Tank's School Concert at HC's Audi. I really dont understand why he chose HC in the first place, when i think he would have had a much better crowd in NUS (: But i went for it anyway (out of curiousity) with prisc (she really looks really sad in her the first picture doesnt she). But that is how she is ... sad. Queen of Losers, what can you expect? Only the best ehs :)
My brother has been going on about how pretty Pei Fen is ever since the concert, well i wouldnt deny though. But besides that, I think Tank has a fantastic voice. He hardly screwed the concert despite the lousy audience and PA system :)

As you guys probably can tell, I'm uploading all the photos that I should have done eons ago all at one shot (:

I really like my Nokia E65.

Labour Day Pictures (:

Pictures taken on May Day/ Labour Day. The day where nobody works, unless its to get OT pay. Met up with Babe and Ong for lunch at KFC and had the new meltz meal, it was yummy but ugly. Then met up with the councillors for dinner, though only the girls were left cos the boys had to book in early. And thats why i missed my xiaoxiao :(

Shagged!

Lesson for my Sec 4 Physics students at my place just ended at close to eleven, and it was after a full day of tuition that ranged from pri 1 kids to sec4 Chem as well. But the again, its the kids exam period and its not really daily that i am so busy. But mainly feeling guilty that i pangsei-ed my cousin (whom im supposed to tutor) on friday cos Chow made me stay in late to edit the minutes that I took for the meeting that I sat in to discuss about the MOE's School Cockpit system and the HCI school portal system. It was rather interesting though, listening to how certain things worked in MOE, and in schools as well. And listening to both of the parties boast abt how impressive they system can potentially be. Left school at 6plus in a hurry, and had to catch a cab to tuition at Bkt Panjang after that. Got a little flustered and hot-tempered after that, and I nearly almost raised my voice at one of my kids who just couldnt understand algebra equations after teaching him for so long. thank god his brother was smarter, though less obedient and more cheeky, but easier to teach anyway.

Watched Tank's school concert in HC with Prisc on thursday and i will try to post up the pics i took asap. He's a really talented singer with a nice voicebox, though i would say that the crowd was anything but fantastic. Well, I was one of those lousy audience .. hardly clapping and not screaming at all. The girl beside me was one of the contestants who went up and my brother thought she screeched like a cat that has its tail burnt ... and most of the audience were sniggering when she sang anyway. Really quite sad ... and when Tank threw his posters in our general direction she fought for it like it was a million bucks (or more) and nearly toppled the camera. it was sadly amusing, in my opinion.

A sadly full day of tuition for me tmr, that starts at 8.30am at bkt panjang (damnit). that jus means i have to be up by 7am :( this is terrible. and lessons potentially till 11pm. i lead a sad life.

Mother's Day is coming and so is darling Ern's b'day.
I think i kinda miss ernie-ku and huien-lump.

Photos from loser outing

Super backdated pics from loser outing at PS that was taken eons ago (31st March hehe).

Me and Prisc

Me and Prisc (again)

YUCKS. the monkey. acting cute.

LOSERS. monkey and lily showing that they are proud of their identity at spotlight.

Again. they just have to emphasize it.

With Prisc. the queen of LOSERS. (now that huien is in aust)

They look better like that dont they? at least most of their face is covered. *thank god!*

EEKS. i thought i saw a .. ghost!

kbox @ Marina

my hubby, zun (:

that's me kissing my hubby. i think i'm getting a little delusional, i think its the long working hours. and hours of talking to kids thats making me a bit off.

SHE! (it's interesting how they can act cute and get away with it by looking really cute) i admit im a converted fan.

FAHRENHEIT! (without the not-too-gdlooking one)

I'm biased again.

This is some snack that my student treated me to, from Japan. and it's really yummy. Erns, if u do see this can u help me get it? i'll pay u back.

Me and Sharan attempting to take pics in KBOX @ Marina.

Yinchu's phototaking skills, he growing older obviously didnt help much.

Yinchu has improved.

Chinswee and Hing attempting an Andy Lau song, and trying to look like they were dumped too. *they've gotta try harder though*

It was my first break in ages yesterday, cos i have been working night and day (and it's killing me :( ). Went to kbox at Marina Square to celebrate Yinchu's 21st B'day and it was really nice seeing all the sevenD people again (: Didnt really sing much till sharan came and i got a little highh. oopsey. she's my liquor babe. and a cool one that is, you tell me how many indians who dont understand chinese can sing biao bai by elva hsiao. It was loads of fun, and i was pleasantly surprised to see that hochinswee and sharan came too. they are always MIA-ing.

Cheegake and Crys were nice enough to bring me some of the cookies they baked that i'm going to pass off as my own and offer to my colleagues tmr (: hehe. They would be surprised that peishan can actually bake so well.

Another break today, though i only found out this morning (after waking up at seven plus) that i dont have work today cos it's HC sports day, so i'll be staying at home till late noon when i've tuition ... again. And now, i'm actually prepping notes for my students.

I swear i'm a slave for my students.

HAPPY (BELATED) 21ST B'DAY YINCHU!

I havent really had the time to blog last week cos I was rather busy rushing from school to the post office and back home again to settle all my application stuff for both UCL and NUS. Just sat for my NUS essay test yesterday, and it was quite a disaster, I sat there for the 1st 15mins (out of the total 45mins) twiddling my thumbs, playing with my hair and glancing around nervously at the people around me who were scribbling furiously away :( The essay question was something along the lines of writing about the most significant sacrifice you have made and the impact on the person and yourself and also what sacrifices do you foresee a doctor would have to make in future. And it doesnt help that i am quite a pampered brat who has not made any significant sacrifices in my life :( not that i think many people in the exam hall has made highly significant sacrifices, if not they probably wont be blessed enough to be sitting there.

I'm going to start work in HC tmr as Chow's personal assistant, typing random stuff and hopefully i would be able to pick up some computer skills that i so badly need (: hehe, and also, at least it would be a working envt where i would be familiar with and stef for company.

It's really quite nice getting a taste of different occupations. And of course, it feels even better that I have an income. and my bank account is growing (: woohoo.

but it can be so damn exhausting.

it's so not my lucky day.

I'm really irritated with the Channel50 lady who predicted that I would have a lucky day today, cos it was far from it. I have no idea what got into my brain to say the wrong thing during lesson today, I swear my student is damnit pissed off at me now :( whoever said that teachers dont have to please students as well obviously isnt a teacher ... or should I say, I want to feel good after a lesson, and sometimes it just requires me to go that extra step and put in that extra effort. Either way, I think that tutoring can be quite an enjoyable job, and you can really meet lovely people, but it comes with that extra responsibility and it actually requires one to be sociable :x eeks, and morally sound ... and a role model. Which I have to admit, can be difficult to upkeep and maintain at times, cos i do let slip that i can be really naughty and rebellious at times.
I was just commenting that the man i like is married, and they all gave me an incredulous scandalised look. OOPsey.

MSN is not working, as I was just hoping to apologise online, at least he cant see my awkward face like that. :x

erns hasnt replied me. i think she abandoned me for her celeb friend. I'm jealous.

SEE, IT'S NOT MY LUCKY DAY. DAMN IT.

Work at Keppel Marina~!

View from the rescue boat, that brought us to st john's island.

It's really pretty when the water splashes up in the sunshine, cos you can really see momentary rainbows. I think i looked like a hopeless kid when i was exclaiming about it in the boat, but then again, I thought i was really really pretty.

This boat ride was really bumpy and fast, but super exciting. I hope i can go onto it again.

But i suppose all i can do is pray and hope.

Mel's Boat

Harbour Queen

Cheegake at St John's Island. Mel brought me and ahgake on a little escapade there. very exciting!

That's me looking very contorted. EEKs.

Cheegake, picture taken at St John's Island.

Showroom of Reflections @ Keppel Bay, taken from harbour queen. My temp job involved me working on board a ship (harbour queen), serving potential buyers of reflections @ keppel bay, a development that was up for the filthy rich.

Mel's boat, its purple with leaves adorning it, and really very clean and pretty. I was impressed (:

St John's Island

Joel snapped a pic of Mel sticking his butt out.

I swear Mel and Jeffery have very funky jeans. I'm jealous .. why do jeans look so much sexier and better on guys?

That's me, picture taken at my short stopover at st john's island. The little boat in the background is the Keppel Marina Rescue boat which mel brought me out on.

Joel, me and Cheegake on board Mel's boat. (Harbour Queen in the background)

View taken from harbour queen of the boats berthing at Keppel Marina.

Melvin giving his silly look.

The interior of Harbour Queen, the ship that I was working on.

Unithai, this commercial tanker that Harbour Queen kept passing on her rounds.

View of sentosa's cable on board harbour queen, really quite pretty isnt it?

This is also part of sentosa, but its too dark to really see underwater world in this picture.

Just some of the ships that are berthing at keppel marina, the place where I held a temporary job for about 6 days.

Me, caught in the act, trying to show someone a card trick. I was completely unaware that this picture was taken.

Jeffery thinking that he is a star, and not letting me take a picture of him. He has this damn cool pair of earrings (diamond studs), and now I am convinced that guys can look hot with ear accessories.

Sentosa from Vivo. It was my first time to Vivo.

The little rescue boat which mel brought me and cg to st john's island on.

Work at keppel marina has finally ended, i think i was getting quite enough of it, but then again, it was a fantastic 6days there. An eye opener for me, and the 1st time I was working with people who are about my age, but who are not councillors or yearmates, and I would have to admit (as i told mon) that i miss my fellow 32nd batchmates and yearmates too! I think there is just this chemistry btwn us that allows us to snap at one another and not get offended.

just for updates ...

I found (or should i say my dad) a temp job that lasted for 6days on boat a ship, Harbour Queen, where I was supposed to serve drinks and make sure that people dont fall off board (but even if they do, I guess there wasnt much that i could do). It was slack, but i went home exhausted daily. But nevertheless, i loved my job and looked forward to going to for work daily. I met interesting people there, from cute tanned guys- this pair of best friends jeffery and melvin to people from polys and ITEs whom I dont think i would ever meet, if not for jobs like this. But most of them were friendly and fun people, like Novem and Joel. Joel is amusing, he says stuff like, "i'm introducing a new friend to work tmr. He's really cute." And the rest of us are like, "erps, you just called your male friend ... cute." Novem is a really nice person to chat to, though she has very differing opinions from me and also since she likes girls, but then again, it doesnt stop us from being able to chat openly about everything under the sun.
Unfortunately, I didnt exchange contact with anyone but Novem. I think it was pretty obvious that I didnt want to ... oopsey ;) and the only other people that I would like to see again in future would be Mel and Jeff, but they probably would be irritated that a small kid is bugging them again. >_<

Feeling rather tired now, shall update more in future ... which I would be less busy since I'm jobless once again :(

jobless again!

I haven't updated for ages cos the Webmarshall Programme at Rajah and Tann blocked blogger and my webpage as well. Tuition every night also means that I dont have time for blogging (or any other social life in that matter). But then again, sometimes tuition can be quite nice, especially when your students are receptive and actually learning from you. Now i guess, i kind of understand what teachers means when they say that they only want their students to do well. So do I ... sometimes, when i like the student. Talk about favouritism. Now i understand why some people in school are labelled teacher's pet, cos biasness really exist.

I'm jobless again, now that my internship ended. And i think that I'm really going to miss the people there at R&T. It was a fantastic experience. Although most of the times I was bored (and playing with joonie ki, my neopet) but the times when i did learn stuff, like going for the case at the Court of Appeal, it was really an eyeopener listening to QL talk. I was completely swept off my feet, and as i was telling erns, I really would like to marry a lawyer now. Who cares if he is not handsome when he is charismatic (: hehe.
Unfortunately for my bank account, I'm not really planning to find a job so soon. After all, it can be really exhausting to be stuck with a lousy boring job.

"Class Outing" at Ed's house was quite nice. I mean its always nice to meet up with old friends and listen to updates about each other. And ed's new house is super super nice, too bad i didnt take any photos. Its like a resort/ villa. Selling his kois is probably enough to buy a flat, his home theatre system is a replica of vivocity, and his cat's house is probably 2/3 of mine (and it's 2 storeys... for a cat -_-") talk about living in luxury .. and i'm talking about his cat. Life is hard for commoners like us, aint it?

I think i'm meeting ahgake again tmr to get her to help me with some souvenirs that I'm going to make for my colleagues and bosses at R&T. I mean this is the least I can do after all the treats they have given me :) and hopefully, they wont find the personalised pens that I'm planning to make for them too childish. but then again, i'm a child compared to them. (:

Looking forward to ELECO this saturday! meeting up with the councillors is always loads of fun~! (: wonder how many people will turn up? And wonder if there would be a bball game before campfire, and more importantly ... would He come? (: -grins- Arent you guys surprised that it lasted for more than 1yr?

And on a random note, my mum told me not to marry wu zun today. Cos she says marrying good-looking husbands is inviting trouble, and guarantee-ing myself that I would have to deal with a mistress in future. AHH, no wonder she married my dad. HAHA (:

Have a safe trip ERNS~!

Ern left for japan today. She must be one happy girl. And i felt kinda bad that i reached qte late, so i didnt really get to say much to her. Now it just struck me that I'm going to miss her loads while she's there. But I'm sure she will enjoy herself a lot there. After all, it's Japan. I mean, how boring can that place be? Jap food is one of the best in the world, and the men too (or so people and ern or egg would claim. but gimme a korean anytime).

Had a 2h lunch break today with monica. was feeling quite guilty but i'm really too tired now to really care. waking up at 5.30am is no joke -_-" my office just had a blackout. and too bad it didnt last long enough for me to take a nap :x

I'm dying to go for a movie. In fact, there is this particular movie that I would like to catch- Ninja Turtles. I miss my childhood. and this means Poor Stef probably has to go with me if no one does. HEH. now this shows just how wide my social dot is (:

I might be meeting up with DJ on Sunday, when she is finally back from China. I hope she gets me some Fahrenheit stuff (: (though i doubt so) And prisc on sat to return her HanaKimi, plus there is SnR outing on Sat. I hope it will turn out well with more people coming =D I miss them so much!! Weekends are so much fun, and I am really glad that this week is ending soon (:

On a side note, I had recently just decided that I'm going to marry a lawyer cos they can be so darn charming. It doesnt matter if they are old ugly or fat, but the moment they speak, i swear they can sweep me off my feet. I can just imagine your ugly cringing face as I say this. HAH.


EMAIL ME OFTEN ERNS. I'M GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH!!

My b'day(s) sucked. I'm anal and sore about it, but i cant really be bothered till today to actually complain about it. I think the best thing about my b'day was that I actually had one to look forward to, though there was nothing special about it anw. I had 2 lessons in the morning, and one of them irritated the hell out of me by dragging for another half hour (or more). I was trying hard not to fall asleep for the other one. Went our for dinner with my family after that, though it wasnt one of the best dinner I had, in fact I would think it to be almost equivalent to the daily solo lunches I have at Raffles Place. I couldnt be bothered to buy a cake (i didnt feel like blowing candles or wasting money to get it), the food at swensen's was ok but not fantastic, not that I liked western food and not that they knew i dont. Forgot to bring my wallet out so i couldnt buy myself a present. B'days are nothing special since i couldnt break my 11 o clock bedtime curfew anw.
In fact, I hated every single minute of it, it was just another sickening sunday which reminded me that I'm old. Monday was technically my Chinese B'day, and it sucked more. My mum ranted at my to let my brother use the computer (with the printer) cos all his documents were in there. Like mine werent, and like I didnt need the printer while he did.

I think I'm a temperamental asshole. Unfortunately at this very moment, I just feel like being one.
Life is just a chore now.

Got this off ern's blog. According to her, your blood type determines your personality.

Type B
Best Traits: Creative, passionate, animal loving, optimistic, flexible and individualistic.
Worst Traits: Forgetful, irresponsible, and self-centered.

Then I'm sure that there was some mix-up in my medical report, I'm not creative (though my horoscope insists that I am as well) and I dont fancy animals. Using Ern's scale of determining personality, I can just as well be Type Z. My blood type dont exist.
Well, I remember someone telling me, "Everyone's Unique." So which school of thought makes sense?



Can this week just end?

I just want it to pass,
damnit.

The Prodigal's Daughter

I'm just waiting to go home now. As usual i havent been doing much at the office, i sincerely hope they dont find me too much of a nuisance although they are terribly nice. We celebrated Shannon's (alawyer at the firm) b'day today at some japanese ramen place and the food there was really quite fantastic (: They got her cake from fullerton as well and it was really quite good though I'm personally not a great fan of chocolate. But still roche-flavoured chocolate cake can be irrestible (to choc-lover freaks), I guess i probably prefer ice-cream cake anytime. I think ice-cream beats any kind of food hands down. It's a sin to hate ice-cream and the greatest sorrow if you are allergic to it. I am not surprised to learn that my parents dated at swensen's.

Looking forward to my b'day, although i feel that now school has stopped and I'm not doing anything substantial, life has lost its meaning. I'm just plain bored, bored of how my life is progressing at the moment. And yet simultaneously very tired since I reach home qte late daily due to tuition. I'm secretly glad that tuition today has been cancelled. (: I know the centre principal is pissed (cos the students have yet to pay), but after 2 days of self- declared leave, I'm feeling slack and lethargic. I'm looking fwd to the coming of the nxt month when I would be able to do the things I would really like to.

Managed to complete "The Prodigal Daughter" by Jeffery Archer. I just love his "kane and abel" series although it isnt fantastic, or in fact, some people might consider it cliched and trashy. But darn it, I plan to finish reading his works by this hols. I started in sec sch and havent really had time till now to read so much. After all, it's always better to read trashy novels than play neopets at the office.

I've decided it's time to leave office (: try to stay ard long enough alr!

B O R E D O M

I'm super bored at the office cos there is nothing for me to do today. I feel awkward sitting here waiting for the day to end and playing neopets when the rest of the people are working hard. HMMs. and erns is busy today so there is no one to web-sms me and keep me entertained.

Meeting Feng for dinner tmr and tuition after that at clementi cos i clean forgotten about tuition last night. i suspect im going to get fired soon -_-" god bless. and today im going to break the news to him today to change time for lesson nxt week again cos ive dinner (for my b'day) in the evening. i really hope he agrees (:

Went to NUS open house with Stef ytd, and i ended up just collecting freebies and signing up for camps. Stef and I has decided that we are going to go for whatever camps that we can, as long as it doesnt clash with anything else. How enthu ehs? (: but thats cos both of us (though she might possibly receive a job offer) have nothing much to do during that period of time anyway. i'm trying to find some time to pick up sailing but it seems that all the lessons are on weekends and i probably cant make it (since i am a responsible person and would not forgo my tuition for it). Hope that PA would offer courses on weekdays! I really can't wait for April to come. I'm sure it would be a better month, I'm already planning to take up Hartha Yoga as well~! And maybe go for 1-star kayaking course.

I've officially decided not to heed my dad's advice and just anyhow apply for courses as backup (not that i dont have back-ups already). Prob only going to apply for medicine, and that means that i would have to start doing my personal statement and stuff soon :x GARR, i'm procrastinating and dreading every moment of uni application. (and the interviews more -_-")

About 20 more mins before i can try to leave the office discretely. Should i just excuse myself from work altogether tmr? Sounds like an extremely appealing idea doesnt it? (: Not that anyone would know, and even if they do, they wouldnt really care would they? I am a liability here.

Peishan's B'day Wish List

Birthday Wish List~!
(this is to remind you guys out there that my b'day is coming -on sun 18th march!- and a not-too-subtle hint on what's gd to get for me)

1. Bag (that i can carry to work)
2. POT Book 30.5
3. Fitness Hula Hoop
4. Kino Voucher/ Shopping Voucher
5. Nike Bottle (green)
6. Gym Membership/ Personal Trainer/ Weight Loss Programme/ Treadmill
7. Cute Boyfriend

this is all i can think of as of now ... though i'm sure that there are many things that i want and need (such as clothes and shoes) but its just too difficult for people to buy it for me. Oh yes,I need concealer for my eyebags as well. darn it.

A satisfying Day.

Finally finished my work for today, feeling proud of myself cos i'm not cross-eyed yet. Still have tuition and feeling quite sian-ned that i have to go down all the way to bukit panjang. At least it's only 1.5h, and it ends at about dinner time. Shall call home to have dinner kept for me.

Met Kaix for lunch at raffles place and saw Kayleigh with her group of friends at the hwker centre too (: she was saying that i should be secretly glad that i have work to do since krit goes to her law firm to prepare her tuition stuff. HMMs, i guess work is a blessing in disguise. At least time will pass more quickly in this manner. Trying to find a day next week to take leave, cos i sacrificed my today to complete work. Really need to put in some effort to do uni applications and stuff.


About 20mins more to self-dismissal. Wondering what I should have for dinner (: YAY.

Check out Erns' blog (enhui.livejournal.com) for the hottest pic of Joonie. He looks so darn good in there. (complete with black specs and hair and sexy earrings)

Slow Down Culture .. what absurdity!

I don't usually have the habit of reading chain mails but since today my boss is currently not in the office and I don't have much to do, i figured I can spare some time to read junk mail.
Chernwei sent me this msg that is really quite interesting:

Something we could use at work and at home.

An interesting reflection : Slow Down Culture

It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for
them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2
years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a
rule.

Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense
of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a
need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow
movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate,
hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end,
this always yields better results.

Said in another words:
1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.
2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
3. Stockholm, has 500,000 people.
4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned
companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the
hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive
early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000
employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn't say anything,
either the second or third. One morning I asked, "Do you have a fixed
parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there
are no other cars in the lot." To which he replied, "Since we're here
early we'll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and
need a place closer to the door. Don't you think? Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there's a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement
establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to
taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing.
Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it
stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement
called Slow Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness"
generated by globalization, fueled by the desire of "having in quantity"
(life status) versus "having with quality", "life quality" or the "quality
of being". French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are
more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8
hour workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%.
This slow attitude has brought forth the US's attention, pupils of the
fast and the "do it now!".

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having a lower
productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality,
productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It
means reestablishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking
the "now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and
anonymous. It means taking humans' essential values, the simplicity of
living.

It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and
more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do.
It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious
quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of
products and services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there's a scene where Al Pacino asks a
girl to dance and she replies, "I can't, my boyfriend will be here any
minute now". To which Al responds, "A life is lived in an instant". Then
they dance to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when
we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time.
Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the
present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time
throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how
each one of us does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John
Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other
plans".

Congratulations for reading till the end of this message. There are many
who will have stopped in the middle so as not to waste time in this
globalized world.

It wasn't really the idea about slowing down our pace of life that fascinated me but the fact that the swedish (POV: According to WIKI, Nokia is from Finland.) are able to be as successful as the prose claimed when most of them adopts a slack (by our stds) attitude in life. But does that really mean that if we were to all start slowing down, our economy would pick up instead? I really doubt so. After all, i think their success compared to us (singaporeans) can be attributed to the fact that they are more creative, and more in them to be venturous and daring and bold in their plans. Not because they adopt a slow pace of life. And i wonder, given their slow pace of life, are their divorce rates really lower than us since they have more time for the family, kids and friends and whatnot? (POV: According to stats, Sweden has a relatively high divorce rate, above countries such as Germany, Spain, Japan).

I think I have become cynical after coming to a law firm.
The mail sounds absolutely absurd to me.


I'm sleepy and nodding off in office.
and only looking fwd to lunch.

APPEAL FOR SAILING BUDDIES!

Here I am appealing for people out there who are interested in sailing to drop me a msg (: I;m trying to get enough people so that i can start sailing in april on WEEKDAY mornings and noon (cos i cant make it for weekends and most of the courses they are organising fall on weekends).

Time and day is rather flexible and i need at least 3 more other people to join me (: Please do help me spread the msg around cos i dont mind starting class with anyone if they are able to make it on weekday mornings (i understand that many people have work commitments), and preferably i can find buddies by April.

Feel free to drop me a msg for details~!

Indo Earthquake!

Today is technically the day when I should join the mad scramble for application at NUS and other UNIs. Unfortunately, I'm suffering from inertia, and am still currently doing nothing about it. But at least I have 2 weeks to go about fretting about such stuff and my boss says its perfectly okay to take time off to go settle my personal stuff during this period of time. (: how nice ehs?
Not that i really need the time since I'm not applying for scholarships of any kind. Wonder if there are bond-less partial grants out there that is available for any course of my choice overseas? That would be perfect!

Met Ahgake for lunch at raffles place ytd, and we sat by Singapore River having Mac's, cos the food was easy to take away and relatively more uncrowded than the rest of the other food places.
Went back to work late after a super heavy lunch, and was the eventually evacuated from the building cos of the Indo Earthquake. So decided to meet up with Ahgake after that to go shopping in City Hall. How well-informed we are about the safety precautions to take during an impending natural disaster -_-" but i wasnt the only one who was so nonchalant cos i did see alot of office girls grabbing the chance for early day off to do some shopping as well. But honestly, i hope that the condition in Indo wont be that bad. I send my condolences to the family and friends of the casualties.
Today is almost like work back to normal in Shenton Way, but I wonder how is it like in Indo? :(
Erns ytd was complaining that she didnt get evacuated cos she wanted to be off from work early. She's sucha a bum, even though i admit that i was secretly glad i could leave early. Cos i was feeling kinda guilty for neopeting and instant emailing people in the office already. And my workstation isnt exactly at the most secluded of places.


Kind of finished scanning the documents that I was supposed to read, and still wondering if I should take out my story bk to entertain myself meanwhile. But its kinda rude ehs? GARR, bored.
Hope that PKX can join me for lunch later cos its really boring to have to lunch alone. Self- entertainment can be exhausting.
Might be meeting erns and juan for dinner later at clementi before tuition.

I'm dead broke now and it sucks, cos ytd I had less than 2bucks in my wallet and my student's mum asked me to cab down to her house and she paid for my fare. DAMN it. I have to admit sometimes i get irritated at my mum for not giving me allowance and insisting that I save every single cent of my income. garr. and i wish my previous employer (aka uncle) would pay me soon.

Singapore River is actually pretty Romantic!

YAY, managed to find someone to lunch with me later by Singapore River (: Feeling quite smug now cos i realised that Ahgake was actually online at 9plus last night meaning that she was no longer working and hence available for lunch! That will definitely make me look less sad >_< though to be honest I'm not really that particular about lunching alone because i actually quite like the quiet time alone to daydream and stuff (and i end up smiling disturbingly to myself at times). I just made ahgake bring along a cam so that i can take pic of the river and fullerton hotel (i intend to get married there in future).

Neopets in my office is loading very slowly and I'm feeling even more guilty than ever that everyone knows that I'm slacking but they arent saying anything about it. And now i cant bring myself to tell my boss that i want to quit cos both of them are so nice. Though one of them was quite amusing today, he keep encouraging me to pursue medicine even though I'm interning at a law firm -_-" But still i wonder if he can read my mind, or have i made it a tad bit obvious that I'm not too into law? But of course, I'm still going to apply for both courses and see how things go. And that also means that I have to decide if im doing Uni in Sgp or UK. But fortunately, im not applying for any scholarship which essentially frees me a lot of time. Good luck to those who are applying for scholarships!

I swear Babe is on her way to Oxford to study that wierd math thingy of hers, and i can see her in 10 years time with a even thicker specs than she already has and speaking gibberish to a group of students with just as think (and huge) specs and scribbling odd symbols wildly on the board. HMMs, interesting eh? (: That disgusting girl has a more than perfect score. Someone out there slap her please.

Realised that it's still possible to apply for UK unis at this pt of time, and wonder if it is still possible for US? But of course, i wouldnt be doing so anyway. I am still currently basking in extreme disbelief. That I have miraculously escaped from having to deal with horrendous grades. And I personally feel DJ has more reasons for celebration than me since she has a scholarship and can go overseas fully funded and she has been slacking all these while with grades like FOFF and no CCA. Life can really be unfair, but it doesnt matter if it is doing wonders to me and my friends (: I welcome it always. Miracles, i call them.

Erns is contemplating on whether she should blog about Utada who has recently divorced her hubby (who is 15yrs older than her, a wider age gap than me and Chun). And i dont see whats so interesting about it cos it was pretty much very expected the day she got married? It's really about like Britney and Kevin Federline, the latter who's main flaws are that he is a backboneless talentless chap. And her being too impulsive when she jumped into that rlnship after getting dumped by Timberlake.

I'm feeling super hungry and its only 10.30am. I'm a goner larhs, maybe I should turn to Marie France Bodyline or Cenosis the next time i get my Paycheck, which is really quite soon! I wonder what my mum will think of it.

I'm currently crossing my fingers and hoping that my obsession with Fahrenheit will end soon, I'm actually contemplating on whether I should buy their xie zhens. Erns suggested i get the msian vers. Too Bad I havent gone there for ages, and my mum is paranoid about me getting robbed on my way there. Maybe its time to drop Hing a line to see if he is there? (: hehe, the power of networking!

Okay, shall go reply Erns on email now. BABE email me too! Instant emailing can be quite fun. Talk about creativity when it comes to avoiding webfilters. HEH.

Thank God for My Result Slip!

At "work"/"internship" now, though I'm obviously blatantly slacking cos there really isnt much for me to do except to read the appeallant case which is unfortunately boring me.
Had lunch alone, cos my boss isnt around to treat me today and orientation at the office lasted only for 1 day, so i'm pretty much on my own now. Decided to get NewPaper so that I would not look so awkward at Mac's (the hawker centre was clogged up with people and somehow in this part of town people use tisse packets to reserve seats.) Planning to find some excuse to quit my current internship soon, though i'm feeling abit guilty about it. The only problem being that I know this career is not for me and I am currently dreading every single minute. GARR.


Updates since release of grades: I did relatively well (: (perfect score!). I went hysterical the moment i got my grades, i was hugging Mrs Lee and shaking stunned people around me wildly (completely forgetting about upkeeping my glamourous image). And i honestly think that it's such a miracle that i did this well considering how much i studied in JC (and the amt of effort i put in during A's). DJ's the other miracle cos she managed to attain 3As as well, meaning she can continue staying in that sweaty wierd camp of her's and face the threat of getting blown up by a grenade (woohoo!). Congrats to the Loser Clique (who all did miraculously well, considering how mugger-ish we are), Monica Chong who still dare tell me the night before her A's were screwed when she got 8Ds, Stef Ko the all-rounder who is not fat and the 4 disgusting fac heads (esp jR) who obviously didnt mug as much as the rest of the 4As scholars in school but got the same grades anw. CONGRATULATIONS to all who did well!!
(yrmates, do did u people do? (: Fantabulastic i bet?)

Bought Fahrenheit's CD-DVD to reward myself for A's (and also cos i was feeling miserable that I had tuition after getting back results when i should be celebrating). I HAVE to curb my unexplained obsession with Fahrenheit. I have been spending days on end watching their clips on youtube, buying all mags with them (this week YOU weekly has them on coverpage!), and listening to their album everytime I'm in my room. This is scarily nutty!

Had family photo taking yesterday, it was quite fun, seeing everyone pose and dress up and make up. Though i didnt get to take many photos (not that i really minded) cos my grandparents took alot and so did my youngest aunt family. Looking fwd to seeing how it turns out! (: (hopefully my braces would get adobe photoshopped away.. hehe)

Ok, back to reading law-y stuff (:

First day at the Law Firm!

Sneaking a break just after lunch, cos im feeling a little bloated and too full and lazy. Actually I just feel like napping (:

Spent the morning reading a particular judgement concerning an insurance case. Rather technical but on my 2nd read, I'm starting to understand it better, and of course thanks to my mentor who had explained the whole thing to me in layman's terms prior to this.

I was treated to lunch by 2 lawyers who were really friendly, in fact everyone here is really very nice and helpful and smiley. Unfortunately, I'm not really into socialising with the people here (unless they take the initiative), so it's still kinda awkward between me and the other sects who alr know each other very well.

Meeting Prisc for dinner at hougang tin the evening, decided to give class sleepover at Kep's a miss. I need to prepare myself mentally for D-Day. I'm really having random panic attacks now.

Went for dinner at Bugis ytd night with Erns, and I was spent most of my time yakking on and on about Farenheit to her. I bet she was bored. Ended up not goilng to the gym after that cos my mum wanted me back home early for a break so that i could prep for today. Shall try to go today since I'm getting a full day off tmr, and have lie in late. hopefully, i would keep up that gd habit of mine (: