The looming of the Winter Break

The coming of the holidays actually worry me. And i have loads of reasons for it-
1. There is actually a nagging thought at the back of my head that tells me that I should not have slacked off in the last 2 weeks of school, cos now I have LOADS to catch up on. And there already isnt enough time to eat and sleep and recharge, much less prepare for the coming term.
2. 2 extremely annoying essay due on the first day of school at 5pm. And no, I dont not know how to go about starting it.
3. A more annoying learning diary. I absolutely detest such stuff- I end up being positive and not cynical and not myself. Absolutely distressing.
4. Im getting too fat. And I cant stop eating cos it is the festive season. Bad excuse and I hate myself for it. (Speaking of which, Im stuffing my face with Gu Choc Brownie and Cantuccini that Stef brought me from Italy and drinking my favourite Sainsbury's Red Tea now.)
5. I'm going to spend too much money for my own good. Boxing sale has yet to start and I have started shopping. This aint good at all, seriously.
6. Im homesick and Im jealous of Stef and Mich and Charm who are home in sunny singapore now. I miss the tripod people, I miss SnR, I miss the Losers, I miss my random friends in Japan, in Australia and people like Pangsai and Boobs. And Im not supposed to be whining, Im supposed to be happy that Im going to scotland for xmas.
Im sure I will be ... If im warm enough, that is.

Ok NO MORE WHINING. I get absolutely disgusted at myself when I do stuff like this, but I just have to get it off my chest and now im good (:

Its time for be to go Chinatown and get some stuff for my family who are happily enjoying their tour of uk, while I sit here and sulk that Im travelling north for the xmas and going to battle winter at full force. Wish me loads of luck people, and I wish you all ...
A MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS (:

I count my blessings and You are defintely one of them. Thank you!


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

The start of the Holidays.

Its finally officially the holidays. Though ironically, now I have this nagging voice in me to start work, get my bum off the bed and face off facebook and msn.
But it isnt working, Im homesick and I want to know so many things about Singapore. I want to know whats happening- if there are new policies, who is the top psle student of the year, any xmas sales in singapore, which star is dating which star again ... SERIOUSLY ANYTHING SINGAPOREAN. Which is why I spend so much time on facebook replying emails and on msn. And homesickness reduces you to some kinda goo. You just sit stoned, and non- functional.

And, yes supposed to have breakfast with Kelv and some of my hallmates this morning. But i think all pangsei. Which i dont mind, cos Im actually so darn tired from last night. I was online talking to Kelv about all sorts of stuff till late, and now i pretty much feel quite like a zombie. But i woke up anyway- part of me feel like i should wake up cos i asked people but part of me just dont want to go out at all. So im pretty happy (and tired) now, sitting in my room, and probably going back to dreamland later.

Last week of school has been so slack for me, and not because there isnt many lessons but because I have been slack- like really slack. I have started sleeping in class, missing lectures (cos my family was in town, and I thought it was important than going for a not-too-fantastic lecturer), and i know this is the start of a slippery slope. I have tried so hard to be good, and now its all destroyed. Like what Monica said, Its the opening of the floodgates, the start of many to come. And it better not be, cos after xmas break, Im going to be a good kid and work hard, so that I can earn my reward to Japan and Korea.

Met up with Monica last night (and thats whom the breakfast vouchers came from) cos she was in london for a short while. And it was great (: I miss her so much and its so much like old times just sitting and chatting to her- and doing our favourite activity (guess what. no surprises. starts with a B.)
Stef is coming back from italy later. And i might possibly bug her to go for a musical with me. I love love love watching musicals.
And this isnt good, what expensive hobbies I have (:


OK BACK TO SLEEP. cheap and good.

My dear lil brother is coming to town!

Finally, my family is coming tmr! Im pretty excited about it, though i would think that im probably less excited that I would have been about 1 mth ago, cos im really starting to enjoy life abit more here. Well, i love life that doesnt involve doing work ;) (And I have gone on a work hiatus.) And im going to watch chelsea- valencia tmr, hope that it would be a good match (the atm at stamford bridge better be good)! Quite looking forward to it, and i can imagine people like kep and pea being jealous. This is one of the good things about being in london- there are tons of things to do, if you can afford it of course.

Woke up earlier than usual to pass Moo some sushi that I made in the sushi sweatshop with mich yesterday. And brought down some for dinner, but i still have like LOADS of it left. I think i still can feed an army with it :( Meaning that its going to be my meals for the nxt couple of days, which is making me miserable just thinking about it. Maybe I shall bring it for the medics tmr, and get them to help me clear it. Plus it makes me look nice and friendly.

Hung out with some of my hallmates after dinner and we were surfing the web for pictures of kangkong, cos one of them is thinking of making some food for her friends. Kelv and mich came over to bum around after that and it was as usual loads of crap. Plus kelv brought me EGG TARTS FROM SELFRIDGES. Best eggtarts in london i promise! A must try, and possibly better than singapore's. Though maybe hk and macau might beat it but i havent tasted those since very long ago, so i have pretty much forgot the taste of it. Mich brought some Gu choc cake, it was AMAZING as well. Calories just as amazing. And i think i consume about an average (for a male) of 2500 calories a day, i have to find a way to cut down on it somehow. :( And i think its going to get worse when my family comes. I seriously have NO SELF DISCIPLINE. No wonder im here now when 3hrs ago, i set about trying to read physiology. Terrible.

Finally uploaded the Birmingham trip pictures onto facebook, go check it out people! (Though i have to wait for Eelin to come back from spain to get the high quality pictures.)

Its a cold day today, heard from mich that its -2degrees. Terrible. Its days like this that makes me regret buying my lovely fridge.

I'm looking fwd to the hols after this week! And then i wont be jealous of the oxbridge and ULSOP people anymore! (:

AND MON is coming to london, i cant wait! <3
The days in London are just starting to look good, despite the coming of a cold winter.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Slack Sunday

Woke up really late this morning, though I have to admit that I dragged myself up for brunch (if not I would have continued) thinking that i would be as sumptuous as a typical sat brunch, but it wasnt. Almost like a typical wkday one, which I would not have sacrifice my sleep for :( Now i have learnt my lesson.

Went back to my room and bummed around. Had a little tiff with my mum, and she hung up on me on skype -_-" Now, I have to think of ways to patch things up before she comes, if not my holidays wouldnt be good. But im really looking fwd to my brother coming and going for the chelsea match (:

Spent the whole day preparing for sushi for my hallmate,cos its her farewell. And as usual, I overestimated a normal person's appetite and bought like 20pounds worth of sushi ingredients, which led to me making enough sushi to feed an army. Ok, im exaggerating. But more like dinner for about 20people. Which is not too way off my initial plan of making snacks for about 20people? (:
But spent more time than expected preparing the sushi, and hence (very sadly) missed the asian dinner. Its like the 2nd time I missed it :( Though, didnt mind it too much cos i wasnt too hungry after preparing and eating sushi at the same time and was hanging out with mich (and this is not considered socialising which means it is loads of fun).
Will be bringing the sushi down for dinner tmr, cos didnt have the chance today. But it means that it would be hard and dry and i would have loads of sushi to heat up -_-"

And i suddenly remembered that i have left my laundry in the dryer.
I wonder why the dryer is hot but makes clothes shrink? I thought warm air should make it expand?
The wonders of phyics.


Cooking makes me tired :( And im dreading school tmr, though i cant wait for my brother to come on tuesday! And that reminds me that i have to keep him away from corruption by kelv.

Merry Christmas People!
Im feeling festive and abit off up there ;)

Shopping Saturday

It seems like Im not someone who is able to balance much of a social life and academic work. Its like one or the other.
When im trying to get some work done, i would be holed up in my room, completely uncontactable (phone's off and not online) and just alternating between eat, sleep, mug. And now that im on a work hiatus, ive been like hanging out with people more ever since I came back from the birmingham trip.

Went out shopping with kelv, my adopted london Mummy, who is so annoying and yet so much fun to be with. I dont know if im sadistic, masochistic or just plain insane, but i have no idea why im hanging out with this poophead. So we spent the whole afternoon just strolling oxford street and getting his stuff for his friends back in sunny singapore. And one of them was for zhenni, and its amazing how small singapore is cos everyone knows everyone. Somehow one way or another- in school, church, cca or random tuition classes. Amazing ... amazingly scary.
Like I could walk down the streets and someone could go behind me and say, thats the girl who eats more than a normal guy. Oh btw, she's a klutz too. -_-"
And yes, we got a couple of cool tees for his friends, and im thinking of getting them too. But still contemplating and waiting for the boxing day sale. (I cant wait for it! Im wishing it could come like now now now!)
And of course, each shopping trip isnt complete (for me at least) if i dont get any good food, so i got distracted by Selfridge's Foodhall and got portugese egg tarts that were super fantastic and a carrot cake that was good but ive tasted better (:
And before heading to oxford street, we actually stopped by covent gdn and had coffee at this amazing place. Good stuff espresso for only 1pound. I foresee myself going back there again and again. Only wished it could expand (though we were wondering if it would affect the business in this manner) and it would have been fantastic.

I actually bothered to go back to hall for dinner. Food is getting worse (maybe cos i have been eating more of it to realise it), but i enjoy hanging out with the people here more. Played murderers with hallmates for about 2.5hours after that and it reminded me so much of 406 times. Missing the class and all the friends so much.
Its pretty hard to make loads of friends in uni? Or maybe its just cos its antisocial me.


I want to go Japan and Korea for summer.

Connaught Hall's Christmas Dinner

I have completely stopped bring functional. I was telling myself that after my nap after going for a magic trick show at my friends room after dinner would be revision time, and now everything backfired. Somehow, it doesnt seem to bother me too much. I just dont feel like doing ANYTHING remotely related to work. But of course, im attending my lectures and labs and trying to be attentive and remember stuff. But everyone knows that it is not enough. I have to get my bum off my room, clean it up and go to the library to get work done ... in January, since my family is coming over in about 4 days time. I'm real excited about it (:

Christmas Dinner at Hall
My hall has a formal xmas dinner last night and it was unexpectedly not painful. Got to sit with a bunch of people, who were really nice, friendly and easy to talk to, though they proclaimed themselves to be normally antisocial. I dont blame them, im no fan of socialising myself (well in fact I dread it most of the time), it gets more more tired than mugging to be quite honest.
I went down for dinner initially, finally after a 2.5 week hiatus and holing up in my room eating food in front of youtube, ive decided that im going to make an effort to show some of my face and talk to some of the hall people. And I was greeted by a shocking sight of beautiful ladies in flowing gowns and the guys in suit. Absolutely horrifying! And I was there in faded jeans and slippers, looking quite lost and confused, till Preuk came and got me to get changed to formal wear.
Whoever would have guess that my hall was celebrating xmas 20days before the day itself! And so I contemplated ... and I did relent finally. Put on my (emergency) dress -thank goodness i brought one over- and my only pair of heels (4inches .. ouch). And tottered down. Found the only seat with the bunch of people I eventually had dinner with, and it was really nice. They were really easy to talk to. And, its been quite hard to find people like that here, cos most of the time, i seem to have to make a conscious effort to find topics to talk to the people about. But with this bunch, its different! Which is good (: Or maybe its just my once pathetic (and still rather sad) social skills are getting slightly better.
People were going around taking photos, but im camera shy (haha!), cos i barely bothered to dress up and was too embarrassed to go about. Plus i had really nice table mates to chat to, so that contributed to inertia to get about.
The wardenian team were waiters for the night, and the comm members cleaning up staff. Feeling quite sorry for them all ;) But i guess it isnt too bad for just 1 night in a year.


I've been terribly distracted by travel plans. And im planning to visit Erns in Japan, and making a short trip to korea during then and then on to melbourne and back to singapore during the summer hols. The whole trip (hopefully) not costing more than 2k (sing dollars of course) for airfares, which is actually quite probable. I'm excited just thinking about it, cos i absolutely love korea and i think its gonna be loads of fun visiting Erns (and seeing Japan, the manga land!) and Huien and possibly the rest of the aussie peeps (:

If only life was a holiday ;)
WAIT.
I take that back, it just means that we wont have breaks at all, right?

Birmingham trip Day 3 and Dinner!

Day 3: BBC Good Food Show at NEC

We were late for the Gordon Ramsay show which was such a pity cos he was so amazingly charming. He makes me feel like I dont mind being fat if I can marry such a charming cook. But as we have established, being a medic meant that you dont have much choice in your man, so i guess i would be left on the benches for quite some time : ( Not a good thought at all!
Anw, the fair was fantastic, there were so many things to try and the good food there were really good and decently priced! I didnt buy much stuff but, i went around trying everything from organic biscuits (which I got dj to bring back for the losers), to chilli and dark choc sauce and pate. It was amazing. And i got very very full just doing food tasting. The whole fair was huge, with one whole big section dedicated to wine and alcohol, and of course, many alcoholics were killing their livers there. And there were shows going on as well, but it was so crowded that i refused to squeeze in to watch and it made me regret it abit, cos i heard that mich and minshin got to try some of the food which the cooks cooked. Absolutely amazing! Its making me jealous just thinking about it. AND THEY WERE IN SUPER CLOSE PROXIMITY TO GORDON RAMSAY, who is so charming. I think men are like wine, they just get better with time, dont you agree ;) ahha, especially one who can cook this well! and who is so humourous!
I didnt buy much stuff at the show, cos I was trying not to spend too much money and trying all the food already made me full. Plus its not too good a idea to keep so much food with me. Since, im already trying to go on diet (and im finishing babe's wafers now. not good at all. stupid girl thinks that i would appreciate it for leaving food for me. NOT!)


The birmingham people came together for a dinner gathering ytd and it was great. I had rarely hung out like this in london. Mainly cos part of me think that i should be using my time to either catch up on sleep, work or clean up stuff. But now i think, its time for me to get a social life! Though have to seek a balance of course. Sometimes i wish london isnt so .. "sociable". But i guess i would come to realise the fun of socialising (: .. when i do get better at it. Since now it more stressful than enjoyable!
But with the birmies, its so absolutely amazing. Everyone is so easy to talk to and so fun and accepting. I got pretty high last night and was up till 4am playing Grow which isnt good at all! But still, i really loved it and i wished i could have more dinners like that, with such nice company.

And yes, I finally watched the last epi of Heroes Season 2 ytd, and I SO DO NOT LIKE THE ENDING! Stop the writers block, bring back my heroes! Gimme a proper ending! And make the characters smarter! People are that un-intelligent in real life, and peter isnt either!!

I want to go on another trip! Abolish exams, cancel dry labs (they are really dry!) and postpone the lectures ... Gimme more time to see this beautiful world!

Monster Game

I finally completed this addictive game that kelv introduced to me:

Its so silly, but it just makes people compulsive and want to do it again and again.

Basically, you just have to max out the levels all the various items, and its a game based on logic. Check out: http://www.eyezmaze.com/eyezblog_en/blog/2005/09/grow_cube.html#monster if you are interested.

Not my fault if you are addicted.

Just came back from a nice social dinner with the birmingham people and it was absolutely great. I love this bunch (: And some of them makes me feel like I might just find some close friends in here. And thats gonna be so beautiful!

(As usual too lazy to blog, will do so when Im in the mood.)

Birmingham trip!

The birmingham trip from Friday to Sunday was absolutely fantastic, one of the best trips i have ever been to. Kudos to Miche (and loads of thanks) for organising it! (: Despite the fact that i slept through the whole day today (I slept during lessons! Which was bad, since i havent been a bad kid since i came.), I think it was one of the best weekend getaways I have ever had! But now i feel very very slack, and lack the drive to continue working for the nxt 2 weeks of school, it seems like im already in a holiday mood. But being a medic, i SHOULD be mugging nonstop shouldnt i be?

Back to the birmingham trip.
Firstly, i absolutely loved the crowd that went. It seemed like everyone got along so well, and we all seem to have this certain chemistry, although we did have a little hiccup here and there (which can never be helped with group travelling) but i would love to go on more trips with this bunch again ((: Its like making me feel like somehow i could find a gang of friends that i might potentially be really comfortable with again. But of course, because of the medics' disgusting timetable, it meant pretty much that they would mostly be my travel buddies. But who knows what lies in the future yes? Im praying and hoping that something like 406 would happen, and i know itll be so beautiful then!

Day 1, Friday:
The bus was late, and we finally reached birmingham (to be greeted by fierce gusts of chilling wind that left me chattering .. literally.) after midnight. And it was alot later than expected cos the bus left about 45mins late. But the service apartment was absolutely great. There was this huge kingsized bed and the toilet was fantastic and it was SO NEW. Plus the best part was that we got it for like 200quid in all, and all 14 of us managed to squeeze in very comfortably. And there was this kitchen with everything intact- pots and pans, utensils, oven, microwave, dishwasher. Absolutely amazing!
Finally we all went to bed at 3.30am -_-"

Day 2, Saturday:
Visited the German Food Fair in the morning, and i didnt know anywhere could be so happy! The music just made me want to skip and the food (although disgustingly priced) were amazing. It was SOSOSO yummy and there was such a wide collection of stuff to see, eat and buy. The beer was great too (according to those who drank), and i drank my first sip of alcohol under peer pressure >_< I didnt like it too much but didnt hate it too much either.
Left slightly early to go down to villa park to get tickets for the astonvilla- arsenal match. And i think staying in london for too long makes you think that everything in the world is expensive. We went "so cheap" when the conductor told us that our ticket was only 1.5 for return and he gave us an incredulous stare -_-
When we went to villa park, we realised to our dismay that tics were sold out : ( And we nearly bought from touters (who tried to rip us off for 55pounds). And in the end we managed to get tics for 25pounds from the counter after Jon managed to cajole the counter lady to spare us singapore peeps who flew 7000miles to watch this. We only got single tics but the view was great so no complaints.
The match was absolutely amazing, and definitely worth the trip down (: Villa Park was beautiful, and the crowd was cool (though i wouldnt say very very fantastic).
Arsenal won 2-1!! And i had to stop myself many a times to stop cheering for the wrong team (lest i get whacked). I think its impossible to describe such an atmosphere, unless you are down personally to feel it (:
Dinner at night was cookout back at our lovely service apartment. And it enjoyed it too, im starting to love cooking alot!



Ok, im feeling a little bored of blogging about my trip cos i think describing such a great trip with the very limited vocab i have is not doing it justice >_< haha! But i will update about the Good Food Show in the next post!

For now, i have a short attention spa

Best weekend ever! (:

I had the best weekend ever since I came to London (: And its still making me happy (which has been pretty rare since the weather turned cold.) But, im starting to rediscover the beauty .. or attractiveness of London (I have to admit london is not beautiful but nevertheless, attractive).

Stef came down, mainly for some event though I would think she looked fwd to the visit for that the seminar ;) And its great to have her in town, cos I really miss having close friends around! Plus, I -finally- met up with dear mark, who (to my surprise) said that he was being antisocial as well. Heh, seems like London makes people become hermits eh? But im trying hard now not to, cos i think its not very healthy ... and neither it is to try too hard as well lar. So, currently still testing waters and seeing how things go.

While stef was in london, we went to watch 2 musicals- cabaret and lion king. Both were fantabulastic, though world's apart. The former was almost RA, well there were skin and such ;) (name suggests smthing kinky already, doesnt it!) Though, stef was being very objective about it (thk gdness she didnt start reciting out the parts of the muscles in the theatre!), and I having gone through dj's regime, aint shocked by anything anymore. It was alot better than expected. We have gone in cos we could get stall tickets for 20pounds, and i thought it was worth it and more. The plot was great, singers gd and set amazing!
Lion King was obviously PG-ed, and it was great too, though my favourite/ most anticipated scene (can you feel the love tonight) was out of tune! Harmonizing was wrong :( But otherwise, it was great! Bought tics for dj to join us, but due to some communication error (I didnt bring phone out and hers ran out of batt), her ticket went to waste. But it didnt spoil my mood that much, cos I was really THAT HAPPY during the wkend (((:

We shopped around in leicester square/ chinatown and bought alot of foodie stuff. I finally decided to splurge on tofu (sounds pretty sad ehs! but its a luxury here to me!), and bought soya bean as usual.
In addition, I brought stef to Camden and i totally love that place (in the morning of course. Since, i dont think i like being accosted by punks/ druggies in the night.). Its like a REALLY BIG far east, with random stuff from coats (which stef bought 1 for 35pounds and im planning to go back there to get) to punkish/ goth stuff. And there is like a MASSIVE sainsbury's there which we have classified as an attraction for stef's next visit to london. I cant wait for her to come again! And there is also this amazing food street there, Camden Lock, that has thai, indo, chinese and scandinavian food that looked and kinda tasted alike, but yummy nevertheless (:
I'm hoping that Stef'll come to London to do clinicals, then we can hang out weekly at Camden or go random sightseeing, and I think it would definitely make time more passable for me (:

Stef went back on sunday night, and she msged me on the train to tell me that on her way back, it was snowing outside the train. I can just imagine how beautiful it must have been! It's almost like a scene cut from harry potter. I'm getting jealous! (just that of course, i wont be able to afford a train ticket and would have to rely on national express >_<)

Now I have a whole long list of musicals that i would love to watch. I shall try to limit myself to 1-2 a month or everytime stef comes down. YAYY, suddenly life here aint that bad after all!

But for now ...
It's back to books.

'cos its gonna be exams in 2 weeks ... again.

And weekend's going to be burnt again. But no complaints! ((: I love weekends ... Its my greatest motivation for getting through through the week. JIAYOU PEISH!

Stef's in London.

Well, its unbelievable how Stef coming to London can brighten up my day (well, there isnt much sun here to begin with. and its pitch dark now). I havent been blogging much mainly cos of:

1. Inertia
2. Endless amount of revision: whoever said first year medics are slack should be shot and fried. Well, but i have to admit, its pretty much self- imposed? But isnt it for all courses anyway?
3. Loads of emails and wall posts to reply to on a daily basis: No complaints, since i really look forward to hearing from singapore (or whichever part my friends are from)
4. Skype: Skyping home sure takes up alot of time, and since i do it on a daily basis, it has kinda become a timetabled block.
5. Packing my room, washing dishes, laundry: I now have an idea why there is actually a demand for maids- Household chores sure take ALOT of time, even when my room is puny (well, as are all london rooms)
6. Sleeping: I seem to be sleeping alot and feeling very tired all the time. I have no idea why, but i really hope there is nothing wrong with me.
7. Long dinners: I'm starting to make an effort to start socialising and making friends with my hallmates. Well, its not going to work up for me if I keep holing up in my room, though i really prefer it this way. But social dinners with my hallmates are cool too, since I seem to have found a bunch that Im getting more comfortable with.
8. Socials: Ok, i have to admit, i dont really have many. But when I do, it takes up time too right ;) haha.
9. Crunchyroll/ youtube: I'd rather youtube/ crunchyroll over blog anytime. It's just that im going cold turkey to stop my addiction now.
10. PERPETUAL EXAMS: Exams in 2 weeks (again). Seriously, I feel like im in A level mode all the time. And I'm so looking forward to christmas break ... when I can use the time to .. guess what? Catch up -_-" hahha.

Time to pick up stef from King's Cross. Maybe i can explore and find that random trolley stuck in the wall (:

Update from a reluctant blogger.

My room is in a big mess, it looks like a typhoon ran through it. And probably worse. The only part of it that is presentable is the area where i sleep, 'cos ron is looking down on my bed and i have to make it nice for him. And speaking of which, it isnt all that neat either, just comparatively better than the rest. Everything is relative anyway.

I am in a mess too. I woke up late, like 9.05am for 9am lecture for 2 days straight. And i hope this will not be the start of my not-going-for-lessons on time. I have to find the discipline back :( And a better alarm clock than my konky phone. And yes, my phone is messed up too, it sends out 3 msgs each time I send or doesnt send it out at all. So helpful (: Word of advice: E65 is really unstable, so if you can help it, get another model. Or better, get an asian brand of phone, probably more reliable, with reason.

I'm getting fat cos tests are coming up and its like I becoming some sort of rat. I cannot stop chewing when I'm trying to read. And sometimes, i chew when i am not reading. Which is bad :( I miss my self-discipline!
And yes, the tests are driving me nuts too. I have to admit that I have alot lower tolerance level than NUS/Cambridge kids, and mugging too hard drives me nuts. I cant wait for the break to come and visit Stef!! ((: At least i have something to look forward to (: Cheers to that! <3

Missing Singapore!
And london is getting ALOT colder. I need some sun ... or a Hiro to stop time for me.
Heroes <3 where is mine?

Dj's in Town!

I havent really had the mood to actually update my blog for the past few weeks, ever since I touched down in London. I guess its inertia to start writing.

Dj came to visit me from York yesterday, and we visited Tate Modern with some LSE friends, after which we headed to Bankside Hall (an LSE hall of residence). It was pretty amusing meeting those LSE people 'cos that particular hall wasnt catered (they had to pay extra for meals), so most of the scrimped and saved, which resulted in them having rather sad meals, leaving them perpetually hungry and weight loss. So, i shall not complain about my bad hall food anymore (but i have no idea why, but im starting to find hall food more and more decent. or maybe i have just accustomed myself to the food here.) At least, eating in hall helps me save quite a bit of money ((:
We visited Covent Garden in the morning today, and headed off to Leicester Square (Chinatown), to have lunch at Four Seasons. Dj agrees that the duck is over-rated. But is was still nice food. I finally got my soya sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and thai fragrant rice which i was lugging all around after that (now my shoulder is aching qte badly). I loved covent garden, its like a nice quaint little place that sold interesting stuff and had street performers lining the street. We spent quite a bit of time strolling around, and enjoying the atmosphere around us. It made me really happy ((: No wonder fengfeng loves that place best.
After lunch, we went down to St Paul's to meet JinPeng, and we were really pretty late :( And unfortunately, by the time we reached, it was too late to enter ('cos i thought it closed at 4.30pm but it was actually 3.30pm). So its like my 2nd time to St Paul's and yet, have been denied entry. So we hung around the outside, taking silly shots but it was great fun anyhow. I love going on such relaxed tourings. (: Hopefully, i would be able to find people here who likes to do such stuff as well!

School has started for 2 weeks, though official lessons only for 1. It hasnt been too busy, and its rather surprising cos my timetable seems to be less packed than the engineers (which is odd.. but a relief to me). Exams for this module are coming up pretty soon, and i hope it wont be too hard, cos im planning to head down to cambridge after that for a short trip, and i wont feel too good if i know that i messed up my exams. Cross my fingers and hope that my brain hasnt rusted!
Tried hockey the other day, and decided that an outdoor sport is just too cold for me. And had rock climbing as well, and it was great fun, just that its really expensive. 12pounds to register. And 4 pounds for transport there and back. In the long run, its going to make me bankrupt, so im just playing around for now and deciding if i should actually commit myself. And rock climbing here is really different from singapore, 'cos most of the rock walls didnt have ropes, so you just climb up and jump down onto the crash mat after that. Interesting eh? I wonder if anyone has broken a rib or leg whilst doing it?

Missing Singapore and everyone back there. (The food too, of course!) But dj's visit to town is making me alot happier, so im loving London. Especially the weather... and dreading winter!

The I-miss-part-of-Singapore List

The list of Things in Singapore that I'm missing:
1. Hokkien Prawn Mee
2. Chicken Rice
3. Mee Pok
4. My bed
5. My maid
6. The Tripod Madhatters
7. The Losers
8. The RGSRCY freaks, and my lovely wife, pangsai ..
9. Xiao Xiao Zhu (XXZ)
10. The one and only 32nd, and SnR family
11. My pig of a brother
12. Daddy
13. MUMMY!
14. most importantly... affordable things and meals!

(plus missing my blobbly friend in japan)

Ron's in London!~

I'm enjoying London thus far, the weather is great, my hall is satisfactory, and I havent met with any mishaps thus far, so I'm trying to remain as positive as I can be! (: I've yet to meet all my hallmates, but most of them seem pretty friendly. There's even one or two cute guys around to brighten up my day (:

I've no idea whether if my body clock is messing up but I'm going to bed at 10pm and waking up at about 6.30-7am, and I cant seem to be able to fall asleep anymore. I have no idea if this is healthy living, or that I'm messed up. OR maybe my late sleeping in singapore has gotten me used to London time. Either way, I'm happy with it now, but I think would need to stay up late for mugging in time to come.

Hall food has been not too fantastic, but edible and cos its free hence I dont miss a single meal in here. I'm perpetually hungry though, but lunch is usually sandwich or pizza or the cheapest thing we can find. ('Cos we are Singaporeans and cant stop converting, hence everything here is absurdly expensive.)
1 sandwich= GBP1.5= SGD4.5 approx (horrors!)

I've posted up pictures on facebook, 'cos I'm kinda lazy to upload it here (blogger takes forever).

London, here i come :(

I'm leaving for London tonight, armed with 2 huge luggages that are going to weigh more than 50kg in all :(

Suddenly, I'm wishing that I dont have to go somewhere so far .. and so expensive >_<
Its remarkable that someone who's wishing for freedom would be feeling apprehensive, and not excited at all. But at least, I like the fact that I've been treated like a princess these few days (: Thanks to everyone who has been so terribly nice to me, I'm going to miss EVERYONE here. See you all again .. next year!

Movie Marathon!

I have never watched so many movies in a span of 1 week. And the movies i have watched these few days (and still counting) are:

1. 881: Exceeded my expectations totally. It was brilliant! Roystan Tan has done magic. The hokkien songs were surprisingly melodious, the actresses hot and acted amazingly well. Though dramatic, but I still like the whole feel of it. Isnt getai all about drama and exaggeration anyway?
4 Thumbs up (:

2. Hairspray: Many people gave this show amazing reviews (including garry), though I thought otherwise. I personally preferred 881, thought it had a better plot, and more interesting songs, and better looking actresses. Of course, the male protagonist was a great bonus and Penny was gorgeous and hot, the dresses were pretty, but i'm still a singaporean girl at heart. So, our local getai mei-s and their yi ren yi ban over Good Morning Baltimore!
3.5 Thumbs up (:

3. Bourne Ultimatium: Matt Damon has done it again. He has managed to look delicious even though he is caked with blood, has a broken nose, limp limbs and a perpetual raised-eye sarcastic look. It made me dizzy with all the "shaky camera" shots to imitate chaos and fight, but guess it was necessary since it was a thriller. It was a good 3rd part to the bourne trilogy, unlike Matrix who kinda went down after some time.
3.5 thumbs up (:

4. Ratatouille: What more can I say, Pixar has done it again!! Now, i want a rat, like how Ron had one too. And i loved the way the character in the show reminded me of Ron. I love anything that reminds me of Ron, of course, it helped that the Rat was called Remy. And Remys are generally cute ;)
4 Thumbs up (:

Beat-boxing while Playing Super Mario on the Flute

Here's another guy who is amazingly musically talented.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=crfrKqFp0Zg

Though, he didnt blow me off as much as funtwo (:

PS. Garry, your recommendation was nothing as fantastic as funtwo!

FUNTWO!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fN4fIRjMf-M

I'm an official converted funtwo fan. This guy, on top of being korean, is absolutely amazing!
I'm no music expert but even I know that he's really good (:

Replies to Taggies

My taggie is annoying me so much that i have decided that I am going to reply tag replies in a post:

Meix: Yeps, dirtypants is Xinyu, cos she named herself that. And she is now my house-elf. And she got herself that name cos she was pok enough to turn up in a full white gear to do manual labour. Obviously, she went home in grey, and was almost ostracised in the MRT.

Xinyu: You know someone called Yii Wen? She is replacing you (: And she is smart enough not to turn up in all white even though i didnt tell her anything. And today we are not doing any more packing, mainly data entry, which is why I'm using Joseph's computer to reply you. And I dont think she likes Jay Chou, and today none of us are playing music 'cos i think there is another meeting the another room :(

Garry: Are you sure your arent Mr Cold Rock? Who else can it be? Josh? Identify yourself Mr Cold Rock, and not keep us in suspense! Hah.

XXZ Gathering

Firstly, I need someone to help me fix my tagboard and make it come up to the top again, cos I have no idea why it disappeared to down under suddenly. Maybe it found Aussie ladies charming .. ok, it wasnt funny. But the point is, I know nuts about HTML and can someone pretty plse help me with it? (:

Had hald a XXZ gathering at my place today, with Rennie and Meix. And it was relaxing-ly fun and ... cool and typically XXZ-ish (: Rented 2 videos to watch and they were fantastic, I totally loved them. Little Miss Sunshine was touchingly amusing, and I absolutely love Dwyane (its such a sexy name aint it?) not only cos he's cute and has a rockin' cool attitude but he is such a cool and loving brother to Olive. Well, part of me always wished that I had an older brother who could look out for me, but then again, I'm pretty contented with being the eldest and having a younger one to bully.

Love actually was cool too- romantic, sweet and comical. And it makes you feel good about the world, and about your life.. that there are tons of people around you who actually loves you or that you will definitely find that love of your life you have been waiting for. Plus there's this super duperly hot guy, with an amazing bod and kinda resembles some CK underwear model who got me, Ren and Meix squealing (:

There's like a gathering of some sorts for me almost every other day for me now, and my calendar is packed with activities all the way till next week, with the UCL camp coming up and all. But still, I want to watch Hairspray, Bourne and Rush Hour! There means having to find 3 afternoons/evenings to fit them in. Hmms, and that just reminds me ... it's finally ice cream time next Tuesday with the tripod people! Cheers to May who finally got down to organizing it (: Hooray!

Back to work in the dingy office again tmr .. Whines :(

I want to take leave everyday of this week!

It's highly depressing at work, and its not only 'cos there isnt anyone in here, but also cos the entire place smells funny (a stale smell that gives me a dull aching headache, and makes me cranky and pms-y), and that my work is brainless, boring and frustrating. I'm supposed to be packing all the files in my dad's old office 'cos its gonna get relocated (and renamed), with the present site demolished to make way for the new Reflections @ Keppel Bay. I'm slogging away so that some rich brats can strut around her, looking at the IR in about 10 years time. Now I truly know how the samsui women felt :( Maybe, the PM should come visit me in my place and thank me for my service too ... like how he always does it on TV. I truly wouldnt mind my 30secs of fame.

Babe is currently playing pool in the adjacent (even dingy-er) room .. alone. And I'm so miserable that I'm not being nice and joining her in the game. >_<>

I'm actually hoping that my boss comes back in a while to tell me what to do. So that i will not be idling my time away.

Had dinner at Holland V's Marmalade Pantry last night with Ang and a bunch of councillors who would be flying off (Stef, Charm, Aunty Mindy, Meat and Hon). The food there was not bad, and we got to hear alot of interesting (albeit politically incorrect) stories from Ang. Headed off to Cold Rock after that .. and Meat and I shared this Cheesecake-Pistachio-Cookie Dough Mix, and it tasted not bad (though not fantastic). But Mindy was saying that it tastes just like paddle pop, and i refuse to admit it 'cos i paid 8.5bucks for it and paddle pop is like 80cents? :( Blame it on Garry who promoted it like its heaven, i bet he was a worker there once.

Council dinner at Stef's house on Sat was great (: As it always is with all council gatherings. Though i was sitting outside the function room most of the time chatting with Mon, YanYan and Yvonne. But the room was just a little too noisy (maybe im getting old).. imagine hon+shit+jamie+kailing+meat. But still it was nice (and useful) getting myself updated with gossips and chatting. And of course, seeing my darling Dada and Calvin and XiaoXiao (: Habits die hard!

UCL Fresher's Camp this coming Sunday.. hoping that it will be fun!

My depressing work life @ Keppel Marina.

Meix and Xinyu hard at work at our very depressing office.
Meix packing all the dusty docs.
Meix and her pathetic "save me!" face.
Babe hard at work, flinging the docs from box to box.
My completed stock check for invoices.
The messy office table.

Peish! (and wakeboarding)

Me wakeboarding in Punggol
Me again!


May doing her stuff (:

That's the wonderful Peish again!
woohoo!

Hing .. squinting at the bevy of babes in the neighbouring babe.
May!
Josh with May in the water in the background.
Joshua and May with Hing, that tiny speck, in the background.
Hing .. looking like a pro!

The group shot (:
The 4 people in my boat .. May, Jeffrey, Me and Joshie
May, Jeffrey and Josh
Me, Jeffrey and Josh
Hing .. Woohoo!!

Peish: A slang use of the word Bitch.
E.g. You stupid Peish.

I accidentally googled my nick the other day, and found out to my horror that it meant B*tch. URGH. It's ok, I shall redefine Peish as Cool, Lovable and Funky.

Facil Party was rockin' good though turnout was small. But i love small gatherings better nevertheless. And it was my most successful Pot-luck ever. Yiiwen baked orea cake, Yush brought apple cake, Jess American Cheese cake and salad, Joshua brought hand-made wonton and salad (which was fantastic), Garry's mudpie was in hot demand (and really fantastic!). gosh, we must really have this again. But not before OC dinner, and a chance for me to get back my money >_< hah!

Photo Update~!

tripod group 2/6 CIP follow up- Take the City Walk!

Cindy briefing the kids of Gan Eng Seng Pri
Shanlynn


The sea of people gathering at Padang before the walk.

Sharan and I at her farewell lunch at Swensen's @ Holland V

My Adorable Baby Cousin- benjamin

Issac, ben's brother (and my cousin as well)

XXZ outing at my Place

Belicia, Me and Rennie
Rennie and her model-ish pose.

Reena's sucha hot babe now. How annoying! >_<>

Class Outing at Hotel Phoenix!

Chee Gake and Me
PeiGuan and Me

TRIPOD CLOSING CEREMONY'07

Jeffery and Me

Me, May and Yukit
Me and a retarded looking Zihua
Zihua and Me
Yii Wen and Me
Hing and Me

Tripod's finally over! (: Closing ceremony was officially held at Touch Community Theatre on Friday, 3rd August.

I have had a great time working on Tripod, cos it not only helped make my "Gap Year" meaningful but also, allowed me to meet many great people (: But of course, I'm glad that its over cos i think it's time that I move on and do other things that can challenge and excite me further. And also, I'm very satisfied with our efforts 'cos I think there are many people who are inspired and who will be continuing Tripod in many other places. Cheers to TRIPOD! (:

Planning to go wakeboarding with May, Yukit, Joshua, Joel and some other friends of their's tomorrow at Punggol. Hopefully I will be slightly better this time and not embarrass myself too much >_<>

Preferably Lunch with Prisc followed by Yearmates gathering on National Day.

UK Pre-dept course and Facil Party on Sat.

Start working at my Dad's office on Monday.

I love packed schedules. Well, that's after realising that boredom can kill. Though of course, should I be able to choose, I dont mind being bored if that means I dont have to work. Of course, i shouldnt be fantasizing about smthing that is not possible.

I'm working to save up for a digi cam. Does anyone have any good recommdations for good cams? (:

Thank You to all who showed me concern!

I just experienced the first loss in my life, when I received a call last Friday from my brother that my grandfather passed away. I was still talking to Jeffery, Sharan and Jas about him when I got that call.

The wake lasted from Saturday till Tuesday Noon, when he was driven to CCK Christian Cemetry to be buried. And I really would like to thank the people who were there to show me concern (: It makes me see how thoughtful the way some people can be. It's really beautiful how these people care for the people around them. People like Joshua, Joel, Garry and Melvin whom I have barely known, came down specially to show their care and to pray for me. And of course, those who have been there for me always, were there too, without fail- my buddies like Yushan, MichOng, Stef and Mon (: Thank you so much!

Life is going to get back to normal, like the way things were 2yrs ago before my grandfather moved in. I'm gonna miss his presence at home, but thank goodness, I'm busying myself with preparation for England. I'm trying to spend as much time as possible with my mum as well, cos I think she's missing my granddad a lot, afterall she took care of him most of the time when he was unwell. (In case you are wondering, this is my paternal granddad.)

Accompanied my Mum to Mt E yesterday, cos she wanted to thank the nurses and people there who had showered not only my granddad but also her with all the love, care and concern. It's really sweet the way some of them went the extra mile to offer help. We bought this yummy green tea cake from Sun Moulin for them (and I got myself a slice too) (: We shopped around in Paragon after that before going down to Tanjong Pagar to collect my UK visa (which showed a terrible picture of me).

Was out the whole morning and noon with my mum as well, cos she needed to go to the bank and stuff. Went down to the Concourse to get Thank You cards in bulk for my dad's friends who sent wreaths. Hung around in TopShop after that, found nothing that I liked, so now I'm TRYING TO SELL MY $40 TOPSHOP VOUCHER! Decided to be a kiasu Singaporean after that, and bought stationery in bulk from Orchard Popular cos it's the last day of the 20% storewide discount.

And now, it's almost time for dinner (: whee~!

TRIPOD: DAY 1 and 2 PICTURES!

DAY 1 EVENING: AT RGS CYBER LEARNING CENTRE.

The very cool tripod shirt.

Intro Game: PIRATES!

Aye Aye Captain.

Garry rowing the boat with his new found pirate-mates.

Man Overboard!
Men eating Grubs.
Lighthouse!
Melvin the the foreground. Waiting to greet their new Captain! Aye Aye Captain!

My group during their facil session.


They look cute tangled up dont they? (: WC must be happy with a bevy of beauties (minus mr chan) around him.

A typical decorated RGS blackboard.
Group 2 ... playing the landminds game.
Chiong AH!

Rushing to tap all the 16 numbers asap.NIGHT ACTIVITIES

Solving clues for Night Activities, which the RGS ODAC organised.
Working tgt in a particular station (:

The group battling the Obstacle Course, which Chewie (and most of the boys) managed to get thru easily.
Monkeys and some cool lighting effects in there.
The formidable wall!
Cheering our teammates on.

The boys doing the BMT wall very easily.
Mr Chan and Wan Sing doing the Friendship dance ... to earn us more pts.
Crockie .. The Tripod Mascot and Pet
Weili with Crockie
Weili, Crockie and her friend.

N-2 .. Way to Go Dudes!
The boys .. Firhan, Teck Yi and Dzul (Pronouned: Zool)
Weili, Michelle, Nabilah and Farhana
Wan Sing , Jomaine, Ross

Scrubbing heads during the Shampoo Game .. (Objective: to make the tallest soap sud tower)

Enjoyin' the free hairwashing treatment.
The Cups of Shampoo

The Race to make the Highest Soap Sud Tower


A Nice clean Scalp ...
And Happy Customer

Mr Chua making his guest appearance ..
And using activitiest to teach us the importance of seeing things clearly.

DAY 2 MORNING

The Evolution Game!
Promotion to Eagles!



Morning Jog/ Punishment
Yii Wen leading the Run.
Yii Wen and Me addressing the kids.
Everyone starting out as Eggs.

ShuJia doing her forfeit after the Evolution Game.

Playing H2O

Retarded WC
Esther (Mr K Tan's wife)
Siling