life is like a melody

Happy girl in Europe

2010-03-02T14:23:00.000-08:00

Well, my mysterious guy never show up since then. but i was given a really nice christmas gift in 2008. four months later im attached to this really wonderful guy that still makes my heartbeat fast and puts a smile on my face :)

it's been a crazy 2 weeks. from copen to aarhus to gothen. took a short break, iceskate on the sea and visited kiruna, before i embark on a one month trip around europe.

10 cities, 30 days, 3 girls. it has been so amazing since i started on 28th feb. firstly it was Karin's hospitality in stockholm which made our day (or rather night)! im currently on my first stop in prague. Prague is really lovely! thanks to lucie and jane, they have made our trip more interesting. bringing us to a nice restaurant for traditional czech food, followed by a trip around prague. from the palace, catherdral, nice bridge, old town, new town and lastly along the river bank, the dancing house and lastly a good meal at the mall before we head back. looking forward to visiting pilsen tmr!

2007-07-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

I shall remember this day.. the day I meet my mystery guy for the 6th time this year… either out of pure coincidence or an insensate reason that I want to laze in bed for an extra 5 min today..

I have driving early this morning, and because I was 5 min later than usual, I decide to walk over to the other end of the platform to board the train so that I can alight at yio chu kang with the escalator on my side. I was not looking at my best.. still sluggish, with tired written all over my face.. I met him at ang mo kio as he enters the same door. As always.. I see him when I least expected it. Maybe one day I’ll have the courage to say hi.

Went for a bone setting treatment this afternoon. I’ve got better posture now! Well, I was not very keen about this treatment, was dragged by my yoga teacher because she noticed that I have one leg “longer” than the other and she wants it corrected. The guy help me to fix my ankle bone, hip bone and shoulder bone placing them in the correct position… the only scary part was fainting...

I fainted after a lot of swinging of my right arm (it must have been highly damaged by vball spiking).. blame the fainting on pain/empty stomach.. my mum got a shock.. but I knew it was coming when there symptoms migraine. Honestly.. I felt as if I went to a different place.. I dreamt I was on a ride.. only waking up when I sensed a figure that looks like my mum calling me at the side..

You may find it funny.. i was actually taught how to sit, walk and sleep the right way.. something that we thought we’ve mastered by the age of 1.. in fact, it seems like we have gotten it all wrong..

2007-07-09T20:09:00.001-07:00

Went to the Mind Café today! Played a few games like Im the Boss, Sitting Duck, Faces, Uglydoll and many many more… Gosh some games were totally hilarious.. I just cant stop laughing… Looking forward to chalet… it’s going to be a super exco outing!

sea sports camp 20-22 june 07

2007-06-24T23:06:00.000-07:00

The sea sports camp was fun!! I manage to try many many different sea sports ranging from wakeboarding, diving, snorkelling, sailing, windsurfing, banana boat, jetski, and dragon boating.. In fact that’s the order of the activities I had during the 3 days 2 nights camp.

Wakeboarding is still my favourite.. im really impressed with the guys who can do stunts on the wakeboard.. for now.. I only manage to figure out how to move left and right within the wake.. I was actually thinking of joinin the wakeboarding club.. but my bro’s frd from ntu was saying that I gotta pay.. so he advise me to join sailing instead.. cos I dun have to pay if I join the sailing club.. I think he’s just trying to pull me into his club.. lol..

Honestly I felt that the camp was a little like an exhibition camp where they try to pull ppl into their various CCAs. Of all I hate dragon boating.. lol.. cos itz kinda boring.. I guess the only interesting part of the dragon boating activity was the crapping session..

One instructor said that ppl fall in love with diving after trying it.. bet it was part of his very own propaganda. I did not really fancy diving even after trying.. guess im still not used to swimming like a fish.. Kasim said I WILL really like it if I see the corals.. ya.. maybe.. someday..

I guess I haven mentioned.. I brought a SPF 70 sunblock which was TOTALLY useless cos I still got tan.. I’ve never done so much sea sports consecutively for three days.. the result.. I started to see everything as if it is floating on water after the 2nd day..

Below’s the link of some of the pics taken..
http://picasaweb.google.com/jerlyn.wong/SeaSportsCamp

2007-06-17T10:57:00.000-07:00

Bro brought sis and I to UK funfair today.. the usually stingy him actually treated us to a ride of $10 each! Sis hesitated a lot before she finally decide to sit on Vortex.. the most thrilling ride they have there.. the 360 degrees spin was great.. bright lights from the funfair makes me feel like one of those kids in Peter Pan flying above a brightly lit urban city..

2007-06-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

My eye’s really tired from the lack of sleep.. was eagerly figuring out how to play Torn by Natalie Imbruglia on the guitar till the wee hours and waking up early this morning to give tuition..

Tmr's fathers' day.. if you haven notice, mothers' day is on every 2nd Sunday of may and fathers' day is every 3rd Sunday of June. Hmmm.. Guess the vballers are going Sentosa tmr.. I really wanna go but tmr’s really not a good day cos it’s fathers’ day..

Finally gotten a chance to have dinner with my bro today.. Haven seen him for almost 2 weeks! All the late night preparing for his project.. glad his hardwork paid off, winning the local S.I.F.E competition and representing Singapore in New York this Oct!!! Free trip to NY.. -jealous-

2007-06-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

Im very dazed right now.. still half asleep even though I’ve been up for 3 hrs already. just wanna continue stoning at my little corner here even though I know there’s a pile of filing to do and 4 emails to send out. I’ll do tt after this entry I guess.. (that’s the luxury I have working for mum.. pretend im bz)

Looking forward to the sea sports camp next week.. esp wakeboarding and jet ski! :D.. I saw the activities lined up and it’s going to be fun.. but.. not for the sun.. =( Pray for clouds but no rain, and if there should be a water spout.. make sure it happens during the break time and im on land.. haha..

