Saturday, September 30, 2006

29th sep:
HAPPY 18TH BDAE TING!

had gems wif xq. n although cls was below expectations, n there were loads more guys then i expected, i did hv fun.

the teacher: sb is the er mei san. everyone there r girls.

supposed to go shopping wif xinyu but she ps me for her poly frens. I AM ANGRY! lol. waited for zest at pasir ris mrt to go hv lunch. then shortly aft tt, went for ting's bbq. sinful sinful.

today is really a day of suprises. we plan suprise party for ting. then spse plan suprise dinner for wang jia n zest. haha. anyway, ting's party wasn't tt big a suprise coz someone spilled the beans. poo poo. but still, she was happy. dun deny, i noe ur pleased!

yi lynn, cherlyn, mengzi, beefong, xinyu, jia jin, ivy, suyee, hazwani, maziah, gaozheng, ronald, yi an, kelly n me turned up. oso hv 3 of her nyp classmates. not bad turn-out ba. hehe.

n i can buy vodka!! they didn't even check my ic. n i tink i'm the only hopeless case who gets a headache frm a beverage wif only 5% alcohol content. zzzz.

oso, wat is a bdae bash w/o sabo? we gave ting the full-body package.
>> choc mocha facial
>> mayonaise body rub
>> butter n honey hair treatment
>> orange syrup bath

sounds delicious? still hv 2nd n 3rd course. haha.

funny bits:
=> we fed our leftovers to cats. (ting's 'species'.)
=> yi an's present to ting is pan pacific hotel sausages!

30th sep:
HAPPY BDAE WANGJIA!

went pet farm wif gerald n thiam hee.
get tis, dogs bark when gerald walk past!! haha.. meow.

the dogs n cats hv such a pampered life! bubble bath, fancy food n air-conditioned comfort. when u look at them lounging around n inevitably tink of starving african kids, u come to a conclusion tt pets in s'pore r soo spoilt!

n for the first time, pasir ris to parkway parade took an hr! i take bus 15 only abt 20 min lor. btw, gerald drove. zzzzzzzz..
to gerald: u better delete those pics or ur so screwed!

hung out wif bri n i realised my bro takes to bribery easily. juz 1 ice-cream cone n he'll go shopping wif u. haha.

n mommy bought me new stationery supplies. haha. colourful clips n binders, new markers, pens, files n cutesy notebooks!! haha. time to get tt long-lost study momentum going in full gear. gambatte!! ^^





guys often say tt girls r difficult to understand. why dun they ever look at themselves in the mirror?!?!

Thursday, September 28, 2006

yesterday was the last day of cca drive!! finally can eat wif my clique aft pangseh-ing them for so long. haha. but i'll miss seeing jess n xq on a daily basis. th's crapping, those early morn booth decorations, the rushing to-and-frm classes. haha. bahx.

we had recreational activites aft they had their exco meeting. dinner n movie at cine with jessica, xueqin, sengwang, tianhock, michelle n zest. john tucker must die. it was funny funny but the guy seemed to be able to get out of every scheme n somehow, made himself more popular in the process. tts so unfair. NO JUSTICE!! lol.

xueqin: wld u do tis if ur bf cheated?

hmmm, i prob wld juz roll into a ball n cry. but then again, red g-strings n estrogen pills r worth a try. haha. came hm at abt midnight n mommy didn't scold! whee~
she somemore made me hot milo n let me eat a WHOLE durian snowskin mooncake to myself. omg. so much for skipping lunch n dinner n not having roti prata for supper. tsk tsk. but it was yummy. lol.

in CD (character devt), tis equals a severe lack of self-discipline.
today is exactly 1 mth frm my 18th bdae. muz rmbr hor?!?!

came to sch wif zest today. n suprise suprise, we were both on time. but i was earlier. haha. got back pacc paper. n although i only got a sad 70%, tan yen yen said tt tis paper was challenging n tt i'm a potential A. yeah yeah. i cannot disappoint!! hehehe.

hmm.. the mid-sem grades hv been above avg but still unsatisfactory.. tts the result of getting complacent. stupid joy. *wails*

btw, i fell while climbing tt stupid sb hill. irritating uneven steps. i dunno why i'm announcing it here. but its was soo super embarrasing. can't they like build us escalators, travelators, whatsoever?!?! nyp hv ma.. sp so budget lah. *sulks*

is now in tt sb "study rm" tt michelle pointed out to me. can tell tis will be our new hang-out place. whoopee! btw, I FOUND ZEST'S BLOG. n its not spmusical-zesty.blogspot.com. haha. n its boring. haha. oops. =P

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

sunday
- went clementi to buy cca booth supplies.
- xueqin, sengwang, tianhock n zest.
- BIG BOOKSHOP. miss the bedok one.
- lunch at sumo house.
- salmon sashimi. love love.
- did up the booth in sports hall.
- saw the spsu guy. mr 'i-cannot-tok-properly'. oops. hehe.
- jurong entertainment centre.
- arcade!!
- daytona. me FIRST!
- drums, bball, bishi bashi (spgg cheaper!!).
- supposed to watch movie but complications aroused.
a) failed to chose movie.
b) when guys finally allowed us to watch our show;
c) tickets were too ex. $9.50. heee.
- played pool. i can 'shadow' leh. izzit called 'shadow'? dunno lah.

monday
- sch day 1.
- he was early?!?! wow. kidding lah.
- went early to do the booth.
- dinner at the new fc 4. koufu.
- squeezed into gerald's van to go np.
- nus exoro game.
- goofed around in front of np's security cameras.
- compared toilets. haha. np cleaner.
- sengwang, tianhock n me in 1 grp.
- we won!!! 13.7 mil frm 2 mil start-up.
- 2nd = zest, santoso n richard. 10.8 mil.
- cramped 9 ppl into gerald's van to rush the last mrt.
- waited v long for bus. zzz.
- reached hm at 1am.

tuesday
- late for sch.
- gate 7 closed to muz climb hill to gate 8.
- ran up 6 storeys of t22.
- only to noe tt there is no econs tut. bahx.
- sucky econs mid-sem results. below my expectations at least.
- helped out at the booth.
- mich is soo funny. hahaha.
- came hm early for once. 7.30pm leh.
- dinner wif the family.



~ shld i, shld i not?
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<3 I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you..
<3 The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
<3 Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
<3 To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
<3 No man is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.

but i did cry. didn't i?

<3 Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

back frm dinner. aft starving the whole of today, i tink i kinda lost my appetite for dinner. hey, an ang ku kueh for breakfast, no lunch n 1/8th a mooncake for tea is really little hor. to me at least.

i really can lose weight. haha. i muz believe tt i can succeed. no carbo! atkins diet.. only had half a spoonful of tea leaves which had a tiny bit of brown rice mixed in it. tts my one n only dosage of carbo for the whole of today. yupz. then managed to not eat much of the 10-course dinner either. even por por noticed n tried to sneak tt extra fatty piece of peking duck onto my plate. n trix commented tt my plate still feels clean. bahx.

to luq: dun worry, i'm neither anorexic nor bulimic. dun worry yeah? i dun hv a fascination wif looking like a stick insect n neither do i fathom worshipping my toilet bowl wif puke, whatsoever.

anyway, it was grandpa's bdae. n he is older then zest! omg!! i tot zest max oldness le. hehehe. kidding lah. he's my ah ma de ah pa so muz show face n go. anyway when our families get together, it no longer is as fun as it used to be. no more ice-cream parties, late nite sleepovers n holiday trips. we hv grown up. so the idea of fun hv oso evolved.

now all the grown-ups ever tok abt is studies, grades n future prospects of their offsprings, us. n the high-flyers, olivia n alisa, will compare the standards of their respective schs, raffles girls vs dunman high. so-and-so having new campus. so-and-so recruiting top teachers. yadda yadda.

its alright if they juz tok among themselves. unwilling parties like me, will be drawn in juz for comparison so they will shine better. zzzz. big deal. poly then poly lor. not tt i'm doing horribly either. why shld i care less anyway.

i noe they love me. but reverse psycho isn't actually effective in my case. i need encouragement ppl!!

