Tuesday, December 30, 2003
went to school today for the so-called briefing. letter said 1100, we waited till 1130 before it actually began.. some communication breakdown. few of us left early, window-shopped a little with val while waiting for the auspicious hour to arrive, ie 1500. we headed to sakae and had our buffet once more. jason came along too. for once, i ate lesser than val... HA! had my sashimi, unagi handroll, etc. yummy.
oh ya, bumped into az and her mummy at isetan. (: hihi! (:
after eating so full, i headed down to my gf's place for dinner.. (and val.. i really stood all the way to sembawang. there were absolutely no seats available.) who saboed me. nvm about that. jason brought over the movie << i am sam >> would have stayed to watch the show again hadnt i promised my mum to be home by 2100. bleah.
dragonboating tmr. sounds absolutely fun. especially val and her
orange ahemahem ya? ;) -gringrin-
nothing is impossible. a relationship ( of any sort ) basically revolves around two people. you no need external forces to bring them together. if its meant to be, its meant to be. on the other hand, if it isnt meant to be, you can have the whole world helping but nothing will blossom.
22:24
gotta go to school today for some meeting about orientation 2004. sounds boring although the dragonboating at kallang sounds a little more interesting. wonder if we will really get to dragonboat.. but then again, is the school gonna take on such a big responsibility if they are gonna make the new students dragonboat?
just gonna state what i think/feel.. dont take it the wrong way cos i dont think i can handle the consequences.
.......
forget it.
shant say anything, cos ultimately, ill still be the one who is oversensitive, thinking too much. im always the one wrong.
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no matter how hard you or me try, we'll never be able to go back to the past. whatever happened then, will always only be memories. dont attempt to relive the past cos even if you can get the atmosphere and the people present, there'll still be something lacking.. cos people change, feelings change. you'll never be able to capture that special moment/emotion that occured then. instead of achieving the results desired, adverse effects might occur. therefore, dont blame anyone for having a change of heart or attitude, cos everyone change. we might think that we havent changed a bit, still the same way of doing things or thinking, but somehow, by interacting with new people, we have been influenced by them and vice versa, it just depends on whether the changes in us are obvious or not.
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02:01
Sunday, December 28, 2003
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEMA !!
hmmm... still having a craving for my korean food and also sakae's buffet. anybody interested?
my cousin and her family just left yesterday to have their hol at hongkong, was supposed to go along, but decided not to. my mum promised that i could go to my aunts at texas after my As to stay for a month or two. thats like in 2 yrs time.. how i wish my As were just over... -sigh-
22:33
Friday, December 26, 2003
went for dinner with giam at sakae.. had a craving since afternoon but no one was free to entertain me. oh well, we had a great time there.. we had steamboat, dont know what its called in japanese, and with the usual handroll, sashimi, etc. yummy. we ate till we were so full, but still had ice-cream afterwards.
one of the waiters at sakae looked like lun major.. except that that guy was a little taller and his hair isnt like luns. but the backview is absolutely similar, even the way they walk and flip their hair.
anyway, school starts next fri and ive benn slacking this hols as usual. ): havent done anything constructive except climbing panti & spending loads of money. (:
22:43
Thursday, December 25, 2003
my christmas day was absolutely boring.. after getting an unexpected morning call by that certain someone, i couldnt go back to sleep so i got up, had my favourtie meepok for breakfast and started watching tv non-stop till i fell asleep at 1600+.
just got back from a christmas party at a relatives.. coincidentally, their house was just 3 houses away from mja's church. saw my darling denise there, then a few of us walked to gardens and sat at coffeebean and slacked.
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21:49
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
its christmas eve today and i have no plans whatsoever to countdown or dinner with old friends. -sigh- feel so pathetic and isolated, like im the only one in this world during this time of love and sharing. then again, i would rather spend it alone then meet up with people and end up unhappy.
never mind, ill be a good girl and stay at home, counting down to christmas when the time is near and silently wish myself a merry christmas. go to bed hugging my pooh hoping that in my dreams, ill be happy.
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eden : bestie~ received your xmas card today, i mean yesterday. was jumping around in joy. (: i miss you terribly. ): its the second year running that we wont be able to spend christmas together and i hate it. but i guess ill have to get used to it. maybe when im financially independent, ill hop on a plane and go over to edmonton and spend a white christmas with you! shall start saving. (: thanks for believing that despite the distance between us, our friendship will still stay strong, that when we grow old, we'll be able to sit down, drink tea and chit-chat about the old, wonderful times we've spent together and be sorry about the times that we needed each other, but werent there.
i love you darling!!! remember that. (:
jasmine : bestie~~ i mean, jasminecherylmarielimgurong! (: i seek happiness in calling you that... i can be having a very bad day and all i have to do is call you that and think of your fustrated look when you try doing the same to me but realise that my name is too short, my day doesnt seem that bad afterall. (: you're right, even if the whole world isnt on my side and i have nothing to look forward to, i still have that post-christmas outing with you! how could i have forgotten?? silly me. ive thought of the place we could go to catch up on.. lets go for the ajicekachang k? got craving for something sweet and cold. im looking forward to see you bestie. (:
tan & wyn : you 2 been mia-ing in my life... i miss both of you... very very low budget now, so you guys will be getting your presents pretty late. (esp for you tan)
01:28
Monday, December 22, 2003
spent loads of money today... feeling veryvery broke now with only about 12 bucks in my wallet. ): but the money was all well spent today.
things bought/spent on :
-- mani + pedi
-- reebok jersey
-- adidas shoebag
-- butterfly necklace
-- urs handbag
-- harrods biscuits
-- harrods pen
-- ripcurl pencilbox
-- 2 pairs of perlini's earrings
-- hair/makeup
except for the first and last 2 items, the rest were all not for me. ive come to realise that only when im shopping that i feel the christmasy feel.
met my guniang at snails and do our pedi... my mani was destroyed less than 15 minutes after i left the place. but it still looks good from afar. then met up with giam and we went for lunch at this indonesian restaurant at paragon. the food was good, but my chendol was a little too sweet.
we spent most of our time at taka and wisma after that... going from shop to shop, buying christmas presents. everywhere was so crowded that we couldnt even turn without hitting someone. took a cab to yishun after that to just do my hair a little, realise that rebonded hair suits me, but my mum isnt willing to pay. anyway, rushed to yishun mrt at 1800 to meet hema then we went to my gf's place.
dinner was great. absolutely delicious, especially the chicken and the baby carrots. not forgetting the "wine" we had. took
photos and opened up our presents,
i received :
-- winnie the pooh bear
-- a hp chain with my initials
-- forever friends bear
-- necklace with a cross
many thanks to guniang, giam, girlfriend, honey, grace, bernard, auntie & uncle for making this day/night so enjoyable. (:
23:08
Saturday, December 20, 2003
im suffering post-expedition blues... im itching all over, especially my legs. stupid mosquitoes. hate them. -scratchscratch-
had my 12 hours of sleep, waking up at 1330 this afternoon. just in time for a yummy lunch my dad bought for me. played sims with my cousin, cast a few spells and charms here and there. its damn fun but highly addictive. before we knew it, it was 1800 and time to go out for dinner. sent my brother to his friends place for a party, then proceeded to the singapore recreational club to pick my mum up. traffic jam everywhere and terrible. the traffic lights changed from green to red like 4 times before we were finally able to move.
thats my saturday.
looking forward to monday. meeting up with my guniangs to go to snails, then most prob shopping with giam before heading to my gf's place for xmas dinner. (:
21:41
Friday, December 19, 2003
[ day one ]
went to school to gather before setting off for malaysia. after the bus and people arrived, we set off and chit-chatted all the way to the checkpoints. was quite surprised to see that we had to take a boat to get across to our campsite.. well, managed to get across without capsizing the boat or falling into the water. apparently there are crocodiles (the people there found 21 crocodile eggs couple of weeks--or months? ago, and after going back with the equipment to get the eggs away, they found that all had hatched) and giant catfish; thus they warned us not to put our hand into the water otherwise that will be the end of us. they had seen monkeys attempting to drink water from the river and "pop", the monkey get pulled in by the catfish..
was greeted by the guides and we were taught how to make our beds, literally. quite fun actually, although the part where we had to pull the canvas taut before tying was quite hard. had nasilemak for lunch, it was pretty nice. bought the rubber shoes they had there, cos it is easy to wash after stepping in mud and water. but wearing it = self-torture. blisters big time.
went for a river cruise after lunch. the guide introduced us to the various birds and trees, etc. water obstacle course was next. boy, it was damn fun! (although i didnt complete the course) i only did like 2 out of 6. oops. anyway, after while giam and the rest of my group members were playing with water and mud, lye and i went to row the boat around the rest. the boat was pretty rocky, especially when lyn tried to get in from the water. finally got up to land, had a teabreak (goreng pisang) then continued with the next station -- raft building. it was as fun as the water obstacle course, although again, i did nothing constructive. we build once, giam was lying on it, but cos she had to shift her weight here and there so that the raft could balance, she tilted too much and the whole raft overturned and while she was struggling to up, she knocked her head against the drums. she was in pain in the water, we were laughing on land. bcos the aim of raft building is to see which group can fit the most number of people on it, given 6 drums (those oil drum things), wood and string. our group was the best : 7 people. we rock man! but bcos we did such a good job, we had a very hard time untying the knots of the rope cos we wanted the ropes to be stable, so many knots here and there. oh, and 2 main points : first, giam and mel were busy rubbing the mud on themselves.. mud spa. so that they'll get nice smooth skin the next day. their hands and legs were rubbed with mud, and looked with stockings after they dried up. second. cos mel is smaller, she was on the raft, and bcos she's so "small", she couldnt get herself up from the water, both times she tried getting up, she ended up being dragged from inside the water up the small muddy bank and onto the ground. obviously, we were all laughing at her. (:
after showering, we had dinner. we went for another river cruise, this time to see the fireflies and listen to the sound of the nature at night. the fireflies were beautiful. then it was followed by stargazing. it was pretty cool. half the time i was leaning on rik cos if i laid down on the ground, i would have fallen asleep straightaway. in the end, a few of us went back to the dining quarters and finished the whole container of
koropok (crackers). after everyone was done with the stargazing, we had singing. the songs were all very nice. songbooks were provided.
after that, bedtime.
[ day two ]
breakfast consisted of either egg sandwich (not the mashed kind, but sunny-side up), or meegoreng or bread with kaya&butter. changed into proper attire and set off to climb the mountain (height = bukittimah hill x 3). it was goddamn tiring.
i took a damn long time to get up there (hardly surprising), mud, rocks, protruding tree roots, fallen trunks and thorny plants&leaves everywhere. three-quarter way through, it started pouring. all of us were soaked. and when we finally reached the summit, we couldnt see any wonderful view becos, firstly, trees were covering the view, we couldnt look down, secondly, we were too cold to move (very windy), thridly, we were too busy trying to cover our food, so that rainwater wouldnt fall into our lunchboxes. after resting for less that 20 minutes, we had to go back down, the same way.
there was this part that on the way up, we had to climb up, by holding onto rocks and grabbing onto the roots. it was not gently sloping, nor steep. it was vertical. imagine climbing down when half the time you cant see whats below you and dont know where to hold or put your leg and its very slippery. (moss + it had rained earlier) although the rest of the way werent so tedious, but cos it was muddy and very slippery, i kept slipping and grabbing onto whatever was near me. after hours of walking, we finally got out of the forest, but still had to walk a very long distance out to the main road where the coach was waiting. we were all half-dead by the time we got onto the coach. poor hema twisted her ankle on her way down, she slipped and i think her ankle got caught between the roots and turned the wrong way. so she got a lift from the locals back to the coach first.
after bathing, it was dinner. we were supposed to have campfire, but becos it had rained earlier and everyone was so tired from the climbing, the campfire was cancelled. after dismissal (ie bedtime), surprisingly, very few, almost none went to sleep. afterall, it was the last night. we all sat around, sang song after song, and chit-chatted. as usual, i had a great time leaning on my backrest, aka rik.
one of the guides said that he would tell ghost stories after midnight. (thats when they turned off all the lights, btw, there's no electricity there, we relied on gas/kerosene lamps, so its very hard to see anything at night) lousy me is of course not daring enough to listen, but rik refused to let me go sleep, grabbing my hand and making me sit.. until i started whining, (thats my forte, i whined all the way up the mountain and down) plus the guide said that ignorance is bliss.. phew. so rik and his power torch walked me back to my bed, while i got ready, he helped my fling my sleeping bed, in case of any unwanted guests inside, and tucked me in, then he went to listen to ghost stories. cos the living quarters is pretty near the dining quarters and it was so quiet, i could hear the guide speaking, i ended up sleeping with me hands covering my ears, so that i couldnt hear anything.
[ day three ]
mee rebus for breakfast. before that, we started packing up our stuff and keeping away our things. went for the swampforest/mangrove walk after that, but cos i was having a tummyache, i sat outside with hema and tim and waited for them to come out. apparently the mud was mid-thigh deep. all of them came out muddy, though mel had a major mudpatch on her butt cos she fell. and my poor gf was carried out by mja cos she twisted her ankle. she was piggybacked all the way back to the campsite. then, that princess had 4 people serving her, 2 (rik & kenneth) filling up water, the other 2 (mja & me) helping her to wash off the mud. she was enjoying herself admist the pain.
time was given for everyone to bathe cos of all the mud, but halfway through, there was no water supply. so mja took the giant watering can, filled it up and went cubicle to cubicle pouring water in through the hole above the door, so that all could bathe. after that was done, more packing up and clearing up of areas.
after lunch, we set off for the fruit plantation. there were so many dogs there, but only the 4 small black&white puppies were the cutiest, the rest were too big and fierce. saw lemon trees, different varieties of hibicus (there were hundred over), durian trees (not in season, but also hundred over varieties), yellow and orange-coloured brinjals, had some fresh sugarcane, etc. then it was back to singapore.
-------------------------- end of mawai --------------------------
slept on the coach on the way back, couldnt lean on the window, cos it was vibrating, so i ended up sleeping on rik's shoulder while hugging my jacket. ahh, comfort. reached the checkpoint a little too soon (we were all sleeping soundly), got down, checked passports, got up the coach again, 10 minutes later, got down again at the singapore checkpoint, which was major crowded, waited for ages before we finally got onto the coach again. then it was back to cj. everyone was pretty awake by then, eating chips, chit-chatting, bascially, making helluva noise. (: it was pouring by the time we reached school, tried to call a cab, but couldnt get through. supposed to meet lye and all for dinner, but didnt feel like eating marche, so fel, mja and i just had our dinner at scotts.
took a train to marina bay before taking it back to bishan, and as usual, took a cab home. after spending half an hour in the toilet, bathing and scrubbing, im proud to say that im clean once again. no more mud stains on my legs or hands, though they are still in my nails. and my blisters hurt like hell. few mosquito bites here and there, scratches here and there, but otherwise, ive returned in one piece. (:
special thanks --
shiyun : without this pretty guide, i would have died up there in panti. thanks to her, i managed to get up to the summit and down without breaking any bones or falling to my death. so thanks a million. her encouragement and small talk helped ease exhaustion and thoughts of giving up. hope everything will go well for her.
rik : from being my "pillar" to helping me carry my stuff, and of course, making me listening to ghost stories, and stopping me from scratching my skin out (extremely itchy mosquito bite, i scratched till it was red and hot), oh ya, and letting me tickle you and "cheating", so you say.. and looking my ugly passport picture and putting it outta reach, so i couldnt get it and had to run after you to get it back. it was fun the last couple days. (:
giam : my sleeping and bathing partner. you were my motivation. i kept thinking while i was trying to climb that horrendous mountain, that if you can do it, i can too. but its damn tiring. guess ill be seeing you soon. (:
t04 - those who went : had a lot of fun with all of you. ill miss you guys a lot. love you all! *mmmuacks*
new friends made during the trip : you guys helped me in a way or another during this trip, had loads of fun. (: thanks for making this trip work out and see you all around school. take care. (:
23:08
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
leaving for mawai tmr morning... not exactly very excited about spending the next 3 days in the wilderness and climbing gunungpanti, but im looking forward to the firefliesfantasy though. and not forgetting the time im gonna spend with my classmates.
christmas is around the corner, but im not feeling the vibe. is it just me feeling old or the fact that i know santa doesnt exist? oh well, 3 main chrismasy events to look forward to :
-- dinner at my gf's place
-- dinner with the guniangs (hopefully)
-- party at one of my relative's place
christmas cards and gifts will be arriving late as usual.
take care now. maybe ill be in a better mood after i return from mawai.
15:49
Monday, December 15, 2003
after sitting in front of the computer for years, im pleased to announce that ive
finally uploaded my pictures. so all of you out there who have been
bugging me to upload my pictures, leave me alone now! xP
knock yourself out.
03:34
Friday, December 12, 2003
santa, i know i havent been good this year.
but all i ask is for
happiness.
and ill be contented.
13:32
Monday, December 08, 2003
been having this headache that refuses to go away for the past 3 days.
14:30
Friday, December 05, 2003
*
burp
excuse me.
ate so much as usual today. went to thomson plaza with my mummy. had bk for breakfast, followed by hans' for lunch, came home, changed and went out again, this time with my dad. had indianrojak and limejuice before heading to marinasquare to shop. got my sandals. then headed to the indoor stadium area to eat chillicrab. yummmmmmmmmy! im satisfied! (:
last night was great! was online as usual, with half the world online but no one to talk to. my darling bestie (jasmine) was on msn but on
away mode. so didnt msg her. 45 minutes later, i decided to msg her and so happen that she decided to msg me too. talk about telepathy. heh. had a great talk with her. (: then i started chatting with kkpiggy too. 15 minutes after, mja smsed me to call him. thought something happened. called him immediately and after he answered, i was deafened by hellos from my gf and hema and later grace. major muti-tasking. one hand holding my hp and the other typing to bestie and kkpiggy. conference call went on till about 1+, and my silly gf said bye, "hung up" the phone, fell asleep and five minutes later exclaimed loud and clear "oh no! didnt hang up properly!" we lied and said that she slept for 1 hr already, but later told her the truth.
shoutout :
jasmine*bestie : jasminecherylmarielimgurong! haha. absolutely love to do that. (: had a wonderful and fabulous time chatting to you last night. sorry for not calling and informing you about the incident. wanted to, but thought that you would be busy with cca and new friends, basically your new life. guess my assumption was wrong, majorly wrong. i could really feel your sadness all the way here at thomson, i swear. when you exclaimed and asked all those questions, my heart suddenly skipped a beat or two, cos of your concern and shock. was very touched when you said i should have called and you would cry with me over the phone and made me promise never to leave you out again. i promise i wont. ill dump all my problems on you in future. (: like what i told you last night, you better record what i said last night, seldom do i compliment you the way i did. haha. but
im really really really very glad that i found you and have you as a bestie. im never letting you go. thats for sure. you are stuck with me for life, like it or not. (: i love you plentyplentyplenty! remember ill be here for you the way you are for me. dont forget that. ever. and dont forget our neospree for post-xmas. wanna see you sooner but blame it on our clashing schedules. ):
18:54
Thursday, December 04, 2003
one day of shopping and i came home with a new pair of sunglasses and a nice pair of jeans, not forgetting the usual aching feet cos of improper footwear. wore heels.. how dumb, but i didnt we were gonna walk so much. but i had plenty of fun. (: forgot to mention that i was with my mummy and giam. put those two together and you will get two adults behaving like kids, laughing at the top of their lungs and agreeing on the most ridiculous things. love them both to bits. oh ya, did i mention that both of them wore black and i wore red? cos both thought me, the onewhoalwayswearsblack, would wear black as usual, so they decided to wear black too. but i thought that giam would wear white as usual, so i wore red. the two of them had a great time saying how nice black is, too bad i didnt wear black too, etc. grrr.
had coffeebean's eggben for breakfast and thai food for lunch. both were extremely yummy... damn, feeling hungry again...
hmm.. my mummy might not be working tmr.. shall go thomson plaza with her so that i can stock up on my vitasoy and some food. my fridge is bare, so's my storeroom. ):
no matter how far or near you are, as long as you are not with me, im missing you
23:16
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
grrr... hate that lousy and annoying taxidriver. he drove at
50km/h... the cab was practically crawling on the road, and he kept sighing and making that annoyed sound, his air-con was spoilt but he only opened the window on his side a teeny weeny bit. nearly died.
lets talk about happier things, went out with my gf, mja, grace, lye, hema, sunita and rik today. damn fun! we left halfway during that campcraft thing we were supposed to attend in preparation for mawai cos we were so bored and there was nothing to do. the best thing was although attendance were compulsory, we were the only dumb ones from t4 who appeared. lunch was provided (we paid 3 bucks for lousy food) and the veg tasted as though they were cooked in wasabi and the fish tasted funny. only the chicken was edible.
so we went to crown prince swensens and 4 of us (rik, hema, sunita, me) shared a giant earthquake..
warning : dont never try pitaschioalmond. it tastes yucky! and cos of that disgusting tasting ice cream, my yam flavoured ice cream was inedible. ): but the butterscotch, strawberry and coffee were very yummy. made so much noise and laughed so much.. haha. love them all.
later, while my gf and mja went to catch
duplex, grace and i went to watch
brother bear. its much much better than
duplex.. very heartwarming and the bear is sooo cute. wanna just cuddle it. (: grace and i had loads of fun chit-chatting and talking about presents and looking at accessories while waiting for the other two to finish their movie. dinner sucked. the foodcourt at ps sucks big time.
took a train to bishan to help my mum get dinner, thus meeting that lousylousy taxidriver. time to bathe and sit in front of the tv. (:
ps : the sims : makin' magic is very fun, but it takes damn long to load, hangs while loading, and its getting more difficult to play. till now, i still dont know how to cast a spell, and i dont even know how to get my people to become superstars.
shoutout :
grace : plenty of graces around, but i guess this grace will know that im referring to her. hihi girl, once again, i had plenty of fun with you today.. maybe we should do that more often. thanks for watching
brother bear with me instead of
duplex cos you knew i watched it already. then again, the other two said it wasnt worth their money. guess ours was well spent huh. especially with the popcorn and drinks. (: next time, we'll just go out without your brother alrights? with fel and hema. the 4 of us. just like the other night. it'll be funfunfun and laughing all the way. you take care till the next time i see you.. *hugs*
21:13
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
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