OK, I cant update anymore, mum’s paging me through the office phone..

just keep eating

2007-06-04T23:38:00.000-07:00

I’ve been super blessed with good food lately.. (not that lucky when it comes to the weighing scale) It’s like another Lunar New Year, meals after another each serving different delicaies.. With Buddha jump over the wall, scallop, prawns, shark’s fin and suckling pig.. ok.. I feel ultimately guilty right now.

Yet.. im actually quite bored of food.. (especially those around j8) So yesterday I went to Brewerkz with Jessie.. We had fish and chips accompanied with their very own blueberry fruitbrewz.. (i inverted the colors for that pic) which I tot it tasted ok.. Jess said it was bitter.. and it got worst after the alcohol oxidized.

Food was good despite the fact that it is super high on Carbo.. Yeah.. and we decided to be funny after finishing the food.. this smiley face made the waiter laugh.. :D

Though itz the GSS, Jess and I were so not in the shopping mood.. and we ended up eating dessert.. (yeah tea-break.. lol) Had Cream Anmitsu.. Jess had an ice tea together with it.. the drink was so high in malt that it tasted like alcohol.. it become highly sweetened “alcohol” after she added caramel sugar..

Best thing of the day.. I finally gotten my lens.. yuppie.. had the urge to put it on.. but was afraid I might drop it and thus having to wait for another 2 weeks before I get it back.. (wat more.. 315 dollars for such a small piece of glass.. dang)

All dressed up..

2007-05-30T23:34:00.000-07:00

Finally gotten some pics of the CEDAR 50th Anniversary Dinner held on the 19th of May.. here are some pics.. enjoy.. :D

Runi and Becks

Lynn and I

Walking thru the Archives

Clock tower at night

Jane and I

A pic with the Cedar Orchid

my students from 2M

still deciding..

2007-05-27T09:06:00.000-07:00

Distance.. SMU ½ hr, NTU 1½ hr But I can always stay in hostel so itz not a of major concern..

Accreditations NTU has AACSB and EQUIS but SMU dun.. Lijuan was saying it doesnt really matter unless im thinking of studying overseas after tt.. but i doubt so

3yrs/4yrs.. rather tempting.. considering that I still gotta take my ACCA..

Internships.. one offers more than the other but it doesnt matter too cos accountants will definitely get a job in the end

Lecture style vs seminar style.. (i prefer lecture style.. but i think seminar style is more practical), so mayb I can ignore this factor too..

So now it’s like the matter of 2nd specialisation.. actually i prefer ntu's cos they got both banking and finance..(Sounds nicer) and SMU has only finance.. But.. NTU 2nd specialisation harder to get..

Another thing is that I duno what are the kind of electives the SMU students must do.. the NTU one not very appealing to me.. So how how?! Someone please convince me..

green-neutral
blue-smu
red-ntu
purple- still thinking

2007-05-27T00:13:00.001-07:00

It's college day today too.. The ceremony was terribly long.. there were nice videos though.. great speeches by the guest of honour and Ian..
Asked if i missed school.. i'd say no.. but i miss my friends and the time spent together.. sitting round the canteen table, stoning and crapping before school starts..

Managed to talk to Ms Goh, told her i cant make up my mind which uni i wanna go. NTU, SMU, each has it's appeal.. hope i find an answer for myself soon.. don't have much time to drag..

2007-05-26T21:13:00.000-07:00

I hate being partially blind.. I haven mention.. but i broke my hard lens after coming back from Cedar's 50th Anniversary dinner. Called my optician today and the lady said my ready-made lens from germany will take 10 days at least!! for now.. it has already been 6 days.. awww..

Really cant take the torture anymore.. moreover, i'll b going for driving lessons for most of next week and i certainly wanna drive safe.. manage to get daily soft lens to sustain for another week..

Yeah.. im free for the most of june.. should i find a new job or should i just slack.. nonetheless i must complete my driving lessons soon before my test in Aug..

2007-05-25T23:13:00.000-07:00

SO FAST and another month has passed.. Somehow.. the month of May always pass faster than I thought it should be..

Today’s the last day of Term II.. the very day which marks my last day of work as a music teacher.. sniff sniff.. I really really like my job, good pay, good working hours, no marking, great company..(especially with Runi, Angela and Janice) Im like paid to sing, be merry and appreciate music. Honestly I’ve learnt as much as what I’ve taught the girls.. (Accidentally in Love and You and Me on guitar)

Photosharing time.. some random pics I took today..

My great pals

20 cents notes janice bought..

wondering what teachers have on their tables.. ??

hmmm lollipops!

and more sweets..

*now you know what makes the girls listen..

My empty table with just a laptop..

VS Angela's

I told you.. there's no marking to be done for music.. :p

i want to go home

2007-05-23T15:06:00.000-07:00

The bell rang at 12.50pm.. instinctively I wanted to leave school immediately.. I felt so weak and tired.. the rain made it worst.. so I decided cab home. Went to the clinic, but they were out for lunch.. so I waited.. it was only 1.15pm.. then at 1.30pm.. the shutter went up, took a number card and continue to wait.. only manage to see the doc at 2. Doc said I was having a fever.. 38 deg.. (yeah whatever, I just needed the medicine and then I can lay in bed to REST!)

Doc: Do you need an MC?
ML: Ehh.. no..
Doc: Sure?
ML: ok, maybe for tmr.. (thinking to myself, who the hell is on MC on their bday)
Doc: Ok

Luckily the rain stopped, but things are not getting better.. as I walked out of the lift.. I told myself.. the keys must be in my bag.. yet.. I was 99.9% sure it wasn’t.. How could I actually forget.. I was so close to home.. so close to lying down on the bed to rest..

Sis is still in school training. Bro’s out.. and he’s not picking up his phone.. Mum’s at work and she doesn’t have the car.. so my only option left was Dad.. (the one who always nag at us for not bringing keys..)

Surprisingly.. he wasn’t the least bit angry.. but he’ll take an hour before he reaches home.. time check.. it was 2.30pm and one hour later’s 3.30pm! 15 min later bro called.. he said he could bring the keys.. in 15min.. hesitated for awhile before I replied “ ok, just come home quickly..” that 30 min was like eternity.. I wanted to be home so so badly..

still sick

2007-05-22T08:31:00.000-07:00

Slacking in school.. i've only got one lesson later at noon.
I cant wait to leave school and see the doctor..
This is so not the way to be spending my bday week!
Dentistry results were out yesterday.. not offered a place.
Now im left to decide btw SMU and NTU accounting..
still deciding....

*sneeze* *sneeze* *sneeze* no. 20,21,22 and still counting..

2007-05-21T21:54:00.000-07:00

Im partially shortsighted now.. I broke my right hard lens on Saturday and my eyesight is deteriorating.. it'll take 10 days before I can get it back.. oh no.. im so gonna be a blind bat by then.

Runi got me to go for the social night event.. good thing.. I can make use of my prom dress again and I've got a nice dinner paid for. But there's a bad thing.. im feeling so sick and blind that im not in the mood for socializing.. also, the hair dresser is busy this thursday and she cant help us to set our hair.. hmmm we gotta go find elsewhere (which is more expensive)..

Going to bed now.. hope i'll feel better tmr..

2007-05-18T22:22:00.000-07:00

I’ve just set myself a new record, a total of 7 movies/musical watched in a week! Watched ‘Cats’ yesterday and I prefer the second half of the musical where they sang the song ‘Memory’. It is definitely the highlight of the musical… if not the song would not be so well known.

I like one of its lines. “if you find the meaning of happiness, a new life will begin” It is very applicable to me, or even many of us. What’s happiness to you? I guess, even if I know what happiness is to me, it does not imply I can get what I want to be happy. So when Runi and Jane ask what I want? I’d say I duno. Because I think I need something intangible.

Facial

2007-05-17T23:01:00.000-07:00

I went for a free Lacome facial with Runi today.. We were really excited yet nervous.. none of us have never been to a facial and we were afraid our skin will turn red like Jane when she had one from else where..

Well, the results? It wasn’t that bad. Our faces were perfectly fine.. just got a little more oily because they applied some stuff.. Moisturizer or emulsion im not sure too.. But other than oiliness and that it took about 1 and a half hrs, it was good as I found that my pores have reduced in size!! Woo..

Runi manage to get a white tube dress.. yay!! Somehow, the shopping centres are REALLY crowded today. Kinda rare for a Thursday and it’s not like tmr is the last Friday of the month and there’ll be midnight shopping.

Seasons of Love

2007-05-15T23:52:00.000-07:00

Watched RENT today, it has made me reflect a little on my life and how I’ve spent my life. The person who wrote it (late Johnathon Larson) had so much passion, so much fire and love! This musical has been around for more than 10 years and it’s really nice that it has been made into a movie. It is like an equivalent to Phantom of the Opera. Though it is not as rich in its music, it raised many controversial topics such as HIV, drugs and homosexuality.

We are always so ready to condemn someone different from us. Yet sometimes we should be ashamed that our heart’s so small to accept and to love people for who they are. We should learn to make the most of all the time that you’ve got. As part of the song ‘No day but today’ goes, Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.

Another of its great song is Seasons of Love, part of it goes…

525 600 minutes
525 600 moments so dear
525 600 minutes
How do you measure..
Measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles
In laughter, in strife

In 525 600 minutes
How do u measure, a year in life?

2007-05-08T22:51:00.000-07:00

Slackest day ever, I only had one lesson to teach today. Spend the rest of the time watching Les Choristes (aka The Chorus) and School of Rock. (the nicer vcds found in the music room) Strong recommendation for Les Choristes, it’s funny, touching the the boys’ singing is really good.

I like this song... Caresse sur l'océan

Caresse sur l'océane
Porte l'oiseau si léger
Revenant de terres enneigées
Air éphémère de l'hiver
Au loin ton écho s'éloigne
Châteaux en Espagne
Vire au vent tournoie déploie tes ailes
Dans l'aube grise du levant
Trouve un chemin vers l'arc-en-ciel
Se découvrira le printemps
Caresse sur l'océan
Pose l'oiseau si léger
Sur la pierre d'une île immergée
Air éphémère de l'hiver
Enfin ton souffle s'éloigne
Loin dans les montagnes
Vire au vent tournoie déploie tes ailes
Dans l'aube grise du levant
Trouve un chemin vers l'arc-en-ciel
Se découvrira le printemps

Calme sur l'océan

Shall find the Eng Translation for it. :D

2007-05-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

I finally exercise after months of slacking in the office. Went to the Bishan gym.. indoors + aircon is the best way to beat the blazing sun. Im seriously getting more solarphobic each day. Symptoms: Staying away from the sun and starting to love the gloomy wet days. Soon I’ll be the next Lynn Khoo at Sentosa.

I use to love getting tan.. lying along the pool the whole afternoon sun bathing, getting the thrill when the intensity of the infra-red radiation increases. Now the thought of it just reminds me of the possibilities of me getting more spots (on top of increased amount of freckles), premature ageing and even SKIN CANCER!

Im a depressed kid now. I want to go out to play beach vball yet I do not want to play it under the sun.. I can believe this is happening to me!! Maybe STB should build indoor beach vball courts at Sentosa to protect ppl from the evil sunrays.

2007-05-03T21:50:00.000-07:00

Finally back from hiatus... Started on my new job. Gotten replies from the Unis. Went through the test and interviews (one of which was REALLY nasty). I’m kind of settled with my choice if im not offered my first choice in NUS. (Out of two, just pick one, that’s not difficult)

Honestly, till now Im still not very sure what I want to do in future... Life now is slack and boring. I need to add some value to my life. Maybe I can start by coming out with events for the Cedar Connect.

To my darlings who know what they want to do in life, Im soooo proud of you. Well, Runi (I know you are reading this) she has the passion for med, Lynn, she knew biz is going to be her choice (in which her career in it will allow her to doll up as much as she likes) and for Jane, the science-y girl, bioengineering.

K, shall talk about my job. It’s great! Im the only blessed teacher who do not need to climb to the various levels to teach. Yeah, the students come to me at the music room! Job’s good. Great company of friends who always bring tidbits to hold small parties. It’s like tidbits day everyday. Everyone’s nice, not like the nasty women I met on Wednesday. I guess my one month stay is going to be fun. Im so looking forward to everyday of this month.. May’s a great month and 23^rd is a great day.

PS: To my IJ vball juniors.. jiayou for A div. :D

2007-04-15T19:14:00.000-07:00

2 more weeks before I bid goodbye to my current job. That also means I have got only 2 more weeks to brush up on my chord changing skills (for guitar). Nonetheless Im still very happy and excited about the whole music teaching thing. I mean how bad it can be when it is compared to a mundane scanning job or teaching science and maths. Seriously, children who are not motivated should not waste their parent’s money by going for a thousand and one tuition classes.

Anyway, for those who are going to the SMU biz interview? It’s going to be a group interview. Acc is more lax. No essays and no group interviews. While the fact is biz interview is more challenging, Lynn you should not be too worried. Good luck for yours on Tue!

2007-04-05T23:47:00.000-07:00

Been playing guitar every single day for the whole this week and will probably continue to do so for the rest of this month. Im still stuck with basic chord changing. Currently having difficulty with changing chords from Em to C. Im picking up on how to play More than Words too! (I hope some day I can play Tears in Heaven) Keyboard teaching on Monday was fun. I just have to watch, listen and of course guide and demonstrate to the student how to play.

It feels good to be back at work especially when the supervisor is in a good mood. The only frustrating thing is to be looking at artworks which are saved in French. Hello, isn’t there the English name for it on the other side of the box? Imagine you’ve got a whole list of it to be converted to English. “Révélateur de Brillance Pour Cuirs Chévelus tendus Et Cheveus Affaibus Â Là Rachivé Soin Riché Amplificatéur déclat”

Working in a cosmetic company makes me so turn off by most of the products. Sometimes it’s hard for me to tell if the product in the market is new or old because I often see the new products in the office that has yet to be sold. Honestly, by reading all the labels of the products I see each day, I’m tempted to buy some of them (yes, that’s probably due to their good marketing strategies) one of them is the Bi-white Essence! But it’s like 70 for a 30ml tube? Many people who have used it say it is really good. But I think it’s really not something I would buy, as of now.

PS: For those who are thinking of getting eye shadows. Please stay clear of colors such as plum, purple or red. They just make your eye bags look bigger.

2007-03-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

So much for doing something more meaningful. It’s the same old driving and then movies. 300 and TMNT is good. I like the Captain’s son in 300, Stelios I think. Sadly he’s beheaded. Su was saying that the Cast was hand picked for the abs. Lol, I thought it was just the graphics that they had packs. If 300 is 4 popcorns, TMNT is 3. I think the turtles seem to have slim down alot. However, TMNT fans like KS will like the movie. Michelangelo is still as funny.

2007-03-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

Im suppose to go try the “bao bei” noodles, but we ended up eating at Cartel. Haha, soon all 3 of them (ie joash, ian and chris) will have really short hair and the standard army boy specs. Yesterday it was only Chris doing most of the “army talk”. I guess when we meet up the next time... All of them will go on and on about their army life.

My driving today was horrendous. The heavy traffic and drizzle got me rather panicky. The instructor is so intimidating. Im crossing my fingers that I will not get him as my instructor again.

Watched Extreme Makeover Home edition, the house is so pretty. Haha, I watched My Sassy Girl on youtube too. (yes, that’s how bored I am) but the show’s really sweet. My whole slacking week is just driving, hanging out and watching shows/movies. I feel it’s very wasted, I want to do something more meaningful.

2007-03-24T23:29:00.000-07:00

I had driving yesterday morning again. I had double lessons back to back. My right ankle hurt a little for not being able to leave it down on the mat, but it was certainly fun having to drive out of the circuit. Meet up with Yanyan at night. We had a quick dinner before we head down to Paragon’s Starbucks and sat there thru the night. We talked about everything from past, present and future. I hope we can go to the course that we like in the same uni and be hostel mates! That will be really cool. It’s amazing how time flies and I only remembered about the shopping I had to do when I see the shutters of the shops around Starbucks going down. We’ll meet up soon for shopping I guess.

Had quite a ‘feast’ today tasting food, an assorted salmon cheese platter with black caviar and a bowl of lobster bisque. All supposedly good food but I do not quite appreciate them. I only like one of the sweet cheese on the platter, the rest were too salty. I’d still prefer Japanese salmon roe to black caviar. Lobster bisque tasted like prawn head, not so rich in taste though. It’s amazing that my cousin is big fan of cheese. He pops cheese like chips into his mouth. However, it wasn’t such a bad feast having to eat Canelé’s cookies.. =)

2007-03-22T20:08:00.000-07:00

I had a good time catching up with jb today. You are certainly a busy man ah.. Traveling all around the world.. Driving today was fun! It’s my first lesson. I was basically traveling at 10km/hr all the while. I caused some really huge road block when my car stalled a couple of times at the pedestrian crossing. Im looking forward to lessons tmr.

2007-03-21T23:07:00.000-07:00

Im glad I didn’t have to stay home the whole day today. I joined the guys for kayaking. Somehow the kayaks have disappeared from ECP. Haha.. we ended up stoning at the hawker centre after a long walk (in which I was highly entertained by their singing). Had a drink and took some pics before we cab down to Mac. (Yes, we were certainly too tired to walk back) Continue to stone there when they started talking about power rangers.. and got all excited about it. Well, I had a great day stoning really.. Just like the times during first 3 months, all I did was slacking around and having fun with friends. Really hope my darlings are free soon.. so we can meet up too.

yawn

2007-03-20T21:50:00.000-07:00

The morning swim today's fun! Everyone was rushing towards the mrt station while i make my way slowly to the swimming pool. I was lucky to reach home before it starts pouring.

Came home and continue watching The Holiday which I watched halfway at my cousin’s place. I watched the very old version of The phantom of the Opera. The storyline is much clearer than the modern one. It was partly because there was less singing. The storyline is also different. The phantom got disfigured by acid and not because he was tortured. Christine had 3 admirers in the older version as compare to 2 in the modern one. I couldn’t make out what they were singing... it was either in French or Russian. (They spoke in English though).

I’m going to start my driving lessons soon and im quite excited about it. I’ve got a new student who's learning piano from me. Anyone else who’s a beginner and wants to learn too? I wonder how I’ll be spending my time tomorrow. It’s getting too boring merely watching movies and shopping. I want to go to ECP to fly kite, but everyone’s at work!

so what's YOUR plan?

2007-03-15T21:10:00.000-07:00

I have been very sickly for the past few days. The dental attachment on Monday was rather fun. I spent the first half of the day at the dental clinic at NUH and the second half of the day at the student clinic. I prefer the dental clinic because the setting is nicer, in the sense; it was bright, clean and new. As for the student clinic, it is a little older and gloomy. It would have been better if I went to the student clinic first. However, I saw different aspects of dentistry. In the morning there were cases like a fractured jaw (poor guy from rugby), had some uncle coming in with a loose bridge, and to this surprise a fractured tooth that he did not realize as his nerve has been dead (so there was no pain). Many cases actually. In the student’s clinic I saw how they treat the children. The pedo-dontist was amazing in how they handle the children.

However, the hospital isn’t the kind of setting that I would like to work in future. I do not like gloomy hospitals. I think I’ve told Jessie that… and she said... “People sick ma, how can have bright light?” I agree, but it just makes the whole setting so sad and gloomy. I hate all the medical smell. And I think the bright light used by the dentist has killed some of the cells of my cornea, It was so glaring even I look away from it. I was so shag when I came home, my eyes could hardly open. What made it worst was that I vomited out my dinner during my wash-up to go to bed.

Because I felt so weak, I postpone my second attachment to today. I got lost along my way to the dental clinic, but fortunately I was early, so I still manage to reach there early. It was interesting today too, a lot of orthodontic cases. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing. I felt faint when I saw a patient with loads of blood being sucked out of the suction, I tried to remain clam and not be disgusted by it. I guess it was partly due to my hungry stomach, (it was only minutes to lunch) no blood was flowing to my head, and standing did not help too, so I excused myself for like 5 min. Sat down and breathed some fresh air before I went in again. At that moment, I told myself im SO not going to take dentistry. After lunch, the doctor actually offered me to go to other of his friend’s clinic to take a look, that’s when I told him I might want to give that a miss. (because at that pt, I thought I should just give up on dentistry) Albeit, he was encouraging, he said I should not give up dentistry because I felt faint/nausea at the bloody sight.

Haiz, I really don’t know what I want in life. What career path I want to take. I guess that was the same dilemma I had after Os, decided to stick to JC and avoid the topic. Yet, It’s here again! Fickle minded Gemini is really having a hard time... =( Ms Ho says someone out there has plans for me... Maybe that's why i was in IJ and not CJ. We shall see..

I’m leaving on a jet plane..

2007-03-09T19:19:00.000-08:00

Yeah, as the classic song goes, “I’m leaving on a jet plane, I don’t know when I’ll be back again”. Everything is so uncertain. Choices and more choices. I’ll be going on a 2 weeks leave and probably leaving for good too. The attachment is still pending. Hope I can start ASAP. It’s great to know that people around the work place care and enjoy working with me. Thanks for the gifts and the group lunch. I felt that they seem to know me so well despite the fact that I’ve only been working together with them for merely 2 months. The gifts were really practical haha. Will certainly miss you all loads.

oh and to Christina, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2007-02-24T17:54:00.000-08:00

Yeah! I passed my FTT.. now I must start my driving lessons (somehow). Congrats to Lynn and Yimin who passed their BTT. =) I was afraid I will fail, firstly, I only started reading the book 2 days before and got even more panicky after I fail my trial test (min before the actual). They had funny questions which I still do not know the correct answer. One of them, they asked, when you turn and reverse your car, will the front of the car swerve in, out or remain the same. ) I assume is out. Oh, if they ask how many demerit points will you then not be allowed to take the driving test? It’s 12.. (not 13 or 24) The answer is surprisingly found at the back of the paper in which they give you your password to start the test. (not anywhere in the book). I guess I was lucky to have easier Qns during the actual test. Well, tip for Lynn and Yimin, go stand in popular to read the 400 Qns complied in the “Ace your Final theory”... I think it helps, one take away from the book, lower gear has more energy than that of a higher gear (for the guys, I know you knew that long ago..) haha.

2007-02-20T23:43:00.000-08:00

Eat eat and still eat. Haha.. There’s so much good food everyday! So far I’ve taken yu shen 4 times this yr.. and today’s only the 3rd day. When to Senai yesterday and played fire crackers!!! We had to finish all of them because they will definitely expire next year. Had a lot of varieties like dragon eggs.. happy boom and lame ones like pop pop. Well.. but I love the yellow bee best. After it is lit, it can fly up to 2 stories high. Sadly, we have to play it in the day, it will definitely be more beautiful at night.

Grandpa got TOTALLY drunk. He was drunk for the whole day since lunch till the evening. Last year he sat with the grandchildren during lunch telling us to graduate quickly and put on the square hat that graduates do ( I guess there should be a proper name for it) . This year he starts to hurry his male grandsons to get married quickly, and boosting that he got married at the age of 23. It’s hilarious how they tried to avoid him.

Bro’s tips for drinking? Continue drinking to prevent hangovers, and when the custom catches you with a lobster face.. Say you’ve got a very bad sun burnt. –SO true-

2007-02-17T23:42:00.000-08:00

I don’t really feel that it’s CNY, though im really glad the lunar new year it is here! Firstly, I dun have proper new year clothes. Secondly I felt like Cinderella for the past few days. I was so tired. Felt sick but still got a lot of work to do. Putting up the decorations (I know most of u don’t do that at all) Running to ntuc to buy groceries.. Anything... just name it. Even today, I woke up early and sat down 2 hours straight to iron the clothes. I cant imagine if mum decided to bake pineapple tarts this year. Weekends will be burnt, hands with blisters stirring pineapple. There was still baking and I baked my very first Pandan cake! Haha.

Reunion dinner was great too. My uncle bought a suckling pig that he queues for 2 hours even though he had pre-ordered it. I had all the good food, and definitely more in the next 15 days. I think I’ll need some exercise after that. Half and hr more and im going to zzz. I wonder how long ppl usually stay up to “shou ye” but im feeling really tired by now. Will join my sis to continue watching “the sound of music”… Hope all of you get loads of hongbaos this CNY. Happy Lunar New Year!

2007-02-14T11:48:00.000-08:00

Thanks Runi for the rose and Yimin for the piggy! Haha.. Zam zam’s not bad.. economical I would say. Only if they allow us to laugh out loud more freely and not chase us away with our bill.. haha.. Lynn.. You should have taken the train.. and don’t get too worried about WC. First it’s pineapple tarts.. then ba kua.. hmmm wat next? And for Yish, glad you found such interesting job! We shall visit you one day.. and get you to join us to play.. =)

To Cher,

2007-02-11T23:15:00.000-08:00

I'm so so so (x a million) gonna miss you! Must keep all the sentosa pics well k.. go paste it all around your hostel! haha.. I guess you'll meet some of the ij friends there.. and definately alot alot more other than them. Do keep us updated yeah.. Tell us if u get to work in the orchard plucking apples or strawberries! haha.. dun stay there during ur hols.. must come back.. then we can go sentosa play beach vball.. Do take LOADs of care.. -hugs-

errands..

2007-02-10T23:36:00.000-08:00

I’ve been running round different places today. Im really tired.. and Im burnt! The fun fair was generally a success and it’s good that the weather was on their side. Just that the mid-day sun got many of us burnt!

After the fun fair, went down to Tanjong Pagah to hand in my time sheet.. yes.. im getting money soon. :D And from there I went down to Somerset for eye check. Im sick of Somerset. Im there almost every single day. I was so shag when I got home. Napped till dinner.. Mummy made pineapple rice.. and I’ve given her 9 out of 10 pts for it!

Errands never seem to end when im at home. Went to get New year groceries.. lol. It was fun! I think the drink promoter tried to start a conversation with me with some cheesy tagline.. “are you a foreigner?” hmm.. (I thought this kinda question was for lynn to answer.) Tried to make me by more and offered free delivery. (haha.. no thanks) They are nice people I guess.. and just bored. One nice thing is that he gave me two decks of cards instead of one deck as it is suppose to be. –smile-

Btw, for those who like to pay lip service, stop it. I really hate it. And for my dear widya.. hope your leg’s better now. :D

2007-02-06T23:26:00.000-08:00

Work's horrible today la. I hate it. I think my supervisor is just PMSing and has her brain damaged or smth. She gets ppl to do things that she can complete it in 5 sec. Let me give u an analogy. Lets say she knows French. Ya, then she ask you to write 1,2,3,4,5 in French for her when you know nothing about it, when she can write it with ease. Yes.. that's wat i mean when i say she gets ppl to do things that she can complete it in 5 sec.

I cant wait for Friday. Always look forward to Friday EVERY week. I feel that today's monday.. cos ytd was like Sunday to me. I had another dinner with my vball mates today cos my frd is going to the trinity college. *sniff sniif* Cher, I'll miss you. Go pluck apples and earn $18/per hr! haha..

Ok, at least they cheer me up a lil from my horrible day. Few more hrs and it's midweek Wednesday!!! I hope tmr will be a better day for me.

Btw, The tipping point is a nice book. Learn many interesting facts from there.. but I doubt i can complete it by the due date which is this Friday.. Shall consider buying it..

Well.. gotta zzz. -i still dun feel like going work-

Monday's cool

2007-02-05T23:25:00.000-08:00

Haha.. No Monday blues for me today! I had a great dinner. All the fun and laugther as usual. Haha.. funny stories from Yimin.. scandals in school from Runi.. Wine experience from XL, and Shocking outfit for Lynn. Well.. We meeting this Sunday for Breakfast right? Where shall we eat?

After listening to Lynn.. I think my job is not that bad afterall. I’ve learn quite a lot. And Runi made me think about how long my job can actually last if I were to complete my task. Just luxury products alone will take me 6 months at least.. what more the consumer products.

I just found out that there’s 180 stuff in the office. I cant imagine 180 people all on the same level? I guess they include the sales people who are usually not in the office. The Mr Nice guy has just moved to my side of the office! And it’s near the scanner area.. Oh no.. Yeah.. CNY’s coming and I have no work for one week! Haha. Gosh.. I cant believe it’s Tuesday tmr. Why cant it be Friday..

Monday's cool

2007-02-05T11:25:00.000-08:00

Counting down to monday..

2007-02-03T23:58:00.000-08:00

It’s a bad day for me.. I met 2 unreasonable person in a row! How irritating is tt. Anw.. I got my piano tuned (after 5 yrs) and the sticky D note has been rectified. Yippy! Yeah.. Cant wait for Monday.. haha.. another darlings gathering.. heehee. Went to shop with Aileen at J8 in the middle of the night.. haha.. I hope u like the skirt and tops u bought! Gotta zzz now.. going marketing with mummy tmr! Ciao..

yes uncle?

2007-01-30T23:31:00.000-08:00

Im having Tuesday blues! I hate nasty commuters. Some old uncle squeeze right in front of me and complained that I never move to the empty space. Hello.. Im about to alight.. it makes SO much sense to sqeeuze in and out huh?? Well.. work was fine. Same stuff.. was thinking of changing job. Jane.. pls help me find one..

chill out

2007-01-27T21:28:00.000-08:00

Friday was a hectic day. I ended work at 7 cos the stock came in just about the time when everyone’s leaving for work. Stock taking was horrid considering everything wasn’t in English and I had to figure out what are the no. quotes. Thank goodness I was let off. I rushed crazily down for piano lessons. Late for 20min. Aft piano, rushed to meet my darlings. The senior exco hasn’t change much except for ngeeleng’s height. Chilling out season is great.. we had custom made float! Tried to rush for the last train.. but soon realize there wasn’t a need for that cos the trains will run late on fri for late night shopping.. lol

gloomy day

2007-01-25T06:41:00.000-08:00

Gloomy day isn’t it? I woke up at 7 and I thought I was only 6.30. The sky was so dark. And when im about to leave home at 8.. the brightness of the sky was equivalent to that of 7. Im starting to know my work better, and the reason for all the scanning. I seriously tried to do my work rather slowly.. but I still manage to finish my work faster than the rate at which the stocks come in. I’ve got a feeling I’m going to have another off day next week.

Well, tmr’s going to be a great day! It’s jeans day.. everyone’s going to wear jeans to work.. Other than that, Friday is hangout day.. and im going to meet my darlings! Oh, and have i mentioned? I’ll be getting braces soon. Not exactly for aesthetic reasons though. If you guys know of any good orthodontist do let me now k?

That’s all for now..

jobless day

2007-01-23T01:30:00.000-08:00

I HAVE NO WORK TODAY! See.. having no work isn’t a good thing. jobless for the day = lesser cash. Anw, after much consideration, I’ve decided, 1.) I shall go for ATCL 2.) I’ll not be my teacher’s dance partner. –decision’s final-

Yeah, cant wait to go shopping later in the day.. I need to get a new pair of ballet flats. My golden fila one is shading gold flakes. I hope I can find one as comfy as that. If I cant find one, I’ll go buy those I which I wore in primary sch and decorate it myself. =) I think it’s so hard to find a comfy and cheap shoes.

Well.. gotta slp… ciao!

salsa

2007-01-21T21:09:00.000-08:00

The only interesting thing about Sundays is that I have salsa hiphop lessons. And it’s always great because it’s the only time of the week that I really do some form of workout. Lessons are ending. And we are more or less done with the dance steps. Manage to join the later class for the salsa basic. It’s much simpler.. jus few basic steps and turns. The guys lead and u just follow. Darlings.. you guys should pick it up too.. I bet u'll enjoy it.

My teacher asks me if i wanna train to be his dance partner. Tempting indeed.. cos I'll get to learn all forms of dance FREE! But wat's holding me back is the commitments I've to make. It’ll take me a yr to train up and I prolly gotta join competitions. (okay.. that seems so FAR away from now..) on top of that, Im not sure if I’ll still have interesting in dancing. How how??

listen to the music of the night

2007-01-19T11:58:00.000-08:00

Work is boring today. Ultra slack. They dun seem to have any particular job for me yet. I guess ‘cos the stocks are not in. Well, the foundation is not less than $2SGD but less than $2Euro. Many products are from France, so shipment fees are high, and that’s what we are paying for. Enough about work, I have no idea how am I going to survive the next week when im not given proper job scope.

Well, piano lessons again. Haven really made up my mind if I should change my piano teacher. I like mine now. She’s nice. Much much better than my previous. I think she taught me a lot during the past 2 months and I feel that I’ll be more attached to her for another one month before i terminate my course. I haven spoke to her about it. I don’t want to.

Technique, patience and a great listening ear. I guess that’s wat I really need right now. Aileen, if you are reading this, it’s not that im afraid that your teacher will eat me up. But I feel that having lessons in a studio and at home is totally different. I wish I had a better piano teacher before. I do not mind playing Hanon. My teacher is the kinda teacher that makes me reflect on my music, not THE music. I feel motivated to learn, to the extent that I wish im a student of the School of Fine Arts.

Haven gotten time to prac since I started work. –guilty- I need a quiet environment to work on my pieces. Sometimes I feel like installing the silencing device so that no one will be disturbed by the music even at night and similarly I can really HEAR my music. –im quite deaf, really-

purple

2007-01-18T23:12:00.000-08:00

Nothing hysterical happened in the office today. The photocopy machine has become my good friend. Making purchase order is the main job of the day. Starting to like work, maybe it’s because im getting a proper work space now. The past few day’s my dept is quite cramped with products, but after having to clear most of it. We are certainly getting more breathing space. I found the reason why they have mirrors on their desk. It is to see who’s at the back of them, not really the bosses, but it is to prevent them from getting a shock of their life when someone come sneaking at the back of you.

My colleague made me thinking about this. She says that if we like a certain colour. (As for me, purple.) You lack the qualities of that colour. Well, I’ve done a bit of a research on the colour purple, or rather violet.

This is what I found out,from a web http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com Violet relates to self knowledge/ spiritual awareness. It is the union with your higher self, with spirituality, and your higher consciousness.
Ideally this colour is one that
(1) ensures reverence for all life
(2) allow one to be self sacrificing in the service of others
(3) An ability to see the appropriate route for the benefit of the higher self
(4) Idealism. (extreme optimism has joash has defined for me)
Well, it certainly seem extremely profound to me.

On the other hand one who lack of it
(1) Has no concern for others
(2) feelings of superiority
(3) lack of contact with reality

Well, I do not exactly agree with the first. But I think the third one can be said of me. (since I like Cinderalle a lot –yet I know it’s just “this-knees” crap to make everything end with a happily-ever-after- I guess the main idea is that I lack self knowledge/ spiritual awareness.

Joash has described the idea of idealism as to have a "everything is gonna be just perfect" mindset. Well, I’m doubt I think that way. I believe otherwise, well, most of the time. Isn’t that to say point 3, lack of contact with reality is not valid? Okay, im confused..

still surviving

2007-01-17T23:05:00.000-08:00

I’ve decided I should shorten my entries. The previous one is too long. Well, yesterday i continued with the scanning and I completed it before i left work. I’ve always wondered if im a efficient worker. Well, I guess I am. I completed my work today, when the supervisor only expect me to complete it by tmr! Well.. I already did at a moderate pace..

I need a new name! Does Ashley sound good? There's this girl in the dept called winne.. and when it’s not pronounced clearly.. it sounds like min-li. And stupid me actually answered “Yes?” when my supervisor is calling for the other girl. Oh.. and there’s something that iam curious to find out. Almost everyone has a mirror at their desk. Is it because of vanity or is it because they wanna see if their bosses are standing behind then while they are working.

Oh.. and the 8000 copies incident! Well, I think it’s super funny. I hid the 20 copies I made at the bottom of the bin. Hope work’s fun tmr. I hate the make up, it makes my face oily. I hate it! Oh, for those who are wondering, I dun get a discount for the products. Only the perm stuff do.

Ok enough about work. Hope’s everyone’s fine. My darlings esp. As for my reply to Runi’s entry on the wiki is that.. Yimin, glad you’ve quit. Anw, please dun turn les, you really dun have to. Hope tr stop picking or Runi and giving her a hard time. And ya. XL pls update us on ur job.

That's all for now I guess.. tired. I think my eyesight is deteriorating for looking at the screen too long.

The First

2007-01-15T21:39:00.000-08:00

Ok.. so today’s my first day of work. Well I guess I should count this as my first official job. I’m quite fearful on the first day seriously. And I know I’ve told some of you during/after the Bedroom farce. Oh, and if Yish is reading this.. great play my dear. Jus that we never really get to talk to you.. –sniff- we’ll catch up soon yeah? There’s the ladies night. Haha. Btw am I in-charge? Well, back to my story about first day of work. I was there early. Sadly the office isn’t open yet. It’s 8.10am and I stood outside the office. But I did not stood there for long. The auntie came to open the door 5 min later. And for those who have not known, it’s a big sliding glass panel door.. which is automated the same way as that as the Cedar stuffroom.

I waited at the reception area for about half and hr. Hoping that the pretty and kind-looking ladies who walk past will be my supervisor. (well you know.. the otherwise always happen). The reception area is merely a deception of how the actual office looks like. But it’s still relatively good. White is the main colour and beautiful posters of models adorn the walls. Even their files seem to have a colour code. (pale grey close to white). I was taken around the place. Pantry’s lovely. Nice furnishing. I do not mind having that as my personal room. Lol!

So work starts soon after I was brought around. I am suppose to scan 3 box of products. Which I did. Quite boring but I kinda get the hang of it. My dept is super workaholic. Other depts seem more fun cos they joke around and seem friendlier. Why work so hard? Oh, btw.. the cost of one foundation from them is less than $2. Ppl out there is paying almost 15 times more for one! Maybe now I know where im getting my pay from. Ladies the main victim.