n suprisingly, por por hinted tt i'm slimmer. its been yrs since she started her: "everytime i see u, u seemed to hv grown sideways!" tis cld be a major turning pt! wow!! either tt or she was trying to brainwash me into eating tt fatty mush of meat. WHICH I DID NOT TOUCH. bravo!

anyway, home sweet home. no more superficial social engagements for a long while i guess. i dun wanna grow up! *wails* n i wan my prata!! *wails even louder!*

new skirt! haha. got the blue one coz mommy said i hv loads of brown ones. but the brown one was nice ma. *sulks* then got more hair accessories. if i had telepathy n cld predict tt mommy wld be in such a gd mood today, i wld hv not bought anything on my own yesterday n wait till today wif her credit card n all. zzz.

went mooncake sampling. yummy. hyatt hotel hv nice boxes. like treasure chest n its wooden! so style lah. traditional, snow skin, ice-cream mooncakes, i tried them all! gosh, later por por is gonna say i've grown fatter again. its not fair. trix eats like an elephant n everyone say "studying keeps her slim". hey, i study too okay!

n i went grocery shopping. yeap! i chose vegetables! n oso got to see san yi po (correct spelling ma?), she's my grandma's sis. n she said i v guai. accompany mommy come ntuc. haha. i am gd girl ma. :P

we then went to look at handphones. i hv changed my mind. n80 is too bulky. i tink i shld get n73 instead. its cheaper n more feminine too.. n it has a better camera for me n my darlings to zilian but i muz rmbr to lock keypad. see, i help my mom save money. yeaps. i'm a gd girl. hey, i wear long skirts now! haha.

gotta go get dressed for dinner. the cousins will be present. aww shucks. i'm in no mood for polite small talk. :(

Friday, September 22, 2006

arranged to go out wif xinyu coz i didn't feel up to being alone today.

but she was late so she bribed me wif bubble tea [so wun skewer her on a satay stick n bbq her at some pasir ris pit.] haha. i tink i'm sooo forgiving. honestly lah, ppl late juz one strawberry milk tea n i happy liao. hmmm, shld be more demanding. hey, my precious youth leh!! wahahaha.

anyway, we went parkway parade for shopping!! visited jj at ig heaven n bought a kinda expensive fluff pouch. muz give her face ma.. in front of her boss muz show she hv generous frens. lol. excuses joy, excuses. haha. but it was cute lah, wif all the bobby heads n ditzy colours. (ann jia jin, its DITZY not bim!!) lalala.

then went shopping somemore n bought impulsively at mini toons n chameleon which prompted xinyu to say: "in all my frens, u spend the most in the shortest period of time." thanks alot man.. apparently, u haven seen how MY frens splurge. machiam like drinking water lor. hehe.

nets is a dangerous thing.

then we went op n i got a new brown skirt. got pink sequins n embroidery de leh. niiccceeee.. i tink i'm gonna go back to get the other colour. besides, mommy says she'll pay. hahaha. i tink she's juz pleased the skirt is looong - till my knees leh. my parents r conservative. wat can i say?!?!

then coz we were thirsty, we went to mac to chat over drinks. hung out at the arcade till jj finish wrk then went to the food court to tok somemore. jj hv ring. xinyu meeting gz for dinner. everybody is attached. everybody got darling to gush over. bahx. well, they r my frens. n i'm happy tt they r happy. truthfully. honestly. 100% plus guarantee n chop!!

took bus to raffles place to meet mommy. n being the sweet n darling daughter tt i was, i bought her a big, pretty sunflower! n she was soo pleased. receiving flowers is nice. but if i can't get them, giving them makes me feel gd too. =D muackies.

she brought me to suntec to get my nails done at dashing divas, a pinky nail boutique. i love my mommy! now my nails r a brillant shade of orange. n u can't help smiling coz they look so well, orange? (pardon my lack of vocabulary.)

n coz my toe nails were juz done, i cannot shop for shoes as initially intended so we went for jap dinner instead. n i tink today is a day for lovers coz at the fountain of wealth, laser light dedications flashed one aft another, each proclaiming undying n everlasting love, n everyone wif partners seemed strangely starry-eyed. its soo not fair!

=(

its alright, i hv my mother for company n while ur feed on love i'm stuffing my face wif salmon sashimi. the large portion, (ting, jealous ma? lolx.) pretending to be oblivious to the couple nxt to me who were patiently feeding each other.. cannot eat urself ar? how old already!! *fumes* fine, mayb i'm juz jealous.

aft dinner, we waked juz a little more. n i got 4 new tops! haha. there i go again. its ok lah, mommy paid. n tmr is sat, she says i can get my shoes n mayb a couple more bottoms before meeting the grandparents for dinner..

happy once more!
btw, WELCOME HM ZEST.
jessica n xq, i miss u..
cher, new job = new responsibilites. stay true to urself yeah. love ya always.

什么样的爱

nicey nice. v heart-rendering.. <3
n tis is the young jolin frm a long time ago w/o all the said plastic surgery. sweet ba?? :P

hmmm, the video can't seem to be resized.. so it overlaps the flower buttons. so scroll down, to the entry below tis vid if u need to change pages okie? in case u didn't noe, those r flash buttons so they automatically follow the scrolling of the pgs. cute n ingenious* rite? haha. i noe. lol.

ehhh, one flaw. if u scroll ALL the way down then press a new link, u gotta scroll ALL the way up again to see stuff on the nxt pg. yupz. dun be lazy lah. hehe.

got a date wif xinyu coming up. lolx. tata.

*def: characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction.
haha, waay back, i promised a wrd a day. which i hv been forgetting tis couple of wks. so here here. *grins*

Thursday, September 21, 2006

i managed to wake up at 7am to sms jessica, xueqin n santoso!! haha. so proud of myself. the ealiest i hv woken up tis hol wif the exception of spse camp - which doesn't count since i didn't slp at all.

showered, got dressed n went out bright n early for once. breathing in the fresh morning air, seeing the exceptionally still swimming pool n the morning dew on every blade of grass literally put a smile on my face. wat changed tt little smile into a big one was the innocence n laughter of the little ones as they sat by the fountain eagerly awaiting their different but equally sunshine-bright sch buses. in their bright n cheery uniforms, they played catching, or ooh-ed and ahh-ed over adorable babies in their comfy looking prams smelling of nice, warm milk powder.

n get tis, as i walked past, their maids, grandmas n grandpas made all these cute-voiced 3-5 year olds stand in a line to say n i quote: "jie jie ni jing tian hen mei. chu men xiao xin." (translate: big sis, ur v pretty today, take care n hv a nice day.) n baby xavier hugged me n he didn't wanna let go! omg. (coos in delight!) i lurve kids!! except when i'm in a rotten mood coz it irks me tt some ppl can be perpetually happy. haha. i'm queer, yes, i noe.

in kindergarten, like them, they look forward to sch each n everyday. in pri sch, u look forward to sch provided there is no spelling n if u completed ur hmwrk. in sec sch, u only look forward to sch bcoz u can go out n hv fun aft tt. in jc, u dread sch. totally. in poly, wat sch?? ur no longer considered students in the govt's eyes! (no youth day, no transport concession, etc.)

anyway, pia 2 sessions of yoga. sore muscles. but i feel strangely gd. hehe. n the receptionist at the yoga centre said: "joy, u haven been coming for a v long time." firstly, she can rmbr my name. secondly, she is aware of the fact tt i haven been attending classes!! out of sooo many members, i actually made an impression. whee~ ok fine, i'm prob one of the youngest full-fledged members there, so ppl r bound to notice. but its nice to be remembered.

then i walked around raffles place alone. absorbed in the energy of the financial world. ya, i hv no life. o_0 hungry, i sat at a cafe n people-watched. blackberry handhelds, subway sandwiches n starbucks coffee was a staple in almost everyone's hands as they scrambled back to the office aft lunch hr. black power-suits, jet black hair, pursed lips n briefcases sashayed around. tis is my future life. one w/o colour, one w/o laughter. but i like it! hey, i already said i was weird. so quit the funny stares?!?! hehe.

caught mommy at her business luncheon. professional, serious n no-nonsense. her tone was brisk n her smile was brief. she didn't even bother give me time for aimless chatter. oh wells, tis is the working mommy. my role-model. lalala. ^^

though, there is a dampener in today's otherwise pleasant 'a-day-to-myself'.. cramps. arggghh.. so its now, retreat to my bed, peanut butter cookies n "my lovely samsoon dvds". screw tt time of the mth.
i am all alone. n i'm feeling like crap. *whines*

i wanna get better for mommy's promised all expenses paid shopping trip n pedicure!!! how can i ever miss tt?!?! mommy calls tis "a back to sch perk." haha.. i love sch. lolx.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

slotting the timetable for nxt wk's cca drive (25th to 27th sep). who to be situated at the booth frm wat time to wat time. gosh, i feel so 'impt'. haha.

