Thursday, March 30, 2006

dying

projects are killing me!!!!!!!!!!
slowly but surely.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

blogging

isnt blogging a substitute for a written diary?
if i'm not wrong, the whole reason why i jumped onto the band wagon of blogging is because of my cousin, Grace.
due to the fact that she was goin overseas to study, as a means to catch up on the happenings of my life, she got me to start blogging too.
i nvr took blogging too seriously.
it jus seems like my channel of frustrations usually.
its jus a channel where i can say anything and everything i want freely without being judged.
just to express my thots n perhaps feelings and emotions too.
little did i imagine that this cud be the reason pple are bitching abt me, or are having weird thots.
nevertheless, my objective remains clear.
i am keeping this blog and updating it whenever i want to is for the main purpose of FRIENDS who want to know whats going on in my life.
only pple who know me and who are truly concerned will know wads going on in my life.
just to clear the air, i am not what pple perceive to be.
as i mentioned earlier, my blog is jus a means of expressing my anger and frustrations as well as joy even!
sometimes we shud not be so judgemental.
it is only when we can look at things at a broader perspective that we are not so closed-minded and selfish.
perhaps that is smthg to tink abt.
not everything is what it seems. the key word here is seems.
i do realise smthg thru blogging; it is either that our command of english is so poor or some pple just dun hav EQ or sensitivity at all.
sigh. this is a realistic and pragmatic world. of cos we wont get everyone to love everyone else. but mayb someday, somehow, we can find it in our selfish hearts to be truly caring, concerned, sympathetic, understanding, kind, forgiving and to love others.
some day. some how.
to anyone who has a religion, pls help to pray for peace, harmony, love and compassion for everyone u know. lets hope that God will grant us the grace to see things that are beyond the superficial level.
some day. some how.

my cuzy

!!!! I MISS MY CUZY !!!!
CUZY, thanks so much for ur love and support, really duno wad i'll do without u...

Saturday, March 25, 2006

some random thots

hmmmm...
i've been pondering abt several matters.

does liking a person require a reason?
or
u jus like the person because u like the person?

else, how does one identify wad makes that special someone special?
if liking a person doesnt require a reason, den how do u noe u like dat person?
beyond the whole physical attraction, isnt there more den dat?
is liking a person merely so superficial?

at this day and age, seems to me dat many pple my age are into the whole lets jus slp ard, have fun and no strings attached type of deal.. is it really so fulfilling to do dat?
u steal my bf, i still ur gf kinda thing.
i slp behind my gf/bf's back... etc etc etc
gosh. wad a scandalous world.
sounds fun la i admit. but are such acts condonable? *shrugs*

are pple jus afraid of getting hurt? or are they jus too scared to fall in love?
mite i be one of dem? i tink so.

how is it really like to be in love?
have i forgotten dat feeling?
how can one differentiate lust, crush n potential love?

i'm just so glad we've given ourselves this second chance. =)

Monday, March 20, 2006

smthg to share..

came across this earlier today so i thot i'd share with u guys..
thought it is quite inspirational..

"Never give up hope in the midst of your distress
Place your trust in God.
He has a solution to your problems and will show you a way out."

here's wishing one and all peace.
good night.

i cut my hair!!!

the weather of late has been a killer!
dat explains the way i spent my sunday..
hanging or "chilling" out wif my frens at dis place called Settler's Cafe playing games, beating the heat by staying indoors wif the air-con and having ice-cold drinks! great stuff.
also, i decided to take a leap of faith and cut my hair.. some pple have been urging me to do so.. *ahem*
more over this is the chance to do so esp when it's so freakin hot!
so yup.. smthg new, new look.
i must say i do feel different la.
like quite "cute" feeling cos the hair's short and u noe.. feels lighter n shit like dat.
below are pics we took yesterday.
































































































































































































pics frm Heineken Green Rm session




































































































































































Saturday, March 18, 2006

long friday

spent nearly the entire day out today (170306).
8am to 11.30pm.

sent my sis to work den headed to sch for class 9.30am - 12.30pm.
but ER ended early. round abt 11.40am.
after class, alex, fanis, diona and i were outside the LT studying. the guys did BB, Diona did OTD while i did my MR. haii.. dats for failing it last sem.

anyhow, we were each occupied with books and notes.
until i screamed in hunger! haha
so the guys went off to buy lunch for us 4.
terribly unfulfilling lunch man! gee...

waited for Si Ni and Mich to finish their ER meeting to go study MR together.. so by 1.45pm we left sch, headed to 6th Ave coffee bean to study.
dat shit place made me pay $7.56 for 2hrs of parking.
bloody hell! can u imagine if we stayed any longer???
after we left 6th Ave, we headed to KAP macs drive thru and got ourselves each some treats to fill our tummy b4 the test.
after buying macs, we went back to sch to eat and do some last min going thru.

i took a power nap frm 6.15 to 6.40pm. wud have slept longer... but THANKS to zhu i got awoken.. haha
he came over n banged said really loudly, "test ahhh go up already laaaaa..."
hmph. dat cow. haha
so we all went up together to our test venue.
entered the rm, took our seats and started to freeze our asses off cos the rm was so bloody cold.
7pm test started and lasted till 8pm.
tricky questions. stupid aussies try to act chim only.
bloody hell use terms dat nvr even seen or head before... crap man.
but well, it's over. just have to hope for the best.
after all, i did study.
so it shud pay off! =)

after the test, i headed to jurong pt to meet sir daltz.
got him to borrow some MR texts for me for my assignments.
so had to go collect them books.
gdness. far off land man... i freaked out at 1 pt in time cos i didnt know if i was on the right track or not.
thankfully i jus stuck wif my instincts.
followed the mrt track as dalton suggested.
got there, found parking and met him up.
had dinner wif him and his TKD peeps.
fun bunch. 1 couple celebrated their 1st yr together. so sweet. haha
dinner took very long at Fish & Co. even tho there was not many pple.. sigh.
spent $3.15 on parking at JP.


finally left JP at 11pm. got back ard 11.30pm.
wad a long drive. esp when u hav a bad headache. sianzz
amazingly no TPs on patrol.
gdness i spent soooo much money today!!!
lets see..
in chronological order..
$2 for lousy chocs in sch
$1.50 chocolate pearl milk tea
$2.50 unfulfilling lunch
$3.40 coffee at coffee bean
$7.56 car park at 6th ave
$4.50 macs happy meal
$14 fish & co
$3.15 car park at JP

dats how much i spent. dun even wanna calculate the total.
piang.

shalom. have a good weekend all.

talking to mr police officer

< - - 160306 (Thursday) - - >
this faithful date/day

took a long slow drive to Raffles Place area to pick my sis after work before attending our 3rd Malay class.
as usual.. being 7+pm, traffic was super heavy, lots of horning and impatient ass holes and disgraceful female drivers.

*sigh*

so i exited ECP, prince edward rd towards robinson rd.
i finally arrived. stopped my car, turned on my hazard lights and switched off my engine.
all the rushing driving pple were on the other 4 lanes on my left.
so i jus minded my own business, whilst still keeping a lookout on the happenings on the rd jus to make sure i'm not blocking pple or pedestrians

JUST THEN! *drum rollssss*

i saw a police officer walk towards my car. i thot to myself "dats it lyd, ure dead!"
i started panicking. but i kept cool.
"okay, dun over react." i repeated in my head.
abt 4meters away, he took out his pen and notebook out whilst looking at my car several times and writing furiously away. (every one walking ard jus kept looking at me. damn idoits. kaypo sporeans. shit heads.)
"oh shit. oh shit." kept ringing in my head.
wads gonna happen to me??
he walked ard the front of my car, still writing and looking.
after abt 2mins, he came to the side of my window and asked, "are you the driver?" i said "yes."
then he asked, "are you the owner of the car?"
i said "no. my dad is."
he said "okay. can i have ur IC?"
so i jus took my IC out and passed it to him.
whilst copying my details down, he asked "what are you doing here?" and i replied "waiting for my sis, she's working here (pointing to the building on my right), picking her up frm work."
then he asked immediately "do you know u are not supposed to park here? here is a double yellow zig-zag line!"
i answered "i thot she'll be down already. but apparently not, so i'm jus waiting a while."
he replied "do you also know you are not supposed to wait here?"
i answered, while looking sorry "yes sir i do know that. i'm sorry."
"okay, ms chong do you know what's the penalty for this?" mr police officer asked.
"ermm not really sir." i answered.
"S$130 fine and 3 demerit points!" he said.

"oh my god. shit." (totally freakin out alr) i replied.
still copying my details, i asked, "so will the letter be sent to my name or my dad's?"
he paused for a while, showed me his note book and said, "nvm, it's ok, i'll let u off this time. i jus copy in my notebook only. now u better make another round and come back for your sis."

GOD BLESS THIS MAN!!!!
thank gdness!!!! i was so thankful but still totally freaked out.
so i quickly drove off, made another round along shenton way before turning to robinsons rd again.
thankfully after making 1 round, my sis was down.
piang eh. wad a scary experience man.

off to malay class after that.
when we arrived, there was only 3 of us.
my cikgu only arrived at 8.10pm.
after settling down, my cikgu said "lydia, i've been observing u ah, u can understand malay quite well ya."

that sure brought a smile on my face.
haa!
perhaps i do have that little bit of flare for languages la huh.
can watch jap and indonesian dramas, in their own native language but still understand wads going on.

so cikgu encouraged me to work on it.
when the rest arrived and class started, cikgu kept asking me to interpret or at least try to guess wad she said. haha.
not bad i say! i can roughly get it. :)
thank god for his wisdom!
i'm glad my dad made us learn this. we may not come out of it super strong, but at least it will definately help us understand the language and culture alot better.

my 3rd lesson we were taught abt the muslim community.
we also learned abt hari or days in malay.
we also practiced wad we learnt frm previous 2 lessons by reading and sentence structuring.
came up with new words we heard or saw over the past week.

fun la. i'm glad i took this up. :)
selamat sabtu everyone! haha.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

nthg to update

oh golly.
i tink my days have been pretty mundane.
nthg much to update...

sorry guys! =P

Lydia is currently listening to Olivia Tan Bossa Nova trying to find some peace.

Friday, March 10, 2006

preliminary exam schedule

omg! moment of truth!

MY EXAM SCHEDULE IS OUT!!!!!!!!
or at least the preliminary one is. hurhur

gosh.
another round of exams! i wonder if my poor brain can handle it!
eeeekss!

1 test next fri, 3 assignments due this mth.

I MUST SURVIVE!!!!

I CAN DO IT! *crosses fingers and toes and arms and legs*

the remaining weeks ahead of my march is gonna be a killer.
alex and i nvr fail to remind one another abt the truth of the matter at hand.
haha. guess we help keep each other in chk and sane to do work.
mgmt assignments! haa! who wud hav thot this shit was gonna be so tough!
all this damn theories and structures and strategies and competitive and technology and design and innovation!
BULLSHIT!

okok dere i go ranting over agn. apologies.
yup. have to study hard for my MR. dun wanna repeat this shit agn man. simply cant wait to do BB next sem and all my other mktg majors. hee! ;)

ok so this is my exam schedule:
27 Apr - MR - 2.15 - 4.30pm (2hrs) Hall
02 May - ER - 2.15 - 4.30pm (2hrs) Hall
04 May - OTD - 2.15 - 5.30pm (3hrs) Hall


to come to think abt it, i still hav to worry abt my 100% based project WIL1. which my grp and i hav just gotten it started. but i think this shud be ok la. prolly just have to work our asses off only la. no biggy.
most to most lose some weight also jadi rite? haha =P all the slpless nites and eye bags and dark eye rings.. geee... wad am i thinking.. gdness...

got home abt an hr ago frm morn, BORING ER lec and fattening lunch at KAP macs wif Fanis and Alex.
as usual there was quite heavy traffic on the PIE. lotsa heavy vehicles and fast cars.
one taxi actually had the audacity to shine me frm behind!
dat damn ass! purposely dun let him cut my line! HMPH
like as if he cant see that the 3 lanes on the left are filled wid slow vehicles like motocycles, lorry, trucks and container trucks. GEEEEE! inconsiderate fool.

after flashing his headlights at me, he cut out to the lane on my left and speeded up in an attempt to over take me. oops sorry!
I CANT DO IT~! didnt give way to him! besides i was comfortable wif my speed of 105km/h. crappy doodles man. cannot be so nice to all these mean taxi drivers! dun let dem bully u! esp ladies! lets show these uncles we also can drive man! bloody hell! =X

ok enough complaining liaozz!
i'm off to read my notes! it's such a hardworking friday!
tata peepzz! =)

Thursday, March 09, 2006

yo cuzy! it's ur birthday

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY CUZY!!!
HERE'S WISHING U A GREAT DAY AND A GREAT
YEAR AHEAD CUZ! =)
GOD BLESS U AND ALL THE BEST FOR UR INTERVIEW!
CANT WAIT TO HEAR UR GD NEWS!
TAKE CARE AND ENJOY UR DAY YA ;)
21st LIAO.. IT'S A SPEEDY PROCESS FRM HERE ON.. SO BEWARE!!!
HAHA! =P
REMEMBER TO MAINTAIN THE YOUTHFUL LOOK YA?
TOO MUCH SUN IS GONNA RUIN UR SKIN..
SO BE CAREFUL! ;)
*HUGZZ & KISSES*
MISSING YA LOADS...
LOVE YA LOVE YA LOVE YA!

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

marketing concepts

currently studying the concepts of marketing and reading to understand the functions and scope of marketing.
wad is mktg research? and
why do pple conduct mktg research?

amidst studying, besides self-motivation, i've found myself an external motivational source.
well sometimes it can get pretty taxing trying to push myself all the time.
but when u hav someone asking u things like:
"why u always skip class?" or "why u got so little classes?"
or "how come ure not in sch?" or "no class today ah?"
...........................................................................................................................
no class lor.. the time table is as such. wad cud i possibly do abt it rite? :P

well yup so its back to my book and notes cos some pple dun tink i'll concentrate.
he said: "u study half an hr and slack for an hr."
shit! dats wad my old man always say to me!!
which is true. i am not concentrating rite now. =P
but i shall conquer at least 3 chapters today! haa!

agenda for today 080306:
1. return GY Dunlop text (DONE)
2. Study MR (currently in progress)
3. Find ER article (later)
4. visit aunt in Mount E (later, evening)
5. Add new ringtones on my hp (tonite)
6. type OTD notes frm last meeting (tonite)

oh how i cant wait for the weekend esp fri!!! ;)

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

articles, journals, news

whats the big diff between journal articles, newspaper articles and reviews?
arent they all the same shit?
*BIG SIGH*

am currently TRYING to search for journal articles for my ER grp assignment.
geeeeee.

i got a MR test in 2 weeks, need to study NOW. but i'm like here blogging n bitching abt my sch life.
gosh.
humans are really difficult to please huh?
i'm a walking contradiction.
shaiks.

ok back to work.

ms grumps

oh gee.
i tink i've been too grumpy of late.
perhaps its the weather.
pehaps its the pple.
perhaps its jus me.

*shrugs*

sorry all.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

this song reminds me of my dearest cuzy

Better Together by Jack Johnson

There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard
No song I could sing
But I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepia tone loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? and where do we go?And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing its always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM its always better when we're together
Look at the stars when we're together
Its always better when we're together
Yeah, its always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find there way into my dreams tonight
But I know that theyll be gone
When the morning light sings
And brings new things
But tomorrow night you see
That theyll be gone too
Too many things I have to do
But if all of these dreams might find there way
Into my day to day scene
Ill be under the impression
I was somewhere in between
With only two
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do
Or places we got to be
We'll Sit beneath the mango tree

Its always better when we're together
We're somewhere in between together
Its always better when we're together
Yeah, its always better when we're together

MMmmmm MMMmmmm Mmmmmm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no song I could sing
And there is no, combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing
We're Better together

I MISS U CUZY! =) *huggies*
listening to this song now, early in the morning, while doing my project puts a smile on my face. it makes me miss playing the tune on the piano wif grace.
ure always in my thots cuz! love ya a whole bunch! hee.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

sending grace off













































































































asian aerospace 260206





the main field



























some apache
























the interior of the A380 (small model of it)



























the F14, 15 and 16 frm U.S.A



















chk out their names on the plane! how cool is dat! personalised i say! =P



















the front of one of the fighter planes



























another cool fighter plane
























lonelier planes..

























the queue to see the A380


























we're getting there.......
























































there we go! the A380! sadly we din get to go up. wasted!
bigggggg ass plane man!

























this is COOL

all in all the experience of goin to this exhibition was great. learnt alot frm reading and listening. cool planes.