appreciated

I'm feeling thankful for all that I've received in these last few days of 2008 (:

Lots of meet-ups with friends actually materialized, which is great! Just came back from athletics chalet yesterday and it was pretty fun too. Plus, counting down later with the girls, yay! :D



I enjoyed the post-christmas TR03 gathering. Hahaha! Thanks for the watch, Daohui! (the most related to soybean award recipient) I'll definitely wear it. (: Thanks for the note, Jiahui! Thanks for the letter, Cab (the shape is super cooool!) and thanks for the christmas card, Gladys (hahah! the message inside is so long!). I really appreciate the thoughtfulness of it all.

Also went for the tuition gathering. The food was pretty good and it was nice to see everyone (: And I hope that the mysterious stain on my skirt will wash off. kekeke.

Oh and thanks for the photo frame + picture, Zhenning. It's on my table right in front of me! This is my first ever christmas with presents! :D I love all of them!

movie moments

Watched Australia yesterday with my Dad & Aunty Christine. I remember we watched its trailer we watched during lecture :) It's quite a touching show, and with some funny parts in which we LOL-ed. My ticket only cost $6 & I find it very worthwhile for a 2h 45min show! There were several parts which I didn't understand (and still don't) but the show itself is really meaningful as it talks about the struggles of the Aboriginal tribe in Australia + world war 2.

Still want to watch Twilight though! Athletes, during the chalet? :)

green, red, silver

Merry Christmas! :D

Christmas eve was a day spent revolving around food (: Met up with Fion in school to discuss the new menu for our FABM (food & beverage mgt) project and we managed to come up with pretty good ideas!

It was followed by dinner with my family (plus grandparents) at Orchid Country Club. Lobster porridge! The 'porridge water' was so sweet :P Delectable! The place has a spooky toilet though :( The last time I went, my hair on the back of my neck all stood up and I sprinted out as quickly as I could!

Festivals & special occasions this year don't seem to have the holiday "feeling" to me. Like CNY, my birthday, xmas.. hmmmm. Baked some cookies but they taste rather odd this time round, don't know what went wrong! Hope that my christmas mortal doesn't mind receiving them :S

late nights

Ahh it's 3.15am right now and my head feels as though it's about to explode. "Hello, projects!" Been going to school pretty much everyday this holiday for project meetings. I need to feel more motivated to wake up early every morning!

Y'know, on the return journey from Cameron Highlands, the bus took around 13h+ to reach Singapore. Luckily, my dad upgraded the seats & the chairs can recline to about 160 degrees. There was also entertainment such as individual mini tv screens and stuff. So I watched 4 movies at a go; it was kinda crazy. Wild Hogs, Jump In, High School Musical 2, Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and Dead or Alive (DOA). All thanks to the punctured tyre which left us stranded on the highway for 1h 30min!

basking in the warm weather

Just a few photos from the trip.

HELLO, I'm back home! Cameron Highlands was lovely. The weather was so much cooler than expected! The lowest I experienced there was about 12 degrees (and in Malaysia, too). Woww. But generally it was around 15 to 20 degrees, and we were all bundled up like snowmen. (:

Oh I finally learnt how to use the Macro feature on my camera! :D And so many of the photos taken on the trip are pretty blurry because there was so much mist/fog in the air! :( Steamboats & steamed/grilled corn are awesome though.

End of the weekend

Haha! Old photo with Gladys when we went shopping for cheap deals at Clementi (: I grabbed it from her blog!

Was watching the show Food Paradise on channel 16 just now and it caused me to have cravings for pizza! Mhmmm. And according to the show, there's a place in USA called Ellis i think. Cooool~

Full day of activities tomorrow, starting with a project meeting in school at 10.30am. Sure hope that I'll be able to wake up in time seeing that it's already 2.30am right now :/ Please let everything go smoothly tomorrow!! :D

school's out!

THE COMMON TESTS ARE OVER! Time to start on projects. Not needing to study ITB for the time being is a relief :)

The 2/5 BBQ was great! Still the same old lovable class. Thanks Odelia & Junhua (and whoever else) for organizing it! It was good to see everyone and how they've changed :D And the food was yummy too. Hehehe.

It's nice to know that my little wish came true as well (:


Click to see the enlarged collage! Thank you Qi'En & Wen Yi for the photos. And thank you, 2/5 for the lovely time (:

study blues

Had already decided last night to head down to the library today to study. But I woke up too late + took too long to prepare and ended up studying on my bed/table again. At least it was productive! Still going a little too slow though :( Tomorrow I will!

However, I'm feeling a little sick now. I sense a fever burning up and a headache creeping in right now. Bad timing.

Anyway, HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY FION!

Hope that you enjoyed TR03's surprise yesterday! May the year ahead be a great one for you (:

exam week

My study buddies

Say hi to the study buddies on my table! IT in Business is so dry and uninteresting :( I wish there's a quicker way to prepare for this module's common test.

let's connect!

I find the way internet connects people very fascinating! It allows people from all over the world to be somehow linked & enable them to communicate. And it's so easy too. Online journals are amazing as well. Through online journals & communities, one can get to know how others live overseas and even get to 'talk' to them though commenting on their entries & stuff :D

Been thinking of earning money during the holidays & putting my entrepreneurship skills to the test! Haha. A business! Not sure if it's credible though, just toying around with the idea at the moment.

Totally not in the study + exam mood yet :( Could be due to the large, distracting sewing machine by the dining table beckoning to me everyday. Can't wait for the holidays to begin so that I can sew without feeling guilty (:

Botanical Gardens

Yup, went down to Botanical Gardens yesterday morning with my family. It's a nice place to people-watch since there are so many tourists and visitors from all walks of life. They're also many dogs out for a walk with their owners! :D Cute & tame.

The 'pro' photos below are my favourite of the lot taken by my sister using her trusty DSLR. I forgot the bring the digicam out. Regretted this greatly! Claire kindly allowed me to borrow her camera when her arms got tired & I took some photos which I really liked, after learning how to do close-up macro shots. BUT! I've no access to those pictures (-.-)! Oookay.


banana flower, it's supposedly v. stinky
orchids (;
No idea what this plant is but it's beautiful!

Headed down to get fabric after that at Chinatown. Love my pretty owl fabric! Sadly, I have no idea how to operate the sewing machine so yup, this has got to wait for the time being. Exciting, though!