Dinner + Dessert with 5 Chio Bu and 1 guy!

Hey everyone! Today was a real tiring day for me. Well, i had HTML lessons and for the noobs HTML are well just words that makes up a website! AND I HATE IT! haha im not really good at computer stuff, im more of the writing person!

Well, after that we had this fund management talk which erm... the speaker from UOB was kinda an old fogey and he was stuttering, really unclear of the powerpoint slides so wow that was dozing time for me... The talk lasted 2 hrs but i survived! ANd i even manage to squeeze time for statistic project which is hahaha WHOA MY BRAIN GONNA EXPLODE OVER THIS project!

And after that project i went to Orchard to have my girls' outing with a bunch of gals acquaintance from church! Hmmm well, we ate at Crystal Jade La Mien at Takashimaya and food was alright =) hahaha. BUT oh oh oh, i have no idea why everyone is crazy over this book... Well, one of the girls dragged me to Kinokuniya just to get it!!! HAHA i have to read it soon to know the hype about it?? Tell me wad is so good about TWILIGHT?? Enlighten me somebody!

And ohoh the highlight of the night is of course the girls favourite ===== DESSERT! Hmmm coach Barnabas (yeah i noe, girls night rite? but Khailing who is my Care group leader's wife came and of cos hubby have to come wad =P) so the 5 of us girls squeezed like sardines in his car and we went to Dempsey Hill to eat Ben and Jerry's ice cream! haha the outlet at Dempsey is like really huge and there was even a lifeband playing songs so the atmosphere was really shiok and HIP! Yeah we stayed there for 1 hour plus and well, did alot of talking and all!

Hmmm, i was dropped off at Yio Chu Kang MRt by coach barnabas and oh dear, haha i was making my slow walk, 20 min walk to be exact from the train station to my house under the full moon.

Praise God for today. I am a tired but happy gal. Thank Lord for the companionship. I treasure every acquaintance that step into my quiet life.

ICA 2 Oral Communication OVER

YAY! I havebeen waiting for this day. The speech ICA which was on informational speech is definitely a killer. I dun like speaking in front of crowds, period.

Hmmm din perform to my best today, the aircon was really cold and i forgot most of my content but BAAAA it's alright! God will provide! Well, im really happy because mum bought this realli realli nice maroon downjacket that i was craving for on a shopping trip last sat! hahaha GOSH i have sth slightly more fashionable to wear on my trip to Europe this yr instead of the dowdy brown jacket! hahaha i think i will have to reimburse her cos it cost 150 bucks after 30% off! hahaha good deal heh!

Well, im still stressed up with statistical project. HAHA my group mates are too nice so everyone not pro-active enough! Now that the 2 weeks break are nearing, i have time to watch my favourite korean drama by my korean idol HAN HYE JIN!

Here are some pics from her new drama! im drooling all over!

haha yay.. i cant wait for my overseas trip on sunday... My third trip overseas this year! haha maybe SIA should award me with Krisflyer points!!! tomorrow going out with New Creation Care Group girls so it will be a first time getting to noe those ladies!

Long Time Hiatus

Been gone for a while. But im back. And week 7 and 8 for this semester is going CRAZY and i mean CRAZY!!! And worst of all my Fujitsu Laptop went berserk so all the software is gone!

I'm having this expression now.

haha that is an ugly me. I feel being so blessed now becos this term i have gained new frens from bible study group! And well this term some people changed and my relationships with a few people have changed for the better and when there's better there will be worse. So... hmmm i will be gone for now.

Update this bloggie asap again. When i have more exciting stuff to write and OH! To my Click Five PLEASE READ the BLOG u gals A levels over already so ya can go YUM CHA and Mindcafe somemore! haha i realli hope to meet u gals on tuesday!

a fun day with Linda Chung fans!

Hey yo all maties! hahaha last saturday i went out with these bunch of 7 wonderful yet unique and distinct gals. U know up till now, i am amazed at how an idol, who probably dunno each one of our existence can actually bond people from different walks of life together. So rite now im gg to just show u all the pics and the fun that i had with these bunch.

here we are right outside The Forum at Orchard and we are all holding LINDA's Autographed ALBUM! Seriously, it was weird standing there posing with similar albums! haha Let us be Models for once!

Alrite, the girl with the cute pink girl on my right is Lingling is the first Linda fan i gotta know and i treat her like my younger sis seriously and the gal in white is called Joyin(what a nice, unique name!) she was from my old JC- SAJC! haha hi junior! See fate is so wonderful rite?

And this girl, she is someone not to be trifled with! haha without her, the meeting, and the autographed Cds will not be even possible! She is my dearie Hanns and we talk almost everyday on MSN! haha i love her to bits Hannie i hope u are reading this cos i thank God that u are part of my life! ANd we can gossip about Linda and our DREAM (winks)!

Alrite, these picture is the bunch of us and well, we look normal now without holding the album rite? Like a bunch of school friends or clique just hanging out together even though its my first meeting with them! HAHA, hey the 8 of us should hang out again soon man!

I have ummm no idea why im slouching so bad? Is it becos im the tallest? Girls dun kill me! HAHAs no la i think i was putting my hands around their shoulders way to tight so i bent down! HMMM but i like this pic alot becos these 3 gals i talked to on msn quite a bit and Jaime the gal on the right is realli realli funny! Jaime please entertain me more!

Actually you know, i dun think there will be awkward silence, i mean there are bound to be but that awkward silence is not awkward to the extent that it is prickly and it hurts to be in the environment cos after all we share a common interest in the form of LINDA!! hahah and i really enjoyed myself even though right after i went home, i developed a fever and i onli recovered today! SO YOU GALS, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY TOO HOT FOR ME TO HANDLE!

A New School Term. A New Vanessa?

Herein a new school term officially starts.... Open the curtains please!!!!

Whoa it's only day 2 in school and it seems that the days are so long and draggy not to mention while primary, secondary and college students are enjoying their holidays during this period, we the Polytechnic students are going to endure long lectures and tutorials... This will go on for 9 whole weeks till exactly 2 weeks before Christmas then we shall have a break... Today i told my friends that i will be going abroad for the entire 2 weeks of december hols but they were saying 'huh, what if we have to do project?" Hmmm project work dear friends, i dunno abt project work but its christmas, and it is a hard earned holiday so gals we have to give ourselves some slack to yeah?

Hmmm, trying to change into a better Vanessa, a Van that is more studious, more biblical, study and listen to GOd's words more, be more sensitive to His presence. "Oh Lord, do not ever take your presence away from me" And yes i have been going to the gym for like 2 and a half hours each time doing the elliptical machine... It is really kinda fun, train your legs and stamina but today i bust my calorie intake, ate a whole packet of Ruffles! TOo hungry from the workout!

And i have been listening to my idol's album recently when im really stressed, bored, happy... It is suitable for all occasions! haha there are happy songs, ballods, slightly retro songs inside and the singer is LINDA CHUNG KA YAN! A Hongkong actress, now singer that i really admire! here is her album and please support her CD! She has put in loads of effort into it and im really pleased with it myself!

This is the front Cd cover where she wrote my name...

This is the back of the CD with her signature? Weird huh? why she din sign in front? i wanna noe too!

Well I have yet to receive the CD yet cos they were ordered from Hongkong by my dear friend Hanns( she is the one who sent me these pics too) and we have a Linda fans gathering this Saturday to collect the Cds and to mingle at the same time! WOOTS im so excited cos it means photo taking time! And i get to finally enjoy listening to the Cd and hold it in my hands! YAY! Till then it is studying time...

May God pull me through this term regardless of projects or ICAs or semester exams for He said "Blessed are those who trust in me and whose hopes that in me"

oba signing out.

F1 related pics!

As everyone know last week was Singapore first Formula 1 Race and there certainly much hyped about it. Well, i was one of the ticket holders and get to experience it first hand... Well, cos i went with all 3 guys who werent sorta adventurous therefore din really manage to get good solid pictures! Nevertheless, sitting there and being part of it is DEAFENING AND ROARING and after one week i decided to load the pics up -)

Ok this is the box that holds the tickets....

when i opened the "treasure box" 3 glittering passes to fanciful cars greeted my eyes! Passes for Fri, Sat and Sun respectively...Hmmm hard to imagine these 3 keychains cost 1000 bucks huh?

Well, here's me this is taken outside somewhere? Just thought of snapping and got my buddy to take my picture! I look like some tour guide introducing Singapore to tourists heh? "Behind me is the Swisshotel, it was build in blah blah..."

Here's buddy Winston and me! Hey's be cool man, our friendship is forever alrite?

And this is at Gate 7, the gate located outside Marina Square. Well, many people were taking pics at Gate 7 ( i dunno why) so i decided to follow suit...

This is taken from where i was seated... Well the barricade blocked the view but that car is Red Bull and is driven by Italian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel!

I love Kimi Raikkonen and the whole 3 days i was trying to take pics of only Ferrari! HAhA so there is alot of red cars in my photo album!

Here's daddy and me on the 2nd night! love you dad for accompanying me to the race even at 11pm! Haha realised that i seldom take pics with dad so close up so this is another new experience!

YOOHOO! See the Ferrari go! See Kimi Raikkonen GO! Speed is Ferrari's forte!

Oh this was on the 3rd day of the race and Uncle treated me to Prego, an Italian restaurant as Swisshotel. The restaurant was kinda posh and this dish below cost $40 bucks plus i had this minestrone soup that cost 12 bucks and a tiramisu that cost 15 bucks! U do the maths! How much my dinner cost that day!

Regrets? DO i have regrets? haha yes i regretted not taking a pic with my uncle and i regretted not taking a pic with Kimi! Even if i have to jump over the barricades i WOULD, i WOULD! but that would be something i will do in another year's time! Make the barricades lower!

Thanks To GOD

just have a couple of things to say.

1. Thank God for the wonderful Guangzhou trip, I love my roots and the simplicity of food and life there. (photos i will post when im free)

2. Thank God again for the F1 Race tickets! (i have 2 tickets that cost $998 each and entry for all 3 days!)

3. Thank God for all the shopping i manage to do their and thank you Lord that my Shuk Shuk and Gu Jie told me so much about their past. ( Is there a purpose for me on this trip?)

4. Thank God for the financial blessing and comfort that i take for granted each day. i noe the new car daddy's bought was a blessing and an extravagance.

Will it be too much to ask for another holiday next year with my aunt and uncle again to Shunde? And the past 5 days i have been stuffing myself way too much...


GRINS =p

Overseas I go!

It's 1.15am. I am still awake. I have a terrible sunburn right at my back due to swimming 50 laps in the Yio Chu Kang Swimming swimming complex yesterday. My mood has been bad, bad because of the bad weather! HAHA, my gym plans have been shelved like so many times because it rained so bad!

HMMM on the other hand, i am EXCITED. Few things to be excited about!

1. I finally went to book my Basic Theory Test(for driving license) which is scheduled on the 20 Oct. School will have started by then but the driving centre had no other slots except for 17 Sept which i cant go. WHY? This leads me to point number 2 of why i am excited!


2. I AM GOING TO GUANGZHOU ON 17 SEPT! Really excited to go back to my ancestors home. I will be going for 5 days, a very short trip. The main purpose is to attend my granny's sister 80th birthday celebration. Granny has a weak body so the Sum representative was my aunt and since she asked my to go, I said sure! So Dad, Aunt and Oba will be going for this festive event! YES! i can finally put my Cantonese skills to use!


3. HAHA. I had my appointment at SGH today. And my Doctor,(Doctor Lee) said im doing very well... =) She was very pleased with my progress. So, she said "Vanessa, i will continue giving you medication and you have to take them on time. However, by next year Jan, if everything maintains the same, I will take you off the medication. You must remind me next year ok?"
Click 5 are you gals reading this?! I am doing so well now you gals! THanks for the encouragement, the tears, the smses and calls and I DUNNO WHAT! But I am so closed to reaching the end! The discharge from the hospital is so near! As i am writing this now, my heart fills so wrenched, YOU cant imagine how i feel hearing those words!

GOD YOU ARE AWESOME! "Allow God to rule over you. Yield to Him. Do not resist Him." Psalms 73:25

God has been with me throughout this period and yes Lord. I love you and thanks for loving me for who Van is! I thank you for giving me the chance to remove myself from the unhappy past in JC, and now, i thank you for the new friends and old friends and for being my eternal friend. Thank you Lord for giving me a chance to experience my roots in Guangzhou. You have been so Good. Has Van been good Lord?

Olympics Blues for Me

Hey to all! I have been busy with the exams and with watching the Olympics simultaneously that's why this blog has been on hold... Anyway fast forward 16 days plus a few more days and exams are wrapped up and Olympic torch has extinguished...

Yesterday, i went for my heart check appointment to make sure that my heart is back to normal and that it is not at the dangerously low levels anymore so i went to Singapore General Hospital and did and ECG. For the uninitiated, an ECG is a machine where they have like 10 wires and they wire it to ur hands, ur legs and the chest area... hmmm ECG is harmless and painless but it is embarrassing because for females we have to remove er... the B thing... haha. Anyways the results were out and the doctor said i could be discharged cause my heart was functioning OK but if anything crop up i will see him again. SO YAY , one obstacle down!

But yeah, the depression and the mental part not discharge yet, because this other doctor refuse to release me so yeah i am just patient for that day to arrive. Until then, medication shall see me through. One way of being happy is this............

Mum and me were thinking of where to go after the appointment and on impulse Mum said let's go Raffles City so off we went. The moment we stepped into the mall, there were loads of clapping, whistles blowing away and shouting. I was like "what is all this hullabaloo about?" A typical Singaporean like me was curious so Mum went to shop and i went to third floor to do my detective work. WALALALA!! The sight was to behold!! There were about 200 Singaporeans or more waiting for Team Singapore to come and greet us after their successful Olympic outing! The feeling of being 1 of those Singaporean awaiting our athletes was really a chance that just drop from the sky! Many Singaporeans were so well prepared, they had like video cams, SLRs cameras and all the technology to capture the moment! As for me, sad to say i onli carried my 3.2megapixel cellphone...

Well, while waiting for Team Singapore to arrive at Raffles City, we were entertained by Carrie Yeo of Superstar... She was too far away... And also by JJ Lin aka Lin JUn Jie! This guy is truly a proud Singaporean and im proud of his success in Mainland China too! Plus, haha he is from SAJC-- My senior!

Some of the Pics taken! Enjoy! Though they are super blurry just squint your eyes OK?

More of Blurry JJ Lin!

Here are the real stars or should i say HEROES that everyone were waiting for so so long!!!

Tao Li is really cute! She tries so hard to speak in English! Erm Singlish i mean! HMM this girl is really becoming so Singaporeanish!

I really like Feng Tianwei! Our little Heroine! She's the most down to earth among the trio ping pong gals...

What shall i Do when im Feeling Down?

Hey guys, this is a really short post. Because i have been going to grandpa's wake for the past 2 days at staying there till 12pm on average. Hmmm, its been tough but im still hanging on...

Friday is the cremation day. Where will i get the strength to walk with him for his last journey? The strength to push the van, the strength to see the last of him and forever he will be no more.

But wherever im upset, i will look at the bloopers. Bloopers make me laugh. Bloopers make me just forget abt the unhappiness for a while. Thank you winston for sending me the bloopers =) Thanks to my friends who send me smses to console me, Audrey Chong I love you! Jieying, your messages during the first night when i was mourning were so funny that i laughed through my tears. Grace Chan aka Hantu, i wanna kill you already, you dare delete my number! But thanks for your sms =) With my ClickFive and God holding me, i will pull through!!

Here is the bloopers i will share with u guys.

So, yep that is the end of my post. Sayonara. Peace to all!

A Tribute to my Gong Gong

Tears, what do tears mean?

The first tears that formed in my eyes as a baby,

those tears, you were there to see.

The tears of a baby that means nothing but just whims.

18 years later, my tears,

these tears are tears of sadness.

Each tear represent my longing for you,

now that you are no longer here.

But now, my tears, you are not here to see,

cos your eyes are closed...

for an eternity.

Thank you for giving me the chance,

the chance for a last goodbye on Sunday.

Your arms swollen as they may be,

your breathing, hard as they could be,

but still, you summon your hands to wave back to me.

But still, you gathered strength to look at me.

Those soft eyes, friendly eyes, brimming with tears.

I couldnt control and i cried.

Tears, our tears seemed to connect at that instance.

My last words to you before i left were

" Gong Gong, Yan Yan (my cantonese name) loves you"

Did you hear that?

Now that you are gone,

my heart and soul misses you.

But, im glad i got to say those words to you.

Cos i have yet to thank you for the babysitting me,

cooing me and patting me to sleep as a baby.

Saying now it's too late,

but THANK YOU for the 18 years of being with me.

Wherever you go,

Gong Gong, i really miss you.

i will Miss your spiky hair which i used to play with.

I always thought you were the most handsome Grandpa in the world.

You still are.

And you will always be in Yan Yan's heart.

Buffets = to Jaw and Tummy Exercise

Hey ya all! Haha i have been planning recently to have like you know those blogs where people take pictures of their fat bodies then later they follow their strict diet and exercise and then post their pictures daily? Then within a month or so you can really see a difference in their bodies and yeah these blogs really motivate me. But you know, we human beings always tend to procrastinate. Procrastinate and again Procrastinate...

So im also the typical one of those "procrastinaters", if there is such a word. Since today is a Saturday, i reserve Sat and Sun to binge and eat so i let myself go. Today, i asked my family to eat at THe Ritz Carlton, Yeah we had buffet there and it cost $72 per head! Here's the bill for you guys to see!

Total bill was $339 bucks after adding GST and Service Charge

So yeah the food was really really fabulous. I will rate it 10 out of 10 for freshness of food. Dun believe? Take a look at the prawns that i totally dig at for the whole dinner. My family was after the lobster but i prefer prawns. Because im allergic to prawns that arent fresh as my tongue and throat will itch but today none of those itches came up which proves the freshness is there!

Here is the Ginseng prawns which is free flow and i ate like a dozen tiger prawns!

Alright over all the service was really good as the service staff were dressed to the nines, haha i think they were dressed even better than some of the diners as my sis spotted a guy wearing slippers! Hello! Please dress up if you are coming to a FIVE-STAR hotel for dinner Mr X!

Hmmm, i had alot of sushi and vegetable salad as the Balsamic Vinegar dressing was really really refreshing and light! I like. Plus of cos, im on my eat less move more diet! Anyway, i spotted this Pumpkin soup which i wanted to try for so long because i always read Western recipe books with this dish. But, erm i guess it's not for the Chinese palate and those used to your home-made mother soup, this Pumpkin soup is more skewed towards the sweet rather than the savoury soup which we are accustomed to.

Here is the yellowish, really robust pumpkin soup.

And of cos there were a whole array of seafood, lots of hearty herbs flavoured bread and local favourites like Chilli crab but Sis and me looked forward to the desserts! Here is one of the desserts that we ate. I emphasized on one cos we also had tiramisu, kuehs and ice cream!

The dessert that is a Mango with some cream and chocolate mousse with raspberry.

So there you go, this was how i spend my Sat night. Sitting at the Ritz Carlton buffet restaurant and while 3 hours away! But really, nothing beats eating with your family. Im on a diet, but you noe, i will not go back to my old ways for those who know what im talking about =)

My Economics Project was a Blast!

Hey ya all! HAHA i had a blast at school today thanks to a bunch of GUYS. HAHA Kelvin, you are one of them your M-O-S joke really rocks ok? For the unitiated, MOS means Ministry of Sound to all of you right? But my Joker friend here seems to have another more gross and disgusting word for the S letter. HAHA. But since my blog is rated PG, i shall keep silent until any of you ask me ya?

Ok anyway, here is my video for economics project that my friends not from NYP can enjoy! Our group spend about 4 hours to get this done and editing was done by my buddy Winston who says i cant load this video up till the presentation is over. HAHA i have obeyed so i shall post the Home-made video. GUys watch it ok? It is quite funny! Moody? Go watch!

If this video isnt clear, go to here to watch and rate!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyRLPg3vTH0

Hey give me comments on my acting chops ok? HAHA. Im a first time actress. My acting is imcomparable to my idol Linda Chung and Han Hye Jin but WHoosh, we learn through practice!!! The process was fun la. =)

And oh gosh my eyes are still sore. Wait i shall correct my words, they are still reddish and slightly itchy but the disgusting mucus at least stopped coming out from my eyes. So now, it's just redness which i have no remedy except for the 5ml eye drop and Loads of PRayers to God!!

Today was a very fruitful day. I love Polytechnic, I love my friends and i love Jesus!

SORE EYES!!!!

Hey ya all. Im back after a hiatus.

Just wondering if any of you guys read yesterday sunday times? The article was titles SLEEPY KIDS! How many of us teenagers have enough of sleeping time in Singapore?



I guess the norm of sleeping hours is about 6 hrs now if you ask me. Reading the article made me think, wow, the competitiveness of Singapore has really reached another level as this competiveness complex behaviour has even been passed on to kids even at the age of 8! Hey these kids are getting like on average 6.5 hours of sleep and you know, i know that they deserved their sleep even more! At least i knew in primary school i had my full 8 hours sleep. Reasons such as tution, CCA and homework were given when asked why they slept so late.


But you know sometimes kids, they can make choices. And those who slept late to do other unnecessary stuff like playing games, tv and i don't know what primary school kids play these days... They brought it upon themselves for lacking sleep. But i hope schools can really give kids some slack , i mean 7-12 years old deserve to be running around enjoying childhood and not have a 7am to 7pm day.

You all must be wondering why i suddenly talk about such issues. Hmmm partly becos i have contracted sore eyes. YEAH YOU HEARD ME --- SORE EYES!! So i have gone to see my boyfriend MR Doctor and the solution he gave me for my Red eyes is this :

My eyes drops solution that cost 7 BUCKS for this 5 ml!!

haha ok. I have to rest now. And i hate missing school because exams are already round the corner. but the doctor gave me 2 days mc and said not to come into close contacts with others. So yeah, i am a responsible person and i shall keep this virus in my eyes to myself!

Catch'ya all later!

Statistics Project Presentation = Smart Looking Day!

Hey ya all! WHoa i must have lagged alot in the updating hmmm partly because i was down with fever for an entire week during the 2 weeks break and secondly, i was at home so there was nothing to write about! Unless, i talk about me getting out of bed and brushing my teeth.... Arh u all are smart guys and u should get the drift!




ANYWAY! Good news to announce is one project work is down! Hmm, my statistics group actually met up for 3 times only and we completed the project! Im so proud of my little group! Today we had this 5-10 min presentation and while the rest of my classmates went to buy new clothes and worry about the formal attire, haha like my teacher said, for every presentation, G2000 will be packed with NYP students!

As for me, i asked my mum for a skirt she bought many years ago before she was pregnant with me as she bought the skirts but after that she ballooned and never return to her slender figure! So yeah, i just simply took one of the skirts and decked on a white long sleeved shirt and i was ready to go!


OK i shall share with you my pics with my close friends in class! I love my pooling buddies and they are my 3 MUSKETEERS!


Here they are: 3 Musketeers and the damsel in distress!

Hmm so irritating it is time for my hair cut as my long long fringe is covering my FACE!

Here is another pic with my 3 musketeers and the 3 princesses!:

Hey guys u noe for this pics, there are like 2 to be couples! Guess who! HAHA im imagining things cos this will never ever happen!

With things coming slowly back to place, i went to the gym today and exercised a good 1 and a half hour but i seriously think my fitness level dropped alot as i couldnt do the push-ups properly! I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE POSTURE!!! MAn and after 4 push ups my triceps felt like they were burning, hmmm anyone need the energy and fat from me since oil prices are rising??

And dear Click 5, Oba seriously misses you all. Friends like u guys are really precious.

Pooling with the Guys

Hey ya all... WHoosh i hope this blog isnt dead cos im certainly am ALIVE! It is so good to be alive and taste of God's wonders and blessings! ANd yes yes YES! It is officially school holidays! HAHA yeah i have been busy with tests and all which i believe is a phase that everyone goes through so no big deal about that. I just take all things by my stride and let God pull me along on this journey.

Well, today i certainly had a wonderful time with goat (Kelvin), YT (Yetong) and Gerard (gerard), haha no nickname for him! HAHA actually after statistics i was super drowsy and had a splitting headache and i wanted to go home instead of going to the gym with these guys... HAHA. But that in a twist of fate, i sorta followed them to the gym where i worked out for half and hour then we went to AMK hub to play Daytona! HAHA BOYS ARE BORN TO DRIVE CARS. HAHA except for Goat becos he never ever played arcade games! YT and Gerard keep fighting for 1st and 2nd place! HAHA arcarde was fun becos YT helped me win sweets at the sweet machine! HAHA i won about 10 sweets in exchange for my $1 coin? GOod deal, no? You noe the guys actually wanted to take Neoprint with me! Hey it is their honour u noe? 3 thorns and a flower! HAHA but it cost 10 bucks! I must as well bring along my own camera to snap us! =p

ANd then we proceeded to the highlight of the day! Billard/Pool as we youngster call it. Hmmm such a surprise to see Stanley and gang there...Apparently they have been playing since like after lecture ended at 2 so they have been there for 2 and a half hour! GASP! HAHA But anyway, i teamed up with YT and Goat and Gerard teamed up together. Hey you know i didnt noe Goat could play that well! HAHA He got like most of the shots in! But hmmm i was not bad either! HAHA. Gerard shot in balls with Goat's help and YT well, he was encouraging me all the way! HAHA but it is really relaxing to play with the 3 of them cos they keep giving way to me! The only girl among them!

But yeah, i never gone out with 3 guys before since i was in a girs' school... Today, i wanna thank them 3 for the wonderful time and im looking forward to Monday for our next pool challenge! You guys rock k?!

Mothers' Day Cum Mum's Birthday!

Thursday night... i was supposed to have dragonboat training but due to the injuries i decided to pontant! HAHA but im not that kind who cant take hardships! Of course there was a more substantial reason for skipping the training! It was Mummy's birthday! Haha the previous day mum keep asking sis and me "TOmorrow nobody eating dinner with me huh?" We of cos the dummy crabs din get the hint and i even told her eat at home la! Eat at home we eat with u wad! Only at night before she sleep she told me it's her birthday the next day!

Well, we decided to eat at Thai Village Sharksfins because Dad still have the voucher that was expiring on 9 May. Hmmm, now recently with all the hoolabaloo regarding eating Sharksfin, yep we do have to cut down a little but i believe mum's birthday is a good reason to break the NO SHARKFIN RULE YEAH? haha but the 3 of them ate and not me... Somehow i lost interest in delicacies!

Snapshot of mum and me! So blur rite? (handphone camera abit faulty!)

Anyway, i didnt get mum anything but hmmm, i think in every mums' heart, they just want their children and family to be safe and healthy. For those who think that mums being housewives are useless, Think Again! According to the Sunday Times, a stay home mother would actually be paid a gross amount of $23,000 per month if you consider her work scope! That is so much more than what working mothers actually earn! So i know mummy doesnt bother that she is presentless after all she did receive flowers and cakes from her colleagues!

Well, i would like to share with all of you an ice-cream lover's heaven and dream ice cream platter! Dad, Sis and me indulge in this 40 bucks ice cream heaven included 7 scoops of ice crea flavours of your choice and with extra touches of presentation of fruits. Well, i think personally it was a rip off as 40 bucks for 7 scoops it's like almost 6 bucks per scoop! We paid so much extra for the dried ice and the smokey smokey presentation! But oh well, this is marketing and branding! For the experience and the family fun and bonding of tucking into the ice cream, this price is a small price to pay.

Love you all. A HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY TO ALL!

A very Unlucky Day for me

Hey ya all... Today events and events keep pouncing on my minute body and soul so much that i feel powerless. Powerless to control anything at all... Firstly, let's talk about the Statistics Project. My group mates and I spent extra time in school to discuss the project and we came up with "Setting up a LaNshop in NYP". But you know, today during the discussion with Stats teacher, all she had to do was check a piece of paper, and she bellowed "Cannot this one not allowed. REDO!" And what can we all do but scramble back to our seats as little rats and make our little minds think fast again to produce another entire new idea!

Hmmmm, the next one is about dragonboat training. This training is no laughing matter! We started of with a 1.2km jog. WHat was to come next was beyond my wildest imagination. The coach gave us 15 sets of push-ups, crunches, jumping jacks and another thing called "breacher" where you can only balance your entire body with your elbows and toes. Each set has 15-20 reps and the worse thing was if anyone one was to do it incorrectly, we kena another extra 5. I tell you guys, the pumps and all that was OK. But the ground which was the track was so rough, can you imaging doing the breacher for 1 whole minute? Look at my elbows and knees! THey have serious serious abrasions!

Oh well, forget about that. I got home and the first question my sis asked was "Jie, how did you come home?" And of course i was puzzled why such a question was posted to me! WHy no "HEllo, you are back?" But my sis then told me that my stats lecturer was trying to contact me, he even called my house phone which my sis answered. Apparently, my wallet was found by a group of students and the cash inside ALL GONE but the cards and all that are still intact. So he wants me to get it back. IM SO SUAY TODAY! My wallet is gone! GONE GONE! I lost trust in mankind now, really. I always tried to look at the good side of people but now reality has opened my eyes.

My whole body aches now... ANd i just applied Zembark to my wounds... Gonna hit the sack and praying that tomorrow will be a better day.... =( Sayonara.

Worrying about old Age

Yeah, the puzzling thing is im yet to hit 18, why am i worrying about growing old?
Growing old is a beautiful thing, is part and parcel of life, it is a process that God has given everyone on the earth.

Sadly though, people age differently. Some age gracefully, with their faces free of free running "train lines" and with faces as if they've just stepped out of a plastic surgeon clinic. For my grandparents though, they seemed to be plagued with illnesses. Cycles and cycles of haunting evils that attack there once healthy and strong bodies and reduce them to skin and bones.

God is a God of humour indeed. My paternal grandma who recently got a stroke and lose the use of her legs for now got better enough to be transferred to the Ang Mo Kio hospital-- a stone's throw away from my house but my maternal grandpa was warded into Tan TOck Seng hospital instead.

Mum went to see grandma in the hospital this morning and she came back lamenting to me that grandma kept asking about me. Funny thing was she didnt ask about my sis... Later in the afternoon, when i visited grandpa at TTSH, my heart ache at seeing the strong man that used to be so fit. THe GOng GOng that i once used to play with, the one who always let me touch his biceps, reducing to almost a child size...

Mum said that he had lost his appetite recently, but when we arrived, he was tucking into his bowl of mee kia. He even managed to finish the bowl of mee kia, that's quite a feat if you compare that to him eating only 2 spoonfuls of rice at other times! HMM, i must have given him the appetite! When he saw me, tears seemed to form within his hollow eyes, i say hollow because his eyes has sunken in due to the tremendous weight loss. I asked Grandpa if he was crying, but of cos he defended and said no.

For that brief half hour visit, i kept touching GOng GOng. I know sick people like the human touch, the touch of humanity, the unsaid bond that amazing flows from a healthy being to a sick one. Most importantly, THE LOVE that carries along that moment of contact. I never seen grandpa for months, and i know he misses me. Yet, i kept putting off visiting my grandparents house.

I asked mum why he cried, she says im the closest to him since he babysitted me, bathe, took me for walks, pat me to sleep at 3am in the night during my first year of my life. Even though that period of time is forgotten in my small baby memory, GONG GONG still have those memories with him... I asked mum since he misses me then why dun he talk more to me in the hospital, mum said that just my presence made his day and sometimes there are things which words cannot replace... oh gosh, im wondering how he is right now in the hospital...

Im not gonna waste the time in my life anymore, while my grandparents are alive and well, with their hearts beating and with their bodies stilll warm, i wanna feel that body temperature. It will be too late if one day there bodies become just an empty shell and with a temperature that is colder than the rainy days. So tomorrow and the days coming, no matter how busy i may be, i will try to visit them.

Why must old age rob people of their vitality? I wanna be Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up...

Take my life and do it as you will!

"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of GOd" (Romans 10:17)

Hey ya all, how is the faith going along? Faith in every step of your life. Faith in my wonderful Abba Father. Today, i had my first Campus Crusade for Christ Discipleship meeting. It's actually a bible study and there were supposed to be 6 girls in the group. The funny thing is, after my project work with my group mates which ended at 3.30pm i wanted to leave the school. Wanted to give an excuse like "Im sick" or "I have extra lessons" to skip the bible meeting group. I even walked to the Yio Chu Kang Mrt with Kailing and Casslyn and intended to head home. But whoa a soft whisper was in my head telling me not to. There was something waiting back in school for me. A promise to meet with my group leader. The dilemma and the struggle to head home and escape GOd yet again or to attend the bible group was disturbing. Finally, guess who won? GOD WON! How can me a mere human tackle GOd?

Boy im so glad i i attended it. I had to call the leader Selina cos it's my first time meeting her and i have no idea how her features, her body figure or her dressing style will turn out to be. HAHA but when i finally met her, everything just came down to a halt. I felt reconnected again, with God... The funny thing is all the other members in the group couldnt come so it was literally just me and group leader. HAHA. Awkward? Yeah, you bet but being our first face to face meeting, it was a good chance to know each other. THANKS LORD. I NOE YOU PROVIDED FOR ME THIS CHANCE.

Hmmm, i thank the Lord for providing me a very good project group! HAHA the boys are so nice to bully. My members are so willing to endure the torturing heat in the Mcdonald canteen and a half hour meeting actually extended to 1 and a half hour one! But at least we did our Stats ICA questions, hey thinking questions is really brain wrecking ya noe?

HAHA, hey to the girls who laughed at me during Stats lecture about you know la...hmmm, there's absolutely nothing between us. I told you my darkest secret so you 5 keep the secret k!! WHoa, ok im having writer's block now. Shall stop now. SEE YA ALL SOON!

Loads of surprises

Hey ya all! Yesterday brain dead and muscles ache from my first dragon boat training. Hmmm let me tell you what we did briefly. Alright, there were about 18 gals who went for the so called "orientation" but it's more like assessing your fitness levels. The number of boys there was like 4 times the number of girls, so you guys do the maths yeah? The air filled with MACHO-NESS!

Alright anyway, the coach said we had to do two rounds of warmup slowly, followed by push-ups and incline pull ups and finish of with a 4 rounds around the track (1.6km) with timing run. LOL... Oh man, ya noe the warm up already felt like sprinting cos they guys ran in front of the girls and their warm up speed you know... is the girls sprinting speed!!! HAHA but anyway for the push ups section, i cant even do one! YEP, you are right, not even ONE!! becos the senior said my posture for doing it is wrong! She told me "nevermind, must go home and practice k?" but whoa, i have been doing push-ups like this for years! To change? Not so easy ah!!!! But anyway, at the incline pull-ups station, the senior counting for me said i looked like a basketballer and i was like NO WAY!!! But you know though i fared badly for the strength station, my stamina still manageable! I manage to come in a joint first with another girl for the run!! Oh my tian!

HAHA and the thing about the girl is she used to study in St. Nicholas and she was talked to me excited about the orange bowl at my secondary school. Hmmm, thinking about it makes me drool now... the world is so small yeah, me going to dragon boat with Joanne, my primary schoolmate and now meeing a secondary schoolmate!

Today, another whiff of fate hit me on my face too! While on my 20 min walk to school, Stanley, my class rep and of course classmates saw me from the bus stop. HAHA and i dragged him to walk to school with me although the bus takes only 5 min to reach. But oh well, it's a good way to know your frens through bus rides and as for me walking rides! So Stanley is my walking partner for the next 2 and a half year. (psss GOOD LUCK TO YOU BRO)

Anyway, im really adapting to poly life. And to the Click Five that worry about me, dun worry k? OBA IS FINE AND HAPPY =)!

Poly vs JC

Hey you all! Since i have been a student in both JC and Poly, i thought i would dissect the two different types of instituition and education route. I dunno where people get the impression that Polytechnic rules and regulations are very slack because that is ABSOLUTELY not the case. for instance, we have our student lanyards to tap as a way to mark our attendance but in JC, i think my classmates used to skip lectures and walk over to KFC for lunch! Elson and the girls! HAHA.

Ok, today the computer lab was freezing cold. I shall dress up as an eskimo every friday and live the life of an eskimo for 3hours. Learning Microsoft Access is simply cool, i mean the functions are so easily managed and i believe this skill will be a niche in the work force in the future. Hanging out with guys in class let's say it's kinda thrilling, after all if you've been kept in a convent school for 4 years... Get what i mean?? Hmm, hormones are raging at this stage, but i dun mean my hormones though. Mine are completely in control. Be safe BOYS. =) Mwahaha.

Somethings are bothering me now. Mum said several things about dad which reminds me of my depression. I remembered the doctor asking me if anyone in my family has this mental problem as it runs in the family. Now, im quite sure i noe where i get my depression from...

MAMA and GongGOng, i wish u well, GET BETTER SOON YOU BOTH!! Yan YAN ho dam sam le!! ( THis is in cantonese)

When GOng Gong was in good health, haiz...

Tiring but Fruitful Day

Hey ya all! Hmm never post for a while so i shall just write some stuff.. Well, firstly i hope im getting fitter because i walk to school and back from school and with each walk taking about 20 mins, im actually getting a free 40 min workout each day... The only downside is appearing in class all sweaty and soaking wet which is rather gross if you can imagine me being in that state...

Hmmm, classes are interesting and yep there are loads of group work and all and one of the boys sabotage me to be leader for the group... The subject is Statistic and im really bad at maths so i hope they made the right choice.

I made my way to the gym intending to workout for 3hours there... But my legs were kinda stubborn... After brisk walking on the treadmill for an hour and doing body combat which is really really happening and fun, i decided to head home. My mode of transport? My legs which took me a full 40 mins to reach home!

I think the workload still havent caught up with me... Grandma is sick and at the hospital... The touching thing was she told my aunt that i am always an obedient girl and my aunt messaged me to tell me that... You know, i believe when one is ill, unspoken words from the buried from the heart just pour out all at once. She's so frail now...

Reminds me of economics lecture today when the lecturer said most things in life goes in a circle. Take your life for example, you start out as a kid, become an adult and when you grow old and become senile, you have youe 2nd childhood. Hmmm, how adept this analogy is huh??

What do you all think?

New Start Making me Uncomfortable

Hey ya all! Getting back on track is harder than i thought. The buying laptop and installing what new programmes is driving me mad. Hmmm.. I cried in my room again today, it's time to take my Prozac again to remain my sanity.

Since every wednesday will be a holiday for me, i guess i ahve to make this day special somewhat. Haiz.. My CLICKFIVE.. Nopes, not the American boyband! My CLICKFIVE are all gals, my girlfriends, I MISS YOU ALL! Glancing through our Connexio pics and whoa, time flies buds! 2 years zoom... I wanna share photos with u all.. Our gooding never seem to end dearies! HAHA.. eh my Best friend, i think about you too k?

Us on top of the building..

Pole Dancing anyone??

Why, these pictures are classic man... PALA! Thanks for chatting with me yesterday babe, yeah pigs are soft and i like you for having a soft heart towards me! It's been months since i met you all and i cant understand why you gals are so willing to tolerate my absence and my you know daoing... The thought of me refusing to see you gals when you came to my house still haunt me. You waited outside the room of my door and wrote slips of paper, called out my name "OBA, OBAAA!" but i still hid in my shell, my room. Why dun ou all hate me huh? I always am puzzled about this, why are you all so patiently waiting for me to appear in your lives again... Girls, understand that im rooting for you all in your A' levels yeah? But oh well, there's something i have to do before i meet you all...

Im writing this post as i feel so distanced from my friends. Something which of course is due to my own "disappearing acts" and what not. Dinner or movie dates with friends and it's a NO NO thing for me. Now in Nanyang Polytechnic, yeah, i may appear bubbly but my classmates don't know my past. They don't know what i went through only CLickfive you understand. You all were there. Literally there for me.

Evidence of being literally there. =)

LOL... I dunno why im feeling so touchy and emotional today... Haiz.. Girls ah girls... How COULD I LIVE WITHOUT YOU??

Weird bunch of Singaporeans

Hey ya all! Today is officially my first day in Nanyang Polytechnic. Hopefully, my decision this year will not be another wrong decision as myprevious one to enter Junior College. Boy was it tiring but phew at least the number of guys almost equate to the number of gals. 12 boys and 17 girls, so that's all RIGHT! Ogls are pretty fun and they sorta keep begging us to return for 2nd day orientation for water games as they were so afraid everybody would just pon...



Anyway, first day of school and i'm off to a bad or should i say an unexpected encounter... My darling sis insisted of walking to AMK hub for dinner instead of takiing the bus so we strolled along the HDB flats and wallah ritgh opposite Cheng San Communtiy Centre, there goes a man prop right in the middle of our path with a dozen of flies swarming over his motionless body. Hmmm, the first thing i sought to do was to check if he was breathing and yes, he was. Secondly, my eyes followed from his head to his feet and wallah, a second surprise, he was bare footed. NO SHOES AND LYING FACE DOWN??






This = call 999. Passersby all around with curious looks on their faces but after glaring for a while, simply sauntered off. Sis suggested doing that but a guy who had a cell phone in his hands asked us if we had any handphone. (erm.. shouldnt he call the police then?) But oh well, frst time in 17 years of my life, i called the police. After what seemed like an interminable wait, i was feeling flustered by then, the police arrived... A lady rushed forward to give her eye witness account... As for sis and me, we would rather not want this kind of spotlight and hence we crept away. The policeman didn't dare to touch the motionless man, he poked him with his walkie talkie but he still was unresponsive. THe last thing i saw was the paramedics using black coloured devices to monitor his condition before i turned around and never looked back from that second onwards.


What a 'pleasant' first day of school goodie bag for me and this made this day more memorable. May LORD just revive his health because i believe he fainted out of starvation even though Singapore seemed to be a beggarless state. We all need an education, so please work hard to get the paper that you need. I dun wanna end up calling the police on your behalf.

4th day( i think) in Taiwan

Hmmm.. I messed up all my pictures and i jus think it's the 4th day but well i just wanna share the pictures and also remind myself of my trip, the journey and the people i met along the way.

AHHA, today we were brought up to Alishan where the tour guide reminded us to prepare extra warm clothings to protect ourselves from the cold but haha, the weather was pleasant and wasnt what i expected. Mum even brought long john along! Kiasu i guess! For Alishan, words cannot express the beauty of this place, i shall let the pictures speak. The amazing thing with nature is that they can grow and mould themselves into shapes without the human touch!

Here's a stump that has grown to be shaped like a heart:

Another picture that has this tree growing and looking amazingly like a pig:

Another surprise that caught me off guard was that Taiwan actually has cherry blossoms! Mum happily said that at least she does not regret not going to Japan during this cherry blossom season and of course she wanted pictures with the cherry blossom tree. Really beautiful with there pinkish flowers. Ever wondered how a tiny dark brown, ugly tree could produce such pretty things?

The cherry blossom tree:

Wanna know how peaceful Alishan was? I have an alibi to prove my point. Even an animal like the dog took time to enjoy the peace and stillness of the forest. The tranquility really grabs you.

My alibi:

Dinner was yet fired off with an interesting story. I love stories like these. Tour guide explained to us that the owner was a countryside gal and she found a passion in using waste wood to build structures and therefore started out her restaurant with everything made my her own hands. Every bowl in this restaurant is handmade by her and no bowls are identical. A special night for me and adding to the pleasure was the excellent food served.

Here's the interior:

Their restaurant speciality dessert Muah Chee which is more milky than our version here:

I inlcuded this picture as i thought mum look kinda high class and she sparkles here:

I'm kinda inspired by the motive behind this restaurant as i have the passion for food, a passion to open my own restaurant one day and this is an example of one restaurant which has taken a bold approach to be different, to serve good food and to provide a different ambience as compared to the typical restaurant out there. Not to mention that this is one woman who know nuts about business and is having the last laugh today..