-on msn-
melvin: gimme slots wif my jie k.
-in another window-
me: oi. melvin muz wif u only ar?
jessica: i his jie so muz protect him.
me: ur timings dun match leh. he cannot wif me ar?
jessica: u dun bully him can le.
me: walau, u biased leh.. y cannot he bully me?
jessica: ya. i will tell him dun bully u oso.
jessica: dun jealous lah.
me: he can wif guowei anot?
me: oh cannot. guowei my didi. so muz protect him frm urs.
jessica: wahh. all the didi.
me: the power of the jies. hehe.
-in yet another window-
guowei: hey jie, got alot of job offer leh.
guowei: sch wanna start le. dunno how to reject.
guowei: got $5 per hr n $7 per hr de. i v stupid rite?
me: wah.. ppl popular ar?
guowei: of course. i ur didi leh. cannot be a disappointment ma.

awww, so sweet. haha. n my blood-related didi leh? sitting outside, in front of the tv, like a big lump of lard. since like, forever?!?! =P

15 min more to swimming. haha.. SPLASH!!
bon voyage to my dearies, xueqin n jessica. (i try to wake up to sms ur tmr morn k?)
to sengwang n santoso: better take gd care of my dearies hor. hehehehe. hv a nice n safe trip!!

happiness is not abt living in perfection.
it is abt living one hell of a life n knowing tt ur still standing tall.

ting ting not free to pei me go back visit damai tmr. so its yoga day!! haha. its been ages. but i booked the cls le. so no backing out anymore. i really shld motivate mommy to go too. hehe. swimming today? or gym? hmmmm.. TENNIS!! nah, no company. =(

HEADLINES: 20th Sep, Joy kickstarts her I-Must-Keep-Fit program. An unnamed but concerned friend comments: "I really wonder how long her enthusiasm will last this time around." Joy rebuts: "I will persevere. You pessimist!"

xinyu, quick, call me... i'm dying of boredom. n STOP using gz's msn. its highly confusing coz i dunno who i am toking to at any pt of time!! n stop saying stupid things tt u noe is not true. *sticks out tongue*

note to self: get into a back-to-sch mood. regularise sleeping patterns. bahx.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

cls chalet cum bbq. dead tired. no comments.

came hm wif serkee n anna. serkee got bf come all the way frm hougang to pasir ris juz to pick her leh!! i am envious, i am jealous, I OSO WAN!! *green eyes* wahhhhhh. T_T

the bf: u still on bus? v long leh.
serkee: then go hm lor. bye bye.

walau.. come all the way here juz to pick her, still like tt. the power of love. hehe. where u go to fish guys like tt ar? tell me oso mah.. hv gd things muz share. *winks*

on 17, met ruiqi n sinyi. sinyi sooo v pretty can. no more braces le. i miss my ogl. wahh. ruiqi is still the same cute, bubbly her. miss the times in ao-math when we all gang up to bully poor mrs quek n the occasional tuesday morning roti-prata (frm the stall tt has since closed down). today is mj's last day of prelims. =) so tt means, u, my ex-classmates, r free to go out wif me le. haha.

anyway, their presence cheered me up more then my strawberry milk tea leh. shows how v much i miss my past. juz the other day, daniel asked if i had even a tiny, teeny, wheeny bit of regret. i'll be lying if i say i dun. coz yes i do. i regret not sticking it out. i regret choosing the easy way out. i regret. :(

oh wells, life is full of regrets. juz attempt to live it to the fullest, dun tink too much. n the world will be a much happier n more vibrant place to live in. its impossible to say 'dun leave rm for regret' coz there will always be inadequacies in life. wat u can do is juz minimise them. ok, i dun really noe wat i'm toking abt actually. but wait till i start psychology lessons nxt wk. i'll speak more profoundly then. hehe.

cher: got guys to intro me ma?
me: got tom, dick n harry.
me: tom picks his nose in public.
me: harry nv wash hands aft coming out of the toilet.
me: dick, is well, a dick lah.
me: guys around me all tis standard one. u interested ma?
cher: lol.

my frens r lame. they r full of crap n bullshit. n tt is our normal, usual, out of point conversation. retarded, stupid, n dun make sense. but bcoz of it. i love them to bits. absolutely. wholly. completely. entirely. de facto.

i got my gem. i got my gem. *dances around* psychology n counselling. the hot hot gem, the super popular one. omg. i'm still recovering frm the shock. haha. got the 2pm registration slot. n within 5 min, i'm a thousand times happier. whee~

i love u xueqin. muackies!! thank u, thank u, thank u. *floats*
sorry serkee, my bad. we'll still pass fri time together k? n we'll swop notes n still study together..
sorry jess: its full le.. i really tried. but by the time u told me u can't sign in, already quite late liao. then psycho within secs will full de. sobs.

finally, i got my completed timetable. n it sucks. 8am lectures n 5pm dismissals!! n here i was thinking last sem's timetable was horrible. some stupid sp planner! at wat hr muz i wake up?!?! n thurs hv 4 back-to-back lects tt r not even in the same mlt. imagine if u fall sick on thurs? or forget to bring sweets n jacket? can die lor. zzz.

its ok. one more sem. juz one more sem to specialization. yup yup. *grimaces*
=X

n stupid bri, on tv so rough for wat?!? short circuit the whole hse, hung the com n cut my internet connection. tt happened at 2.10pm. so he better thank god i got the gem i wanted if not, he is sooo gonna get skinned alived n toasted for either the fishes or his future dog. bahx.

hmmm, now gotta wait till 4pm for anna n serkee to come over for anna's gem registration, 2nd appt.. hopefully nothing goes wrong tis time. come on sas.. be nice.

bbq nite. not enough food. sian. n david kk cheong is coming. much as we r not on buddy terms wif him, he did give me my mob A. my only A. n he was kinda nice to me in cls. so muz be somewhat appreciative i guess. -.-

Monday, September 18, 2006

bad start for a chalet. downpour!! n suay suay, aft stumbling to the bus stop in slooshing wet water, the rain stopped. bloody lao tian ye!! met jess at tamp mrt to shop for anna's bdae present. so sian lah.. raining then cannot walk night market. zzz. but we got the presents le. shhhh..

aft tt, went down to pasir ris n although white sands was renovating, there's tis new cute accessories stall n naturally, new earrings for my collection. got fork n spoon de pattern oso leh. haha. i'm an easily contented girl. haha.

while we were browsing, winson/winston/wilson, whatever lah.. the dbf 21 guy or better known as ivan's fren called. his cls so sad case lah. only got he stay over first nite. my cls although pretty pathetic in terms of nos, oso had abt 8 staying? imagine the whole hse to himself?!?! haha. oops. stupid ivan. anyhow give out ben xiao jie's no. bahx.

anyway, we waited for ages at pasir ris stn for kelvin to come down frm asyikin's hse (hougang) wif the v impt check-in IC - asyikin sprain ankle ma. poor thing. the chalet was a disapointment. not the big spacious 4 rm bungalows we were led to belive. juz small 2 bedrm units wif a musky n stale smell. yucks. instead of catering, we decided to save money. so the lot of us trooped down to white sands foodcourt for makan then to loyang pt, sheng shiong for grocery shopping. smelly smelly.

~*~ tmr gems registration. psychology here i come!! *prays*
~*~ things r bad bad bad. pls dun hate me..
~*~ removed the music coz it hang my com. grrrrr..
~*~ bon voyage zest, try not to drown yeah? lol. (kidding!!)

a stupid phrase tt does make some sense on closer reading.

