Big day ahead

Woke up this morning just to go for one hour of school. Beats me why I actually went at all, but I guess I can't risk anything happening to my attendance no?

Then when I came back I crashed til 1 plus pm and had my lunch.

But anyway, back to subject of going down to the pub. Me and my sis, well actually, my sis gave me suggestions on what to wear, colour coordination etc .. and we took an hour with me trying out my clothes, her clothes until she was satisfied. And she wanted me to tie my hair. All this at 12.30am. I'm pleased with the end result .. will take pics if I can tonight ^^

P.S: I think I can hire her as my fashion consultant. Hoho.

P.S.S: I need to do more sit ups. She says I've more baby fats on my tummy than her =x Wahhh

Econs meeting was .. efficient ^^

Actually, I think I did pretty well on that Thurs morning. Except silly me turned up on time, then had to wait for 20 mins for one of my members to arrive. Went to school lab, I got my ITTPJ part done then went to library to find them .. we discussed, allocated .. and by 1 plus pm we were done ^^

Have yet to do my part but it shouldn't take long

Oh yeah, and I'm going to Lunar @ Clarke Quay tomorrow for my faction outing. So excited :D
Gonna be drinking and have a count down ^^ Hope they don't order too expensive stuff =x

P.S: Anyone can advice me on what to wear? Tks.

phew, its been a while since I last updated my blog lols

pigging it out at home .. got my main to vet, my babies to lvl 30 plus .. met up for projects .. uh, 1 more meeting for Econs this Thurs, meanwhile on Wed my Mum's going KL with my grandma and uncle .. Saturday there's a sec sch BBQ at East Cost Park but not sure if I wanna go

Xmas is commercialized as usual .. our inflation rates hit 4.5% o_0 .. uh, GE-wise I got some stalkers =x .. and to sum up, enjoy these vids

Updates

I ended up going down to KKH myself, since my mum thought I was enough to help her with stuff. Sitting around and waiting for the head doctor to come by and declare my sis discharged was what we did for most part of the afternoon. I swear I was super drowsy when finally at 5pm the doc came by, then my mum settled some admin stuff and we went home in a cab. And the air-conditioner in KKH is soooo cold.

Nothing much to talk about, 'cept my sis vomited again when she reached home. I do think there's some sort of virus that caused my sis to have the runs (she went in and out of the toilet 7 times while in KKH), not the medicine that they gave her to help loosen her bowels. In any case, she's fallen asleep and declined dinner, but we're still gonna be observing her .. and yeah, a diet change is in store for her.

Meanwhile VStudio corrupted my desktop. My bro says he can't get to the desktop at all, so I had to uninstall it in safe mode. *grumbles* Which means I'm gonna have to do all my VStudio related stuff in sch. Bah humbug ..

Tomorrow we're going down to the temple in Toa Payoh to pray for my sis's safe return from hospital .. I figure its half a day gone. Just as well, once I come back GE *should* be up. I hope.

6.40pm last night saw me and my dad leaving the house, since he didn't want to take his dinner first. Which was as well, because by the time we reached Novena, took bus 56 for 2 stops and then walked a ways up the road and reached the Children Tower of KKH, it was already 8pm. Which was the time their official visiting hours ended =x

When we went in the ward, and saw my sis sleeping .. it really hurts to see her being the one lying there. Then my mum filled us in on the day's events, basically they found out after x-ray that she had fiscal matter floating around, uncleared. So she's warded for further observation.

Patients there are really .. pampered. Every 2 hours, the nurses will come in with a check-list of food you can order for breakfast/lunch/tea/dinner/supper, and then bring it in to you after noting down what you ate. Bells are located conveniently so you can call the nurses when you need to. Guess what my sis ordered? Fish fingers. And she's getting chicken chop for lunch today. o_0 Then somewhere along the way she woke up, and then we all had a nice long chat .. although she was most concerned about her handphone. I think she was starting to get bored to death there. According to my mum 3 friends rang her up so she narrated her story thrice in full detail to the 3 of them lols

And since my sis was warded, the only meals my mum had were the bread they served as snacks .. so by the time we went there, it was the 8th piece. I think my mum can slim down if this keeps up for another day XD. My sis showed me a plaster on her left hand, saying it was there because when they tried to poke into her veins they couldn't find any blood (after causing a few holes). Then they inserted one long, eeky needle into her right vein which she says hurts like nuts. And she told me when she first arrived at the hospital, her blood pressure was 46, when sitting/standing up it was only 80 plus, but when lying down it was 100 plus which was considered normal. o_0

When I handed her the dino soft-toy I brought from home so she wouldn't be lonely, she grinned. Maybe it was a childish gesture on my part but ah well. Later at 12.30pm me and my lil bro are gonna meet my grandma at Yishun so we can all go down to visit, then I'll take over my mum while she goes home for a nap, and come back with my dad. Mum just called to say my sis's tests results were good, so she might be discharged early and we might not need to visit. We'll see how things go.

1.30pm.

Her x ray results are out - fishbone's been cleared. She's just seen the ENT doctor (for throat) and they're feeding her through a drip. Meanwhile she's lying in bed sleeping because she'll feel giddy whenever she stands/sits up.

Change of plans - we're all going down to visit her, but after dinner. And maybe I'll have to take over my mum for "watch duty" from night til morning.

Prepared myself for no internet =x

Hopefully she'll only be in the B1 ward for 2 days, and then come home. But now we're waiting for other test results to come in.

Told her bf about it. He's really a nice, sweet guy, what with all the caring smses. Heck I'm jealous lol. But then I thought he should be informed since my mum isn't letting my sis touch her handphone at all =x Haven't had the chance to tell my sis Aaron knows already .. haiz.

I've promised him to update whenever possible.

P.S: Someone tell me I'm dreaming pls.

P.S.S: GE will undergo 2.5 days of maintainence for the new 2.4 patch til Thurs 12pm. Hooray.

9.45am.

Mum just smsed me to say my sis has been warded, but she's having a fever now and her blood pressure is low, and they're going for her x-ray.

I can visit her after lunch. My brother's gonna stay at home with the maid.

By the powers that be, I hope they watch over my sis.

I don't want to think of what will happen if anything goes wrong.

Is this for real?

6.40 am, and I'm woken by sounds coming from the living room. Nothing unusual, but when I go outside, my sister is lying on the sofa, face grey. When I try to talk to her she can barely make a peep. Then my mum says something about the hospital and dials 995, then gives the address for an ambulance to come asap.

Still disoriented, I ask my maid what's going on. She said "(Hui)Yuan shake on floor, ming". Convulsions I think. Then I recall that last night my sis told me about the fishbone she swallowed, and how she still felt chest pains after vomiting a bit. Mum comes over and gets me to get my sis's stuff and to get changed - she wants me to accompany her to hospital.

Then the SCDF people arrive, take my sis's blood pressure and stuff, then after asking a few qns about my sister's medical history, about what happened, they said everything's fine but if my mum wants, they can take her to hospital for check-up. Then she decided on KK Hospital, but the SCDF people tell us that only one can accompany my sis on the ambulance. So I'm left to watch them as they strap my sis in a chair and wheel her out of the house, followed by my mum.

Its only 5 mins after they leave, that it hits me: my sis, strapped to a chair, is en route to hospital for a check-up. Of course I don't want this to be real but it's happening. This is an early morning nightmare for me. Crap for all things to happen.

So here I sit in the study room, blogging with an upset stomach. Forgot I hadn't had breakfast =x I hope nothing big happens to my sis. Will be posting updates when I get them.

More muses

Here's another article I wanna share with you guys, for those of you who go clubbing and drinking:

Drink and Drive?

also culled from YOUTHink, from the Straits Times today. As usual, I can't get it online so I have to type it out myself.

On another note, VStudio is making my desktop crash like nobody's business. If I install it on my laptop .. that means sayonara GE. =x Gonna try to get it working rawr

Hady Mirza got crowned Asian Idol wooot! For people who think SG Idol have no future, his win is super in-your-face! Woooot go Hady ^^

Movie outing

Been a while since the last time I caught a movie. Met up with Gerald to pass him the cd on Wed, then yesterday me, Ximen, Juz and Tunes went to watch the 8.55pm showing for Warlords At Golden Village @ Jurong Point.

The minute the movie started, there was nary a dull moment. Each scene was action packed, and the music was good, but some parts reminded me of POTC. Plot wise .. I liked it. Takeshi was useless, Andy Lau rocked. Won't say more about the movie .. 6/5 stars ^^

Go see! You're nuts to miss it.

WOOOOT ITS FIXED ^^

My cd-rom drive's back in business!!! Woot!!

Luke passed me the disc for the client today .. and then I went home to try to fix the problem myself after dinner .. all it took was a 3 mins search on yahoo for the solution T_T And to think I suffered a missing disk drive for 1 month ..

This is what I did (even my drive and icon were missing)

1. Click Start, then Run, then enter REGEDIT to open the Registry Editor
2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/Class entry
3. Under the Class entry, double click on {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
4. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the UpperFilters entry
5. Make sure the UpperFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
6. In the right-hand pane, click ONCE to select the LowerFilters entry
7. Make sure the LowerFilters entry is highlighted, press Delete, then Yes.
8. Close the Registry Editor by clicking File, Exit

*I feel like a goondoo kiwi bird for my stupidity*

Anyway, installing GE now. Ahhh I'm so happy :D

Articles for thought

2 articles today in Lifestyle, Sunday Times caught my eye. One was this article from the New York Times which was featured

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/fashion/06push.html

and the other is 'Hanging on for dear life' by Margo McCutcheon, a Canadian writer and teacher based in Kuala Lumpur. Which I'm going to type in its entirety coz I can't find it online. I don't own the copyrights, so don't sue me!!

Read them first, elsewise you won't know I'm talking about.

For the first article - do women really need shiny baubles, bling and acessories as such as their reward for carrying the baby, then delivering? I can't speak for the majority, but surely most of us women would consider the baby sufficient reward. What's more wonderful than bringing a new life into the world, knowing you were a part of it? Maybe for some, they think that "Since I've endured 9 months of *insert whatever woeful word you want*, I should at least get some reward as recognition and gratitude.

For me, since I'm not the materialistic type, I wouldn't be asking or even hinting my hubby to get something nice for me - I don't need it. As long as the baby is healthy, I couldn't be bothered if i don't get diamond earrings/rings etc .. emotional support is good enough. More importantly, he shows he cares by being there, waiting outside the delivery room. Imagine this scenario:

Doctor, nurses: Push!!
Woman: *screams in pain, baby comes wailing out*
Doctor: Grats, you've got a healthy boy/girl!
Husband: *rushes in and thrusts a pair of diamond earrings at his wife* Honey, look what I got for you - isn't it lovely?
Wife: *disheveled, tired and clearly in no state to respond* *bish*

As for the second - the article speaks for itself. I certainly don't care if I don't live in a condo, don't own the latest car, don't have the cushiest job possible just for the sake of being "in" with the rich/trendy snobs around. Who cares? I'd rather be off somewhere in rural areas doing volunteering work than being stuck in an office, meeting deadlines and answering to my boss, earning a high salary and living the high life.

There's something rewarding about volunteer work - despite the fact that yes, you're working with handicapped children and yes, you're not paid for it. But that warm fuzzy feeling you get when that child you're assigned to smiles at having done something correctly, like brushing his teeth in the right direction after several failed tries overrides all else.

So even if I can't get into a university, have a degree and a high-paying job, I know I'll be happy doing what I love most.

This is what happened:

Taken from sGE forums in Gen Disc

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2.4 Manual Patch - get your download today!)

4. I have an archive named 80000(.zip) and 132 other files with the same name in my game directory, what do I do now?

Ans: NOTHING. You have successfully installed the patch to the proper location, it is now waiting for the servers to be updated at which point those files will be patched into the client. Do not extract the archive or modify it in any way or you will corrupt your client and be forced to completely reinstall.

See the part in bold? that's what happened to me. Poor innocent people who weren't told at the beginning to NOT unzip that blasted file kena GE client CORRUPTED. They only posted this warning yesterday. Knn.

Monday is still very far away. I'm aching to play .. and wanting very much to strangle IAH. Gonna go back forums and continue to blast IAH~

Muses for today

1) Potato wedges are good for stand-up lunches, especially when walking to IB tutorials. Grabbing a bite before class means no rumbling stomach when CRM ends.

2) Rainy days = freezing days. 80% chance of turning into snowpeople.

3) Seng is intimidating when he sits beside you and launches into grandfather story.

4) When gamers meet, all they can talk about .. is games, games and more games. As was the case when I went down to Woodlands to meet Luke today, a fellow GE player from Cervantes server. I'd posted in forums that I had successfully downloaded the 2.4 patch for the Bahia islands. So he pm-ed me asking if we could meet so I could pass to him. But, when transferring the 659mb file to his laptop .. everything hanged. Thrice. After 20 mins of trying, we gave up and then I accompanied him to Comics Connection at Causeway so he could reserve 2 'My Bellem Boxes' package for him and his friend.

Had trouble these days trying to re-install GE, because I downloaded some file which corrupted my game client =( So, I asked him if he could spare me the current 2.1.18 version client cd, and he said ok.

Problem was, my disk drive's driver was missing = cannot read any cds. But, he had an external hardrive. So we arranged to meet again on Monday where he would help me setup GE on my laptop. Whoopeedo ^_^

Meanwhile, I'll be catching up on work and waiting for blessed Monday to play GE again ^^

5 roasted duckies ..

Saturday, 11am saw me and Saihah waiting for the rest of the girls at AMK station. When they all arrived 35 mins later, we headed to AMK Hub's NTUC to buy snacks:

Then it was off to the interchange to take bus 13 for an hour long ride to East Coast Park. When we got down I had a helluva headache from all the jerky motions. Uggh. Then, having found a nice spot under a tree, we 5 girls squeezed together on the mat and took our time polishing off the snacks while enjoying the view. Saw quite a lot of people roller blading and cycling, sans dogs.
A while later Faizah and Clara went to try their hand at rollerblading .. lols, we had plenty of laughs while they were getting used to it. Got hungry, so we ordered the Atlantic (see left pic) and the Singapura Supreme pizza (on right) from Canadian Pizza:



























5 plus pm, the guys at last arrived at ECP. It would be considerate of them to at least give some notice i) whether they were coming ii) how many were coming .. but ah well, nobody's perfect.We all went off to rent bicycles, rode to Bedok Jetty, and then a few rounds before going back. Us 5 ladies at Bedok Jetty .. wind was very strong.















After that we miled about for a while before taking bus 16 to City Hall MRT. The rest went for their steamboat dinner while Saihah and I headed home. Reached at 9pm plus, was starving already.

Gonna catch up with my work today .. nursing my aching legs .. now I'm officially sunburnt + aching legs = VAL the roasted ducky lols

Crazy week

Gone case for CRM and Mkt research test. Econs .. went ok. Guess I'm lucky I had an easy paper.

Overwhelmed with tests this week .. am feeling super drained.

Atm in lab doing ITIPJ .. and tomorrow, celebrating Saihah's n Yan Zheng's b-day at East Coast Park.

Achieved my goals for Mechquest - I saved til 100k and bought that uber mecha .. now I pawn ^_^

And for GE .. 939798 .. I'm reaching vet! Woot! But the final stretch is soooo hard to attain. Plus slow. Ah well, I'll do what I can.

I JUST WANT THIS WEEK TO END.

o_0 I'm hardworking 0_o

Most of today was spent studying. Yes you read right, studying. More of doing revision and notes for my ICAs (Marketing Research, CRM, Econs) next week.

I myself am baffled as to how come I'd be so .. guai today, but who knows .. maybe its time I oughta start working hard.

Roasting in the balcony where I set up my table while listening to music at the same time, ah well, if I can get things done by today* I'm free to play tomorrow ^_^

*Assuming I can tahan the long wordy chapters of doom before I get distracted and run GE client =x

Anyways, gonna continue being guai~ Ja na.

After medication, my neck doesn't hurt so much now ^_^ Hopefully the pain will be gone asap hehe .. and thanks to those who showed concern ..

Nth much to blog about, except that next week there's tons of ICAs .. this week went by pretty fast, and next week's coming .. time really flies, doesn't it?

Well Jean, what you said made sense .. thanks for taking the time out to hear my rantings, I'm glad you found the guy of your dreams, I hope I find my anchor soon as well. All the best to both of you! ^_^

Gonna do my tutorials now, ciao.

The whole of last night was spent trying to breathe properly with a blocked nose that ran. Was very very tempted to chop my nose off; it was running like a tap. Woke late this morning, and went down to see the doctor who gave me an MC and told me to drink more water.

My medicine from the clinic, the one in the bottle is from my tui-na session.

After that, Mum brought me to Jurong East, where we took bus 334 to Jurong West St 42. Walked a few blocks to reach the tui-na clinic at Blk 541, Jurong West Ave 1:

The Malaysian couple who run the clinic live in Bedok, but base their clinic in Jurong West because most of their customers live around the area. While waiting for my turn, me and my mum chatted with an old lady, a childcare teacher who'd suffered from mild stroke on her left side and was warded in TTSH for a month and a half before being discharged. In addition to her weekly physiotherapy sessions, she would come down from her home in Balestier and do tui-na, which she said helped to relieve the numbing sensations in her left limbs.

When it came to me, the sinseh told me to sit straight and relax while he massaged my back, neck, head and arms to get the blood circulation flowing. It was only a 15 min session, and it didn't hurt as much to move my neck, but it still hurts. He gave me a bottle of pills which I had to take for the swelling of my back muscles.

Gonna submit my MC and stuff tomorrow. Meanwhile I'm going to stay huddled in bed from the cold. Catch yall later.

This is what my sis handed me late last night, went to bed late so I'd no time to post this:

A Kakashi keychain!! For RM 6.90 only hoho. Yayness ^_^ I'd have put it on my pencilcase but I was afraid the plastic would break, so he's just hanging in my cupboard. So I can open the cupboard anytime I want to daydream XD

Today, I'm sadded.

First, I slipped and fell just outside my room. Not flat on my face but on my back. Mum says I broke my neck. Dad says I've musta torn a muscle. Which as things go, its the later, because every slight movement of my neck makes a spot in my back hurt like crazy nuts. Its a pain standing, sitting, lying down .. yeah you get the drift. Mum says I should go for tui-na. Eek. But if its gonna hurt the whole week, I'm going to have to take the risk.

Second, Robin screwed his presentation big time. The things he said and the things we rehearsed in lab were TOTALLY different. Like yeah I was expecting him to screw up, but damn couldnt he just prove everyone wrong this one time? Apparently not. I was so disappointed, he added/edited/minus-ed things that didn't belong there in the first place. For fuck's sake! I HATE YOUR IMPROMPTU PRESENTATIONS YOU BLOODY BUGGER!

I hate Mondays. Rawr. *grumble*

Here's two videos, one from Naruto's opening theme and the other from Naruto Shippuden.

They're home!

Safe and sound .. no more lonely nights hehe ^_^ but they bought so many things, they had to buy a small suitcase Korea-made to bring everything back lols. My prezzies: Clothes and a wallet (yay), plus a nice purple watch.

To cut the long story short, here's a pic:



















The crocodile that my bro won at one of the game booths at Genting, the rest of the soft toys are my sis's which she bought using her own money. Oh, and my spiffy new wallet propped up against the giraffe.

Gonna rehearse for the presentation before I sleep. Good luck guys for tomorrow!!

Completed all my e-learning stuff today, since GE having maintainence. Left with finding my 4 articles on Myanmar for IB ICA 2, and doing a ppt slide for ITIPJ.

Been going back to sch on Tues, for my Econs lec. Surprisingly, all the year 1 turned up for lesson lol. All so guai haha. Then yesterday was for IB meet up. Tomorrow, Econs tut in the morning, then ITIPJ meeting in the late afternoon. Phoey.

GE aside, MechQuest is relatively fun. But, Orisinal games isn't too bad - they have nice soundtracks to go with the games. Too bad the soundtracks aren't for sale. Ho hum.

Off for a nap, au revoir!

Emo-ness.

I'm getting depressed.

They just went out the door not 10 mins ago and now I'm already starting to feel lonely. 4 days without them at home .. its going to be a long, horrid period to tide over. Games suddenly don't feel as fun to play as it did last week when Mom announced their holiday plans.

Haiz .. hope they enjoy themselves and have a good time .. and come home safely. Meanwhile I'm going to listen to emo songs.

Ja na.

Home alone! Or not.

The whole family will be off to KL, Malaysia for a 4D3N stay from Wed to Sun at Swiss Garden Hotel, then Times Square. I say whole, but actually its sans the maid and me. Which means, I can go ballistic on the comp. Which means, x2 exp. Forgotten Territory grinding. FULL TRAINING. Chiong all the way. Granado Espada FTW!!

Mum set aside some money for us two to survive at home til they come back. I'm thinking chocolatey dinners for some reason. Muahah. Naruto-wise, I watched the fillers til eps 212, then jumped to Shippuden, am at eps 18 now. Neji suddenly became oh-my-gosh-super HAWT when he's grown up. 2nd on the list of hot guys in Naruto! First of course is Kakashi-sensei.

GE wise .. on Sunday, we showed Vivaldi who's the best. Moja and the rest of the vets and pros went and whacked EliteVietNam (EVN) upside down by taking their colonies. Of course they tried to get it back but we pawned them totally. So, Vivaldi 11/11 results: Hellraiders - 4 colonies. Equals a hp buff of 27%. I so lurve this faction :D I think by next Sun we can totally kick the Viets off the server. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for that.

Last but not least - new skin! Marshmellows! Best dipped in hot chocolate on rainy days, especially now that its the rainy season til Jan. Huhu. FREEZE-ness. Uggh.

A few vids to share ..

Video of Naruto Movie 3's Ending Theme: Tsubomi by Maria



And this short clip from eps 182:

Reflections ..

CW on Sunday was fun, we were mostly getting targeted by EVN, who kept attacking our colony up to the last min. Moja split us into squads, so while squad 2 (me included) defended Deso Cliff, squad 1 went to try and get a colony at Katovic Snowfield. In the end we didn't have enough time, although we almost got it, while squad 1 and 2 alternatively warped back to defend. One day we shall kick Viets off the server.

Because of secondary sch students coming over to the poly for some camp session, I get a whole week of holiday! Yayness. But, I still have to go back for Econs. Bah humbug. Otherwise the whole week I can dedicate my time to GE =)

Went home during the 3 hr break today as usual, while on the train I sat beside a mother holding her little boy. The baby was small, cute, but he had a tape of sorts attached to his upper lip. If I'm not wrong, the little one just had a surgery to correct his cleft palate, because he was hiccuping all the way through, and smelled like he just came from the hospital.

Then, headed to 7 Eleven to get some snacks. There was a long queue, with kids and adults alike waiting for their turn. Was getting quite unhappy by the time I reached the front. But, the auntie at the counter greeted me amicably in a friendly manner. Was surprised to get such a response by then. Previous staff were always dour, stuffing your purchase into the plastic bag roughly; but this one made a difference.

Have yet to redo my part of the ITIPJ proposal, need to get it going.

Ta for now.

Projectplaylist got blocked. Gendou music dwld got blocked. Deviantart has some pics that can't be loaded. Blogskins preview is not showing anything.

FUCK THE SCH FILTER. BOYCOTT!!! x infinity

Anyway, completed the proposal for ITIPJ today. Actually, it was Shermin that was doing most of the work =x Robin, who suggested meeting today, was playing racing car game T_T And me, I occasionally contributed comments. This is what I made with PhotoImpact, my new GE forum siggy:









Cute! First he's hot, then he's kawaii .. omg KAKASHI ROCKS MY WORLD :D

Check out his marriage prospects hehe (pic from deviantart)

somebody shoot meh ..

Check out these pics of Kakashi:

And, this is what I had for dinner today.

Ta for now.

Composed this poem on the way home while in the train. As usual, in 5 mins.

That Day

that day I finally
told you how
I felt
after so long

you were my first
but hopefully not
my last
to love like that

one day I will
find that someone
right for
my aching heart

til then I guess
I'll just need
to keep
hoping, waiting, praying

Updates

Thursday:

Learned a $6.40 lesson: never put your admin card in your bag. If not it'll get cracked very bad. And then having to tell the lecturers that my card was damaged every lecture was a pain.

Friday:

My dad lost his handphone to a pickpocket. He had it in the front pocket of his jeans, by the time he realised it was missing it was too late.

Sunday:

Happy b-day to my paternal grandma! The whole troop of us (family, cousins, babes in arms) went down to a nearby coffeeshop for a feast :) We had butter prawns, scallop with braised kailan, claypot stew, steamed fish, longevity noodles, and longan for dessert. And yeah, since my cousin's got a baby girl, that makes her my niece, and me her aunt o_0 I'm old T_T

Above: My grandma in the middle, surrounded by my relatives. My little bro is the one in orange shirt.



Sunshine gal at 4 months old currently. Smile! =)



My mum in green shirt, carrying my little niece, Quinny. Behind them is my cousin, Quinny's mum.

Did something today that took me years to come to terms with. But, despite knowing the outcome, I'm glad I got it off my chest.

I will not lie and say that I'm over this. It takes time. Time to forget, time to heal. And, time to move on.

I've got my closure. I hope in the days to come I will find that someone for me. Meanwhile, grant me the strength to continue my life.

Most of all, I thank you, for being honest with me. For not erasing our friendship. Arigato.

Cute little furry mammal ..

.. today, I'm going to introduce you all to a cute lil squirrel that appeared in Naruto Episode 31 =)
If you don't know the characters I'm talking about, go watch the anime or read the manga yourself.

















This little squirrel was happily munching on nuts .

















When Sakura threw a kunai (dagger used by ninja) at it, to stop it from running into a trap she set for her enemy .

















Later someone attached an exploding trap to it, and set the poor thing on fire ..

















Then Rock Lee came and rescued the crying mammal ..

















Squirrel perched on his shoulder ..

















A close up of the squirrel before it leaves .. (don't mind Lee, I know he's hideous)

















Saved! The end.

Everyone, lets boycott ..

the school filter! The poxy thing blocks Youtube, imeem, crunchyroll and other stuff that's too much to count. INCLUDING GE CLIENT. *takes a deep breath*

Of course I didn't just find this out, but anyway, its a NUISANCE when you want to watch a few vidoes in school, just to chill out. Like me, chasing Naruto episodes for example. Its a BOTHER when you want to listen to music off the net. Thank god for project********. Its beyond words, how annoying it is. Lets BOYCOTT it! If I knew how to hack , that's the first thing I'm gonna do. Screw up the system so bad it allows everything that was previously blocked. Mwuahaha.

Oooh, and I gotta love the support that flows through msn. I was searching for 2 songs that I wanted, Purple Snow and Andalusian Rhapsody, and since I already uninstalled Limewire .. I wanted a legal download. And people I added centuries ago (I really can't recall, from EL I think) ask me, "Is that the GE OST you're looking for?" (they saw my msn nick) And I go "Yeah, do you have it? If you do I love you! If you don't I hate you." Just kidding, but you get my drift.

And then, wonders of all wonders. Mid/late afternoon, guess who came online? Teh super duper Mr Search Engine Abuser. (mwah) Ben, said "I have the OST". I'm like stupefied. All I get are dead links! Or links that lead to real player, and I need to get Real Player PRO to dwld it. T_T So how did he get those?

He answered: "Google." Specifically, torrents. *!! omg ..* (I'm a loyal Yahoo fan) Why didn't I think of it .. nvm. To cut things short, he found all teh music I needed. Which makes me very happy. And also very in his debt :D My treat next time, perhaps ^_^

For sch today .. I'll just say that Ms Loh is a kan-cheong spider. And that as usual (on a daily basis), I had something chocolatey =)

I'll just leave you all this playlist for your enjoyment =)

I fell in love ..

.. with Naruto!

Yep, my sis got me hooked on the anime so I've been watching them while waiting for Bleach 144 to come out .. I'm up to eps 18 now =) gonna try to catch up to her. Story wise, I prefer Bleach more, but this anime about ninjas is not too bad. Its funny, serious, all in all a bunch of fun.

Oh yeah, and I <3 Kakashi, he's gorgeous =)

And since I like this OST the best, I'm gonna put it as my theme :D

Ta for now.

My disk drive got corrupted T_T .. am hunting up and down for the installation cd .. eek! No wonder cannot read any cd I put in ..

Sch today was .. cold as usual, lousy weather - raining again WHY RAIN!!!

On the good side, I finished my report for the IT project thingy, but I need to do the ppt slides hoho .. then tmr dunno confirmed going with Jean to do her tattoo .. have quite a few tutorials to do for the following week.

I got pked by some 12x Family today. I'm only 8x lor .. bully .. I nvr ks or take his spot sia .. sian dio .. next time I shall own him man. chao hum chin peng :( Then dio rape by Forgotten Champ in Ustiur, I think somebody summoned spinelle, all of a sudden OHKO .. today is lousy day .. bah

Yet another change

My previous black skin was bugged, so some of the navs couldn't be clicked unless the page was refreshed .. I'm going to try this out for a while.

Swamped sch wise. Projects rolling our way, and did I mention I hate my kuku timetable? Trying to do my econs tut T_T and my 2604 tut for tmr .. meanwhile for the IT project I'm supposed to research on Intel. Hallelujah.

And this is the @$&!#% msg I get trying to submit work thru CMS:

General Failure Exception com.niit.cliks.control.common. GeneralFailureException: te_SQLException

I give up for the bloody submission.

Desktop is fixed, so my sis is back to choping it. No more hogging of my laptop. And because she used all my accounts (6 in total) and my bro's (3) Neopets accounts to trade items while under a diff email, all 13 accounts of ours got frozen. I was like wtf. But affect her more, lah. So now she no more Neopets to play, she play pkm ruby =.= and found Feebas T_T

Oh, and the rainy days. I freeze! I want to box whoever's decided to make the week dreary.

Back to work.

More creations

Our avatar now looks like this:



Its simple and nice, I found it on deviantart, then just added the words. There's a lot of nice angel style pics there too. Jean was telling me she was gonna make a tattoo on her collarbone, I said on the back was better, then she said "actually hip nice also hor"

I was like, wah, one tattoo not enough. Going to accompany her on Saturday =x I think I'll be the squeamish one there lols. We're still looking for nice angel wing tattoo designs on the net, because she hasn't decided yet.

I uninstalled my mp3 uploading program by accident, then my disk drive is a bit sort sort, so now I can only listen to the older songs on my mp3 zzz

3 hrs break drives me outta my mind, haiz ..

Yes, school started today. Woke at 6 in the morning to meet the girls so we could buy our materials early. Not much people were at the printing shop so the queue moved quite fast. Proceeded to Biz side, spent a total of about $41 on all the materials; but I've decided I'm not going to get a new book for economics; to save costs.

Met Ms Kua, our temp CC today, she's quite a straight to the point lady if you get my drift. Signed a form that stated I had to maintain 95% attendance in all my 8 modules and a 50% pass in quizes and tests in order to do all 8. Not a bad tradeoff, but just looking the new timetable gives me a headache. I don't know how to cope with 8 modules at a go.

Then, came grouping time for our IT Innovation Project. I hate it, because invariably I'll end up cast adrift from the rest. Not that I mind, but setting conditions? Pfft. I suppose I should consider myself lucky that I have a group T_T

Anyways, as you can see from the new blogskin, I've decided to go the way of the emo. Black is my new colour now, for a while anyway. Also done by the same person who did the blue umbrella guy skin.

*song is stuck in my head*

Ms Kua, our temporary CC, called me today. She asked me if I wanted to take up 8 modules this semester, or take 7 but stay back 1/2 a semester and graduate later; or spread out 7 this sem, then 4 the next, and 4 after attachment .. she told me that if I wanted to take 8 (coz I failed Econs) the school would monitor my performance, if I was struggling with all my modules, they could take the extra one away from me. I told her I'm going to try to do 8 this semester .. I want to graduate with my friends, not alone with strangers ..

My timetable is very kuku, got 3 hrs break de hoho .. but that will change once the director approves of me taking 8 modules ..

GE wise, I think I musta been born to do siggies, check em out:






They are the same, but I played around with the hue and saturation .. and here's another:

Sch's starting! Eek, the horrors!

Can I make it to vet before that ..

Going on Biz track hoho .. I've a feeling I'm gonna be flailing in 2nd sem.

Ah well, ta for now.

In the end, we didn't celebrate my mum's b-day at all, as she, my dad and brother were down with cough. Nothing much happened this few weeks, rather uneventful really.

Got my craving for brownie satisfied yesterday, when she bought one home from Megabytes. The quality is better than the one at school, more nuts on top and drizzles of chocolate sauce; but for $2.20 for a triangular slice .. as compared to the one at school, with lesser toppings, but with ice cream and its a nice square size .. I'll leave you to it.

Have been very, and I mean extremely out of sync lately. For no reason I'd take out old photo albums and flip through them with no aim in mind. X Japan soothes my mind now more than those pop/r&b tracks ever could. Not even Josh Groban songs, which I love, help much. If I were to utter out loud the thoughts that go through my head, most probably I'd be admitted to TTSH asap.

Mooncakes festival went by, did any of you celebrate it? My mum bought the annual snow skin mooncakes, with lotus seed filing. Next year maybe we'll go for green tea instead.

Bored outta my mind now, gonna say ciao.

They say a picture says a thousand words, there you go, my results for the current semester:


Woke up this morning and was told by Celeste results were out. I passed. omg. I actually passed. Crying a bit now haha, thought I would fail mgmt .. Absolute relief. I can't say how much better I feel, knowing that I can graduate together with the lot of them and not be retained for a year .. Whoever's watching over me from above, thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

Now I can sleep better. Looking forward to celebrating Mum's b-day on Sat (actual was on Mon). We're planning to take the whole family out to Seoul Garden, need to check the price later
, but for now, I'm going to give her a call.

Ending off with this song, Someone's Watching Over Me by Hillary Duff

Found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
Something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight

So I won't give up
No I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong
Even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me

It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes
Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself and follow your heart

I feel like a slave. No doubt I'm at home, being unemployed, but my mum is about making me hit my limit.

Endless grousing from her as we do Excel charts and word reports, for her work. I'm about going bonkers from staring at the screen. Swearing off Excel for good today.

I HATE EXCEL @%!#@$(*OMFGBBQ@$(^TU^

On GE, I'm going to dino land Ustiur soon~ Can't wait to hit lvl75. Meanwhile grinding with my Faction DefendeRz mates in Rion Hollow and Prison. We did a couple of Highway/Interchange/Trinity 3 yesterday, they were soo fun! Not to mention I got lucky and got Chain Lightning Ring lala~

And Plait, for female scout. Been taking my dear Cath out to train, can't wait for her to go solo, but then I'll have to pot like mad.

Back to Excel, ta!

Went with my mum to her office today to help finish her report, left the house about 11am. Alighted at Bonavista MRT station, and took bus 95 to Science canteen at NUS, but Mega bytes, the new cafe there wasn't open =(

Hopes for a nice lunch (and brownie) dashed, we walked all the way up to YIH, but the canteen there was closed; only Subway and Cheers was open. Braved the long queue, and ordered a-foot-long honey oats subs with bacon, turkey and ham, and 2 double chocolate chip cookies as compensation for the brownie :D

Was literally starving by the time I reached my mum's office .. Mowed my way through my half of the subs, simply closed my eyes and ate the tomato, olive and cucumber ><, then started on the report at 1pm.

Ended about 6 plus pm, after several times of editing/saving .. my mum's Excel files couldn't open on my laptop (some data was so damaged the file was auto-repaired), and my desktop computer is chucking fits again, so we had back-ups on her email and desktop.

God, I swear I do NOT, ever, want to see Excel again. Uggh.

Rushed home to catch the Chinese Emperor show on Channel U, only missed 5 mins~

Off to play GE now, ta!

lil' misadventure

Had a tiff of sorts with my mum on Sunday morning. Usual jazz about finding gainful employment and such. So, wasn't very happy at all.

Decided to head down to Parklane to play GE, hopefully to get it off my mind. Simply told her I was going out to a friend's place and wouldn't be back til morning. Reached there about 4 plus, and played til about 12.30pm. By that time I was starting to get tired, but I didn't want to go home. Anything to just not have to face her.

Then I left the place wondering where I would go, since I didn't have enough cash on hand to get a cab home, and no trains to be had for love or money. Contemplated just walking the streets til morning, and get a train home .. while at Parklane the idea of going home had been repulsive to me. Since I was already outside there wasn't any point in going home. Yet, walking the streets wasn't very appealing to me. By then all I wanted was to go home. I was cold, hungry, and tired. I forgot how many street lamps I must have passed yesterday.

Walked past cabs at the kerb, past bus stops .. with nowhere to go I ended up walking, (yes, I walked) after asking directions from my GE mates all the way to Cineleisure near The Hereen, where I found a 24/7 lan shop emax. Rather uneventful on the way there, except 2 Indian guys followed me from Hereen up to emax, whereupon they whistled at me, then went down the lift. 1.20am found me seated at a computer, had to pay $3.50 for an hour, since they were closing at 2.

From 2-6am .. maybe I'd just mil around downstairs or something. Anyway, some guardian angel must have been watching over me. Logging onto GE, I told the guys I was at emax, then asked if anyone could spare a place for me to sleep. Heck, I figured I'd just be thick skinned and ask since I really was falling asleep at that point. Titan offered to come over and pick me up, I said ok since I knew him, not that well, but enough to know he's a decent sorta guy.

By that time it was 2 plus in the morning, he paid for the cab to his place, handed me a towel and clothes to "bath so I could have a good rest". Had a bit of a talk, he asked me to tell him if anything was wrong, I briefly told him stuff, and he gave me advice like "Home is still the best place" since he was a guo lai ren. Crashed after that .. 3.30am I think, was afraid of falling asleep coz I might wake late, and since he had work I didn't want to inconvenient him further, but in the end I did sleep, woke at 7.30am thanks to my hp alarm, and left his place at 8 plus after he'd woken and let me out of the house.

Asked directions to the nearest mrt station, one very kind old lady told me in Hokkien which way it was. Reached home at 9.30am, then played GE for a while and slept again, woke at night =x

Anyways, thinking back, I was very lucky yesterday. I could have really been walking the streets til morning, robbed, or worse, raped ><

For a time I thought my faith it must be hiding
Searching through the sky
Hoping to find a way, a way
To get me through the day
Wonder where I belong
Is this where I should stay

Chorus:
You lift me up when I am falling
You're my friend when I was calling
Now I'm on top of the world, top of the whole wide world
Yeah your eyes' been believing
In my life for a whole new meaning
Now I'm on top of the world, top of the whole wide world

It's just strange to me
It seems I've forgotten
Now I realize today I'm starting to dream again, again
Was the matter on the wane
I guess we all lose our way now and then

Outside

One more paper to go before I'm done with exams.

Yet strangely, this time round I don't feel any jubilation coming, that all this stress will be gone in a day. I ought to feel relieved, but I don't. Instead there's just this emptyness inside me, void of emotions. Maybe I'm going philosophical, but I doubt it.

Maybe I'm drained after this round of papers. I don't know. I ought to be celebrating that I can powerlevel my mboma and claude after this. Heck, I should be running screaming round the house.

So totally out of it ..


I need chocs. And a hug. And a man. Bad.

*clears the cobwebs away with a broom*

Heya people, have been really slack lately in updating my blog ..

Nothing much, just been revising for oncoming exams. But before that, I just want to say 2 things:

1) I don't cry to get sympathy.
2) Its finally over.

Celebrated Faizah's b-day on Tues on advance (actual is 17 Aug, same as my sis), our group of girls and guys were there, except for Bo Song, who overslept I think. Was worried that she may not want to turn up, but luckily cover wasn't blown hoho. Soft chocolate cake from Pine Garden was scrumptious .. We got her a pair of Havannas (sp) from NewUrbanMale .. actually Clara bought it so we all chipped in. Glad that she enjoyed it ..

I think we're just going with Pizza Hut for my sis .. GST go up, so can't go restaurant le haha

Revision is a chore. No GE for 2 days 2 hrs is a BORE. God, I nearly died. So was on Forums making my presence known lol. I don't like Essme.

My Guide is coming along fine, I'm going to run through the maps to check my coordinates again when server is up in .. 2 hrs! Woot! Hope they don't extend it -_-

Ciao for now ..

Song on front page - I've been listening to this on repeat for like the past 2 days .. haiz .. dilemma sucks ..

Faction Meeting

Wednesday:

Met Ximen and Emer at Dhoby Ghaut at 6pm, so they could bring me to the Parklane LAN shop. They were nice people overall, except they smoked. Turns out I made a fuss out of nothing at all, we walked a pretty straightforward path to Connection o2 at lvl 2. And I was asking Tunes how to go there lol. Then we de siao Titan and said Tunes was bringing me haha.

Reached at 6.30pm, I met xiaoger, Kinki, PaChi, Titan, Tunes (they both came as I was leaving) and some others who names I forgot at the LAN shop. Pretty united Faction we have. Went for dinner at 8.20pm with Kinki, Ximen and Emer, I got wanton mee and ice milo. Because it was Roland's wedding on that day, so some of them came late.

Enjoyed myself, Tunes wasn't happy that I was leaving at 10pm. But, I told them I had a presentation the next day, so they let me leave, not before them saying it was still early, and Tunes asking me if I was sure I wouldn't get lost on the way back lol.

Got home at 11 plus, Mum was worried, but I told her it was nothing. Crashed straight away.

Thursday:

Presentation went well, gotta love the humour and creativity in everyone's skits, Kannan loved it. Laughs all around =) And this time Robin remembered to wear formal.

Friday:

Was late for our final lesson for Business Communication by 15 mins today, but oh well. Kannan handed us ice cream sticks, one each, I chose purple. Then, she told us that she'd enjoyed these 16 weeks of teaching us, that we were a very positive, hardworking class. After that, she told us about goals, to think big, and asked us to write down our major goal in life on one side of the ice cream stick.

I wrote: To be successful in life and love.

My friends wrote different things, like good careers, earn xxx by xx age, and so on. After that, she told us to write this on the other side of the stick: I have greatness in me. We were to repeat this mantra to ourselves daily, because, as she said, we had the potential to do great things. Bid a sad farewell to her, as we left the class. Liked her lesson the best among my modules .. ah well, we can talk to her on msn so its not too bad lol.

Sch wise, integrating ECPJ today. I swear I give up trying to call from database. Errors and more errors. Uggh. I was spending the night debugging, and swearing at my laptop.

GE wise, first they said server maintanence til 4pm yesterday. Then, they changed it to 6pm. Then, they extended it to 12 noon today, but they would give us 2x exp as a sweetener til Monday, 10am, when they reset it back to normal rates. I waited like !@#$% for it til 6pm, got fed up and went on Forums instead. Bit of a furore on Forums, people saying how its going to make lvl100 pros look dumb. But can you imagine, if it was a 2x drop rate, then those bloody botters would be farming like mad, resulting in a market inflation, or fluctuation. As it is they are already ruining things for us, they appear all over the map, and IAH GAMES STAFF DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE BOTTERS. WE JUST KEEP SENDING TICKETS AND THEY KEEP IGNORING US. NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL DONE TO BAN THEM COMPLETELY.

That said, I doubt I'd be taking much advantage of the 2x exp, since I'm making a guide on Ferrucio's Boxes, with coordinates and locations. Wish me luck =)

Some people really get me fuming. They don't know when to shut their trap and yak on and on. Jack, I don't give a flying fuck what happens to your girlfriend. You were the one who lied to her not me, so QUIT whining that she's ignoring you now. And you deserve it. Totally.

If I were in her shoes, I'd give you one tight slap and end it. Consider yourself lucky that Emma is a nice girl. But I'm not Emma, and I would NEVER do what you did, so SHUT UP about it. I've heard enough.

And I know you read my blog, so get this straight - I don't bloody care what happens to you. Two-timers should stay in bins where they belong.

Been about a week plus since I updated, but anyways as you guys can see, I've a new blog layout! ^_^

Its simple, with the squares for navigation, since I didn't want something with too much bling, nor with girly colours, I wanted to look for a girl holding an umbrella, but couldn't find any on blogskins so I got this instead. Edited some of the html code to get the alignment and stuff right =)

School wise .. have to buck up for POFM paper. Tks Qi for reminding me. ECPJ .. yeah I know I procrastinate horribly on that, but presentation is coming soon. So, cannot slack.

On Thurs morning, 14 business women and men headed to AMK Hub to accompany said man to buy his formal wear, because he forgot that we had a presentation on that day. Said sotong being Robin, who mostly acted as if it was no big deal when some of us who turned up early for class gaped at him. His reason - mind was preoccupied with the cue cards and rehearsing. Thing is, if he can remember to bring his cue cards, and turn up for lesson, he should have remembered it. Anyways, off we went when at around 8.25am our teacher called to say there was no class, all the way down to AMK via train, ladies suffering in various degrees in our heels.

Bought his formal wear at Fairprice, then I saw HP book7, so I brought it for $48.05. :p Despite me saying I'm not that much of a HP fan .. no spoilers! But allow me to confess I never liked happy endings.

Had breakfast at the S11 kopitiam nearby, got myself ba chor mee, then we all took a bus back to campus block L side, where we had to climb an extremely long flight of stairs and reach in time for our presentation, with plenty of time to spare for last-min rehearsal, since the earlier class took their own goddamn sweet time and made us delay ours.

Feet hurt for 2 days after .. ooh heels! Dreadful things. I never can understand how ladies can suffer pain for the sake of this 'lift' feeling, much less shop in them o_0 .. maybe I'm not that in touch with my feminine side lol

Waiting for Ocean's14 and Rush Hour 3 =) Woot Jackie Chan!

Fishy Business

Went to AMK Hub with my family to celebrate my dad's b-day at Fish & Co today. Since he didn't want a cake, we thought a restaurant would be good.

We got there at 1.50pm and had to queue for a bit, as the outlet there is a little cramped. As usual, the staff there are so attentive and friendly! We ordered Masala Pizza, my sis chose Coriander Catch, me and my dad had New York Fish & Chips, a Mermaid Freeze for my dad, my mum decided on Wrasse Fillet with Picatta, and my brother wanted salmon.

We also got the soup of the day (mushroom) with our sets, which would be $1.90, instead of ordering separately which would cost $4 per cup. GST hike is >< Then we had a laugh when the Mermaid Freeze came, because it was this huge UBER big mug of drink! ahah

Then when the bill came, my mum told the waiter it was my dad's b-day, so he showed the waiter his IC, and we got 10% off our bill and a complimentary vanilla ice cream =) So we racked up to about $79.60 total .. which isn't too bad, below a 100 bucks. The 3 of us went home for a nap, while my mum and sis went to Outram Park to see the zhong yi, Kuo Meiling.

Woke up in time to catch the detective show on Channel 8. Gonna start ECPJ stuff now, ta! Have a good weekend all.

Many Meetings ..

Apologies for the above misleading title, should be called many reunions haha. Lets see, this week I had a total of 5 dear dear people getting in touch with me, so brightened up otherwise lousy week:

1) Daedy. Who's a very nice and funny guy and my fellow staffer on HobbitQuest where I do the weapons and armor lists lol. Some may think I waste my time making them, since its not really appreciated by players, but to me, its my interest lor. LOTR fan all the way! Thanks for all the funny stuff =)

2) Zhi Yang. Aka my ex-colleague from Su Korean. We chatted a bit, and were surprised on both sides to find out the other had no boy/girl friend. >.> Which is a surprise, but anyway, long time no talk ahah, you always pop out of the blue when I'm doing my work hehe. God bless, and way to go dragon boat dude!

3) Benny. Secondary school classmate. Who (generously got me my first mp3 player) and went to Kunming to "immerse in the culture" there. Survived on 5k yuan a month. Wow, pei fu, I couldn't survive on that even if the things there are cheap. And why no pics! *cry* .. I wanted to see how it was like there boo .. But anyway glad that you didn't get affected by the flood. I don't know geography to save my life ..

4) Next, Kory! My nick for Koreth from EragonLive, the super UBER clever god of IT. Who is always helpful when I have questions with regards to my projects. Who listens to my rants, and who is .. nicest online father figure ever. Who can cook very very well and likes to eat =) You really should migrate here haha. But I will never try crapple lol.

5) Last but not least, Cheryl! Some of you may know her from the movie 小孩不笨 (I Not Stupid). She played Selena's daughter in that Jack Neo movie. My good friend in secondary sch, we lost touch after graduating. Anyways, it's good to know all's well with her, except she is having her A levels. Yeah, and I complain at the slew of projects and test .. I think you more stress than me girl, but jia you!! I'm gunning for you =) Good luck with your boyfie haha, may you two be together always.

And I think that's about it, thanks to you 5! Love yall ^_^

p.S: I wonder what happened to Levon, also a dear dear friend who's stationed in Iraq now. Dude, I hope you're ok and just slacking off playing WoW. Ok, maybe I'm thinking too much but I hope you guys didn't get bombed or smth. Keep safe! So I don't have to worry about you.

Settlement

Completed Biz Com skit, just need to rehearse the script.

Done with POFM ICA3, which I know I flopped coz I mixed up all the formulas.

Half done for IPTNET Case Study, and Biz Env. Left with the presentations.

ECPJ, presentation and integration to be done.

Otherwise, have been playing Granado Espada to keep myself from going bonkers. Its a really cool game. Go play and you'll see what I mean.

~aDdIcTeD~

My Family Name is Valkrin on Vivaldi Server, lvl 16 Mage, Fighter and Musketeer. So if anyone wants to join my squad, pm me =)

Frustrations ..

Mum cooked chicken chop for our dinner yesterday. Not too bad, but the gravy could use some improvement. Had the usual at Splash and Decker for lunch today, hot fudge choc brownie with choc ice cream, and Milo freeze.

And no, choc didn't have any effect at all. And I think I know why: its when this whole shit started. Test today was .. I know I got some things mixed up, but as long as I pass I'm happy. Project wise .. gonna settle the script for Biz Com tomorrow during break. Starting on IPTNET case study on thurs and fri.

V.jealous of my sis, whose boyfie took her out to watch Harry Potter 5 at AMK Hub on Sun. I have SO a list of movies to buy/watch .. what's lacking is the time and money and company.

ECPJ .. has brought about a whole lot of frustrations on. I'm not worried for my function. Although I'd like very very much to just tell the rest to fuck this project, and that I wanna throw in the towel. Listened to 24 by Jem on repeat for the past day plus today. Its hard rock (1st on my playlist), didn't think I'd like it, but there you go, helps to numb the senses (and deafen your hearing after blasting the speaker).

I would also .. love to rant. Although I really shouldn't, but there are some things which I can't be keeping inside. My patience is high-strung now. Some people love to dominate the whole project, despite not being the leader. Said leader echoes the dominating one. Said members, some can take it, some can't. I can't. Dominating one LOVES to argue until she is right when she isn't. And I don't want to pretend to co-exist with said people who make this project HELL anymore. Its nearly impossible because the effects, while not as much on me, is making a certain someone 走投无路. Which after hearing, I'm not happy either.

It should NOT have to come to this. No one should EVER have to be pushed into a corner. And I'm sick and tired of having to face said people at school. Sick and tired of having to deal with them for this bloody project. First impressions .. you wouldn't know until you actually work with said people, and find out that they are shitty. I don't claim to be so efficient at group work, nor am I so good that people love me whichever group I'm in, for whichever module. But I do try and put in effort, even if it takes slower for me, since I don't like to be rushed.

But, when you got someone driving you .. and like really driving you (think bull and farmer, expect said farmer is very good at talking), then shit hits the fan. I nearly, very nearly blew up at them during e-com lesson today. Simply no way to get a word in edgewise when she talks. Just on and on. And what cheek to smile! But thought that I did not want to drag others into this.

Went home, and got so mad that I teared for a bit. Emotions running away with me I think.

气刹爆炸. Tomorrow Edwin wants to meet us for our functions. Tomorrow we shall see. And very likely, tomorrow I shall scream.

Je deteste chiennes. Really.

Anyways, not much to update about. Got C+ for POFM project. Just happy we passed. That JLO keeps saying we're the worst in the cohort. And mins later she contradicts herself by saying "your group is not too bad". And then, she tells us how our incoming ICA next week is very crucial, and that we must work very hard to score, since "you all DBI side always fail in exams". -_-

The whole 0608 failed their ICA, only 3 passed. Our Biz Environment tutor Meow says we've been "consistent", so when we told her about JLO saying that she said "cannot be, you all have been putting in effort blah" .. If this is some kind of reverse psychology to make us work harder for our exam .. wrong tree, JLO. Its demoralizing, offending even when you say we're the worst when we know we are not that terok.

ECPJ .. redoing database. And hopefully starting linking to database by this weekend. DBMS test next week, 10%. Stayed back for the tutorial since Ho clearly marked me for it, and I don't feel confident about my grades. She basically went through some basic SQL statements with us, I didn't do too bad. Although for some reason Celeste likes to add extra things lol :p

Going to arrange a day or two next week to start on our Biz Com skit.

I swear, if chocolate still has no effects, I'm gonna drug myself.

Complains

Warning to all, online or RL friends: Stay AWAY from me this week. If not you'll wonder how come I blow up/snub you for no reason. Very frustrated.

Anyway, this guy, Rev Will Bowen wants all of us to stop complaining. What originally started as a sermon to his congregants has turned into a worldwide campaign. Wear the purple bracelet to remind yourself to " stop complaining, criticizing or gossiping."


"When you're focusing your attention on what's wrong or complaining, you're going to get more of what you're complaining about," Bowen says. "Complaining draws all of its essence from negativity. When you complain, you do it typically to attract attention or sympathy. It's you saying 'There's something wrong with me.' You're sending out this vibrational energy into the universe that you're a victim, and the universe responds with more negativity."

Try wearing the bracelet for 21 days, and see how long you can endure not making a single complaint. You can make a request for a free purple bracelet at the church's address,

http://acomplaintfreeworld.fobby.net/Complaint_Free_Bracelet_Order_Form.php

Chiong!!

Procrastinated for like the past two weeks. As a result, one mad scramble of epic proportions ensued over the past 3 days. Have managed to complete a number of screens, left with 3 to go out of .. well, 170 plus .aspx files that I did over these time frame.

Skipping lessons to finish them up, with POFM work ><

Gave my mum a heart attack when I printed the screenshots last night. In colour.

Biz Com Project to be completed on Tues .. one project down. Left with ECPJ, Biz Env, Biz Com ICA4 .. crazyness I tell you.

Me pig of a sis still HAS NOT got me my VERY belated b-day prezzie. She can forget about hers also. But we decided to get Harry Potter book7, and we're gonna wait for the price to drop, since we're in no hurry to read it. She also urges me to go watch Transformers. I've so got a whole list of movies I wanna watch, but where to find the time I ask you.

Although, her nightly conversations with her boyfie Aaron keep me awake, what with giggles and all, still, its quite funny to eavesdrop while I'm on the laptop.

Speaking of which, I think my laptop's gone bust on me. First, the battery indicator is orange, and blinking. Screen display for it also disappeared. Second, it hanged for two times in a row, while I was doing my ECPJ on the VS 2005. And both times I had to redo the screens because I didn't save. ><

Learnt my lesson, like what gaming pros will tell you: Save when possible.

Cute boy at Vivo

This is the little boy who stole our hearts (mine and my group mates) while we were at Vivo last week doing our project. KAWAIIness!! Never got to find out his name, but oh well ..

Shopping = Whee!

Accompanied Huiqi to Bugis yesterday so she could get a laptop. Crowd was terrifying, droves of people all about rushing on their shopping spree before the GST went up to 7%. Everywhere I looked, GSS banners. Discounts. Get 2 get 1 free. So on and so forth .. cash registers must have been ringing like mad yesterday.

I looked around in Bugis Village while she proceeded to Sim Lim. Saw a shop selling the blowsy pants that Faizah has, but the uncle wanted $20 in cash. Browsed other stores, they were selling the same things. Stepped into this shop, Zimble, and bought these two tops:



Off-shoulder purple tube, $33.80.


Black shirt with shimmers, $20.

After that, I decided to go down to Orchard's Far East Plaza, to see if I could find the black pants there. Walked about the shops, crowd wasn't so bad, but there were still enough people to make you regret going out on a Saturday. I checked out out this shop that claimed to be selling Hong Kong stuff, the auntie showed me black leggings with lace (><) for $19.

Another was selling them at $18.90. So after browsing through most of the shops, I went into Tokyo Bay, which was selling the black legging w/o lace for $14. =) It pays to look around hehe. Bought this as well:



Green top, $8.


Got home tired, but very happy =) I love shopping! But I can't stand the walking haha. Toodles!