in an attempt to surprise grace with a little outing to kallang river... my all time favourite place to hang out at nite! we had beckie, qin, keong and cp along too! cud hear oasis concert going on at the background! haha =P
gosh. i jus realised it has been quite a while since my last update. god knows wad have i been busy with. sorry for any inconvenience. not much of a major events of late cept for a few of em' such as: - 230206: chilling out and doing silly stuff wif grace, qin, beckie, keong and cp by kallang river - 240206: did nails at parkway with sis, claudia, claudia's mum & dong yan den headed to orchard to meet grace, qin and cp for some shopping and catch up - 250206: had to be a bridesmaid at a wedding in the morn then headed to grace's hse in the evening before sending her off at the airport. yup, grace has returned to brisbane.. - 260206: went to chk out the Asian Aerospace 2006 at changi with sis, dennis, nic and danielle (my god-sis) was not bad. got to see the A380. sadly din get to go inside tho. but the planes were really cool! even got to hav a chat with one of the majors of our S'pore Air Force. cool dude. all these pilots dressed in their uniforms and those oakley sunglasses. my oh my. to tink abt it.. perhaps ray-ban wud hav been a more pilot sun glasses. but ya. the main hightlight, the planes. gd stuff dere. took lots of pics. will upload dem soon. the week ahead's gonna take some getting used to now that grace has returned. aint got no more partner in crime. =X gonna be missing my cuzy a whole lot. 10mths without her. wonder how dat's gonna be like. 4mths was pretty quick the last time round. this is more den twice the previous. *shrugs oh well... we shall see. cuzy, we'll still be communicating ya? if we dun get to catch each other online, pls do internet sms me anytime! it's always great to hear frm u cuz. thanks for a great time with u while u were back in s'pore. had loads of fun as always! :) sorry once agn for all my nonsense and thanks for putting up with it. pls take good care of urself (which i believe u will) and know that i is will be missing u alot. God bless u cuzy. dun stress over there k? if u need someone to talk to remember there's me! ;) *hugz* cuzy, ni zi dao ni shi zui hao de! ;P hehe! yup. tough times lie ahead. i can feel it. with all the project submissions and exams. dere's loads to be done. jus hope i'll be ok after all this.
this is for the lovers, dreamers, romantic pple and the list goes on..
1st thing, what is love? who actually knows what love is? and how it feels like to be in love? why does anyone need love? do we find love or does love find us? who is the right person? what makes u so sure he/she is the one? 1 thing i've come to realise over time: sex is cheap; and love is non-existent. does this statement sound wrong to u? but seriously, before u tink any less of me or my thots, do spend some time to tink abt wad i jus said. if this statement is untrue, den why do pple get hurt? dere's no such thing as "it wasnt on purpose" or "i din mean for it to happen". cos truth is, it did happen. yup sometimes pple dun really mean to hurt one another. but for selfish reasons, choices have to be made. obviously at the expense of others. love isnt always fun, laughter, peace and joy it's abt being able to see each other thru ups and downs. its abt being comfortable but not to the extent of taking one another for granted. it's abt sharing, kindness, patience, tolerance, perseverance, forgiveness, care, and all these things. but sometimes i guess pple lose focus. their minds and hearts go all over the place. they just lose touch. lose feelings, lose emotions, lose everything. but 1 thing remains, memories. why do some pple put in so much effort but end up getting hurt so badly? time and time again. is he/she really so worth it? how do u noe he/she is really worth it? wad makes u so sure u cant find anyone better? wad makes u tink u cant find another love of ur life? if u dun try, u'll nvr know. dun be too quick to presume dat u'll nvr find happiness again. nvr tink negatively. always tell urself ure stronger den u tink and dat u can achieve far greater things if only u put ur heart, mind and soul into it. nothing is impossible when u hav God with u. seek solace in Him. he'll deliver u out of darkness. trust me, i know. God will nvr fail u. it is u who must believe. faith will guide u and help u out. nvr wallow in self-pity cos dat is only for the weak. it's all in the mind. u have to tell urself u can do it. put ur mind to it and push urself. it aint gonna be ez. but at the end of it all, when u made it thru, u'll be proud. u'll be glad u did it. pain and suffering is temporary, glory lasts a lifetime. of cos things jus wont be the same without the special him/her but life still goes on. face it, the truth always hurts. but its wad and how u deal with it dat makes u a stronger person. things dont always go ur way. u may not always like the way things happen, but wad the heck, its not the end of the world. last nite whilst driving home, i was listening to the radio, suddenly an ad came on abt pregnancy hotline for teen girls, those who r troubled, duno whether or not to keep the child, duno how to tell their parents etc etc. thots & emotions triggered. is it really that bad for these girls? and in wad ways? hmm...
anyhow, go dwl and listen to this song by R.E.M. truly meaningful. the lyrics are below:
When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on. Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes. Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along-- When your day is night alone, hold on if you feel like letting go, if you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. ‘cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends. Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand. If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long, when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on. Well, everybody hurts-- sometimes-- everybody cries. everybody hurts, sometimes. everybody hurts, sometimes. So, hold on, hold on. so girls and guys, pls protect urself, protect ur heart, but dun bcome overly cautious dat u start pushing pple away. den dats wrong. take things slowly, let ur heart mend. u have to know when ure ready to love again. everyone can do better den dis. dun feel sad. sadness is but a feeling. it cud always be changed to joy only if u want to. cry, let ur emotions fly all over the place. u deserve to feel how ure feeling but move on. dun stay stagnant. things are easier said den done, i know. but as long as u persevere, u can do it. heal that broken heart and move on. easy come, easy go. develop that mentality den nthg will go wrong for u. u are responsible for ur own feelings, so if u dun take care of urself, no one can. frens and family can gif u a thousand and one advice, but ultimately, the tough work depends on u and u alone. it's stressful and very tiring. emotionally and mentally draining. but like i said, with God all things are possible. hang in there and be strong. smile and the rest of the world will smile along with u =)
headed over to grandaunt's place yesterday afternoon along with grace, qin, denise, javern, cp & herbert to help decorate and set up the place in preparation for the big party to come later that evening. the trurnout was overwhelming. as all of u wud noe, grace is popular.. tonnes of frens came. wow. great to see everyone loves grace :) we all had fun i'm sure. poor her had to run ard, everyone was like "grace ur frens r here" or "grace come over here" or "grace ur hp is ringing" etc etc.. haa. bz bz bz like a bumble bee. i was dead beat. still havent had the chance to recover frm the rush of my submission which was on fri. exhaustion is overwhelming. by 8.30pm i had already began to stone. 8.30pm felt like it was 10.30pm. 10.30pm felt like it was 1.30am. dats how crappy i felt. heh. so loserish man. =X left the party site abt 11+pm to 12am to head to zouk. beckie rode with keong. cp, jav, bert & eugene shared a cab whilst the girls, peiwen, dan, grace, jacq and qin followed me in my car. zouk & phuture was UTTERLY BORING. the music sucked. but i suppose we made the most out of the grim situation. so it turned out ok. :) besides the company was great! my 1st time since duno how many donkey yrs dat i went clubbing with danielle man! my gdness.. 10yrs of frenship. FINALLY! haha. i had fun la i must say. but the damn fatigue really got to me. found myself drifting off to my own little wonderland whilst the rest were enjoying themselves playing games. felt like such a wet blacket. but i'm glad i din drink any more den i did. fatigue + alcohol =DANGER!!!
i suppose danielle is right. i am really very tired. nearly got into an accident along my way home. along the ECP just ard bebok camp. it was one hell of an experience. i freaked out. major freaked out. currently still feeling pretty much shocked. imagine travelling at 100km/h, falling aslp and "waking up" finding ur car facing the railing and going straight into it. omg. the amazing part is. i dun even noe how i "woke up" in time to swerve my car away frm the pole. it was fucking scary. Thank God nthg happened to my car. i duno wad i'd do if anything happened. my car was shaking when i swerved it away so i immediately stepped on my break to decrease speed. i nvr felt more awake at that point in time. really Thank God i woke up in time. i din even realise i fell aslp that the best part. i dun remember when i fell aslp. looking back, it is really freaky. but on a positive note, at least all is fine. cept that i tink dat will become a stigma to me alr. well we learn everyday dun we?
had fun with beloved pple on this day. friends are those who are not quick to judge, ready to love and give their best. thanks guys and sorry for my mistakes.
everybody asks questions. are all questions asked out of curiousity? perhaps so. why do pple ask questions? to get an answer? to feed their hungry brains? must all questions have an answer? perhaps. thoughts can be tiring, but how do they come about in the 1st place? why tink of dem to begin with rite? wad benefits does one get out of asking questions? personal satisfaction perhaps? according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, perhaps it fulfills the self-actualisation aspect to a certain extent. *shrugs* wad's wif all the questions? i dun like to answer questions. esp those that i dun feel like answering.
currently listening to "No Such Thing" by John Mayor (which is on repeat btw) *chuckles* great song! great beats! ;) absolutely lovin it! makes me miss listenin to EIC!! gosh.. havent been to wala in a long time.. suddenly i got reminded of last march! rebecca, denise, qin, grace and me headed over to wala to celebrate Grace's bday! SHIOK!! i gotta do dis agn soon!!! Wala Wala anyone?? ;)
quite a productive day! had BK breakfast wif my sis in e morn (we dun do dis very often u c) met Fanis in TP lib at 12pm to continue on our OTD report. we're far frm done!!! dere's jus so much to do! but today has been relatively productive... luckily. i'm so tired rite now altho i wish i cud continue where i left off earlier dis afternoon... tmr is round 2 of workin on projects. tmr is ER. thurs will continue wif OTD. dateline: next fri. SIAN........ jus got home from a mini gathering .. Arun's farewell.. tis quite sad man.. i noe i'm gonna miss him ALOT. he's been such a buddy. the 1st true guy fren i met in TP. he's been such a darling. partner in crime, taught me how to drink, see me get drunk, see me cry, hear my sob stories, hear me whine, take my shit for projects, complain together abt other shitty proj grp members, skip lectures, sit together EVERYTIME for all lectures.. gosh. i am gonna miss him. he's off dis fri nite. and next, grace will be off too. dis is saddening aint it? *shrugs* well Lyd, live with it! good night all.
Chinese New Year this year has been a blast so far! =) had a grt time wif family and frens! love u all!! *hugzz* hope everyone reap a good collection this year eh? ;)
hope everyone had as much fun as i did!
EVE had reunion dinner at my paternal grandma's hse - wad a feast i had! after which we snacked on kueh lapis which my grandma made before headin over to Conrad hotel wif my cousin for drinks and catch up session. this is a yearly affair. missing my aunt who's still in U.S. aint gonna come back til march perhaps.
1st DAY went to both side grandma's hse, grandaunt's hse and Marriott (Orchard) for visiting. tiring but very fulfilling! :)
2nd DAY went to uncle daniel's hse in the morn to visit and had brunch before buying ice & coke den heading home. had family and frens over on the 2nd day of new yr. played ard, ate ALOT and talked ALOT too! haha exhausted i must say. but fun! dad ordered longtong (however u spell dat) frm his colleague, grandma made my favourite peranakan dish - ayam buah keluak. feasted on those and the usual festive goodies. i need to start shedding pounds! feeling superbly unattractive rite now. and best part is, i have a cousin who nvr fails to make me feel so sucky abt myself. and he's none other den JOHN LIN. ass. some of the pple i had over were Ivan, Jon, Terisa, Arun, Grace, CP, Javvy, Bert, Nic, Sedrick (hope i got the spelling right). after helping ard and cleaning up, i gave arun a lift home before headin over to Nic's place wif of cos Nic and Sedrick to bai nian to Nic's parents.. den together headed over to Nic's grandma's place for dinner. great meal, great company. Nic's parents are really funny. haa. had a gd time but unfortunately i was way too tired to fully enjoy..
now that the main festivities are over, i need to work full on frm now. so much work and revision awaits. been playing way tooooooooooo much for my own gd! damn. nvm better late den nvr.
besides all the fun and excitement, i must seek for help in prayer for my godpa's mum - aunty helen koh. she's currently in Assisi Home & Hospice. pls pray for her. that she may go in peace. doctor says her time seems pretty soon. jus went to see her today. really sad to see her this way. reminds me alot of my grandpas when they were in that position.
yup. anyhow, hope everyone will have a great year ahead and enjoy ur life! live it to the fullest and if possible, dun regret decisions. take care all.
Good evening one and all! here's wishing you a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS CHI-NA NEW YEAR!!! =) enjoy ur long weekend and have a happy holiday!!!! hope everyone will get lotsa ang-baos! hurhur.. have fun ya'll!!
attended John cuz's bday party yesterday (220106 Sunday) at Orchard Park Suites everyone's turning 21 dis yr.. most of us at least. some scary shit man. well, the party was not bad altho the set up was laggy and late. the food was great, so many babes there too! hurhur.. some were bimbotic some where flat.. ya but most were tall and chatty and hav a pretty face. 1 of which was the photographer for the evenin. nice girl by the name of Jermaine. dere were many guys too. all the AC guys i suppose.. Grace cuzy, Shiqin, Danielle and Nic Yap were there to keep me company too. =) needless to say they know John too. seeing trevor, guangzhao, shaun ting, choy, edward and the other guys were like OMG moment! haha.. well, it was a really long time ago since i last saw any of dem! it was nice to see dem i suppose.. :) ol' frens.. back frm days when we were all only 16... hahaha gosh trevor doesnt seemed like he changed 1 bit. still always hitting on chics! :P last time was Dan. even at the party he was hitting on Nic's ex-classmate. but i must say she's got nice long legs and a really pretty face. gosh, i feel intimidated alr. haha! Guangzhao surprised me wif his new gf.. haha. dun seem like e sort he'd go for but ya.. *shrugs* edward's attached too. his gf was dere. sweet lookin thing. john, the bday boy, so poor thing.. but he was damn bz dat evening anyways.. lookin after his guests and wad nots. k la but he did a not bad job.. so shall gif e fella some credit. think this is most of wad i can remember frm the party.. haha yup. more pics r wif john. i hav these above for now.. :) lovely.
we had OTD today, OTD stands for Organisational Theory and Design. well, as usual, me, i was dozing off in lecture. it was damn BORING! he was going on NON-STOP abt which continent and which city he came frm and that he is a ABC, purely born and raised in NY, dat his passport is damn thick, that he has a S'porean Chinese wife, that he has stayed in S'pore since 1992 and wad he specialises in, wad he knows, comments on the RMIT lecturer (course coordinator), and why we shudnt get mixed up with Canadians and Americans...... and the list goes on...... *faints* i wud like to quote jasmine.. "we paid S$100++ for dis lecture to listen to him tell us abt his life story and wad nots." gee! she's right man! haa! it's Sherman's little way of introducing himself see. yup so finally after an hour of his talking abt himself mainly, we start lecture proper. he ended lecture at 5.10pm wif only a 15min break in between a 3 hr super dry lecture. goodness.. duno wads up wif dis dude man. he was explaining emails dat pple sent him, abt assessment requirements and wad he looks out for. the questions pple ask him and how he had to answer dem... like spare us the details alr rite... we're all so tired! esp so for me cos i had MR (marketing research) frm 9.30-12.20pm well at least it's Patricia... :) she's nice la. concise and precise. to the point. i like! bumped into her during the break. she was smiling and waved me to come over.. so we walked toward each other to hav a little chat abt me being in her class agn dis sem. well, i'll b seeing her dis sem and next agn. lets hope i clear MR properly dis sem. coursework seems lighter and "easier" on us dis sem. case study project, mid-term test, tutorial exercises, and exams. i cud do dat. but whether i can pass is a seperate question in it? nvm leave it to God. everything happens for a reason anyway. am done being upset abt repeating. cept dat it gets really boring during her lec cos i alr know everything.. crap. complacency. however i must say dat dis sem, for MR, dis batch, got quite alot of 'harlowtheres' man! tsktsktsk. k la more guys dis time round.. more proportioned. if not like my batch, can literally count the no. of guys. somemore all so crappy looking... hurhur =P no eye candies as yet.... *yawnzzzz* so all the best everyone to this new semester. work hard and not repeat the same mistake as previous sem! take care all!
Visited Chinatown yesterday. bright lights, lotsa pple, lotsa food & drinks everywhere! it was fun! :) so many things to see and do. went with cuzy, CP, Jav, Beckie, Keong, my sis & Dennis. we had dinner then we walked ard to soak up the atmosphere.. all the decorations and music playing.. stage performances! wow everywhere! the wet weather din quite get to us, luckily. it rained for a brief period. pretty heavily i mite add. but it was all gd in e end =) i bought stickers for my mum, some cookies, my cream straw bag and a pair of shoes. haha so playful! the queues for bak kwa was superbly long i had a HUGE craving for that. *nyum nyum nyum* cant wait to get my hands on dem! haa also, layer cake! or kueh lapis! ohhh i so hav to eat dat! hmm wonder if my gramps will make it dis yr! her specialty ma.. a must have every CNY! =P so fast, CNY is jus next week! so exciting! wonder how dat's gonna work out... :) oh ya! i'm hereby inviting frens to my hse, if anybody wanna come visit my parents & i, jus drop me a msg ya? 30th Jan. anytime before 9pm i suppose. =) have fun everyone! ;)
met zhong ying, guan yuan, shu an and leisha for dinner earlier today - 7.30pm at siglap's Thai Express. wow. it's been a truly long time. we knew each other since pri 1! beat dat! gosh... dats like 14yrs ago! was really nice catching up with dem. as usual lots of laughter and jokes as well as memories of the past. we all chatted as if time and distance was nvr a factor. i havent seen leisha since sec sch days - she went to TKSS. zhongying, guan yuan and i hardly met up during her JC days.. so ya this is a "long-awaited" reunion. was really comforting seeing them :) thanks girls, thanks ZY for arranging this! see u girls agn dis sat!
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
smthg i thot i'd share with u guys... taken frm "The Book of Strange" 1) when your shadow starts a fight, turn out the light. 2) a step in the wrong direction, is the right way to get lost!
14th Jan 2006 met CP, Jav and Chekkerz at Lucky Plaza. had macs lunch b4 we set off for our quest to search for Dan's 21st Bday present. more effort is required for dis special occasion! well, Dan's finally an adult! :) the 1st amongst us all. proud of u babe! so we walked ard Lucky Plaza - searched high and low for a suitable and 'within-our-budget' type of MP3 player. we got a 512MB Panasonic player at $175 frm Southern Cross. not bad la. better den getting a 1GB LeMon player at $140. so dodgy man.. it looked bad too! produced locally... hmm.. *shrugs* so after developing pictures, pasting dem and individually writing our sweet nothings on Dan's bday card, we packed everythin up, felt really proud of the work. esp when grace did bulk of it - which turned out superbly well =) (^5 cuz!!) we headed over to Dan's place at blk32 Marine Cresent - where she celebrated her bday. was pretty fun :) more like a chill out gathering type thing. her mum & aunts prepared quite a feast i must say and the bday cake! wow wow wow. SUPERB! AWFULLY CHOCOLATE ok!!!!!! beat dat! haa! =P i'll post pics soon!
Great song guys, pls go dwl! This time, This place Misused, Mistakes Too long, Too late Who was I to make you wait Just one chance Just one breath Just in case there’s just one left ‘Cause you know, you know, you know That I love youI have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you’ll be with me and you’ll never go Stop breathing if I don’t see you anymore On my knees, I’ll ask Last chance for one last dance ‘Cause with you, I’d withstand All of hell to hold your handI’d give it all I’d give for usGive anything but I won’t give up ‘Cause you know, you know, you know That I love you I have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you’ll be with me and you’ll never go Stop breathing if I don’t see you anymore So far away Been far away for far too long So far away Been far away for far too long But you know, you know, you know I wanted I wanted you to stay ‘Cause I needed I need to hear you say That I love you I have loved you all along And I forgive you For being away for far too long So keep breathing ‘Cause I’m not leavingyou anymore believe it Hold on to me and never let me go