sugarysensation

2012

2012-01-01T01:27:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!~

2011 was a year of new beginnings for me. Getting into a new school, being in a new environment, meeting new people, gaining new experiences, doing new things, new new new. Especially on the last week of 2011 when I went for two hotel inspections! Last week of 2011 was honestly the best... Hehe. Awesome year despite the stress in school and stuff!

2012, another new year. It'll be another awesome year. Maybe even better :)

Merry OTC

2011-12-25T21:39:00.002+08:00

Firstly - MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :) Embed the video because Michael Buble's voice really suits the Christmas mood~ So anyway, my Christmas wasn't spent out with friends or anything, but with my family who doesn't celebrate Christmas. But it's fine. I managed to rest my aching body, visit my grandma and went grocery shopping with my family. Probably a weird way of spending Christmas, but yeah I'm still happy! Now I'm back home resting again. Headache keeps coming back and my body is still aching.

So I just came back from a 3D2N Orientation Training Camp (OTC) on Friday night. Was in the empire MITHIO! <3

I learnt even more during this camp, apart from Tprawks. I didn't really stand out and lead even though I really should to keep my place as a GL for FO, because if I did it would probably be even more messy that it was. Key things I learnt during the camp was communication, attentiveness, and getting out of your comfort zone. So many things happened and every one was so bent on winning that it got out of hand. People didn't really listen and stuff which wasn't exactly a good thing. I, myself, didn't feel good at all when all these happened but I didn't say it out loud when I should have because it was really difficult and it was better if I didn't contribute any more 'negative energy' to the situation. But I believe I did my part in listening to what others had to say, bonding with other GLs in my empire and enthusiasm even though I had a really hard time running around thanks to my weak physical ability (-.-)

Honestly, it was a really tough 3D2N. We had our ups and downs. But I'm really glad to be in the same empire as all these awesome GLs and had fun with them most of the time. Like what they said, OTC is where you make mistakes and learn. Which I did. I made the mistake of not standing up and lead and getting out of my comfort zone wasn't as easy like how I managed to for Tprawks. But I learnt from it and in future I will make sure I won't make the same mistakes again.

So thankful that for everything that happened. "Everything happens for a reason." All these camps and activities I go through, I gain so much valuable experiences that I will never forget, especially since I never had any Tprawks or FO experience as a freshie.

I will continue to work hard and get out of my comfort zone. Mithio will win best empire for FO!~

Tough and tiring week it has been. Especially with my baby Tessa in the US and Adeline who went overseas (but she just came back)! This coming week is the last week of 2011, and I have so many things planned for this week :) Looking forward to it! :)

Crazy

2011-12-15T02:07:00.001+08:00

Exams have ended for this term!! I only had 2 papers, which was a lot better than last semester where I had to take like 4 or 5 papers. But actually for the whole of last week I had like 4 tests which is sort of equivalent to mid-semester tests? Just that the test was done during tutorial/lectures. And the 4 tests were like consecutive.. Except for Tuesday I didn't have any. But enough to kill me. Did well for two of them though!!

So today.... After the paper I went to Orchard. For the A&F models and did some shopping with Clarabel~ HEHE. I didn't manage to take with all of them especially one of the most handsome one because there was a lot of people and the staff had to push us back, but like what they say, the eyes are the best cameras. So it's all good~

The Japanese model (the Asian in the picture on the left) is very handsome!!

BAHAHAHAHA damn happy that I managed to see the A&F models. How often do you see so many half-naked hot guys in Singapore like that!?!! HAHAHA

2011-12-05T11:52:00.002+08:00

Reflect

2011-11-26T02:24:00.000+08:00

So over this pretty long period of time that I didn't update, I had lots to reflect on after every event that I was involved in.

1. HaTaMa 2011

This is my very first sports event, or rather, large scale event, which I organised with a few others after months of preparation. I don't know whether it was successful or not but to me, it could've been better if we decided not to take a gamble and not have a wet weather program. I tried my best to remain my composure and not look flustered when everything started to go wrong when in fact, in my heart I was panicking like hell and very disoriented. I couldn't think on my feet and decide what to do next, and needed a lot of help. One of the biggest lesson learnt: ALWAYS have a wet weather program and not take a gamble.

Ex-maincomms were kind enough to come help us out and yet, we kind of disappointed them. Nevertheless, I still feel very thankful for having them around. Especially one of them, who really knocked some sense into us. What she said really affected me since the first meeting we had with her around which was just a few days before the event. Likewise after the event where we had a debrief session and she sent each of us an email about ourselves. I really gave it some thought and realised that her judgement was really accurate. She told me things about myself that I didn't know about and up till now, even tough it's been more than two weeks, I still think about it. I read the email she sent so many times that I've lost count. Really appreciate it.

2. Run For Hope

Another huge and important event organised by HTMIG as we work with external companies, namely Four Seasons Hotel, Regent Hotel and the cancer foundation. I was put as a station marshal in-charge with BSC's President and I learnt a few things from her. She is very decisive and firm and quick, which is something I needed to learn. I wouldn't say I have fully learnt that because it takes time for me.

Besides that, it was a good experience for me because it's also my first time being part of this kind of event as one of the station in-charge instead of normal marshals. Really allows me to put some leadership skills to use and also learn more. Overall, like Mr Pras said, it was a success! And yes I felt it was successful too, even though I screwed up at the beginning by telling my other station IC the wrong meeting time. But I apologised and explained to her everything she needed to know so.. hopefully that helps..

3. TPRawks 2011

Was appointed as a Pack Leader for empire Punk Red in TPRawks. All or most of the pack leaders were being evaluated for OTC, which is the orientation training camp for next year's FOW/FOC. I went for the interview a few weeks back but wasn't expecting the re-evaluation before the official selection of OTC. But anyway, this was also another great experience that I would never get again.

Initially, I joined TPRawks because of OTC. But after the first day, working with people that I met only on that day itself and spending time with the Rawkers who joined TPRawks to experience life in TP, my thinking towards TPRawks changed. Of course, the reason about OTC is still there. But then I mainly wanted to spread the joy of being a TP student and share my experiences with the Rawkers who just had their national exam and had to make their choice next year. I also managed to step out of my comfort zone and was enthusiastic during TPRawks. I used to be scared and quiet and not enthusiastic and stuff but I managed to change myself and not be scared anymore. Debrief sessions after every day also really made me think a lot about my performance. I always tell myself after each day that I'll do better the next day which I did, but definitely could have done better.

I really miss TPRawks and the experience I gained. It doesn't matter if I don't get into OTC because what made me really happy was the smile and joy that all of us Pack Leaders and Colour Leaders gave to the Rawkers and that's enough for me. Of course, I would be more than happy if I got into OTC. But the feeling of happiness that the Rawkers had and the smile on their faces after these 3 days, the new bonds and friendship all of us had, is a really great feeling and I like it and it's really, really awesome. I'm really happy that even now, my Rawkers are so enthusiastic in our Facebook group. I love Punk Red!! ♥

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Crazy long post on my reflections. Now I'm trying very hard to catch up on my studies because of the time spent on event preparations and the lessons I missed because of TPRawks. But it's worth it. I learnt things I wouldn't learn if I didn't join these activities/group and gained a lot of exposure. So hopefully I can get into OTC and gain more experience! For now... Back to my books :)

Long

2011-11-04T20:42:00.000+08:00

Hi. It's been a month since I've updated. Holidays have ended and the second week of the new school semester has ended. Lots have happened.

So over the holidays, I did not work in the end because they manager of the restaurant I applied a part-time job at did not want to get back to me. Went there a few times to eat there though, but recently I just got sick of that place. Went there too many times. No wonder they say you should never work at a place you like. You'll get so sick of it that you won't wanna go back there anymore. I don't even work there and I'm sick of it already, imagine if I really worked there...

Had a few outings with many people I've not met in a long time, and also my new friends I made while working for F1. Not all though, since I knew some of them already. Just had fun with them and our managers who worked with us during F1. We also had IG cruise trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was a pretty short and rush trip. A whole new experience for me - first time I was on a cruise ship, first time being in KL, visiting a hotel in KL which has a pretty unique system and really awesome facilities, bonding with friends, being angry with friends, drama, thrash talks, many things happened in that short trip but it's something I will never forget. I will remember what happened, the whole experience, all the advises and words, everything. I'm glad it's all over and things are cleared up.

So now, school has started. But as usual, I'm still in holiday mood. subjects and workload are pretty manageable for now. Hopefully it won't be as bad as my first semester...

Lots of events coming up.

Got to do my best in coping with everything!!

Camp

2011-10-03T02:04:00.000+08:00

Just had a 2-day IG camp which was held by BSC in school. It was unexpectedly fun... And at the beginning I was considering whether to leave halfway or not go for the camp at all. But I'm glad I stayed throughout and didn't regret it! Made new friends :) And I guess I got more... hyper(?) through this camp. In the past, I never bothered about cheering and shit but for this one, I cheered. Which felt... weird? Since I usually don't do such things. Out of the whole camp, I only managed to get a few minutes nap when we had like about 6 hours to sleep. I just couldn't get to sleep. Was so tired that right after I got home, I showered and slept for a good 14 hours. Didn't break my record but I've never felt so good before. 14 hours of sleep is very rare for me nowadays.

Wow. It's October already.

2011-09-29T20:49:00.001+08:00

Hectic

2011-09-28T01:47:00.000+08:00

It's been a busy week! Last Thursday I was supposed to start working for F1, but because of my MacroEcons supplementary paper (which was quite easy, thank goodness), I couldn't work that day. I officially started on Friday in the kitchen. That day was like the worst day out of all because we didn't do much, quite shitty. Saturday and Sunday was awesome because 2 of us - Clarabel and I - got transferred to the VIP area which we were supposed to be at~ We were making crepes! But I had to run around different areas on Sunday because of a change of job allocation... It was really tiring. I went home with swollen feet and even up till now, my feet is still quite swollen. But it was a really awesome experience, working with really fun people, made new friends, etc. I'm so going back to work again for this next year!! And also gonna make sure I get comfortable shoes instead of wearing stupid and very uncomfortable pair of Cotton On flats when I'm gonna stand for at least 10 hours.. Hopefully I get to serve instead of doing kitchen next year!!

Today, I went for the preview of the movie 1911 with my mum. It's Jackie Chan's 100th movie in his career. It's a movie about the Chinese revolution which happened a 100 years ago when China changed it's governing system and stuff. I teared up seeing how the people were willing to sacrifice their lives to help make changes to the country. It made me love Chinese history even more and made me wanna find out more. But I think people of my generation wouldn't like such movies... They would probably prefer Western history... My mum told me that she learnt about these during history lessons in primary school during her time. History lessons only begin when we're in secondary school nowadays and we learn mostly about European/American history, only pure History students get to learn about Asian history :( Okay I'm starting to miss studying for humanities LOL.

Anyway, even though it's the holidays now, for some reason I don't feel like it's a holiday. I'm still so busy and I have something on almost every day. On a happier note, I'm getting my iPhone in a few hours time~ Yipee!~ :)

2011-09-21T14:34:00.001+08:00

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2011-09-18T01:36:00.000+08:00

Results.

Bad.

I guess I deserve it. Can't blame anyone but myself. I'm not happy with my results, but what to do? I tried my best already. Or at least I think so.

I'm just going to keep on working harder and not give up!!! I'm sure at the end of it all, there will be at least a little bit of improvement. I can do this!!!

But one thing's for sure.

Goodbye to local universities..... It's impossible for me to get into one already.

Oh well. There are probably other and better options out there! Plus, I'm only in Year 1. I still got a long way to go. I shall just focus on my studies, keep on working harder, don't give up and enjoy the process!

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Movie Under The Stars 2011

2011-09-09T23:40:00.002+08:00

ICs for the event - Clarabel and Cindy!

With Deborah and Clarabel!

Photos from Isabel.

Movie Under The Stars 2011! ICs were Clarabel and Cindy :)

We had lots of coke and yummy childhood snacks and showed Inception! Before the event I was so excited to watch the movie but when they were showing it, I had no mood to watch it at all, so I stayed outside to take care of the drinks and stuff! Packing up was crazy, especially since I was with Elaina. She makes me laugh NON-STOP. I would definitely not be able to focus if I was in the same class as her. HAHA.

So far we have done 2 events. In the process of organising another big event! Hope it'll be successful :)

Everyone enjoy your holidays~

Finally

2011-09-07T23:47:00.000+08:00

Exams are finally over and holidays are here!!~

No more studying for this 1month+!!

Got a job in a bistro cafe and it's my first real, proper part-time job that I'll be having! Also, I'm going to work for F1 in the kitchen with the chef... Not really looking forward to that because I'm afraid that I'll screw up but I'm just gonna be careful and hope nothing goes wrong! :/

This holiday is gonna be a busy holiday with my job and a few events coming up! Hopefully I'll still have enough time to rest~ :)

Yeahhhhhhhhh holidayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

Silent

2011-08-31T04:46:00.000+08:00

It's almost 5AM.

I'm studying.

This is what exams have done to me.

I'm at fault too, though. Can only blame myself to choose to do everything so last minute and not go through my lecture notes & do tutorials consistently. Now I gotta cramp everything into my head.

Next paper is MacroEcons and I'm screwed for it.

All I can do, is pray for a miracle.

Relevant

2011-08-25T02:54:00.000+08:00

Flash

2011-08-17T23:39:00.000+08:00

Friday, 12 August 2011

Had IG meeting, and also celebrated Bong's birthday (which was actually 11 August but didn't get the chance to celebrate together). It was really funny because the cake actually wrote "you have been punk'd", something Bong ALWAYS does/say. Then we had some dance session thing. Had to dance to SISTAR19's Ma Boy, Hyuna's Bubble Pop, but it was all super fail. LOL.

With IG sub-comms! Bong is the one with the ribbon tied around his head... HAHA

With Peiling and Deborah! Very nice main-comms.! :)

Wednesday, 15 August 2011

Had our very last presentation for the semester - Commsk presentation! Had it at Engine school LT which was reaaaaaally cold. I was literally freezing in there. I didn't do a good job because the temperature of the LT really affected me... I gotta improve on my presentation skills so that I won't sabotage my group T.T

With Meow~

With Lynette~

With Pamelia!

With Alecia and Ethel!

With Jennifer, Lynette, Pamelia, Clarabel, Meow! My project group for Commsk, IHT, POM and Econs! :)

With B1H02~ Love my class!

After that in the evening we had HTM Student Forum 2011 for Year 1s. Was in charge of registration with Isabel that evening!

With Isabel!

With Claudia, Nerin and Jerome!

With Ivan, Kelly, Jerome, Shaun, Claudia, and Nerin!

Monday was a really long day for me since I was in school since 9AM and only reached home at almost 12AM. And I was in heels the whole day because I didn't bring shoes/slippers to change! :( But for some reason I feel so accomplished. Probably because I usually don't wear heels.

Tuesday was another long day but it wasn't that bad since I started school late! Went for MacroEcons lecture and for once, I understood what it's about. Lucky me, especially since it's a revision lecture. Gonna make studying for exams easier now that I understand more about it! Before attending this lecture I didn't understand most of it. Had HTM Student Forum again after that for Year 2s & 3s! So ended late again... But at least this time I wasn't in heels! Heh.

Today was awesomeee. Only had a 2-hour IHT tutorial for the day! And we got back our group project report. My group had an A! :) Went to Sugarloaf to support our seniors for a while after that, then headed to TM for some Ajisen Ramen! Went to Bugis for shopping with Clarabel after that! And I just finished studying a few chapters for IHT. Today was well spent!

But.... Tessa just went to Tioman today. Can you please quickly come back.... :(

Shall study now :(

Fly

2011-08-08T01:45:00.000+08:00

Finally, all 9 projects are over. Submitted all 9 and got a couple of them back. And screwed up one of them. Hoping for a miracle now. But other than that, got an A for Communication Skills report! :)

Actually not all projects are over... Still left Communication Skills oral presentation which is next week, and still have an IG event proposal to do! Plus I gotta study for exams... Can't wait for all this to end. One more month to holidays!! :)

Anyways. Had MacroEcons presentation on Friday. Second formal presentation so far! And this time I wore heels... The previous time I wore flats...

Went for a mini-celebration after MacroEcons presentation at IKEA! Had meatballs and chicken pie~ I love the smell of IKEA. The smell of furnitures... Hehe. Everything from my house shall be from IKEA! And Daiso :) Then went to watch Captain America with Alecia, Joey, Siewbeng and Alvin. Other than the hottie Chris Evans (L), the movie was pretty shitty. I rate it 2/5. Ending was bullshit too. But they showed the trailer for the Avengers, which is a continuation of Captain America. I might watch that..

Then had dinner at Mad for Garlic @ Suntec with the sisters. Been a long time that we had a sister outing. And it was weird eating there because I hate Garlic. Went to the arcade at Marina Square after that for a few rounds of Daytona and Bishi Bashi! One couple came to join us at playing Bishi Bashi but gave up and I was the overall winner~ And finally, FINALLY, we watched Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows Part 2. I don't care I know I'm slow but whatever. At least I watched it. It was DAMN AWESOME. But not as exciting as the previous ones.... I felt that it was a bit rushed. WHATEVER. It's still awesome. It's a Harry Potter movie! #hardcoreHarryPotterfan

It's 1.39AM. 8 August 2011. National Day Eve. Tomorrow's National Day. I don't have half day. I don't feel excited. Gotta say that this year's national day song is pretty good though, as compared to previous years (from 2006 onwards). The best is still Where I Belong by Tanya Chua. My favourite!

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Okay I should sleep.

Endless

2011-07-31T19:21:00.000+08:00

A few things that happened this week:

1. POM presentation.

Had my very first formal presentation since the start of poly life. Reached school about 3 hours earlier to prepare for the presentation and everything went well, I would say. I was rushing through my part and didn't express myself enough during the skits though.... But other than that, it was pretty alright.

2. Dinner with the peeps at ECP.

Met up after quite a long time to have dinner at ECP! Felt great being with the people that I've been going to secondary school with for like 4 years, even though I only knew some of them for 2-3 years.

The rest of the week was spent doing projects, spamming photos on my laptop's webcam, having our own mini marathons to make sure we submit our project on time which happened on Friday when I went to submit the F&B group project with Jennifer and Celine. It was crazy because we ended up going to Eileen's house to print our project, then go back to school to bind the report and then head down to TCA to submit it. Why couldn't TCA be located next to Business school instead of engine school.... Make us run marathon only.

But doesn't matter. We've finished it and submitted it at 4.41PM on Friday. I still remember beceause we were nearly late, project was due at 5PM.

More things due next week. Commsk trial presentation is tomorrow, but I don't intend to go for it. MacroEcons project due on Friday. IG proposal by Sunday.

Now that most of the projects have been submitted, I really hope I'll be able to do everything on time and do it well...

All the best to all those who are doing projects too. We can do this!!

2011-07-24T20:19:00.002+08:00

Fast

2011-07-19T01:25:00.000+08:00

And just like that, the weekend is over. Well-spent though. Had an equal amount of fun and work.

Went to the KTM railway tracks on Saturday before they start removing them, which is 18 July 2011. I have never ever travelled on those tracks before, I don't have any memories of anything related to it, but it's quite sad it's gonna be removed. It's like one part of Singapore's history that will be gone forever? Does that make any sense? But yeah, kinda sad. After that we went to watch Monte Carlo. Good movie, but the ending was quite rubbish. Is it me or the endings to movies nowadays kinda suck? Hmm... Maybe it's me. I haven't been watching much movies lately.

Then on Sunday, I spent like the whole day in school to do our projects. Lately I've been staying in school till late because of project meetings and others. I haven't been home for dinner for weeks already and I miss my grandma's home cooked food :( Time management skills getting worse every time I get a new assignment. I need to seriously re-organise myself and everything again. Can't stand being so disorganised and always not being able to hand in and produce quality work on time!!

So yeah, looking forward to another busy week! RHT report due this Friday and I'm actually quite glad that my group managed to finish 95% of it within one day last week! Now we just need to do final touch ups and stuff.

Can't wait for the holidays, which is like 2 months later! But first, I need to get through the projects and end semester tests... Hmm. Like what I said before, I will survive! Yeahhhhhhhhh!

Dead blog

2011-07-15T12:35:00.001+08:00

Wow, it's been nearly three weeks since I last updated. I've been so busy with school lately. Projects, IG, etc. After handing in my Introduction to Hospitality & Tourism and Communication Skills report this week, I have about 5 projects left. I feel so much lighter now that I have lesser projects to do for the remaining semester. Very stressful life I've been having, but I'm still surviving, mentally. My body is like slowing breaking down already. It feels as though little parts of my body is breaking every day. Hopefully I still can last for about slightly more than a month until the exams are over.

The very rare days that I could go out:

2 Saturdays ago, I went out with Tessa. The last time I saw her before that was when we went to USS. Walked around town for a bit. I haven't been town for weeks until that day. I kinda miss town. This outing with her was pretty short, but I still enjoyed it nevertheless. Spending time with the best friend is always enjoyable.

Last Saturday, went out with IG to celebrate FAT's birthday! Was supposed to celebrate Kelly's too, but she couldn't make it that day. Got a lift from Shawn since it was on the way and I didn't know how to get to Timbre@Substation. But on the way there, the venue changed to Republic of Steak since most of us were late. After dinner we went over to Clarke Quay to find a place to eat but a few of us left since we had to go home. Took a taxi home with Clarabel and Claudia.

I love HTMIG :D

Then on Sunday evening, I went for a family dinner at Tung Lok Seafood Restaurant @ Orchard Central. And obviously my parents forgot about me when deciding where to eat because I can't eat seafood.. So I ended up eating Smoked Ducked Breast and Sliced Pork with Garlic Sauce there. The Smoked Ducked Breast was reallyyyyyyy good. There's not a lot of fat also, so it's fine. The Sliced Pork with Garlic Sauce was a little weird though, I didn't like the garlic sauce. Then for dessert, I think I ate a total of 4 plates of 4 ice cream puffs? It was so niceeeee I love ice cream puffs. And best part of this whole dinner, it was a buffet dinner :) That's why I ordered so many plates of ice cream puffs. The scenery there was good too since it was on the 11th floor. The sky that night was so pretty too, it was pinkish! Had a mini F&B lesson with my dad because he was telling me all the different kinds of wines that was on display there.

So yeah out of this 3 weeks, I only went out thrice. My boring life that I chose. But I don't regret it~

Oh and today, I went to school for less than 2 hours. 9+ to 10+. Decided to skip RHT lecture. Second time skipping lecture this week. I need to stop skipping lectures!! This will be the last time. I hope.

I'm in such a good mood now, because I'm meeting Tessa tomorrow and my KFC just came.

So bye! I'm gonna enjoy my KFC :D

Past

2011-06-25T00:53:00.000+08:00

Since last Thursday till now, I've been REALLY busy. Going for meetings after meetings, doing many projects, writing proposal(s), doing powerpoint slides, designing posters, etc. Every day I'll do work. I haven't had a day off. There's just too much work to do. But somehow, I enjoy being busy even though it's really tiring. Sometimes being busy and having something to do to keep you occupied beats being bored. Keeps my brain working instead of relaxing.

I've slacked for 6 months before school start. So.. maybe I should stop complaining and just continue with my work. I'll survive. Bye for now!~

Universal Studios Singapore

2011-06-16T00:19:00.006+08:00

Photos by Tessa.

15 June 2011 - Universal Studios Singapore

Finally went to USS with the girls!! Been planning this since a long time ago and we finally went! I went there straight after the IG retreat. I went to USS without sleeping for 2 nights. At times I felt like I was gonna collapse anytime but in the end I was just crazy and dancing around every where to random music and my own music. One VERY amazing thing: I survived the Battlestar Galactica. I only took it once though, because I felt like puking after that ride. Overall, it was just really fun and I can keep going on and on about it. Fun fun fun fun!

HTMIG Retreat

2011-06-15T23:17:00.000+08:00

HTM IG RETREAT 13-15 JUNE.

I won't go in detail of everything we did during this retreat because I'll never finish writing this post. Basically, we had games, bonding sessions, debriefs to point out our mistakes, serious meetings and discussions, night cycling, food, jokes, etc. Other than all the fun, there were lots of serious moments too during debriefs and our thrash talk. I won't deny that the comments and feedback given by the main comms were quite harsh, but it really kept me thinking and made me wanna work so much harder to make everything better.

I really appreciate all the comments made by the main comms and will definitely take note of it, learn from it, and make sure it doesn't happen again, especially for the next event which we're organising. This retreat was definitely fun, and I bonded with everyone, but it also let me learn a lot of things that I might not learn if I didn't join HTMIG.

HTMIG is awesome! <3

Over

2011-06-11T02:11:00.001+08:00

Exams are finally over!! My first exams since entering poly. It was pretty bad though. Out of the 4 papers, I screwed 2 of them because.. Yeah I just screwed it. Like how other people screw up during exams. Maybe I didn't study hard enough? I don't know. Now I'm just gonna enjoy my holidays which aren't exactly holidays since I still have lots of projects to do. And next week I'm like, busy throughout the whole week! Actually no, I'm busy from tomorrow, or rather, today (it's 2.10am as I'm typing this) till next weekend!! Gonna spend some money tomorrow and maybe go for a BBQ gathering with my primary school friends, Grandma's birthday celebration's on Sunday, IG retreat, USS with the girls, movie dates! And also project meetings... Which aren't as fun as the rest... But anyway, can't wait for all this activites to happen :)

Enjoy your holidays everyone!!

Less than 3

2011-06-04T23:49:00.000+08:00

Finally met up with the three people I love a lot during Adeline's BBQ, with a few others! Too bad I couldn't stay for very long because exams are coming and I had to take public transport home.. But I still had fun! Time spent with them are always fun. Having time to meet them is really difficult because we all have school and we're busy with our own things. Hmm.

Like I said earlier, exams are coming. I'm not exactly prepared for it. Hopefully, all that I've studied will just naturally come to me when I'm doing the paper! To everyone else who're having exams too, all the best! :)

Cooling Tea

2011-06-01T00:49:00.000+08:00

I mentioned in my last post that I went for this interview to become part of the sub-committee for HTMIG and was waiting for the result.

Initially, my friends and I thought they would SMS us over the weekend but it turned out that there was some delay in the release of results and if we got into HTMIG, we would receive a message on the meeting by 11PM on Monday night. And... I received the message!

I didn't dare to check my phone until 11PM, but I went to check it because I couldn't take it. And was glad that I checked my phone. I immediately screamed when I saw the message and my mum scolded me... But I was so happy, I was high the whole night and kept smiling to myself just because I got the message! Now I finally have a 'CCA'!!

I went for the meeting the next day, and it was quite interesting. We didn't have to do self-introduction. The main committee helped us with it. And did a great job at it... Not going to say what they did though. Haha! Had some food, talked about some admin matters, got to know almost everyone in the HTMIG family, and a lot of laughter! It was fun~

I feel really proud to be part of the HTMIG family :)

3.05AM

2011-05-27T03:21:00.000+08:00

Updating at 3.05AM because I just finished my first F&B assignment, and realised that I have not update for more than a week! Time really passes quickly nowadays, especially since I have school and I have lots of projects to do now, both individual and group projects.

Wednesday was like my first 'monthsary' in school. I can hardly believe that I've been going to school for more than a month already, and have not repeated a single outfit! Hehe! Okay no but seriously, I've gone to school for a month already!! I still find it quite unbelievable because I still feel like it's only the first two weeks of school. I know I always talk about how time flies and stuff but really, if you think about it, it's really passing damn quickly!! Quite scary actually. Soon you'll find that you can't catch up with time anymore.

Anyway, the most recent events would be my HTMIG interviews. HTMIG is Hospitality & Tourism Management Interest Group, which is my course's interest group. It's a group run by students of HTM to organise events for other students. I applied to be a sub-commiteee and got shortlisted for the first round of interviews among the many applicants!~

The first round of interviews happened on Wednesday evening after school. I was really scared and nervous (like how people would normally feel) while I was in the holding room but during the actual interview itself, which was carried out in groups of threes, I was feeling so cold and was freezing in the interview room that I wasn't nervous anymore. Which was good actually. I rather feel cold but still be able to talk than be nervous and not say much. This first round of interviews went really well and at 2AM last night, I received an SMS from one of the main committee members that I've successfully gone to the second round of interviews~ And yes, I was still awake at 2AM because I was doing my F&B assignment... Sigh.

But anyway, the second round of interviews didn't go very well because all the main committee members interviewed me. It was like 10 vs 1. Especially since I was the first for the whole interview, I was feeling very nervous. I stuttered a lot, had to ask them to repeat their questions quite a few times and contradicted myself a lot. And this are like, all the things I shouldn't do during an interview even though it was just with my course seniors. I don't feel very confident for this one so I'm just going to leave everything to luck and hope I get in... :/

On a brighter note, my class celebrated Pamelia's birthday yesterday! Went to decorate cakes at Tampines with a few of my classmates before we went to school for the surprise we planned! Not everyone appeared, but I hope Pamelia was happy with what we've prepared..!

Time check: 3.20AM

I should sleep now if not I won't be able to wake up tomorrow for school.

Good night, folks~

♥

2011-05-18T23:06:00.000+08:00

I miss you all very much :(

Another week

2011-05-14T02:41:00.000+08:00

It's amazing how fast time flies. Another week has passed, and week 3 of school has already ended. But it still feels as though it's week 1. Can you believe it, it's been 3 weeks of school already? Because I really can't. I have already learnt 3 new topics for every subject that I'm taking now.

But as the weeks go by, homework is piling up. I've also started on both individual and group projects. I have been studying and revising every day too. Doing all this has drained out a lot of my energy and so now, I'm sick. Same old problem, throat is being a bitch. I told my mum to make sure I drink a cup of orange juice every morning when I recover so that I won't get all this shit again. I hate being sick.

Being sick means I can't go for Stumped'11 at Sentosa anymore. I am so sorry to my group members, because I really wanted to go for this. Spend time with my friends, get to know more people, explore Sentosa a little and visit the Tourism Academy at Sentosa before it gets demolished. I always have to fall sick at the wrong times. Urgh...

Time check: 2.38AM. I feel a headache and fever coming up. So I'm going to sleep and rest before all this gets worse. Goodnight!

All The Lovers

2011-05-07T19:22:00.000+08:00

Hi :)

Now, my life is just like how it was when I was in secondary school. Just that every day is different. But almost everyday, I start at 9am and end at 6pm. And have a long 3 hour break in between sometimes. Every tutorial/lecture is 2 hours. Actually 1 hour and 45 minutes so that we have time to get to our next class. I've started to become busier this week since I have to go for tutorials already. Also, I have more work to do, more things to study.

I was still in the ~holiday mood~ last week, but now I really feel like a student again.

-Goes back to my books-

Week 1

2011-04-30T00:00:00.001+08:00

Finally, week 1 of school is over! Spent this week getting used to the new timetable, new environment, new everything. I still get lost in school sometimes though. I made new friends, bonded with my classmates, and I've met most of my tutors/lecturers. This week I only had lectures, no tutorials except for Communication Skills 1 & APEL1.

Most of the things I've learnt this week, I've learnt before in secondary school during E Math and Core Geography. Now I'm quite glad that I didn't drop Core Geography in the end because it helps me quite a lot now. Especially the topic 'Tourism'. Wheehee! Too bad I didn't take F&N though, if not I would've taken the best subject combination for this course! But I would probably suffer even more when studying for O Levels. LOL.

Bought my new laptop yesterday - a Fujitsu. My oldest sister LOVES Fujitsu, and as compared to the one I wanted which was from HP, I realised there wasn't much difference and everyone told me Fujitsu is better than HP. So I just got the Fujitsu instead! It doesn't look very nice and I don't really like the design, but as long as it works well, I think I'm fine with it. I can always buy covers and stickers to decorate it anyway!

Now I'm more or less prepared for the REAL thing. Especially with my new laptop (hehe). Full timetable starts next week, which means I have to attend ALL tutorials & lectures, and make sure I've bought all my notes too...

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Good Friday

2011-04-23T18:46:00.001+08:00

Photos by Tessa & me.

Was supposed to meet Tessa for lunch at Ajisen, but we ended up staying in her house first because we were both too full to have a bowl of ramen. And even after we went to Ajisen and bought Koi, we still went back to her house so that we won't spend any more money. Watched Naruto Shippuden at her house! Usually at home, when I watch on my own, I only can watch 2-3 episodes in an hour. But when I watch with her, I can watch like 4 episodes in an hour. And I don't even know how that happened. LOL.

Went to town after that to meet up with my primary school friends to celebrate Yizhen's birthday! And we discovered this Rebecca Black app on Richard's iPhone which was freaking awesome. This app sort of plays lyrics to "Friday". Like you click on one button, it'll play a part of the song. Really funny because when we were waiting to be seated at this Indonesian restaurant, Kenneth clicked on one of the buttons which played "Which seat can I take" to the waitress. LOL. Walked around before Richard's dad fetched a few of us home.

Week 0 Orientation

2011-04-22T17:54:00.001+08:00

It's been a really crazy orientation! Had last than 6 hours of sleep for three consecutive nights. So Wednesday & Thursday was Week 0 Orientation for TP Business school and it was awesome and fun!! Business school started the latest, all the other schools started on Monday/Tuesday.

Okay so first, I met up with a few of my new course mates in the morning at Macs before I went to school for orientation. Talked with a few of them and got to know each other better and luckily, one of the girls who went too was my classmate! Met a few other course mates at the bus stop itself before we went to The Convention Centre for talks and stuff. We were introduced to all the lecturers and our GLs there and we learnt a few cheers too for the Olympiad and Temasek Regatta which would take place the next day. Basically, for Day 1 of orientation, we just did the usual stuff. Get to know class/course mates, learn cheers, learn mass dance, orientation activities/games.

On Thursday, I was so tired and sleepy and could barely walk properly to the bus stop. I realised that waiting and taking bus 15 to TP was the same as taking bus 21 to Damai. I had to wait damn long for the bus and also have to squeeze in the bus because it's really crowded. It was quite funny when I got on the bus because I saw a lot of people wearing the same yellow shirt, including me. The yellow shirt is actually the Business School shirt for this year. And one of those wearing the yellow shirt was actually Reuben, my primary school friend, but I was too sleepy to realise it and he didn't come up to say hi because I thought I wouldn't be able to recognise him. Haha! Yeah so the bus journey to TP sucked because it was so bumpy and so many people were in it.

Proceeded to the LT when I reached and we were introduced to our Care Person, who is also one of our lecturers. Got our timetables, student handbooks, iCools and other stuff too. The usual introduction and stuff.

All photos from Jennifer.

Then it was the TP Olympiad in the stadium and all HTM students had to sit on the floor, next to the tracks, under the hot sun. All our GLs were fanning us using cardboards and plates. And they said that HTM students sat there because we're the most "high" students in the Business School and was sorta in charge of cheers because we were the loudest among the other courses in Business School. Lol, quite funny actually because I didn't think we were that loud and high. Overall, Business School & Engineering School were 1st place for the whole thing.

After that, we walked to Bedok Reservoir for Temasek Regatta. Heard that Damai had Cross Country there in the morning before we went there. Bedok Reservoir sorta brought back some memories... Of me and a few of my friends walking throughout the whole thing during Cross Country when we were supposed to run (LOL). I didn't really bother to run because I know I wouldn't win anything. So anyway, by the time the races started, I lost all my energy and the weather was really hot, so I didn't bother to cheer anymore. Just sad there and watched the races, cheering competition, etc. And..... Business School won the overall champion for Week 0 Orientation Finale!!!!! For the 7th time!!!!! It was quite shocking when I heard that before this year, Business School won 6 consecutive times. And we won the 7th time this year. In our cheers, we were all screaming "7 times! 7 times! 7 times!" After they announced that we won, we screamed "8 times! 8 times! 8 times!", hoping that we'll win for the 8th time next year! TP BUSINESS FTW!

Met a few of my course mates after everything and we went for Jam & Hop 2011 together! It was at the sports complex, and would've been damn awesome if the place was air-conditioned, but no it wasn't. Had to stand in front of the fan and go out of the sports complex a few times just to get some air and wind. Bumped into Amelia there because all the Business school students were dancing in a circle and coincidentally, she was there too. Hahaha! Danced and jumped around for a while but I left early because it was really getting hot and all I wanted to do at that time was get a shower so I went home first.

Week 0 Orientation was really awesome, now I can't wait for school to start this coming Monday!! :D

The last

2011-04-19T21:33:00.000+08:00

Great song by an awesome group of singers! Can't wait for Glee Season 2 to show on TV because I'm too lazy to search for it online.

Tomorrow, I'm going to have my school orientation for two days, and I'll officially start school on the 25th which is next Monday. Which means that today, is the last day of my almost 6-month holiday. It's the longest holiday ever. I didn't go overseas though, stayed in this small country throughout. So basically, I spent my holiday going out with friends, meeting up with people that I haven't met for a very long time, slacking at home, going for piano lessons, studying music at home, practicing the piano, watching movies on the net and in the cinemas, took up a few jobs that didn't require me to work for a long time, fell sick, went shopping, what else? I think that's about it. What a way to 'enjoy' my holiday, but I think it's okay actually. I've had enough rest to last me another three years which will be filled with proposals, projects, presentations, excursions, internship, etc.

BRING IT ON!

Still

2011-04-18T15:43:00.001+08:00

Back to school

2011-04-13T23:26:00.001+08:00

Photos by Tessa & me.

Went back to the secondary school with Tessa today to collect our testimonials, yearbooks and her art coursework. Had a little chat with Mr Saiful as well, bought ~cheese tofu~, met a few teachers and also chat a little with the bookshop auntie. Mr Saiful's leaving and he said that a few would be leaving between this year and next year. I'm quite sure that this school will close down, since it was on fire twice and that just shows how much the students (and graduated students like us) hate the school and want to destroy it. So funny. In future if it really closes down and people ask "So what secondary school are you from?", the answer would be, "Oh it closed down already." LOL, nah I'm not exactly cursing the school or anything. But honestly, the state of the school isn't looking very good...

Collected our films that we've sent for developing after that. And I'm so freaking happy because almost all the photos I took in the three rolls came out!! Out of 108 photos I could take, 100 photos came out. ~~HAPPY~~ And the photos are not that bad!! Wheeeee, I've finally 'understood' my camera after almost a year. Yes, I know it's damn long but I'm a 'camera noob'... So yeah. Hehe.

It's been a long time

2011-04-11T19:33:00.001+08:00

Rain... So handsome!!

Anyway, it's really been quite a long time since I've updated... Not like anyone has realised that but yeah. I've been 'working' at my mum's office for two weeks and I had nothing to update about...

Went out yesterday because we had a mission! We planned our 'route' the night before and was ahead of schedule. We were done within 2 hours in Plaza Singapura. Went down to Bugis Street and it was the same... with better clothes. And I still tend to get lost in there because it's so cramped and there weren't any specific signs and stuff. Had MOF for our late lunch before we went to get our films developed. Got stuck in the retarded rain (as Tessa calls it) after we bought bubble tea, and our cab got stolen twice. But we got one in the end hehe.

My green nails!! I know it's ugly. I suck at painting nails. This was painted by my sister though. LOL.

And my denim floral skirt!! This is like the only skirt I have other than a denim grey skirt. I love it~

School has started for some of us. Next week is my Week 0 orientation week and I officially start school the week after next. I'm quite excited, but I'm not sure if I'm ready because I've been studying Math and Science and those kind of subjects all my life, and now I'm studying business-related stuff. Hopefully I'll be able to 'adapt' to those kind of lessons quickly and get good grades!!

For now, I shall just enjoy my holiday while I still can.

Doubt that'll happen though, with my parents nagging every day.

Bleah...

별별별 (☆★☆)

2011-04-02T22:56:00.000+08:00

Officially my favourite song by SNSD. I used to dislike them a lot, but now I like them after listening to their 'The 1st ASIA TOUR CONCERT Into The New World' album. I realised that they actually weren't that bad. They have a few good singers - Taeyeon, Jessica, Tiffany, Seohyun. Yoona is kinda useless because she doesn't have many parts in their songs. Like in this song, she only says the words at the beginning and doesn't sing at all (LOL). I don't like her. And I don't really find her that pretty...

So anyway, I recently fell sick AGAIN. Same old problem, throat infection. Second time in three weeks and I've been feeling like shit. The medicine is also driving me nuts, making me tremble and drowsy. Out of 24 hours in one day, I sleep for like 18 hours. LOL.

And I'm going back to sleep again, soon.

BYE.

Naruto!

2011-03-24T18:02:00.002+08:00

This is what I've been watching when I'm not out with my friends.

Naruto!!~

Tessa has been asking me to watch Naruto for a few years now and I've never really started watching it till this year. And the reason I've been refusing to watch was because I've always thought that Naruto was about a ninja hamster. I mixed up Naruto with Hamtaro, I think. LOL.

I still remember at the end of 2009, when I went to Tessa's house, we watched the first episode of Naruto together. Before I left her house, I told her I'm gonna go home and watch the rest at night. But I didn't watch until 2011. LOL. Took slightly more than a year for me to really start watching.

And now... I'm addicted to it.

Tessa was telling me a few Naruto jokes that she and the E2 guys used to talk about, and names that they called each other. That was when I regretted not starting Naruto earlier because it would've been so funny if I understood the joke at that time. But oh well...

So I started about two months ago, and I'm currently at the second season because I skipped all the fillers. Fillers are like episodes that are not important but still there because more time is needed for the manga to catch up with the show. And one of the fillers lasted from Ep 143 - 219 for Naruto. And the final episode of Naruto was 220. So I could start on Naruto Shippuden. Wheeee~ Now I'm only at Episode 12 of Naruto Shippuden because the damn player keeps jamming and stopping.

Last night while watching halfway, my web browser closed and I couldn't start it again. I tried other browsers but the same thing happened. ALL the web browsers I have - Safari, Mozilla & Chrome - didn't want to let me watch Naruto. ~Sigh~

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BACK TO NARUTO!

runawaytrain

2011-03-23T13:10:00.000+08:00

Things don't always work out as planned and in the midst of confusion, we often wonder how things could ever be right again. But life has a way of working out, sometimes better than we could ever imagine, surpassing all of our dreams and expectations.

My 17th Birthday

2011-03-18T23:33:00.001+08:00

The best day of my life so far: 17 March 2011.

My 17th Birthday.

A day that I really enjoyed myself.

And from that day onwards, I couldn't sing 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen' anymore because I've turned 17.

The day started out with a movie with Tessa at The Cathay. We watched Red Riding Hood and I must say, it was a really good show. Very worth it. Even though it wasn't entirely similar to the story we always hear when we were young, there were still some parts in the movie which was also in the story. Like there was one part where she said to her grandma: "Grandma what big eyes you have. What big ears you have. What big teeth you have." Something like that. Overall, I would rate the movie 9/10. One of the best movies I've ever watched and it's definitely worth it!

Went to Ion after that.

There was a surprise.

The night before, Adeline & Anita told me they couldn't make it on that day. THEY LIED. They wanted to surprise me. Which they succeeded in and I was never surprised like that before, so I was definitely... surprised. LOL. And was still surprised for the next one hour or so. They had balloons for me too, and I had to carry them all around! A few parents and kids asked me for a balloon or where I got them from! Haha! There were kids who walked past me and shouted 'balloon!!' too! Really funny! Then we had Din Tai Fung for dinner~

Sat down at Starbucks for about 2 hours and they had another surprise!! I officially love surprises. Only birthday surprises. After that we talked about anything and everything. About current life, about the secondary school days which we all missed so much.

Tessa's camera is so fucking clear omg.

Anyway, on the way home, we saw Mrs Jackie Chan in the MRT station and started talking. I didn't though, I was never taught by her so I didn't say anything. I was just trying to control the balloons that I managed to squeeze into the train even though it was crowded.

Thank you so much Tessa, Anita, Adeline, Minmin, Guanwen, Donovan & Shuyang! They were the ones who helped make my 17th birthday an enjoyable and memorable one. Thank you for the gifts, the surprises, everything! I really appreciated everything you guys did and really enjoyed the time I spent with you guys <3

Thank you, to everyone else who wished me on my birthday too! :)

Ribbons

2011-03-11T12:54:00.001+08:00

Woke up on Thursday morning with swollen tonsils. Went to the clinic and the doctor was like, "Oh my it is very swollen!" And as usual, got tonsillitis again. My sister asked me to remove my tonsils which I also want to, but once I think about possible risks and side effects, I don't even dare to think about it. My tonsils were so swollen that I could barely say a word the whole day, even up till now I can't talk much. I can't yawn too, without feeling any pain. Hate this feeling.

I just heard that Damai was on fire today. LOL. I am so glad that I left already. Many things changed after this batch graduated. Principal PMS-ed a lot, change of DM sorta made the school worse. The school isn't a normal secondary school anymore. It became a military school. I also heard that the school wants to try to shut down the mama shop near the school, which is quite ridiculous because the aunties and uncle won't be able to work and earn money. Probably one of their ways to 'build up the school's reputation'. Bleah! I think the school can't survive well without Mr Raj. He never taught me (only 'taught' once when he went through the SS prelim paper), but he was a good DM. When I was supposed to go for a 3-hour detention, he let me go within half an hour. But oh well... He left for another school.

It's been raining a lot recently. But usually at this time of the year, it doesn't rain because every year when I celebrate my birthday (I'm a March baby heh), it's hot and not raining. I thought the rainy season was supposed to be like from December to February? Hmmm. Maybe it's the effects of global warming. Screwing up all the weather & climate shit. LOL. That just reminds me of Geography. I didn't study that topic at all for O Levels last year and it came out for almost every question for Paper 1. Oh well, at least I still got a C6 which is a very big achievement for me because I rarely passed Geography in Sec 3 & 4, passed only once or twice.

But anyway, Tessa is finally coming back tonight! Wheeee!~

Number Six

2011-03-09T12:17:00.000+08:00

She's Number Six from the movie I Am Number Four. She is damn cool. She reminds me of Tsunade from Naruto.
The way they used Adele's Rolling In The Deep in this movie made me love the song even more. Now I feel like watching this movie again...

Double Decker

2011-03-07T23:22:00.000+08:00

Today was another busy day, running errands here and there. Went to collect my medical report, sat down with Kaori & Kenneth at Bedok Point to fill up the remaining forms.

Actually... Bedok Point has almost nothing, except food. You step in, you see food every where. When you go up the escalator, all you see is fast food restaurants and other food outlets. Only one corner of every level sells other stuff like phones, clothes, etc. Haven't been to the basement yet though, but I think there are other shops like manicure shops, since one of my friend works there. There's actually nothing much at Bedok Point, in my opinion. I'll only go there if I don't know what to eat or I got nothing to eat at home.

After that we went down to TP to submit our forms. Walked up the 'hill' even though it was very sunny but I guess I should start getting used to that. I think I'd rather walk up the 'hill' then climb up the stairs to the overhead bridge since the 'hill' is more convenient. Unless it's raining. Hmmm.

Went over to Parkway after that to meet Tessa & Anita!! Walked around Parkway as usual, bought food, bought drinks, etc. Bumped into Nicole while looking for a dustbin LOL. And she was telling me that life has been really boring ever since she started going to JC. Luckily I made the right choice not to go to a JC!

Tessa's going to Bintan tomorrow on her 'business trip' and I'm going to be all alone. In sunny island Singapore. Everyone has been/will be leaving me alone in Singapore. Mum went to Taiwan for a holiday but just came back a week ago, Dad is going to Taiwan tomorrow for a business trip, Tessa's going to Bintan tomorrow also for her camp, Dajie's going to Batam this Saturday for just a one-day holiday, and Erjie will be going to Hong Kong with her friends for a grad trip I think. Sigh, and I'll be all alone~ in Singapore~ Oh well. Hopefully I still can go China in June with my piano teacher and friends to perform and maybe stop over in Shanghai for shopping!!

Sigh. I can't seem to stop sighing. My mum has been nagging at me every single day to get a job.

"You've been slacking at home every day for 4 months already, go and get a job."
"Aren't you sick and tired of staring at the computer at home everyday? Go and get a job!"
"Some of my friends' children still go out and look for jobs even though they come from a rich family. They even become a waitress even though they don't have to. They just want to gain exposure. GO AND GET A JOB!"
"Don't ask me if you can go out until you get a job."

This is what I've been hearing every day since she came back from overseas and I'm sick of hearing this. Every sentence ends with a 'get a job.' Wtf man...

Okay even though I'm not allowed to go out until I get a job, I think I'm still gonna go out this week. LOL. Bleah. Goodnight.

Good Friday

2011-03-04T23:25:00.000+08:00

Finally got the chance to go out the whole day with Tessa since she's been busy at school! It's been a great day. Went to many places, mainly town. Watched a good movie, I Am Number Four. Had an awesome dinner, Din Tai Fung. Xiaolongbaos!!~ It's been a long time since we've spent so much time together. We were out for like almost the whole day. Now that we both have holidays, and all the JC students are gonna have holiday too, we can all meet again soon~

Guess what arrived in the letterbox today...

2011-02-28T17:39:00.000+08:00

My TP enrolment package!! It has finally arrived!! Been waiting for it. Opened the package but all the forms and everything seem really complicated. I don't exactly know what to do but it came with a booklet, which is an Enrolment Guide so I'm just gonna go through that first before I do anything! Whee~

2011-02-24T18:20:00.000+08:00

And if the moon had to runaway

And all the stars didn't wanna play

Don't waste the sun on a rainy day

The wind will soon blow it all away

IU - 나만 몰랐던 이야기

2011-02-21T10:46:00.000+08:00

Coagulation.

2011-02-18T23:37:00.000+08:00

One week of work is over.

I got used to waking up at about 7.45AM-8AM every morning, and sleeping earlier than usual at night.

I tore paper, removed staples, scanned the paper, fix the jammed machine, tagged profiles. Every single day from Monday to Friday.

I was a receptionist too. Chopping and signing on receipts, calling staff to come out when someone is in the office to find them, check the schedule for the day (like meetings and all that), blah blah blah.

People in the office gossiped... But I guess that's normal in offices..? They are too bored and they got nothing to do other than their boring job, so they gossip about other people. Bleah. I'm not gonna elaborate about what they exactly did, but they behave worse than teenagers. Adults acting more immature than teenagers... Hmmm...

There are very friendly staff though. Like those who actually bother about temp workers. They smile at us, even come out to chat for a few minutes, they also help out a lot when the lousy scanning machine jams. And they let me read Naruto comics with them. LOL. Just joking. One guy was reading it on his computer and I just read... But he didn't know that I was reading it too LOL.

I ate at the office building's cafeteria for four days. The food there is very expensive. I think I spent what I earned at the cafeteria. But today I went out of the building for lunch. I was very unfamiliar with that area. There was the Eminent Plaza or something (I have never heard of that building before), and Bendemeer market but I went to the nearer one which was Eminent Plaza. Not knowing what's in there, I walked in with my cousin who was working with me. We stepped in, looked around, it was really dark and the shop signs were quite suspicious. It was all bars, clubs, 'entertainment companies', all that. And my cousin said, "... This place looks very indecent and it's making me very uncomfortable." (LOL) So we immediately got out. It was a very creepy place. Went to some hawker centre and ate the worst bah chor mee in my whole life. Continued tearing papers and removing staples when we got back.

And then...

...

I resigned.

My cousin too.

LOL.

Because the pay was seriously fucking low.

Oh well.

I hope I can continue sleeping early and waking up early though.

I'm a free bird now.

Wheeeee~

But I might look for another job. Still thinking about it. Or maybe just go with my original plan, slack at home and enjoy my remaining holiday while I can...

One more weekend... Before I start working

2011-02-13T22:47:00.001+08:00

Yesterday, I went to my piano teacher's house for 'reunion dinner'. Met up with old friends like Qingying, Weilin, Eugenia and Jolin. Haven't met them for almost half a year. We just sat around and talked with my piano teacher about things like nail polish (even though we aren't exactly allowed to apply), what school we're going to, what are we working as, and other random stuff. We also lou hei-ed. But I only like eating the crackers... I think most of us love the crackers. After that, we played Blackjack. With money. I've never done that before. I don't even know the 'rules' until last night when I played with them. I did have beginner's luck at first, but started losing in the end... In the end, I didn't win nor loss any money. LOL.

Today. Was. AWESOME. Even though the weather was really hot and my body was going crazy. I body temperature could feel hot at one time, and in the next minute I would be extremely cold. Something's wrong with me. I think. Anyway, we shopped in town. I didn't buy much though. We sat down at Hong Kong Cafe and started spamming instax photos.

This was one of the best weekends I've ever had and I really enjoyed it with my friends ♥

#chananaday ♥

2011-02-11T21:02:00.002+08:00

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Another week has passed. Chinese New Year was a week ago. Time is really passing very quickly!!

Mom applied a job for me at my relative's. And my job is to scan hard copies into the computer. Something like that. I'm not looking forward to it though. Can't imagine how boring it's gonna be! :( Sigh. And I thought I could enjoy the rest of the holiday before school starts because I wouldn't be able to enjoy any holiday after that. Now, I can only enjoy the weekend before I start working. 2 months of holiday became 2 days. Think I'll quit after I've earned enough...

Luckily this weekend (before I start working) is filled with events! Gonna have a mini-gathering with my piano teacher and a few friends after my piano lesson tomorrow, and I'm going visiting with friends on Sunday! Excited!~

人日

2011-02-09T18:05:00.001+08:00

人日 (renri), which is Human Day, is everybody's birthday. It falls on the 7th day of 正月, the first month in the Lunar Calendar. I don't know much about it though. I only heard form my grandma that in the past, when the people don't know the exact dates of their birthdays, all of them celebrate their birthday together on this day.

So, Happy Birthday everyone! Hahaha.

Chinese New Year 2011

2011-02-05T19:35:00.008+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE~~~

I was excited about Chinese New Year before it came, but now it's really boring. I used to love Chinese New Year because I could meet all my relatives again, but this year I don't really look forward to that anymore. I only look forward to the CNY goodies and receiving red packets. Visiting with the family is the same every year, going to the same six places again. As the years go by, all we want is for 6.30pm on the first day of CNY to come faster, because by the time we'll all be home resting already.

Day 2 was boring. Really, really boring. I was so bored that I went to meet Takahiro at Parkway for ice-cream because we were all bored. Almost all shops at Parkway were closed except for Borders, Cold Storage, OSIM and some other shops upstairs. Koi was open though. In the end we just walked around Marine Parade. Blahhhhh.

Today was alright. At least the visitors weren't old people who didn't even know that I exist... Yeah. My dad's students came and at least I could still speak to them and I didn't have to answer the same old questions that were usually asked. And yes, it was still a little bored. Played taiti and Blackjack with my sisters because we were bored waiting for lunch. Went to Tessa's house for a while after that!

All the CNY goodies and other food like my Mum's curry is giving me a really bad sore throat... ZZZ.

Once again, 新年快乐，恭喜发财！!

Don't go home

2011-02-02T22:00:00.002+08:00

It's February already! Time flies...

Went to meet Tessa, Adeline, Jon, Chey, Donovan and Derrick today at Tampines for lunch. And I was still like half asleep when I met Tessa & Adeline. Had Popeye's for lunch and then we went to Starbucks to continue chatting. But we all left early because of reunion dinner. As usual, I had steamboat for reunion dinner at home with the family. Even though we're always having steamboat, it feels different every year for some reason. I don't know.

So anyway, Happy Chinese New Year Eve~~~

Here's my "red packet" to you:

♥Wooyoung♥ swimming in the snow :D

Is he cute or what!!

Rainy Days

2011-01-29T21:37:00.003+08:00

Tessa was telling me about her listening to this song on the way home from school when it was raining and yes, it really fits the whole 'atmosphere'. The sound of raindrops and all that. Plus Kim Junsu is featured in this song... Teehee!

It has been raining for the whole week. I love it, but I hate it too. I only like it when I'm home because it's really comfortable and so cooling. I hate it when it rains when I'm out. Even an umbrella would be useless because I would still be drenched.

I cleaned up my area and threw away things I've kept since primary school which was like, 5 years ago? Threw away many useless things, arranged my table, sort out stuff, put all the things I want to give to the salvation army in a separate bag, and also found some hidden treasures. But... I'm still not done yet. Kept too much rubbish.

I found a book that I used to bring every day for silent reading in primary school because the story book is in English and Chinese. I hated it when I had to find a Chinese/English book to bring every alternate days and this book saved all the trouble. But soon my DM found out and she confiscated my book... forever. I found another book that was in English and Chinese but it got confiscated too. So I had no choice but to find new story books to bring everyday. Bleah.

I went to work on Friday. After slacking at home for almost three months. I gave out flyers for 3 hours and earned some money. It wasn't much, but whatever. I got money even though I only had to work for 3 hours. But doing this job made me realise how unfriendly Singaporeans are and how tiring it is to smile non-stop, and also see all kinds of people. Angmohs are more friendly because at least they smile and say 'no thank you' when you wanna give them a flyer, which very few Singaporeans would do. Most Singaporeans ignore. But I got to admit, I don't smile when this happens to me, which makes me one of the unfriendly Singaporeans. I only say 'no thanks' sometimes. SO FROM NOW ONWARDS, I'm going to be a nice Singaporean. Smile and say 'no thank you', or take the flyer :)

I am watching Naruto.

BYE.

Kkab Kwon

2011-01-26T16:06:00.008+08:00

Jo Kwon from 2AM. Can sing well, act well, and also dance quite well... ♥

TODAY. Release of the posting results. My family woke me up and forced me to check my phone to see if I have received the SMS.

MOE: LIM QIAN YING, you are posted to TEMASEK POLY, HOSPITALITY & TOURISM MANAGEMENT (T08) under 2011 JAE.

When I first read it, I didn't feel excited or anything because I wanted to sleep. I only felt excited when I told this news to my neighbour who used to tutor me in primary school. Finally, after like three attempts, I got accepted into the course.

MOE is really funny. Stcom reported that it'll be released at 8am. I received the message 6.36am. A few of my friends also received around that time, and they said that this was like an alarm for them because they didn't expected the message to be sent so early.

My family 'celebrated' for me while I was sleeping. My sister brought my phone around the house and showed the message to my parents and I think my grandma too. (My grandma doesn't know how to read English).

Then Tessa woke me up. For the first time ever because usually I'm the one who wakes her up. Hahahahaha! I took the one-hour bus ride with her to NP and saw many unfamiliar places on the way. Like Macpherson area. And I didn't know that Singapore had such cool road names like King's Road, Queen's Road, Duchess Road, Princess of Wales Road, University Road, etc. I should go out and explore Singapore one day. I was born and raised in this country but I still don't know many places...

So we got there and it was raining. I could easily pass off as a student and no one would know that I'm not an NP student since poly students didn't have to wear uniforms. Tessa brought me around the school which was huge and quite hilly. Met her friends and had lunch with them at this alumni house thing? Yeah. Then I left because they had to go for their classes, and took the one-hour bus ride back home. It was quite fun actually, going into a school and acting like you're a student there!

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I CAN'T WAIT FOR CNY.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Neon

2011-01-25T23:31:00.005+08:00

Happy Birthday Junho!~ #hobuttday

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I changed my blog link to sugarysensation without the letter 's'. I originally 'owned' sugarysensation, but because I deleted that blog, it was unavailable for a while so I changed it to sugarysensations. Now it's back to sugarysensation! Yayyyyy!

And yesterday... I went to cut my hair. I'm very unhappy because I only told them lady to cut off about 2 inches but she ended up snipping off almost 4 inches of my hair after thinning it. Sigh... I'm sad. I took like 8 months to grow till this length and now I got to wait for another 8 months. Or longer :(

Okay anyway.

Went to meet a few of my primary school friends today at Parkway! It was fun catching up with everyone and trying to remember the rest of our classmates. Then they started to make up a few names like Samantha and Walter Boo who wasn't even in our class. We sat at Swensens and talked for a few hours, then Yang Wei & Cedric went to do the New York New York challenge thing. I didn't watch them eat throughout, but I think they failed because they looked like they were gonna puke. A few Caucasians watched for a while but left after a few minutes, saying 'No chance...' at the same time (LOL). Went for dinner with Kaori & Takahiro in town after that.

JAE & JPSAE posting results will be released tomorrow morning! Hope you'll get into the course you want! :)

New Deep

2011-01-22T23:35:00.003+08:00

I love Gossip Girl. Especially Serena & Blair who are damn pretty, and Nate Archibald who is forever handsome and kills me with his lovely blue eyes. One day I should rewatch Gossip Girl. I stopped watching after Season 3.

So anyway, today was fun! Met Tessa after my piano lesson and the lazy us decided to just stay in her house, sit by a pool and have a mini picnic with some of the food we bought from Cold Storage. Then we did random stuff and talked about many things. Have a great weekend!

Speak slow

2011-01-17T13:31:00.003+08:00

Last Friday, I got a call from TP's Hospitality & Tourism Management Department to go down for an interview and I just came back home not too long ago. It was a group interview, and it went well but I was so excited that I couldn't speak smoothly and sounded like I was nervous. The questions they asked weren't really related to the course itself. Basically, they asked for a self-introduction, why we want to study this course, and which sector of the hospitality & tourism industry are we most familiar with. First interview in my whole life and it went well, so hopefully my next interviews would be great too. Now I'll just wait for other schools to contact me and wait for 26 January 2011 to come!

♥

2011-01-15T11:48:00.005+08:00

생일축하합니다, 준수오빠 ♥

TVXQ - 왜 (Keep Your Head Down)

2011-01-14T18:17:00.003+08:00

Results

2011-01-10T18:26:00.003+08:00

I am so fucking happy about my results. It isn't that fantastic, but I'm really satisfied with it. It's a lot better than I expected! Plus I'm eligible for all the courses I want to go too and this makes everything better :) So now I just have to fill up the 12 choices by Friday, then wait for the posting result which will be by SMS! Today was one of the best days of my life, hope it's the same for everyone else too! :)

First two adventures of 2011

2011-01-07T20:16:00.016+08:00

Photos by Tessa & me.

Walked around and took photos here & there with Tessa using my Eximus and her Holga yesterday, and went to get our films developed. Met Anita after that. It was raining and it sucked because we couldn't do much which was quite frustrating. We ended up in Clarke Quay to walk around and spam some photos. Then we headed down to Somerset for some ice cream and more photos.
Today started out with TP Open House with Anita, then we went to collect our films with Tessa and sat down at Burger King to look at our films. The result of the 3 rolls I developed were quite alright, at least it was better than my first few rolls. Probably after the next few normal rolls and when I am able to take nice photos, I'll start trying slide films...
For now, I'm gonna go out and play as much as I want and enjoy myself before my doomsday - the release of results which is on Monday. I am scared, nervous and a little excited. But anyway, good luck to everyone!!

The Hours

2011-01-03T10:55:00.002+08:00

Hello 2011

2011-01-01T00:01:00.000+08:00

#10 - End of 2010

2010-12-31T11:35:00.004+08:00

Last -

2010-12-27T16:40:00.007+08:00

Saturday, 25 December 2010.

Photo from Tumblr.

The last Saturday of 2010. Which is Christmas too. Celebrated Christmas at Tessa's house! My family doesn't celebrate Christmas anyway, so yeah. It was great. I think it's the best Christmas I've ever had!

Sunday, 26 December 2010.

The last Sunday of 2010. Woke up early in the morning to have breakfast at the hawker centre opposite my house with my father and my sisters. We used to have breakfast every Sunday morning in the past, but this year I don't go as much because my mother wants me to rests more since it's the O Level year. But now that it's over. So yeah. Every Sunday it's the same, early morning breakfast, visit my Grandma, dinner at home, pack my stuff (Yes I pack my stuff very often but it's still as messy).

Monday, 27 December 2010.

Photo from Tumblr.

The last Monday of 2010. #okcatday. Another day at home. Wake up, wash up, use the laptop, surf the net, play Facebook games, watch videos, eat, bathe, sleep. That's what I do on days that I don't go out. I thought I would get a job, but nah. I applied for a few but none got back to me. Just like how I didn't get any calls or emails for the DPA thing.

I know... My life is boring... Which is why I don't update much...

In future, I'll make sure that I'll have fun on every day of the last week of the year.

Hunters

2010-12-13T20:58:00.006+08:00

Today is the day... I cut my nails. Because my piano lessons resume this week. Now I know how girls with long nails feel like when they have to cut them off. I've always kept my nails short because of piano. Until I stopped for O Levels and decided to keep them long for prom. Now that I've removed my nail polish and cut my nails, my fingers feel... naked. Anyway, went out for a while with Tessa & Anita today. We bought Koi and walked around to see if any shops were hiring and shopped a little too. Then we went crazy... Till now.

Voyage de la Vie

2010-12-11T23:28:00.004+08:00

Went to watch Voyage de la Vie at Sentosa yesterday with my family. Stunts by the acrobats and others were amazing. The way they opened the whole show was great too because it's definitely something you don't see in the opening act for almost every concert or performance.

Class BBQ

2010-12-09T14:30:00.004+08:00

Went for my class BBQ yesterday at Kunze's condo. It rained for a while so we were like, 'BBQ in the rain... Right...' But it stopped by the time everyone came and started eating so we were lucky! The next time we gather again would be the release of O Level results... Zzz.

Tangled

2010-12-07T23:16:00.004+08:00

Went to Marina Square with Tessa, Anita, Jon, Darren, Shuyang and Chey to watch Tangled. A day after prom. I was actually still not fully recharged from the weekend (because of MULA) and prom. But anyway, Tangled is officially my favourite Disney movie! Then after Jon left, we had MOF for dinner. Everyone should watch Tangled!

Damai Prom Nite 2010

2010-12-06T11:59:00.002+08:00

Prom Nite 2010 @ Furama City Centre. A night I'll definitely remember. Everyone looked great in their suits and dresses and others. Didn't eat much though... Spent the night talking and taking pictures. And we ended the great night by getting stuck in the lift. We exceeded the weight limit. It was a scary but funny experience, we even took photos in there hahaha.
Ahh... I'm going to miss everyone!

Mnet Ultimate Live in Asia (MULA)

2010-12-04T23:50:00.012+08:00

Went over to Tessa's house to stay over on Friday night since we were leaving at 4am the next day to queue for MULA. Tessa didn't sleep. I slept for a few minutes. We went out to buy food at like 2am, and did random stuff till we had to leave. We went off to Marina Bay Sands (MBS) at 4am. By the time we were there, there were already quite a lot of people. The queueing system and security and all the other shit sucked. People just tried to squeeze through the sliding doors and ended up breaking the doors. Tessa, Anita & Adeline got the yellow tags, Tessa's sister & I & the rest didn't get any tags. So we went home, slept for awhile, and went back to MBS to queue in the afternoon. Didn't make much of a difference because we had a great view too.

So...

MBLAQ & Miss A were great! All of MBLAQ's solo performances were hot. Especially Lee Joon's solo contemporary dance. Finally got to see it live! And G.O.. OMG -faints- Fei is a real goddess. Really pretty and sexy. Jia & Min too.

Then it was 2AM. I can't not smile when Jinwoon smiles. Seulong was so charming... Changmin & Jo Kwon's singing were great. The last song, "Number 1", was the best. I screamed when Jo Kwon started going crazy, dancing to SNSD's Hoot, BEG's Abracadabra, being kkab and all.

Beast was the fourth. The only people I paid attention to was Dongwoon, Doojoon & Junhyung but most of the time I was going crazy over Dongwoon because he's so freaking handsome!! And Yoseob's I DA NAAAA~ during Soom (LOL).

And finally, it was 2PM. Screamed my ass off when they were appeared. Too bad I didn't get to see much of Chansung since he didn't really come to the area where I was.. But Junsu was right in front of where I was. Omg I still can't believe I saw them... I think MULA was sorta like 2PM's concert with 4 opening acts. But nvm. THEY WERE FUCKING HOT & SEXY.

MULA was so fucking awesome so I guess all the pushing and squeezing was worth it? But I think this will be the last Kpop event I'll ever attend.. I don't think I can take another round of those pushing and squeezing..

Hello

2010-12-01T22:05:00.008+08:00

HI. It's 1/12/2010. Start of a new month. Last month of this sucky year which was almost like hell thanks to O Levels. Wait... What is O Levels? (LOL)

Anyway, went to town today with Tessa & Anita today. Going out with them makes me miss our Sec 2 days... When it was so fun... And we were 2 years younger...