"life is a play;
the world is my stage;
and its ppl r my audience."

ever noticed how when ur not alone, u seem to be acting? subconcious anot, u hv an idea of how u wan ppl to perceive u n it all becomes juz a facade. only for some, its rather obvious n others a little more close to the heart.



ramblings aside, life is unfair. guys hv it all gd. larger allowances, later curfews, simple dressing requirements, higher atheletic abillities, how abt getting to keep their surnames aft marriage?? n now, John Philippe Rushton is arguing tt men hv higher IQ too. (the straits times, 16th sep 2006)

the brother wants a goldfish.
the brother wants 5 goldfishes.
the brother wants a hamster/gerbil/pet rat.
now, the brother wants a dog.

wth. can't he ever be satisfied? n i soo dun wan a bouncing ball of fur wif dripping saliva n the inability of keeping poop within himself half running, half sliding across my living rm. irregardless of how smoochy-cute it is. bahx. trix has threatened to move out. any other ideas?

went out wif mr i-will-not-be-late today. he was late though. haha. supposed to go shopping for his msia trip which i tink was quite successful ba? wif my gd taste, u got all or most of the stuff u needed?? haha. bhb.

shopping wif guys is sooo different. i mean, they decide really fast n before u noe it, they r at the cashier paying le. n its not impulse buys lor. they try, they tink n they act waay faster then my jie meis, myself included. oops.

strawberry milk tea <3 n champagne grapes ice-blended.

walked tamp mall, then went pasar malam.. i bought stickers. whee~ saw mommy n daddy.. my parents still hold hands n go on dates leh.. haha. sweet ba? lol. anyway, nobody made anything difficult. then went back tm to get his sis stuff. n had dinner wif his fren frm fox.

hmmm, n someone we both noe called. so it was funny funny.
someone: blah blah blah. so i msg joy yeah?
mr i-will-not-be-late: err, i can tell her.

ladeedums~

guess wat, tm basement blackout. its practically like the impossible happening!! but i insisted on still going into the ultra black ntuc juz for kicks. how often do u get to go into a black supermarket? i guess alot of ppl tink tt way too coz the place was packed. n no, we didn't steal anything despite cameras n sensors being all out. hehe.

he used the hp camera flash to see the products.. lame ba. haha. funny though at tt pt of time. lol..

joy: so quiet. say something.
mr i-will-not-be-late: something.

then coz it was still kinda early we went to century sq. n i had to buy eggs hm. haha. tts so random. but shop n save eggs r cheap.. haha. looked at handphones then came hm. fun fun fun..

to mx: nxt time say 'hi' if u see me yeah? haha.
to mr i-will-not-be-late: i had a gd time. cya around. :) btw, chi smses r cute but i am not a ZHU coz i wake up early, sometimes. *sulks* hehe.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

17th sep, lifestyle: singaporeans are a whiny lot. we feel stifled, and yet we don't have the courage to step out of our situation. so there is nothing else left to do but complain.

<3 stayed hm the whole of yesterday. blah.
<3 slept, slept n slept somemore.
<3 came online. routine.
<3 cannot go genting. bleahx.
<3 checked gems registration slots.
<3 got 12 cca pts at last count. whee.
<3 xinyu wun give me her private blog.
<3 zest wun give me his either.
<3 changed my blogskin. yays.
<3 no more annoying 'i-dunno-wat-to-put' title bars.
<3 removed bhb bdae countdown. XD.
<3 random thought: i shld find wrk.
<3 msn. blah.
<3 zest called to help me pass time. sweet.
<3 talked to jessica deary.
<3 fussed over chalet.
<3 off to lala land.

<3 today, chwee kueh for breakfast. yum.
<3 online. again.
<3 going out. triple yeah.
<3 mommy gonna 'sing' later. triple yeah.
<3 random thought: better get back into studying mood.
<3 wun stay chalet le ba.
<3 HAPPY 18TH BDAE LOTI!

Saturday, September 16, 2006

the criteria for yesteday was to stay hm the whole day n be allowed out in the evening.. machiam like prison. oh wells, i'm sick afterall..

another condition was tt daddy had to come pick me n drop me wherever i wanna go. the daddy tt told me to be ready at 5 but at 5.30 is still no where to be seen. late already, i broke condition 2. rushed down to cityhall but poor xueqin still had to wait abt 20 min. bahx. i'm seldom late de, serious!! lol.

visited sengwang n his tight apron at cafe cartel, had dinner n shopped till jessica finish wrk. it was meant to be a suprise but bigmouth me accidently blurted it out. oops! then we wanted to BOO jess, how i noe her booth change place. poo poo poo. *sulks*

shopping wif xueqin was such a blast, we made fun of the summer fashions, the 'bling' accessories n how over-priced raffles city shopping centre is. we even hung out in the baby rm in which everything is soo cute n miniature. whee~

aft jess xia ban, we walked over to suntec to visit wangjia. stupid IMF, block all the shortest routes making us lost like tourists. seriously, 4 million smiles? aft yesterday's experience, i'm suprised if they can even get 4 smiles. other then tt of the delegates "i-am-so-freaking-impt" smiles. anyway, i'm supposed to be more understanding n patient. afterall, being a banking student, tis world meeting is paving the rd for the future me. so cool joy, cool.

the place is soo heavily guarded, it resembles the royal palace, an army fortress.

then flowers, another reason to be put off. in our attempt to showcase our garden city to the world, there r suddenly blossoming blooms sprouting out in town. sunflowers in tis case. such hypocrites. tsk tsk. did i mention sunflowers r my ulimate fav flowers? well, they are n they soo do not belong in s'pore's humid n polluted weather. no wonder they were all withering. grrrrrrr.

by the time we finally weaved our way through tt maze, we had to find wangjia among all of suntec's 4 towers. by some coincidence, accident, whatsoever, we bumped into zest. tt began our quest to find charles n keith.

aft finding wangjia at some atrium, we went to carrefour for sushi n orange juice. yummy yummy. all the while, jessica was entertaining us wif 'zest-is-old' jokes. funny.

supposed to meet ting they all at esplanade n go hm together. but tinking tt they'll take forever considering how we always burn loads of time away gossiping on tt rooftop, we didn't meet. but in the end, oso leave abt the same time. sorry girls. HAPPY 18TH BDAE SUYEE!

missed the last shuttle bus, had to weave ourself out of the mess again, ventured into millenia walk, CANDY EMPIRE! hahaha. met up wif sengwang at citylink mall, squeezed onto the last mrt n had daddy pick me up at tamp.

no scoldings, zero coldness, still hv hot milo frm daddy dearest. another successful push of the dreaded curfew. midnight! whoopdeedoo.. tok to cher then ting long into the nite. love my dearies.. they can always make an average day end on a more positive note. i shall noe my limits, be a gd girl n stay hm today. stupid flu.


frm ting's blog which i tink was dedicated to me: even if a person doesn't love u the way u wan, it doesn't mean tt he doesn't love u wif all he has.

Friday, September 15, 2006

i am sick.

n no less then 6 ppl on msn commented how rare it is to see me online in the middle of the day. coz my routine tis hol has been to wake up at noon, hit town or any other shopping centre n coming hm hopefully, before 11 pm.

11 pm coz i'm already pushing curfew. sian.. kinda feel tt 'home' = hotel. i check in then check out as i pls. sad to admit it but i kinda feel i only tok to mommy when i need more $ n to ask for permission to go out. actually, now tt my allowance is giro-ed into my acc, n tt i no longer ask for permission - i merely notify if i'm going out, i barely even tok to her anymore. n tts a sad sad thing.

i laughed at how bri naively proclaimed to mommy, "i will hold ur hand even when i'm 18!" but i guess, juz the wrds itself touched her. no matter how ludicrous it may sound to me at 18, i noe right inside, she wished we nv grew up, n forever stay mommy's little princess. like when she comes into my rm late at nite to juz sit at the bottom of my bed n watch me slp, prob wishing time wld stop. the earth wld stop spinning n ppl wld stop living their lives.

if it was anyone else, i'll prob be freaked. but tts my mother. the one tt carried me for 9 mths, fed n dressed me. the one who will love me come wat may. the one who tries to connect wif me but is turned away time n again frm an angsty teen. gosh, i feel like the world's biggest meanie.

she nv fails to rmbr my bdae. my tuition times, my fav food, my everything. n yet, i only noe how to complain, complain n complain somemore. aww shucks.

dear mommy,
i love u. i'm sorry for all the times i've hurt u.
love, ur daughter.

anyway, i'm going out again. as usual, my sms went, "i stayed hm the whole of today le. going out for dinner. cya tonight." i love my parents. i really do. but it juz doesn't seem to show. tsk tsk.

went ting's hse to upload photos yesterday. cher came n disturb awhile.. left for dinner, came hm n was only allowed 30 min of com time bcoz of my stupid flu. slept abt 13 hrs. talked on the phone a little while n is back here again. yeap.

btw, heard frm carolyn tt our d&d proposal is accepted!! yeah yeah yeah.. all those late nites were not for nothing. haha. supposed to go to pet farm today but due to some reason, its off. which is a gd thing too coz the weather is horrendous.

i'm bored.. xueqin n eric's smses r taking forever to arrive. bahx. cls chalet is kinda messy, gem registration is a nightmare n daddy juz went: "wat? no gpa of 3.8?" wtf, u tink so easy ar. i tried le lor. i really did... n i do tink my grades r really something to be proud abt. haiz. n i still hv to convince myself i hv no feelings for tt someone, since obviously, i dun mean anything to him. who said my life was easy?

joy, u dun like him. joy, u dun like him. joy, u dun like him. joy, u dun like him. joy, u dun like him. joy, u dun like him. period. dun argue wif me.
i dun like him. there, 1 prob down..

gosh, who am i kidding man?

Thursday, September 14, 2006

TAIWAN THROUGH MY LENS:
(no faces coz mommy is soo conservative n convinced tt internet psycopaths r spying on tis blog.)


departure terminal, frm s'pore to taipei..


yummy yummy.. the eggy restaurant, haagen daz sundae, n water served in ice-cream cups. cute!


taipei's mrt station...


taipei 101!! the tallest building in asia.. 

the railway station.. wif manual ticketing booths..


steam-powered, coal-fuelled, etc..

see the motorbike's parking lots?? n all those colourful paper r the diff sch uni tis shop tailors.. n the oldish ma jie sorta clothes.. seems out of the post-colonial era.. btw, the trend, HIGH SOCKS!


note: the tallness of the shops..
they dun hv large shop spaces but even macs n starbucks compete in HEIGHT!

the supposedly 'bugis street' in taiwan. found the shop tt sells both raw pork n clothes in the same space?!?!


the 3-in-1 shopping complex. wif all the red linkages.. reminds me of sb's red bridge. brrrrrr... plus their movie village - our cine - n all the cabs r yellow. cute ba?


the many many tikam machines.. those soft toys r those kiap-ed by us. skill leh. haha. tis is the cutest collection of pics i hv.


the town of danshui. wif it breath-taking scenery n foot-long ice-creams... romantic ma?? 

miramar, the neon ferris wheel.. an iconic landmark in taiwan.


new flavours of candy not available in s'pore, some popular street snacks n see how kiasu they are? the coin is soo small but the coin slot is huge!


dustbins, letter boxes, car license plates (see small print?) n more dustbins!
btw, they lurve recycling..


blah blah blah again.. oh, the hanyupinyin keyboard. omg. 

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

went to dhoby ghaut to meet xinyu n gz.. as well as to play the ultra bright lightbulb. through some sheer coincidence, met maz on the mrt. same carriage somemore so went down together lor.

stupid xinyu wanted to help her bf save money, suggested we eat kfc instead of the initially promised swensens. then my sorethroat how?!?! anyway, we had swensens in the end n gz paid half the bill. so not tt bad lah. only $8 for executive lunch. wif pasta, soup, ice-cream n drink.

aft tt, went to singapore shopping centre yeap, some ulu shopping complex nxt to parkmall for pool. tis place allows under 16 leh.. provided ur supervised by someone above 16. the first round, me n maz - beginners, almost beat the pros, xinyu n gz. if it wasn't for tt stupid black ball who refused to go where it was told.

aft tt, we rushed to the cathay to watch devil wears prada. the movie theater was nice. comfy seats, correct aircon temp, gd screen n great sound system. btw, xinyu n gz took couple seats. jealous le lah, i oso wan bf!!! haha. dots. but the place was far frm grand. juz a slightly diff building facade but same shopping centre feel inside. no biggie.. so much for historical value!!

the show was nice. abt how a girl, anne hathaway, sacrificed family, frens, morals n integrity to climb the corporate ladder n to become a girl tt a million other girls dream of being but yet, not be the one girl tt she wans to be. ultimately, she realised the price she had to pay in exchange for all tt, was not worthwhile. its a gd show for ppl who need to get their heads out of the clouds n stay grounded.. yeap. wake up call to not get complacent n rmbr wat to me is really impt.

anyway, before xinyu can announce it on her blog, i walked into a wall. ya. a literal wall.. i oso dunno wat i was thinking. n i prob looked stupid since i was still in the theater n tt the lights were on. laugh if u muz. :P

came hm early. n shld really hit the bed now. TURN OUT THE LIGHTS!!!

met ting ting n cher the day aft i touched down in s'pore. for my supposedly welcome back dinner. went tamp to watch little man wif them n loti. its so super funny. jokes r kinda dirty but cher, who was sitting juz beside me, cued me when to laugh by her recognisable n distict HAHAHA. aft loti left to meet her other half (fullerton choc buffet leh!! *envious*), the rest of us went to pasir ris beach to see sunset. nicey nice. haha.

as the nite set in, we went to tis ultra romantic beach restaurant known as "mid summer nights breeze" or something like tt lah. but the bad bit was, it started to rain. then they had to lower the blinds which means, there is no more sea view. *sulks* aft dinner, we left to sit on the spider web thingy bcoz some inconsiderate couple decided to embark on marathon smoking. continuously leh. spoil mood can?!?!

sat till abt 11pm chatting before catching the bus back hm. so sweet!! i tink juz spending time talking wif quality ppl far beats spending alot of money shopping, whatsoever.

met cher the nxt day for swimming n blading (which we did not do) she slept over at my place, snatched my bed, my blanket n almost took my bolster too. hehe. sleeping or rather trying to slp was like doing yoga - having to contort ur body in funny positions on tt ultra small SINGLE bed! we ended up yakking most of the time anyway.

had mac breakfast the nxt morn before going to ntuc, like so aunty-ish. hey, not alot of shops r open at 8am!! met zest n came to sch in my stupid, childish, sec sch looking bag. bahx. ec 2006 had a turn out of 17. which is far greater then wat we initially expected. yeah! lol.

celebrated amir's bdae, had night walk, midnight talk to ting ting. love yaa darling.

played a couple of games, then bcoz the sch so budget, off all the aircons, we couldn't slp n ended up star-gazing n playing risk. haha. super addictive! the second day was more enjoyable coz we cld go out to bugis to source for sample gd. ours was a plain long sleeved tee n michelle drew on it wif white glitter. nicey nice. =D we presented it n mich productions a.k.a zesty xiao qiang (aft tt nv-say-die cockroach) won overall!! ladeedums.

on the way hm, slept on train. reached hm, slept somemore. woke up juz only to check results. i noe i cld hv done better. but wth, i'm contented. peace out.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

ok, been procrastinating over tis for quite a few days already. so i shall blog abt my 4D3N trip to taiwan now.. pictures will be up soon. i promise. anyway, tis entry will be v v long. bcoz its my adventures over a 96 hr period. i'll try to make it interesting though. n yes, i noe my darling h=sis hv been advertising on my tagboard to say tt her's hv pics uploaded already. but her posts r so v v v short!!!


