Friday, September 30, 2005
"Wo Lei Si Le!!!"Had test at 8am, den lecture at 10, den another test at 12. Met up wif proj mates to discuss at 3, all the way till 6 plus. My face was alr damn black, eyes damn tired, and then my phone rang. Who else but my dad? Then he was asking me where am I now and stuff, I told him I'm still in school... and I went, "Wo Lei Si Le!!!" (I am so damn tired!!!) in that whiny complaining high-pitched voice, hoping that he will get the hint and come fetch me. And I see my grpmate, this malay girl sitting opp mi mimicking the way I say that phrase and the rest were laughing... lyk wth. And after I hung up the phone they asked me wad's up, den I said, "orh, I was so tired then wanted my dad..." before I could finish all of them went "ORH!" and burst out laughing. Apparently they thought I was talking to my bf or stg, which explains why my grpmate was lyk mimicking the exact same way I "teh" that phrase into the phone! But she was damn funny la... haha...
But it's no surprise la... I get that from pple all the time, except for frens who noe me very well alr. Sometimes I think the way I talk to my dad even more "teh" than the way some girls talk to their bfs... but there are some girls who have an extremely goosebumpy kind of way of "teh-ing" to their bf... those u really feel lyk giving them one tight slap la. Kaoz, u normally scold pple like a tigeress... tok to bf suddenly become like a mouse. Siao. But anw, wonder am I the abnormal one or do girls tend to talk to their dads in this manner too? Haha... I like to "teh" my dad to get what I wan... used to work but now he knows my pattern so well alr he wun give in all the time. Like today... I have to take train home frm sch at almost 7pm!!! AAARGH! NUS is really driving mi nuts... and it seems like I'm not the only one. My proj mates all commenting that dunno how come this sem particularly stressful. It's a cursed sem... haha!
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@ |9/30/2005 03:29:00 AM|
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Someone juz told me on msn that I pretty much fit into the category of the kind of girls guys are looking for. Then I said, "Then why am I still single?"He said it's because the faculty I am in now is a nunnery.Now that's a consolation.
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@ |9/28/2005 10:41:00 AM|
Go on NUS... Go Ahead And Choke Me To Death...I'm dying.... somebody save me.... why issit dat I'm not half as stressed for the past 2 sems? Muz be because of ELang... or issit also cos I'm taking 3000 mods alr? And Bahasa of cos... 2000 level is so much less fun than the introductory one... maybe I shouldn't have continued. I'm so suffocating I'm going to follow my dad to sch tmr... gotta wake up at 6 to go together with my siblings, when my lecture is at 10. AND I'm gg to skip that lecture to go comp lab, research on stuff for my proj grp meetings coming up.... cant turn up empty-handed anymore otherwise will get blacklisted... haha! But luckily my Social Variation grp mates very nice one... I asked them to help mi take the notes for the lect tmr they agree very willingly. If there is something that is making the situation better, it is having such great group mates this sem. Today after my Bahasa tutorial at 10 I received this sms frm my Psycholinguistics group mate.... this malay girl, apparently she saw the announcement on IVLE dat tut later is cancelled and she sms-ed all of us in the grp! So sweet!
And I have 2 tests both on Thurs... and guess wad? I only started a teeny weeny bit on Psycholinguistics, and not a bit on Bahasa.... tink I'll study Bahasa tmr... afterall I dun tink I'll need 4 hours in the comp lab for research... Uni life sux... NUS is literally forcing me to go choke and suffocate myself... I wan to graduate soon!
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@ |9/28/2005 01:22:00 AM|
Monday, September 26, 2005
Cute And Fun Tests!!! (Not quite sure of the accuracy though... but juz have fun!):: Sushi Test ::
:: Flower Test ::
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@ |9/26/2005 10:41:00 PM|
To Go Or Not To Go....Last time, i absolutely dread going to my aunt's place during weekends cos my cousins will bring their gfs back and I'll feel so extra. And other than that, it'll be cos my relatives will keep asking if I have bf, and when they know I dun, they'll be all so worried for me and try to drag mi to matchmaking.
For these past few weeks, I'd been missing in action at my aunt's place... went YY's party, went out wif frens most of the other times... and what happened now!? My sis told me my relatives are guessing I'm seeing someone which is why every sat I never turn up at my aunt's. Cos today I went over for dinner my grandma asked me, "Eh Wanwan very long never come liao hor...?" Den I said, "Ya, went out with my frens." Then my sis whispered to me... "Eh you noe why ah-ma ask you that anot?" I said, "Why?" She said,"Cos yesterday she was asking around if the reason why you so long never come is because you have a bf..." And my sis gave her hysterical laughter seeing my WTH face....
So what they want?? I go they worry I got no bf, I dun go they assume I have bf when I dun! Aaargh...
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@ |9/26/2005 01:52:00 AM|
Some Quizzes That I Find Very Accurate!
| You are an Atheist |
When it comes to religion, you're a non-believer (simple as that).
You prefer to think about what's known and proven.
You don't need religion to solve life's problems.
Instead, you tend to work things out with logic and philosophy. |
| You Are French Food |
Snobby yet ubiquitous.
People act like they understand you more than they actually do. |
(Ok not for this one... I where got SNOBBY!?!)
What Your Sleeping Position Says
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You have a passion for everything - including sleeping.
Outgoing and brash, you tend to still shock those who know you well.
You tend to be selfish. You are the most likely type to hog the covers.
You gravitate toward comfort and don't like extreme situations.
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(SO TRUE!!! The first sentence should replace "including" with "especially"!)
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@ |9/26/2005 01:35:00 AM|
Thursday, September 22, 2005
The Revenge Of The PIGS!Pigs? What pigs?? I tink pigs cant eat half as much as what Tab and I had this afternoon. We went Swensons at arnd 3 plus, cos my darling students "pang seh" me for group tuition again... aaargh. And cos Swensons is having their 26th birthday celebration, they had this promotion... for $26, you can have 2 side dishes of your choice, one Swensons fries... and... an EARTHQUAKE! The one with 8 big scoops for ice-cream! It's just 2 of us... so imagine finishing the entire thing! We ordered rodeo wings, prawn fritters, fries and the Earthquake! We're the ultimte pigs!!! No one can be my pigging out partner other than Tab! Most of my frens, either saving money, or dieting. Damn "sao xing" one...
Our 8 flavours: 2 Lime Sherbet, 1 Sticky Chewy Chocolate, 1 Peanut Butter (something), 1 Strawberry, 1 Coffee, 1 Yummy Raisin, 1 Mango!
Anyone drooling now???
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@ |9/22/2005 11:41:00 PM|
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
What is it about Religions??Religion is part of our spiritual self, some may need a strong attachment to their religion, some can pretty much do without it. But when has religion become a reason for incompatibility between a happy couple? It's as if we're back to the olden China whereby the elders will choose the ideal bride/groom for their own son/daughter. Everything is taken into account for, economic status and power, education compatibility, and of cos, religion compatibility. The 2 families gotta be on par for all these criteria before the bride and groom get married... but it's in modern S'pore now! Whoever heard of parents trying to break up their dauther and her bf juz cos they're not of the same religion!? It's not even like Buddist and Christian, it's Catholic and Christian! And now the parents are making life really hard for the daughter... in short... forcing her to desperation, and finally to break up with the guy. It's so bloody unfair! Maybe I really like this guy alot, and he's a really really nice and good guy, just cos we have different religions we gotta be seperated. You think modern day Romeo & Juliet or The Butterfly Lovers ar?? Seriously I dun understand why the parents are doing this... if you accept the guy, you gain a good son, if you want to force ur daughter to break up with him, there's a high chance that you might lose a daughter. What's the point!?
This religion thingy is so complicated and troublesome. Thank goodness I'm a free thinker... ok maybe not exactly free thinker, but ya, I've no religion. Yesterday when having proj meeting with my groupmates, one of them was telling us she had to go visit a mosque for her Islamic module (never hear of it before!), and she was telling us she had to wear this white cloth covering her head and stuff. Then I remembered she's a Christian, quite a devoted one somemore as she and the other 2 girls in our group are very active in their church activities. (Then I remembered talking to my SS partner who claims to be a super devoted Christian and whom told me that she feels very uncomfortable stepping into a temple or mosque, which kinda made me roll my eyes)
So I asked that friend,"You're a Christian rite? You're ok with stepping into a church?"
She said, "Although I'm a Christian but I believe in accepting other religions too. A good Christian will not ostracize other religions too... that's what I feel la."
And that was one of the nicest things I heard coming from a Christian fren's mouth for a very long time.
Every religion must be teaching their followers to do good, which religion will want their followers to do bad? And being magnanimous is one virtue I believe that is taught for every religion. How can you claim to be a good and kind person when you believe your religion is superior over the rest and discrimates against other religions? It's just so saddening that religions have to become so complicated instead of simply doing good.
As for my fren, I'm really very upset she has to be in this situation now... she must be feeling so miserable now... having to choose between her bf, her faith and her parents. Damn it must be so hard for her... hope all goes well for her in the end...
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@ |9/21/2005 02:45:00 PM|
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Disastrous Misconceptions About Yours TrulyMet up with my Sociolinguistics group today at PS for project meeting. Supposed to go sneak behind people when they are having a conversation and tape it down, and later go home to analyze they way they speak, the kind of tone, language choice etc etc. But later decided it is too hard cos the eateries everywhere are juz too crowded. So we ended up coming up with a last min change of project proposal altogether, and after that we ended up having 2 whole large waffle ice-creams at Gelare... cos it's Tuesday!!! And then we were just sitting there and chit-chatting lor.
Forgot how we got to that topic, but I was asking them to guess if I was from a mixed sec sch or girls school (my fav question to pple I juz knew), and guess wad? Lyk 3 out of 4 of them said I look lyk I'm frm a mixed school, the last one said PLMGS (even worse!) They said I just have a mixed school look, dunno why. And at this point of time 3 HIHS (Holy Innocent' High) students walked past, and one of my grpmates said, "ya, I was picturing you in this kind of uniform!" I gave her the "huh" look and said that's my sister's uniform la... dammit.
And that's not the worst... we were talking about guys (I wonder how that only guy in our group can tolerate our nonsense... haha!), about how come there's many girls in uni who has bfs now still studying in Poly. Came to the conclusion that they're just simply more gentlemanly and matured... and it suddenly occurred to us that these guys haven even gone thro NS! And they're so much more mature than those we get in uni, who'd already finished NS! Well... basically I was the one making the loudest noise la, as usual, about this topic, about uni having no good guys. (I mean, when it comes to guys bashing, who can win yours truly??) Then after lyk 5 mins, the only guy in our grp asked me across the table, "Xuan u attached rite?" I was like... "No!?" And the girls all started going "really?", and girl sitting right beside me even got so agitated and started pulling my arm saying, "Are you sure? You look like you're the type who constantly has a bf!" I gave her my duh-est look and said, "You mean I look very dependent ar!?!" Siao!
And it occurred to me that recently I was complaining to this fren of mine whom I also knew recently, about the super worst date from hell I went through recently. Few days back he was still empathizing with me, agreeing with me about what a terrible person that so-called "date" is. And just last night, as we were talking with some other frens in the same msn window, and one of my girl frens was lamenting about how sad she is about not treasuring this guy last time and now he's left her for good etc etc. Den I was consoling her by saying if he's yours he will come back someday, and that I also go thro such shit before etc. Then that guy frn of mine was lyk, "Eh Xuan I thought u attached?" And obviously... he kena a huge scolding frm mi on msn. Juz a few days ago I was complaining to u abt hellish date I went thro just last week, and u thought I was attached?? Either he wasn't paying attention or I just have the "I'm-not-single" aka "I'm-attached" look. Kaoz!
And if that's really the case... me having this "I'm taken" look, then I'm seriously in deep shit. Means gimme a few more years and my auntie will confirm bring me matchmaking. I'm so dead. Maybe the fact that I look like I'm frm a mixed school also adds to this look of being constantly attached. Hey I'm from Cedar, a girls school and damn proud of it can!? Oh ya, forgot to add... one of my grp members asked me today if I'm a pure local. Lyk HUH?? She said she and another of our grpmate was saying I look like I'm from Taiwan. Having bright coloured hair does NOT means I'm Taiwanese you know!?!
Damn sad... it's as if I have this entirely new identity attached to myself today. I'm a Taiwanese, who came from a mixed school and is constantly attached. Yours truly is a Singaporean, who came from a girls school, and is constantly single.
*FAINT*
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@ |9/20/2005 08:16:00 PM|
My Darling TS Babes~!Went KTV wif them today... and guess wad? When today is already Shih's bday, I'm still blowing candles la. They surprised me with a cake today while I was waiting for them in the KTV room! So sweet rite?? I din even expect them to rem... and afterall... it's been... a week since my bday? Haha... But it wasn't such a shock cos I was lyk waiting waiting in the room, den realised the stupid TV screen is not working, den I stormed out to the counter angrily to complain, only to find the 3 of them doing stg suspiciously right outside the door, mainly, trying to light the damn candle. Damn malu for them man... haha! But anw... the bday fotos and the only grp foto we took together is wif Gloria, and dat woman say the cable is wif her bf who only books out on weekends... so I juz gotta make do wif wad I took... which is, all dun have mi in the pic la. Might as well... I look ugly today... haha...
Winnie teaching Gloria how to do the spastic pose... wah damn spastic man... hahaha!!!
Gloria trying to put what she juz learnt into use... disturbing Winnie while she's singing.
Still not enough of being spastic! Gloria!?! That's her and Jingxin.
That's the 3 of them... my TS babes... minus Weichang who's supposed to join us but last min got proj discussion. Damn the proj discussions! I have one later today at 11am and another tmr in sch lor... shitty!
Zoom in... look at the PRO man! Singing and sms-ing at the same time... dun even need to look at the lyrics on the screen ar! Hahaha...
Damn if onli Gloria could send mi her fotos... she took one of me being the superstar den Winnie and JX being my sidekicks... haha... Anw thanks alot to my darling TS babes... so glad we managed to still keep in contact after TS last sem! Never regretted taking that mod man... Love u babes!
And a very Happy 20th Bday to my dear Shih!!! *Muackz*
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@ |9/20/2005 02:44:00 AM|
Monday, September 19, 2005
Mid-Autumn Festival
That's what I took frm my window last nite... I so miss the days when I was still small and would carry lanterns with my siblings and cousins arnd the park at my aunt's... looking at those kids playing downstairs juz reminds mi of my childhood days... *sigh*
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@ |9/19/2005 11:32:00 AM|
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Went for Dance Reflections last nite wif Cryst and Jo... support Dul mah... she's performing under Synergy. Actually I seriously am not arty-farty enough to actually go understand the hidden meaning behind each of their dance... well apparently according to Cryst there IS a meaning behind each dance... but I'd rather watch dance for the entertainment purpose la... well at least Dul's last item, the kickboxing one, is nice... hehe. And sorry to say, but the Chinese, Malay and Indian dance really made mi go sleep la. And I really have to admit... Dance Blast is DAMN good. ike really super thumbs up kind... really jolted me out frm my sleep... cos they were the last item. Little wonder why they were made to perform last... haha. Told Cryst and Jo that next time Blast have their own solo performance we're gg! And told YY abt it on msn after I came back she also wan to go watch Blast... But one thing after watching a dance performance... those female dancers, the figure damn super good! Maybe got a few a bit u noe... fat, but lyk almost all the figure is can make guys nose bleed one la. Was v motivated to go on diet last nite after the performance... but knowing me... woke up the next morning and clean forgotten about it. Haha... destined not to have a good figure... *sigh*
Anw I was walking into my seat when suddenly someone sitting down looked up and said "Hi!" to me... omg... Ibu Fanny. Aaargh... luckily she din try to talk to me... but she did try to talk to me after the entire performance.
Ibu: Eh, ada orang yang performing in BI2?Me: Tidak...
Ibu: Then who you come to support?Me: Oh teman saya BI 4.
Ibu: Siapa nama?Me: Dulcia.
Ibu: OH Dulcia... Dulcia ada perform ar?Me: Ya... Synergy.
Ibu: Oh (and she pointed to the girl sitting beside her), anak saya.Me: Oh! (To the girl) Hello... (then to Ibu) Cantik sekali!
Ibu: Haha... anak saya baru join Synergy.Me: Orh...
Ibu: Ok la... I go first... mari ya?Me: Okok... bye!
How pathetic... I'm in level 2000 now and I can only come up with this super simple and rojak conversation. Haha... Anw, it's the hols now! Not very long... but at least I can lyk wake up later than on school days la... haha...
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@ |9/17/2005 02:16:00 PM|
Friday, September 16, 2005
I'm FUMING MAD!!!I'm angry angry angry!!! I can feel and almost see the smoke coming out from the back of my head. I feel like killing someone now... chop that idiot up into pieces. HELLO I DUN EVEN NOE U & U'RE CALLING ME IRRESPONSIBLE!?! You can bloody hell go castrate urself and go to hell... bloody despo NS loser! Damn you!!!
Breathe in, breathe out... Kaoz if not cos Tab came to my rescue by calling and letting mi rant into the fone I may have caused the death of my Samsung S600... method of death, being smash onto the floor or maybe being hammered to pieces of my fists. Cause of death... AN ASSHOLE.
Breathe... I have to relax.... later grow old fast... RELAX!!!
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@ |9/16/2005 12:17:00 PM|
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Bon Voyage Ning!!!
Went to send my dearest Ning off at the airport not long ago... maybe 3 hrs? Hope she'll have a safe trip to Wales and have a pleasant 2 years internship there! Though I'll really miss her... aaargh...
(We got her the flowers!!! WOO HOO!!!)
Take Care Ning! All The Best!!!
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@ |9/15/2005 01:20:00 AM|
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
I'm such an emotional wreck... I'm crazy...Supposed to be a happy day for me... but for some reason my eyes super damn pain now... cry lyk siao juz now... and for reasons I'll get hantam-ed by by my frens la...
1) I just watched finish the last episode of this show on scv that I've been following very closely for 22 episodes... never missed a single episode. Apparently the ending was so saddening (according to me la... my mum thought it was pretty stupid) I was crying my eyes out can?? In the end the father became a monk and altho he met up wif his son for a while he din wan to reunite with the family lor. And how it played was that the father told the son "we'd grown this big tree together 20 years ago... let us grow another one now... maybe 2o years later it will grow up to become another big tree and maybe we may be destined to meet here under it in another 20 years time. And then he said, "The soil here is very dry... I'll go get some water." And he turned his back to his son and started walking away... not turning back. I tell u ar... anyone who has seen the way I cried juz now would tink that I'd juz broken up wif my bf of 20 yrs or something liddat! Anw... I believe I would not have cried so badly if not cos of point number 2. It sorta sparked off that water tap in mi tonite...
2) My sis gave mi this present, I opened it, and I started crying. Tears of joy, being touched, surprised... a mixture of everything. And it is also this present that hit me... that turning 21 IS a big deal... this is what she gave me, and it's also what I feel that has the most significance on a 21st bday. Can see she really put her soul into getting this:
Just a simple tee... but it sums up everything abt my 21 years in this world...
(I used digicam take it directly, so the reflection frm the light may cause the pics to look blur la)
And if it's not clear seeing the whole picture... I took individual shot of the pics on the t-shirt:
Top left-hand corner:
That's me when I was a tiny little baby... in my mum's arms... now I'm already taller than her...
Top centre:
That's my same-age cousin... now in Med Fac, already happily attached
Top right-hand corner:
That's me at the balcony of our old house showing a cheeky face...
Middle left hand side:
That's me with my fat brother then...
Middle centre:
And that's the 3 of us... the cute little meat dumpling is my sister... the blur blur kid on the right is my bro...
Middle right hand side:
That's me and my bro playing on the sandly beaches of Rawa Island...
Bottom left hand corner:
The 3 of us again... my sister making a funny face... haha..
Bottom centre:
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La.... the 3 of us and the 3 of my cousins... Everyone is so tall now... especially the guys...
Bottom right hand corner:
My family foto taken at a studio quite recently...
My sis picked out all these fotos frm the so many albums we have... and made this t-shirt for me. I cried immediately after I opened the present... I was so super touched. And I was still wondering who will be the power one who can make mi cry for my birthday... so far no spring surprises frm my frens... and THIS, really hit my watertap nerve. My brother, on the other hand... very irritating one. He gave mi this small wrapped up present... so I was thinking wah for once he give mi present instead of juz money. Then I happily opened it, inside is this funny-looking obiang box. I asked him wad's it? He said it's my mum's spectacle box. (!?!?!) So nvm... maybe he din have a box so he put the present inside it... then I opened the box. Inside is 2 $50 notes. WTH. And since he owed me $50, technically he gave mi $50 for my bday ang-pao. And he was laughing away when I saw what's inside. Sometime I dunno to laugh or cry abt my siblings man... but whatever it is... especially frm the gift my sis gave mi... I can confidently say that I would not be happily 21 if not for my family... my dad, my mum, my bro, my sis. I wouldn't be who I am today if not for them... and I really appreciate that.
Shit man... now I'm gg to cry again. Sometimes I hate myself for being such a watertap. I tink if the right buttons are hit, I can even go save those drought countries man... that's how powerful my watertap system is. And my eyes are super pain now... tink i hafta wear specs to sch tmr alr... doesn't make a diff since got no cute guys in sch anw...
On a lighter note... I met up wif the Catas babes for dinner today... went to Crystal Jade's to have "la mian"... not so much of a bday celebration, but nice nontheless... we went down to the taka basement where they had the Mooncake thingy, and go arnd trying free samples for mooncake! And here's us on the taka escalater... Jo said muz take frm top so that we'll look slimmer... haha
That's Jo and Mel
And that's me and Cryst
Thanks babes, I really really loved the top... u pple noe my taste SO well. Haha... and to all those that remembered my bday in one way or another, may it be juz a sms, or a big celebration, really thanks alot... I'm really very grateful to have such wonderful frens! And altho some frens totally forgot abt my bday altogether, I really cant do anything abt it. I mean, I din have a party, which is maybe why they din rem my bday, no need present, not even a sms. And I did send them presents on their bdays even though I din turn up for their bday party... it can really be quite upsetting when u din receive even an sms frm them. Now I noe how "precious" our frenship is. One of them even keep claiming how much she treasures frenship... seriously... action speaks louder than words. Arh wadever... such frens "bu yao ye ba". I better go slp now... tmr got 8am lesson... and my eyes are SO DAMN PAIN!!!
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@ |9/13/2005 01:13:00 AM|
Monday, September 12, 2005
I am SO touched and surprised!!! *sobz*
*RING*
Edwin: Miss Fong ar? Edwin la...
Me: Ok ya?
E: Eh A-Maths still haven teach new thing leh, so today also cannot have A-Maths tuition.
Me: Har... ok lor, but change to when?
E: Dunno leh...
(Then I hear alot of voices behind... damn noisy...)
E: Shhh la!
Me: Huh?
E: Nothing nothing...
Me: Er... change to Fri?
E: Ok can... eh WAIT, fri cannot cannot...
Me: Har.... then liddat ~~~
E: Eh Miss Fong got another thing ar...
(I was thinking, wah shit... still got ar.... ltr they tell mi tmr E-Maths also cancel...)
Me: Yeah?
ALL THE VOICES: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS FONG!!!
Me: HAHA! Thanks thanks....
E: Miss Fong present we give u tmr during E-Maths tuition.
Me: Huh... no need la!
E: Buy already! Bo Pian!
Me: Haha... okok den... so tmr E-Maths no change ar?
E: Ya lar ! Ya lar! (he always do that when I start nagging)
So touched man.... with such incidents... no matter how naughty or hard to teach ur students are, u'll still feel that being a teacher is so worthwhile. I mean... how can anyone not want to be teacher??? I love my students man... give me such a shock. Anw since A-Maths tuition is cancelled I can bring forward my P4kid tuition to afternoon, means I dun have to go tmr nite, and I'll be meeting Jo and Cryst later to celebrate my bday! Dunno if they manage to get the whole Catas... but I wun count on that la... haha...
Wadever it is... my day is already made... *WIDE GRIN*
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@ |9/12/2005 01:56:00 PM|
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Birthday Celebration with the Giggly Girls!
I had a really really great time on Fri with the Giggly Girls... they actually planned a birthday celebration for me at Holland V! Liza did tell me that they'll be celebrating my bday on Fri but I was expecting the usual birthday stuff... but din exactly turn out that way... haha...
Met up wif Eil, Carin and PZ at 12 to head down to Holland V's Essential Brews first while the rest will only join us after their lesson at 2. Shufang & Liza joined us a little while after we arrived. Anw, just to digress a bit, the food there is really erm... not inedible, but not worth the money la... I wasn't even half full after I finished my set lunch... bleah. Anyway, we were like damn hungry so we ordered and finished our food even before the rest arrived. Seriously let me tell u, if for any outing you realize you're not told anything in advance or know really nothing about, like who's coming, who cant make it and stuff... most like you're the one being left out, meaning, ur turn to kena the birthday thingy. Sigh... I always preferred to be in the planning committee; at least you're part of the thing geddit?
After finishing our lunch and juz rotting arnd waiting for the rest to turn up...
And then Kim and Shih came at around 2.30. And suddenly Eil asked me to accompany her to go toilet cos she's scared... say what watched Shutter den scared etc etc. Bleah... in the end it's to lure me away only. Anw the girls were really sweet la, trying to make the entire thing very grand or should I say dreamy-like? Cos when we came back frm the toilet to the table Liza was lyk standing at the side trying to blow bubbles all over the place to create the right "ambience". Not very successful la, given how small the bottle of soap bottle is, but really appreciated her efforts... haha. And here's what they made for me to replace a birthday cake!
So sweet rite? PZ, Liza and Carin made them frm scratch, ok the muffins were made frm ready made mixture but the icing on top was made from scratch. (I really cant figure how they managed to do it la... haha) And for those who watched SATC, it really reminded me of how Miranda was trying to help Steve make the exact same muffins with letters on top for his current gf. Hmm... wonder if Liza got the idea from there. Oh ya anw seriously it was kind of scary, the way all cameras are faced directly on u suddenly and the flashes seemed lyk all over the place! My 2nd time feeling like a celebrity... (first time was when I was relief-teaching), but well, given my unphotogenic looks, naturally I look really bad in the photos la, especially the impromptu ones. EWW...
(wonder what Kim was thinking wif that expression man... haha!!!)
Oh and not forgetting Kim who never fails to create the comical effect for every one of our outings. Here's her trying to replace her boobs with 2 of the muffins "X" and "Y", presumingly coming from the "X" in my name, and "Y" in "birthdaY". I was saying thank goodness she din happen to get hold of the "X" and "W" instead. Imagine her left boob being called "Xuan" and her right one being called "Wan". OMG... that sounds really really disturbing. (It doesn't help that my brother's initials are "X" and "Y" la... hahaha!!!)
After that we went Crystal Jade for the girls who came later and still haven't had their lunch, Kim, Shih and Cheryl. Here's the hungry ones happily tucking in...
And to end off... here's 2 groups fotos of the Giggly Girls! One taken at Essential Brews the other at Crystal Jade! Love u babes!
(And P.S. Thanks babes for the entire celebration... realli had a great time. And I LOVED the bag u all gave mi... whoever chose it must have known my taste very well. And the top too.. it's nice too... altho not so much of my taste. Haha... u noe... spag tops make my arms look FAT u see... haha. But no worries, I'll still wear it out altho it'll make my arms look FAT! Haha... once again, love u babes! *MUACKZ*)
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@ |9/11/2005 11:33:00 PM|
I feel so rich nowadays... getting ang-paos for my bday, recently banked in my tuition pay in total for one month after getting it a few weeks ago... but the big prob is... I dun even have time to go spend them! Oh ya... and YY and Gwen got me Taka vouchers... and I rem I still had the Metro vouchers that my aunt gave mi quite some time ago. I'm itching to spend money and pamper myself!!! And ya... I juz found some 15% and 20% off Charles and Keith coupons... I wan to buy new heels!!! Dammit!
Really couldn't tahan it a few nights ago I went to order a top online, frm an online shop la... keep eyeing it for some time alr and finally bought it. I'll be receiving it one of these days... yippee! But wad abt the rest? I need a chance to use my vouchers and coupons! I wan to go out shopping! But frm what I see... every week is the same routine... tuition tuition tuition, sch sch sch, project meetings etc etc... I have no life at all. No use earning so much and not spending at all... aaargh...
I wan to shop I wan to shop I wan to shop! I wan to pamper myself! I wan a life!!!
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@ |9/11/2005 10:58:00 PM|
YY's 21st Birthday PartyWent for my darling YY's birthday party at Aloha Resorts today... nice place. But well... mi and Gwen already expected it to be an "I-entertain-her-she entertain-me" session, since most of her frens will be her CJ Odac frens... seriously frm Cedar she invited less than 10 lor, and in the end only 4 turned up... me, Gwen, Audrey and Jennifer. Since Gwen and I came earlier, we booked one of the rooms and remained inside as hermits. I hate bday parties... all the diff groups of frens of the bday girl comes and pple juz remain in their own group... But anw... YY wanted me to help her do her make-up... which I did la! And it's nice! YY says her aunties also say the make-up is well done... not too thick and yet still can see... I am SO proud of myself...but din manage to take one of her close-up with the final work... bleah...
And then came the damn saddening part... Gwen and I were lyk protecting our mahjong table frm all the other invaders... and cos our last 2 players are not here yet, we were trying to entertain ourselves by setting up the mahjong set and taking fotos by ourselves. Here's one that Gwen took of me posing with the mahjong set... wif a gloomy face... to show that we're damn bored waiting for our 2 other mahjong kakis to come!
And here's one that Jennifer made out of the mahjong tiles after she came... tink it's self explanatory, dun need to say wad the character is... well done huh... haha...
And I took it with Zoey... YY's niece... so cute! Dunno are little girls getting smarter and smarter these days. I thought Cryst's sis is really super smart at her age alr... now I found another kid as smart lor... Zoey is really very smart... Gwen juz teach her once how to operate her digicam, the next time she noe alr lor, which button is to take foto, which button is to view fotos etc etc.
And the little boy in the pics is Brian!!! YY's nephew, Zoey's brother. He is SO SO SO SUPER DUPER CUTE!!!!! But he's so shy and wun take photos wif us! I'm so upset!!!
Oh my Brian.... Oh.... (Hahahahaha!!!)
Ok enough of my baby fetish... otherwise Gwen will say I'm scary again. Anw here's YY getting ready for the singing, and blowing candles... and cutting cake... haha.
And that's us again! Taken in the room... YY had a bouquet of blue roses frm Keith! I'm so jealous! Haha....
Anw... really nice party u had there YY. Have a happy 21st birthday! Love u love u love u!!! *MUACKZ*
(PS to LIZA: Can u come online soon? I wan the fotos we took on Fri! I wan to update my blog!!!)
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@ |9/11/2005 02:48:00 AM|
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
You tell me. Are you still interested in having tuition?I've never felt so much like a teacher with very high authority as much as just now, at the end of my tuition session with my P4 kid. As usual, he was behaving like a spoilt brat again and giving me rubbish answers which he obviously have not given much thought to. So for the entire lesson I had this boiling heat deep inside of me that's really killing me, and I was so tempted to just storm out of the room and talk to the mother. But I did not la... decided to take matters into my own hands first.
Apparently I gave him a few pieces of homework, and he deliberately did even more, just to make the marking difficult for me. How come I'd say so? Cos when I was marking through his many pieces of homework, he was gloating and said, "too many to mark ar?" I cant be bothered to even answer to that. I ignored him for the entire lesson, cos I was too busy marking and didn't dare to give him more to do cos I cant even finish the current pieces. And got one question when doing corrections I marked him entirely wrong, cos the whole meaning is wrong, altho on paper half of it looks correct, some stupid science question la. So he was saying so I should give him half marks. Usually I'll give it to him, today I coldly said,"I dun care about marks." Haha...
On 8.30pm dot, I closed all the books on the table, even though I still have not marked the maths assessment book. And he said, "You mark finish that one already meh?" I placed both my elbows on the table, holding my red pen in one hand pointing at him in a matter-of-factly manner, and said, "I only have 1 and a half hour with you, and I will only mark those homework I assigned you." Immediately he knew the tables are turned, and suddenly nodded. Then I sorta slammed the pen on the table and lowered my voice tone. "So you tell me, are you still interested in having tuition?" He stare at me blankly and shrugged. I continued, "Everytime I come for tuition you'll give me this attitude like you're not interested in learning. Everytime I ask you to do sums you'll anyhow do and give me rubbish. Everytime I try to explain science to you you'll talk back to me." He interrupted, "I where got talk back?" I raised my voice, “Everytime I explain something to you you'll interrupt and try to argue with me when you dun even understand what the question wants, that's not called talking back?" He kept quiet. "So how? You tell me if you're not interested in having tuition anymore... I'm ok with it."
"So you tell me, what subjects are u lousiest at now?" He said," English." (Who the hell is he trying to bluff, I know he likes to do English assignments best la) "ONLY English? What about Maths?" He nodded. (First time I see him acting like a little lamb, usually like some loud spoilt brat one) Then he bit on his lips, he looked like he's about t0 cry, and luckily he din otherwise I dunno how to explain to the mother...
Then I took one of the assessment books and ticked 3 exercises for him to do for hw. As usual, the haolian him said, "only ar?". I said, "yes, and plus this." And I took out one of his science assessment books. "Have you started on HEAT?" For the past few lessons and even till the beginning of this lesson he told me his teacher haven started science yet. Now he meekly replied, "Ya, I think so." And as I was packing my bag I said, "Listen, for the next time I come, I will only mark those homework I assigned you, if you like to do extra, I'll only mark them when there's time."
"OK?" He nodded.
"Actually u think I like to scold you meh? Make everybody upset only, you think very fun meh? I hope I wun have to scold you again."
And I left the room.
And I felt so good...
Hahahaha!!!
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@ |9/06/2005 12:00:00 AM|
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Love At First Sight?
Read at Sunday Life! today... they had this article on real-life cases of love at first sight. Single woman sees single man at mutual friend's party and they just knew it... he/she is THE ONE. It doesn't make sense at all. How can u fall in love with someone u just met? The correct explanation for it should be that you'd fallen in love with the person's appearance. LUST at first sight.
If there's really such a thing as love at first sight, about how 2 parties will feel the immediate chemistry when they locked eyes and just know they will click rightaway, then there'll be no one left waiting for love. Go out trying to catch every other guy's attention la! Walk on the streets, look at this guy walking towards your direction... no feeling... no, he's not THE ONE. Since we've this inborn radar of detecting something as important as THE ONE, the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with... use it! Use it to test on every other person u see on the streets... u never know when you'll experience the THE ONE feeling.
What a load of crap... those pple featured in the article got that feeling, because they're already at marriageable age, and still single. Then when they meet someone also at a marriageable age at a party, ok la... this can do. So they psycho-ed themselves into thinking that they are fated to meet here, and they just can feel it in their bones that the other party is THE ONE.
Siao!
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@ |9/04/2005 11:26:00 PM|
I'll be a lady-killer if I'm born a guy...Why? Cos I'll be a super sweet and romantic guy then. I noe no one compliments themselves to be sweet or creative or romantic etc etc... but it's me mah... I self-declared "zi lian kuang" one... Anw wad happened was I met up wif Ning to celebrate her bday with her. I slept at 4am last night to do up everything for her present lor. Feel lyk slapping myself now... why din it occurred to me to take a foto of what I'd given her before giving it to her... Aaargh...
I wrote 15 points from how I met her, abt memorable stuff that happened throughout Cedar, den even when we went diff JCs, we still kept in contact... etc etc. Each small cardboard one point... and I laminated every single piece using the self-laminating paper, and then compiled the entire stack into this small gift box, with the last piece of cardboard a photo I took with her last time, also laminated. End result was so damn professional and nice, I told her I cant bear to give it to her lor... (shit man... if only I took a photo of it... )
And then I was also late when meeting her, cos I last min realised the most basic thing I should give her... a personalized pair of earrings! Which I last min hurriedly made... in the end was so super late took cab otherwise it's possible that I may be an hr late la... And ya, that pair somehow is so well-done I also cant bear to give it to her... so super pretty and sweet. And I bought this really really cute plush dog and put it inside this really nice handcarry bag that has a nice ribbon at the sides. So the end result is the doggy head popping out at the side on the bag, and inside it's holding on to the pair of earrings and the gift box, with all the little laminated cards. Damn... she din cry. I thought she'll be so touched that she'll tear when she received my present man... but well, I'd always known Ning to be a super strong person since sec sch days... who can beat me the watertap? Haha...
Oh ya and I'm not finished with my sweet bday celebration for her yet. After dinner we just sat there and continued talking and talking and talking... and then I checked the menu if they had cakes... but they din have it in the menu, so I decided that brownie is the closest I can get to sticking a candle in it la. So I wrote my order and went to pay, pretending telling Ning that I wanted dessert, knowing she sure wun want one. And then when I was at the cashier I realised they have cakes! And there's a sign saying "All Cakes Must Go! Half Price After 9pm". Then I checked the time it IS after 9... so I bought a cake lor, asking the cashier woman can ask the waitress bringing the cake to stick a candle on it and light it up when served to our table. And that's what they did! Ning was so surprised! But no... still no tears... I wonder if she's human man...
The "inhuman" Ning...
And she decided to take a foto of me too, so I "tong-pang" her cake to take photo lor... Haha...
Haiz... then I think about all the nice little things I managed to come up with for my friends over the years... I think I can be such a sweet person. But too bad I'm not a guy, otherwise really lady-killer already man. Haha...
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@ |9/04/2005 12:59:00 AM|
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Stupid tuition kid! I'm so bloody irritated with him ok.... I really really wonder how come Tab likes teaching pri sch kids... I think they're so irritating... well, my tuition kid is la. Apparently his maths is really weak, so I let him do alot of maths la... bloody hell... today he anyhow do the assignment I ask him to do la! Not as if it's very difficult, he just wan to anyhow do... I'm seriously pissed with him already... I think one of these days I'll quit, maybe until I get my next pay... and if possible I'd like to give him 2 tight slaps before I leave... AAARGH!
Another week over... wonder how long I can tahan man... 3 days of tiring time-table, den one day a bit more slack. But today I got closer to this girl who's in my Psycholinguistic and Socioloinguistics tutorial group. At first I thought she quite dao one... den today we realise we taking the exact same 3 EL mods together so we went the next lect together after the first one... she's quite nice, we got alot to talk abt lor... like apparently she also wan to be a teacher lor. Den the rest of the grp members also v nice... the Sociolinguistics one especially... got one girl reminds me of Sher... dunno issit the single eyelid or issit the chirpiness... think both add together den got the feeling... haha. Anw, the point is, so far I've very nice group members... even for my Psycholinguistics one, even though all of us very blur with the module... then got 2 malay girls... they very nice, one of them look very sweet sumore! Well... boring sem, but nice new frens... can la... counted as a bonus. Considering the number of irritating and repulsive group members the Giggly Girls encountered since year 1 sem 1... this sem seem to be a really lucky one to meet not one asshole! But shhh... dun say so fast, my sentences class haven form grps yet... haha...
Anw here's a jingle for this friend of mine :
T-A-B-IT-A-B-IT-A-B-IAnd TABI is her name OH!~~~~~~~Hehe... ya, Tab is always the one who can come up with the greatest ideas out of nowhere... she's the genius of all geniuses when it comes to all these weird ideas. Love you so much for ur brilliant idea, and thanks alot alot!!! After all the "rubbish" we'd gone through since sec 3... this is just another one rite? Haha... thanks for being there for me again!
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@ |9/01/2005 11:07:00 PM|
