To err is human! Wah, imagine me happily collecting the cards and feeling proud of my design and everything. Then imagine my horror when I reached home and decided to look at the cards again once more only to realise there was a spelling error that no one noticed from the beginning. !!!!!! I almost fainted honestly. Quickly had to come up with ideas. Oh no it’s already 11pm. Got to do tutorials and work on Monday’s tutorial!!! I’ve been worrying about the tickets since the beginning of today and all. Argh! Focus! Your Guardian Angel I think this song should be used in weddings as a vow. SUPER SWEET!! When I see your smile Tears run down my face I can’t replace And now that I’m strong I have figured out How this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul And I know I’ll find deep inside me I can be the one I will never let you fall I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all Even if saving you sends me to heaven It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay. Seasons are changing And waves are crashing And stars are falling all for us Days grow longer and nights grow shorter I can show you I’ll be the one I will never let you fall (let you fall) I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all (through it all) Even if saving you sends me to heaven Cuz you’re my, you’re my, my, my true love, my whole heart Please don’t throw that away Your Guardian Angel Cuz I’m here for you Please don’t walk away and Please tell me you’ll stay, stay Use me as you will Pull my strings just for a thrill And I know I’ll be okay Though my skies are turning gray I will never let you fall I’ll stand up with you forever I’ll be there for you through it all Even if saving you sends me to heaven Hm it reminds me of that particular scene in Heroes 2, where Claire tries to jump off the Hollywood sign and her bf catches her coz he said he doesn’t want to see her hurt. SWEET leh!! haha Making friends or making out? I just read an article from Mr Brown’s blog, and yes, it’s similar to what I heard some friends say about orientation in uni. I am so glad I didn’t go. I already have Huzz. Even if I were single, isn’t this very embarassing? Read it here: http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/08/gahmen-should-r.html Monday updates. Thank you so much. I appreciate it a lot. You know who you are. Currently planning for an OPP Outing. I miss the people who I’d lived with once. hahahaha. Finally decided not to join NUSWS. Tough decision to make, but I’m glad it’s all sorted out. Gah. So many things to decide too. Recent events happening online aren’t too good. The people who are there know what I’m talking about eh… But give me a few weeks first okay? I’ll do my best to sort things out. Just started Uni and I really just want to get some stuff back on track first. I don’t want to disappoint anyone yet I can’t please everyone either. Please understand thank you. Went jogging with Wee Peng just now. 2.4 km and I didn’t feel tired. Just that I can’t drink water before jogging as I get stitches! I think i shall run at least 3.2km in future. Anyway, Wee Peng met her dragon boating friend and guess what the friend asked. “Is she from Dragon Boat too?” and pointed to me. Hahaha. It means one thing! That I look as fit as a dragon boater!! Yay! Though if it weren’t evening, I think she wouldn’t have asked coz I am so white. haha. Alright. Tutorials started today and they were honestly quite fun. Though it was weird how I was the only year 1 in one tutorial and half the class of people were my NYP BI seniors like from like erm before I even went in NYP. lol. Faith the terrapin was ill recently. I feel so horrible whenever I see her closing her infected eyelids and whenever she asks me for food when I can’t give her anything. Out of habit I was washing a pear and took out the chopping board as I would usually slice a part of the fruit for her. Then I realised that the vet gave her strict diet for these few weeks and I can’t feed her. And she was looking at me from her tank for me to feed her a slice of fruit. But I can’t… Sad ah. I haven’t fed her in ages. Pretty broke now. Got to buy stuff for the alumni everything and I ran out of cash. I realised that I was drifting away. Thanks to all who pulled me back to SNCO. I realised that I should make what I have now into something much better, instead of adding something new that is already very good and running away from the old. I can do it! Prawning / Fishing Sometimes when I close my eyes, I get transported back to Chengdu, to 紫荆西路58号。To that apartment where everyone gathers at the living room (initially) at night. Where I play reversi with Huzz. Where a few of us gather to watch anime. Where people fight for the use of the bathroom. Where we talk. Where we do our stuff. I’m not living in the past, but just reminiscing some wonderful memories. Meow Ling brought up an interesting topic on the bus back to Tampines Interchange. Since as Buddhists, we are supposedly eating because of survival right? Then what happens if you go fishing/prawning and eat the stuff you caught? Haha. I thought it was an amazing and interesting question. I told her that maybe she could throw the prawns back into the water. Then she said that they’ll die if you do so coz they’re already hurt. Then honestly, it doesn’t matter anymore. Don’t go fishing/prawning lor. hahaha. Then she said that prawns and lobsters are said to be in the same family as lice, just like how cats and tigers are related. Then, aren’t they considered pests and should be eaten? Hahaha =x Okay. This isn’t the usual stuff Buddhists discuss. Just some rather erm senseless discussion. Haha. R.I.P. Yew Kay’s Mum Received an SMS from Wei Fen that Yew Kay’s mum passed away yesterday afternoon. R.I.P. I’ll be going for the wake afterwards. Got to skip band. Saturday will be Soka rites. ————————————- 10.45pm: Back from the wake. Went there with Weili, Geng Qin and Meow Ling. Saw Mr Chua and Uncle Jack!! Quite glad that Yew Kay’s pretty alright. He told us he’d just moved to the new neighbourhood yesterday. He also gave us lots of encouragement! Lots of things for me to ponder about… 2nd week of school. It’s already the 2nd week of uni. As usual, I shall do this: What I like: It’s like poly = used to it Modules are interesting I get to learn - I remember once when I was working and one of the client’s treated me pretty horribly and I started to wonder why I was sitting there putting up with all these little bits of things when I can go further and do much more. I get to know more people from all around the world What I don’t like: 1.5 * 2 = 3 hours of travelling time per day Campus is too big =x I can’t join the Strings and learn the cello =( Huzz is in NS You know how when you first visit a school/place, you notice the people around you, how they dress, how they talk, how they all sit together to do their work, the language they use and everything and you wonder if one day you will be in their place with others wondering the same thing? I have to say that it happened for me in NYP. When I saw those NYPALs doing campus tours for visitors, students doing work and all, and then hey, I was part of those students there as well. And all of a sudden I have graduated and now I’m no longer there anymore. This feeling is kind of weird, but I somehow know that it’s going to happen again for me in NUS. ———————————————————- I realised that as you hit two-oh, your perspective to many things changes. It’s cool really. =) *The more specific details will be shared with the special people in my life. Or already has been shared actually. haha. No Handlebars - Flobots I can keep rhythm with no metronome No metronome No metronome Ah that song’s pretty much in my head for quite a while now so here it is: The lyrics are quite literature in a way. —————————————- Made 2 new friends during lecture today. But I can’t remember their names coz only one of them told me their name anyway. >. Still another lecture later. Shall do homework first. Tutorial woes. Was just staring at my Tutorial Balloting results. I was quite stunned that I didn’t get a module tutorial that I applied for (reason being that the class’ full) but the part that surprised me the most was that the timeslot wasn’t what I’d applied for. I wonder if they’d changed it last minute again? Quite glad I didn’t get them though. Thankfully. I’ve got 7 hours of break tomorrow so I shall travel home to ballot for the remaining tutorial class. I’d sort of planned out my modules for the next 2.5 years in NUS. Hopefully I’ll be able to bid for the electives and hopefully a minor that I want. It’s the second week of school now and hopefully next week would really get me into the mood to study. Oh yea, Huzz (I think by the time you read this I would have told you this in person anyway :P), my lessons end at 5pm on Thursday and I don’t remember bidding for a lesson till that time. Hahaha. I thought it was 4pm. Is this cool or what? What an interesting Friday! :D Went back to Elves Lab after school today and on the way there, I passed by Ah Mei coffee shop and saw all the stall owners sitting in front of the tv watching Table Tennis on tv. haha! Then I went to office and saw the tv on for the first time and Boss, Faizal and Daryl were there watching. Quite glad to see all of them again! And finally someone’s sitting at my seat. Though the funny thing is that my white board is still untouched. Haha! They got a new server, and rearranged lots of stuff. And the plants… are like dying. Lol. Oh yea. I was super amused about the red card thing during the match. Lol. Anyway, on the way home, just 2 stops before where I was to alight, the bus broke down. I was super amused, but I find it super cool how the ezlink card machine and all are programmed to handle bus breakdowns. I was given a ticket for a free ride too. Though I don’t think i’ll be using as I’m using student concession. Happy 15th month! Last year we had a presentation and watched Harry Potter. =D Got to wait till tomorrow before I can see you. Haha. Anyway, I’m not living in the past. Just reminising about it. Back to drinking tea! And I’ve made a partial decision about the bands that I should join. hahaha. Thanks to Wei Fen for the past midnight chat and the daimoku. =) Pretty funny how I used to have a negative view about Wei Fen in the past. She’s pretty nice actually. Thursday was an interesting day. Huzz called me during my lunch break today!! Talked to him, before I bought some beef hor fun (which was super delicious) and sat down at this table facing a wall. Called Huzz before he had to go for his outfield