Day 1
we flew budget!! yeap, took the discounted jetstar asia's airbus to the city of taipei. it was honestly, one of the best aeroplane trips i hv taken ever. instead of breaking apart n falling into pieces during take-off like i expected, the flight was strangely smooth, the air stewardess although not as pretty n statuesque as singapore airline's flight attendents, were v friendly n helpful. the seats r leather n apparently had osim's latest accupuncture technology to relieve headaches n jetlag. despite not having personal tv n gaming consoles tt can be found in major carriers, they provided TODAY newspaper to help us pass time.

dunno izzit bcoz the seats were leather or bcoz they did not serve food on board, u alight frm the aircraft w/o smelling funny like always. the cabin, although smaller then the usual boeing size, is far frm claustrophobic n in fact, sorta cozy.

peanuts, drinks n snacks hv to be purchased. tis helps u not to over-eat n thus, not alight feeling nauseous n bloated. (btw, jj d'jus orange n calamansi sucks!)

upon reaching taiwan's chiang kai-shek international airport, we were greeted wif yellow lights, low ceilings n unfriendly airport staff. a far cry frm changi's standard. there was no 'wecome to taiwan' signboards. no flowers, no carpets. juz glass, metal n edgy wrds. wat a dampener!

met our chauffeur who drove us to our hotel in the ximen district. on our journey to the rich garden hotel, we drove along v long expressways which were poorly lit by street lamps. the bulk of the lighting came frm car headlights n reflective 'cat eyes' along the side of the rd. there was oso horrible traffic jams.

in s'pore, we hv the erp (electronic rd pricing) to regulate cbd (central business district) traffic. over there, they hv maunually-manned toll booths collecting money to fund highway maintenance.

when we finally arrived at the hotel, we were greeted hospitably in a warm n quaint lobby. the staff personally brought us to our rms, gave us maps n spared no expense at making us comfortable. mommy, daddy n bri took the 2nd floor rm. alisa, trix n me triple-shared the 3rd floor rm. although tis hotel is not some grand hotel. acutally, i tink its juz 3-star. the furniture is pure rosewood, we had free internet connection n almost 72 cable channels! other then the movie chnls (eg. HBO) the rest was in chi. even disney!! imagine zack n cody in chi?!?! oh the horror!

the hotel being juz a 5min walk frm the ximending shopping district, its convenient but not noisy.. nice. but the bed was higher n springier then the one i'm used to at hm. so it wasn't really comfy to slp on. trix n alisa shared a double bed n i took the single one. which means everytime i turn, the bed bounces! being paranoid singaporeans tt we were, we even took the pains to drag heavy rosewood chairs to block the doors when we slept. hahaha.

aft settling down, we took a night-time trek to the bustling nightlife taiwan has to offer. ximending, although renowned for its teenage suitability, its not of orchard rd standard. prob juz abt bugis quality. n some of the clothing resembles 'this fashion' patterns.. omg. but the sheer awesomeness of the city vibe was omni-present (def: present everywhere simultaneously).

flashing neon lights covered every building. moving adverts n celebrity endorsed billboards screamed "look-at-me" frm every available wall n pillar. god, they even printed rainie's face on the floor n sell clothes similar to those worn by singers in their mvs! tts how madly star-crazy they are.

another interesting pt in tis teenage hideout was the presence of clocks. be it digital or analog. everytime u look up, u'll be able to see the time. in fact juz outside the mrt station, 4 clocks frm the 4 surrounding buildings vie for ur attention. if i lived here, i wun be able to use "i forgot the time" as an excuse for breaking curfew le. haha.

but stuff there r all pretty cheap. so technically, u can call it bargain haven. earrings for S$1 n latest cds for only S$12.. n they give u loads of freebies. i tink its coz they get to save on freight charges since the celebs come frm taiwan anyway.

the IN thing there is knee-high socks, mini skirt or pants for girls n hip-hop or bball wear for guys. n their hair r jet-black in colour.. so jap style. btw, bball is HUGE there. its the yao-ming influence. haha. their selection of bballs n bball shoes is even greater then the common jogging attire. n bball throwing machines (the arcade sort) can be found everywhere. even inside sports retail shops.

the 7-eleven n convenience stalls r all cutesy cute. pinky packaging, bright colours n celeb faces cover loads of products! only, they dun hv our slurpee machines n hot products. i guess its coz the street food (eg. chou tofu (fermented beancurd) n oyster meesua) r much tastier n easily available in all hrs of the nite.

sanrio, disney n lolita shops can be found along any street. bimbotic gds like glittery or gem-stone covered notebooks, furry pencils, hello kitty erasers, pinki-fied clothes r hot buys. tis is barbie heaven man. haha. i pratically went screaming into every shop. oops. *blushes*

there r oso some stuff tt can't be found in s'pore. bubble tea comes in 2 sizes. 500cc n 700cc. even the pearls come in standard n miniature form. n the chewiness is perfect! did i mention, they still shake ur bubble tea for u so its all frothy n nice! such a pity they had no strawberry flavoured milk tea. bahx. there r oso whole shops n alleyways dedicated solely to turn-turn n kiap-kiap machines. haha. [dun understand? wait for the pics!!!] its so super-duper kawaii n there r loads of tofu man products. so many tt jj wld go insane wif delight! they r also v into self-indulgent neoprint booths. only here, there r movable seats n funny props to add to ur wacky moments! cute cute.

the first meal we had in tis new country was at tis cute eggy restaurant, tamago yo. everything here is smoothered in egg. urggh, tink of the cholesterol lvl! ting will faint! haha. the food is ok only lah, barely passable but the cuteness of all its 4 storeys more then make-up for the food standard. they hv doll-hse sorta furniture, kiddy-looking meals n pretty waitresses. it was oso here tt i had my first paiseh moment. who ask them to print their menu in freaking CHINESE! misread mei gui (rose) soda for cao mei (strawberry) soda. i muz be deprieved coz i even insisted i was correct when the waitress "huh" me. much to my higher-chinese taking sisters' suaning delight. geez.

in all their chinese 'pro-ness' i declare them a language-ist (aft racist n sexist)! hehe.

shopped a little then went back to the hotel to watch doomsdayer, a really nice spy show. n yup, its in eng. haha.

p/s (everyone here has tt china-doll fringe. so i'm not tt out of place afterall. in fact, i'm in vogue! haha.)


Day 2
woke up to buffet breakfast. yummy. tis time, we shopped on the rd opp ximending. n gosh, its the direct opp of the hipness of ximending. the shops here r more aunty but we bought loads of makan stuff frm the supermarket n local tidbits frm the street market tt strangely resembled bugis street. only here, motorbikes r zooming around u. which makes shopping one dangerous exercise!

but the things r kinda gross. coz the govt is v hands-off, selling raw food among cooked food is soo common. but even more unhygenic is tt fish n pork is sold frm the same booth which happens to be selling clothes too. imagine, a chunk of raw, red pork hanging between racks of cloth. gross can?!?

aft tt, we took the jie yun (mrt) to taipei city hall. mrt there is v diff frm s'pore. ppl queue up orderly (1 line!) to get in. n if the carriage is full, they do not push or shuffle but juz get back in line for the nxt train. the eats r oso L-shaped leh. so gd for cam-whoring n gossiping lah. :P they oso abide by the 'keep-to-the-right' rule on escalators strictly - even during rush hr. also, instead of saying 1 min before train arrival, they count down in terms of 5 sec. so u can pace ur running. so cute rite?? also, their entry is not automatic n u gotta push (or rather wrestle) ur way onto the platform. they oso got stars like F.I.R to record their mrt messages like "pls do not eat on the platform", etc. they r really star-obsessed!

we proceeded to walk to taipei 101 coz we missed the free shuttle bus. before we reached taipei 101, we walked through tis 3-in-1 shopping centre. its actually 3 seperate shopping centres linked by tunnels n bridges. it is tis tt is of orchard standard. wif brands like prada, gucci taking up big shop spaces. there was oso a warner village tt is waaay bigger then cineleisure. the place was sprawling. but the things here juz screams expensive.

had lunch at tis korean restaurant. set meals for NT$180 only. slurp. i now feel closer to hyun bin. *drools* haha. n another cool thing here is tt ppl can bring their dogs into the shopping complex provided the dogs r in doggy carriers. unique ba? we oso went to hv haagen daz dessert! their menu n flavours is much more extensive then s'pore. watermelon n honeydew flavours oso hv leh. haha. n instead of juz choc fondue, they hv cheese n yoghurt fondue too!

it was here tt i quarelled wif mommy. her mouth really cannot stop moving. 24/7 yak yak yak. frm s'pore to taiwan, across oceans, she is still tt same old naggy person. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. muz really master the art of selective listening to automatically switch off when she starts her daily routine of 'singing'.. cmi.

we continued walking towards taipei 101 - the tallest building in the world. n its earthquake proof! amazing. there r many boutique shops like walt disney, mango, anna sui n playboy! ya.. the clothes n bags r totally cool. but prices range around the hundreds. cher n loti muz be sooo envious. haha. aft tis, we went to taipei's financial district. to meet aunty jennifer n her son joseph. he is so super-duper cute. n he is absolutely smitten by me. lol. haha. (dun believe? wait for the pic n weep man!) lalala.

she brought us up to amex taiwan hq so mommy can visit her collegues. if the s'pore dealing rm was big, tis wld be considered huge. the sheer size of manpower is overwhelming. no wonder mommy n uncle jason always tell me to nv wrk for local banks coz its only these foreign banks tt can give u bigger n greener pastures n opportunities. i wanna be like mommy. i wanna wrk in new york n all over the world. ok, i'm digressing. back to my hol...

aunty jennifer treated us to he feng zhong guo cai, tis apparently famous chinese restaurant. n i tried authentic prune juice. yucks. but the dishes were ever so delicious. as usual, the host will order alot alot of dishes. much more then we cld ever finish so alot was wasted.. but i guess its juz a show of generousity. anyway, i was too busy swooning in the cuteness of joseph. his eyes r juz soo dazzling. haha. :P

aft dinner, we cabbed down to miramar. one of the tallest ferris wheels available today. taxi fares start at NT$70 n jumps by NT$5. it took NT$125 to get there. we paid NT$150 each wif us four kids sitting in one ferris wheel carriage while mommy n daddy had some private time in their own air-conditioned carriage. there was merry-go-rounds, bubbles n a live band down below. one wrd: romantic. they even hv private alcoves (def: secluded structures) for couples. when u see how they juz sit n stare into each other's eyes, hands entwined but yet not straying, no hankey-pankey. its juz so sweet. *gushes*

on our way back, we were too exhausted to take public transport anymore so we hitched 2 cabs. can't possibly squeeze a family of 6 into 1 taxi ba. anyway, we were ripped-off. the uncle brought us round n round. even when we corrected him, he insisted the price wun differ by much. my foot lor. not all tourists r stupid can?!?

we went back to ximen area n tried out snow ice for NT$100. something like ice-kachang. but smoother n hv real fruits n milk covering it. 2 shops were fighting for our biz. tis m'sian guy was trying to use our countries' proximity to convince us to eat at his up-scale looking shop, black wif hanging lights. v chic can. then tis another taiwan girl was bugging us to enter her grafitti-adorned but cheery shop. we chose the latter coz it was packed! tt means they muz be gd rite? haha. typical singaporeans. tsk tsk tsk. trix n alisa shared a qing ren xue hua (lover's snow flake) its more pricey but much lovelier n who can not go gaga over the name? anyway, decided to be adventurous n try bittergourd juice.. the bittergourds were big n WHITE! its ultra bitter btw. well, juz as i was enjoying the experience thoroughly. i received smses concerning camp. haiz.. forcefully brought back to reality, filled wif responsibilites n commitments. :(

was deadtired by the time we returned to our rm. n i took a long bubble bath. haha. sorry meis for taking so long. it was only in the tub did i realise taipei's water is blue. it looks normal until u contrast it wif the whiteness of the bathtub. shows how much chlorine they need to use to make their water safe. thank god s'pore is not like tt. phew.


Day 3
we took the railway. yup yup. huo ce, the one tt runs on coal n produces smoke. haha. took it out to the outskirts of taipei. visited song shan for wufenpu, warehouse sales at wholesale prices. the things r cheap but looks cheap too. bahx. n daddy actually said they r designer. define 'designer'??? except the children clothes which r so utterly adorable!

like all the street shopping area we visited, shopping is dangerous bcoz of reckless teenage motorbikers. they wun stop or slow down when they see u. those jerks hv the cheek to accelerate. they r soo gonna kill someone one day.

we tried liang mian (cold noodles served wif salt, wasabi n cucumber) at tis rd side stall. kinda nice but the wasabi was killer. they mix it wif water n almost poured a ladle full of it over each of our plates!!

aft tt, we moved on to danshui. the seaside wif wonderful scenery. perfect for lovers to watch the sun set.. bought the bulk of my souveniers frm here. my fav place of all.. =D tasted 2 foot tall ice-cream tt was more ice than cream watched the idyllic (def: charming n rustic) lifestyle of the fishermen in their sanpans, artists painting potraits, quaint little shops doing honest business n of course a huge population of cute guys. i bet its the fresh oxygen tt makes then so drop-deap gorgeous. like the chou tofu seller. izzit the smelly fumes tt make him all the more gd looking? haha. deep breaths everyone!! lol.

had dinner at ah gei, another famous food. its vermicelli (tung-hoon) wrapped in tofu n meat wrapped in fishballs! aft tt, we moved on the the ultra popular n happening shilin night market. it was packed but its here tt the real bargaining takes place. bought lots of clothes n suprisingly, their fake gds look somewhat real!! soon, it started to rain n we had to make our way back to the hotel.

Day 4
woke up later for a last breakfast. packed up n went for a last jalan around ximending. n coz there was no need to keep any more of taiwan's currency, we really went all out n spulrged. mommy bought soo many clothes. even a trenchcoat. it was cool but a trenchcoat in s'pore? haha. we took neoprints (lousy quality for expensive price!!) turned out alot of toy capsules n i tried out the kiap kiap machines! i'm proud to announce tt i've a 100% record!! spent NT$20 on 2 tries n got 2 plushies! even won bri who pumped in hundreds of dollars n only got 1 successful attempt. its skill man, skill. haha.

tried papaya milk. yummy.. n apparently, it helps boobs to grow. so bri shld not drink so much. haha. soon aft it really poured. n we had no umbrella. wat a bad end. so we found internet connection! instead of blogging like all my sis, i tagged all my darling's blogs.. see, instead of doing a once in a blue moon thing - like blog frm taiwan, i gave u all the honour of a tag frm taiwan. spread my joy ma. haha. :P

soon aft, the chauffeur came to pick us up for the airport. bye bye taiwan, hello singapore. hello 'home-sweet-home'!!

the trip back was much more fun. coz the 3 sisters played hangman n crapped alot. plus, there was tis couple making out juz in front. the guy is hot. abt 18 too.. but the girl was so-so only.. one guess, they lied to their parents tt they r on a sch trip so they can go overseas for a getaway rendezvous. haha.

it was mass sms when we touched down. juz 4hrs on the plane n i hv missed calls n smses. no wonder they say we cannot do w/o a hp in today's world anymore.. alisa was hilarious coz her hp was running low in batt.

alisa: "come on baby, dun die on me.."

cabbed hm then went out to the nearby 24 hr kopitiam for horfun supper coz trix needed to get acclimatised (def: to become acquainted) back to singapore. excuse to eat actually. haha.

I LOVE SINGAPORE. HOME AT LAST!!

random facts:
~ summer wif temp between 26-34 degrees.
~ early sunrise (6am) early sunset (6pm)
~ NT$:S$ conversation is 1:20.
~ left-hand drive
~ be careful of stray dogs. lots of them.
~ buildings r all grey n depressing. even hms n shopping centres.
~ daddy say its coz in earthquake regions, only certain sturdy materials can be used in the building process.
~ taxi's r all privately owned. wif no body of control.
~ the real gd food is all the xiao chi (street food)
~ loads of scooters (they hv motorbike parking lots but no carparks!)
~ shops take up alot of floors. even fastfood restaurants!
~ students uniforms r emblazoned wif name n admin no.
~ students called by no. (like in prison sia!)
~ sch girls can wear skirt, culottes or trousers. guys sch uni is only in trousers.
~ they can wear fancy shoes to sch but bags r standard - all boxy sch-branded sling.
~ 80 sec to cross a small rd n 50 sec to cross a large intersection. how ironic. :P




snippets frm the chua sister's conversations:
*rolls around laughing*

before departure:
trixie to fren: i'm at the airport le. gonna migrate to canada. sorry i didn't tell u earlier coz i didn't wan u to come send me off. i cannot take a teary good bye.
fren to trix: ur kidding me.
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alisa to fren: i'm migrating.
fren to alisa: oh my goodness! (plus some other bits i can't really rmbr.)

