Last day of 2008! And approximately 13 hours till 2009.

This year has been crazy for me. So much change, so many transitions. First, there's a transition from being a jc 'kid' to a tertiary student. (And unfortunately, a rise in the bus fare from 45 cents for the last 10+ years to 71 cents now!) Anyway, as mentioned in the beginning of the year, it's one of those unusual years where I dont have to go to school in January! That was the start of my 'working' life which had its good & bad. Seriously, the job scope sucks and so does the pay and the working hours and i wished i found a better job but there are still things to be thankful for.

I'm thankful for the friends i met there because they were all the same age, all A level graduates waiting for results. It made it easier for everyone to clique since we had a lot in common. I'm thankful for the crazy times we had together, the overtimes during work, the outings, finishing all the snacks perms bought and just talking/gossiping about people during lunch. HAHA.

My contract lasted till April 12 but i chose to stay on despite how much we suffered everyday under the hands of those nasty customers. Should have left at the end of May, if not for one person who was holding me back, making me so reluctant to leave so 'early'. That's also the last thing I'm thankful for in finding this job because if i had decided to turn down the offer, i never would have met him! =)

So after wasting 6 months of my life away not using my brain at all, I finally returned to school! The 2nd transition this year. I never regretted joining CheSS camp because i found so many good friends there! Yay for Upapa! Without them i wouldn't have anyone to sit or study with during lectures & breaks and i wouldn't be able to get help for my school work!

Life in uni is totally different because you get to plan your time table on your own! (Which in the end caused me so much stress and it turned out horrendous) Anyway, I feel like i've studied years worth of A level content within 4 months. The workload is high (and will become worse) and time is so limited. Whoever said that you have lots of time to play in university is obviously lying! Exams were a total nightmare, never took such a difficult math paper in my whole life. I think it's going to get more difficult. Yet i thank God for my results, which weren't as bad as i expected, which looked quite good to me. And I'm also thankful for dear who supported (and tolerated) me throughout the semester in times of stress & uncertainty and all the help he provided! Nevertheless, i survived my very first semester in nus chem eng! 7 more to go! HELLO CN1111, CM1502, IT1005, MA1506! Please don't make life difficult for me!

Well, besides academic life in school, there is of course a social life. So many are attached! -No elaboration needed- But we've all been so busy with our own lives & school that we hardly have time to meet. I miss my pl clique, we met quite a few times this year but i missed the last one because i was in malaysia! I miss S15 gals whom i got to meet a few weeks ago but not all were present. 3 of them are going abroad for studies next year. I want to wish them all the best! But we won't be able to meet as often. I miss wols and havent met them for quite a while because i missed the last meeting as well because i was down with some viral infection that made me lie in bed with a fever for a week! Hope we'll be able to meet more next year.

Anyway, it's back to school this Jan 12 2009. First it's bidding time again on 2nd jan. Gosh i want more holiday! Yet i'm totally bored at home. I should just welcome more mugging and falling asleep during lectures.

2008 has been quite a good year for me. I pray the same for 2009. Welcome new year!~

I think this blogskin is simply cute! Don't scold me for being childish. Just took this 'real age test' quiz on facebook and my real age is 9! HAHA! I'm just a childish 9 year old kid. But i already removed a lot of things that made the template look more childish! Ha!

Watched Bedtime Stories on Sat with dear. Think we jinxed the whole cine because when we were buying tickets their whole system hanged and they couldnt make any bookings, resulting in an extremely long queue for cinema tickets! Anyway, the movie was good! And extremely funny! You should watch it!

Went to East Coast Park ytd to cycle! Cycled all the way to one end of east coast and was so tired. Leg muscles were aching. Think I need to work my muscles more. Or maybe i'm growing old. Intended to blade after that but was too tired after cycling for 2hours so went to arcade! Played this throwing ball game & mario kart and a few others. Now my arm muscles are aching too.

So am going to be a good girl today and stay home to rest my limbs, before i start walking like a lao ah ma. School starts in 2 weeks! Dreadful... ~

BLESSED CHRISTMAS!

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Thank God for good results.

Thank Him for taking me through.

To God be the glory! (Haha. I miss PL) ~

BACK!! So glad to be.. I miss my laptop, my tv, my bed, my FREE sms & calls, my friends and mostly you!

I need to do some serious exercise. I need to lose all that weight gained from the past 10 days... before i get back to school.

Speaking of school... Results in 2days! ARGH!~

-Away-
12-21 Dec

I'll Miss You... =( ~

HELLO WORLD! YES! I'm back! From the bottomless pit of studying, tutorials, projects, assignments... Yay! That's one semester down, SEVEN more to go. Time table for sem2's not out yet. But i'm pretty sure we have 8am lectures! Boo!

Anyway, a brief overview of my very first examination in uni. Ec1301 was quite okay, considering the fact that it was all mcq. After that had a 6 hour break on monday, so was studying in the library with ps.. and we both fell asleep on the table! Ma1505 was a total nightmare. Totally gave up on Taylor & Fourier series. Wonder whether anyone really managed to do all and finish it on time? Went home shagged but still had to study for Mle1101 the next day. That was another nightmare. Had no idea where to start on the calculations. And the mark allocation made it worse. Hope i did enough for the explanations. Had the whole of wednesday to study for Gek1527. Guess the exam was okay because it was mcq. But was totally sian after doing 70qns and still had 30 to go. Haha. And i hope my Gek1510 does well too!

Copying ms mabell lew.... BYEBYE Fourier, True stress/strain, polymers, quarks/leptons/mesons, relativity and many many many more! HELLO Chemistry, Matlab, Chem Eng Principles & more math! (And hopefully CTW)

Well anyway, gotta thank all the crazy people who studied tgt with me be it in school or outside. And upapa! Who are always tgt during lectures! And of course my dear dear for supporting me not only throughout the exam period but thru the whole semester and for tolerating & comforting me in times of stress (& strain -_-''')! ♥

Met shifu, dear & their friends ytd. They're really mad! And so comical. And so nice to see shifu again after so long! Now it's time to meet up with people i havent seen in months! 4a2-clique, S15 gals... i miss you all so much! ~

You Took My Heart Away

Staring at the moon so blue
Turning all my thoughts to you
I was without hope or dream
Try to dull an inner scream
But you saw me through

Walking on a path of air
See your faces everywhere
As you melt this heart of stone
You take my hand to guide me home and now I'm in love

You took my heart away
When my whole world was grey
You gave me everything and a little bit more
And when it's cold at night
And you sleep by my side
You become the meaning of my life

Holding your hands
I won't fear tomorrow
Here where we stand
We never be alone

-Michael Learns to Rock-

I Love You. Words just cannot express how much...~

Happy Birthday Dear!

Hope you had a great time. =)

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Hello world! I (don't) hate my life now. I hate studying, but then again, i'd rather be studying than working. MLE tutorial yesterday was super packed. So packed that people had to stand to listen to him. And Mabell and i reserved 7 places for upapa-s! Talk about malu. Seems like my tutor's the best! YaY!

Took BTC with cheryl, reynold and marcus. Reached tp rather early! I can't belive i told cheryl we should stop at jalan tp and change a bus into tp when we were on a bus that goes directly to tp! And i've been going to tp since i was 8. All this studying is making me blur.

Now that we're here,
Now that we've come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,
I am yours. ~

Why is it so difficult to find a quiet place outside to study? Alas, studying at home is the best! And i'm sure many would disagree with me. But then again, studying outside together with someone you love is a totally different story!

Dear looks so cute trying to keep awake & falling asleep on his books while studying! =) ~

High School Musical 3

You should watch it! And no, i'm not a small kid. But it's really nice! If you're a follower of hsm series, that is. If not, you're missing out on something great! Songs were not bad, though i still prefer the 1st soundtrack.

I didn't realise how much i missed you till i met you. (=

It's such a torture having a really really really bad sore throat and not being able to talk! ARGH!~

Why do I still feel so tired? WHEN WILL I RECOVER?! Maybe it's not only physically but mentally as well.

Why is it so hard just to meet?

I miss you.~

The past week has been HELL. You may think, studies, homework, school etc... NOPE. In fact i did the bare minimum.

Been stuck in a world of high fever and body ache for the past week. No, i'm not exaggerating. My fever did really go on for longer than usual reaching temperatures like 38.9 & 39.4 so much so that i had to get an injection. This is the sick-est i've gotten so far in my life (if you dont count chicken pox at a young age i can't even remember). Went to school a few times only to come back with a high fever and body ache! Really couldnt do any work at all. Yea. I myself am wondering whether it's dengue. But no rashes and doc said to find him only if there were rashes.

Anyway, fever's gone now. I'm praying hard it doesnt come back. Still haven't fully recovered though. Still feel so weak.. like an old woman. Yes dear, lao ah ma. Haha. Whatever, hope nothing happens after i come home from school tomorrow. ~

I have a sore throat. And a really painful one. Those kinds that hurt even when you swallow water or your saliva. No amount of strepsils or fisherman's friend is helping. Nevertheless, I still ate BK for lunch on tuesday which i regret right now. Well, now my body's aching as well, which is BAD. Lucky today there was only genes & soc lec, because there wasnt mle tut and i had already attended (along with a lot of other crashers) mle lecture on tuesday. Speaking of mle lecture, think the lecturer's really really noob. He spent about half an hour trying to get the audio to work just to let us watch a half an hour video. Could have just ended in an hour.

Hui Lin (my econs lec companion) didn't attend lecture on wednesday. Dear went with me instead. The lecture was 8am, meaning he had to wake up real early! So sweet! ♥♥♥

Met wei kit at central forum on thursday... gosh it's really been eons since i've met him! Been randomly meeting people i havent seen for ages since i started uni. It's kinda fun and fulfilling! Spent about half an hour just talking and catching up with him before studying (hibernating) in the library till it was time for tutorial.

It's such a torture to be sick over the weekend! Actually it's just a torture to be sick. =( ~

Results (efficient aren't they?) - are not really what i expected. Some good, some bad. The good news is, the former are my core modules. That's not so bad, i think.

Anyway, lm6 today was great. I'm glad i went, and i'm glad that i feel comfortable with them and being able to share and listen to others share about their lives and how you actually realise that you're not the only person in the world facing a certain problem. I've realised stress has consumed me these past few weeks with midterms and the increasing workload so it was good to hear senior's advice from a Godly perspective and not worldly views that i know may not always be right all the time. But i know that He will walk with me through this time and there will always be two sets for footprints in the sand. ~

Everything about tomorrow
I don't seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand.

the past week or so has been...

A HEADACHE

and i mean literally.

Mid terms started last sat and lasted all the way till yesterday for me, when others finished on monday when we returned to school! The day before was a bit less taxing, though i had 2 tests the next day. When to eat at east coast with dear, then drove on the expressway just to hear the engines of F1. It was really deafening even on the expressway! Was trying to conserve brain cells on monday but still ended up really tired during econs and math test. Damn. I'm so going to get a new calculator that can do "special functions" for exams. Took a bus back with upapa ppl after math and discussed the questions 3/4 the journey!

Wed was a PH, which gave me enough time to study/slack for physics gem and genes & soc. My busiest day on friday became my most slack day! But ended up in school at ard 12 to do physics project. ARGH. The work never stops. Went out for dinner with upapa to bugis crystal jade after lecture. reynold got really mad cuz we took so long to decide. and fred forgot to sign his card while paying! had to leave early because still had one more test! while the others went out to play. haha

After genes & soc on sat... spent the afternoon shopping/walking/eating. Had family dinner at night, had dessert (again) at this restaurant with an interesting name - Oomphatico's. No time to slack today. Chiong-ed math tut and physics project! Argh. No time to slack...~

my head has been screaming:

MIGRAIN!

thanks dear for the massage! =)

argh. i just took an online mcq quiz for my "beloved" genes & soc module and i got 11/20. -.-'''

excuse: it's at night, i cant think, which accounts for 3 careless mistakes.

ah whatever. now i have to study the whole thing again.

I miss you! ~

See the notes up there? Yeah. It's MLE. (E for EeEeeEwW)~

School.. Hectic. Tutorials. Increasing workload. Mid term tests. Whatever.

Yep. School-work life is starting to suck totally when it comes to tests/studying. I never seem to understand certain topics, and the more i read them, the more confused i get. Well whatever. Next week is recess week. Yay! Holiday... as if. It just gives you more time to mug for everything, considering the fact that I have 5 bloody mid terms (while some only have abt 2-3). And must i say the test schedule sucks too?

Well, yeah. That's the homework/tutorial/tests/exams side of school. Other than that, it has been quite alright. Think more people are getting crazier. Mabell brought her "pet dog" on monday which took a picture with my bear hung on my bag.



Thursday's econs tutorial ended in 25mins, so peng siang and i were looking at our friend learning french. Peng siang kept repeating "what is your name" all the way to math lec and even said "i love you" in french not to his gf, but to oliver. HAHA. Today is engin day! So much for engin day. Because i still had lessons till 4pm. Nevertheless, after switching math tutorial over to monday, i had time to slack/study till mle tutorial at 1pm. The only good thing was that i didnt have to rush back to engin after that. Well, whatever.

There goes weekend life and life for the next two weeks. I miss you... And am looking forward to achieving my short term goal of surving my mid terms...~

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♥♥♥♥♥

=) ~

I don't want to say how school was this week. Because if i did, i'd be repeating the same words/phrases for the next four years of my life.

So let's just start with monday. Studied outside LT6 for break. Fred came to join (disturb) us. He just couldnt stop talking. Lol! Chiong-ed home after school. Tuesday's physics gem tutorial was quite good! So far the best tutorial i've had. He totally explained and clarified everything. And the infra-red clicker thing was super cool. Ate at Sci with mabell, oliver and jianting. They followed me to the ulu lt32 to wait for my lec. Wednesday's econs lec...zZzz. Didnt know what he was talking about.

Studied in a mosquito infested area on thursday during the hour break. Oliver was seriously talking too much that i cldnt do my tutorial. RaR!! haha. Met dear for dinner before i went home. Was early in school for math tut on friday. Gosh, only the tutor was there! After tut poor reynold was targetted because of what he did the day before to oliver. Both of them were super gao siao all the way to lunch. After lunch we went to the lib to look for cheryl who was studying with mohawk... bought a brownie for her to celebrate her b'day! Whispered the "happy birthday" song to her in the library, with a straw for a candle and a fork for a knife! After lessons ended, took 96 with ps and his frens to clementi. They were talking abt horror movies! Argh! Made me so disgusted. Lucky i got down earlier than them. Ha. Met dear for dinner! =)

I hate taylor, fourier and fick! (No wonder scientists and mathematicians die early)~

Almost dead after the third week of school.

Tired out.

Went to study at E2 during the break on monday. Oypz claims we pang seh-ed him during lunch when we actually found ken & friends to accompany him! Marcus was obsessed with his new laptop screen, cleaning it every now and then thus was vulnerable to our attacks towards his computer screen. Haha. Chiong-ed home after lecture in fear of the jam... and yes! I breezed thru the way home. Went to school on tuesday just for a 2hr genes & soc lecture which wasnt of much use because it was mainly the history of bio (why am i even taking a bio module in the first place?). Joined marcus, cheryl, oliver, reynold after that for dinner at 1630h. They all went for SS lecture and i went for campus crusade meeting.

Wednesday was really eventful because in the morning, i ran for the damn train i fear of missing the bus. And i sprinted for the damn bus in fear of being late. Super tired by the time i was on the bus to school at 7am in the morning. How nice. Studied with huilin, my econs lec buddy after lecture ended till about 12. And took a bus to meet dear. It started raining very very very very very very heavily which made my jeans really wet that i had to buy shorts to wear at vivo. Watched Wall-E! It was quite good!! And super cute.

Frantically searched for a friend during my 3 hour break on thursday because the usual gang of people had tutorials! Found marcus, ate and studied with him, but i was still left alone for an hour before econs tut. And speaking of econs tut... it was -.- Now i understand why people were saying tutorials were really really bad. Lucky there was peng siang in the same tut class with me.

Friday was a mad rush. And very stressful. Maths tut in the morning was quite alright. MLE was not bad as well.... think he's the best tutor so far. So after MLE tut, i, together with reynold and many other people rushed all the way to science fac for lecture. Stupid bus was damn crowded. Sat with darren during the lecture in which i was daydreaming but still trying my best to concentrate. Darren was doing the math past year papers! Argh. Stressed. Then rushed back again to engin for mle lecture. Super shag. And MLE sucks! totally! gosh. now i understand why cheryl hates it. haha.

After school, went to central with wenrong, cheryl & baojun for engin bash. Met mohawk guys and went to gotham penthouse. Super bored before the pageant started. Hitesh was the emcee! Anyway, still not very interesting during the pageant. Ha. Tried bourbon coke which was super disgusting and bitter to aiping (her expression was super cute!). Boo's whiskey dry was not bad too! Dear fetched me back... apparently my face was red and hot but i didnt realise it because i was a bit high. But came home and fell asleep super fast.

Yes. That's my boring week of school. And i've mugged half of my saturday away. Whatever. RarR!~

And... LeanMay is still alive after her second week of school!! *clap clap clap*

Not sure about next week.

Monday was alright. Mugged for my 3 hour break. Actually mabell was doing her tutorial and i was slacking. So after lecture ended for the day, cheryl, peng siang, reynold, marcus, oliver and i all took 151 home. First, bloody crowded bus, so we went to kent ridge terminal to take the bus. Second, buses like 151A (which terminated at turf city) & 151e (which was the expensive $1+ bus) kept coming. Finally when we managed to get onto the bus (which was light years later and people like reynold were getting super anxious), we got into a jam. Yeah. We so needed it. So on the bus, we were teasing reynold about his weird behaviour on msn, by saying "hello reynold!" in the middle of the conversation. Marcus made a wrong decision to take the bus with us when he had a straight bus to school. Sad. My entire journey home took about 2 hrs. Lucky there was dear to accompany me when i changed bus. =)

No lessons on tuesday! I rawk! But i still ended up in school at 6pm for engin/sde campus crusade vision tea. Nice bunch of people... and the whole session was pretty good. Uni might be tough, but i'm going to put my trust in Him to get me through this 4 years. And thru this 4 years, I want to be able to serve Him even if it's just a small role. Met reynold at the same bus stop on the way home. He had waited 1 HOUR for his bus! Poor guy. I felt totally lame on wednesday, going to school just for a 2hour lecture, because i could go for lecture, eat brunch in school and still make it home before 12pm on wednesday. Well, ate the famous laksa yong tau foo at FASS! Not bad!! And super cheap!

Upapa mugging session during the 4 hour break on thursday with fred, marcus, mabell, cheryl, oliver, ronald, reynold. I was attempting to do econs tutorial while the others were doing math. Let's say we all almost died. Mabell can be our teacher already. After lecture, the few of us stayed back to watch fencing! While waiting at YIH for peng siang and marcus to print notes, we were at the student lounge, talking about MAPLESTORY. Actually it was more of me, cheryl, mabell and ronald. We were super engrossed in talking about it that oliver & reynold just sat there with blank and bored faces. We attempted to change topic... only to be led back to maplestory. Then we went to MPSH to watch fencing, actually to watch cheryl fence! And the whole group of us just stood there watching and speaking in korean/jap. Yea. All because mabell's taking korean. Went home with oliver, reynold, peng siang. This time no jam. Yay!

Went to school 1 hour early today to meet several mohawks to play bball! Bernard, soo guan, robin, zhiren, puva, wen rong, bao jun were there. I was an hour late. Ha. Soo guan gave us a lift to our various venues for lecture. I was late for mle lecture. And my goodness, I must say today's 2 hour mle lecture was the most difficult lecture i've had. And yeah, i expect worse to come since it's only the 2nd week. Gave me a headache visualising all the atoms (A-toms!). And got stuck in a jam again all the wa to harbourfront. ARGH. Got super pissed off. Met dear for dinner at kovan.

Tutorials start next week. BOOOOO!!!!

Engin Bash & Mohawk slippers!~

I survived my very FIRST week of university!! Let's see, counting down, I still have... 4 YEARS MORE.

well basically i've talked about monday and tuesday, so let's start with wednesday. I woke up at 6am, just like your average sec/jc student. I went for econs lecture, just like in jc. Only that i was alone. -.-''' Found out that iggy, peng siang & soo guan were taking principle of econs as well, but they were all in diff lectures. Made a new friend from computing! She lives near me. Yay! Went to buy 2nd hand textbook from YIH which was a real fish market. Then went to meet May (yay! same name) from campus crusade. It's time i get more involved in my own faith. Intended to go home after that. But i met Yingle at the bus stop, who was going to meet huihua at techno edge for lunch.

Since i hadnt seen them for the past who knows how long, i decided to join them. Really nice chatting with them, esp when you meet old friends in a new environment. Makes you feel more comfortable. Sharon joined after her lecture. Went home after that, only to go out again after that. Busy? yeah i know.

A four hour break on thursday. Thanks. I so (didnt) need it. Physics gem lecture was supposedly 2 hours, but it finished in 45 mins... leaving us with nothing much to do for the next 5 hrs. Naturally, being a hard core mugger who hasnt mugged for the past 8 mths, I, together with mabell and oliver sat in the lt doing our math tutorial (and got 'scolded' by people after that for being chao muggers).

School was TWO hours long on friday. And only started at 4pm. People were watching olympics in the lt. Singapore's in the finals! Yay! Oh anyway, the release of the movie: HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE has been postponed to JULY 17 2009. I made a big hoo haa about it when i heard it on the radio in the car. Fortunately no one was there. Or else people would have thought i was crazy. Thanks. That's one year from now.

Ok it's the weekend! I shall be good and stay at home and MUG. haha. Yeah. Scold me. Good luck for your exam dear!~

It's the second day of school!! And i'm at home. yeah. call me a slacker. but i have no lessons!

Well, school yesterday was okay. Was in school at 10am for lecture with mabell & oliver, who didnt know how to use his wireless on his notebook! noob! haha. Then i went running with cheryl and mabell during the 3 hour break! actually, they ran, i walked. Ate lunch at technoedge (sounds like a com lab) and went for a 3hr lecture. Sat with upapa!! yay! Totally wanted to fall asleep in the first lecture. Now i know why we totally NEED laptops in uni. You may say: Laptops are needed for assignments & following lectures. I say: Laptops are used to surf facebook, watch youtube and play games during lecture because without it no one would be awake! Maths lecture wasnt that bad.. at least we learnt something that day. Ha.

Found someone in my class who's taking a module with me! yay! finally. and will be balloting for econs tut with soo guan. Hopefully we get the same tut class! Because i havent found anyone in the same econs lecture as me. *Sobs* But anyway, mabell, oliver and i got the same tut class for the physics module! yay! and we got our first choice. how heng is that? considering the heng-suay basis for balloting of tutorials.

Anyway, after lecture ytd, went with cheryl to meet mohawk for outing and to cel wen rong's birthday! Went to our so called 'favourite' place. Vivo. I've gone there like umpteen times these 2 months. We ate dinner upstairs and cam whored the whole night. Seriously, we did just that. Ai Ping, Ri Hao & i took a lift back home from soo guan who drove. yay!

Argh. It's waking up at 6am tmr! Bleahs. But anyway, i'm still glad for the ppl i know and to be able to sit tgt with during lecture! but school starting means being able to spend less time with dear... =(

Anyway, will upload more photos soon!

Engin boleh! *clap clap clap clap clap*... ... ... We are from engin! HEY HEY!~

Engin O Week 2008

Mohawk!


Formal for FIC


ZhiCheng, Puva, Brenda & ME!


La Mian, Xiao Long Bao, Lo Mai Kai, Siew Mai, Har Kao!


WALLLLLLLLL-E!


Where are you guys going?


External hunt @ 1 Nassim


Our lack of childhood


In engin lift


14 out of 14 of "14 lian pai"


Supper @ Fong Seng


LT7A


Rag Day!


Happy National Day!


Mohawk @ Rag Day


Mohawk @ Clementi for lunch

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Upapa 2nd outing! - After Dean's Tea Party


Waiting for the bus...


Thai Express @ Vivo


Iggy's great idea of using the mirror...


Fred got slapped *bish*


Skinny ah pek

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Upapa Outing 23 July


The early birds!


Peng Siang secretly behind posing..





Smart aSs... thinking hard in progress


MindCafe - Boat Quay


Don't shy la mabell!!


Party World @ Chinatown


Mabell & Ronald singing...

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CheSS Camp Photos!

Upapa - in front of KR


Siloso! 1, 2, 3 JUMP! err... only fred?


wu gui wu gui tiao! go oliver!


CheSS Camp 08 @ Sentosa!


Prawn Fishing...


Me prawn fishing... iggy lost his patience..


Butt Writing - U P A P A!


Flash mob! Look up in the sky!


The 3 chio bu-s of Upapa! Go gals!

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CheSS Camp 2008 - u N i Unleashed
15-18 July

Day One

Made my way to NUS - ALONE! was a bit late because there was a jam. but many were later. anyway, my group - Upapa, house - osim. there's 9 guys, 3 gals & 4 ogls. learnt some cheers and some horny ones. haha. then went to put down our bags at KR. one room per person! the room's quite small, with one bed and a study table. quite lonely. lunched, then had SP activity 1. well, my code name is 'jill' and so my SP is 'jack'. haha. talked to him mainly abt his experience at his sports camp.

then station games & war games. war games were when we got wet. some of which were super funny and super violent. sabo-ed fred by dirtying him with soya sauce & toothpaste. haha. because we were bought by shaun into doing that to fred. then a final game where we kept throwing water bombs. dinnered then night games! it was quite interesting in the sense that we had to find straws in a field while trying to steal other groups 'lifelines' and people at our base had to protect a candle flame from being extinguished. played for a while then went to rest so was playing games with the rest of the grp.

after everything, our grp went to eat supper... where it wasnt only us but many ogs. met serene & ah ruo! was really glad to see them. walked back. slept at 3am.

Day Two - Amazing race

woke up at 7am. ate breakfast and started amazing race! our first station was at yong siew toh conservatory of music, where we had to find our next station. turned out to be chinatown, so took a bus there. were telling a lot of jokes on the bus. reached there, had to find temples and take pics of it. seriously our grp was damn slack. kept taking pics esp with zlk fred & ig. strolled up and down finding the places. then went to URA building where we stood there for quite long at the model of singapore finding our own houses. da bao-ed lunch from maxwell. then proceeded to city hall - ROM. had to dress a 'bride & groom' which were mabell & engfa. sabo-ed fred again, courtesy of shaun.

our next station was at farrer park. but we went into central to eat ice cream! sat there eating for a long time. ICE CREAM BREAK! we were informed that our next station (which was climbing) was closed because we took too long. so to the next station! bishan park! slept on the bus ride there. it felt so good! we had to fly a kite there! while the others were attempting to get the kite in the air, the rest were building a structure for throwing eggs. one person - which happened to be me - had to use the pail to catch the eggs. caught 3 outa 5. then went to the prawn farm to do prawn fishing! caught 2 only. ig ran out of patience because it took so long. haha.

then took mrt to tp. went up to the 40th floor to take pictures because the scenery was spectacular. was supp to find the RI clock tower but couldnt. haha. then went to the hawker centre to take pics as part of our task. went to the end point which was the pavilion opp kfc. entertained shaun again by surrounding these 2 girls and suddenly pointing upwards making it look like there was something in the air. which was super funny. went for dinner. then made our way back to nus. met some councilors there, including shaun who decided that he liked ig so wanted to sabo him. haha.

back to nus, were waiting for our turn for fright night. so played double wacko - with chinese names! it was really really funny. then fright night. went in with marcus. it was more shocking than scary. anyone with a weak heart would have gotten a heart attack. met reynold on the way, and went into a room that had to eat rice that was supposedly really cold and hard. reynold wanted to spit it out after coming out of the room because there was a dustbin at the side. while he was doing that, he got scared by mabell & ronald. so he spit his rice all over the floor! ended up laughing like mad. went to wait for the other grp members, saw ig jump out of his skin and screaming. haha. super funny. overall, fright night was more funny than scary. went back to sleep. slept a bit after 2am.

Day Three - Beach games/DXO @ esplanade

woke at 7.15am. after breakfast, took the bus to sentosa! and yes, there was more picture taking. first was telematch, then station games. most needed pairing and piggy-backs. ultimate frisbee was violent but the other games were fun! got thrown into the water by the guys. wanted to get wet because it was super hot. in the end mabell & cheryl got thrown in too. oh yeah. both fred and ig got dunked as well as tau pok-ed. haha. lunched, then went for another round of beach games! it was super fun... played 'wu gui wi gui tiao' with another og. and oliver beat 11 people consecutively! he became the 'wu gui wang'! haha. then some marshmallow game, where i partnered peng siang and he lost his specs in the water. but we managed to find it! the last game was a memory game where we really sabo-ed the other group. poor thing. and lastly, telematch. we had to build our own sandcastles, grp by grp and bomb other grp's sand castles. the group with the highest would win. so basically, osim, viand & manga allianced to target retro. kept bombing them. but i must say they were really good!

then washed up and made our way back to nus. by that time, we were really burnt. but really had lots of fun. changed into our clubbing clothes and went down for dinner with our SPs. my SP's name was derick... and we were sitting beside chew har & her SP who cldnt stop talking! kept laughing. after that took the bus to DXO. fred was super high on the bus and he hadnt even started drinking. anyway, mabell and lynette didnt bring their ic, so cldnt get in. had the pageant which cheryl was in, then started dancing. fred was still super high without drinking. the rest went back to sit down, leaving me, liling, oliver and fred on the dance floor.

walked to merlion park to find mabell and lynette. but cldnt so walked to marina sq. found a place to sit down and talk. fred was asking who was attached and was surprised that only one person the grp was. some were really surprising because they looked like they had gfs before. concluded that ig was a playboy/playgirl. haha! walked back to DXO to wait for the bus. was playing those stupid games on the way back. lynette was super happy that she got it. haha. was playing the location game & black magic which only oliver, peng siang and i knew. haha.

wanted to sleep, but we went to change and met at the KR lobby again to play more games after reaching nus. the girls didnt wanna play any game that had to move about, altho ig & fred were still super awake. kept wanting to do the ecstasy cheer. haha. ordered macs. and played zhong ji mi ma with bbq, sweet & sour, chili, curry sauce, coke, sprite & water. EeeWww! were playing 'stock market' with poker cards and coins, so the security guard mistook it for gambling. haha! finally got chased off by the security guard because he said it was late. so went to sleep at 4 plus. mabell cldnt get into her room because her fren was asleep and cldnt wake up. so slept in the room with me. fell asleep within 5min.

Day four

woke up at 8.15am. ate breakfast and went to lt15 for debrief and prize presentation. after everything, we walked to science block to eat lunch at megabitez cafe. cldnt finish my chicken chop, mabell cldnt finish her fries. fred said we might as well had shared. took 151 back with cheryl, peng siang, fred, oliver & ig. they were still trying to guess the location game thing. haha. chatted till all of us got down. came home to sleep!

overall, camp was not bad! shagged but quite fun, esp beach games. enjoyed myself and made new friends, friends that i will be seeing for the next 4 yrs. cheers! ~

i think i've been going out too often the past week. but i wont have time to do so after school starts!

nevertheless, stayed at home last mon & tue. got so bored after that i was so desperate to get out of the house on wed. so followed cal to ntu for her medical check up. took really long to find the place. after that we walked to the student svc centre and got lost! haha. ntu & nus seriously have a lot of stairs. so after everything, didnt wanna find a bus, so took a cab to jurong point. ate lunch and started shopping! bought a yellow shorts & 2 tops there. then went to town to meet cal's fren, grace. went shopping again, bought 2 tops fr mango, a bag (which only cost $9.90, cal bought one too), and a belt. grace was telling us abt her orientation camp and the things they made her do. had dinner, then went to ps to find a gift for both cal's and my SP. raRr... was so tired by then.

went out again on thu. simply blissful. =)

stayed at home on friday or not mom will start nagging. started packing for camp and clearing my room. met cal & wil on sat. cal wanted to buy laptop. went to see her vaio which wil and i discouraged her to buy, so went to centre point & ps to look. actually wil did all the work... while two clueless girls were just standing there and pretending to listen. did a bit (or maybe a lot) of shopping in between. decided to get an acer in the end, together with the free accessories. didnt stay to watch her purchase it, went to kovan to meet wols!! waited for all of them for the longest time. and i was starving. haha. anyway, went to grapevine to eat. and while eating, my ogl for camp called! he said to wear a green shirt on the 1st day, supposedly my house colour. and what a relief, because cal & i had bought a green tee earlier! so at least i had something green to wear.

anyway, shafik kept asking me about stuff, then i kept shooting qns to raf as well. haha. edwin came late, shafik left for timbre (damn, he knows the manager). so after eating and much chatting, we played photohunt with pics of hunks & babes. omg. haha. super perverted. after that had to go home early, so raf gave jaime, edwin and i a lift back home. missed the laughter we had before and am really glad that we met up!

sunday, after church, went to meet cal at east coast to cycle. went to eat gelare before that. we ate LF strawberry cheesecake yoghurt (cal says LF stands for 'lots of fats'). haha. cycled to one end of east coast park then cycled back, and wil hadnt arrived by then! cal was quite good at cycling alr! yay! then wil came, and cycled to the other side of east coast park. wil kept bullying cal by cutting into her lane... so i avenged her. haha. stopped to look at people wake boarding or something. so cool. after that cycled back to return the bikes. sat at macs watching cal wrap her gift then went to china town to eat dinner. cal and i were super anxious abt camp the whole day. so went home after that.

cal called me this morning while i was still asleep. understood her anxiety so talked to her before her camp started. went back to sleep after that. anyway, ah ruo has gone for camp too. and i'll be going tmr! it's my turn to get anxious and nervous, esp when i'm going alone. havent gone for camp in a long time. hopefully i'll survive it. haha. rarrR!

thanks dear for the gift! and take care! see you when i'm back. =)

meanwhile, CAMP!! will be back on friday. ~

30June08, monday - Mine & Cal's last day at work! Worked half day, gave out presents during lunch and packed up. Aww... sad. Gave grace's and wil's present last, wanted to trick them into thinking we didnt buy anything for them. Ha. Anyway, they (or rather pao did the shopping) bought cal a top & green cardigan from bugis street, and a bag for me. Thanks!! =) Went for lunch at tp with maria, grace & wil, ate pasta mania! The perms rushed back to office, leaving cal and i to hand in our time sheets and to go shopping!

tue/wed/thu - went out everyday. mom started scolding me.

Friday - went to east coast park with wil & cal, to teach cal how to ride a bike. i cycled while watching wil support cal on the bike. She kept screaming. haha! Cycled for three hours, before changing to blading. Was tired by then, so didnt blade much. Sat with cal looking at the ns guys running. She was looking for tall, dark & handsome guys. HAHA. Went for dinner after that then went home because we were all tired.

Saturday - Went to help out with ah ruo at some event yq was organising. $60 extra to spend on! haha. So went to fort canning park. Was packing the door gifts then went to make ice kachang! Ah ruo was doing the ice shaving, while i put the toppings & the syrup (which was super super sweet). Did that the whole day. Ah ruo was telling me about her arts camp which sounded pretty fun. She kept singing all the perverted cheers. And made more ice kachang. Anyway, our dinner was one hot dog bread and french fries. Helped them pack up at the end of the day. Yq looked pretty tired, poor gal! She had so few hours of sleep. By the time we left it was past 10pm.

Sunday - Mom & Dad went out. No dinner, so i went out. =)

So yeah. I'm staying home today in order not to get scolded for going out everyday. Next week's chem & env eng camp! ~

okAy. My so called last full week at work. maria asked us to ot mon-wed. We said okay for tue & wed. Did not ot on tuesday. Instead, =). Boss and maria were not in on wed, oh yea. naturally we slacked & rebelled. Farah, cal and i were helping wil edit his assignment because his engrish was super powderful. And the 3 of us couldnt stop laughing. Farah re-did his whole conclusion, making it sound more professional and less immature. in the end, cal decided to award the 3 of us with his degree, for helping him with his english. DID NOT ot on that day either, instead cal and i went to bugis str with wil. Walked for a while, and she bought a top.

Wil drove on thu, so grace, cal and i went outside to eat lunch. Cal and i bought wanton mee and added 14 pieces of fried wan ton for everyone to share. "forced" wil to finish eight because we couldnt finish it. he looked so reluctant (but we knew he was dying inside to eat all of it). Haha. i was late for the very first time in my 5.5mths of working there. Mom's alarm clock didnt ring so by the time i woke up it was 7.50am. Took a cab from toa payoh. Went to bugis at night. This is what we ate for dinner: you tiao from dough culture, kimchi seafood pancake & crispy boneless thigh chicken from a korean stall. then we went to bugis street where i bought a pair of shoes.

Was offered a lift to work by wil on sat. Afraid that he'd get lost or something, i met him earlier only to reach the office super early! so he drove ard... and took more than 20mins to get back to the office! was a few mins later than 8.30. haha. Saved on lunch money, because of some tea party and extra food. so we were eating lunch while maria was telling us abt her dog. Wil gave cal, farah and i a lift to novena sq aft work. he was bullying cal who was sitting in the front seat on the way, which made farah and i laugh hysterically.

Walked ard novena sq & sq2 while waiting for cal to finish church, after that went to bugis street again! haha. Bought a small top & shorts, while cal didnt get anything. she was supp to be the one who was buying the shorts, but i ended up getting one instead. my feet were killing me from the walking the whole day, so went to the food court to sit and watch cal eat. talked to her till her frens came, went down to see jac!! miss her!!!

Then i left for my own night life. And i enjoyed it though i was tired. =)

Tomorrow is my last day. And a half day. Boss asked cal and i to help to cope with the morning vol of calls. Damn i hate farewells. Argh! I'm going to get emotional!~

It's my second last week at work! Cal didnt come on monday, which made the cs room pretty quiet and me, bored. Sat in the cs room during lunch reading my book. OT-ed on tue. Wed & thu =). There are always happening events on friday! Yesterday we ate lunch at the canteen in 15 mins. After that chiong-ed down to 80 Genting Lane, Ruby Industries for Ripples Warehouse sale! Had a hard time finding the outlet. But after we did, OMG! The number of slippers & flip flops! We couldnt decide which one to buy! Stood there for the longest time. $3 - 4 for one pair! (UP $9.90). Wanted one pair but didnt have my size! So in the end, bought 2 pairs for just $7! Cal bought 3, bought 2 for eil. Had one free pair because we spent $18 and above. We stood there for the longest time, and were naturally late for work.

Chiong-ed back to the office with 3 plastic bags. And met boss halfway! She was on half day, and was going to participate in GSS! HAHA! The next grp of people going for lunch also chiong-ed to the ripples sale, so everyone had a pink bag by 2pm. Ha! Best thing was, cal & i made wil carry them home. Met eil & yh at 6pm. wanted to go to fox warehouse sale! walked there, and on the way, yh came up with this plan to let cal walk by herself if she ever said to leave eil & yh to er ren shi jie. Anyway, the warehouse sale had nothing much. So cal & i went back to catch the 6.40pm shuttle.

Went to city hall to shop! walked ard raffles city while waiting for wil to go home & drive. So took our time to walk thru citilink & marina sq. Ate dinner once he came, then went to shop agn! Think he was quite bored seeing 2 girls shop. Ha. went to mango which was super crowded. Cal bought a pair of 3 quarters. Went to URS, i bought a pair of slippers (therefore making it 3 pairs). my mom said it looked aunty. Argh! haha. Cal had to work the next day, so wil drove cal & i home.

It's stay home today, because i've been seldom at home for the whole day. It's mine & cal's last week at work next week! And i'm both happy and sad. Working there for 5 and a half months is not short at all. Bahs. I hate farewells.

Came across xt's blog & was reminded of the many happy occasions we had as wols. Yes, i miss them too. And we havent had very much time to meet up this yr. In fact, i think we only met once within this year. And people were rushing back to work, while some of us were rushing for other activities. We really have no time to catch up or have fun. So much has changed. I seriously meet s15 gals & 4a2 ppl more often, which is not very often already. Wish we could just have 1 full day of fun together. ~

This week was pretty okay. Only thing was no jac & eil! miss them lots! Many of them in the office, esp grace, jamie, cal were making so much noise about how much i spent on my hair... which made me feel even worse and more heart pain! Well, grace gave me a sample of her shampoo as well as hair oil for me to try (and make my hair less dry). Jamie & cal kept asking me to buy a hair iron. Almost died not being able to wash my hair till tue. RaRr. my hair's starting to curl.

Ot-ed on monday & tue. Basically i think we did very little. Friday was hs' last day. Damn it. He came later and left earlier than me! Another has left... one less person to talk to! SAD! Anyway, wil drove grace, me and cal to novena square for lunch! Goodness, it's like the 2nd time we've been outside of the office to eat lunch! Anyway, we arrived only after half an hr because someone kept taking the wrong turns. Ate lunch at the kopitiam really quickly, but it was 1.10pm by then. Yea. we were freaking late!

Went to donut factory to buy 2 boxes of 12 donuts, one for hs' farewell gift & the other for maria. So by the time we reached back it was 1.40pm. and boss was back alr! felt so guilty, so kept answering calls. Boss didnt say anything, which made us feel worse! Oops. Very sorry! & Farewell hs! will miss you!

Left early to meet 4a2-ians at bugis. to eat steamboat! met ah ruo & serene first. and yes, they were shocked over how much i spent for my hair. waited for cel & se ying then went to seoul garden to eat! yeah. i blew 24 bucks. Anyway, kept taking a lot of meat and ah ruo and serene kept taking vege. We were so thirsty because we didnt want to pay an extra $2.99++ for drinks. So se ying went to take ice kachang ice and illegally put ice peach tea into it! HaHA! Found it so fun, we all went to try too! Se ying & cel went to take dessert super early, while the rest of us were still eating. Ate ice cream for dessert. So sinful!

YQ still hadnt arrived when we finished, so we decided to walk to city hall to meet her. Finally met her, and we went home! haha. some of us had to work the next day.. including me. But it was really fun and relaxing to meet them rather than face the daily routine of wake up, work, go home, sleep, wake up, work, go home, sleep... and also to catch up on our lives! Ry's going NUS! Will walk to her faculty in the future to have lunch with her! YaY! ~

okay this week was quite happening. firstly, cal & i stayed back really really late in the office just to do up eil & jac's farewell gift. we thought of some excuse to stay back which wouldnt arouse jac & eil's suspicion...

while on the way out of office... (i was supposedly waiting for a friend to pick me up)
CAL: ah! forgot to take my pass!
ME: aiyo... i go upstairs with you and take.

anywaY, basically wil's role was to drive us home & buy dinner for us. he helped with some glueing because he claimed he had no artistic skills. anyway, reached home at 11pm because someone took me round the whole singapore.

Met up with cal, jac, eil, yh, wk, wil on sat. to celebrate eil & jac's last day. and the suay thing was, jac & eil were working in the morning and the whole system (and i mean whole computer system) crashed so they had to stay back half an hr just to finish everything. we finally met for lunch at meridien, then went down to the cathay to watch movie. got pulled in by jac and cal to join this sms competition by LG which was launching their new phone. super malu! aft the 1st round didnt feel like going back. so sat with eil while the 2 went to take part. went up to eat ben & jerry's. wil treated, 9 scoops of ice cream! SINFUL ice cream.

and then went to watch sex and the city. gosh. seriously M18. haha. wk wanted to watch kungfu panda, and so did i. anyway, the show ended at 9+. decided not to join them in their drinking/chilling so went home.

Today, met jac and learnt that wil drove ard marina for 1 hr because the place they intended to go closed down or something. they ended up at st james, not clubbing but eating supper. lol. then they went to THAT part of geylang. heard the guys were very interested.

anyway, walked to far east and ate chicken rice for lunch. and walked ard to find a hair salon. ended up at supercuts. want to know what i did to my hair? not telling you here!! i took 3 hrs, jac took half an hr more. pretty obvious. anyway, the guy was pretty good. i love hair now. but i've also burnt a hole in my pocket. it's scimping and saving now.

went to taka. shopped a bit. then went to eat pepper lunch for dinner. jac & i couldnt stop staring at our hair. lol. kept taking pics in the toilet.

*Cries* No more eil & jac fr tmr! it's only me and cal now. no jac to take the tp bus with me, no eil's noisy-ness. i'll miss you two!! really really really much! really! but i'm envious. they dont need to work anymore!

will miss you two!!~

Eventful week at work. Several things happened which caused lots of confusion, mess & scoldings. Many fell sick again but still much laughter from the things some temps do and feelings of irritation to the point that we feel like vomiting blood. Well anyway, today was okay. The usual busy busy busy in the morning after which the calls slowed down. The last half an hr was super funny because maria was telling us abt how her maid caught a bird and kept it in the house.

Went down with wil to hand in time sheet while cal went for church. Had lunch then met cal agn and went to marina sq. Got caught up at mango. Both of us were trying clothes and more clothes. Guess wil got too bored so he went out. Developed some photos then went to play pool. Been playing pool super often! And good to have someone to tell me which ball and where to hit. But got distracted by the videos in wil's iphone again. lol.

Had to leave after that cuz i had church anniversary service! Reached there quite early. Will be going to sentosa tmr! My church has apparently booked the whole palawan beach. Aint that cool?~

NUS it is.

As it always was.

~

This weekend was rather fulfilling. I had time to both stay at home as well as go out. Met ghis on sat and walked ard bugis street. It has officially become my favourite place to shop. Ghis & i bought a different blouse each. I'd have bought shoes if we had time! Went for yiling's church event which in the end, only me, ghis & anne marie attended when most promised her that they'll be going! Some came up with the lamest excuses. Ah well. No point getting angry. Yiling played the base guitar! =) Was quite a meaningful event. Spammed the whole packet of potato chips despite still recovering from my cold.

Met cal and wil in the even on sunday to play pool. Kinda miss playing at hougang plaza.

And of course, some things arent meant to be written on blogs.

Going to chiong this week. Because my pay for the month is practically peanuts. OT pay!!! ~

Dear GOH LEAN MAY,

You have been selected for the CN YANG SCHOLARS PROGRAMME to pursue an undergraduate programme at Nanyang Technological University.

You will be offered the Nanyang Scholarship to cover your tuition fee and other expenses. The value of the Scholarship is as follows:

· Tuition fee directly payable by students (after Tuition Grant)

· Annual Living allowance: $6,000

· Annual Book allowance: $500

· Computer allowance of $1,500 (one-off)

· Settling-in allowance: $250 (one-off)

You will be guaranteed a place to stay in one of the Halls of Residence for your 4 years of study at NTU.

_________________________________

WHY!! Why not NUS?! I already made up my mind to accept NUS.. and now this. Goodness, in a dilemma. The offers are pretty tempting. No. The offers are VERY tempting! No need to worry about finance, about the long trip to school for the next 4 yrs. ARGH!

Nevertheless, will pray about it. And see what God says.

~

Lean May is sick.

RaRrRr!

Sore throat & Runny nose. I might have caught it from CS. And i think people in CS will be catching it from me.

Anyway, I've decided to stay on till end of june! Because finding a job for a month is seriously difficult. Well, that's only one of the reasons.

=)

~

It was a PH yesterday! and you have no idea how glad we are. aNywaY, wil came to pick me right outside my house. shuang!! then drove down to suntec to meet cal. he called cal on the way with his iphone (omg he has an iphone!) and i think i used 20mins of his outgoing calls talking to cal. lol! reached suntec, met cal. the restaurant wasnt open yet, so we went to walk ard before lining up at the restaurant for lunch!

okay lunch. goodness.... the buffet was such a spread! started with the paper steamboat, then went on to attack all the other stuff. so by the time we started eating, we had at least 5 plates of food on the table. the sashimi was good, and so were the other stuff! most of the things that we didnt wanna eat we gave it to wil, whom i think got fed up and went to take his own food! haha. ate quite a lot and kept taking food. wil took one whole plate of sushi that cal and i didnt touch at all... so imagine how much he ate. lol.

then desert... we took 2 whole plates and a cup of ice cream and ended up eating less than half. took a whole lot of pictures too! anywaY, thanks ah pao for lunch! know it must have burned a hole in his pocket.

after that drove down to far east to meet suz. had a hard time finding a space to park. and it was super hot! walked ard far east for the longest time but cldnt find anything nice. kept taking the escalator up and down. think wil & suz faces were turning black. haha. finally gave up the idea of finding stuff at far east, so walked to marriott to buy the cake for eil & jac's b'day! decided on green tea tiramisu... something different from the normal black forest. then took the cake back to office to put in the fridge. yea. i know. we went back to office on a PH! no one was there anyway.

then drove down to marina to find presents. bought 2 shirts, a box & a necklace for each of them. met jeanette there! walked until our feet almost killed us, seriously. because we just cldnt decide on what to buy. and wil sprained his leg the day before so he must have been dying from all the walking. suz left, and i got so tired that went to the food court and sat down for a while before buying dinner!

after finding all the presents, went to play pool! most of the time cal & i won because wil hit the black ball into the wrong hole. and we lost because we hit the black ball in. lol! but learnt a lot from him! because cal & i didnt know where to hit most of the time. i was super tired, so was stoning while cal was trying to figure out how to hit the ball. many funny moments. pao hit my forehead with the cue stick, cal was trying to find the white ball from the bottom when it was alr on the table, and at the very last game, cal wanted to show off her pro-ness so i partnered wil, and he was the one to hit in the last black ball but chose the wrong pocket so yea. we lost. haha. cal was so happy! haha.

went home aft that. cuz we were all half dead, actually i was. sent cal home 1st, before he drove me home. he took like the longest time to get me home, because he turned when he could have gone straight to srgn but took me all the way back to tp then bishan. haha. anyway, it's still nice to have someone drive you all the way home! yay! thanks again! =)

celebrated jac & eil's b'day today. took pictures and ate the cake! apparently wil hasnt tried his bluetooth on his phone... so we were trying to figure it out on the way back home. hasnt figured out till now... so will upload next time! =)

~

Met up with 4a2 classmates on monday. Ry was there the earliest with serene, followed by me. We met sharon on the way to cafe cartel, where we waited long long for yq, xy & jasmine. Had a great time talking and chatting with them about all kinds of stuff. Realised different group of people love to talk about different stuff. With s15, conversation is mostly abt uni, scholarships, work & driving. With 4a2, we talk abt anything under the sun, esp with ry around. She was laughing at something... which i think most people could guess. Talked about the past and where the other classmates of ours are right now...

Because almost all of us had to work the next day (except ry) we decided to leave early. Ry & serene met one of their friends... so the rest of us were waiting for them... waited super long. Decided to 'ignore' them when they finally caught up with us. Then ry kept interrogating jasmine but her questions went totally out of point.

Anyway, thanks for the birthday present and the card! Love ya all!! =))

At work, cal's still on leave, and suz didnt come to work today! So i was all alone in the whole row which was quite depressing because by afternoon i totally had nothing much to do. And no one to talk to! Anyway, for lunch, we had free food! But we had to eat in the cs room because all the perms went for a cake cutting ceremony. The few of us decided to wear all the same colours for this week. And today happened to be pink. And it happened that not only did the 4 of us wear pink, so did boss and a few others! so almost everyone wore pink today! Ate too much potato chips and all kinds of junk food. People are sick and i think i am falling sick too. Argh! i hate every symptom of a cold! argh! ~

How come it's always a friday that everyone is not around? So many people took leave and half days that the low call volume became high. Anyway, been competing with cal & farah (who joined in our highest call competition). The only reason i got first was because cal was busy. Havent reached 90 before. But cal was short of 2 to a hundred again. Priya came back for half day ytd.. which made eil & jac really happy. Haha.

Went to meet s15 gals after work at clarke quay. Went to a ramen restaurant at central, actually there are thousands of jap restaurants at central.. so tiff, sam and i were queuing at one restaurant and lyn & anne marie were at another, waiting for the rest to come. Got a table at last for all the 10 of us! (full strength!) The topic was mostly about uni, scholarships & driving. Their experiences were really funny. Waited for ghis to finish her food as usual! Went to walk around clarke quay, to this cake shop to celebrate ghis' b'day. Supposed to celebrate anne marie's too but she left so early! Her cake was strawberry shortcake which was really pretty and good! We were discussing about a trip to hk this july... so excited! Walked around and looked for a pub/club to sit down and chat... ended up at '1nitestand'... free entry! the whole group of us sat there but only ordered 3 drinks! The people around must have been laughing at us. Tiff drank boddingtons, lyn drank san miguel and ghis, fel and i shared a lychee martini. I had to work the next day! couldnt drink much. Listened to the live band play before rushing home for work the next day!

Calls today were the normal nasty kinds on saturdays. Boss came in today. Lucky call volume wasnt high, so voicemails werent that bad either. Sat at eil's place. Chionged for the bus at 1pm. Boss thought a few of us were alighting at toa payoh but at the last min, jac & i decided to go to bugis, so we pulled wil along, leaving boss to be the only one alighting at tp! Anyway, think jac & i have gone crazy, couldnt stop laughing at wil for no reason. Kept suaning him also.

Went to pastamania to eat lunch at bugis. Thanks pao for the treat! We had chocolate banana pizza for desert... in which i pulled out all the banana. Walked ard bugis before going to bugis street! Wil left and promised to meet us 1.5hrs later. Jac & I bought a pair of shoes. The same ones, only different colours. She bought a blouse as well. After walking ard the whole bugis street, decided to go back to bugis junc, spent time at kino not reading books but to find her jin & i to find my wu zun/danson!

Then went to find a mother's day gift, bought earrings for my mom in the end! After like 2hrs, we were still waiting for wil, so we went to the arcade. Ended up playing that hitting game which made our hands so pain. Ha. And still waiting for wil to come, we asked him not to in the end, because if he did, he'd just end up driving both of us home! Took the mrt to raffles place, but realised it was crowded, so we took an mrt to marina bay and sat all the way back because our legs were dying.

After tmr, it'll be a monday again! WORK! So many people arent coming on monday again, it's always mia on mon or fri! ~

Work on Friday was a terrible mess. As mentioned, 3 people were off and the 2 new temps couldnt take that many calls. Couple with the fact that the previous day was a public holiday, which meant a higher volume of calls. So basically the only temps taking in calls were me, cal & suzanna. It was quite hectic in the morning, with queue calls reaching 10 people waiting over 10mins. There was also a higher volume of nasty ppl. And we were so busy consulting boss on those that we couldnt even take in calls in the afternoon. Cal went to check her number of calls and dragged me along. She was short of 2 to a hundred. I was quite far behind. But the 3 of us took the bulk of the calls that day, which was quite fulfilling.

Met up with s15 gals on saturday at 3pm to supposedly attend Nj's 39th college day. We somehow assumed that the 'food fair' was some sort of big thing, something like funtasia so we went early only to find out that the 'food fair' was part of the ceremony. We walked ard, saw teachers and saw the newly renovated LT5 now known as a different name. Wonder where all the students are going to have lectures? The only LT big enough for mass lecture is LT1. We sat in the hall, only to feel super extra because we were one of the very few that weren't receiving prizes. So we decided to leave. HA! Took a bus to PS, were discussing about uni and scholarships on the way. Went to meridien to have an early dinner. Korean food! Yiling left, the rest of us walked ard PS. Went to raffles city to meet mom, dad & sis. Bought a pair of jeans. Well anyway, will be meeting them next week at ikea! It's far from my office and far from home. Sobs.

Am on leave tomorrow, going for NTU scholarship interview! After hearing ghis & fel's encounters abt their medicine interview, I'm doubtful of whatever i am going to say tmr. I've received NUS' big package. Have been reading it the past few days. So much admin work to do! Will be quite busy in July, with registration and misc details about admission into uni. Apparently only anne marie & i are going to nus (yay! same faculty!). And apparently, only anne marie, me, py, lyn will be in singapore for our uni education. The rest may be going overseas... mostly to Australia. Well, all the best to those with overseas applications! ~

It's finally a PUBLIC HOLIDAY!!! Sad to say... it falls on a thursday. Anyway, I went to meet jaime, shafik, edwin, xt & raf for lunch at amk hub. We ate pepper lunch. This is the second time in the week that i've eaten it. Well anyway, my hair and clothes smelt of food after we left. Oh, thanks xt & jaime for the present! Raf had to go back to work (on a PH!!) and a few of us had our separate programmes, so we all went our separate ways after lunch. So today's meeting was rather short.

Took the train to Bugis to meet 4a2 classmates. Serene, Ry, Yq, & Xy were there. Shopped at bugis street for quite a long time. Ry & serene went to sit down because serene was sick. So xy, yq & i continued shopping. They made me buy something before we left, bought this long shirt, something like that yq was wearing and a belt to go along with it. Xy left, yq and i went to find ry & serene at mos. Serene's parents were there, as well as some of ry's friends. Serene went home to rest, so went home with ry and yq. We were wondering when we would all be able to meet as one clique and catch up with each other! So much to talk about, work, uni, and the past!

Well anyway, I still have to work tmr. Apparently, eil, wil & farah are off. Priya's taken 1 mth leave for exams. Hq & Geraldyne have left (we'll miss you!!), there's two new temps and boss has did a mass re-arrangement of seats. Going to sit beside cal now, at geraldyne's & hq's seat. I'll miss grace!!

NTU's interview is on monday. Gosh, the distance turns me off. And i'm being a bit kan-chiong and paranoid about nus uni applications that i went to check the status of my application. Have been offered Chem Eng from nus, just that i havent received the offer letter. I think my mom is equally anxious, because she went down to check letters straight away! (after working there for some time, i sometimes get paranoid that letters may get lost in the mail). Anyway, just hope i get the offer letter soon! ~

I received an email from ntu offering a scholarship.
I received a letter from ntu offering Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering for admissions into uni.

I'm praying hard to receive something from nus soon. It's still quite early but receiving both from ntu has made me more nervous coupled with the fact that my mom has been asking about it everyday. Hopefully I'll be able to get my first choice for nus. Praying hard!

Anyway, boss is hiring new temps. Everyone's leaving!! The 'best' thing is, they're all girls. Seeing them going thru the cycle of listening into calls, retreiving vmails, trying to take their 1st call, screwing up really badly and becoming a pro at it is really interesting. NOT! Ha. Will be working till end of may, jac & eil are leaving 1 wk after me and cal is leaving at the end of june. 2 more saturdays of work left!! ~

monday: ot-ed with cal & wil. don't know what we were doing also.

tuesday: the last day of headache frm tp side. ot-ed with cal. we spent one hr after we logged out designing boss' b'day card.

wednesday: celebrated boss' b'day which was on tue. invited uncle sy to eat with us! haha.

thursday: had a headache after playing too much diner dash frm grace's ds. (nitendo ds is the current craze in the office)

friday: at abt 5.40pm, boss im-ed me and said "lean may, i need to talk to you. pls meet me in the orange room". which gave me quite a shock. was wondering what i did this time and whether she was going to do something to me! haha. ended up to be a trick. but i must thank them for the huge gift, which was a super huge octopus and a bear bear.

left to meet s15 girls @ bishan. yiling was away on mission trip. went to ajisen to eat ramen.. and then sat there for the longest time... before cutting the cake along with lyn and talked some more. hope to meet the rest soon!! =)

so want to thank those with the funny sms-es in the morning which made me laugh, cs for the huge present and s15 for celebrating over dinner with me!!

CS Chalet 20 - 22/03/08


What we won at escape


Jac, me, Cal & Eileen


The whole lot of us who went for the chalet.

That's excluding grace & wilson who came really really really late on the 1st night with two bottles of absolut and nearly made us drunk. Eileen calls him 'sun you' now. Had a fun time with them, going to escape, playing arcade & pool, and blading. Only jac, cal and i were left on the day of check out. Some had to work. Well, all the best in army yh, wk & wjl!

Took MC on monday because i came down with a terrible terrible cold. Could not talk on tuesday. Of the few months in the cs room, i only had 4 days in which i didnt need to answer calls. My very first 3 days, and tuesday. My nose was blocked on wednesday. And i couldnt hear properly because my ear was blocked as well. Wilson and grace went over to train the temp staff over at toa payoh news centre. They were to start work and almost drove us at media centre crazy on friday and saturday because they were screwing up. But i guess we cant really blame them. Having a crash course and no system to check customers' details are really a torture.

It's just that CS is going to go crazy these 2 weeks. ~

yesterdaY night was 'fun'. (there's nothing much to talk about in the day)

raf drove and came to pick me up at my office, along with jaime and edwin. Yea! Finally a friend my age that can drive! 4 habits that he has: he accelerates real fast, he brakes real hard, he keeps horning and keeps saying tmd!! kept asking him to stop horning.

went all the way back to srgn, to edwin's house where i was flipping classifieds. raf wanted to find a job as a driver! haha. then drove to geylang to eat the punggol nasi lemak which was a bit on the expensive side.

both the guys wanted to see red light district... so they sat in front with jaime and i behind, looking like prisoners or some hostage. didnt see anything. too early. bullied edwin to sit behind agn. and kept stopping at petrol kiosks to go toilet! haha. sent jaime home, then me. finally the luxury of someone sending me almost to my doorstep!

other than that, nothing interesting. i have no life!~

The feeling of shock and disbelief is back. It's really really seriously unexpected. I'm serious. It's just like Feb 10 2006 all over again. And I can only say one thing, thank you Lord for the good results! Mom told me this morning, anything better than what you expected is the Lord's blessings. Yeah. I totally agree.

Ate lunch in school before going up to get results. Anne Marie cried when she heard she got 7 distinctions. I couldnt speak to tiff moments before my turn to get my results. And i couldnt even write my email properly or check that my documents were in order. Ms chua said congrats. And i could not believe my eyes.

Especially for GP. From an 'S' (aka a fail) in prelims to an 'A'? Who ever dreamt of getting A for gp? Only those whose english are way up there. This is clearly the Lord's blessings. But I also want to thank Ms Chen for all the guidance and help she gave esp after prelims. For all the consultations, going through the very basic stuff and staying back till odd hours just to help her students.

Congrats to S15. We did quite well as a class i guess. Anne Marie counted 19 people on the board of names listed for 3 H2 distinctions and above.

Not much of a celebration after that, just went out with fel, ghis and elaine. Py & yl went overseas. Everything hasnt sunk in yet.

Well, it's on to the next phase. NTU open house tmr! And blahs. I volunteered to work tmr. BOO!~