again. =( But anyway, I finished my food and was like looking around when I saw something drop from the wall in front and next to this guy sitting at the next table (he had his back to the wall). I thought nothing of it and thought it might be my imagination. Then he suddenly jumped up and started to swipe his back as though there was something on him. When he turned, I saw a lizard on him! OMG! Then I noticed a second one on where he was sitting a few seconds ago. He didn’t really managed to swipe it off and it crawled from his back to his leg and then to the table. I was totally stunned. Even as the lizard crawled to the table, the guy didn’t know what was on his back coz he asked me and I pointed to the table. He was quite disgusted about it. Lol. Then he said, “Never sit with your back against the wall next time.” Lol. It was disgusting lah. I think the lizards were probably mating or something and fell off. =/ Yuck. I went for NUSWS Welcome Tea. Met Melessa and Mildred! Wow haven’t seen them since sec school. We were made to play 3 pieces. Quite fun, stressful in a way, but still I enjoyed it. I think it takes a lot of courage to join something new. The other freshmen were fun as well. Haha. The seniors were also quite alright. Just that it felt weird to be from NYP while everyone was from JCs… Though I have yet to make the final decision on whether to join or not. NUS is super ulu at night and going home that late is rather tiring after a whole day at school. =/ I don’t know how Huzz did it when he was in NYP. So he’s my idol hahaha. Come to think of it, that one regret is seriously making my life horrible right now. That regret that I should have joined NYP Strings back then. This is seriously weird. Oh yea I saw Sherilyn back from Chingay in year 2000 but unfortunately she doesn’t recognise me, or my name AT ALL. =( Coz i went up to her and asked. It has been a year. :) I still remember this day very clearly. Happy Anniversary to all OPP friends! Weekend #7 Every sunday I read Post Secrets and sometimes I just wonder about some stuff as well as I am reading those secrets. Today I think about everything I’ve been hearing about NS, and I started to wonder if life gets put on a hold if we don’t go to school. And if everything about you is defined because of education. School starts tomorrow. :s National Day 08! Last year I was here: This year I can only look at Chun Xi Lu from a 3D map. Will update about my day later! 080808! Kinda up early today. I seem to be able to only clock 8 hours of sleep at one go so if I sleep early it means I get up earlier! Xinmin Primary’s having their annual lower primary sports day now. Imagine all the kids screaming at all from the field and the teacher commentator. Very loud. >. Anyway today’s Friday!! And I found my voice. 3D Map of Chengdu. Edmund gave me this link to this super cool map of Chengdu. It’s even in 3D! One thing that we didn’t really have when we were there last year was a proper detailed map. Google Maps were rather useless. I wished we had this back then. It would be quite fun to be able to explore new places and familiarise ourselves with Chengdu. Anyway, I think the map is a bit wrong (do correct me if I’m wrong here) coz we live at the highest floor (6th + attic) but in the map it seems as though the apartments we stay at were very high apartments. Unfortunately, they haven’t updated it with Tianfu Software Park. I can point out the different buildings there! To be honest though, there are quite a lot of routes and places that I’d forgotten when I was looking at the map. =( One day got to go back and visit. Hope the places will all be the same and that everyone there’s safe from the recent earthquakes. When Will I See Your Face Again? Loving this song. =) Jamie Scott - When Will I See Your Face Again - Jamie Scott One more day till Friday! Office hours only. Finally completed the proposal part of the Alumni Dinner Event for next year for publicity. Whew. Hope everything’s alright and I can go on to the part where the real action begins! This morning wasn’t a good one Anyway, I’ve decided that I’m going to come online only during office hours. At least till my school starts next week. This is to prevent myself from procrastinating when it comes to doing work that I’m supposed to do. So… bye! Come to think of it… Wasn’t life in polytechnic fun? I think it was the best 3 years I ever had, despite a lot of things that I wished I had done back then (like join NYP Strings. lol) Maybe coz it’s the last year that made it fun (after meeting a certain someone *hint hint*) =) ———————————- Today I: -Played the guitar -Worked on Math -Exercise -Self-trimmed my hair -Missed someone 蔡旻佑 Evan Yo is back! Guess his record company decided on a new kind of image for him. Blue hair and everything eh? I wonder if he is just as innocent as a year back though (based on the interview on 100% Entertainment). Haha. But his songs are just as great! Kinda like this song: Stay With Me The beginning MV reminds me of 我可以 (I Can). Getting rid of the clutter. Cleared my drawers today. I have 5 drawers at home for books and stuff and my sis has 3 I believe. >. Took me 3 hours to do so and had to clean out everything as well. Throughout these 3 hours, I found letters that I received, letters that I never sent, photos, notes, homework (lol), newspaper articles (some were pretty useful), receipts, flyers, brochures and even song lyrics and short stories that I wrote. I re-discovered my old self, the me from 1995-2003. I started disliking myself for keeping a lot of the stuff that I threw out. Why did I keep them when they would be of no use to me a few years down the road? Now I would have to go through the trouble of looking through them and then throwing them out again. Argh! I’m such a karang guni. Anyway, I decided to give away a lot of things like pencil cases, toys, notebooks, etc. My mum works at this before/after school care center and I think the kids would definitely love my stuff. Some are unused totally. I just kept stuff in my drawer. Back then, I felt it was too priceless to use. Now thinking back, i feel stupid. These stuff are now kinda useless to me. I once read that when you throw away things, in a way you are throwing away some emotional baggage. I do feel a bit more relaxed knowing that my drawers are less cluttered. Why keep stuff that you won’t be looking at for the years to come? I didn’t throw away everything though. Kept the song lyrics, journals and some letters. Threw away the short stories though. The best part about this was that I learnt a lot about the old me. The funny part about this was that I learnt that I was a horrible kid. The scary part about this was that I realised I was a very materialistic child in the past. My parents never gave me what i wanted though and I always got angry because of this. Thankfully I grew up. National Day rehearsal. One thing I really love about my home is that the view for fireworks on New Year’s Day or National Day aren’t that bad. Took the following pics about an hour ago. NDP rehearsal today! Will take more pics later if I can see the fireworks! Monotony. Do you know how sometimes, you decide not to read a person’s blog because it gets to repetitive, or annoying or just for any other reason? It has happened to me twice. I used to read these 2 person’s blog (one is a friend and another is some stranger whose blog I happened to encounter) rather frequently but after a while, everything that they write feels the same. It’s almost monotonous and I eventually end up not reading their blogs. I visited one of them again today, and was reminded to why i stopped reading. It’s still the same. Now I wonder if anyone stopped reading my blog because of similar reasons? Solar Eclipse - August 1 2008 Was watching this ‘live’ over NASA TV. Beautiful!! August. I should be sleeping now but just want to type something here. It’s already august! National Day’s coming and school’s starting. It feels weird honestly that last year, I was surrounded by friends, staying in China, and now, my friends and bf are all in NS. It just feels weird. Saw Lak Yi’s ROM pics on Facebook! Congratulations!! And we welcome Uncle Yong to the family!! Yay! Speaking of which, my niece (my cousin’s daughter) delivered a baby boy on 10 July (one day after Candy’s birthday). Wow. I’m not close with her, but still, it’s a new addition to the family too! I found out about it on Geni.com. Interesting how social-networking sites help update us with family news these days. Bidding for modules also started. I’m kinda worried about one module. Maybe I should be kiasu and post some higher bids? Haha. Tomorrow. =P Also worried about Huzz’s cough. He told me not to worry, but I am still worried. Hearing him cough. I guess it’s natural to be worried for someone you love. I’m also starting to cough. And my dad’s worried about me. Alright, today’s also the first day of the Hungry Ghost Festival. Summary of Money No Enough 2 *Spoiler alert!* *Spoiler alert!* What I’d liked: 1. The Hokkien songs that added to the mood of the scenes in the movie. 2. The morals in the movie were somewhat heartwarming and meaningful. 3. Some parts were really funny. 4. Singlish and Hokkien makes this a real Singapore movie. 5. The bloopers shown during the credits. Watch out for Mark Lee’s blooper (he said “sanitary napkin” instead of “ministry of health”). What I didn’t like: 1. I don’t really get the main theme/focus of the movie. Too many morals and too many stuff happening. (contradicting eh?) 2. Too much CGI 3. Too many product placements and the way they advertise the products in the movie is irritating. 4. Who still does MLM these days??? Music I enjoy recently. Adele’s Chasing Pavements. I love the video. Muse’s Starlight (Huzz, I listen to Muse too! =D) 20th birthday greetings. A big THANK YOU to all who’d wished me a Happy Birthday! I shall bold all the names here. =D (in rough order of greeting) Huzaen, Kat, Hwa Swee, Charmelon, Yi Long, Shamin, abao, All on Plurk and online, Kelvin Yap, Eve, Candy, Mum, Hwei Ling, Charmaine, Nicole, Dean, Benny, Aunt Evelyn, Xiaowei, Reuben, Edmund, Ai Nee, Olive, Teck Hwee, Li Ying, Madeline, Hasniza, Nadz, Jia Hui, Dickson, Kailing, Audrey, Joel, Mei Yun, Hansel, Henry, Derick and Daniel. Thank you all!! Btw, I’d spent my whole day in school listening to some stuff that did and did not get me excited for uni. Then had porridge for dinner (hahaha!!! Sick of the other food honestly so it’s pretty funny to have porridge for dinner), and watched Money No Enough 2 (gala premiere) and all the artistes with my sis (pics and movie review another day).