time was 6:30pm.. but in the end, both of them were later! =x

dinner at V8 cafe..

usually the queue is very long.. so this is considered as short.. *hehs.

shifu

shimu

Nick

back home, Mummy cooked bird nest soup! *hehehes. my favorite (my sis too)! =p

didn't get to listen to radio at all today. have lesson at the timing they play this. =x so at 10:30pm, i tune in to Y.E.S 933 on MeRadio~ i love this 爱，无尽 speech drama. =p

more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=171560&id=707174821

You Are The One Singapore (Cheer Singapore)

2010-05-02T00:25:00.004+08:00

Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Hey
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Ho
You are the one Singapore
Now is the time here we go

Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Hey
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Ho
You are the one Singapore
Now is the time here we go

Beat of the Drum
Feet on the ground
Shout it out loud
Make us so proud

Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Hey
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Ho
You are the one Singapore
Now is the time here we go

Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Hey
Oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah Ho
You are the one Singapore
Now is the time here we go

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the song was specially composed and performed by JJ Lin for Cheer Singapore. very catchy. =p first heard it when it was played at the national cheerleading championship. the song is heavily played on television recently. and now, i have already mastered the dance. *hahahas. =p

The World’s shortest man

2010-05-01T02:01:00.006+08:00

i've just finished watching episode 10 of Amazing Race 16 and knew that the World's shortest man is in China with the name, He Pingping.

at the end of the show, it shows "In Memory of He Pingping", so i decided to googled for him as the sentence sound very wrong. then i realized.. this man is already dead. -_- he died in March this year at the age of 21, due to heart condition. he was admitted to hospital after suffering a chest complaint while filming a tv program in Rome.

such a waste right? that a "wonder" had died. but i don't really pity him. *hahahas. while he was on Amazing Race, he was holding a cigarette and smoking away. maybe that will explain why he suffer pain in his chest?

dwarf do exist, it's not just fairytale. *lols.

Nick's Surprise Birthday Celebration

2010-04-28T23:37:00.007+08:00

went searching for Nick's present after work. the lazy guys put me on this task. =x

wanted to get these 2 initally.. but the Le Coq Sportif one didn't have the size..

so bought these 2 instead..

super cute card. the inside is uber cute too!

wrapped them~

so the next day in school.. they all gathered in my office, cracking our head for ideas to get Nick over. so they came up with this wonderful idea of telling him that i knocked over my kettle and spilled water on my desk and my computer short-circuited. =x i called, then told him the exact thing, and guess what? he ask me call CSO clean up my desk first. *LOLS!

Jeremy came up with a superb idea of throwing the cake box towards Nick when he came in.. but his acting FAILED! *lols. and i always face the same problem when i wanted to light the candles... "where is the lighter huh?" *HAHAHAS! they say no one in this school smoke, so Sean ran across the street to buy a lighter.

can see.. very noob in cutting cake. *hehes.

once again, Happy Birthday Nick! hope you like this little surprise, and the present too! =)

Close encounter

2010-04-26T18:12:00.003+08:00

*phew.

Took Jeremy's car to the bus stop, and took 170 together with Nick back home. I alighted at AES and walked home while Nick continue his journey on the bus.

While I was walking that steep upslope back home, I combed my bag for my phone and realized it was nowhere to be found. =( so I stopped along the road, flipped through my bag with the bangalas at the opposite road whistling. -_- so I took bigger steps in order to reach home faster.

Once I got home, I dashed towards the phone immediately and dialed my own number. First try, the phone was engaged. Second try, it ring. So I called the third time to confirm again. It was ringing! But I can't remember where did I last place my phone. =x then Mummy told Daddy to drive me back to school to search for it..

Speeding down, I reached the school in less than 15 minutes, and I ran upslope into the building. Dashed towards my office immediately and was glad that my phone was on my desk (in a very obvious view). How could I have missed it when I leave my office? =x

*hahas! Althought I kept saying I want to change my phone, the "rumoured" new iPhone is not out yet, so it's still not the time to lost my phone.

P/s: thank you Daddy! Thank you Mummy!

Picnic with ♥

2010-04-18T23:08:00.005+08:00

initially, our picnic was scheduled in January.. but it got postponed and postponed again and again till April.. =x finally.. our long waited picnic at Pasir Ris Park!

Poh Ling got her "uncle" to drive us there.. but Nanzhi drove too.. in the end.. only Poh Ling and i took her uncle's car to the park, the other 4 took Nanzhi's car because they wanted to go buy the string for kite and woman need to withdraw money. =x

Uncle Eng driving..

brought so much.. and we didn't manage to finish them all. *hahahas.

nuggets and sandwiches were emptied. great job Ling! *hehehes.

Ling and bf

Uncle Eng (and woman's green tea)

woman and i

Poh Ling

Jun Tang

Uncle Eng bought this cake. YUMMY!

Ling and Jun Tang

act cute. *hahas.

he stayed with us throughout the entire day and was very spontaneous.

my favorite shot!

so jealous. i took Poh Ling's camera and took so many portrait for them. but there's no picture of me. *hahahas!

rented a bicycle.. *hehes. finally, i think i didn't wobble much at the beginning anymore. =p and we ride to the stable area because Poh Ling wanted to ride a horse. *hahahas.

grooming the hair..

feeding..

even the biggest horse around is still a pony. *aww..

evening.. the rain is coming. *hahas. weather was perfect the whole afternoon. but at around 7pm, it started to shower.. stop for a few minutes and the heavy downpour started. =x

so we packed up and leave the place. before we hop onto the car, in the rain, we have to cycle back to the rental shop to return the bikes. Nanzhi and i was holding to one side of my bike while holding the umbrella.. then he suggest to return the bike for me so that it won't be so troublesome. *hehes. in the end, he was drenched while i was sitting comfortably in Uncle Eng's car. =p the rest are all drenched too!

My album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=164832&id=707174821
Pauline's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=416912&id=700405075

Sentosa R&R

2010-04-10T23:23:00.001+08:00

have to reach Vivocity at 8:45am.. so i woke up at 6:30am (*rarh! so early for weekends), leave my house at 7:30am.. realize i forgot to bring my phone when i was waiting for bus at the bus stop.. think that i can't survive without my phone for the day, i ran home to get it. the jam was horrendous at the area around Toh Tuck.. and i reach the place 20 minutes late. =x

luckily, i am not the last! *hahahas!

briefing..

snatch arrr~ Laipeng and i never snatch so we are left with the last 2 on the floor. -_- didn't get the design i like, but luckily my nice Shifu gave me his bag (because he got the extremely cute design i wanted). *muahahas!

Team A!

it started poring while we were on the train towards Sentosa. -_- the first station was to go around the beach some more. -_-

have to cross over to the island some more. (the umbrella were pretty useless)

yes, we were all drenched.

the tram ride was FANTASTIC! (rain was splashing in from everywhere till we have to open our umbrella to shield ourselves on the tram..)

Oscar!

cleaning our feets. *hahahas!

Hard Rock Hotel at Resort World. Nice! have to plan a photo shoot trip at Resort World Sentosa one day.

Kelvin with the 2 Singaporean boys. (they look like twins!)

one of the task was to find 2 young Singaporean and take a picture with them. had a hard time finding because it's tourist everywhere.. =x

i want to go Universal Studios!! erm.. but after they reopen the roller coaster ride.. if not, it will be a waste of money! *hahahas.

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went back to Vivocity for lunch. was craving for Japanese food. *hehes. they wanted to have lunch together.. but Laipeng and i have planned to have Japanese food earlier (plus there's malays around.. Japenese food not halal), so we decided to not join them. *hahas. Jean heard we are going for Japanese food, so she tagged along..

so long since i last had Shin Kushiya. think was 4 to 5 months ago.. =x

sashimi platter! got my favorite swordfish (suddenly remember Kuishin Bo), hamachi and amaebi!!

chawanmushi! love the gigantic prawn on top!

very filling lunch till i skipped my dinner. =p

after lunch, we went shopping! *hehes. bought a skirt from Pull & Bear. it was yi jian zhong qing. *lols. and visiting Candy Empire is a must! 3 of us left the shop with small (Laipeng), medium (me) and big (Jean) bag. *hahahas!

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for more pictures:
Jean's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=167706&id=534492734
Kelvin's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13478&id=100000438142973
My album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=161777&id=707174821

Dinner with Ex-colleagues

2010-04-06T23:14:00.002+08:00

*hehes. OM went back to Malacca over the long weekend, and he bought Ma Ti Su for me! *wee~ so went back to Rulang after work to look for him..

Jing Yuan's Ma Ti Su!

loves!

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was spotted by a lot of people when i'm back this time. at the shophouses opposite the school, 4 HODs were standing there and Puh Chen spotted me first. at the little shelter just ahead, i heard someone call "Mei nu, qu na li?", turned over and saw Jenny (a parent volunteer).. *hahas. asked her to join us for dinner but she don't want (cause she's waiting for her son).

in the school, saw Mr Low also. =x so he asked about the application result. =x seriously, no news as of now. =x so he say he can find out for me if i want, and he told Adeline the same thing too. saw Tuck Soon too.. he look so shag and said "bu shi hen hao" when i asked him "hao ma?" *hahahas. such honest answer. =x

from 5pm+.. waited till 7pm before Cavan and Leo she de to leave the school. was damn famish by the time. -_- went to Jurong Point for dinner..

recommended by Almaz. she came down to join us..

orange juice

salad (i never eat, give Iris..)

miso soup

bean sprouts (i don't eat too.. give Iris..)

prawns!!

the chef.. quite good-looking. *hahas.

the dishes was served on toasted bread.. unique!

salmon

chawanmushi! super nice! i like!

this place is highly recommended! YakiYaki Bo @ Jurong Point (in-between JP1 and JP2 level 1). it's also under Ichiban and the stamp card from Ichiban can be use here. because i didn't bring the card, the person indicate on the receipt so that i can redeem it another day. but after i redeem it (8 points already lehs!), i lost the card.. -_- *hais.

Linksys Helpdesk

2010-04-05T21:41:00.003+08:00

Linksys asked me to do a survey after i called them up on Saturday...

So i gave them these...

In less than 5 minutes after the technician picked up the phone and did a basic troubleshooting+resetting, he told me "Oh Congratulations, your problem is solved". Don't think this is appropriate as he did not do any double-checking to ensure that my problem is really solved.

Accent wise, his filipino accent is a little too strong, i do have some difficulty understanding him, and he seem pretty impatient when i asked him to repeat.

Technician requested to do a remote monitoring on my laptop, and he definitely doesn't know his way around a Mac. He spent 45 minutes on my Mac, and couldn't solve the problem and insist that i get him a Windows laptop to continue. Initially when he saw that i'm using a Mac, he even commented sarcastically "No wonder you can't download from Microsoft, you are using a Mac!" -FYI, Microsoft do have some supports (e.g. Microsoft Office) on Mac.

I don't know if there's a lapse from the phone call or he have to think, but his response is always 15 seconds late. I mean, if there's a need to think, just give an indication instead of keep quiet and replying when i prompt "Hello?".

He was very impatient. When he ask me where will the download be saved to on my Mac, i wanted to show him, and he tell me "never mind" and asked me to stop touching the mouse. It happen so often that when he ask me to do something, i have to ask him "Can i touch my mouse?"

Finally, using the windows laptop, he managed to solve the problem and both Windows and Mac laptop can download stuffs from Microsoft Download Center. But the call duration was 1 hour 5 minutes.

After solving this problem, every time i switched off the modem and router, and when i on it again, i will get the wireless connected, but it just won't be able to load Internet. what i did every time was to do a reset on the router, set up the security etc.. and re-enter the password on my laptop then it will work. I will be glad if someone could tell me what's wrong with it this time.

Thank you.

My student... trying to add me on Facebook

2010-04-03T14:19:00.003+08:00

what a great introduction he gave. *hahahas!

It's a Good Friday~

2010-04-02T23:59:00.005+08:00

it's Good Friday~~

finally.. the long-awaited trip together. =p we meet at Jurong East interchange, 10:30am and took the 11am CW3 to Bukit Indah. =p

jam in-between Singapore and Malaysia custom.. =x such a short distance but we were stuck for at least an hour. =x

snap snap while jamming. *hahas.

the first thing we did after we alighted was to head towards A&W for lunch! was super thirsty too. so before our food arrives, i have emptied half of my drink. =x

they have a 2 litre Root Beer for takeaway. 2 litre lehs! for RM $6. i would grab one bottle home i drive there!

curly fries!!

someone's time is faster than us, but still, she is always late.

love the casing i got from Hong Kong!

our grabs from Jusco supermarket. all junks!

Nick asked to inform him when we reach JB. so i asked if he want to come and meet us (because the guys all backed out, and i let YY decided if he still want to come (but he say NO), so it's only us, 4 girls).. he tell me he will settle some stuffs first.. and he really came. =x

spot the siao zhar bor

always this pose whenever i try to snap him. *lols.

and Nick just come and drive us to the place for our seafood dinner. !#$%^&* =x i thought he's going to join us for dinner, but he don't want. make us feel so bad.. =x but still, thank you Nick.

don't know which stall is the nice one.. so we just randomly pick one.

sugar cane juice!

i realize.. my camera still take very nice (and clear) green and red photos. green and red still look vibrant!

rice..

hotplate deer meat..

vegetables.. (see the color!)

sambal stingray. super super spicy. took one piece, scrap off all the chilli, but my eyes still became watery. *hahahas!

cereal crayfish..

egg yolk crabs. not very nice.. =x

En cannot touch all the seafood. *hahahas. *aww~

total bill. dirt cheap!

the place we went for dinner.

Ping realized CW3 went to the place where the seafood is better. so she's going to bring us there next time. *wee~

cabbed down to City Square after dinner, and the cab driver say he will go by the metre. total fare was RM $6. walk walk, see see, shop shop and we left the place at around 10pm. took 170 from JB to Singapore.. and changed to 950 at Singapore custom so i can alight at Marsiling. waited for quite long.. but i reach home at around 11pm. *hehes. =p

foods~

2 wristlet i brought today. one to put MYR, one for SGD.

tops..

my lovely floral dress.. but when i try it out at home, realized it's torn at the bottom. not small hole lehs.. no chance to wear it out.. =(

it's definitely a Good Good Friday~

Chocolates will make One happy

2010-03-31T11:40:00.004+08:00

sometime, something will just make you feel so down.

the worst thing is, it's actually work that make me feel so unhappy and pissed. and sometime, i just feel like giving up.

i am sick recently. at the beginning of the year, i'm already down with a few fever, cough, flu, and i even puked twice. the condition turned better somewhere before Chinese New Year and i start coughing again in late February.

yesterday, while coughing, i puke some blood again. back home, Mummy start lecturing me about not going to the doctor, and told me what if it has got something to do with the lung? you see, i work from 7:30am to 6:30pm in the evening most of the days, when will i have the time to go to a doctor? i have to wake up at 5:30am to go to work, and when i finish work, it will be around 8pm when i reach home.

weekends. yes, i can go to the doctor during weekend. and i think i should go this weekend. the reason for not going to the doctor is because.. 1st, i don't like seeing the doctor. 2nd, if the doctor give me medical leave and ask me to rest at home, what happen to my classes in school?

then Mummy starting roaring again: "ni guan ta men zhe me duo zuo she me? xue sheng xue sheng, dou shi xue sheng..."

today, as usual i have tons of lessons. and maddening thing is, 2 class actually refuse to come for lesson. 4D, the teacher gave me some stupid excuse like the class is very difficult, he can't bring them out of the classroom etc else he will need a lot of time to settle them down again. but never mind, because i have rescheduled the lesson and he will definitely bring them in tomorrow.

and after that, 4E refuse to come down too. i called them and the teacher told me that the CCPE is taking their height and weight now. so i told her that i actually have a lesson with her class now and she need to bring them in. then she tell me, "i wasn't inform about this". then i explained again, telling her that this is the plan and she said: "i can't afford to lose any lesson with them". she then tell me the coordinator is Cassandra and ask me to check with her.

ok fine. went to the staff room and search for Cassandra. then she told me it's not her. she is the English head, but not for IT English. and tell me it might be Nelson or Ying Hui. but both of them were not at their desk at that point of time. Alan told me that it was Nor, and i can't locate Nor either. Hello? nobody know who is the incharge for P4 IT English? that bad?

my point is, i am so sick already, but i don't want the kids to miss their lesson, therefore i still go to school so that their lessons won't be affected. but i have some very irresponsible teachers who just wouldn't cooperate. my time table are soooooo tight that i can't squeeze in lessons on other days, and those idiots just have to screw them up further.

maybe this will teach me a good lesson. don't have to care so much next time, sick, just don't go to work then.

I AM MUNCHING ON CHOCOLATES! i don't care if people are going to tell me chocolates is very heaty because Internet tell me chocolate will make One happy!

A Day filled with JJ Lin!

2010-03-28T23:59:00.005+08:00

last year, Ping actually bought his album as Christmas gift for me. but because of some delay in giving me the album, i bought it myself on the last day of 2009, without knowing she already bought it. =x it's good anyway, because i have someone to accompany me for his autograph session. =p

we are suppose to meet at 11:30am.. then Ping changed the timing to 12:30pm. i reach on time! but at 12:40pm, she told me she's still at Bedok MRT, trying to get a cab. =x luckily she gave up the idea of cabbing over, because she switched to taking the train over, and reached at around 1:15pm. sometime, cab is not the option. *hahas.

we were queueing from the Toast Box area.. sheltered, don't have to sweat under the sun. =p when he reached, he sang a song "背对背拥抱" (Back to Back) and the photo-taking session starts. =p

actually the queue was moving pretty fast.

taken from a distance.. the security in front don't allow us to take picture, kept on shouting "KEEP YOUR CAMERAS". moreover, before you were allowed into the fenced area, the person will wait till you keep your camera into your bag before allowing you through. -_-

we can't use our own camera. -_- so i can't use my polaroid. =( and we still have to wait for a week before they finish uploading all the pictures online (so we can download from the web)..

we can either hold hands or hook arms so i choose to hold hands. =p

loves~

Ping's hand was trembling after she stepped down from the stage. *hahahas. don't understand why. *lols. he's my hubby, i should be the one trembling lehs. =x

shortly after we have our picture taken, we went over to Bugis Village to shop.. then over to Cineleisure for dinner (as JJ Party 4 is a *SCAPE Warehouse).

Ping's salmon don. scary. *hahas. can they have hamachi don?

was 6:30pm when we reach *SCAPE Warehouse, but the queue was already very long! =x those people don't have to eat dinner? =x

inside the Warehouse..

Dennis, the host for the night.

his first song, 跟屁虫 (Copycat) together with Lan Bo (correct me if i'm wrong), the very famous dance teacher from Taiwan as his dancer.

some games.. teaching how to dance 跟屁虫 (Copycat).

lucky draw.. reading the name..

his forte.

Jun Yang appeared...

and they sing and play together..

this woman is from his company.. she came onstage and gave his a remote control. telling him to press the button so it play a video of his sleeping (with all the unglam pose).. *hahas.

but instead, it was an video of all the colleagues singing his song "转动" (Turn). he teared after the video ended.. *hahas. then they brought in a cake and present from his fan club.

blow~

after singing "第几个100天" (Hundred Days), the party ended. and it's already 10pm, so i thought there won't be any autograph session (i got the news of an autograph session from JJFC Facebook comments so not sure how true the information was).. then Dennis announced that we should start queueing up to get ready for the autograph session. *HAHAHAS! first time someone held the autograph session at such hour. *lols!

queueing..

grab from Dennis's tweet. he put it on for JJ, and he make such a face for him to snap.. *hahas.

in less than 30 minutes, we were already onstage, getting his autograph. =p

doesn't his signature look (a bit) like Agnes B logo? *hahas.

HAPPY! =)

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Ping's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=405221&id=533085523
My album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=157715&id=707174821

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

2010-03-27T22:39:00.002+08:00

Mentioned to Shifu before that i love Professor Layton. *hahas. I've completed the first game (Curious Village) last year (or was it last last year?) and is on the second game (Pandora's Box) now. *hehs.

Now Shifu told me there's a movie for it! *AHHHHH~ Ok, must watch. Hopefully it will still be on screen next weekend (because it was released on 18mar =x)!

1 Day Batam Trip

2010-03-19T23:58:00.006+08:00

my first time to Batam! *hehes.

yes, i know i just got back to Singapore from Hong Kong one Wednesday and i'm leaving again.. =p school holiday, must make full use of it! =p but yesterday, i did went back to school and accompany/supervise my P5 kids to do their project. *hahas.

boarding pass.. cannot keep, must return one.. so they can reuse..

Penguin ferry.

was pretty worried before boarding that i'll get sea sick. because the previous time i took Penguin Tekong, i almost puked. =x but all went well. didn't have the slightest feeling of puking. =p

my onboard entertainment. still can get the Singapore telco reception while we are in the middle of the sea. watching "Down with Love"! Jerry Yan is soooo cute in this drama!

YAY~ and we reached Batam after a 45 minutes ferry ride.

our own bus, carrying only the 11 of us..

something happened and we were delayed from departing from the ferry terminal. he personal at Batam told us that they did not received any information that we have paid extra (because we want a bus to ourselves) and wanted us to pay SGD $50 first before the car can start. once they have verified that we have already paid the amount back in Singapore, he will give us the $50 back.

but Iris insist not to give as we are very sure that we have already paid extra. we told them to call Singapore and check but the guy said he can't reach the person in-charge. then Iris say she will make the call herself. and... TADA! she can't find her phone everywhere. finally we concluded that it might be on the ferry. the custom officers allow her to go back in, but when she reach the jetty, the ferry have just departed. =x

so we called her phone continuously, hoping that someone might hear the phone ringing and answer it. after various attempt, Leo finally managed to get through the line. the person told him that he's the captain of the ferry and they will return the phone when they reach Batam after fetching the second batch of passengers from Singapore.

lucky her. *hahas.

our tour guide, Pina (aka. Peanut)

our first stop, the Guan Yin temple.

she told us that this statue was originally at the middle of the sea, facing Singapore. and they have relocated it at Batam, still facing Singapore.

we can see Singapore from this temple too! *hehs.

*hehes. my new casing from Hong Kong.

"local soil shop"..

i only bought 2 items, one fish cracker and another was.. erm, it taste good, but got no idea what is it..

next stop, Go Kart..

Leo, Adeline and Cavan tried. i decided not to play because it look very dirty. and it was indeed dirty. *lols. their pants was wet (especially Cavan's) and have tons of tiny black dirts on their body and shirt after that..

this is a miniature park with all the different design of houses Batam have.. i actually saw the real house of this design when we were travelling.. very nice!

then it's time for seafood lunch!!

sharks. real one. 2 big and one small. -_- i hope they are for display only. and it's terribly cruel to keep them here. -_-

Golden Prawn 555

gong gong?

beancurd soup

fish. super spicy..

flower crab.. not very nice..

my ice tea..

Batam coconut. Pina mentioned that Batam's coconut are very weird. before noon, they are sweet, and 12 noon, it will become sour (but it's not spoil).. this one is sour. =x

prawns! i like!

sotongs! i like too. but only have 2 then the plate is empty. -_-

Ben, Almaz and Janice Guan ordered these.. gigantic clams~

so scary. super bloody too. don't dare to eat even Ben offer it to me.

my last Hepatitis B jab was when i was 10 year old. so i try to cut down the amount of eating "poisonous" seafood even though i love all these seashells stuffs..

vegetables..

satisfied lunch!

at the Collection Shop. they sell bags, wallets, perfumes etc.. but the bags are fake. they call it class AAA. *hahahas. =x Pina told us their term "original" means "class AAA".. meaning it's as good as the original one.. but were rejected stuffs.

we drove past this street that sells a lot of fruits and preserved fruits. it's not in the itinerary, but Pina told the driver to let us down to buy some stuffs. *hehes. =p

my favorite passion fruit!

the inside is very different from what we have in Singapore.

Singapore's passion fruits are red on the outside, orange-golden on the inside. smell good, taste sourish-sweet.. Batam's passion fruits have orange skin, white seed, practically no smell but is extremely sweet! but i never buy. *hahas. very heavy lehs..

they look so beautiful! *hahahas!

the person was selling it for SGD $8 per pack (4kg).. Iris bargained with him and he drop the price by half. thinking that it's not enough, Iris told him $4 is for 2 bags, he say cannot, but he continue packing for us. *lols. so when he have me my 2 bags of preserved mangoes (8kg), i gave him SGD $4 (meaning $2 for a bag of 4kg mangoes).. and he gave me the super watery, pitiful face. *lols. but still, we make the deal at $2 per bag. *muahahas!

then to the Polo Shop..

and more temples.. only OM, Almaz and Ben decided to go in and pray. the rest stayed in the car. i went down to snap some pictures~ =p

and for massage at 89 Hotel~ (it's clean)

all of them took the full body massage other than Adeline, Karen and i. we took the body scrub instead. =p

the one at the left is my "massager". *lols.

can't communicate well, we did managed to chat a little.. and i know that she doesn't have a citizenship, 25 year old, married with a 4 year old boy, can speak malay and korean with a little of english and hokkien. *hahas. i remember Almaz ask why am i doing a census check on her. *lols.

they have Facebook's tee. nice! but all for male. -_-

second last stop, Batam City Square.. shopped there till 6pm before we head towards Batam Centre..

our ferry departs at 19:30, so quickly went for dinner at A&W as we were running out of time. =x finally managed to eat A&W~ *wee~ = p

everyone was sleeping on the way back. *hahas. so i snap and snap..

Adeline, Cavan, OM and Janice Sng..

Leo and Karen..

Iris and Ben, the worst one.. they were sleeping slanted at 45 degree. *lols.

wanted to cabbed home, but the queue at the taxi stand was horrifying. and changed my mind and went to the bus terminal. *hahas. carrying that extremely 8kg of preserves mangoes along. =x

anyway, it's a great trip! =)

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more pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156021&id=707174821&l=bfba9722c2

4D3N Hong Kong Fun!

2010-03-17T23:59:00.011+08:00

after we landed, went up to level 3 to get Popeye, cabbed home, brought Popeye to Mummy's workplace (her dinner), walk over to 5th aunt house and chat till 9pm++, search for LX3 screen protector at Causeway Point but most of the shops were closed, then went home.

Ahhhhh~ super busy after we landed, and it was really tiring. *hahas.

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ok, here's the trip:

Day 1

06:20 flight, so woke up at 04:15.. bath, change, pack and off we go. and we were extremely lucky. managed to flag down a cab once we got out of the house. *hehs.

when he carry my luggage onto his car boot, he exclaimed: "WAH, going to rob the bank is it?".. "Empty one ar?".. *LOLS! told him we are departing, of course nothing much to bring, when we come back, it will be a lot heavier.. then he said: "8 years of driving a cab, this is the first time i carry such a light luggage!".

and throughout the journey, the cab driver keep talking to us, and he claim that he is "entertaining" us. *lols. with Jack Neo's scandal news. -_- he kept saying that this is just a promotional campaign and all those news are false. and he kept asking us "make sense or not? doesn't make sense right?" and you have to agree with him, else he will "argue" more. =x

err.. quite entertaining lar, but also very naggy. *hahas

reached the airport at around 05:30, and we checked in immediately. since most of the shops are still not open, we proceed to the boarding gate and wait there..

after we reach the boarding waiting area.. only have to wait for a while and we can start to board the plane..

bye bye Singapore~

my own in-flight entertainment..

the shoes i bought in Taiwan about 2 years ago. first time wearing it and my feet hurts like hell. -_-

10:25, hello Hong Kong~

all the while.. i saw many pictures from my friends that they can step down of the plane just beside it.. meaning you can see the plane when you alight.. finally i get the chance too! *hehehes!

so must take picture. but still, the air stewardess still caught us taking photos. =x they informed us no photo-taking before we alight.. *opps. =x

then the "shuttle bus" came and drove us to the terminal. i don't understand why the plane can't stop at the bridge itself (there is still a lot of unused links), and they must take all these trouble to carry passengers here and there.. -_-

out luggages and bag..

decided to travel with Vigor to get to our hotel.

Vigor Airport Shuttle Service
HKD $130 (one way to Kowloon)
HKD $200 (return)

11:25, it's a coach that we were riding on, and only 5 different group were on the bus so the bus was pretty empty. we were the fourth to alight and the entire journey took less than an hour!

crossing the bridge to Kowloon area..

reached our hotel at 12:15.. it was way before 2pm (the check-in time), but i decided to try my luck and approached the receptionist. *hehs. she allow us to check in early without additional charges. =p

YWCA - The Anne Black
5 Man Fuk Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
http://hotel.ywca.org.hk/eng/AnneBlack/anne_location.htm

after we checked in, rest for half an hour and we decided to start our holiday~ =p

first stop, the famous dessert store.

Hui Lau Shan 许留山 http://www.hkhls.com
Shop 6, G/F, Sun Kong House, 2N Sai Yeung Choi Street South
西洋菜街南2N新江樓地下6號舖

forgot what we bought. *hahas. it's mango.. with sago.. and the sago filled half of the cup. =x not bad..

Guardian are called Mannings there..

we are walking along Temple Street, trying to find Mido Cafe. it's a traditional hong kong cafe and many dramas are actually filmed there. but we combed the entire place, and was not able to find it. -_-

Tin Hau Temple we passed by..

we decided to give up searching for Mido Cafe after walking for an hour plus for it. -_- and we actually covered the distance of 2 MTR stations. we start walking from Mong Kok to Yau Ma Tei and end up at Jordan area.. so decided to take the train to our next destination...

Jordan > Mong Kok

Langham Place http://www.langhamplace.com.hk/eng
Take Exit C3 from Mong Kok MTR

was looking for the longest escalator in the building but we wasn't able to find it too. -_- forgot to print the copy which i note all these misc information. anyway, this is where the escalator is:

Xpresscalators - The longest escalators within a shopping mall in the territory. A pair of them is located on the 4th floor leading up to the 8th floor, and another pair leads to the 12th floor. These long escalators have been designed to reduce the "horizontal drift" of shoppers, thus keeping them in the mall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langham_Place

some restaurant at level 4..

Meimei's Zha Jiang Mian. it was good!

my Chicken & Ham Fried Rice (without bean sprout and onions as usual)..

Xiao Long Bao!

YUMS!

decided to explore the surrounding.. and we saw Modern Toilet (from Taiwan)! there's an outlet in Hong Kong too!

some roadside stall..

some "happenings" on the street and police are controlling the traffic. don't understand what is it for.. but according to the banners, they mention something like withdrawing from some group is a bliss.

then off we go to the infamous Tung Choi Street (Ladies Street)!

"I Love HK" tee.. (wanted to buy, but later i think it's a waste of money, i won't wear it..)

tons of iPhone casings! bought 2 from here! HKD $25 only (after bargaining)..

imitation bags..

Mummy love this chocolate, and this is 6 times the size we see in Singapore! even the Melty Kiss beside is gigantic too!

bought quite a number of stuffs. *hehs. and i also bought a pair of sandals and change into it immediately.. my feet are hurting like mad already.

after Ladies Street, took the MTR down to Tsim Sha Tsui..

the moment we step out from the MTR underpass, chilly cold air welcomed us. and there's a strong smell of sea in the air too.

have to walk pass this mall to reach Avenue of Stars!

super misty and foggy..

Aaron Kwok!

Bruce Lee!

i love the look of this ship. nice! and look at the background.. that's Hong Kong Island. so blur! how to see the Symphony of Lights?? can barely see the lights now..

the crowd start to gather infront when it's almost 20:00.

disappointment. really can't see what's going on across the sea. this is from Tsim Sha Tsui side.. -_-

after this, we went back to the MTR station to take the train down to Central. initial idea was to take the Star Ferry.. but since it's so foggy, i doubt we can see anything, so decided to do it another day..

Lan Kwai Fong

super huge Coach outlet. too bad they were closed. =(

the night life..

Lan Kwai Fong is... a steep hill? *hahas.. the pub/club areas are not big, and they were along the stretch of road uphill. =x and they have jersey hanging across the buildings..

wanted to have dinner there.. and from my research beforehand, there is this Japanese restaurant, Kyoto Joe and Tokio Joe.. i remember one was the super high class one and the other one was the economical one.. the waitress told me both are about the same and they serve almost the same food.. so we head into Kyoto Joe.

after a few minutes, we step out again, telling the person we change our mind.

no only that there's nothing much to eat.. the menu is only 6 pages (8 type of sushi only, mostly sashimi and set meals) and it's super costly. the cheapest sushi cost HKD $180 (approximately SGD $35).. Tell me, would you eat that (not knowing how good the restaurant is actually)?

because it's already 9pm+, we got no idea is there any other restaurant still opened when we go back to Yau Ma Tei.. so we decided to settle for McDonalds! *hahas. =x

as usual, my McNuggets.. Meimei had Grilled Chicken Burger and Yam pie.. their nuggets is the same as Singapore. *hahas. i think only Taiwan's McNuggets taste differently.

but the staffs working at that particular outlet was.. i will say, not working. they were busy talking among themselves, laughing and starring at customers. there's another person making the order in front of me, so i stood behind and wait. when the staff is done with that person, she stood aside and started to stare blankly without taking my order. -_- and i have to walk up to her and tell her i want to order. -_-

anyway, there restaurant is three storey high!

Meimei and her Yam pie..

after dinner, we head back to our hotel.. was an extremely tiring day..

room key..

stupid blisters..

bought these at New Town Mall 新の城..

New Town Mall 新の城 (we chance upon after leaving Langham Place, it's near Ladies Street)
Mong Kok MTR, Exit D2

the shops inside are super small, a lot of people that day so have to squeeze. really have to squeeze (don't think it's like Singapore's Far East Plaza where you still can walk comfortably).. the alley is also very small.. but they have a lot of fashionable clothing.. it's all girls in the mall! it's a definitely must-go place even if it's super crowded!

tank top and tee i bought from New Town Mall..

"Longchamp" bag i got at Ladies Street..

"Anna Sui" pouch i got for Ping at Ladies Street too.

lastly for Day 1:

we live in the 19th storey. there's 20 storey for the hotel, so we are pretty high up. *hehs. the view from our window.. can see other's apartment (very clearly).. =x

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Day 2 - to be update soon!

English?

2010-03-07T14:07:00.002+08:00

* Mailing of application form and cheque is not proof of registration.

* Please note that we do not accept registration sent by fax, e-mail and there is no Reservation for test date. Only registration form together with payment are accepted by postage mail or over the counter at level 3.

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can anyone tell me what do they understand from the two sentences above?

point 1 says that snail mail application form with cheque is not considered as registration.

point 2 says that snail mail application form with payment are accepted as registration. (*only 2 form of payment are accepted, cash or cheque*)

... so can mail cash and application form, cannot mail cheque and application form to register?

I felt Loved

2010-03-04T21:31:00.005+08:00

*hahas. maybe i get satisfied easily?

was extremely busy with work these few day. i even took the tablet home so i can spend some time at home to draw. in school, the amount of lessons were tight enough to keep me...... even out of the washroom. have to rush if i really need to pee. *hahas.

i have powerpoint slides to do, bookmarks to design.. and today, i receive another last minute job to do the powerpoint slides from WM. all of them are due today (latest by tomorrow).. and i didn't even went for lunch.

my lesson starts from 7:30 in the morning. only have 30 minutes break in-between. or sometime, i don't even get any breaks. so my lesson stretch from 12noon to 3pm this afternoon and WM gave me a last minute task to do. she kept on assuring if i can complete it because she knew i already have a lot of task on hand. thinking that the stuffs she needed isn't that hard, i told her i'll be able to do it.

during our conversation.. i mentioned that i had lessons all day and haven't even had my lunch. it was 3pm+ (where the P1 & P2 are having their recess).. she suggested to go tabao for me from the canteen. i told her don't need. and guess what. she left and came back to my office with cookies and chocolates. *hahas.

very nice. =)

i don't remember any HOD in Rulang is that nice. *opps. =x but seriously, nobody care if you have eaten or not.

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on the other hand, i'm really very pissed off by my account stuffs this evening. was having my lesson when i suddenly can't go into my workspace. got one kid to login so i can carry on with the lesson without wasting much time.

so after my lesson, i quickly try to find help. my HOD wasn't in school and he can't check. my TA went home already and he can't check. and my ICT phone was off. -_-

tried various methods like logging to ncslocaladmin, into Alan's account but to no avail. all the things are in my own account, my workspace. so i decided to cancel my last class today as the Primary 1 really need to access my account. have to reschedule my timetable again... -_-

at the end, i realize that it was Leo who submitted my IC number with a new staff's name in Rulang. that's why when i logged in with my IC number, the account name changed to "Jasmine Cher Boon Mei".. and all my things are gone. my workspace empty, my projects space empty, worse of all, the entire account empty. although i have only transferred over one month ago, i have lots of things in my account already. and now everything is GONE~

hopefully, everything can be resolved soon. and my stuffs in my account is still available!

Fringe

2010-02-20T22:50:00.002+08:00

Olivia, please don't tell him.

on hiatus again.. =(

Half-day Trip to Bukit Indah

2010-01-26T23:59:00.014+08:00

There's some leadership training in the school so it's only half day for the kids. So we decided to apply for half-day leave to go shopping at Johor. =p

Took CW3 at Jurong East bus interchange, and the bus go all the way to our destination: AEON Bukit Indah Shopping Centre (Johor, Malaysia). The bus fare is SGD $4 (single trip).

Hello again, Malaysia~

i realize i have been going to Malaysia recently. three times within a month..

Iris and her hubby. we meet him at the bus interchange.

Almaz, also meet her at the interchange. Jordan didn't tag along this time because he's not interested in shopping. *hahas.

At Malaysia custom, we missed our bus due to the large amount of China tourist going into Malaysia from Singapore.. So have to wait for the next one. It's the first time i travel by bus into Malaysia! (Eh, anyway, this is only the 4th time i went to Malaysia..)

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After we alight, the first thing is to go for lunch! All of us were already starved to death. =x

Lunch: Sizzling Stonegrill (didn't take not of the unit number, but it's on the ground floor, along the restaurant street..

they actually put the raw food on the sizzling hot stone, serve it to you and you have to cook it yourself. and the meats tend to stick to the stone. =x and look at my side dish (fries), the entire fries is coated with salt, super salty. -_- and i wouldn't pass the fried rice.

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Jusco, took up the biggest space in the mall. It's a departmental store with the supermarket at the basement. They sell everything, from clothing to shoes to household applicants to toys to gifts.. And the three aunties spent an hour plus on the lingerie department. -_-

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Iris wanted to have tea break at Secret Recipe, and she claimed that the price is half compared to Singapore.

And i saw the Shilin's crispy chicken stall there, so bought a pack before i head over to Secret Recipe to catch up with them.

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There is this bakery which sell black (charcoal) bread and the aunties bought a few. =x I didn't dare to eat it, neither do i think my family would eat it so i gave it a miss. Anyway, this is how the charcoal bread look like:

no photo-taking. i snapped it without the staff noticing. =p

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Then they say it's a must to have japanese food there.. So we went to Sushi King. There's no table which can sit 8 people, so we divide into 2 tables. The "Old" and the "Young". The "Old" table ordered a lot. And for us, we were too full to have anything down out stomach so we just ordered one item per person (if not they can't bill our table and we might be kicked out *hahas).

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Wanted to but A&W back home, but the person told me have to wait for 15 minutes. Thinking that it's already late, and Iris said the last bus is 10pm, i decided to forgo it. But at the end, we waited around 40 minutes for the bus. -_- *RARH! I should have waited for my A&W!

The bus fare is MYR $5, therefore return ticket is cheaper than going.

My grabs for the day:

i love this sweet. anyone going to Malaysia can buy for me. =p i saw Singapore import it too, but i have never seen this before in Singapore.

Not that there's no Skittles in Singapore, i buy them because the packaging is cute.

Lastly, 2 t-shirts. =p

Was 11pm+ when we got back to Jurong East bus interchange. Cabbed with with my friend after that..

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For more photos:
My album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=142038&id=707174821

Iris's album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=144508&id=521418513

我们之间

2010-01-10T12:30:00.002+08:00

等你等到不等了
很怕心疼当转眼就心痛了
就当我说真的我是真的
我相信我们之间越难得就越值得

知道你在想什么不代表我是什么
明白你不说什么不代表我不要什么
但你让一切美丽了那些坏的好的
我的手总是暖的它总是想念你的手心的热

想你想到不想了
很怕太快乐会变得不快乐
就算你说真的你是真的
紧抱着爱就不能呼吸了

等你等到不等了
很怕心疼当转眼就心痛了
就当我是说的我是真的
我相信我们之间越难得就越值得

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i was saying i wanted to download this song.. then Leo managed to find it.. but it's in video format. =x so he converted it into mp3 for me. =p

seriously i went to a lot of sites and can't find this song.. Singapore songs are always not widely available online. the same goes for the lyrics. so i play and pause and type and play and pause and type the lyrics out. purely based on my listening skills, i double check triple check a lot of times, but i think there are still a lot of mistakes. *hahahas.

Anagrams

2010-01-09T23:55:00.004+08:00

just for fun.. tried a few names. *hahahas! some are funny, lame.. but don't understand some (for example: YY's name)..

'rachel tan'
anagrams to
'The carnal.'

'yanling'
anagrams to
'Lying an.'

'wei ping'
anagrams to
'Pig wine'

'weng tat'
anagrams to
'Wet gnat.'

'yong yeow'
anagrams to
'Gooey Wyn.'

'laipeng'
anagrams to
'Lane pig.'

'victor huang'
anagrams to
'Raving touch.'

'cedric wee'
anagrams to
'Wide recce.'

'mark yam'
anagrams to
'My karma.'

'shuan neo'
anagrams to
'Eh! On anus.'

http://www.anagramgenius.com/server.html

♥ Hello 2010!

2010-01-01T12:33:00.004+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

ahh... i always blog a "last entry" every year on 31st December, and i still haven't do that. =x shall type the entry out soon and back post it. =p

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*i bought JJ Lin's latest album (100 Days) last evening!! ♥♥♥

Walk walk; See see; Snap snap; Eat eat

2009-12-28T18:21:00.013+08:00

We thought there wouldn't be much people around at town snapping at christmas deco since christmas is already over.

BUT WE WERE WRONG!

There is still quite a number of people around (not tourist ok).. Nevertheless, we still managed to comb most of the places.. Tangs> Wheelock> ION> Ngee Ann City> Paragon> 313..

Mummy camwhoring with us.. *hahas!

ahh.. my sis can take nice pictures of me.. FINALLY~

*muacks! (she didn't know i was doing that..)

Then we proceed to Iluma for lunch~

Saw Chef Daniel's Kitchen at Iluma's rooftop on Christmas Eve.. I exclaimed to my friends about it but none of them seem interested. -_- Maybe they don't know who he is... So went there with Mummy and Meimei today. =p

pink guava juice

We ordered their set lunch, 4 course + 1 drink. Very value for money!! And very filling too. =p Wanted to try the duck, but the waiter told us there's no duck today. =( *sigh. Next time then..

hors d'oeuvre

some vegetables (i suppose it's coriander or parsley) wrapped with beef, tofu topped with (i suppose) roes with a zest of lemon, sesame sashimi. nice! the sauce is really good. it taste like lemon plus some other stuffs, but it's not sour at all.

soup

very fruity! i like! there's fig, oranges, peach and grapefruit. i have to say that i forgot to take note of the name of the dishes because we ordered the set meal, so i got no idea what am i eating...

i finish it to the last drop!

main course

err.. it's some oven baked spring chicken with etc etc.. *hahahas. yummy! how can the skin of oven-baked chicken be so crispy? and it's super fragrant!

♥♥

We saw Chef Daniel there too! *hahahas! i admire him a lot! together with Chef Eric and Chef Sam. =p i told Mummy i wanted to ask him to take a picture with us, but Mummy rather not. -_- saying that he might not like it. -_-

selecting our dessert~

*hahas. because not all of the desserts on the menu were available, the waitress told us to go to the front counter to choose. and we can pick any of it!

took all the chocolates cakes~

bottom left: very chocolaty, with nuts and crisp, taste like Ferrero Rocher (just like what the waitress told us).

bottom right: very chocolaty too! it's chocolate mousse, with apricots fillings. so there's a part where it's pretty sour.

top middle: chocolate cream puff with chocolate mousse. that's what Meimei ordered, and i didn't try it (cause i don't like cream puff)..

Chef Daniel Koh!

And the bill was much much lesser than what i'm expecting. The set lunch cost $21 (for DBS cardholders), $38 for the usual price. I would say it's very cheap, considering that it's a restaurant opened by a celebrity chef.

I guess the prices on the menu includes the GST and service charge because they don't charge those on the receipt. Imagine the $21 is inclusive of the GST and service charge, it means each meal cost only $17.50!

before we left, ask one of the waitress to take a photo for us.. with my polaroid~

and one on the dslr.. super no skill, so blur...

And on the way home, the entire bus was sleeping. *opps, i mean, all the people on the bus was sleeping. Except for 7 (including Mummy, Meimei and i) + 1 (bus driver). How amazing... =x

for more pictures:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133745&id=707174821

Christmas shopping

2009-12-22T22:43:00.001+08:00

En took half day leave so i meet up with her in the afternoon at Bugis.. went for lunch first...

i always wanted to try this place.. and since she say "no budget", we decided to try out the place..

11 menus to look at to order your food!

i tidy up the menu before giving it back to the japanese waiter, and he said: "thank you, so helpful". *hahas. so nice to hear that, how often do you hear stranger praising you?

En say the sauce isn't as nice as it seems..

mine was a little salty. think they did not marinate evenly. *hahas.

but i still want to go back there. there are still stuffs i want to try. *hahahas. =p

when the foods are all served, he gave us this key and tell us to present it to the counter for payment.. very unique - it's actually steel/metal (very heavy)..

my dessert - sesame ice cream. *ewws..

En with my new love ♥

started shopping for christmas gift after lunch. *hahas. walk here and there. made payment after payment (especially En).. she paid already, then want another item so went to pay for it again. for the third time, she don't dare to go to the cashier anymore.. then ask me to pay for her. =x *hahahas..

for more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132167&id=707174821&l=68af9f6813

Surprise Birthday Celebration

2009-12-20T03:44:00.001+08:00

HAHAHAS! Aiyooo~~~

Went to Plaza with Mummy to shop for some stuffs we need for the barbecue. At the mall, she went to the bakery and kept asking if i want a cake.. *hahas. Decided not to buy because most of them are log cakes, normal cakes are not nice at all.. Thinking back, i seldom have cake to cut on my birthday lehs!

Midnight had just past, and i was browsing through my just-uploaded photos on facebook, reading the sms-es on my phone..

Then suddenly, an extremely loud boom of "Happy Birthday" startled me. *HAHAHAHAHAS! Turned around and saw Xinru and Pauline (Javan right behind) at the door of my room. Very very surprise (and shocked too).

Then Nanzhi appeared behind them with the cake in his hand calling "melt liao melt liao". *HAHAHAHAS!

And my dearest Meimei actually "collaborate" with them to do these!! They told me Meimei open the gate quietly and discreetly, and i really did not hear any opening of doors sound. =x

Ehh.. And i was just wearing an oversize tee (so paisay can)! Then they start snapping pictures of me looking so ragged... =x

Please don't try these stuffs with people suffering from heart attack. Dangerous. *HAHAHAS!

when you insert a coin, it will giggle and goes "I ♥ You"

thank you guys for the surprise. =)

for more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131239&id=707174821&l=06b9adeb32

Roadtrip to Malaysia

2009-12-16T21:00:00.009+08:00

went for a 3 days 2 nights trip to Malaysia with my colleagues on Monday (14'dec).. they picked me up at my house, then we proceed to pick up the others, and finally end up in school - our meeting point.

rented this 8 seater..

the Singapore custom at Tuas..

along Malaysia highway.

we took a toilet break at this rest point.. and bought some fruits from the stall..

jambu, mini oranges and mangosteen.

love the clouds..

After a few hours drive, we finally reached Malacca...

and it was raining...

the shop that we have been searching high and low for. they have the best "tau sa piah" and "ma ti su". *hehehes. =p

bought 2 each. i should have bought 1 more ma ti su... =( cause one is for Tat, then i'm left with 1 for my family. =x not enough~~

settled our dinner at this Satay Celup stall next door.

it's like our steamboat. just that satay sauce is being used instead of normal stock. very spicy, cannot take it. =x

went to Mahkota Parade..

Conetto Royal at RM$7.99 only!! it's SGD$4 (est.) bought 2 boxes immediately. and we finished it up back in the car. =p

we drove Karen to her relative's place (make a lot a lot of turns before we could find her relative who will drive and lead the way to their house), then head down to Kuala Lumpur..

entering KL...

the streets of KL at night..

check in to our apartment..

Crown Regency Service Apartment

http://www.crownregency.com.my/crown/index.htm

the place is very good. i would recommend it if you are not driving a huge vehicle. because our car is so big that we took 30 minutes to get into the carpark and get into a slot. -_- (p/s: you have to pay a deposit of RM$600 and it will be refunded upon check-out.)

kitchen.

Iris, Almaz and my bedroom.

in total, there's one hall, one kitchen, two bathroom and three bedrooms.

group photo the next morning~

with Jordan at the lobby..

Then we make our way up to Genting...

can you see the Petronas Twin Tower?

love the sun ray..

But before we reach Genting, we stop by at a temple just below it.. When i stepped out of the car, the cool air greeted me, and i was like "awww~ so cool~~" *hahahas!

and i wasn't in any long sleeve or jacket or whatsoever warm. *hahahas. just a simple white top (practically sleeveless because the sleeve is just a thin piece of chiffon)..

must jump in front of Buddha? (pardon me if that's not Buddha)

everyone was "WAHHH-ing" over this picture. *hahahas. because they say Leo look like some Shao Ling master. *lols.

then we head downstairs to this vegetarian restaurant for brunch..

i was quite reluctant to dine at this place initially (but never voice out).. cause vegetarian meal lehs. -_- i don't eat vegetables, what happened of they only serve vegetables. *hahahas. luckily it's not like what i've imagined. they serve noodles, faux meat etc.. and it's delicious! =p

Up we go to Genting...

wind down the window and the wind was strong..

REACHED!

bought tickets to the indoor amusement theme park, and we tried games like Bumper Car, 4D theatre, some rides in the air and water etc...

saw my relative! *hehs.

outside the Casino. God of Fortune of Santa Claus?

*hahas. we went into the casino to take a look. was being "checked" when we entered. =x err.. the entire place is filled with smoke. don't like it.

Left Genting, and Iris recommended to eat at this Mushroom Farm..

they even provide free rides for their customers from Genting to their restaurant. (it's super near too, 5 minutes car ride, the most 10 minutes walk away from First World)

look at the mist behind...

must jump here too. *hahas.

Drove back to KL.. stopped by a "local soil shop" (for those who understands only =p)..

Then to Pavilion (the mall Meimei told me must visit cause Times Square is already outdated..)

Ahh~ their Forever21 is HUGE! GIGANTIC! love it~ spend some time roaming about in there, but never buy anything. *hahas. it's more expensive than Singapore.

messing around at Cotton On..

bling bling jacket. (super ugly)

And it started snowing outside Pavilion~~

we went out to squeeze with the crowds. *lols.

Went to Chee Cheong Kai (aka. Petaling Street) after that. ehh.. to me, there's nothing to buy there. it's all pirated branded bags, wallets or shirt, and one Crocs shop. got no interest in those stuffs.. too bad they don't sell iPhone covers. *lols. i will buy if there's nice iPhone cover. =p

went for dinner first..

hokkien mee. NICE!

Cavan accidentally blurt out saying that we are going to KTV to celebrate my birthday. *hahahas. but because Karen need us to fetch her from her relative's place early (she can't wait till 3, 4am), so we cancelled the KTV session and went to pick her up.

Stopped by Cavan's house at Johor for a toilet break. *hahas. he went back to put down the tau sa piah and ma ti su for his family. his place is like super duper near to the custom! 5 minutes walk can reach! *hahahas.

Then it's home sweet home~

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I would say Cavan's pretty strong. he's the driver for these 3 days, while others (especially Iris and Alamz) are sleeping soundly, he have to stay awake to take the wheel. i was all awake throughout the journey, but think i fell asleep for a little while (after watching the stars) when we are on the expressway towards JB.

YES! stars are so so so pretty at Malaysia. *hahas. you can never count them. =p

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for more pictures~

my album 1: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130472&id=707174821&l=ebf1ab744c

my album 2: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130478&id=707174821&l=feea2de535

Adeline's album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=131262&id=564879789

Leo's album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133633&id=542315955

Iris's album: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132546&id=521418513

JJ Lin - 100 Days

2009-12-14T11:13:00.001+08:00

4 more days...

Wishlist

2009-12-12T21:37:00.003+08:00

Gary asked me to prepare a wishlist for him. *hahahas.. and i told him i have nothing that i want now... because...

I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT ALL THE THINGS I WANT~

i've just ordered this on the 6th, and is waiting for it to arrive. =p

this will arrive together with the camera.. =p

i have been aiming for this very very very long ago. but they are all on pre-order basis. finally i found someone who have this instock. =p

will be collecting it when i'm back from my trip. =p

How? Gary, my wishlist useful not? *hehes..

Kid-O Butter Lemon Cracker Sandwich

2009-11-16T21:56:00.004+08:00

Mummy's favorite.

my colleague gave me a few... for err.. dinner (cause she know i'm not having dinner) but the butter taste is too strong so i don't like it. brought it home, and it turns out Mummy and Meimei love it a lot. *hahas. so i went searching for it and bought 2 pack home for them. =p

NTUC - Express lane queue

2009-11-15T22:02:00.001+08:00

saw this signboard while we were in the express lane queue, and i find it extremely amusing. *lols. (because we only want to purchase 2 items and was holding it in our hands)

can you understand?

Shopping!

2009-11-15T11:59:00.001+08:00

meetup with Laipeng and Ping last evening to shop for Tat's birthday present.. was roaming about at Plaza Singapura initially and we can't decide on what to buy... Laipeng suggested getting wallet.. so we head down to the nearest departmental store - OG..

after we got his gift, went upstairs and bought lots of snacks..

walk back to Plaza Singapura for dinner because Laipeng need to get some stuffs from Daiso..

dinner at Crystal Jade..

messing around at Daiso..

*hahas. while Laipeng was shopping for her stuffs, Ping and i was randomly trying on reindeer bands, snapping pictures..

took a walk down to City Hall...

road block!

while we are snapping away, the traffic police came.. making way for the VIP from APEC. since they park their bike beside us, we took some pictures with it. (nothing better to do) *hahas.

while we are snapping away, 2 guys (i presume tourist) offer to take the picture for us. *hahas. he even took a few shots with his DSLR and asked if we want him to email us the photos..

left around 23:25 hoping to catch my last bus. but the bus just zoom past without stopping even when i have flagged for it. -_- waited till past midnight and i decided to give up. -_-

going home was so troublesome last night. shall not go home so late when i'm alone next time!

for more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=122806&id=707174821&l=75390eedd9

Xinru's 23rd birthday!

2009-11-07T02:20:00.004+08:00

meet up with Kai Ling and Xinru for dinner at 163, and since Xinru's birthday is around the corner, we also did a simple celebration for her. =p

my recommendation: non-spicy stingray =p

Ru's recommendation: fruits tofu

after dinner, went to plaza to meet up with Yilin. then we decided to go over to Pauline's block to cut the cake..

Happy (advance) Birthday Woman~

click on the link below for more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=120845&id=707174821&l=2fb92b7f94

i feel...

2009-11-02T21:54:00.003+08:00

i can't comment much on Facebook. so here it shall be.

my colleague wrote his "feelings" on Facebook and the "targeted" person replied. and after awhile, he was told to remove it by "someone else" in case Principal or some other MOE staffs saw it (thus spoiling the school's reputation).

all in all, i just think that the people in the school doesn't know how to appreciate what others have done for them. even when they say "thank you", i find them so fake cause they will be complaining to someone else behind your back (YES, DESPITE THEY TOLD YOU THAT THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP). hypocrites.

(i forgot what happened, don't ask me for any details)

William and Felicia's wedding

2009-10-30T11:39:00.007+08:00

woke up early in the morning to go over to Felicia's place. her sister and i are the bridesmaids, so we start preparing the stuffs to sabo the groom and his best man. *lols.

honeyfied milk. there's still others like freshly squeezed lime juice, bitter gourd and the legendary WASABI BREAD!

the groom and his best man arrived.. but we make them wait downstairs because Lynna and i are not ready yet. =p

William eating the wasabi bread.

this is their reaction when they ate the bread. *hahahas.

have to sing 月亮代表我的心 before we open the door..

after many obstacles, he finally reached the bride.

that's Mark, not the groom!

Alan and i decided not to follow them to the hotel as we need to go shop for some tools needed for the games during the dinner, and i can go back home to change too.

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head off to the hotel earlier for the rehearsal with Alan. the unlucky thing was, it was raining and i can't leave my house. but when the rain was not as heavy as before, i quickly grab my things and headed out. and the lucky thing was, i managed to grab a cab very quickly. =p

only Jack and i have the "v" sign

my first time on the stage as emcee.

and Fong Fong took so many videos and uploaded them toy Facebook! =x

YUM SENG~

the emcees

to conclude, it was an enjoyable day. had many wonderful experiences, and i also get to know a new "annoying" friend. =x

for more pictures, click on the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=118440&id=707174821&l=6edb2019d2

Random Shopping~

2009-10-19T23:59:00.002+08:00

went roaming about with Ping and Tat today... forgot where we go and what we did already... from the pictures.. we've been to Hereen and Plaza Singapura (for dinner)..

basically, a lot of camwhoring in the toilet with Ping. *hahahas!

the link to more camwhore photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116083&id=707174821&l=89931965b4

Barbecue @ ECP

2009-10-18T13:07:00.001+08:00

we planned a barbecue for Redwan's farewell last night but he didn't turn up. seriously, i was expecting that, so i wasn't surprised when he said he's not coming.

people there know i'm afraid of this, and she still deliberately come near me with it (not referring to this photo).

OM gambling!

i'm the only one eating, and not holding the cards..

the shirts are my masterpiece. =p

*hehs. =p

for more photos:
my album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116078&id=707174821&l=ed8eca17b8

Cavan's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2039187&id=1360975091

Meetup with Abu and LV

2009-10-11T15:06:00.002+08:00

Meetup with Abu and Xuemin at night..

Abu picked me up at my place.. then we went for dinner at Coffee Club..

plan was to go to St. James after dinner, but when we reach the vicinity, we decided to head to Cafe del Mar in Sentosa instead..

then we head down to Clarke Quay when Cafe del Mar was closing.. the place was pretty quiet that night..

was 4am+ when i got home.

for more photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=116070&id=707174821&l=0ff34ad2cf

Numbnuts: EP1 - Free Slaps/ Tattoo

2009-10-09T09:32:00.001+08:00

this is extremely hilarious! *hahahas!

Swensen's Ice-cream Buffet @ ION

2009-09-30T23:59:00.002+08:00

today is the last day for the Swensen 1 for 1 Ice cream and Dessert Buffet, so we went to queue for it. *hahas. the queue is really shocking... super duper long. Since Tat and i were the first to arrive, we start queueing for it first..

everything was so sweet and i didn't eat much too. not very worth it. luckily it's 1 for 1. =p

for more photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113014&id=707174821&l=a5b6a296e9

Happy Children's Day

2009-09-30T16:08:00.001+08:00

*hahahas. my first Children's Day. bought some gifts mainly for my NJRC students.. i can't possibly buy for all the students i taught because..... that will be the entire school (except for Primary 6). =p

YY's Birthday Celebration

2009-09-26T23:59:00.002+08:00

celebrate YY's birthday at Kublai Khan International & Mongolian BBQ Restaurant at Park Mall..

ehh.. seriously, the place sucks. the food sucks too. -_-

then, we were so bored that we started to do some challenges. *hahahas. first up, we use chopsticks to eat puddings. -_- ok, i lose. *hahahas. i sucks at using chopsticks. next, we decided to do the "Pepsi Challenge".. regret it big time. =x

it wasn't as easy as drinking soybean milk (the challenge i did with my kids).. Pepsi was sooooo gassy that i feel like throwing up halfway. and with YY burping throughout beside me, i was laughing hysterically till my stomach hurt so much.

after we finish the cup, all of us rush to the toilet. *HAHAHAS! and we can hear YY puking in the gents. *ewws. =x

walked over to SMU after dinner...

did another challenge. =x the "Sour Challenge".. *hahas. and YY blinked. *hahahas!

the present we got for him...

Happy Birthday~~ =)

for more photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113013&id=707174821&l=665ff96be8

when the "i" goes wrong...

2009-09-19T23:16:00.009+08:00

16'Sep, my iPhone crashed...

err.. ya.. my phone crashed. was updating the software to version 3.1, and when it's done, it prompted me an error, then ask me to restore the phone (with no other options). i disabled the iPhone backup few days after i got it because it took ages to backup, so i copied some codes into Terminal to disable it (now i kind of regret it).

the last time i backup: 27 August 2008 -_-

so i got 14GB of free space now!

laugh all you want here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=108767&id=707174821

i completely ignored my phone on the 17th. because there's nothing i can do with it. i can't call anyone, i have no message, i have no game. -_- so i gave up on the 18th, and i tried syncing back my songs and applications from iTunes..

after syncing, i tried playing some music, and i got this...

do you see what's wrong??? new layout again. -_-

and this is not the end! i got some error from iTunes again, but luckily, my phone wasn't connected! -_- and i'm still NOT done! my msn crashed next...

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i think the culprit is Snow Leopard. i think it's Soft Leopard instead of Snow Leopard (inside joke). -_-

they have launched an update to 10.6.1, but it doesn't help at all. -_- and when i read online, i realize a lot of people's computer crashed after updating to Soft Leopard. -_-

i'm thinking of downgrading back to Leopard. but... i will really need to do a complete back up then (i never backup when i upgrade to this OS cause it's taking too long *hahahas). =x

Flooded

2009-09-18T13:59:00.002+08:00

it rained.. heavily this morning. and when Meimei reached home, she asked me, "just now the rain very heavy is it?" so i was like, "ya~", then she ask me to go out and take a look...

luckily we have a carpet to soak in those water, else it will really flow into the living room. *hahahas.

shouldn't have wake up so early. =x then i can enjoy sleeping in the rainy weather. =p

Snow Leopard

2009-09-14T11:11:00.002+08:00

i've... UPGRADED!! =p

thanks to Ping. i was about to buy it... then she just brought a Mac during Comex, and Snow Leopard OS X CD came seperately. so after installing for her, i took it home to install on mine too. =p *hehs.

School Excellence Award (SEA) for Rulang Primary School

2009-09-10T23:59:00.001+08:00

Restaurant City: Lobster dish

2009-09-09T23:59:00.004+08:00

i finally complete my favorite dish! =p

level 9 with all ingredients ready for level up! =p

TA-DA~ =p

BEANS

2009-09-09T14:43:00.002+08:00

i had enough of these!! i got beans and peas everyday!!

Today's free ingredient: Beans
Daily food quiz prize: Peas

i don't need them at all... luckily i manage to trade away the Peas, but not the Beans. nobody want Beans...

Going Home

2009-09-08T19:48:00.002+08:00

Rich Son Poor Son

2009-09-08T19:47:00.003+08:00

Snow Leopard OSX

2009-08-26T21:10:00.003+08:00

i think i want to get this. it's just SGD $48.

but i read and read, and i don't feel the "New". seems like there's nothing special. but it's cheap! *hahas.

i will need harddisk to backup now. my 160GB harddisk is full. anybody have at least 80GB free on your harddisk, and is FAT formatted?

...i doubt so =(

What starts with a F, and ends with a KER?

2009-08-26T12:59:00.000+08:00

F
U
C
K
E
R

no lar, it's fire cracker. like real... *rolleyes*

My Queen (败犬女王)

2009-08-19T22:05:00.004+08:00

just finish watching this drama last night. *hehs. nice!

for me, this is the most memorable scene in the drama...

they were having ice-cream at Häagen-Dazs, when the waitress serve Wu Shuang her order, this is on her plate and it totally took her by surprise. the poem, the "would you marry me?", the ring on top of the raspberry.

i like the idea! (brilliant scriptwriter!)

this is the "Him" who proposed to Wu Shuang using ice-cream.. now i think he's more charming than Lucas. =p

Soya Bean Milk Competition!

2009-08-19T17:01:00.002+08:00

Photoshop Magic!

2009-08-18T16:33:00.005+08:00

i always like to take picture nicely, so that Photoshopping only involves enhancing the color, contrast etc...

but in school, people think that Photoshop is a magic trick, and i'm the magician. -_-

#1
did this in May (17:30 when i am leaving the school, my phone rang)...

during Chinese New Year performance, P and VP in the center of the picture, the woman with the green drum was the Arts HOD.

see the indian teacher beside the Arts HOD?

the magic trick was to take away the Arts HOD in the first picture, and place this indian teacher from this picture into the first picture.

THEN WHY DON'T THEY POSITION THE INDIAN TEACHER RIGHT BESIDE THE P AND VP FROM THE BEGINNING? -_-

i did it anyway (with another teacher removed too). i'm a fantastic magician.

#2
did this yesterday...

two students (already Photoshopped) during Walkathon.. now they want to see the school's crest at the left chest. so i was told to gave them a body (YES, GIVE THEM BODY??? WTF?) so that the school crest can be seen on the pocket at the left chest.

i said it was impossible.

so after some discussion, it was to just add the school crest onto it. but the problem is... i flipped through 2004 to 2009 photos, but can't find a decent picture with the school crest visibily seen.

my colleague managed to find this..

so.. TA-DA!

#3
done yesterday too...

picture taken a month ago during NE Show 1. they commented that the indian girl at the right wasn't looking good - she's not smiling (she is actually, but not obvious because too dark to be seen).

so my HOD found this 2008 picture, and said he like this indian girl - wide and happy smile. then i told him, "different color lehs, this one so fair". then he ask me to darken her. -_-

it look pretty fake. but i've tried my best.

still, i love the first photo i edited. amazingly good. *hahahas! =p

p/s: these are done using Photoshop 7 ok! don't think i use CS4. i never bring my laptop so... yup. =p

Great Gate Wall Of Singapore

2009-08-16T19:24:00.005+08:00

have anyone heard of this place?

not for me. *hahas. Ping was telling me about the Japanese Cemetery so i decided to google for more interesting places in Singapore. have been exploring, taking pictures here and there, but ran out of places already. other than Chek Jawa which was being delayed and delayed. =x

chance upon the place here:

http://seenthisscenethat.blogspot.com/search/label/Gate%20Wall%20Of%20Singapore

another website i found where some people went there for photoshoot:
http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=57550

in fact, there are no other result for "Great Gate Wall Of Singapore". *hahahas. only this two.

I WANT TO GO THERE!

it doesn't look like Singapore at all! like country border..

Busy

2009-08-15T12:56:00.016+08:00

before August start, i still have the time to update all my outstanding blog entries.. so everything ends at July (other than the news of 2 RP students being hit by the train).

for the past 2 weeks, it's work work and more work on weekdays; fun, fun and more fun on weekends. =p

was at Marina every Saturday without fail. *hahas for fireworks during NE Show, NDP Preview and also on National Day itself.

on National Day itself, although we reach extremely early at 2pm+, the "usual" seat that we took for the past few weeks was already taken. =( so with no choice, we sat the the steps (with a family behind us and some bangala beside us).

at 5pm+, a auntie with her (we reckon) son came squeezing inbetween us (meaning behind us and in front of the fmaily). seriously there's no place already - the steps behind us was for the legs of the family but they still squeeze in despite the uncle from that family told her that there's really no space for them. she retaliate by saying, "space is made by human, you all try make space then we can sit down already!" and because their legs kept hitting our back, my Mum turned and told the aunty there's really no space, and the aunty retaliate by saying the same thing again. -_-

the son was sitting right behind me, while the aunty was behind my Sis. and that idiotic man kept on kicking me with his filthy legs/shoes. count him lucky that i do not have something sharp, else i'll be poking him with needles.

and because the weather was extremely hot, i will be "tidying" my hair, grabbing them to one side. then that aunty muttered something in hokkien (which i don't understand, Mummy does), so Mummy turned back and told the aunty, "Aunty ar, you cannot say it this way you know..." then the aunty retaliate again. not knowing what she said, i asked Mummy, and she said the aunty say if she have a pair of scissor, she would snip off my hair. FUCK! so i turned back and started scolding her. real scolding ok. about her wanting to squeeze in despite there's no space then still complain all these, about them kicking my butt and back etc.. when i finished, she kept quiet, and the son didn't mumble a single word at all. how great, never even help her Mum; unlike me and my Sis. everyone was staring at the "show", and the uncle from the family behind took the chance to scold her too. *lols.

then the old uncle sitting beside Meimei move one step away from her. *lols. very funny, he's afraid.

oh ya, fuckers' face..

the son.

the mother.

and please don't think i'm exaggerating the situation.

both his leg "kiap" my butt can. -_- and i can't lean back at all! -_-

super unpleasant day.

anyway, for more pictures... view Facebook's album. =p

NDP Preview:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=95343&id=707174821

NDP:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=99022&id=707174821

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and on a Sunday afternoon, Tat, Chye Lee and i made a trip down to the old Changi Hospital. =p because i want to take pictures. =p

the rest all don't want to go. -_- some people still say, "go during daytime fun mehs. go midnight lar!" -_- like real... =x

meet Ping for dinner after visiting OCH..

Old Changi Hospital:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=95513&id=707174821

after OCH:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=95560&id=707174821

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7th August - Mummy's birthday! =p

school's celebration ends at 10:30am, but because there's things to do after that, so i only left at 1pm+. =x *hehs. and Meimei came into the school to wait for me.

it's our dearest Mummy's birthday, and we were planning a surprise for her. =p we DIY a cake for her (with everyone else crowding around us looking, so shy. =p), brought a bouquet of flower, some snacks for the surprise party, and of course her gift! =D

Mummy's Birthday (070809):

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=97450&id=707174821

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went singing at Topone with Tat, Chye Lee and Ping. the place was... smoky. =x

accidently broke my nails... and it's in the middle of the nails. -_-

i got a "human" mic stand after that. *hehs. =p

Topone KTV:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=97463&id=707174821

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school wise, it was busying and tiring too. =(

the deadline for the annual report submission is coming (left less than a week), and the deadline for NJRC is right after.

so everyday, i was thinking of story, drawing the storyboard, planning the scenes etc for my kids. none of them use their brain to think. -_- all of them told me they want to just film normally and edit into their learning journey for submission.

HOW TO WIN?

when everyone is filming this way.

the teacher in charge of Robotics, of this competition have been complaining about me regarding this, told the HOD that she's afraid that we might not win at all. -_- as if i never do anything. i met the kids during their recess (then they cannot eat), after school even when they do not have training with me to discuss about it. i think all of them are already sick of me calling them back. =x

so i plan everything nicely for them. but nothing was being appreciated. seriously.

and i think she bear a grudge on me for not taking championship for IPIC. we came in second and i'm satisfy with it, but not her. IPIC was the first competition i went to and they came in second, so i thought it wasn't bad at all. then the kids told me Mdm Chia (that teacher in-charge) is going to scold them like there's no tomorrow. -_-

ya... Rulang can't lose to anyone in Robotics ma...

...and i have no time to do my annual report.

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work wise, there's a stupid video competition going on which i think is a total wastage of time.

the meeting with the team was totally pointless when people are so fake. it was a racial harmony meeting (inside joke, for those who understands) and someone was insisting on his particular idea which i think was lame. i would very much like to go with the second option suggested by another, but another team member had raised both hands on the first option so i thought: "go with the majority lo, to avoid argument and unhappiness".

that fantastic idea given by the first person was to go to a orphanage at Geylang (which i reckon is a Muslim orphanage) to film a documentary when there's an event going on. he even said we must give one copy of the video to the orphanage and credits to the humans helping out in the event. -_- upon hearing that, what was circling on my mind was that he's actually associated with that place, and some event is coming up, so he was appointed as the videographer and he's making use of this opportunity to get the team to help him. killing two bird with one stone. this is a one-man job ok. need 5 people?

err.. this kind of documentary...

HOW TO WIN?

i prefer the acting kind. with comedy. we discussed a backup plan if he can't get the permission from the orphanage (which i doubt so, i think), and the ideas were so so so so so dead. no element of FUN at all. damn boring (i prefer this word which i don't use, but no choice, i can't find a better word to describe - SI BEI SIAN). i can't believe there are such dull humans in this world. it's like would you watch Jack Neo's "Where Got Ghost" or Robert Kenner's "Food, Inc."?

*PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE WORD: "i think"

2 RP students killed on rail track

2009-08-08T23:39:00.002+08:00

TWO bodies were found near the KTM railway track in Upper Bukit Timah Road on Saturday morning.

The police received a call at 5.24am that a train had knocked down a couple at the track near Railway Mall.

The couple, believed to be a 19-year-old Chinese boy and a 20-year-old Chinese girl, were pronounced dead at 6.08am.

A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said that the Chinese boy's left leg was amputated and he suffered an open head wound and multiple body fractures.

The girl, also Chinese, had multiple body fractures, and her right leg was nearly severed at the knee.

Ms Shahriza Embi, a Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) spokesman, said that an empty KTM train heading to Johor Bahru knocked down the couple. 'We had no idea how they got there.'

The morning shuttle between Johor Bahru and Singapore was cancelled. Four other train services were delayed for between one and two hours.

The couple, believed to be students from Republic Polytechnic, were apparently sitting on the track when the train came.

from Straits Times Online:
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_414254.html

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i think it's suicide. no way that both can't hear the train or feel the tremble and did not bother to move away. the train driver said he honk and honk because he can't stop the train, and they did not budge.

why die this way? *sigh.

Soya bean milk

2009-07-31T11:58:00.004+08:00

brought a cup of soya bean milk early in the morning from the canteen. the aunty told me it's not cold yet, still warm as it just arrive. but i still took it anyway. =p

delicious~

many say that my cup coaster is cute. *hehs. =p

163 Stingray

2009-07-31T11:31:00.016+08:00

Iris recommended this place for non-spicy stingray to me, because it will come with some kind of sweet sauce if you don't want chilli for the stingray.

so meet Tat, En and YY for dinner. =p

and YY was extremely late! -_- meeting time was 7:00-7:15pm, he arrived at 8pm+++. -_- we spent our time roaming in NTUC, Watson (where En played with my eyelashes =x), then slack at Mcdonalds eating shaker fries till YY arrive.

♥♥shaker fries♥♥

walk over to 163 when YY came...

dim sums! only $1.30 per plate.

and we ordered 2 stingray. one with chilli, and one without.

non-spicy stingray! it come with sweeten plum sauce (confirmed by Tat and YY) super delicious! ♥

the spicy stingray.

siew mai rice. =x

En ordered this. YY don't eat. i ate a little cause i don't like hard and fried stuffs. at the end, this is the only one which was not finished..

i ordered this, sweet and sour pineapple chicken. yummy!

yy's Gui Fei tofu. took damn long to arrive because it's Gui Fei (inside joke).

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and regarding En playing with my eyelashes... at Watson, i took a glitter eyeliner and drew on her eyes, then she took a mascara and apply on my lashes! but super ugly can.. =x

clumsy mess. =x

XIE XING EN! SEE HOW MANY LASHES DROPPED!!!!!

after removing the mascara, my lashes are a lot neater.

Samsung camcorders

2009-07-30T23:07:00.000+08:00

these camcorders are amazingly cute. *hahas. extremely tiny (it's smaller than my palm) too!

found a set of speakers in the cupboard yesterday. brand new. don't know who does it belongs to. (maybe i can use it? =p)

Devastated

2009-07-29T22:06:00.006+08:00

Devastated might sound a little extreme, but it's true. =(

i lost my 2GB xD card (the extra one i brought last year for my Taiwan trip). =( as i filled up the 2GB space, i took it out and keep it inside the camera pouch (at a partition where i keep my cleaning cloth too), slot in the original 1GB card, and happily went out for fireworks.

i guess it slip off while i took the cloth out to clean the lens of the slr. =( somehow after cleaning, i dropped the cloth without noticing too and it was Tat who pointed out that my cloth was on the ground.

cloth is green, obviously visible. xD card is black and tiny, not that obvious.

i haven't transfer at least half the pictures inside. =(

iPhone's iTunes

2009-07-28T23:54:00.000+08:00

align right, i thought it's some new layout initially. -_- after one year, this is the first time i see iTunes screw up...

Uniquely Singaporean - Rulang Primary School's MTV

2009-07-28T16:40:00.016+08:00

click on the link below if you can't view the video above.. =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjIFpvMqIQ

it's a song which the school prepared for YOG next year. the students started practicing in Term 2, film the music video during June school holiday. the tune is pretty catchy, and i can singalong the chorus after listening to it once when the students were practicing. =p

thou the video wasn't really well captured. (i still thought how good Harbridge was. =x)

2 colleagues left...

2009-07-27T15:37:00.000+08:00

they came back to school today to give out their homemade cakes. so sweet..

went out for lunch and saw camera filming.. i thought it's just some kind of advertorial shots.. and it was after lunch when we are walking back to school, then we saw Kim Ng and Quan Yifeng in front of the Nasi Lemak stall.

qiang tan da xing dong!

Exploring my neighborhood

2009-07-26T23:30:00.009+08:00

it's a hot and sunny afternoon when Tat and i meet to visit the haunted house (Hillview Mansion) together.

arrival..

longans, ready to be eaten soon..

can't believe there is still such a run-down house among all the beautiful houses..

and ta-da! the slope up to Hillview mansion.

the side gate with overgrown weeds..

my second visit!

it doesn't look scary at all in bright daylight.

here's some picture of how it looks at night..

we went up the slop at the side, and the house is no longer there! (did some research and realize it was demolished the same year after i visited it. =x)

found a saw at the overgrown weeds in front of the side gate.. =x

then we started snapping some nonsense shots in front of the haunted house. =p

Tat touch the rusty old gate. =x

and JUMP!

jump JUMP! *hahahas!

left the place, and walk around the estate..

i used to read a lot of ghost story when i was young (i got a few TSGS book =p), and there's a lot of ghost story about banana tree.

tree full of rambutan!

their house is so open. can see the boy running around..

i always love to take pictures with the roadside (blind spot) mirror. =p

Tat spot this!

big foot was here.

then we walk back to Dairy Farm..

supposingly, we are heading for the bus-stop which i wanted to snap some pictures.. we walk past here, then Tat suggested to go in to see the quarry.. so we went in..

some explosive place..

we didn't heed the advice obviously. Tat saw that the gates weren't lock, so we went in. =x

and i regretted it. -_-

one stupid bird was down here, sleeping or whatsoever, (of course i didn't know the bird was there), and i was walking in front so when i turn in here, i frighten the bird and it flew away, and i was scared out of my wits too. -_- i thought some bomb exploded, seriously. =x

so i keep clear of that place, and went back to the gate. =x

spotted this gigantic ant! the length is about the same as my little finger. =x

love this picture. like a overgrown kid..

it's like a different world out there. *hahahas. have the feeling of Narnia.

Ta-da!

i think these are the perimeters of Bukit Timah Hill..

serious rock climbing.

but there's some workers working on a rock climbing site to the left of these rocks. probably is for the adventure centre.

beautiful...

ahh.. see the xylem and phloem?

*hahas. Tat cutted this and we used it for sheltering.

when we are out of that place, started counting the bites on my hands and legs. fed 16 mosquitoes in total at Hillview and Dairy Farm..

didn't get to see the quarry too. =x walked the wrong direction. but if we walk correctly, we wouldn't get to see the magnificent sight of the hills.

evening's sun.

ahh.. the bus-stop finally..

soon they will be gone..

then Tat suggested to go for char siew, roasted meat rice from Choo Chiang at Fajar Shopping Centre.

and he himself don't like it. *hahahahas! the gravy is salty instead of sweet. i still prefer the one at Toh Guan which i brought him to. =p

too full for shaker fries, so went home without buying...

very fruitful day. i get to snap the picture i want, and also did charity by donating blood to 16 mozzies. =x

NE Show 3

2009-07-25T23:59:00.004+08:00

i always overslept on weekend. *hahahas. it happened last week when i'm meeting Tat, and it happened again this time. =x but today, i have not sleep past the meeting time. *hehs. so i informed him in advance that we shall meet at a later time. =p

poor us (plus Tat), have to suffer under the scorching sun.

i don't want to be tan, the person who always say she want to be tan never come early. -_- both Tampines kids are so late today. they reach at 7pm+ when 3 of us have been there since 4pm, hogging seats. =x

this stupid uncle came standing darn close to me and En with his daughter, trying to squeeze a space in between us. but too bad...

umbrella are useful!

then the NE Show starts...

here comes The Red Lions...

then they start the terrorist attack thingy..

seriously, watching down here is a lot better than sitting at the floating platform. the views are clearer, and it's happening just right in front of us. =p

as the show started, people start to move forward. when i turn around, i saw one familiar face. he stare at me too, but did not call me, so i thought maybe wrong person. then when the mother brought the little sis to the washroom, leaving him and his brother down there, i ask him if he's Brandon, and he said yes. -_-

THEN WHY YOU NEVER CALL ME?

and he gave me the shy shy expression. -_-

my Primary 1 kid. don't be deceived by his innocent look, he's the loudest and noisiest boy in class!

he told me he told his mum that i'm his teacher and his mother don't believe him. *hahahas! it was after the show when he told his mum again, then the mother start asking me about how he behave in school. *hahas.

national anthem..

the hardworking camera for the day. i still brought my digital camera along though.

lastly, it's what everyone was waiting for that night - fireworks!

there's a lot more pictures of fireworks on Facebook. =p

while everyone was leaving, we start taking pictures (waiting for the traffic to clear..)

then head off to Spize... =p my suggestion because i miss my Honey Tissue Prata..

En, Ping and YY decided to cab home. so after letting En board the cab, Ping and YY was not able to catch any cab at all. *hahahas. (it was near midnight) so in the end when bus 5 came, both of them took bus instead. =x

Durians again...

2009-07-24T23:33:00.004+08:00

went for durians after work again. *hehs. =p

this time, the 5 for $10 durians hasn't arrive, so we took the $5 each durian. not only that it's more expensive, the quantity were lesser too. (approximately 6 seeds per durian i guess?)

and it's definitely not enough for 5 of us. =(

more pictures here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=93123&id=707174821

2009-07-23T22:22:00.003+08:00

*hees. went to buy some snacks after lunch. =p

so long since i last ate Collon. ♥

i remember i love this when i was a kid. there's 30 in a box. can use it to reward my good students. =p

meet Tat for dinner after work. wanted to had the delicious char siew rice at Toh Guan. but when we reach there, there isn't any char siew or roasted meat available anymore. =(

so i had their duck rice, and Tat had their pork ribs rice. =( i don't like roasted duck, bones everywhere. in fact, i don't like meat with bones. *hahahas. i want them boneless.

not nice, so did not take any picture.

but the clouds are nice, so i took some picture of it..

i had flu again. =( ever since school reopen, i will be sniffing at least once a week. and i didn't go to the doctor. if i did, i think i will be on medical leave every week. =x

Solar Eclipse

2009-07-22T23:12:00.011+08:00

longest Solar Eclipse of the century.

it was reported that the eastern side of Singapore could catch a glimpse of it, but because of the rain, i doubt anyone can see anything.

when i reached the school, there's a announcement through the PA system, informing us that the Eclipse is going to happen soon, and everyone can watch out for it. -_- yes, the skies was dark indeed (due to the rain)..

i watched the news, and also saw a lot of photos online. amazing! ahh.. i must see a real eclipse with my eyes (bare eyes looking at the sky) this lifetime. Youtube videos not counted.

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meet Tat for dinner this evening. went to Bukit Timah for prata. =p

my first time drinking Milo Dinosaur, and Tat's Teh Cino.

recently, i have been drinking drinks which i don't usually drink. =x for example, soya bean milk, and i think i'm addicted to it. *lols. i had it twice in school this week.

pratas... my prata is in snow wonderland. =p

satisfy my cravings. =p

Blackberry Bold Pink!

2009-07-22T16:25:00.000+08:00

Tat have talk me out of changing my wonderful phone. *hahas. but now, i just saw this...

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/11/26/blackberry-8900-pink-bold-coming-to-rogers.html

so glamorous!

is it true? or just a rumor?

ahh.. tempted again.

My desk

2009-07-22T16:24:00.000+08:00

*hehehes.

i did a revamp (or rather improve because it's adding on) on the partition at my desk. =p there were only about 10 pictures previously.

done yesterday...

but because i started out from the centre, the side were pretty ugly. so i revamp it again this morning. =p

i add a few more photos to fill up the space, and some cute little decorations. =p

*hehehes.

my colleague was telling me that every morning, i can greet my family and friends "Good Morning!" when i go home, i will say "Byebye" too. =p

Chocolate Fondue

2009-07-20T22:55:00.001+08:00

while having that chocolate fondue at Hotpot Culture with Meimei, she asked me why didn't they serve ice cold water as well. so i asked her what is the water for, then she said that after dipping the fruits in the chocolate, dip it into the bowl of ice cold water immediately and the chocolate will harden.

serious?

can somebody verify that?

i've search online for answer, but to no avail. =x i had fondue from Swensens before, there is no ice cold water... -_- i want to try it out at home. *muahaha. if it's not true, Meimei shall was the fondue pot after that! (i hate to make my own fondue at home because it's a hell time cleaning the pot)

anybody want to come to my place for a chocolate fondue party? must observe the below tradition. *muahaha.

Fondue traditions say that if a woman drops a piece of food into the pot, she has to kiss every man at the table. If a man drops a piece of food into the pot he has to provide the host with a bottle of wine. If the food is lost a second time, the first person to do so has to hosts the next fondue party!

(extracted from: http://fonduefusion.com/store/fondue_etiquette.php)

Craving: MEAT

2009-07-20T22:24:00.002+08:00

i have craving for meat. =x

i think i haven't ate real meat for quite some time.

chicken rice's chicken, char siew rice's char siew, fishball noodle's fishball are not considered as meat (so little). i want chicken chop's chicken, pork chop's pork - that's more like it.

meet Tat for dinner earlier on. had McDonalds. at least nuggets is meat. though the meat is little. *hahahas. ahh.. and Cinnamon Melts is finally Out Of Stock! awful food. =x

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now i want prata. but i still want MEAT!

Avada Kedavra

2009-07-19T23:09:00.010+08:00

Avada Kedavra..... and *poof* Dumbledore is dead.

watch Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince with Meimei this afternoon at Iluma. the movie was such a disappointment. i bet those people who did not read the book will never understand the movie. they didn't film so many scenes. =x luckily they did not forget to film Dumbledore died.

Dumbledore!

i was actually trying to snap some pictures of the ah ma beside me but failed, so i snap Dumbledore. =x

the ah ma sitting beside me is damn irritating, she keep burping and burping (loudly) halfway through the movie, then she start giggling (excitedly) and i can feel her shaking. -_- damn uncomfortable. -_-

try to figure where is her face.

so we followed her out quickly after the movie ended as we want to snap a picture of her, and Meimei snapped this just before she enter the toilet. =p

IRRITATING AH MA!

instead of being dumb and queue for a cubicle at the toilet just outside the theatre's exit, we went to another toilet. =p

camwhore a lot. *hahahas. =p

then we went to Marina Square (Hotpot Culture) for dinner..

bacon wrap prawn! ♥

my pot. =p

chocolate fondue!

then home sweet home. =p

more ~~camwhore~~ pictures here (=p):
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91864&id=707174821

East Coast

2009-07-18T23:59:00.004+08:00

went to East Coast Park to cycle. wanted to try blading actually, but since all 3 of us are noobs, decided to abort that idea. and we cycle instead. =p

cycled all the way till changi beach, then back again.

brought them to Hong Kong Cafe for dinner (they change the name to Macau cafe already =x).

Tat's rice. forgot what is it..

my beef horfun..

Laipeng's cripsy noodle..

MUST-EAT: XO Carrot Cake! too bad Ping isn't around, it's her favorite too.

assorted mushrooms..

and desserts...

Laipeng's

Tat's

Mine!

then home sweet home. =p

more pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=91860&id=707174821

What Do You See by Electrico

2009-07-17T09:29:00.005+08:00

Verse 1: There’s a jewel on the ocean,
a gem upon the sea
Where the future is an open book
A land of destiny
We could set our sights into the wind and sail the seven seas
or climb the highest mountain top as long as we believe
What do you see? What do you see?

Chorus: See the moon and the stars, look how far we have come
Look around at our faces, they shine brightly in the sun
With our hopes and dreams, imagine what tomorrow it may bring
What do you see? What do you see?

Verse 2: Now the time has come to reach out,
To open up to see
That we stand together in this land
Cos we are family
As thoughts of reaching to the sky are carried on a dream
With hearts and minds united, our dreams we will achieve
What do you see? What do you see?

Chorus 2: See the moon and the stars, look how far we have come
Look around at our faces, they shine brightly in the sun
With our hopes and dreams, imagine what tomorrow it may bring
What do you see…

Bridge: What do you see when life makes you take on a mountain
You’ll see that nothing’s gonna stand in your way
Together we can share
The strength of a million
and the courage of a million more

Chorus End: See the moon and the stars, look how far we have come
Look around at our faces, they shine brightly in the sun
With our hopes and dreams, imagine what tomorrow it may bring
Cos the sky’s the only limit when you’re not afraid to dream
What do you see? What do you see..

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this year's NDP song doesn't sound like NDP song at all. there is no "love Singapore" mood in the song, and it sound pretty dead.

i still prefer NDP songs with lyrics like "this is home, truely, where i know i must be", "together we make a difference, one voice one family", "with family and friends, together we'll stand" or energetic songs like Reach out for the Skies!

lekuasimi (in hokkien, 你看什么 in chinese)

mrbrown also make fun of it. *hahas.

Facebook... in chinese?

2009-07-16T23:12:00.005+08:00

i like the kid's reply. interesting and entertaining (creative too). *lols.

Matthew Ko!

2009-07-16T22:15:00.011+08:00

i don't watch Hong Kong drama because it doesn't arouse my interest, and i think only aunties watch such drama. *hahas. but recently, i have been watching this Hong Kong drama - To Grow With Love because i saw the advertisement on Channel U and think it's pretty good.

and i fell in love with this guy. *hahas.

super charming. *lols.

some pictures from the drama...

and more pictures. *hehehehes..

his jeans remind me of YY. =x

and he's so talented!

piano

latin dance

ice hockey

*awwwww. ♥♥♥

Count the 'F's

2009-07-16T09:21:00.009+08:00

Count the number of 'F's in the following sentence:

Finished files are the result of years of scientif-
ic study combined with the experience of years.

Done?
Now scrool down to see if you are right

Ready?

How many did u say?

Three?

Wrong, there are six!

Read it once again...

Finished files are the result of years of scientif-
ic study combined with the experience of years.

The reason is because the brain cannot process the word OF.

Anyone who counts all six 'F's on the first try is like really really smart!! three is normal for most people..

Ding Tai Fung/ Gelare

2009-07-14T23:59:00.009+08:00

it's Tuesday! so we meet up for Gelare, but before that, we had dinner at Ding Tai Fung. =p

it was a long wait as we have 7 people. =x

Da Long!

Xiao Long!

had prawn pancake, drunken chicken, the guys had fried rice too. after dinner, we walked down to Orchard Central for Gelare as other locations have already closed down (and we didn't know about it =x).

poor YY and Victor have to walk from Plaza Singapura to Far East Plaza.. when we meet at Far East, the Gelare there has closed down too. =x

wall climbing at Orchard Central.. (they are actually standing on the steps, not the rocks)

more pictures at Laipeng's album:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132480&id=567487626

Apple iPhone gets poked by BlackBerry

2009-07-14T00:20:00.010+08:00

click on the link below if you cannot see the video above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEVqlmFR8FA

now, i got this sudden liking for Blackberry Bold! =p ♥

♥♥♥

i guess partial because iPhone price is sooooo cheap now. the price of 32GB is the amount i paid for my 16GB a year ago. -_- practically half price can? i thought people always say Apple products has got market value?

and Singtel came out with this freaking cheap price plan (iFlexi Lite) -_-, so everyone is telling me they are going to get iPhone 3Gs now.

if i can give up my games in my iPhone, i shall get ♥Blackberry Bold♥! =p

Fatal accident

2009-07-13T22:14:00.007+08:00

life is so unpredictable.

my colleague's mum just passed away after the accident. ya, the recent accident along North-South highway in Malaysia, travelling to Cameron Highlands last weekend.

so when we are heading down for the NE show, she is actually rushing down to Malacca with her family. and her younger sister (the deceased's youngest daughter) is still studying in Rulang..

why can't drivers be more careful while driving? relating to this accident, speeding down a slope is obviously seeking trouble. moreover, so many lives are in his hand and he never thought of it?

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remind me of the accident last year which only the baby survived, the other 3 family members died in the crash.

sigh. i'm sure there is more to come.

Harper's Island - Finale

2009-07-13T16:43:00.002+08:00

13 episodes of Harper's Island from season 1 is finally finished. i hope there is no season 2 (as what they have said so earlier that there will only be 1 season)..

the ending is... stupid.