but the jest is, trix is a bad liar. same storyline but her frens dun believe. haha.


in taiwan (in rm 306):
trix: i'm getting restless.
trix: i tink i shld rest more. u noe? restLESS?
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alisa (who was trying to slp): all things start wif you (U).
trixie (who was trying to prevent her frm sleeping): no, trixie starts wif T.
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trixie: i poke ur backside ar.
alisa: i poke ur boobs!
trixie: i got wear bra. so hv armour.
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alisa: tmr u eating croissant? (she pronounced as croSAINT)
trixie: its croissant (she pronounced as croSONT) lah.
trixie: u tink wat? hv croANGEL, croDEVIL ar?
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alisa: i cannot slp wif light. so off it!
trixie: i can.
alisa: i get pissed ar?
trixie: go toilet lor.


back home:
mommy: wahh, ur treat ur frens so gd. how come i dun get gifts?
3 girls: -silence-
brian: my frens dun get kisses.
trixie: wah, brian noe how to flirt le!


no wonder i always hear laughter in their rm at hm. they r such lame ppl. but damn funny can? still hv alot alot tt i cannot rmbr. if not, i tink can print joke bk le. sometimes, i mourn abt not being the only child. but at other times, i tink having a big family rocks!

was having dinner wif my dearies. were talking abt guys as usual.. i mean, we were at pasir ris beach, juz aft sunset, at tis ultra romantic alfresco dining restaurant wif lovey-dovey couples, candlelights, love songs, the breeze n the sea. wat else cld we tok abt?!? =P

for the sake of fun, we started ranking the perfect guy. the ideal man.
frm the most to the least impt. rank: charisma, chemistry, wealth, physical appearance, sense of humour and intelligence.

my ranking:
1) chemistry (initial spark of mutual attraction)
2) charisma
3) sense of humour
4) intelligence (for thought-provoking conversations)
5) wealth
6) looks (haha.. true hor!)

cher's ranking: (hints for her countless admirers!)
1) charisma (cannot be devt!)
2) sense of humour
3) wealth (suprisingly not first? :P)
4) looks
5) intelligence (so clever for wat?)
6) chemistry (initial lust n passion wun last)

ting's ranking:
1) chemistry (first impression counts)
2) charisma
3) sense of humour
4) looks
5) wealth
6) intelligence

oh wells, life wrks in funny n sometimes cruel ways. the more u wan n desire something, the more it'll not be urs. real happiness is being contented wif wat u hv.. although i dun really agree wif not going ahead to fight for one's own happiness, mayb its time to stop tinking n move on.

Monday, September 04, 2006

hello!! guess where i am now?? haha. at changi airport terminal 1 using the free internet access to blog my last entry before flying. jealous jealous?? haha.

aiyah, mommy n daddy r juz lounging.. so luckily, we kids hv tis to entertain ourselves. who ever came up wif tis stupid idea of having to reach the airport 3hrs before take-off?? such a waste of time. bahx.

juz had an ultra bo hua lunch.. who pays $9 for vegetarian?? or $8 for noodles? insane prices juz to cheat tourists man.. lolx. thanks to yuting n jessica for their lovely 'bon voyage' smses. u guys hv fun too k. =D

to the camp committee who r prob having their meeting now, jia you jia you. cya when i get back.


SINGAPORE --> TAIWAN

joy sends her regards. ^^

Sunday, September 03, 2006

tokyo is known as the city of the rising sun.
australia is known as the country down under.

taiwan is, uhhhhhh, the country of origin of mike he n other equally dishy male actors? *drools*

20hrs to my departure!! whee~



thesaurus search for VACATION: holiday; furlough; gone fishing; respite; sabbatical; jubilee; fete; requiescence

was supposed to go job-hunting yesterday but unmotivated n lazy me, dragged ting on a shopping extravanganza instead! i hv a love-hate realationship for the starting days of the mth. love bcoz, my wallet is literally heavier n fatter wif a whole new chunk of allowance. hate bcoz, i'll spend, splurge n throw money away like there's no tmr.. haiz..

withdrew $100 for yesterday. n it was still not enough. having to nets a couple other items. such poor self-discipline i hv. tsk tsk tsk. gonna regret it in another wk. when i realise i hv insufficient funds to tide through the remaining days of sep.. =(

the office at raffles place was soo super sweet. when i called to cancel my interview, they offered to call me a back in a couple of days to see if i had changed my mind. oh shucks, now i feel bad abt standing them up. oh wells, wat can beat shopping?

got tokens of friendship for ting. MATCHING KEYCHAINS! so adorable. hv light somemore, haahaa. when ting left for wrk, i had another cake at v8 - chocolate cheese - while waiting for cher, the late queen. fattening fattening. then we shopped somemore, n i bought somemore. but i got tt nice gold bag frm zinc which i liked so much. haha. so bling lah.

anyway, ting n cher better patch soon. as well as xinyu n maz or szerui (honestly, ur fight so many times until i forget the recent one is wif who. hurhurhur!). if not no souveniers for ur. haha. i mean it!!!! shake hands n make up, hurry hurry. :P

btw cher, thanks for ur lovely idea of a farewell dinner tonight. although i noe u wanna celebrate my departure u little devil, i dun tink i can make it lah.. need to be at the airport by really early tmr.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

went wif mommy to tm then raffles city shopping centre juz to hunt for new shoes. seriously, how diff can buying a shoe be?? anyway, popped by to suprise jessica in robinson n got to eat chocs. yummy yummy. gonna miss u girl. one wk w/o msn.. it'll be like cold turkey treatment!!!

n horror upon horrors! i cut my fringe. yes, by myself. now its a horizontal straight line, waaay above my eyebrows. ok, mayb i'm exaggerating but it is hideous. so awful tt i'll look worse in pics then i already do. i shld get a lousy cam. so i'll look at least halfway decent in blurry shots. grrrrrrrrr. n mommy juz bought a new cam frm the expo IT fair. wtf!


wrd of the day: kismet
definition: fate, destiny

according to xinyu who went back to damai for teacher's day, miss tan can no longer rmbr her.. haiz.. i wonder if she wld still rmbr me. although its highly possible i'm juz another passing student n tt there will no longer be any special memory left, she was indeed my fav teacher. n it hurts tt she cld hv forgotten me. well, she can still rmbr haz, maz n gz.. wonder how can she forget xinyu.. the one who always shout "CHER.." when her register no. gets drawn out frm miss tan's ginko nut stash.

yup, its true. miss tan writes our register nos on ginko nuts n picks random nos to ans qns. suay suay, xinyu's no. 13 always kenna. haha. still miss her lessons alot. sure hope she hasn't forgotten me yet. *prays* haha. i really shld hv gone back. :( miss veronica tan, my motivation for the eng subject!!

well, in order to prevent my standard of eng to fall even further then it has already dropped, i shall hv a 'wrd of the day' section in every entry. hehe. till i grow tired of it of course. if i can't find a fascinating enough wrd for tt day, i wld hv a thesaurus column. haha. i really hv no life. i get excited juz tinking abt tis revamp. haha. dots.

Friday, September 01, 2006

went job hunting wif ting. walked almost the whole of tanjong pager.. now leg pain pain.. hv blister leh. ouch. found tis rather cute nail salon. v victorian, wif high ceilings, white furniture n big windows. its on top of a shop house near chinatown too. n tt ups it's cute factor!! haha. muz bring mommy someday!

aft all tt walking, still hv tennis. poor feet. haha. so indulged in strawberry smoothie. yummy. they even frosted my glass. so chic can. :P n mommy cooked curry today!!!! its a BIG deal coz my mommy nv enters the kitchen. haha. somehow, food cooked by mommy dearest seems extra savory. slurp.

today was sorta down.. like no mood to tok or joke around. sorry ting. i promise i'll keep yakking away tmr. so much till u'll wish i shaddup. haha. to cherlyn, u promise farewell dinner on sunday de hor. dun break promises k? will celebrate ur end of exams wif u aft i return. *hook pinkies*

now gotta go pack my luggage. taiwan, here i come!!! lucky my da yi ma ending le. haha.

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY