{Underneath the Stars.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

=) look what i've got!

7:06 PM

Last night, dar said he had a surprise for me.

As usual, he asked me to guess what it was. ^^

The night before, he said he wanted to get the 周杰倫2008世界巡迴演唱會 for me, but then there were only single seat tix left, so he didn't. Then, he said that there were 5 performances in HK.

So I thought he got me the HK concert tix!

It's not.

*holds breath*

Clue: It's what I wished for in my previous post.

Nintendo DS Lite!!!
and it's in red!!!!!

*bEams.
I am just so happy I don't know what to say. xD

Thank you so much. ^^
For this, and for all the many different sweet surprises you've given me.
Just wanna let you know, I don't need all the extravagance when I've got you, for you've been life's greatest surprise to me. Love ya and cheer up okies! Evey loves surprises, but she's afraid of Mr Grumpy. >.<

Sunday, October 28, 2007

To E-Learning, and Beyond!

1:48 AM

Finally! The long awaited E-Learning period is here! It's time for a one-week BREAK (Boozing, Rocking it up, Eating, Apeing around and KO-ing)!

Been quite an eventful 'last' week though...

First of all, my doggies got into a fight on Monday night. Dar and I were out ma, so we didn't know and couldn't do anything. =( Then when my mama tried to restrain them, she got bitten. =(( Looked pretty bad at first sight, with all the blood flowing and all, but thankfully it's actually a pretty superficial wound. Phews~

mama's wounds...

Tuesday - was finally on time for my 8am GEMs class (Introduction to Seamanship & Boating Theory). Tried really hard to stay awake, but still... Zzz. Dar said the rope-tying and navigation topics are supposed to be interesting, but I suppose it all boils down to the lecturer. >.<

Went to Vivo to catch Superbad after "semenship class" with Vincee, Sky, Ric, Peifey & Eileen! It's sucha dick show. Literally! Alot of profanities, and many cute pics of, well, dicks. haha~ And the movie so reminds me of dar and his dearest bin. Especially the sleepover "I Love You" part. The movie's supposed to be 114 minutes, then i tot 114 minutes equals 1h 14 min. What a dumbshit. Only realised my mistake when halfway through the movie, Sky told me it was already 1250!!! Which means we never made it for the 1pm lecture. haha~ Somemore went for french toast at HK Kim Gary. So deliciously sinful!

Another sinful day on Wednesday whereby Gris, Viv, Xin, Ric, Sok, Kh, Tim & I celebrated Liangyu's belated bday with a buffet @Suki Sushi, Cineleisure after school. =X all ate till tummies pop out le! haha~ kienhoe & tim were very funny, and their 'intimacy' also reminded me of Superbad!

I was pretty much dreading Thurs - 8am FMRP tutorial. Followed by a 3h break. 10 minutes CSB interview. 2h break. Then crappy BD. Luckily, I found out that we can just submit our BSG decisions and leave. Which means no need to go for BD! Yays. Still, ended up staying back with kienhoe & tim - doing? Playing PSP & DS Lite. -.-" But very fun! I so want a Nintendo lor, either Wii or DS will do. Very sucker for Nintendo games. hee~

And Friday was pretty much a memorable day for me. =D xD =D All because I was top trader! Haha! So happy... First time ma... Then I've always had lacklustre trading results de.. (Like, no more than 20?) Last Friday's trading also quite successful, 'cos my first two trades incurred me a loss of -100++, which was quite disheartening, but I still manage to earn back and make a substantial profit too. Like so pro right! *bEams. I'm so happy I actually feel like I can get an A for TO already mans. ^^

Then in the evening I went over to Faith Methodist Church to help with the kindergarten graduation ceremony. Felt so drained then. But when you see the kids performing, you really cannot help but smile. From pre-nursery to the K2s, they're all so darn cute! Love the pre-ns, cos they are so so so young, some of them just stone on stage. x) I was helping my papa take photographs, but I'm still pretty much a noob at photography, so in the end I just switch to auto mode and take whatever photos I can. *cross fingers & hope they like my shots*

the k2s graduating... reminds me of my own kindergarten graduation...
*music: the final coutdown*

my fave stars for the night... really made my day to see this trio - the gal shakes her butt so enthusiastically... then the left guy blanks out and didn't dance at all! Instead he kept posing for all the photographers! So cute rite! Then the plump boy on the right just looks oh-so-adorable! He very yandao and suave when he dance! xD

Saturday marks my 4th drums lesson. *gRins. Drumming is so inspirational. It makes me feel like I can do anything I set my mind to. And it made me realised how short my attention span is. hahaha~ I will just drift off and my co-ordinations will mess up. Played my very fave jian dan ai! *sWoons. =)

And I so want my own drums set. >.< style="font-weight: bold;">cajon! It's a type of drum, like a box, whereby you sit on it and play it. It's so very interesting!!! Once saw a band playing it at Wisma, it's really very fascinating... and I've been trying to find out the NAME of the instrument. haha~ Next time got chance will learn!

da cajon!

In the evening, brought my doggies to West Coast Park's dog run... Was hoping to see my favourite Samoyed, but nobody brought, so quite disappointed! Saw many other doggies though. =)

some gigantic dog checking Coffee out

a husky sniffing honey's sweet butt

Owells. October is ending. Halloween anyone? ;) Nov onwards, I will be resigned to taking public transport, cos my dar wants his papa to drive the carcar instead of riding his bike. Dangerous ma. So yeps, I'm gonna walk, take bus, or mrt, or just stick to staying at home.

Unless... I can persuade papa to... Hmms~

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Tiruchirapalli

10:29 PM

It's been one week since my parents were back from holidaying.

No more staying up late to do housework.
No more skipping school to do housework.
No more bossing my sis around to help do housework. =p

Yays! Come to think of it, it wasn't that bad la. It's like cleaning up your own room, just that your room has suddenly increased in size by (what seems to be) a gazillion times. I'd have left the cleaning to the very last day, if not for the fact that:
1) I've got 2 very adorable & DROOL-ABLE doggies = sticky floors xS
2) mama has ocd! obsessively-compulsed to clean up.

Can you believe, upon knowing that I cooked dinner, she actually swiped her finger over the kitchen cabinets to see if they were oily?!

Luckily they were satisfactorily clean. (I was too lazy to wipe the cabinets!) hee~ Cooking was very fun though!

Although I only made dinner twice, but I think I've finally gotten the knack for it!

*cheers*

Lovely-ly fresh steak from The Butcher
With Red Wine Sauce & Cream of Chicken Soup!

Chawanmushi. Beefball soup.
Baked beans. Stir-fried egg tofu with minced meat.

Not everything was smooth going though. The steak was undercooked, though still very yummy. *dRools. Hmms.. 1 more minute should be just nice for medium well. And the sauce I prepare too much! haha~ Wasted so much red wine!!! Managed to master Ric's Aunt's chawanmushi recipe, and yepyeps, the second dinner was good though I added slightly too much stock and it's a tad too salty for me liking. The only thing that backfired was the rice! Didn't know 1 cup of 米 equalled how many bowls of 饭. So yeps, tried but failed twice, so I decided to prep Udon for myself instead. Lols.

Think I'm gonna try out a couple more recipes this Wed. Of course, must get mama's permit to mess her kitchen up first. xD Next time when I become a tai-tai, I'm gonna have a nice big airy kitchen with sleek appliances especially the big OVEN papa never got me. And then I'm gonna take up cooking lessons from renowned chefs and cook yummy stuffs for Mr Boyfriend, my KNS darlings and all my friends!!! (Mr Boyfriend, do you copy the tai-tai part? ^^)

Anyways, I'm very thankful that my parents were back safe & sound. Glad that they enjoyed themselves too. Must have been very fun for them cos they've been in a good mood all week long! *bEams.

This is kinda overdue but still...

THANKS so much to my adorable sis for helping out with the housework and for being sucha good, trouble-free gal.
And of coursecoursecourse, thankewssssss to my dearest Mr Boyfriend for helping me out with the oh-so-dreadful-i-will-absolutely-die-if-i-have-to-do-it-alone ironing. Kudos to him for looking after the two of us so well despite having a rough week full of bad luck. Seems like that bad patch has finally rubbed off us! Hope it'll be smooth-sailing for your FYP, and that you get into Spinnovex! (Even though that means you'll have even lesser time for me... >.<)

P/S: Tiruchirapalli - is the name of some place in India. Haha, I saw this word at Changi Airport's arrivals board and couldn't believe my eyes. =)

Monday, October 15, 2007

of bright lights & fairy dreams~

1:25 AM

14 Oct 2007

1.30pm @ Orchard Hotel.
Accompanied Xinwei & Jocelyn to check out the education fair.

Though I don't have plans to study abroad (not unless Lady Luck throws herself at me & grants me a golden scholarship), it's still a very tempting idea. Might even say it's a dream. Read fang's entry, the one she wrote before leaving for UBC, and yeps, how I agree!

To some sense I've always longed for that freedom & independence. Yes, there's a price to pay for it - the struggles of being alone, being different, being far from your comforts; STILL that concept of "the grass is always greener on the other side" kinda bugs me and puts in me the desire to want to study overseas.

Anyways, kinda sick of the local education system - it's really stifling at times - so I guess if I really wanna pursue a degree I'd like to try out something different? (Thing is, is it really different???)

Couldn't help but to grab several of the Aussie U brochures... They really offer interesting courses in the area of Arts & Social Sciences [which, incidentally, is what I'm really interested in].

After a day's worth of research and consideration though... I've finally concluded:
1) Overseas education costs $ more than local unis.
2) Local unis - NUS, NTU, SMU. Of these, if I pursue my own interests and take Bachelor of Arts, then my choice is narrowed down to either NUS or NTU. I love eng lit, but it's not really practical for me to study lit since I don't aspire to do editorial work etc - so if I take BA then I'd major in Econs and minor lit or take double major.
3) If I wanna study Econs however, I should go SMU.

Hence, SMU = most ideal?

And then comes an even BIGGER question mark. Should I work first or further my studies first??? O wells.

The reasoning goes on.

Maybe I'll be able to get some answers at the Career fair next week.

Just maybe.

到底是先有鸡还是先有蛋？

Friday, October 5, 2007

Virgin Post

3:25 PM

My first post!!!

Been having a lot of thoughts lately... Rather moody actually (macbook pro undergoing servicing = withdrawal symptoms => gloomy evey?)

Anyways, seeing that it's the first entry, gonna keep it as light-hearted as I can.

It's nearing the end of Week 2, and school's going from boring, to extremely boring. Thank goodness I have crazy classmates, although the eating part is getting a bit outta hand. lolx.

My parents are holidaying - Jiuzhaigou, China. For 1 week. So sweet right!!! xD aiy0 I scared will die of starvation. Plus hafta do chores. =X *level of laziness increases to 101%*

Later on gonna hafta wake at 3am to send them to the airport. Which means: Lack of sleep = blur more than sotong => kena bluff during trading. haha~

Can't wait for my lappy to be back - the personnel said 3-5 working days. Sounds more like 3-5 years to me though. *wincEs*

Enough said. Probably will do some backlogging to vent and rant my heart out when I get lappy back. *bEams. xD